Punk’s not dead
[repost]
A crack at some hardcore lyrics that I cannot find anywhere else online. If you see an error, feel free to leave a comment or email me.
Moral Majority (Youth Brigade)*
MORAL MAJORITY NOT FOR ME
You wanna move the country to the right
You wanna make the country bright white
A Godless society full of moral decay
But Jerry Falwell says he knows the way
MORAL MAJORITY Right wing knights
MORAL MAJORITY Take away your rights
MORAL MAJORITY Blind as can be
MORAL MAJORITY NOT FOR ME
Ronald Reagan is quite a man
A part of the new morality trying to ruin this land
Bailey Smith says be conservative and pure
Help destroy liberals and go to Heaven for sure
(repeat chorus)
If you wanna go to school you gotta pray
They'll tell you what to do and what to say
If it's right for them then it's right for you
Whatever made you think you had the right to choose
(repeat chorus x2)
Waste of Time (Youth Brigade)
You're a waste of time
You're a waste of space
I don't need your drugs
So get 'em the fuck outta my face
Say it's not your fault
Blame it on your peers
Make up any excuse
To have a few more beers
It doesn't make you funny
It doesn't make you bright
It takes more to impress me
Than puking all night
Sitting in a corner
Looking half dead
Look what's become of you
Why don't you use your head
Without getting stoned
It's hard to have fun
Another joint
Ought to get the job done
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Last Word (Youth Brigade)*
You must be in a daze
You can't add up two and two
We're not going through a phase
Since it's about what we do
So tired of what we've heard
But we're gonna have the last word
So you think we're all the same
So you think we're a fucking act
To you we're just a game
But we're for real that's a fact
You don't believe we're serious
Don't believe we mean what we say
If you really think it's true
Just try getting in our way
You don't understand us
Call us every name in the book
You never think before you act
How can you know when you never look
So tired of what we've heard
But we're gonna have the last word
You say that we're nothing new
So you give us a bad review
We're all in it from the start
How can we play from our hearts
You don't believe we're serious
Don't believe we mean what we say
If you really think it's true
Just try getting in our way
Dehumanized (Void)
I accept no conditions
I take what I want
I have no reputation
That I must maintain
I'VE BEEN DEHUMANIZED BY THE CITY
I'VE BEEN AMERICANIZED BY THE PITY
I'VE BEEN DEHUMANIZED BY THE CITY
I'VE BEEN AMERICANIZED BY THE PITY
You tell me that intellect
Is not a product
Of my instrument
Well, I think you're full of shit
(CHORUS)
No feelings of sorrow
And no feelings of joy
I'm just a product
Of your ignorance
(CHORUS)
Authority (Void)*
Revolution in the street
Burned body torn and beat
They are just victims
Of authority
NO MORE AUTHORITY
NO MORE AUTHORITY
I have no respect for authority
Why should they push me
All their lust and greed
Proves their insanity
NO MORE AUTHORITY
NO MORE AUTHORITY
NO MORE AUTHORITY
NO MORE AUTHORITY
One day I'll be old
Then I'll have authority
I wish I was young
Then I'd have envy
NO MORE AUTHORITY
NO MORE AUTHORITY
My Rules (Void)*
Everywhere I go I see their rules
They're on the street and in the schools
Authority says one thing for sure
Life can't be without structures
I'M NOT AT THE HAND OF THEIR TOOLS
I'M GOING TO LIVE BY MY RULES
WHY SHOULD I LISTEN TO THOSE FOOLS
I'M GOING TO LIVE BY MY RULES
I was raised to respect their ways
Now they've got me caught in their maze
So many questions come up in me
But which one of us is the one to see
(CHORUS)
Wargames (Iron Cross)
catch some lead
in your head
keep on fighting
you're gonna be dead
save the world
keep it free
it don't mean shit
if you ain't around to see
fight for money
fight for fame
if you're dead it's all the same
wargames what a price to pay
wargames sign your life away
wargames what a price to pay
wargames sign your life away
New Breed (Iron Cross)
everyone's growing up bitter
and there's fighting in the streets
look at your world
what do I see
I'm gonna do it my way
we are the new breed
and we will have our day
we are the new kids
and we won't go away
I say that you're too old
you say that we're too young
but looking at you
what do I see
we're gonna try it our way
we are the new breed
and we will have our day
we are the new kids
and we won't go away
everyone's growing up bitter
and there's fighting in the streets
look at your world
what do I see
we're gonna try it our way
we are the new breed
and we will have our day
we are the new kids
and we won't go away
Teenage Violators (Iron Cross)
take a look in the streets
tell me what you can see
look at all the pigs in blue
don't blame me they're after you
living for now without respecting
don't expect us to follow the rules
teenage violators
teenage violators
teenage violators
Criminal Minds (Iron Cross)
times are hard
to grow up in the 80s
all the things i've done
and room to grow
rebels today but gone tomorrow
can anyone understand the reason for our hatred?
criminal minds
criminal minds
they won't listen to us no matter what we say
criminal minds
criminal minds
they take what we say and they turn it around
nothing to do
but run and destroy
can they execute the way you turn a blind eye
with the new generation so quick to die
do you have anything?
do you ever cry?
(chorus)
born in today
and already want out
I'm beating my fist
against cold stone walls
when you open your eyes
can you hear us shout
do you sleep tonight
knowing we're left out?
