Alright folks. This site has been dead for too long. All apologies to the three riders we have. My only excuse is the unrelenting daily grind and the overpowering drone it produces. I'm trying to drown it out as of late with some degree of success. So, with that, there is an awful lot of disk space that is going unused.

I've updated the Jams with some favorites that have been somewhat inspirational as of late. There is more to come:

Leona Naess
KMFDM

Feel free to supplement your playlists with streamed tunes from the Jams. Leona is a repeat for some of you. But she comes highly recommended from this rider. I cannot say enough about chicks that are well versed in strong drink and decent beats. The breathy voice works too. Check out Blue-Eyed Baby, Hurricane and Boys Like You. As for KMFDM goes, it may not be your thing. But if you've want to sound check the home stereo for sub 20Hz capabilities here is your chance: Megalomaniac, Ultra, Brute.

That's it for now. Kick it.

Of course, insert our usual disclaimer here. If you want to buy the albums use the internet.

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Seriously, this is both stunningly weird and cool at the same time.

Watch it again and look at the eye for detail. At one point, Botasky has his weapon in front, slung by the strap around his neck. Fucking brilliant.

Honestly, tell me this as a game WOULDN'T top COD Modern Warfare.

There are far too many reason why Chuck is an honorary rider. Add this to the long and distinguished list:

CNN: Chuck Norris for president ... of Texas

"Anyone who has been around Texas for any length of time knows exactly what we'd do if the going got rough in America," Norris wrote. "Let there be no doubt about that."

Yeah, you bring it, Chuck. You da' man.

CNN: Obama, Dems wrong to kill school vouchers

... tucked into that bill is an amendment pushed by the president's former colleague in the Senate, Illinois Democrat Dick Durbin, who used his influence to essentially kill the District of Columbia school vouchers program.

Oh sure, it will be portrayed that the Democrats aren't killing the program, but the initiative calls for no new students to be allowed entry, unless approved by Congress and the District of Columbia City Council.

*Raising my hand. The current set-up of public education where tax payers give the Gov't cash and then Gov't turns around and decides what type of education tax payers can have access to is the same as if a car insurance company dictated what type of car each insured member was able to drive.

And, to get back to Martin's point about individuals waiting for the reform to come to them. Is the point of the public education system the individual or the collective group? If vouchers remove the good students from the school, which they do, doesn't that allow the education program of the school to be better tailored to fit the students that remain? So for example, if the A and B students have parents that are involved in their education and wish to participate in a voucher program that removes them from the public school that allows the public school's curriculum to be tailored to C and below students.

Julie Henderson : Body Painting is also highly recommended.

Hurt. Me. Plenty.