Pontifications from Ziggy

Eyes

2006-01-24T13:24:00.000-08:00

I have a friend in Canada. Because it is dark there lots, people's eyes tend to grow in the winter to see in the dark better. It is dark in Canada 24 hours a day in the winter. That is why hockey is played inside.

My friend has a cat that looks quite similar to her. Her cat is named "Trixie". Here is a picture of Trixie.

If you picture a tall woman with red hair and a face like that, well, you get the picture.

ART

2005-12-17T23:59:00.000-08:00

This is called "Owl Eye". Naturally, I think it is magnificent.

ART

2005-11-29T23:14:00.000-08:00

Host My Array Baby

SABO

2005-11-29T22:43:00.000-08:00

There's a rumor going around about SABO. The Man of Stealth. Here is my interpretation of him.

Rumors

2005-11-21T09:25:00.000-08:00

There is a rumor coming from the False Messiah camp of a six disc anthology being released just in time for the holiday season. Bound to contain such hits as "Crop Dusting Again", "Head In The Sand", "Candle Dance", "Another Simple Diversion", "Keys", "Whine Queen", "Church Steps" and other blockbusters spanning the 80 year career. More to follow.........

Ziggettes

2005-11-07T15:23:00.000-08:00

Ziggy is pondering a side project band to do nothing but R&B and blues material from his extensive catalog.

Ziggy has decided that having backup singers "The Ziggettes" would be a good thing. Something like this:

The thought was the singers could add to such great Ziggy tunes as "Flight School Blues", "Train Across the River", "Flat Broke and Wasted" and "Crop Dusting Again" on his upcoming world tour.

Those interested in auditioning for this grueling role should contact Zline Productions.

Computer Support

2005-11-07T10:38:00.000-08:00

One of the FOZB is a computer support manager in a large organization. Meaning, it is his groups job to support about a thousand people with all their PC desktop, laptop, cellphone, blackberry and network questions. He tells me his users are really sharp.

This FOZB tells me that support is challenging. He is not really given funds to hire enough people, so, he innovates.

To date, he tells me no users have noticed any support difference with the new staff.

He also mentioned that with budget constraints he can't always get the equipment or furniture he needs so he is forced to innovate.

He seems comfortable though.

Finally, he wanted to show one of the network people furiously building yet another server that needs to be installed with the dozens of others. This server, will apparently keep track of, and validate who is on their network. It is an upgrade.

Ziggy is glad he tours with False Messiah.

Where I Live

2005-11-07T10:14:00.000-08:00

Where I live, there are lots of clubs where women take their clothes off for men (and sometimes other women). There is usually music that accompanies the women as they dance and do hair flips and such (as I found out doing research for this story some years back. Believe me I beat a HASTY RETREAT from that experience).

Here in town, there is a bit of an uproar about adding another club in the city. Coincidentally, this is the address of where the new club would be built.

Another Era

2005-11-07T10:05:00.000-08:00

What every happened to Ladies In Waiting?

Burger Man

2005-11-07T09:25:00.000-08:00

The simple subtlety of bribery......

November 4, 2005

Presidential candidate to give away cows

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A wealthy Sri Lankan presidential candidate said he will use his personal fortune to buy a cow for every home if he is elected.

"Every Sri Lankan home will be gifted with a high milk-yielding cow from (the Indian state of) Kerala which could be expected to yield 10 litres to 16 litres of milk every day," Victor Hettigoda was quoted as saying by The Island newspaper on Friday. "Even families who live in flats, who could make suitable arrangements to look after a cow, will receive a gift of cow," he was quoted as saying.

Anusha Vitanapathirana, a spokesman for Hettigoda, confirmed the report.

Hettigoda is one of 13 candidates vying for the tropical island's top executive post in the Nov. 17 presidential election.

The leading candidates are Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse and former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Hettigoda said his plan was a sure way to fight malnutrition and make people prosper, and suggested that excess milk could be converted into cheese and butter or even exported.

Sri Lanka's indigenous cattle are poor dairy animals. They are small, with an average adult weight of 160 kilograms and low milk yields.

Hettigoda owns an herbal medicine empire, the Siddalepa Group of Companies, with 3,500 employees.

Award

2005-11-07T09:17:00.000-08:00

Performer gets $33,000 instead of $15,000

MONTREAL (CP) - Quebec singer-songwriter Raymond Levesque's decision to turn down a $15,000 Governor General Performing Arts Award has proven to be a smart financial move.

On Friday, Levesque received a cheque for $33,000 from a group of prominent separatists who organized a fundraising drive in the wake of his decision.

After Levesque, 77, announced he would not accept the award, Bloc Quebecois MP Caroline St-Hilaire - along with the Societe St-Jean-Baptiste de Montreal, which promotes Quebec culture and sovereignty - launched an effort to match the $15,000 that comes with winning a Governor General Performing Arts Award.

