Friday Night Cat Blogging Rockfest!

...in which we revisit one of my favorite songs of last year:

GIRLS ON STRIKE: Rue Cortot

Also be advised that GIRLS ON STRIKE are playing a show in Seattle on February 9th. Here are the details, in Jeff's own words:

"Girls on Strike at the Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly CD Release Issue #3

Volume 3 will be out very soon!

The Winter 2006 volume features An Evening With..., James Apollo, Big Lake Trawler, Darryl Blood, Boo Hiss, Boring Ghost, Ollie Byrd, The Critical Hits, Robert Deeble, Levi Fuller, Girls on Strike, Bill Horist, The New Death Show, Drew O’Doherty, OldManWinter, Open Choir Fire, Petting Zoo, and Brian Michael Roff & the Deer.

Release party at Conor Byrne Pub

Thursday, February 9th, 9 p.m., $4, and that gets you a copy of the brand-spankin'-new Volume 3.

All 9 of the Seattle-area contributors are playing.

Kickass!"

Kickass indeed!

...mmm... ...Biscuits...

Thanks be to Mr. Biscuits for being such a productive team player right out of the gate, and super-hard thanks to the lurking Digiteers who have helped to make him feel welcome. Nice to see a debate break out every so often too. Keep it up!

Tim Eyman: Scumbag

Good news. Tim Eyman crawled out from under his rock again yesterday. Apparently he needs some cash for an asshole transplant, so he's going to start collecting signatures for an initiative to overturn our new Gay Rights Legislation. Good plan, since you can never go poor by appealing to the interests of bigots and morons, and there are still plenty of them around, even in a State as "liberal" as ours.

Let's just hope that the transplanted asshole doesn't reject him...

The money quote:

Rep. Hunt expressed outrage over the proposal.“Tim Eyman, have you no shame?” Hunt said. “Eyman is stooping to a new low just to line his pockets and get a mailing list of bigots.”

Hunt described himself as “pissed but sober,” then added, referring to Eyman having dressed up as a prisoner during a legislative hearing last week: “If Tim Eyman is fond of wearing costumes, I suggest his next one be a white sheet and a pointy white hat. I just think it is a sad day for Washington what he is doing.”

While you're busy mulling that over in your own "pissed and sober" way, let us wash out the unpleasant aftertaste of "The I-man" by remembering the words of the late, great Coretta Scott King on this very issue:

"I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people and I should stick to the issue of racial justice," she said. "But I hasten to remind them that Martin Luther King Jr. said, 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.'" "I appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream to make room at the table of brother- and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people,".

[Thanks to AMERICABLOG for the linkage.]