(chorus)
Stolen Youth (Deadline)
promised you they would make you a man
young and bored you didn’t understand
but you didn't believe us
you needed proof
now they stole two years of your youth
now you're a man
spent your youth on the run
it’s too late now
you missed all the fun
they stole your youth
you come home you're glad
you're still fucking alive
hiding in a tent
that was no place to hide
but you didn't believe us
you needed proof
now they stole two years of your youth
now you're a man
spent your youth on the run
it's too late now
you missed all the fun
they stole your youth
they stole your youth (x4)
but now you're a man
spent your youth on the run
it's too late now
you missed all the fun
they stole your youth
[* taken from the Flex Your Head liner notes]
Posada revisited
Venezuela Will Push U.S. to Hand Over Man Tied to Plane Bombing [2009/01/23] A story I'd followed long ago and forgotten until picking up a copy of Churchill's Roosting Chickens essay recently. Trial was moved to 2011 Jan 11, but rather than facing charges for terrorist activites, Posada is being tried on only immigration charges.
LUIS POSADA CARRILES: THE DECLASSIFIED RECORD.
[update 2011/02/16: add link]
El Paso Diary: Day 19 in the Trial of Posada Carriles [Counterpunch 2011/02/16]
[update 2011/06/28]
BWW E-Commerce Seminar = Amway Global
A couple weeks ago while shopping, I met a young, well-spoken guy who seemed to be looking to make new friends. We exchanged numbers, and I received a call several days later regarding a job opportunity. He was vague about this meeting other than to describe it as a business formal event (in retrospect I found the lack of details odd), but with little to lose or so I thought, I showed up at the 20th floor of the Renaissance Hotel last night for an info session, noticing immediately that a ton of Indians were attending (I would estimate they comprised over 50% of the packed ballroom). He said he would introduce me to one of his IT contacts at the end of the event. The weird vibe I got was later confirmed. I noticed that other participants were paying money at the sign-in table, but I was signed in by my host without paying any sort of fee.
After showing my yellow ticket (labeled "BWW E-Commerce Seminar"), I was given a seat in the front row, while my host sat a few rows behind. Shortly after, I overheard a conversation about "recruiting 20 people" and "MLM" popped into my head. Newcomers were encouraged to sit in the first few rows, and an Indian man took the stage and began a presentation about a "business opportunity" leveraging social networks. After squandering an hour making lame jokes and asking what people would like to do if they had extra side income ("where would you like to go on vacation?"), the presenter finally got to the nitty-gritty, drawing a diagram with the entities Britt Worldwide (BWW) and Amway Global and pointing out various products on a side table that included energy drinks and what looked like skin creams.
At this point, my main concerns focused around minimizing the amount of time wasted and the fact that the second hour of hotel parking was now costing me $6 instead of $2. I stuck around for another half hour out of curiosity to see how this scam was being sold. In a nutshell, $250 per month to own a small business, FTC-sanctioned, private franchises, blah blah blah. Annoyed, I walked out of the ballroom, determined never to speak to this new "friend."
[Updated 2011/05/26] Re: IBO's claims, a brief Google search turns up the following links:
Numbness
Nuts. Resurfaced (minor compared to past flare-ups) this morning after no issues for at least a month. Not fond of the idea of surgery. Hmmph!
romantic Piscean seeks angel in disguise
Two week blur and butterflies. Exciting and dizzying.
Antivirus Pro scamware
Just knocked this one out myself (anti-virus SW didn't find it), but I didn't find much helpful info out there on the variant that affected my laptop. Likely became installed somehow from accessing a web site. Slightly embarrassed to note that I had 49 pending (high priority) Windows updates to apply when this happened... As described elsewhere, this malware repeatedly generates false alerts stating that your files are infected with a virus. Attempts to run task manager or any other programs are thwarted while it is running (new window opens then closes immediately followed by yet another alert).
In my case, logging out of the Windows session and logging back in provided a brief interval in which I could launch other applications before the offending process (rkbisysguard.exe) kicked off. Terminating the process stops the flow of alerts.
I run a limited access user configuration, and logging in as another user (administrative) did not trigger the app. I eventually determined that the application installed itself as
(user dir)\local settings\application data\(random name?)\rkbisysguard.exe
and was launched using this registry setting:
HKEY_LOCAL_USER\software\microsoft\windows\run
I simply deleted this registry setting and the corresponding executable.
de Menezes case settled
Britain to Settle Case of Brazilian Shot as 'Terrorist'. Revisiting an old case.
The killing of Mr. de Menezes rocked Scotland Yard — as London’s Metropolitan Police is widely known — and contributed to the forced resignation last year of Sir Ian Blair, Britain’s top police officer.
[snip]
"The Commissioner would like to take this opportunity of making a further unreserved apology to the family for the tragic death of Jean Charles de Menezes and to reiterate that he was a totally innocent victim and in no way to blame for his untimely death."
Dole Food upcoming IPO, recent news
Dole's value drops by half in 6 years, to $1.2 billion from $2.5 billion. Dole IPO is set for this week with an expected price around $14. Bond trading near/above par recently.
WordPress upgrade
Another (messy) manual upgrade to WordPress (from version 2.7.1 to 2.8.4). Lost track of the number of reinstalls and restores, but I think everything is square, even the configuration in Fantastico. On the plus side, I was forced to free some disk space.
Dole Food IPO
Dole Food to go public in $500M IPO [2009/08/14, Pacific Business News]. Just noticed this morning. Dunno what to make of it.