The awards recognize lifetime achievement in the arts.

Levesque said he could not accept the prize because he was unable to reconcile his separatist beliefs with the federalist nature of the award.

Levesque, who is also a poet, had initially indicated he would accept the prize when he was named among this year's winners in September.

In accepting the substitute cheque, Levesque couldn't resist taking a few additional jabs at the new Governor General.

"Kneel down before the Governor General? Never," he told a crowd that included former premier Jacques Parizeau and Parti Quebecois leadership candidate Pauline Marois.

Levesque criticized Michaelle Jean, saying the new Governor General changes political allegiances when it suits her career.

Very clever Raymond.

In a strange coincidence, Ziggy has turned down a million dollar offer for publishing rights to his music. He would appreciate a similiar response from you all, just like Dear Raymond received. And, Ziggy is WAY more patchouli than Raymond will ever be.

Fear And Why We Are What We Are

2005-11-07T09:14:00.000-08:00

Science project causes bomb scare
PERRYOPOLIS, Pa. (AP) - A bomb squad blew up a metal pipe that had a battery, wires, rope and an electrical switch, only to realize it was an eighth-grade science project. "An electromagnetic fishing pole," Allegheny County Bomb Squad Sgt. Robert Clark said, holding the contraption with the battery blown off. A clerk found the device, made from three feet of half-inch metal pipe, near the greeting cards display at a drugstore Thursday. Police Chief Roger Beadling said he got within two metres and decided not to take any chances. "It definitely appeared to be some kind of explosive device," he said. The bomb squad used a robot to examine the device, then destroyed it.

A 10th-grader at Frazier High School said the science project is something eighth-graders do every year. "You have to make it so it can pick up metal paper clips, but you can't use magnets," Tiffany Burton said. "I hated that project." Jim Shahan, owner of a pizza shop a few doors away, said had he seen the device, he might have saved everyone a few anxious hours. "I just helped make one for my daughter," he said.

Unite !!!

2005-11-04T14:56:00.000-08:00

This shocking news story of poultry eradication.

BEIJING, China — China and Vietnam on Friday each confirmed new bird flu (search) outbreaks, while Japanese authorities said 180,000 chickens would be killed after signs of the virus were found at a farm.

Adding to global jitters about bird flu, the Asian Development Bank warned in a report that a flu pandemic could kill up to 3 million people in Asia, cost the region billions and plunge the world into recession.

North American H5N1

2005-10-31T11:06:00.000-08:00

It was reported today that birds in Quebec and Ontario have been found with the avian flu.

Dr. Isaac Strong founder of The Center For Avian Flu Detection has issued a statement calling for the creation of Avian Detention Camps for all North American birds. Priority apprehension will be given to parrots, chickens and ducks.

The Center for H5N1 Awareness , funded by dollars from the Entertainment Industry, has issued a strong protest and is organizing a benefit TV show and concert tentatively called "Save Our Poultry" for November 15th. A Spokesperson said that Matt Damon, George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie may be contacted to see if there was an interest in representing this cause.

Book Order

2005-10-31T10:09:00.000-08:00

A large online bookseller reported a record number of sales in Iraq this month. Seen here, is a recent order being delivered to the British Embassy.

Phone Bill

2005-10-31T09:57:00.000-08:00

Now, at what point do you notice your satbill is just a tad high?

Britain's Foreign Office probes loss of phone

LONDON (AP) - Britain's Foreign Office said Monday it was investigating the loss of a satellite phone in Iraq, amid reports it was stolen by insurgents who ran up a $890,000 US bill.

Unplanned Trip Version 2.0

2005-10-31T09:44:00.000-08:00

WACO, Texas (AP) -- A pastor performing a baptism was electrocuted inside his church Sunday morning when he adjusted a nearby microphone while standing in water, a church employee said.

Hey Dude - put in a good word for the Zig please....

Unplanned Trip

2005-10-31T09:33:00.000-08:00

Truth is trippy and stranger than fiction.

BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (AP) -- A woman helping her husband launch his hot-air balloon was critically injured when her leg got caught in a rope and she was pulled up into the air and fell through the roof of a barn.
Kathleen J. Long, 53, of Phillipsburg, was in critical condition Monday morning at St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The accident happened Sunday in Bethlehem Township, New Jersey.
It was not clear how Long's leg got caught in the rope. Witnesses say she dangled from it for a short time and passed through several tree tops before she was knocked off.
She then fell about 50 feet and crashed through the barn roof, officials said.

The Rolling Stones

2005-10-30T22:18:00.000-08:00

Seeing the Stones this week in concert. Always a chance Keith will call me up to sit in.

