brickwallviews

all hallows eve

I dragged this lake looking for corpses
Dusted for prints, pried up the floorboards
Pieces of planes and black box recorders
Don't lie, don't lie
And I've been preoccupied with these sick, sick senses
That sense DNA on barbed wire fences
Maybe someday I'll find me a suspect
That has no alibi

New Year's Eve was as boring as heaven
I watched flies fuck on channel 11
There was no one to kiss, there was nothing to drink
Except some old rotten milk someone left in the sink
And there's no ring, there's no ring on the phone anymore
There's no reason to call I passed out on the floor
Smoked myself stupid and drank my insides raisin dry

But at the right place at the right time
I'll be dead wrong and you'll be just fine
I won't have to quit doing fucked up shit
For anyone but me
And at the right place at the right time
It'll be worth it to stand in line
You won't have to stop
Saying "I love cops" for anyone but me
Your private eye

-alkaline trio, private eye (2001)

so scary is the theme for the day then. well i tend to spin some black metal and curl up on the couch and take in a good whore-roar flick on 31 october. get the kids adequately frightened / sugared up and crank up the dvd player... or, we could take in a rob zombie flick as a family? we'll see.

legendary black-metal band mercyful fate (circa 1985)

alkaline trio (circa 2005 -*note matt skiba's arm in a cast - skateboarding oi!)

these are 2 good bands to listen to as you struggle with putting the last few shovel-fulls of dirt atop the grave.

 

i'm here to help people, i'm here to help.

 

best get your your shopping done early... the feeders come out at dark!

 

no, not talking kids here folks.

 

brickwallboyout.

ps... i am reading richard matheson's "i am legend" for halloween... good stuff!

shoot now! to hell with questions!

keep to the road. stay away from the moors.

liverpool 1 - 1 arsenal

all things considered, a draw at anfield carries no shame. a good result all in all. still unbeaten and the titanic clash with man-u approaches.

 

us state department to blackwater:

"kill whomever you like. it's ok. really."

 

 

why should human rights, or for that matter - issues of justice - start mattering in the dying months of the "rain of error" that is the current regime?

 

choose freedom!

shoot

 

your

 

self.*

 

before it's too late.

jackson pollock, ocean greyness (1953)

brickwallboysigningoff.

*this is an opinion and is not necessarily (but probably) the view of the management, staff and/or shareholders of brickwallboy ventures llc. a johnson & johnson company. copyright fairly recent.

fat wreck helping liberty

fat records has put-up 20 signed copies of the latest NOFX album at $100 a copy (yellow vinyl, plus shirt) in an attempt to assist Lance Hahn's longtime girlfriend Liberty with the cost of his medical bills and funeral arrangements. again, fat proves they are muy bueno. i am happy to report all 20 lp's sold on the first day - no dear i did not buy one. go here to see other ways you can lend support.

jeff wegner, the cat that donated the albums said,

“For a man that has given so much of his time, energy and life to the punk community by way of his writing, bands and projects, I feel the need to help in any way possible to give back to a man that has given so much to us. R.I.P. Lance”

well said.

lance hahn was one of the last pure DIY punk rockers of his generation! oi!

[pause]

the gunners visit liverpool sunday morning! (10am cst, fox soccer)

holy shit batman!

out.

mr hobbs' neighborhood

ec·cen·tric  [ik-sen-trik, ek-]

–adjective

1.deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: eccentric conduct; an eccentric person.

2.Geometry. not having the same center; not concentric: used esp. of two circles or spheres at least one of which contains the centers of both.

3.(of an axis, axle, etc.) not situated in the center.

4.Machinery. having the axis or support away from the center: an eccentric wheel.

5.Astronomy. deviating from a circular form, as an elliptic orbit.

–noun

6.a person who has an unusual, peculiar, or odd personality, set of beliefs, or behavior pattern.

7.something that is unusual, peculiar, or odd.

8.Machinery. a device for converting circular motion into rectilinear motion, consisting of a disk fixed somewhat off-center to a revolving shaft, and working freely in a surrounding collar (eccentric strap), to which a rod (eccentric rod) is attached.

