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April 28, 2006
Friday Shuffle - The Too Stupid to Find Porn on the Internet Edition
A couple of housekeeping things before we shuffle:
1. I'm pulling my Flickr badge from my blog. It seems like most people who click on it are coming to my site in search of things sleazy and naked. Now, I do get a little jolt of happy when I think of how sorely disappointed they must be, as I am neither sleazy nor naked. That little jolt isn't quite as big as the annoyance factor, though. I know it's not doing any harm; it just annoys the hell out of me that some people are so stupid that they can't find porn on the internet and insist on looking for it on my blog and, particularly, the Flickr badge where I post pictures of my kid.
I mean, that's a special kind of stupid. We're talking my dog Murphy-level stupid. With all the free mammary and babymaking photos on the 'net, I get an insane number of people looking for them on my blog. Some of these folks aren't completely impaired, and they quickly move on once they realize they've made a wrong turn. But a surprising number of them peruse my blog for such delights as "matriarch in search of pleasant carnal relations" (paraphrased) and "motherly chestial protrusions" (also paraphrased). When they don't find it, they click on the link to my photos, thus making a creeped-out, irritated stew within me, and I'm all about eliminating all things irritaing from my life these days.
I'm not deleting my Flickr account, and if you want to see my photos for legitimate, non-sleazy reasons, more power to you. I'll delete the badge from my page in a few days. In the meantime, feel free to bookmark it, add me as a contact, email me, whichever method suits your fancy. I'll also continue to post pictures on my blog.
Yeah, I know I can't stop people from looking for the nasty. I just don't like being reminded that such a high degree of stupid exists.
2. For similar reasons, I'm pulling my email address link. Until recently, I just left a non-linked email address, and that was fine and lovely. But then I got stupid and linked, and the spam, it's fryin' and I'm tired of it. Not that I don't welcome email from all readers, and I'll return to keeping a non-linked address on the sidebar.
I'm betting you won't find any kinfolk partaking in vulvular-testicular collision in this shuffle, but you never know...
1. You Don't Have to Go - Jimmy Reed
2. Hold Fast to the Right - June Carter Cash
3. Whip It - Devo
4. Beneath the Southern Cross - Patti Smith
5. Jet Pilot - Son Volt
6. Untouchable - Garbage
7. See a Little Light - Bob Mould
8. You Got It - Roy Orbison
9. Quand Vous Mourez des nos Amours - Rufus Wainwright (translation: I Must Overtake Your Primary Caregiver with Many Hours of Nocturnal Fun)
10. Satin in a Coffin - Modest Mouse
Posted by Robin at April 28, 2006 04:45 PM
Comments
You could go all Narc on their asses and turn them into the FBI. That's what I do. Sometimes. With the really sick ones.
Posted by: Jack's Raging Mommy at April 28, 2006 07:23 PM
God, Devo was so frikkin' awesome. One day (I'm drunkish,so this might be long) a guy from big Burrito (in Boston-told you I was tipsy and wistful) and I had a "hang out" date. We sat on his bed and listened to Devo on vinyl. If I had married him, I could have kept my last name, as he was Jason Walker. he was freakishly tall, though, and I'm 5'2". And he was blond.
Devo rocks. The singer had something to do with the Powerpuff Girls. Whatever happened to them?
Posted by: allison at April 28, 2006 09:06 PM
JRM, I'd thought about doing that, but I rarely get hits from people looking for really horrible stuff involving kids. It's generally people looking for MILFs.
Allison, why am I not at your house? Obviously, the bar is open and I'm missing out! B. was listening to Devo at work yesterday. We recently got some "Essential Devo"-type CD, so there's been a lot of Devo in our lives of late.
Whatever happened to Devo or Powerpuff Girls? I know Mark Mothersbaugh from Devo was in town a few months ago. He's got an art exhibit that was at Atomic Cowboy. As for the PPGs, beats me. But good riddence if they're gone.
Posted by: Poppy at April 28, 2006 09:22 PM
Devo recently paired up with Disney to create Dev2.0.
It's a bunch of kids singing Devo songs.
That's just wrong.
Posted by: Jack's Raging Mommy at April 28, 2006 09:36 PM
JRM, I wish I was still drunk when I read your Devo update! I hate Disney crap.
Posted by: allison at April 29, 2006 10:40 AM
June Carter Cash and Roy Orbison. If I could have only a tenth of the cool they had.
Posted by: Dixie at April 29, 2006 03:15 PM
I loathe, despise and abhor the "kid-izing" of music. What the hell's wrong with letting them listen to the originals? It's just a way to get people to buy the same thing twice, only the second purchase is guaranteed to be supremely irritating and dumbed-down.
Mark my word, Clara Jane will be listening to the real Devo. NOT Disney Devo. Ick.
Posted by: Poppy at April 29, 2006 06:33 PM
Mark Mothersbaugh has been doing musical scores for Wes Anderson among other things.
I finally saw Devo (of course not completely original Devo, but with Mothersbaugh in tow) last summer with the English Beat. I was in my full geek glory at that show and it was incredibly fun.
Posted by: Exena "Girl U Want" Humpamonkey at April 30, 2006 12:43 PM
Ya, I posted a kinda funny entry about search terms that get people to my site, but the truth is there's just too much ick out there as well. I don't even want to think about the kind of person who would type in a search phrase involving kids and perviness, and I know I've had a couple on my site. It's scary stuff. In the meantime I'll just be looking at the CJ on my contacts page. She's such a cutie and getting so big.
Posted by: shannon at May 1, 2006 09:05 PM