Essential Stones Albums

Sticky Fingers
Let It Bleed
Exile on Main Street
Beggar's Banquet

Good To Own If You Have The Cash

Forty Licks
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!
Some Girls
Goat's Head Soup
Their Satanic Majesties Request
Aftermath
A Bigger Bang

Art

2005-10-30T22:16:00.000-08:00

Coincidentally, I've called this Hellhound.

2005-10-30T22:15:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloween

2005-10-30T20:37:00.000-08:00

It is that time of year again and people are putting their costumes on to go out Trick or Treating.

Art

2005-10-29T22:46:00.000-07:00

This is called "The Rewards of Ego".

And this is called "Rip Current".

Ghost Ship

2005-10-29T22:29:00.000-07:00

This ship sunk without a trace in the 20th century (and to this day not a trace of it has been found). Somewhat unique to the voyage was: there was an execution on board, the captain was a raging drunk (apparently), the ship 'overshot' the harbor destination in South America by a few dozen miles going down from the States and had to enter the harbor from the south, there was an unscheduled stop in Barbados and oh, 309 men lost their lives. The captain and the diplomatic consul were avid German sympathizers (born there). Funny thing? It was a US Navy ship in WW1. Go figure huh?

False Messiah - Original Lineup Picture

2005-10-29T22:26:00.000-07:00

Came across this old newspaper picture of False Messiah in the original lineup.

From left to right they are: Bill (bass), George(drums and backup vocals), Gramps (lead guitar and vocals), Nathan (keyboards and backup vocals) and James (rhythm guitar).

Gouge

2005-10-29T15:21:00.000-07:00

An old oil company saying "When in doubt, gouge your fellow man. Then donate to political parties for protection". Makes one wonder about war profiteering, taking advantage of natural disasters and overstating or exaggerating issues.

Oil Profits

Art

2005-10-29T03:31:00.000-07:00

This is called: Full Moon At The Little Bighorn River

Art

2005-10-29T03:04:00.000-07:00

This is called: Possessions

False Messiah and Ziggy

2005-10-28T21:15:00.000-07:00

This is a short audio clip of Ziggy playing lead guitar live with Gramps and False Messiah at the recent H5N1 Awareness Concert in Amsterdam.

Get jiggy with Ziggy and False Messiah

Art

2005-10-28T16:14:00.000-07:00

I call this:

Ghost Dance

Friday Night

2005-10-28T14:44:00.000-07:00

It's Friday night, sit back, put on Nine Inch Nails "The Fragile" and ponder the Eagle Nebula.

The Middle East

2005-10-28T14:20:00.000-07:00

This icon was recently found in an archeological dig in the Middle East.

Pretty amazing ain't it? Now I'm no buster and I ain't been doing any chong but this should tell you all something. I'm ponderin doing some sticky gooey and then coming up with some tenets for a new way of life. If I was you? I'd be kneeling at the altar of Ziggy. We're talking about parting the sea with my Nebuchadnezzar.

Business Wisdom

2005-10-28T13:56:00.000-07:00

I've decided to impart some of my business wisdom to you, friends of Ziggy's Blog. These are meant to be inspiration and motivational in nature. So sit back my nezzies and enjoy da stackin tips.

None of us is as smart as all of us.
Nothing gives a person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. (like Zig needs to tell youse that!)
Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.
Nothing endures but change.

Art

2005-10-28T13:26:00.000-07:00

I call this:

Women In Shawl (River's Edge)

Friday Nights

2005-10-28T10:10:00.000-07:00

Friday nights are all gravity for Gramps and Zig. We get dressed up in our flammies and look for a place to pallay. Here we be last Friday. Check out my stunnas.

Jimi Hendrix

2005-10-28T09:54:00.000-07:00

My favorite Jimi Hendrix album is Axis Bold As Love.

While many people prefer "Are You Experienced" or "Electric Ladyland", I believe Axis has the best mix of Jimi's songwriting capabilities and guitar virtuosity. If you don't have the remixed version of this, you should run out and get it.

One of my favorite songs is "Castles Made of Sand". To me, it speaks to how transient our existence is and what we take for granted.

"And so castles made of sand melts into the sea, eventually........."

I love going to the beach and listening to this album.

World Series

2005-10-28T09:37:00.000-07:00

Baseball is over now and Ziggy is sad. We have to wait until early April again for another baseball season to start. Ziggy would like to congratulate the Chicago White Sox on getting their first pennant in 88 years and also erasing the stigma of the 1919 Black Sox scandal.

In a related, Ziggy has heard there was test marketing conducted for a new brand of hot dog during the Series. They could not be sold with the popcorn and stuff but I understand they were available at the beer concession stands. This is baseball in the 21st century. The saying "give me a dog and a beer" has taken on new meaning.

