AMBAE ISLAND, Vanuatu – An erupting volcano on this remote South Pacific island burst into spectacular life Thursday — shooting steam and toxic gases 9,845 feet into the sky. Huge columns of dense white steam and muddy ash spewed above Ambae Island to reach the greatest height seen since the Mt. Manaro volcano began erupting…
Remembering Pearl Harbor Attack
I sometimes get to drive around survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor. It is amazing to hear their stories and imagine this land of aloha filled with smoke and death. Almost impossible to imagine. It happened though. It could happen again, and probably will. Visitors from ‘the heartland’ often express surprise and dismay at…
Knickers nicked at SA rape demo
OK, I thought this was going to be funny, but it is actually pretty sad. Good example of someone coming up with an interesting and creative concept to make a point (not all creative concepts are genius, but you have to give them points for trying), and failing to fully understand the context in which…
AK-47: the Sierra Leone child soldier
BBC’s The World Today has a great series in progress on the iconic AK-47, or Avtomat Kalashnikova model 1947. They were the weapon of choice in Sierra Leone’s bloody 10-year conflict. Here’s the story of one of the many child soldiers in Sierra Leone and his AK-47. During the three months I spent in Sierra…
A fukn band from Jersey – After Them
Another intro to some of the creative-types that bothered to write in to fukn.us….. “Afterthem is a New Jersey based band that does not play weddings or barmitzvahs.” From MH- Can’t help but think of the word “cacaphony.” Now, cacaphony can work (for proof see the evil-carnival-fabulousness of Mr. Bungle). But I have trouble putting…
Snoop Dogg Rallies Behind Nobel Literature Prize Nominated & Community Activist Stanley
The death penalty is pretty harsh. Sure the guy did some terrible stuff, but then, he has done some pretty amazing stuff too. Keeping this guy alive sends a much more powerful message than killing him. That is the thing with the death penalty that has always surprised me, we basicly send a message to…
Artists Who Love Fukn.Us
Well at least they submitted their work to us for review….The following are the links to the first three sites we have seen and reviews by myself and Mink Hippie….Bernest will be on hiatus for a short time as he searches for the meaning of life in Western China and The American South. Dennis Towers…
Double Deuce- Classic Rock Band
Well folks…we put out the call for musicians and artists to submit their work to us. Things are starting to trickle in…Among the first is Double Deuce… a classic rock band from North Haven, Connecticut. These guys like the wah wah pedal and are available for bookings if you are in the area. Hard to…
Gail Zappa
Another fortunate working experience occurred the other night when I drove Gail Zappa to the airport. Gail is a very political, intense, and damn hard working woman who was married to Frank Zappa and is the mother of Dweezil, Moon, Diva, and Ahmet Zappa. She describes herself politically as an ‘absurdist’ and has been busy…
Sonia Choquette: Storyteller ~ Intuitive ~ Spiritual Counselor
In my daily work, I sometimes have the pleasure of meeting extraordinary people. This last week, I had that pleasure. Sonia Choquette is a world renowned sixth sensory or ‘psychic’. She was here with Sylvia Brown to do a book signing and presentation in Honolulu. I found Sonia to be insightful, humourous, interesting, and right…