PJ Harvey at the Orpheum Theatre |
Last night Fanny took me to see PJ Harvey......and it was just Polly Jean. She played guitar, electric keyboards, a piano, and a zither or dulcimer, I'm not really sure - and she sang VERY well and wa...
Posted by Robert Paul Maune on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:24:00 PST |
Your opinion doesn’t count in this monopoly of power |
When Starbucks wants to sell you their coffee - or Ford wants to sell you a truck - they find out what you think, what you want, and they aim to satisfy that. Yet it seems Politicians have some massiv...
Posted by Robert Paul Maune on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:47:00 PST |
Do Americans deserve Bush? |
I've been trying to put together the facts:Everyday in California I meet the nicest, most easy going folks in the world.The President is a monster SO banal and SO evil in his effect he wears that 'ban...
Posted by Robert Paul Maune on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:47:00 PST |
War films |
Why did I take a war film from Blockbuster this evening? Everytime I watch one they make me feel terrible.It wasn't a Steven Segal style shoot 'em up, it was a serious Italian movie about the battle o...
Posted by Robert Paul Maune on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:08:00 PST |
Sometimes I chance upon great stuff. |
I found this, it's a GREAT piece of writing - and very timely!"The word panic is not to be used"Looking back at the Great CrashBy CLAUD COCKBURNToday the world's financial centers are trembling. For ...
Posted by Robert Paul Maune on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:29:00 PST |
Where’s home? |
Home is where my bed is. Home is where my girl is. Home is where my books, guitars and amps are.
I've been foreign so long that now home looks like a place that's full of strangers, and Los Angeles is...
Posted by Robert Paul Maune on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:02:00 PST |
They’re only words..... |
And it's only a dream.
Posted by Robert Paul Maune on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:42:00 PST |
Youre not obliged to read this crap, you know |
My father's a good man, and pretty smart; he started me off with the benefit of his opinions, his value system, something formed from his own lifetime's experiences - and I've lived with those bl...
Posted by Robert Paul Maune on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:42:00 PST |
I know why French people are thin..... |
Because all you do all day in Paris all day is walk around with your spine and ankles painfully collapsing under the weight of your girlfriend's increasingly heavy shopping - for added effect SMOKE un...
Posted by Robert Paul Maune on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:06:00 PST |
Ooh La La!!! |
YES - they DO say it! (and it NEVER disappoints).
Here I am back in the paradise of pastry, the hell of personal hygene: la belle France......
With new visa now glued into my passport I am free to com...
Posted by Robert Paul Maune on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:48:00 PST |