Speaking purely for myself, I stuck with the tacos.

Clouds

2005-10-28T09:28:00.000-07:00

On a nice windy fall day, Ziggy just likes to lay back and watch the cloud formations roll by as he reads Moliere.

Now, if my name was Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, I think I would change my name to "Moliere" as well. But my name is Ziggy.

I'll bring the ZPOD and throw on music (usually relaxing stuff like Nine Inch Nails, Led Zeppelin or False Messiah) and watch the clouds roll by. That is one of those moments when I really am the quintessential Ziggy.

Was His

2005-10-28T09:19:00.000-07:00

In a related story, child visitation can from time to time become an issue.

Canadians

2005-10-28T09:11:00.000-07:00

From north of the border. Ziggy sees no difference between lawyers going from country to country. Here is a Canadian lawyer advertisement. Perhaps things are different from province to province. My understanding is like health care, law is also socialised. The citizenry doesn't actually have to pay anything - other than taxes of course which are now at 94% of total income.

Oliver Cromwell

2005-10-28T09:08:00.000-07:00

One wonders if Oliver Cromwell would turn over in his grave if he saw how certain citizens in his old kingdom reacts to affairs of the heart.

Couple O'Thangs

2005-10-28T09:00:00.000-07:00

Now friends, this is one beauty pageant Ziggy shall stay away from.

On another note, here, where Ziggy lives, we sometimes have to state the obvious to the general populace. The ducks are a government program I believe. Not sure if these stories are related.

Vulgaris

2005-10-27T16:27:00.000-07:00

Zline Records is proud to announce the advanced sale of False Messiah's new CD

"Vulgaris".

Due to be released on November 15th, this 12 track 24 bit HDCD will undoubtedly be recognized as False Messiah's finest effort to date. Recorded at Lost Cabin Studios in Cheyenne, Wyoming the track listing is:

Hybrid Love (3:22)
Ghost of Susan B (4:56)
Black Crow Blues (7:01)
Empress of Ireland (8:18)
Text Me (3:43)
Wearing the Floor (5:33)
Talking Me (4:44)
Hard, Rough and Slow (6:56)
High Density Romance (4:01)
Vulgaris (10:27)
Bohica Means I Love You (5:55)
Churlin' (3:01)

Listen to Ziggy and Gramps dueling on lead guitars doing 'The Ghost of Susan B'

Bismuth

2005-10-27T15:28:00.000-07:00

The Element Bismuth. That is October's element of the month. Now I know you don't know much about it, so here goes:

Color is silver white often with a multi-colored iridescent tarnish.
Luster is metallic.
Transparency: Crystals are opaque.
Crystal System is trigonal; bar 3 2/m
Crystal Habits include mostly massive foliated forms in natural specimens, although there do exist some well formed natural crystals they are rather scarce. Laboratory grown crystals display trigonal hopper crystals that appear pseudocubic.
Cleavage is perfect in one direction (basal)
Fracture is uneven or jagged.
Hardness is 2 - 2.5
Specific Gravity is 9.7 - 9.8 (unusually heavy even for metallic minerals)

This is a bismuth crystal which I have morphed into something more pleasing to my eye.

Ziggy calls this artwork "Bismuth".

Genuine

2005-10-27T15:10:00.000-07:00

When purchasing any False Messiah CD, DVDs, apparel, jewelry, candles, IPOD skins or any other type of merchandise, please make sure that the item in question has the genuine False Messiah logo (tm).

Woodstock

2005-10-27T14:47:00.000-07:00

False Messiah played Woodstock 7 recently. I sat in with them. It was a great gig. It was filmed for a DVD. Gramps looks like he's chunking out the power chords
to "Missoula Train" and looking at his girlfriend Jabs who was in the audience (below).

Gramps digs redheads.

Read All About It

2005-10-27T14:20:00.000-07:00

Headline: Workers Pave Over Dead Deer

Andreas, PA (AP)-- Workers repairing a stretch of roadway paved straight over a dead deer that one official says was hard to miss.

A gooey spread of oil and rocks covers the deer's head, neck and shoulders along Route 895.

"The deer was lying there dead for three to four weeks," said Keith Billig, mayor of nearby Bowmanstown, about 65 miles northwest of Philadelphia. "I never saw anything like that before in my life."

It is against state policy to pave over a deer, said Walter Bortree, a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation engineer.

"We do not routinely oil and chip over deer kill," Bortree said. "If in fact the deer was in the work area, it should have been removed before the work was done."

Bortree said the private contractor that did the work for the state probably missed seeing the deer because it was on the edge of the road.

But Billig said the animal is in plain view.

"You can't miss it," he said. "It's in a straightaway. If they couldn't see it, then they can't see the numbers of their checks either."

