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Rivet

Fancy, in the pants.

About Me

Listen to my fancy radio show: "The Dawn Is Your Enemy", Friday nights/Saturday mornings from 1:30-3:30AM (Eastern time) on 88.1 FM BSR - Brown Student (and community) radio .
We also have a live internet broadcast ( click here if you have a decent internet connection, or here if you have a dial-up.) Plus, if you aren't up that late, or want to catch past shows you can listen to any of my show archives any time you want...forever...for a million years.
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I am beansplus2 on AIM. We can talk about various biscuits, if you'd like.
I think the word "unnatural" is useless, and the word "natural" could just as easily be replaced with "a thing that exists." Every single thing in the entire universe, from plants to puppies, toxic sludge to nuclear power plants, monkeys to genetically engineered super babies, stars, rocks, and piles of poo, they are all "natural." Everything we create is derived from and a product of evolution. Instead of throwing around words like "unnatural" and immoral, it would make a lot more sense to identify things as biologically or socially destructive. I come with a bullshit detector, so when you whine about objects or concepts that you've arbitrarily deemed unnatural or immoral, don't be surprised if I start beeping at you.
I'm an omnivore. But you can feel free to keep buying your fancy organic/vegan fair from corporations that sell the animal byproducts you hate so much. I'd rather just buy locally, when I have the chance, and save my food the long and expensive trip to the grocery store. To be honest though, corporations aren't all bad. What's bad is that they're run by people, and people can be dicks. You're better off advocating for corporate oversight and socioeconomic education, with a focus on sustainable business practices, than uselessly mouthing off about those God damned dirty corporations...you God damned dirty hippies.
Also I can cook, so I fatten people up when I get the chance. Ask me about my "Fancy Soup" recipe, it's fancy.
Good idea: read a newspaper .
Good Advice for BICYCLISTS
If I say I want to squish you up into a little ball and put you in my pocket, and carry you around, I mean it endearingly.

I have a cactus-like thing, and it hasn't died. CACTUS THING UPDATE: Lookin sad.

My Interests

Music , Coffee, The Horror , Bloodthirsty Hell Demons , heterochromia , Food , cooking food, Fancy humor , being fancy , Standing side by side with Stolid and Stoic Stalwarts, alliteration, snow and thunder storms, fall and winter, Fancy Fucks , Bicycle Enthusiast , I wish people were more fond of buses and trains, people, delicious women (slow cooked until fork tender, but not braised), urban exploration, urban decay , old bridges , and industrial imagery. Walking around Providence is something I do often, so play spot the Ron!

I'd like to meet:

Girls with ridickadonkulous body mods, who are plump. Posers, Hoaxes, and Shams. Albert Einstein, for tips on mustache maintenance .

Tom Waits - Elephant Beer Blues 1976 Pt.1:

Part 2:

"Diferente"
-By the Gotan Project
-On Lunatico

Music:

