A Brief Look At "Grandma" Candy

1) Starlight Mints
2) Butterscotch hard candy in sunshine yellow tinted wrappers
3) those weird strawberry hard candies in the wrapping paper designed to look like a strawberry, with that gross red syrup inside,
4) Root Beer hard candy shaped like little barrels
5) Brach's tri-coloured square shaped candy, originally chewy- been in the dish for so many years, it's now stale
6) Brach's tube shaped caramel candy with that weird pink glop on the end.
7) ONE Tootsie Roll.  Dig all you want, you'll never find another.  Remove it, it's magically replaced.
8) Those oval pale green or pale pink things that turn out to to be black licorice in disguise
9) Some Grandmas had circus peanuts in plentiful supply.  Not mine, though.
10) Halloween for Grandma doesn't mean fun size Snickers, it means candy corn.
11) Ribbon candy.  Another one my Grandmother never, ever had.
12) Werhters originals
13) Nips.  I used to work with this horrible, flatulent old woman named Bernie, who sucked on Nips all the live long day.
14) Little lemon wedges w/ jelly-like texture
15) Jimmy Nokes' Grandma had a dish full of just good'n'plenty's.  Obviously, she was evil.

special mention) cod liver oil pills

add your own!

NEW FROM FLUXLIFE INC.! ARTCORE NAKED (DELUXE EDITION)!

The Rich Millett Archive Project releases another oddity from the Fluxlife Inc. Vaults®!

Back in April 1994, a young Richard Millett was bored and disgusted with his "creative" writing class, and rebelled in the only way he knew how...by using his school's resources to create and print a new batch of poems in just a few days.  Long out of print, Artcore Naked was either totally uknown, or magically mythical, depending on who you asked (and how sane they are).

Now (like everything else from the 90's) it's back in action!  Also included for your enjoyment and edification are Rich's original rough (or "ruff") drafts from these writing sessions.  From the Nazareth computer labs to your iPad!

Check it out now!

http://www.scribd.com/doc/225726452/Artcore-Naked-Deluxe-Edition

THE HORROR, THE HORROR

Hey there, you with the stars in your eyes...

INTERESTING

http://www.pinterest.com/scottwarmuth/a-tempest-commonplace/

http://newhavenreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/NHR-006-Warmuth.pdf

What The Fuck Is That Vibe Like?!

THE SEVEN ETERNAL CIRCLES OF BOB DYLAN!

I, Richard Matthew Michael Joseph Millett IV have created the ultimate, final, and above all else, perfect ranking of Bob Dylan's oeuvre.  I truly channeled my inner Christgau.  This is it.  The ultimate argument ender.  I ask you to bask in the warmth of my creation.

FIRST TIER: PERFECTION AS SMOOTH AS A RHAPSODY
1- Blonde On Blonde- Masterpiece
1a- Blood On The Tracks- Masterpiece
2- Highway 61 Revisited- Masterpiece
3- John Wesley Harding- Masterpiece

SECOND TIER: UNFUCKWITHABLE GREATNESS FOR THE AGES
4- Tempest- Goddamn Genius
5- Desire- Perfect
6- Bringing It All Back Home- Perfect
7- Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Live 1966, "Royal Albert Hall" Concert- Perfect- but why stop here?
8- “Love and Theft”- Near Perfect
9- Another Side Of Bob Dylan- Perfect
10- The Times They Are a-Changin’- Perfect
11- World Gone Wrong- Perfect
12- The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan- Near Perfect
13- Time Out Of Mind- Near Perfect
14- Modern Times- Near Perfect
15- Hard Rain- Those ducklings couldn't see the swan was beautiful
16- Bootleg Series Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964- Suspension of disbelief
17- Oh Mercy- Near Perfect, shame about Disease Of Conceit

THIRD TIER: U STILL CAN'T TOUCH THIS
18- Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall- Mask-erading
19- Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991- A comma not a period
20- Street Legal- Startling, Strange, Suffocating
21- New Morning- Placid, Peaceful, Pleasant
22- Together Through Life- BYOB
23- Infidels- Coulda been a contender
24- Planet Waves- Looking back with awe
25- In Concert - Brandeis University 1963- Tougher than nails
26- Biograph- A true musical joyride
27- Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II- The Chronicles of its time
28- Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Live 1975, Rolling Thunder Revue- 15 discs too short.  Bootlegs ahoy!
29- Before the Flood- The eternal battle of good vs. evil
30- Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare/Unreleased 1989–2006- Studying the stetson
31- Good As I Been To You- Saturdays
32- Slow Train Coming- Sundays
33- Shot Of Love- Monday

FOURTH TIER: U COULD CERTAINLY DO WORSE
34- Bob Dylan- Wheat vs. chafe
35- Nashville Skyline- Mint juleps vs. Michelob
36- Empire Burlesque- Nice cloth vs. bad tailoring
37- The Bootleg Series Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969–1971)- Charmed, I'm sure
38- Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid- Ennio Eno
39- 'The Copyright Extension Collection Vol. I'- The truth shall set you free
40- Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack- This store is sorta cool

FIFTH TIER: ...AND YOU SAY YOUR NAME IS WEBERMAN?
41- Live at the Gaslight 1962- Bootlegs are better
42- Live at Carnegie Hall 1963- Bootlegs are better revisited
43- Live 1961–2000: Thirty-Nine Years of Great Concert Performances- Remember this one?
44- Masterpieces- Still necessary after all these years
45- Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 (1988)- The Liquid lunch
46- Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 (1990)- The Afternoon Crash
47- Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits- It's been done

SIXTH TIER: TOO MUCH MIXED UP CONFUSION
48- Self Portrait- Shit can come out green?
49- Christmas in the Heart- Battery acid Bing
50- The Basement Tapes- Fuck this, find the bootlegs
51- Real Live- Um, technically
52- Under The Red Sky- Lite'n'lively'n'scowling
53- MTV Unplugged- I thought that sign read "apple sauce"!
54- Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3- Grizzled, chained, drained, and gated (drums)
55- Bob Dylan at Budokan- Diamond Dylan.  As in Neil.
56- 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration- Bob Bored.  Sinead Booed.  Wood Not Good.