Now really, what more can you say?

Super Glue

2005-10-27T14:07:00.000-07:00

There are a couple of things that Ziggy does not allow in his house. Super glue is one of them. The other is jealous women. Ziggy is as Ziggy does. Be patchouli with it.

Wheaties

2005-10-27T13:33:00.000-07:00

Back in the 50s, Gramps ran in the Olympics under an assumed name. I think it was in Australia. Anyway, he won lots of medals and stuff.

Tee Shirt For A Good Cause

2005-10-27T11:55:00.000-07:00

I could be wrong, but I believe these tee shirts are now available for purchase from the UN gift shop.

The Populace

2005-10-27T11:18:00.000-07:00

I don't understand why people want to cut education costs when signs like this are needed for the local populace.

Where I Live

2005-10-27T11:13:00.000-07:00

Here where I live there is always road and highway work going on. Traffic is snarled. Commutes take longer than they should. Government workers are given responsibilities for road signs.

Ponder This

2005-10-27T10:55:00.000-07:00

This is the Lagoon Nebula taken from the Hubble Telescope. Not only is it shizzy, but it makes me, Ziggy, realize how insignificant I truly am.

Art

2005-10-27T10:36:00.000-07:00

I call this Acid Reflux

San Francisco

2005-10-27T10:06:00.000-07:00

In the 60s, False Messiah took a break from recording and touring for almost a year.

Gramps moved out to San Francisco where he heard there was a burgeoning music scene. He gigged with bands and learned expressions such as "far out", "groovy" and "Climb it Tarzan". Free love was in the air and free music festivals were played in parks. Gramps fell in love with a woman for a bit and she had a child (my aunt) who was named Phobos after the Martian moon. Things were very trippy apparently.

Gramps joined a band briefly and they did gigs at the Matrix and the Family Dog. While he enjoyed playing with the group, he decided that False Messiah had a better groove and moved on down the line.

Octoberfest

2005-10-27T10:00:00.000-07:00

Here, where Ziggy lives, we celebrate Octoberfest. That may be a Germanic type of thing, but really, it's an excuse to drink and dress funny and shizzle with the heffas.

Famous People II

2005-10-27T00:19:00.000-07:00

People would come back stage to meet Gramps. This happens all the time. He's got a wharehouse full of shots like this.

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Ed Sullivan

2005-10-26T23:50:00.000-07:00

Gramps was popular in the 60s. One Sunday, he got a frantic call from a friend, who was a friend of Ed Sullivan's. Seems like the lead guitar player of this band from England had gotten sick with a case of the mumps. The friend asked if Ed and the band could talk to Gramps about sitting in for the sick guitar player and he said sure (of course).

So Gramps did and they did two songs. "She Loves You" and "I Want To Hold Your Hand". This was in February 1964 I think. Ed Sullivan was really happy that his bacon was saved. He got Marc Chagall to recreate the famous gig on canvas. The below now hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of New York.

When asked about Gramps sitting in, John Lennon only said: "Genius is a promontory jutting out of the infinite".

Famous People

2005-10-26T23:31:00.000-07:00

I've been fortunate to meet a lot of famous people. One summer vacation I was in Munich, Germany with Gramps and False Messiah.

The Cardinal there was a little confused, he thought that the Messiah had come. It was all a bit of a mixup and I think he was embarrassed. We got a crucifix to the city though, and hung out with some Bettys.

Art

2005-10-26T16:11:00.000-07:00

I call this "Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind"

Prints

2005-10-26T15:52:00.000-07:00

False Messiah is offering a limited run print (12X18 250 copies) as a momento of this legendary concert held this June in Bonnaroo.

Each print is hand numbered and autographed by Gramps and the band. $750

One lucky winner will have the setlist written on the back by Gramps himself.

Thou Shalt Not Steal

2005-10-26T13:53:00.000-07:00

String Theory

2005-10-26T13:47:00.000-07:00

Ziggy calls this original work of art: "Entering The Eleventh Dimension".

Utility Belt

2005-10-26T13:39:00.000-07:00

I had another friend complain about all the tech gear they have to carry. Cellphone, pager, IPOD, personal GPS etc.

Ziggy felt good when he suggested the utility belt from False Messiah Inc.

Dr. Visit

2005-10-26T13:14:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, when I went to the doctor for my annual checkup he said something to me which I did not understand.

He snapped the glove on and smiled at me and said "Bohica".

Now I, Ziggy, did not know what that meant. He explained quickly that it was medical terminology and meant "Bend Over, Here It Comes Again". He explained to me that Doctor's had their own slang and could talk in front of a patient and the patient would not understand the conversation. For example, he mentioned a heart attack patient he had been treating. He had chest XRays taken. When another doctor walked in and saw the XRays - he said to his colleague "Ah, Icing on the cake". Now that means, a lethal tumor was discovered in the X-rays. See? Or he could also say - "Ah, LRO I see". That means "Luck Ran Out".

