12 mini-reviews for the short attention span, taken from dark corners of stevenl's video vault:

Cookoo Cavaliers / directed by Jules White (1940, VHS). Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Dorothy Appleby (uncredited), Lynton Brent (uncredited), Anita Garvin (uncredited), Bob O'Connor (uncredited), Blanche Payson (uncredited). The Stooges are fishsellers, attempting to market fish without the the benefit of ice. This affords them the opportunity for several smelly fish gags (Get it? Smelly fish gags? Nyuk nyuk nyuk). In true Stooge fashion, the plot somehow twists into their purchase of a hair salon in Mexico. Curly is in fine form. Larry is in Fine form too, but he is, after all, Larry Fine. This one is a bit different since the victims of their mayhem are beautiful women. The eyepokes here are more anemic than usual. Although other forms of violence are accompanied by sound effects, the eyepokes are strangely silent. Another odd few seconds on this short film takes place right after Moe uses a mallet to whack cement off someone's face, he celebrates by making an obscene gesture. Here are the statistics on injuries. As usual, head konks rank high: head konks 23, face slaps 5, hit with mallet 5, hit with mallet and chisel 4, hair pulled completely out 4, hit in face with fish 3, shot in butt by revolver 3, hair grabbed 2, eye pokes 2, jackhammer on cranium 2, and one each of double stomach hit, nose grab, pinched arm, stomach hit, both ears yanked, kicked in butt, peppered in face with small chunks of dry cement, ear pulled.

Call to Artist!

Display your Work at Eastside Artswalk 2 (SAT June 7th) and dance like a wild animal.

Open to crafters, filmakers, installation artist, musicians, poets, performance artist, and creativity of all kinds!

If you like to participate or have your house be a venue please email raccooncollective@gmail.com

and check out www.racooncollective.blogspot.com for more updates and maps!

Copied from today's KAOS Meeting Minutes (distributed to programmers) although I WAS in attendance for an enjoyable ceremony

KAOS AWARDS 2008

10 YEARS OF SERVICE - Andras Jones, Scott Stevens
20 YEARS OF SERVICE - Jon Epstein
25 YEARS OF SERVICE - Tom Foote

Sub of the Year - Joe Pollock

Best Performance in “Tough” Timeslot - Richard Sinclair - Dancing In Circles

Outstanding Public Service - Paul Peck - Homelessness Marathon

Promising New Program - Soul Story Hour w/Nag Champa - Jesse Callahan
No Bones About It - w/Ranting Raven Redbone - Brian Frisina

Voted “Programmer’s Choice” - Retroactive - JJ Syrja

Significant Service - Evan Hashi - KAOS website development

Austin Potter - volunteer live-music engineering

Christina Masden - KAOS “Hot Box” work

Scott Stevens - “The Standard” for Specialty Music Director work

Sean Izzarone & Dave Holocher - Saturday open-shift coverage

GM’s Award for Excellence - Miriam Khan - Tuesday “Breakfast Special”

Training & Operations “Smooth Operator” Award - Jose Luis Pineda (DJ Kalambre)

Development Dept. Exceptional Service Award - Deb Greenwood

Congratulations to those awarded and thank you to everyone who makes KAOS the #1 Community Radio station.

It's a story Radio8Ball's creator Andras Jones doesn't want told - he's already threatened legal action along with illegally threatening blacklisting. However it's not illegal to report an honest and accurate account of personal experiences with someone, even if said experiences are negative and don't leave the subject in a flattering light.

The story is long (having originally been serialized in five parts on Myspace) - covers four years meticulously - and features a woman who wouldn't agree to be pushed around or treated like a dog.

Beginning June 1st, Bread and Roses is joining forces with Capital Clubhouse in order to expand the reach and effectiveness of the Bread and Roses Mail and Vouchers Program. For nearly five years now, B&R has been providing the homeless and low income of Thurston County with mail service, laundry vouchers, and shower vouchers. As the economy worsens and times get tougher, the needs have quickly outgrown our small advocacy center. To combat this we are teaming up with, and moving those services to, Capital Clubhouse, which is located in a large building on the corner of Cherry and 7th in downtown Olympia.

We're looking for volunteers to help us make this transition a smooth one by helping people with change of address forms and by staffing the voucher desk at the new location, which will consist of handing out mail, laundry vouchers, and showers vouchers. It's a very easy way to be involved, help people, and make new friends in the process.

If interested, please call Rob Richards at 360.359.3293.

Thursday May 22
Evergreen Longhouse 10:00 AM to Noon
Traditions Cafe 7:00 PM

Skyrocketing fuel costs, increasing price of food, and food riots around the world are illustrating just how precarious our food production and distribution system is. Learn about the factors affecting the world’s food supply and actions that we can take here at home to develop secure and sustainable food systems.

Sponsored by SYNERGY and Terra Commons www.terracommons.us

Please show your support for impeachment and a change in Congress. Challenge Congressman Brian Baird on his failed policy of support for the "Surge", his lack of support for impeachment, and his continued willingness to vote for funding military belligerence and the illegal occupation / war of aggression against Iraq.

Citizens actively opposed to Congressional inaction on Impeachment will peaceably assemble outside of and near to the Olympia office of Congressman Brian Baird tomorrow, Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 from between 4pm to 6pm. Please attend any or all of the 2 hour event. Join in and express your will to create a better society and a better world... continue reading

A little while back I referred to a lawsuit that is making its way through the state court system that might impact Lacey's new homeless ordinance.

Tomorrow (sometime after 9a) the state Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case between Woodinville and Northshore United Church of Christ. A few years ago, Woodinville passed an ordinance restricting how churches can host homeless camps. Basically, the church is arguing that the city doesn't have any business telling them how they can practice religion as it relates to their helping the homeless.

How the Supreme Court decides (at least I think this) will have a lot to do with whether Lacey is sued over their ordinance.

The arguments will be live on TVW and I'll post them here after they're on the internet.

Anyone know the typical turn-around on a state Supreme Court case?

- and after I've thrown away a bag of hair that must've weighed a pound and I start to feel that evaporating coolness and even remember the Sunblock - the weather inevitably cools down and goes back to dismal normal.

It's happened more than once before, I had no reason to believe it wouldn't happen again.

Sorry kids, it's too cold to go swimming now.