Thinking of Linking

More here that I found elsewhere.

First, news on the fine fine superfine way the military is dealing with the scandal at Walter Reed -- making life harder on the men as punishment and telling them to keep their damned yaps shut. Nice. Follow the link.

My brother may return home to Maine this week while I'm visiting. Getting out of the Army has been a hell unto itself probably as bad as being in Iraq. Well, possibly. He wasn't even exactly wounded in "combat," but Army medical malpractice nearly killed him, too (besides the broken leg, a botched tonsillectomy happened as well). I'm interested in what he has to tell me firsthand about his stint. He went into the service as a possible lifetime career choice, but the Army's treatment of him killed that notion.

And on the lighter, more charming side, something that's been working around more than a few blogs, but you may have missed it . . .

. . . anyone else here watch the kids' show Kids Are People Too back in the 70s/80s? I did (as I recall, it was a spinoff of Wonderrama with Bob McAllister, which I always thought was just a local NYC show, but I may have been wrong). I certainly wasn't watching it when Patti Smith made her appearance on the show in 1979. Whoa. Enjoy.

Watch on YouTube

Hmmmn.

And hmnnn again.


A link courtesy of Rosmar.

collisionwork is emotionally distant.

I bet no one's surprised that you never post your current mood. In fact, I bet most of your friends are so sick of you locking them out of your life that they hate you behind your back. Shame.

wanna know your lj's moodring color? enter your user name and hit the button. (discussion thread)

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man, right?

Bull Session with Big Daddy

One more video for today, courtesy of a pointer from That Little Round-Headed Boy.

For those who don't know, Murry Wilson, father of three of The Beach Boys and their original manager (until Brian fired him, when Brian was still strong enough to stand up for himself), was an abusive, depressive, child-and-wife-abusing drunk (granted, there is some revisionism going on about this, that Brian, in his own mental illness, severely exaggerated his father's abuse for years in stories and his - ghostwritten - autobiography).

One evening, during the recording session for "Help Me, Rhonda," a drunken Murry showed up at the studio and attempted to "help." Brian let the tape run and kept the microphones open. There's a full 40-minute tape of what went on (and a more listenable 13-minute collection of highlights) at the WFMU blog, if you search.

Sounds like the basis for a humorous film, no?

Watch on YouTube

The film is by Emily Geanacopolis of Boston, MA. Her other videos are available at YouTube HERE, or through her own (really neat) website HERE.