Doctors don't like lawyers apparently. See, every once in awhile they will "Bury the Hatchet" which means a surgical instrument was accidentally left inside a patient. That's kind of a no-no where Ziggy lives.

Lab techs (like those who take blood) are called "leeches". If you have "poured a Bordeaux" then your urine has blood in it. See?

There is lots more - you might find it interesting and I will pass it along from time to time. But if you ever hear you are to get a 3H enema - you obviously are not a nice person. Cause that means - "high, hot, and a hell of a lot." These are given to patients who give staff a hard time.

Dead Swans Found in Croatia with H5N1

2005-10-26T10:13:00.000-07:00

With the dead swans found recently in Croatia, our local authorities have started with innoculations of the H5N1 vaccine.

Here is the first innoculation in the state.
(One minor detail, in the haste to get this vaccine out, the drug manufacturer has been issued immunity in any side effects or subsequent litigation.)

False Messiah Tee Shirts II

2005-10-26T09:34:00.000-07:00

This tee shirt is also available now in the online store for $129.99 (taxes not included).

If you are truly hip, or remotely hip, this is the new "Air Jordan". It's a tee shirt you have to have.

We do not advocate killing another human being (like sneakerkills), but we would like to point out that this is THE band and you don't want to be bamma by not having one of these.

So order now!

In related False Messiah news - they are at work on their latest rap/blues album called "Humpback Tattoo'd Bitch".

Protest

2005-10-26T09:24:00.000-07:00

There was a protest recently here where Ziggy lives by BlueSky, our radical environmental anarchists. What many are not educated about is the rising amount of marijuana grown on national park land. This cartel strategy puts many hikers, fisherpeople, photographers and general tourist families in real danger of a confrontation that could be violent (hey, do the research).

BlueSky however believes that all future home development should use the Jang Methodology. Seen here is a Bluesky protest (held on Saturday) over the use of government funds spent in stopping the NPC (National Park Cartels).

As you might imagine, all the TV stations and newspapers were present. Many broadcasted live. Why, even radio was there.

False Messiah Tee Shirts

2005-10-26T09:13:00.000-07:00

Are now available in our online store. This basic black model is available for $89.99. Taxes will be applied where applicable. Profits go to the Ziggy Foundation.

Most Environmentalists

2005-10-26T09:05:00.000-07:00

....Talk big, do little. Meaning, they drive SUVs, they give to causes, they might even occasionally march. Save a tree, or educate a child? However, it's all about the lifestyle for most.

Now, what Ziggy appreciates, is someone who practices what they preach.

In a bold move, a number of environmentalists have given up bikes and cars for transportation and now ride bareback on horses. The name of the community is Jang. Here is an illustration of the sod made homes now available in ALL developments in Jang. So if nature is your thang, move to Jang !!!

It is my understanding however that the "Save the Earth" people are upset with these models.

Live Sex Shows

2005-10-25T09:48:00.000-07:00

In a recent Supreme Court decision, here, where Ziggy lives - a ruling came down saying public sex shows were now ok. The logic was, if you can sell porn in a store and watch it, what's wrong with the real thing?

Fortunately, freedom of speech and expression is ready in time for Xmas. The shops here are now being flooded with alternate games for families to play.

Hurricane Wilma

2005-10-25T09:28:00.000-07:00

The response to hurricane Wilma has been swift and organized. Seen here, one of FEMA's relief fleet heads out into the Florida Everglades to provide relief to those affected by the hurricane.

Bankruptcy

2005-10-24T16:10:00.000-07:00

In recent news, many Roman Catholic parishes are seeking bankruptcy. Click Here For Moving Story

Here, where Ziggy lives, we just had a new stained glass window put in.

Crows

2005-10-24T14:57:00.000-07:00

One of the things we have around here are crows. Lots of them. This is some corn damaged by crows.

What frightens a lot of people now, is there are worries that our crows might have the avian flu. We read about how a parrot in England had it. We also read about the Great Romanian Chicken Massacre in September. We are worried our crows might have left flu residue on the corn.

So we sold out corn to the Canadians and we imported corn from California. We haven't read about crows with problems in the Golden State.

Bagpipe Festival Pt 2

2005-10-24T14:48:00.000-07:00

Since winter is coming, part of the Bagpipe Festival is the quilt contest (along with the selling of quilts).

Here are this years winners in the 84th Annual Edna Thompson Quilt Making Contest.

Bagpipe Festival

2005-10-24T14:42:00.000-07:00

This weekend in our local park we had our annual Bagpipe Festival.

