Computers - Javascript is case sensitive stupid!!! Working away on my web site.

Computers

Sometimes it's a stupid thing that can hang you up. So, I'm blowing off the cobwebs on my javascript skills by going through Murach's "Javascript and DOM Scripting" (2010) book, and I can feel the skills sharpening. Then I go to the first simple exercise - and it's simple enough (very simple actually!). BTW - I'm using Notepad++ with the autocompletion. I type in an alert method to display upon loading. I'm digging the notepad autocompletion feature, and I type in window.onl (and click enter when the onLoad event displays for autocompletion). Simple enough, eh? So's I drag my mouse to open up the file in Mozilla - what? no alert!? I go to IE 8 - and nothing. WTF?! I go digging online - can't find nothing...wait a minute! JS is case sensitive...I change onLoad to onload & voila! It works. When events are members of an object, they should be lowercase. D'uh!!! This is one case autocompletion in notepad++ hung me up for a bit...now I know.

Oh yeh, I should  also mention I really like the setup of the Murach book. Excellent!
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Web Site

I am wanting to get back into web development, programming, database game asap. This is what I went back to school for - this is the field I made the most money at - this is the field I can plug away at past 65 (easy on the body) - this is the field I enjoy most. To do this, I need to build up a portfolio, and I finally decided I need to start by getting my own web site up and running. I've started working on it, but won't put it up until I'm satisfied with it. First one, will be a combo of personal (music & poetry), business (a web design page) & hopefully I'll also get this blog inserted into it. Eventually, I'll want to separate the 2 web sites (personal & business), but man, I realize I got get the motherfucker up!!!

Back to the JS book.
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I haven't forgotten about my fav artists, and will soon work on The B's! That was fun.
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Harvey Dog's fav bands and musicians: The A's - Acid Mothers Temple, Ash Ra Tempel, Amon Duul

There's a "pick your fav 15 albums in 15 minutes" kind of thing going round on facebook - and it's fun and all that...but, I just never seem to get around doing these things. I think it has to do with albums you'll never forget...or something.

I'd rather blog it or nothing, dammit!!

Now, if I did do it, what would I pick? What albums (man, that term sounds quaint now, doesn't it?) would Harvey Dog choose? What albums had that kind of profound effect on me? Like the rebellious creature I am, let's do this by listing some bands / artists that I was lady gaga all over at one time or another, include some links and maybe you'll find something that will pique your interest. That's the whole point of these things, isn't it?
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Acid Mothers Temple: around 2000 while still living in Hamilton, I heard of these Japanese legends and became very curious...i remember walking into the record store on King St. that I used to go to all the time (man - the name's not coming to me - dr. disc? hmv?), to pick up Beefheart's "Grow Fins" (the store had this in stock, so it was a fairly cool store) and I went up to the record store guru and asked if they had any Acid Mothers Temple, and was met with a blank, but polite, stare...eventually, I went online and ordered "New Geocentric World of Acid Mothers Temple" [aside: this must be 2001 when this slab of molten metal was released]... and was NOT disappointed. In fact, I became obsessed! Psychedelic Space Age Futuristic Guitar Noise Synth Squiggles (courtesy of the amazing Cotton Casino) powered by the rhythm section...I am still hooked and still travel the psychedelic escalator to the temple regularly. They have released seemingly hundreds of albums and have another 54 shows (right now!) on Live Music Archive for free and legal download. A wonderful way to try em out! Now, I'm exploring offshoots including Floating Flower & Kawabata Makoto's solo excursions. God help me...

Now, you see why I have trouble doing these lists? I get sidetracked! I've consumed a LOT of alcohol & drugs in my life...

Ash Ra Tempel: while living in Prince George, my friend Randy introduced me to tons of krautrock & japrock that included these geniuses. The first album of theirs that I got into was the collaboration with Timothy Leary (yep - Timothy fucking smiling Leary), "Seven Up" (1972) and it intoxicated me. I soon listened to all their albums, and looked around for the more obscure stuff - in fact, "The Private Tapes" (1970-1979) & "The Making Of" (1978) very well could be my favs. Check out Manuel Gottsching's "Inventions for Electric Guitar" (1974 - sometimes listed under AshRa, but it's only Manuel) & "E-2 E-4" (1984).