SEVENTH TIER: ABANDON ALL HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE
57- Down In The Groove- Gets it over with
58- Saved- Doomed
59- Knocked Out Loaded- Martland's Syndrome
60- The Essential Bob Dylan- Talkin' 60's Fixation Blues
61- Dylan- What about Bob?
62- Blues- Biege
63- Dylan & the Dead- Horse shit vs. Dog shit

SPECIAL HONORARY MENTION PART ONE!
64- The Complete Album Collection Vol. 1- How the heck do you rank this thing?

DOUBLE SPECIAL HONORARY MENTION PART TWO!!
Seriously, no fucking about, go find the Tree With Roots bootleg, it covers all 100+ recordings from the "Basement Tapes", and if this were an official release it would probably be stealing the top spot.  Yes, it's that good.

TRIPLE SPECIAL HONORARY MENTION PART THREE!!!
Bob really mangled what could have been three masterpieces- Shot Of Love, Infidels, and Oh Mercy.  Advanced studies of the bootlegs are strongly suggested.

BEST ONE YET

An Irish Joke

SCOTT ASHETON

Forever The Real Rock Action

Saw him play live twice. Left me deliriously breathless twice. The fuckin' man.

NEW FROM FLUXLIFE INC.! POEMS TO DANCE TO (1991-2001) !

The Rich Millett Archive Project is now a real thing!  For however long it takes, I’ll be rolling out items of the Fluxlife Inc. Vaults® that shall delight, confound, confuse, and, amaze!

Kinda sorta, Shut Up Sarah was the first release of the series, and now Poems To Dance To has  been unleashed!  Poems To Dance To consists of 36 pieces from long, long ago.  Most of these were published in lit mags, or were intended for books, but cut at the last minute.  Now, some of you eagle-eyed enterprising souls may recognize a few of these titles from Extracts (2001), or Twenty (2011), but…(and here’s the cool part) these are the original final versions, as I originally typed them, using both index fingers, back when I weighed 100 lbs less.  Everything that was in Extracts was re-typed (at a minimum), and (usually) re-written. 

This is straight out of the old files.  The real stuff.

Heres the contents…

RMAP01: POEMS TO DANCE TO (1991-2001)

The Lighter Side of Suicide

Sad Mind

Street Calls

Bag O' Nails

Hunter Girl

Love Means Always Saying You're Sorry

...But I Know

The Moon

The Dark Kiss

Mutilation Of The Blanks

Whatever You Think...

I Don't Care #363

Suicidal & Sunburned

Afraid Of The Dark

We Chew 'Em Up And Spit 'Em Out

Grunge Assault #1 (Wood Is Good)

I Rock

Where Did It All Go?

They Never Felt Sorrow

Shorty

Corsage

Pastiche

Catch Her In The Rye Bread

The Ballad Of Pablo

Fruitcake: The Final Insult

Guerilla

Platinum Blonde

Again

One-PLO

Commercials Are The Best Part

Krystyna's Café

Moral To The Story

Me Plus You

I Love Women

Accuser

The Rapist Vs. …….

To read this collection- click here!

http://www.scribd.com/doc/210184188/Poems-To-Dance-To-1991-2001

LOU REED

(from Lou Reed's FB page) "Take me for what I am a star newly emerging" Happy birthday Lou. From your friends, family, and fans. We thought today would be a good day to announce that the Lou Reed Archive is currently a work in progress. There are stacks upon stacks of boxes, full of hundreds of tapes, photographs, artwork, hard drives, letters, and more that will be transferred, cataloged, and assembled into an incredible archive. It's a long road ahead and we'll be sharing our progress along the way right here on the Lou Reed facebook and twitter pages so stay tuned!

FROM THE DIVINE TO THE IDICULOUS!

This is the cover of my next book. It's called "Fuck It"

also another god gift

this song has been my lifeblood--adrenaline--nutrients--endorphins for weeks and now it is going to be the sound of 37 for me
 

India's Master Musician, 1963; Chatur Lal on tabla; Nodu Mullick on Tamboura

GOD' GIFT

SHINE A LIGHT

INSTEAD OF CURSING THE DARKNESS Peace to everyone, even the idiots

SHE'S THINKING "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TIM"

THIS MOTHERFUCKIN' MASTERPIECE

WHEN IT'S TIME TO LAUGH, OUR MAN FROM MANCHESTER IS THE ONLY CHOICE

If you thought that Britpop doc was Noel getting down and being honest and hilarious...holy shit...that aint nothin

Here's the appetizer


And here's the main course

AMIRI BARAKA

The man in full flight
 

One of my biggest early influences. A fuckin' giant