This guy is jamming out and the kids seem to be catching the groove.

Southern Tips #1

2005-10-20T20:34:00.000-07:00

When you visit Florida, the state runs daily little bits of advice in each and every newspaper for their tourists. Tourism being the largest industry there. Here's one for ya.

Alberta

2005-10-20T20:21:00.000-07:00

When I was in Alberta this summer, the province had started an alcohol awareness program. Interesting program. Billboards and short commercial clips shown on television of the billboard with the group Great Big Sea singing "Berry Picking Time".

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Hand of Ziggy

2005-10-20T20:13:00.000-07:00

It was sunny today here. I went for a walk and Darnell just filmed Ziggy being Ziggy. At one point, I stopped, pushed my hand open in a supplicating manner and imagined it being duplicated in the sky.

Imagine our surprise when it happened. We were spooked at first, but then realized it was just another incredible Ziggy phenomenon.

Ziggy Says

2005-10-20T20:06:00.000-07:00

When becoming involved emotionally with someone, make sure you have all the answers to certain key questions.

Couples Who Play Together

2005-10-20T20:01:00.000-07:00

Stay Together. At least that is what my friend Stuart believes (seen here parachuting with his beloved Amanda).

Strongs Funeral Home

2005-10-20T19:53:00.000-07:00

Here in town, one of the funeral homes in a moment of civic pride, has started a new program for the less fortunate in the community. The east wing of the funeral home has setup a service which is easy, quick and cheap for those poor who lose a loved one. The home also takes care of the handling of the remains.

The Virgin Mary In My Woodpile

2005-10-17T22:15:00.000-07:00

It is the time to prepare for winter. Tonight I was chopping wood for my fireplace.

Behold! Look! Look! Within the chips of wood I made! Holly freaking Hosanna!

The Virgin Mary! Bless me!

Breezy Endoe

2005-10-17T16:03:00.000-07:00

I remember the first time I met Breezy Endoe. My parents were injured severely injured in an automobile accident and I was sent to live with Gramps. False Messiah was recording, but not touring. I met Breezy that summer when I was 14. He used to crash at Gramps a lot.

Breezy was the fiddle player for False Messiah and also filled in on a B3 from time to time. He and gramps met in the hospital in New York when they were both quarantined with the influenza.

This is Breezy playing with False Messiah at Cachanchafest 2004. Breezy always told me "do a pinner or two before the gig starts patna". I always took his advice. If you look, you can see me playing guitar behind one of our singers, Jade. Breezy gave me my band nickname "Mackdaddy".

Judging his fingering on the neck, I'd say we were doing "Jump on the Grenade" in F#.

Gramp and Gran

2005-10-17T15:09:00.000-07:00

Talking of family makes me think of my maternal grandfather. He was my first hero.

Gramps caught the flu in 1918 but survived and shortly thereafter started the first heavy metal band - False Messiah.

It is said that both Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie despised False Messiah. Gramps always had friends hanging around him (see photo). I learned how to play guitar from Gramps. He asked me to join the band when he heard me do a solo to their hit "We Ain't Fromage".

While Gramps toured for nearly 60 years, I only did the last two before his untimely retirement from touring.

Ziggy owns the music publishing and the entire False Messiah catalog. These classics are being remastered to 64 bit ZiggySound and will be released in the spring of 2006 on Patchouli Records starting with their classic first album "Fat Like Buttah".

NWT

2005-10-17T14:49:00.000-07:00

The Northwest Territories in Canada is filled with many wonderful bits of nature. A friend of mine tells me that. The Great Slave Lake gets mentioned lots. Also dogsledding and snowmobiles and two lane dirt roads. From what I gather, there is not much there.

The largest sport in this territory is apparently synchronized moose dancing (even more than curling). There is a six team synchronized moose dancing league. The teams are from Fort Simpson, Fort Smith, Yellowknife, Hay River, Fort Resolution and Team Nunavut.

I know what you're thinking. I didn't believe it either.

This is a picture of the number one line of the defending champion Fort Smith Moosekateers working out.

Lately

2005-10-17T11:00:00.000-07:00

I admit to an abnormal amount of thought spent on the element phosphorus. I have no idea why.

Time

2005-10-17T10:44:00.000-07:00

A Puritan friend of mine accused me (Ziggy) today of posting too many items of a sexual nature on my blog. One must ask if this friend is really a FOZB.

Now I suppose I could post more about how we are manipulated by the press and their version of the news. Perhaps the violence throughout the world, or famine, or genocide based on tribe or religion.

No. Ziggy prefers to pontificate about more mundane matters.

Yesterday, after football, I was going through old photos and came across these two. On the left, is a picture taken over a century ago. That is Ziggy's great grandmother on the far right.