Honurable mentions of other influential A's:
Amon Duul & Amon Duul II: Last night I was checking out Psychedelia: The Anthology dvd, and Amon Duul II did a mind melting version of "Eye Shaking King" which was probably the best thing on the dvd...the reviewer linked to was pretty spot on - except for Family, whom I think are fantastic! The original Amon Duul is sloppy psychedelic stoned guitar playing that I happen to love.

Albert Ayler: another golden find from my friend Randy! Randy had the box set - what an amazing package!! Unfortunately, we're like - in debt, you know, so I just can't afford it, but if I could afford it, this is one to get! Like a lot of free jazz, Ayler is someone you'll enjoy more each and every time you listen to him. Another fucking jazz genius!!

Louis Armstrong: my Dad is a big Louis fan, so I got into him as a kid, and respect the shit out of one of the 20th century icons. Check out his 20s-30s stuff instead of the later show tune stuff - but, that's not to dismiss his later stuff at all. It is Louis after all, so genius pours out of every single note. His 1954 "Louis Armstrong plays W.C. Handy is especially great.

Agitation Free: classic krautrock.
The Animals: always been an Eric Burdon fan!
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Well, that's it for the A's! No idea if I'll continue this, but at least it gives me a subject to go back to.
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Drawing: Christian Man

Pen on paper scanned on a cheap old epson printer sized in photoshop...what the hell?

Computer issue solved (until the next one!), Yardbirds do Velvets!! White Heaven to Status Quo and goodbye Trouble!

computer follow up

got the mofo working!!!! turns out i needed to copy the .htaccess & index.php files to the root folder...i had them in my wordpress folder (1 folder under the root) and thought i had the settings pointing to the right place...but...obviously not, cause copying these files to the root (../htdocs/) did the trick! Yeeha!!! now i can properly learn wordpress!!!
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music

this is cool -- listening to a really rough recording of The Yardbirds live from 1968: "Last Rave Up with The Yardbirds (link)" and it's...rough, but you can tell it was a pretty hot show..."Dazed and Confused" sounded a lot like Zep's future versions, and then the next song started and I thought:
"What the hell - that sounds like I'm Waiting for my Man!' - i'll be damned - it is! The Yardbirds covering The Velvet Underground back in 1968...never heard of this - interesting...& it sounded good too!!
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what else have i been listening too??
right now? right now! I am absolutely grooving on White Heaven's "Out" (1991). Definitely inspired by The Stooges...and I'm sure Les Rallizes...I love desperate rock'n'roll...ya know...ya have to rock or...you got nothing to live for! Another classic from Tokyo...if you haven't you should check out the "Tokyo Flashback (link)" series...that's where I first heard of these guys.

I am digging Devo's "Hardcore, vol. 1 & 2" - demos from the men in yellow. These songs are way more sinister lyrically (& experimental) than the albums.What is it about demos? Demos capture that original inspiration, before you start editing it for (mass) consumption...there's an innocence and purity about demos that can't be caught in a "real" studio.

...and now, the original Pebbles series (volume 1, no less) is next up on the mp3 player. Gotta love the energy!!!
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odds and ends odds and ends

Bah and I went to Spirit Lake today for the first time in ages and it was great - sun shining, beautiful scenery, my harmonica...and listening to Status Quo "Never Too Late" (1981) of all things. Thoroughly enjoyed the bastard too!!...these guys are so consistent (ie. not taking chances) that it's sorta admirable. This is from 81 but punk might as well have not happened...they still cover Chuck Berry - and so they should! I can imagine the studio dialogue:
"dude, we need a slow song here"
"slow the beat by 1/8th."
"dude, we need a fast song now."
"speed the beat by 1/8th."
"cool, dude!"
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the mind has been exploding ideas lately, but i've been having trouble collecting up the rubble and piecing it all together....
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RIP Trouble...I miss you.

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Computer Issue - "View Posts" not working in an apache, php, mysql, phpmyadmin, wordpress local environment...Dammit!

Computer Issue --- Irritation = Frustration

OK...here's my sad stupid story that changing one line in a setting file (either php.ini, httpd.conf, .htaccess or index.php) will probably make work... 