 

watching the willows stop weeping

mr hobbs is a busy man. what with being minister of culture and the newly appointed brickwallviews' chancellor of all things left-leaning-politik. he has not time for your trivial pursuits of state mandated financial gain and fast food knowledge. his mind has far more important things to consider than whether or not you are comfortable in front of your holy television sipping canned soda after each handful of cheese crunchies. he is a complex sort this hobbs. he knows you.

and surely this is why we love him so.

he has been a busy boy of late. socializing. running. designing. sustaining.

alright alright! HE'S DATING(?) A COP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dating may not be the right word, but it's the first word that comes to mind.

and yes,

• the police officer is a female

and no,

• this does not involve handcuffs*

he smiles, he chuckles a bit. this is a good thing. the world is a better place with a happy hobbs brothers and sisters. THEY always speak of all these alleged fish in this mysterious sea. so he is doing a little fishing. no harm in a wee bit of catch-and-release.

i had my fun, did i not?

recent photo of mr hobbs

 

mr hobbs in 2025 (computer generated aging software, courtesy MIT)

 

brickwallboyout.

* at least not in anger.

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good day. brickwallboyout.

the bearded manboy

“Chins without beards deserve no honor.”

-spanish proverb

 

so yea, there i was, rolling down the farmers market road between the whoville's of bellville and rosenberg(ville) texas. i called the house to get junior to tell me the score. nobody home. so with one eye of the asphalt and one on the phone, i hit my footie scores website hoping for a connection. ya see arsenal had their 3rd CL group stage match, hosting slavia prague. so bam! there it is... i blink a few times certain a poor image or glare or something is clouding the truth.

the boys did in fact squeak by the czech republic side...

seven nil!

that's 12 wins on the trot! oi!

[red leader red leader]

i ran across a very neat little article in GQ the other day. you know GQ, that men's magazine featuring fashion and accessories that about 2% of the earth's population can realistically afford to buy. anyway, like hustler, there really is some good articles in GQ. no shit - really (note hyphen). so this cat wrote a piece on beards. yes, as in facial hair. to summarize:

• beards are "in" again (see a-list actors)
• a man should grow a beard at some point in his life, and
• a beard can symbolize change, a new chapter, etc

so i really enjoyed the piece because i am on board baby. i have recently grown my first "real" beard. none of this nouveau hip five o'clock shadow "i'm rugged and scruffy" stuff. no man, a hemingway, santa claus, francis ford coppola beard brother. and yes, as i am a slave to all things trendy and certainly a card carrying metrosexual i have myself a pretty mature scruffy beard going on. and i like it. my loved ones. well. did i mention IIIIIIIIIII like it. and besides, i only have one memory of my pops without a beard, and he looked not-like-my-dad, so this scruffs for you pops! so yea, where was i? the article the article, after quite properly throwing any "coolness" connotations out the window, i must say i can relate to the "beard as symbol of life change". i do have a new job, i am working from my house, my relationship with my wife, with my kids, is better than ever. but it's the realization i recently came to regarding success and what it truly means that i fancy my fuzzy chin is meant to salute. one gets so caught up in what has been defined as success. happiness. achievement. fuck all that. some of us are perhaps meant to swim upstream. never have enough tucked away to hop to paris on a whim. are we failures? unhappy? for the longest time i, and a daily serving of 90 oz of booze, sure thought that was the case. but whether it was god or dog or a pretty wee flower. i got whacked on the head! awakened if you will.

if i can provide for my peeps, love and be loved, ride a bike with my son, watch my daughter do cartwheels and snuggle on the couch with the mrs... life ain't so bad folks. the voices have quieted considerably since this rather obvious fact came home to roost. give yourself, your partner, your children... give them a chance, an opportunity, provide enough tools to work with and all is ok. help others. help yourself. do shit that makes you feel good.

stop worrying so damn much about the american nightmare and hug somebody! work hard play hard do the right thing!

so yea, my beard, i think it may have a good home for awhile.

off to learn about proper hyphen usage then.

smooches.

brickwallboyout.

vincent van gogh, self-portrait with straw hat (1887)

 

we interrupt this broadcast

i was all set to wax poetic about beards, botero and the death of the small-town american main street... however just got some sad news that takes precedence.

J Church founder / frontman Lance Hahn has passed away due to complications during a dialysis treatment.

from punknews.org:

 

Founding member of J Church and all around well-loved punk icon Lance Hahn has passed away. Hahn had been comatose since Friday, October 12th following a collapse during dialysis. According to a post attributed to Hahn's girlfriend:

as far as the doctors can tell, this collapse was due to a sudden, drastic drop in blood pressure, which in turn was probably caused by a recurrence of the infection he had had in september combined with the stress of dialysis. he received immediate cpr from medical professionals at the dialysis center, but as it took fifteen or twenty minutes to resuscitate him, he suffered neurological damage from lack of oxygen to the brain, leaving him in a coma from which he never returned.