The picture on the right contains some of Ziggy's followers taken a few years back.

I would like to ask you, dear friends of Ziggy's Blog (FOZB), who is really responsible for mankinds "downfall"?

This is Z being his bomb-diggity self the same day at the beach.

Grogan Harvesting

2005-10-17T10:01:00.000-07:00

There are people who will harvest grogans here, where Ziggy lives, because they believe all fertilizer should be natural with no chemicals.

Much of the food grown locally is proudly naturally fertilized.

One company is so fixated with this idea that employees are sent out to harvest grogans at the local zoo.

Sunday

2005-10-17T09:40:00.000-07:00

Sunday, Ziggy was revved for football. Went looking for some food to establish a vibe.

I passed here and thought, no, Ziggy does not want to eat here. For all he knows he might get the red bumpies and someone might gank my ride.

My Weekend Pt. 3

2005-10-17T09:34:00.000-07:00

One last wedding note. A friend of the bride's showed up with this ride.

One of the ushers wanted to point out the spelling mistakes. I don't know if he did that. I, Ziggy, didn't care. I wasn't into the anger thing on such a patchouli type day.

The Hands of St. Francis of Assisi

2005-10-17T09:27:00.000-07:00

St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and ecology, was a Roman Catholic saint who took the gospel literally by following all Jesus said and did.

Now, perhaps you did not know that.

This picture, purported to be the hands of St. Francis, recently sold on Ebay to a couple from Arkansas for $125,000.

My Weekend Pt. 2

2005-10-17T09:06:00.000-07:00

On a side note, Ziggy did meet the bride's sister at the wedding. We laughed and chuckled and discussed everything from Chagall paintings to the new Neil Young album. It was refreshing to have an intelligent conversation.

Well, Ziggy spoke. Anita seem to be transfixed with Ziggy and was busy with other things. Understandable. Amazing family resemblance though.

My Weekend

2005-10-17T08:54:00.000-07:00

Ziggy went to a wedding this past weekend. Personally, Ziggy finds most weddings boring and is usually looking to ramble as soon as he can. In an amazing coincidence, Otto flew overhead on his way to Sweden to deliver another batch of the official Zline sports bottles just as the bride and groom were throwing their bouquets and such.

They make a cute couple, don't they?

Clubbing

2005-10-15T15:44:00.000-07:00

Last night I was restless and decided to go out for a bit.

I had not been to any nightclubs in awhile.

Here I am going into a club I thought I might like.

Notre Dame versus USC

2005-10-15T15:25:00.000-07:00

Darnell and I were watching the game when a friend called. She asked me to come over and visit. We are pretty good friends.

Her husband was not home so I, Ziggy, decided to show her some tantric exercises that I thought might help her in her personal life. Unfortunately, her husband came home.

Darnell thought it was pretty funny.

I had to remind him that spiritual awakenings are not laughing matters. I decided to leave then.

Today

2005-10-15T15:12:00.000-07:00

..You probably know that I, Ziggy, live near the ocean. I like to surf. My friend Darnell and I drove to the coast to get some good fall surfing in - as there is a bit of a storm here and high surf.

Darnell brought his camera with him as he is making a documentary of my life. I let him. He says people will like it and it is important work. I cannot argue with that.

We smoked two righteous bombers and drank some wine before he started filming and I paddled out to surf the beautiful waves of our coast.

The wine, unfortunately made me a little sick to my stomach so we called it a day and drove home to toke and watch the USC/Notre Dame game.

Local Politics 1.3

2005-10-15T14:58:00.000-07:00

Our legislature is very concerned about our environment and the sancitity of animal life and the preservation thereof.

Recently, funds were passed to install new slides in local neighborhood parks. The only catch, the slides had to be of animals. So now, if you drive around where I live, you will see horses and elephants and lions and tigers and stuff.

Here is one of the new slides.

Local Politics 1.2

2005-10-15T14:50:00.000-07:00

On a side note, when the call came in for the love triangle accident mentioned in the previous post, a girl friend of another janitor got the call and busted her patrol car into high gear to respond.

Unfortunately, there was some road work underway.

There is no word on any disciplinary actions taken against Officer Janna pictured here.

Local Politics

2005-10-15T14:33:00.000-07:00

Recently in the news here. A single mother of two has a love affair (alleged) with a janitor. The girlfriend of the janitor allegedly drives into the aforementioned woman's car in a fit of jealous, sexual rage.

When the police come to investigate, meth is allegedly found in the woman's car. She is then charged with felony meth possession.

The patchouli thing?

An elected state representative. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Ziggy thinks sometimes he'd do a better job than the folks who 'represent' the special interests, consultants, corporations, lobbyists, and oh - me, Ziggy, the people.