Saturday, September 15, 2001

I've posted new pictures. I shot a few pictures at Portland State University two days after the attacks in DC/NY. I've also posted pictures taken during my appearances on Portland cable access. I went on the notorious Jim Spagg show to promote the upcoming issue of Portland's Jam Magazine: "The People's Issue," where you can write an essay about your thoughts on this week's terrorist attack and email them for publication to editor@jammagazine.com

Oh, and before you say anything: everyone knows that television adds about 50 pounds.

gooch
Maya Angelou and Madonna have publicly stated that we should show "restraint" and that "revenge won't solve the problem."

There should be no restraint. We've shown restraint for the last eight years with Osama (Usama? Whatever.) Bin Laden, who is the "prime suspect" in this attack.

We need to show absolutely NO restraint in the investigation, the apprehension, and the execution of those who did this to us. The perpetrators should be killed, resuscitated, then promptly killed again. There is no room for "restraint" anymore.

Friday, September 14, 2001

Scammers are out, taking advantage of the situation. Sick Fucks. Read this article and make sure your donations are going to the right people.

-gooch
Harry Lime is the god of all atheists.
Jim Spagg is the God of cable access.

In what was truly an awkward evening on the set of the notorious Jim Spagg cable access show, Spagg and Lime successfully (by most standards) pulled off a humorous/offensive/serious show in the wake of the attack on the US. Spagg was nice enough to plug this website and let me get on the air discuss the upcoming issue of Jam where anyone can send in their essays/discussions of their thoughts about the recent events.

The show is shot against a green background, with a variety of videotape superimposed behind Spagg. Tonight, the producers switched between footage of the tragedy news coverage and footage of a nudist colony. This was not a popular pick by a lot of caller's standards. I was (ahem) fortunate enough to talk to some pissed-off callers and I explained that the show is done by a group of volunteers who agreed with what was shown, and some who didn't. You can't make everyone happy. That's cable access for you.

Either way, I haven't left the house in three days. Going to the Spagg taping was a great break for me.

-gooch

Thursday, September 13, 2001

I spoke with a psychologist today who said that the hours and hours that people are spending watching the repeated broadcasts of the terrorist attacks is detrimental not only to general mental well being, but cognitive ability as well. He suggests that people limit the television watching, or at this point eliminating it altogether and getting news strictly from print and radio. There is nothing positive to be gained from watching the attack over and over again.

He also suggested that people of faith spend time in their places of worship, and for people in general to get away from the television and get together to discuss their feelings, vent, cry, etc.

-gooch
Ebay has had listings for pieces/memorabilia of the World Trade Center. Sick. This listing says all that I could about these ebayers.

Some Oregon gas Stations have jacked up prices up to ~$5. I'm going to get the names and addresses of the sons of bitches that would take advantage of a situation like this and list them here. There is no need to buy gas from these assholes ever again.

-gooch

Wednesday, September 12, 2001

I'd like to give a shout out to YMIKE, visitor #4600 at goochonline.com. He wins a free Gin and Tonic, which he's already collected on.
President Bush has vowed to donate blood in an effort to help victims of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center buildings and the Pentagon. Recipients of the President's blood have been asked not to drive or operate heavy machinery for a period of 24 hours after the transfusion.

Tuesday, September 11, 2001

My fellow Americans:

Watch a movie.

Independence Day, the 1994 alien invasion film, can express my feelings regarding the events of today better than anything I could possibly type out.

Independence Day has a much richer meaning behind its summer-action film persona. ID4 (as it was known) shows a World united in the face of a common enemy. In the film, people from all backgrounds, races, religions, and socioeconomic status are thrust together in the wake of a horrific attack (Examples: An African American and a Jewish person fly in a spaceship together to attack the alien "Mothership"; the First Lady receoves help from a stripper; The President and an alcoholic fly fighter jets side-by-side). It's an absolutely ridiculous story in terms of believability. However, the point shouldn't be lost to the story itself.

As a nation, we should unite against those who have attacked us. Not a specific country or race, but against those individuals who executed this horrific act of terrorism. We are all Americans. Don't lump someone who speaks English poorly or has a different color of skin into the group that is to blame for the attacks in New York and DC. Most of us are descendants of immigrants into this country. Immigrants who, likely, didn't speak English when they arrived here and had a different color of skin themselves.

Take care of yourselves and each other. I haven't spoken with anyone today that isn't affected by what has transpired.

-John Gallucci
I left that last log before I heard reports that there has been incidents of violence against Arab Americans, particularly those in New York. I made my comment in jest. In all seriousness, this in not a time for those living in the United States to start pitting against one another. We are, for the most part, all Americans. We should unite, not divide in this time of crisis.

As a nervous habit, I often use humor to lighten tense situations. There is nothing at this point that can lighten the weight of these events.

This is a sad day.
Early this morning, about 8:45am edt, two commercial jets crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Later, a blast rocked the pentagon, the source of this explosion is unknown. Both of the WTC towers has collapsed. The media has only confirmed that they can't confirm anything. The FAA has closed all airports and cancelled all flights nationwide. All incoming international flights, including one plane that is possibly hijacked, have been diverted to Canada.

The official Canadian response to this action: "Fuck you. Eh."

Bush has called for a full scale investigation into the source of these attacks. I have only three words: Turban Seeking Missiles.

Monday, September 10, 2001

I watched the Blind Melon "Behind The Music" last night. The show was an hour long, but I could have summed up Blind Melon (specifically, their front man Shannon Hoon) in 10 seconds: I'm high-I'm nobody; I'm high-I'm famous; I'm high-I'm pissing on a crowd; I'm high-I'm fucking dead. [insert credit to Denis Leary here]

What's funny is that the subject of the Behind the Music was Blind Melon, but it was all about Shannon Hoon. Shannon Hoon's videos. The birth of Hoon's kid. Hoon in high school. What the band members thought of Hoon. What Shannon Hoon liked to have for breakfast (apparently, cocaine). Blind Melon was a great band, but the guy who overdoses always gets the spotlight. One minute, we're saying "Hey kids: don't do drugs!" But then we put on shows that say "Hey kids: check out the musical genius who had a great career while doing a ton of crack, heroine, cocaine, LSD, and more!"

Overdosing is probably one of the greatest career moves an artist can make. That and suicide. I'm going to invent a bent spoon that fits on the end of a shotgun and sell it to musicians as the "Career Saver 3000."

One band that doesn't need to ingest the barrel of a pistol is the Pennsylvania band, GOOCH. Sure, I'm biased, but they have a free demo disc on their website. Check it out.

-gooch (the man, not the band)