Lance Hahn was the lead singer, guitarist, and founding member of J Church. He also wrote extensive "punk rock history" articles for Maximumrocknroll. In addition of all of this, he found time to run Honey Bear Records. Hahn was working on a compilation book of writings on anarcho-punk bands, called "Let the Tribe Increase," to be released on AK Press.

All of us at Punknews.org extend our deepest condolences to Hahn's friends and family.

 

here's what ended up being his final blog post:

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

NOTHING

As most of you know, I've been pretty sick lately. I've been in the hospital for a couple of weeks and I'm in recovery for the next few weeks. As a result, we've had to cancel the upcoming gigs we had planned here and at the Fest. I'm really bummed we're not going to be able to play these shows. But the pain is immense even with the Vicodin and the antibiotics make me really crazy. I haven't been able to work for weeks which has also been very difficult. I've still got a few more weeks of recovery and then I actually might need surgery again. With a little luck, the band can maybe get a little active at that point.
In the meantime, there are still projects in the works. The latest is the re-issue of the "Waiting On The Ground" 7" on Honey Bear Records. You can find out more about that record at the Honey Bear MySpace page.

 the entire brickwall family weeps.

the cat rocked! not to mention he was a bright, insightful and a darn right nice fellow the few times i had the honor of chatting him up. his music has been the soundtrack to many memorable moments in my wee life. driving through the mission in san francisco listening to him croon about the mission in san francisco...

live for the day folks. peace to the cat lover.

brickwallboy out.

lance in action, lille france (2004)

j-church, circa 1993

little anthony applies for sainthood

little anthony never could color inside the lines. he could hit a vein on the first try and roll a joint with one hand. just never has been able to do the things that matter well. that's what he hears. has heard, for as long as his memory serves. his mother used to always remember to tell him she loved him, occasionally even after the closet door brought darkness.

tie shoes.

comb hair.

get good marks in school.

no he did not excel at the so-called "life skills". little anthony could assemble a mean homemade bomb and match anyone shot for shot as cough syrup goes. he had an uncanny canny ability to see in dark / cramped spaces and stave off a seemingly life threatening need to empty his bladder. oh, little anthony had skills. talents. feats of fancy even.

when his mom got sick her love for him seemed to swell. big anthony did not notice this change. a dirty speedball folded his hand early. he would have been happy for his brother. every time he washed blood from his mouth he felt he had bought little anthony a few minutes of peace. is there peace in loneliness? when the dragons are slayed can one hear the tears of angels running down smooth young cheeks? do cigarette burns on your birthday count as childhood memories?

he was not sure where big anthony was, and he certainly had no idea where anthony senior might be. the grin on his face as he walked out of his mother's bedroom, empty syringe in hand, seemed to say, "i'm ok now, you guys can stop worrying".

he thought he might just swing by the store for that batman coloring book he'd been eyeing.

 

 

out.

enjoy your weekend

i intend to...

arsenal 2 - 0 bolton

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fernando botero, from his "abu ghraib" series

more on botero's fanatstic series of drawings and paintings illustrating the disaster that is abu ghraib prison later... yard work to do, ya know.

brickwallboy out.

small book, big mouth

She was corruption when I was destruction
I'm seein' through her eyes (Like cellophane)
It used to be I'd see her face and feel so small
Now the only face I see is the picture I'm throwing darts at on the wall

Where did she go?
When loneliness is all I had to show
If I couldn't trust her then, who could I trust?
The pillow is wet with tears and permanent rust

-no use for a name, permanent rust

no one throws a "welcome home" party like pakistan! self exiled former prime minister benazir bhutto returned to her homeland to millions of people as they followed her motorcade through the streets in celebration(?). 2 car bombs later, 130+ dead, 300+ injured! hip hip.

other than that, pakistan is fairly stable.

read "the boy from lam kien" by miranda july last night. yes, the entire book. ok, so it's 11 pages in length and more of a pamphlet. it is also very small and comes in a neat little plastic cover. i like holding it. looking at it. it is cute and quite precious. i will try and protect it.

and yes, the story is beautiful. i will read it again. maybe on the potty.

oh, and by the way, not ALL the beatles are dead.
ONLY the talented ones.

brickwallboyofftoworkthen.

 
artist/author/filmmaker, miranda july

ps... i am really starting to appreciate female writers... like in most other aspects of life, they may just be better. damn. perhaps i'm getting in touch with my....