law of falling bodies

For my friends who don't really know what's up in the congress & why I freak out over some guy named Abramoff

Rolling Stone's cover reads 'the worst congress ever' and features a 10 WORST article here.  Our local hero Dennis 'dirty-assed' Hastert tops the list.

Charcoll ROAD TRIP SHOW - Going to the Milwaukee Gallery Night & Day this weekend.

    MILWAUKEE,WI ::
    Gallery Night & Day Oct. 20 - 21
    Friday Oct 20th from 5p-10p
    Saturday Oct 21st from 10a-4p
    KUNZELMANN-ESSER LOFTS GALLERY
    710 W. Historic Mitchell St.
    Milwaukee, WI
event map link
Charcoll will hold its first event in Milwaukee featuring works by founder e.k. buckley, zsofia otvos, [wired] and clara batton smith.
    Just at our location::::
Over 175 pieces of art by more than 40 artists. Music, poetry, food and refreshments. Shuttle service provided by Mo's Irish Pub to and from its location at 142 W. Wisconsin Ave and Picture Perfect at 320 E. Buffalo St from 5 to 10p, Saturday: 10am to 4pm For more information on the quarterly Gallery Night visit the Historic Third Ward
    if you're driving from chicago::::::::::::::
    I-94 W toward Milwaukee - go 80 mi (1 hour 18 mins)
    Take exit 312A-B to Becher St/Mitchell St - go 0.1 mi
    Take the ramp to Becher St/Mitchell St - go 0.1 mi
    Take the I-43/I-94 ramp to Downtown/4 th St/Mitchell St - go 0.1 mi
    Bear right onto the 4th St ramp
    Bear left at S 4th St - go 0.3 mi
    Turn left at Historic W Mitchell St - go 0.2 mi
    Arrive at 710 W Historic Mitchell St
    Milwaukee, WI 53204

Freedom of Information request made by CREW for Theocrats visits to White House due by Nov. 1st

I found this today on Warren Ellis' rss feed

Commentary: Theocrats Running Scared Over FOIA Request
By:  Mark Kernes

"WASHINGTON - Here's a development that should inspire industry leaders to buy a round of drinks: At least two religious right organizations are clearly worried about Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) finding out just how much access they and their buds have had to the White House.  CREW, you may recall, is the group that's been busy outing congresscritters who are too deeply in the pockets of lobbyists like Jack Abramoff, and more recently was one of the first groups to receive the e-mails and IMs that ex-Rep. Mark Foley had been sending to House pages." link to this
and here's a nice pic of one of this household's favorite brits:
"WARREN ELLIS writes comic books and graphic novels, videogames, animation, books, screenplays, tv and anything else he can steal money for. He lives in south-east England and is kept standing solely by Red Bull, cigarettes and a cane. He can be emailed at warrene @ aol.com."  AOL?  hmmmm.  Really?

Jeb Bush hides in a closet from protesters. He he he.

Once in the subway station, Mr. Bush scurried to the escalators and descended to the mezzanine level, Mr. Vandenburgh said.

By now, Mr. Bush was cornered. He was surrounded by signs that said "Pittsburgh is a Santorum Free Zone," "Honk if you're sick of Rick," and a crowd growing increasingly louder, according to Mr. Vandenburgh.

"We don't want you here," protesters chanted. link

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HALLOWEEN MASH-UP DOWNLOAD - - DJ BC, Juxtaposeur, DJ Boasty...

Hoor-fucking-RAY!  This is my new favorite halloween accoutrement.  Download a hella-load of mash-ups just in time for the dark one's big day.
BRIDE OF MONSTER MASH UP

The clown movie we did with Tim Rutili went on last night at the Getty Museum

Oct. 6th - Getty Museum in Los Angeles
Tim Rutili of Califone & Perishable Reconds completed his short film shot in 8mm at 31st Street Beach. Zsofia Otvos & I painted on the clown make-up for the cast, who were, yes, all clowns, and in one lovely shot the ROTC performs jumping jacks behind Chris & I making out. Link to the event info at the Getty:::::::::
Distributed Memory: Live Music and Projected Images (Friday Nights at the Getty)
Friday October 6, 2006
7:30 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
<<< me & chris after the shoot in the park by the Sox stadium.