• Apache Server installed on C:/Program Files (x86)/ and works. It works!
• PHP 5.2.13 installed, working and talking to apache...
• MySQL (mysql-essential-5.1.49-winx64.msi - since I have 64-bit windows 7) installed, working and script showed that all 3 are working and communicating with each other.
• phpmyadmin 3.3.4 installed...works (the only issue is this warning: "Your PHP MySQL library version 5.0.51a differs from your MySQL server version 5.1.49. This may cause unpredictable behavior" - I believe it's from my php having an older libmysql.dll than the current version of mysql - don't think this would cause a problem).
• OK so far
• So I want to get wordpress on my local server to work on development and learning without paying a hosting fee...this is supposed to be trivial.
• I install wordpress...I can log in...I get to the dashboard...I can create posts - do basically anything in the dashboard...
• BUT
• the only thing not working is that when I click "View Post" I get this error message in the apache error log:
• [Sun Aug 29 10:04:36 2010] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Warning: require(./wordpress/wp-blog-header.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Apache Software Foundation\\Apache2.2\\htdocs\\wordpress\\index.php on line 17, referer: http://localhost/wordpress/2010/08/29/testing-4/
• [Sun Aug 29 10:04:36 2010] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required './wordpress/wp-blog-header.php' (include_path='.;C:\\php\\pear') in C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Apache Software Foundation\\Apache2.2\\htdocs\\wordpress\\index.php on line 17, referer: http://localhost/wordpress/2010/08/29/testing-4/
• Now I check these paths, and they exist (as far as I can tell!)...this is what's on line 17:
  require('./wordpress/wp-blog-header.php'); I've tried different variations on the path and get the same result.

I go to phpmyadmin and check the wordpress database, and the posts exist - they are there! But they won't show!!! Which makes learning and development rather difficult!

*** SIGH ****

I have spent far too much time on this and seem to be getting nowhere...I guess I'll have to reinstall everything (apache, php, mysql, phpmyadmin, wordpress) and try again...but, I've done this already a few times and this is the furthest I've gone yet, and it seems it's a path error in a setting somewhere...which should do the trick...

I've only gotten back into the computing world the past couple of months after a couple of years not doing much -- and I'm LOVING IT!!! But, man it can be frustrating! If anyone has any help I'll kiss you all over!! (or not)...
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Dancing with Skeletons

Ontario!!!! Work Shit!!! Teezy & Chi Chi!!!!! Music Shorthands!!!! MOFOS!!!!!

revisit the blog poobah whispered into my ear...
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bits and tidbits of the mind of the dog...
LOOK OUT ONTARIO
Teezy & Chi Chi have made it to Ontario leaving me with The Bah & Trouble!!!! Chi Chi's first time in Ontario!!!! Got stuck behind the luggage carousal!!!!! Ran out of the airport!!!!! And Westjet were bitchy and not sympathetic to the needs of a special child....BOO BOO BOO!!!
MUSIC
sun ra cosmo ominous imagiable illusion live 1988 was fucking brilliance!!!! mitch ryder live in munich 1983 was excellent...takayanagi's axis II 1975 spilt genius into the skull...liked varese!!! more than i thought!!!!! i can see how much zappa was influenced by varese...recognizable sounds...enjoyed hearing xtc's apple venus again...
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whats up with msn? saw somebody complaining about their lists......i can see why! thats not the iron sheik!!! mofo's!!!!! that's the original sheik!!!! MOFO's!!!!! most eccentric musicians??? not even close...most calculating...maybe...how bout skip spence....
WORK SHIT
good day at work...understood a little bit more of the mind of a client...put a kids cops motorcycle helmet on the a & d!!!! boundless setting boundaries of a child in a 60 year old schizo effective disorder mind...
TEEZ & CHEECH
feeling sorry for teezy....must have been really hard controlling chi chi across the country...good god!...wish i was there to help...hopefully next time...really?....in the immortal words of chi chi...maybe...poobah carter was up in my bed at midnight...missing the teez...
html html html html html html
COMPUTER STUFF
working hard to get the computer mofo back...got phpmyadmin installed and working last night...yeeha! the crowd shouts silently....so much to learn...
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friendlies...
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has blogger improved???? omg...google's image search has improved too!!! gotta get in on this man........
theendtheendtheendtheendtheendtheend

Harvey Dog Blog Update - and other things

haven't written on the blog for awhile...what's happening??...in shorthand form...
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trying like fuck to get the computer mojo working...slowly working throguh a php book, and trying out dreamweaver & getting more into css...really sick of doing life skills and want to get back to what i went back to school for - computer / web programming. i'll just keep on plugging away...
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i enjoy Popol Vuh each and every time i listen to them - last one was the soundtrack to Nosferatu, and it was beautiful!
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my isp sucks!! after reaching 12-15mb downloaded it craps out - of course, this useless traffic counts towards my broadband use.
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this blog is dying out -- too focused on getting my web skills honed, then i want to upload my own web site...looking into wordpress, godaddy info etc...i couldn't believe harveydog.com was already taken!!
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yep - my dl just hit 15% and crapped out --- again!
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that's it...i'm keeping this open - who knows? maybe i'll get rocking on it again, or i'll be providing a link to a new web site - one of these fucking days...see ya!!
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focus is on....

other things than the blog.
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Words & thoughts on last 7 albums on my mp3 palyer: AMM, Makoto, Miles & Vangelis!!