In no particular order...Strotter inst., Form of things unknown, Hwyl Nofio, Harmonia, Health, Blood and Time, Combat Astronomy, The Misfits, Glenn Jones, Tetuzi akiyama, The Psychic Paramount, Gamelan Son of Lion, Lubonyr Melnyk, The Elemental Chrysalis, Sandy Bull, The Guild of Funerary Violinists, Lilium, Paul Metzger, Astro Can Caravan, Hungry Ghosts, orion rigel dommisse, Black Ox Orkestar, Kaizers Orchestra, Gultskra Artikler, The Golden Climax Twins, Volcano The Bear, The Moglass, New Orleans Klezmer All Stars, Thinking Plague, kuwayama-kijima, Ya Ho Wa 13, John Berberian, Joakim skogsberg, Pelt, Blurt, John Fahey, Jack Rose, Aluk Todolo, Dr. John, Korn, KMFDM, Faith no more, Nine Inch Nails, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Pigface, Gypsy Kings, Volapuk, Motelli Skronkle, The Acoustic Guitar Trio, Hangedup, Apocaliptica, Glenn Branca, John Cage, 5uu's, Brise Glace, Guapo, Can, Wooden Robot, Barry Adamson, Seven Pines, Psychic TV, Derniete Volonte, Blood of the black owl, Black Boned Angel, The Angelic Process, Bloody Panda, Goatvargr, Omit, Vidna Obmana, Halo Manash, Cordell Killer, Anaphylaxis, Red Reflections, Goatsnake, Main, Flat Earth Society, Coh, Jega, Hjarnidaudi, Furze, Christian Fennesz, The Flashbulb, Ab Ovo, Ambassador 21, Machinefabriek, Nyrja, Desiderii Magrinis, Code, Old Waindes, Tom Waits, herbst9, antigen shift / detritus, Akitsa, Graves at Sea, Secret Chiefs 3, calexico, Mrtyu!, Fleurety, Danzig, equinox, Ananda Shankar, Akufen, Plat, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Chaos as Shelter, Steven R. Smith, Drumcorps, Andrew Douglas Rothbard, Daniel A.I.U. Higgs, Lucid Dreams, Estradasphere, Anima, Captain Beefheart, Beat Circus, Monolake, deadbeat, Jane, silk saw, Chris and Cosey, Snog, Techno animal (oh snap, it ain't techno!), porter ricks, Empusae, Nadja, Moss, Funerary Call, Birchville cat motel, Circle, Black Sabbath, Stallaggh, Vomit Orchestra, Darkspace, caacrinolas, Urfaust, The LA Drivers union por por group, Toby Driver, Freeze Etch, Boards of Canada, Boom-bip, Haus Arafna, DJ Spooky, Liminal, Ryoji Ikeda, Zoviet France, Lapsed, Matmos, Musti Laition, 23 Skidoo, Cuong Vu, Haujobb, Skincage, Coma Virus, Tribes of Neurot, AMM, Invercauld, Z'ev, Blood box, Autechre, Kobe, Darsombra, Blood Cult, Black Funeral, Ice Bound Majesty, Nekrasov, Stomu Yamashita, Terminal Cheese, ISOL, Tiermes, Atrium Carceri, Band of Pain, Yen Pox, Shinning, Catacombs, Kemialliset ystavat, The Human Quena Orchestra, Loss, Emerge, The What Cheer? Bridage, The Black Bear Combo, Slavic Soul Party, Gopal Krishan, Eldrig, Om, Black Cobra, The Hungry March Band, Jon Hassell, Nettle, 7 Hertz, Extra Action Marching Band, Svarte Greiner, vanargandr, Nordvargr, Lockweld, Encomiast, Plaid, Nortt, St. Vitas, Janek Schaefer, Roel Meelkop, Thomas Koner, Wold, Fall of the grey-winged one, Black hole generator, Spectr, Rusted Shut, Cable Regime, Skin Chamber, Militia, Slint, Wolf Mangler, Wolf Eyes, The Wolfgang Press, Halo, Pierre Bastien, reeks and the wrecks, I Shalt Become, Khold, Todesstoss, Holger Czukay, Gang Gang Dance, Khlyst, Sahg, Friends of Dean Martinez, Russian Folk Group "Karusel", Russian folk artist "Ruske Noradne pjesme", Russian folk ensemble Balalakai", beata soderberg, Journeyman, Infected Mushroom, Velvet Acid Christ, HIV+, Lith, Monolith, Meat Beat Manifesto, P.A.L., Navicon Torture Technologies, Ah Cama-Sotz, Hybrid, Red Snapper, Kammerflimmer Kollektief, Israel Quellet, Miguel Czachowski, The Nath Family, Spherical Disrupted, VVV (vainio, vaisanen, vega), Kampfar, Blond Readhead, Debashish bhattachar, Badawi, La Mar Enfotuna, Raushan Orazbaeva, Taikoza, Cracow Klezmer Band, Halou, Faust, Gojira, Karl Sanders, Bitcrush, The Dead Brothers, Front line assembly, aslan faction, coil, Puracane, collide, Yat-Kha, Godhead, stendeck, dead world, Chemlab, Isis, Noisex, The Tin Hat Trio, Esoteric, Tam Trum, Heimataerde, New Risen Throne, Klangstabil, Khanate, SPK, Brume, Maeror Tri, Troll, Pan Sonic, Boris, Asva, Neu!, DAAU, Boyd Rice, Folkstorm, Asmus Tietschens, Decree, Sielwolf, SITD, Neurosis, David Bowie, Dissecting Table, Esplendor Geometrico, scrape[dx], gewaltakustik, Mono no Aware, Tarmvred, Aghast, Neptune Towers, Test Department, Haujobb, Skincage, Endura, Neptune, B.SON, Gomidama, Raison D'tre, Throne of Blood, G.I.S.M, Harvey, Milk, Ash Pool, Wiljen Wij, GOG, KTL, Hordes of Satan, Gnaw Their Tongues, Arcturus, The Hidden Hand, Skrew, Godspeed you Black Emporer, Mr. Bungle, Samael, Lightningbolt, Buddhist Monks of Vaitri Mihar Monastery, Aborym, The Dresden Dolls, combichrist, Sleep Research facility, Sofia, Synth-etik, Godflesh, Funker Vogt, Pneumatic Detach, Thorns, Axis of Perdition, David Darling, converter, Severed Heads, Hula, Klinik, inade, Radiohead, DJ Venom (dave), RJD2, Lunatic Calm, Chris Crisis, DJ Omino, DJ Koleco, DJ yummy, J7, Lull, Architect, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Crowbar, Pauly Steps, Reutoff, Yo-Yo Ma, Matty steps, Steppo, Con-Dom, Slepcy, Stilluppsteypa, Dirty Old Frank, DJ D-Fuse, DJ Icey, Hoor-Paar-Kraat, Davka, Great Fences of Australia, DJ Shadow, DJ Baby Anne, Terminal11, DJ Ian Evil, Mnortham, Sceptic, Vance Orchestra, Hooverphonic, DJ Simply Jeff, Kraftwerk, Fantomas, opeth, Tipper, Dulce Liquido, Mnemic, My Dying Bride, Archon Santani, Exhaust, Argyle Park, No doubt, Lan Formatique, Perfume tree, Memorandom, Sator Absentia, Feindflug, Scorn, TRS-80, Chainsuck, Nimheil, Phillip Jeck, Grendel, synapscape, Massive Attack, Distillers, Oren Ambarchi, Aghiatrias, Ultradyne, Abruptum, Black Lung, Jesu, Ministry, Portishead, Orgy, Orphx, Outkast, Ulver, Psyche, lichens, Venetian Snares, KK Null an Yamamoto Seiichi, Lustmord, Bathory (old Bathory), Gridlock, Skinny puppy, Static X, Wumpscut, Jucifer, Republica, Public Enemy, Sina, Maschinenzimmer 412, Ressistance D, Rammstein, Terrorfakt, Winterkalte, Circle of Dust, Fluke, The controls, Ramleh, Alchemist, Troum, Double Leopards, Hocico, Jack Off Jill, Telepherique, Thievery Corporation, The Gault, Toll, Bobcrane, Roger Roto, Clock DVA, Young Gods, Crash worship, Kill Memory Crash, Scanner, Blut Aus Nord, Megaptara, Man is the Bastard, Firewerk, Bohren an Der Club of Gore, Chamber of Sorrows, Old Man Gloom, Death Prod, Witchery, Burning Witch, The Elysium Facade, Neutralizing Force, skullflower, Skulltroll, Ladytron, enya, Epsilon Minus, Wilt, Xotox, Xebox, Substanz T,Gotan project, sneaker pimps, Ocean, ICP, This Morn Omina, Carcass, Moloko, alice in chains, modest mouse, Primus, crystal method, Rope, Geronimo, Larvae, Chromeo, Plus Device, Sunn, High on Fire, The Bobs, The Black Heart Procession, The Electric Hellfire Club, chemical brothers, SubtractiveLAD, pink, coheed and cambria, Led Zeplin, The Orb, offspring, Toadies, SR conspiracy, deftones, queens of the stone age, rage against the machine, machine against the rage, raging machine, mechanic rage, break beats, world music, metal, and whatever I'm too lazy to list.