Friday Oct. 13th - WINE & CHEESE RECEPTION for Charcoll's group exhibit, EARTHLY DELIGHTS

pilsen06event9, originally uploaded by ekbuckley.

Come see us this friday - lots of new works, small drawings to large paintings by Zsofia Otvos, Clara Batton Smith, [wired] jewelry & me.
Friday Oct. 13th, 6-10pm
818 W. 18th
Blue line to UIC Halsted, Halsted bus north to 18th St.  Just west of Halsted on the corner of Newberry & 18th in the Mode gallery.

That's me, Melissa of [wired] & Clara Batton Smith under Smith's new collage painting.

Ah, Amorikan Security

I could change my last name, being married now, but I prefer to maintain the name Buckley.  Why?  Because it's MY name?  Because I'm an artiste?   No.  Don't really care.  Dye my hair all the time.  Changing the name appeals to me, like a new cover assignment the ops department dispatches randomly altering life.  So why not charge into my new cover and get that weird new sequence of letters after my other, boring, non-changing first & middle names?

Because both my father in law and my husband are on the TSA terror watchlist.  Their names?  Mr Paul & Mr Chris Johnson.  Every Paul and Chris, and Robert, for that matter, Johnson, is a suspect.  So fuck that.  Bad odds.  Got a common first name, too.   I'm not getting searched every time I want to fly a fucking plane in this country.  Well, let me rephrase:  I'm not going to jeopardize losing civil rights any quicker than already done been losing 'em.  It already BLOWS that since I rarely find cause to fly without my husband, I'm already in effect detained by the profound idiocy of somehow appointed security professionals.  Chris, I point out, has it worse.  He's the terror suspect according to the "Chris Johnson" threat you may have read about.  My nieghbor works at Myopic Books.  Her husband's name?  Chris Johnson.  A couple of weeks after Chris & I talked about putting on a play of McBeth we saw a poster for MacBeth being produced by Defiant Theatre.  The director?  Chris Johnson.  That was creepy, but I still don't think he's got powers the government needs watch.  Ooooo - maybe there's a Chris Johnson pulse in the pattern of the universe that draws them all toward eachother and when they all are finally gathered - then, then we will be glad that they weren't allowed to fly without a lengthly hassle. 

This just posted on the TSA watchlist from alternet.org
"The Transportation Security Administration's secret no-fly list includes some very unlikely terror suspects -- Bolivian president Evo Morales, 14 of the 19 dead 9/11 hijackers, and every single person named 'Robert Johnson.'"
link to article

In a reader comment: the airport security biz is hiring ex-USSR intel officials to assist in the compilation of passenger information. 

going to show at the FLAT IRON tonight -

Back to the falt iron.  I'm leaving the misspelling - I can't seem to type flat and think that the pun is funny.   Last time I was there Bob Berger took the liberty of grabbing a chunk of my hair as part of some barbarous demonstration of personal priviledge over those without family money, or some fuckstain preeeevert way of greeting.  Ahh, amorikan aristocracy.  So civilized.  A few years back he was slumming it in Pilsen with his girlfriend du jour, a preacher of all things, and she was so delighted to be among the "underserved" of Chicago's population that she came back with a 6 tube varity pack of Winsor Neuton student grade acrylics paints JUST for me.  Thank you.  Thank you, lady.  Thank you kind lady.  I'll just ease my hunger with my sucking pebble over here for a while.

I paint in oil.

On a happy note, Berger, el Bruto the landlord, probably won't be around.  So here I go, packing up a few paintings & drawings to see some old friends on their first friday show for the cultural center's artists' month. 

Wanna visit Zsofia (Otvos) & I tonight?
Exhibiting tonight only
1579 N. Milwaukee, 3rd Floor Lobby
Flat Iron Fine Arts Building - chicago
6 - 10pm

We'll have another reception at 818 W 18th Street for the Earthly Delights show next friday -
Friday Oct 13th, 6-10pm
818 W. 18th Street - charcoll group show ////  pilsen second friday's art walk

Always the wine

pilsen06event12, originally uploaded by CHARCOLL.

I see that Victoria found her way to the bar.