The snow pounded the earth this morning here on Haida Gwaii, and is now caressing the concrete, and I sit here counting down the days, hours and minutes left on my holiday.

This ain't no fucking way to live!
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Thinking about
memories
of the past
hated and painful
trying to stir
a bubbling
creativity
that refuses to break through...
...but I must wait it out...
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Racism is racism even if it is reactionary.
Hatred is hatred even if you think it's justified.
And love remains elusive...
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Last 7 albums played on my trusty mp3 player...(a strange selection, and actually pretty mediocre)...just for the hell of it...

a) Prince: 1999 (1982) --- this was fun, and i've always been a (sometimes lacklustre) fan. some catchy tunes and some dirty funk. ***

b) Cressida: Asylum (1971) --- not bad...in fact, pretty interesting and I would give these guys another spin. They only released 2 albums in their career. Semi-progressive pastoral kind of music...I thought of Caravan while listening to them. ***1/2

c) AMM: The Crypt (1968) disc 2 --- well well well...experimentalism extreme...this kind of music has no melody, structure or much of anything...BUT...if you listen to it and let the sounds wash over your brain it can take you into a dream-like state that is as satisfying as any well constructed melodic song. Try it...you'll probably hate it, but try it...it's GOOD for you...
yeh, that's it...
try something different
break through the rehearsal of your life
and get on stage
before the play is over
and you're taking your final bow. *****

d) Miles Davis: Decoy (1984) miles back from his hiatus after making some of the deepest darkest funkiest electric music ever made in the 1st part of the 70s. of course, miles has a shit hot band, and its tight and somewhat funky, but it leaves me...indifferent...why listen to this when there's 50 official miles albums that are better, and probably hundreds of concerts online worth listening to before this...not awful, but "blah" recording. **

e) Vangelis: The Dragon (1971) this early vangelis was done shortly after his Aphrodite's Child days...so don't expect chariots of fire or that kind of soundtrack stuff...i really enjoyed this...good prog rock, and i loved the heavy guitar workouts on the title track...i like aphrodite's child & this one...is he worth exploring or does he eventually just go for the moolah by making ott soundtracks? i dunno...but this one is an easy ****

f) Early Works, vol. 9 - Kawabata Makoto (recorded 1981 released 2000) the acid mothers leader released his early works in 2000, and for amt fans it's a necessary listen. Very experimental - closer to Haino than AMT - and this particular disc was fantastic. 2 20 minute tracks that cuts some brain synapses while planting new ones...like The Crypt - very experimental but oh so fucking satisfying! *****

[aside: experimental??? what a stupid way to describe these brilliant works of musicians like AMM, Haino, Makoto --- but as shorthand to indicate that this kind of music is not normally played on commercial radio stations, and may be a new kind of music for the majority of the peeps out there, I guess, it'll have to do.]

g) Fillmore - It's A Beautiful Day (1968) a boot from the fillmore west...man, this just didn't do it for me...nope...sorry...**
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The sun is breaking through the clouds and the day seems to be warming up. Soon, it will be time to take the dog out for a walk and review my scattershot mind.
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Still Alive and thinking about things...priorities, creativity, Psychedelic Archaeology!!!

OK

other things have pushed the priority of my blog downwards...
still alive...and...

doing a massive overhaul of my music collection - everything but a mean, lean collection of 500 "real" cds and maybe 200 lps, will go on my external hard drive. Ya know how long this takes!?!? [aside: motherfucker!!!]
--- I don't need 1,000s of little circular coasters sticking out my butt ---

i allowed work to
consume me
eat me
digest me
WHOLE
which stopped the mind from creative asides
and ideas
and sent it to a smoky den of bafflegab

i am now taking a break from work and hoping this rejuvenates the dog inside the Harvey

i also had an application to work on so that maybe one day one fucking day i can get a job in the field of computers...0's and 1's...yeh, i can dig it...