Movies:

Yes I like them.

Television:

The Colbert Report, Invader Zim, EEK! The Cat, The Daily Show, The History Channel, The Food Network, Adult Swim, Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Books:

"It was Decreed that you would have the title, and I should have the stuff."
- Diderot

Heroes:

Tom Waits is a hero of mine.

My Blog

Dont Tase Me, Bro! + Global Voices

Now don’t get me wrong, I believe that the phrase "bleeding-heart liberal" is an appropriately pejorative term, especially for God damned dirty hippies, but there are legitimate infractions agai...
Posted by Rivet on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:18:00 PST

I support nonsense

Because you all know how I feel about gyms
Posted by Rivet on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:36:00 PST

Opression of Speech: For Dummies

So as it turns out, my new favorite biologist is P.Z. Myers.  He’s one funny son’a bitch.  Funny in that dorky, on-the-fringe-of-being-pop-culture-literate , science professor so...
Posted by Rivet on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:43:00 PST

Postmodernism

Hi there, Brown University students, say hello to the postmodernist essay generator.That is all you need to know about postmodernism.  -End of blog-...
Posted by Rivet on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:13:00 PST

Bad poetry, oh noetry!

The "Toothpaste for Dinner" comic on my homepage says pretty much how I feel about  99.9999% of all the poetry that has ever been posted in a blog, live journal, or real journal, for that matter,...
Posted by Rivet on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:34:00 PST

Shake hands with danger - get your arm chopped the fuck off.

If all employee training and safety videos were this suspenseful, gory, and had a similar, leather ball-sack soundtrack to them, I'd apply to a new job at least once a week. I'd mark my only availabil...
Posted by Rivet on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:25:00 PST

Why magnets dont equal free energy, you fucking morons.

So I was spelunking through the deep and cavernous reaches of the interwebs the other day, and I ran into a video offering a solution to our looming energy crisis:  Magnet motors, free energy.&nb...
Posted by Rivet on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:59:00 PST

Life througth the scope of a shitty memory + why Im an atheist

So as it happens to be, I was very fond of cartoons as a small person.  So much so that, like a Christian evolutionary biologist, my mind has been partitioned, in terms of memories I hold dear.&n...
Posted by Rivet on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:34:00 PST

Cold showers

So we ran out of oil this past weekend.  We thought we had a 4th of a tank left, but as it turns out, we have a shitty tank that likes to fuck with you until you tap the gage.  Thanks asshol...
Posted by Rivet on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:09:00 PST

To the douche-bag behind the wheel.

Dear motorist,I realize that you carry the burden of driving in a state where the roadways were designed by drunkards, cows, and drunk cows, but let's face it, you can't drive to begin with. Here's an...
Posted by Rivet on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:24:00 PST