don't always feel like writing about music...my writing sometimes takes me to different places...if i keep the blog a going concern...time to change it up...again??? more creative writing??? more un-creative writing?????

and what's up with all the fucking spam in my Comments box??? I'm getting 1-2 each day.

ok...one little music thing - I'm listening to Psychedelic Archaeology, vol. 1 and I'm loving the spaced out obscure, really obscure, poppy psychish songs that brings a smile to the lips - hard to believe this music scared the older generation at the time...so much wonderful hidden music out there worthy of rediscovery - or at least worth a listen.

also busy with our little weekend visitor who brings lots of joy into the house, and certainly takes priority over a blog! Happy Easter Char!!!!

is there really a chance we'll all go back to ontario this summer??? or will i allow the fear of travelling eat me from inside until i can't move???? can we afford it?????????? i'm not sure i want to go back!!!

Aaaaaarrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Marble Sheep: Ultra Man saves the day!! 2 Marble Sheep youtubes!!!

I am absolutely
tripping
on "Ultra Man"
by Marble Sheep...from Whirl recorded 1989 released 1993
this song epitomizes my fav "rock" music...the kind of music that
GRABS
you by the
BALLS
and takes you on a hallucinatory journey
to places
where you feel at home
at peace
at ease
ready to take on anything
with confidence and an attitude
that screams:
"Look out Motherfuckers!!!"
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...leading me to a thought:
Are the depressed more susceptible to fall to the allure of "rock" music?
It is an escape...and if you're happy where you are (mentally more than physically), you don't appreciate escape.
You have no need to
escape...

"Ultra Man" is still whirling inside my skull,
enveloping the brain
massaging the tempral lobe.

Dammit!! It's MORE than an escape!!!
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2 Marble Sheep youtubes:
after 1 minute of before-show hijinks, this kicks in with 6 minutes of aural guitar bliss...thanks TokyoMarble!!!


A recent one! thanks again TokyoMarble!!

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youtubes: Shawn Phillips, Grobschnitt!!

Shawn Phillips. Midnight Special, 1973. thanks ShawnPhillipsDVD!!

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Grobschnitt. Rockpalast 1978...Eroc on drums. thanks PsychoShine!
Do you hear
So-lar Music?
Do you hear
So-lar Music?

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John Cale talks about a Woman at the Circus

Circus

Sometimes...

a song hits you

and

you feel like you're right

in the song

singing the song

feeling the song

part of the song

...

Sometimes...

it's a song

out of the blue

one you wouldn't expect...

you find yourself

singing the song

oblivious

to the fires

raging around you

for the length

of that song

you are wrapped up inside the

words and music

you play it again

and it sounds

magnificent...

This just happened with John Cale's "Woman" from disc 1 "Circus" released 2007.

Like I said...

out of the blue...

I love when that happens!

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Bob Bell's Necropolis, Fushitsusha, Audience and youtube: German Oak / Robert Mueller!!!

there can be sharpness to a dull facade

bob bell - necropolis - 1978 - canadian dude - cant remember what he's about - must have looked interesting at the time - [here: mutant sounds] - wow - nice fuzz psych guitar - high musicianship - [later] - that was a short album - now it's some awesome sparse japanese jazz psychedelic stuff from the 70s - no - wait - after a quick glance at the walkman - who is it? - what? - still bob bell??? -this guy is great - and versatile - 2.57 from 13 ratings on rate your music?????? - wrong - i disagree - im giving it 5 - right now - moved it on up to 2.78!

you cannot solve problems based on the first level

many more levels

why did i assume bob bell's jazz shit was japanese? and not american?

fushitsusha is now blowing my mind up and tossing it in the air letting the pieces fall where they may - time is nigh - 1997 - keiji haino has to be one of the most important musicians / composers / creators of the past 40 years - his music is like a sheet of glass - and all that entails.

no drinking in the car george!!!

enjoyed an audience with audience - 1969 self-titled release - house on the hill is a great song -
the turtles
audience
kevin coyne have all created classics using this title - audience? - rock with brass - like his voice - im a sucker for BIG rock - audience are back.

I can take a small piece of plaster and make a mountain out of it...

hahahaha

ya gotta know thats bullshit...im just joshing...
joshing?? haven't used that word in (decades?)

bintangs rule
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check out this incredible video - german oak providing the music to robert mueller's chilling play: the night conspirators - WOW! thanks suburbanbatherson!!
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