Almost As Radical as Frank Zappa For President: Jaspal Bhatti’s Recession Party

Posted on 22. Apr, 2009 by spencer in Idiocy, Politics

India seems liek a pretty wild place; multiple religions, multiple Gods, multiple political parties and, reportedly, multiple ways to profit from becoming an elected official. Before reading about him I had never heard of Jaspal Bhatti (thanks Mad Bob), but apparentlyhe’s a comedian and televison personality whose new political party, The Recession party, is running on a platform of corruption. No, really. That’s it.
“We don’t need votes of intellectual factions, as they choose corrupt politicians in every election. We bank on the votes of fools and I hope that I [...]

A Few Jonathan Troxler Religious Art Specimens

Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by spencer in Apocalypse, Art, Blog, Chico, Environment, Fashion, Idiocy, Internet, Lifestyle, Paranormal, Politics, Science, Sex, TV, War

One of the neat things about editing the Syntheis Weekly is that I get a first-had crack at the action before the paper even hits the streets. Last Friday I was proofing Mad Bob Howard’s column, and he referenced a fellow “outsider artist” (aside: something about the term “outsider art” or “outsider artist” makes me cringe, and therefore, encase it in quotes like some sort of literary specimin) by the name of Jonathan Troxler.
Easter is one of those bizarre holidays – quasi-religious, quasi-pagan, entirely alcoholic these days. It has [...]

Immaculate Infection 6/18/08: In My Hour of Darkness

Posted on 18. Jun, 2008 by spencer in Apocalypse

[Synthesis blog once again brings you the philosophy of Synthesis Weekly columnist Mad Bob. With no further adieu, we present to you Immaculate Infection.]

In My Hour of Darkness

I am suffering through a crisis of confidence.
More after the jump.
For years I have recognized a pattern to my inspiration; I go dormant for several months and then have spells in which I generate a multitude of concepts and ideas. It works out. In the creatively dormant periods between I can roll up my sleeves and get the work done. I’ve [...]

Immaculate Infection 6/10/08: Glam-O-Rama

Posted on 11. Jun, 2008 by spencer in Chico

[Once again Synthesis Blog brings you the rambling wisdom and sagacious meditations of our Synthesis Weekly columnist, Mad Bob Howard. The reclusive and gun-toting Mad Bob can be reached at madbob@madbob.com, but attempts at correspondence will most likely be met with a computer virus and several death threats.]

No Tolerance

Girl-O-Rama! Hurray!: Well, apparently I can’t drink alcohol anymore — at least not in the vast quantities I used to imbibe. For the last couple of months or so, I have been cutting way back on my consumption. That being said, on [...]

Immaculate Infection 6/4/08: Crumbling Faith, Scott McClellan and the passing of Utah Phillips

Posted on 04. Jun, 2008 by spencer in Politics

[Once again Synthesis Blog brings you the rambling wisdom and sagacious meditations of our Synthesis Weekly columnist, Mad Bob Howard. The reclusive and gun-toting Mad Bob can be reached at madbob@madbob.com]

Crumbling Faith
“I’m an anarchist – I don’t make rules for other people. I make rules for myself.”
-Utah Phillips
Utah Phillips, legendary songwriter and labor activist, passed away last week at the age of 73. Phillips was born in 1935 and as a young man he served in the army. The gore and human waste he witnessed during combat duty in the [...]

Immaculate Infection, 4/7/08; J. Edgar Hoover, Martin Luther King Jr. and States’ Rights by Mad Bob

Posted on 03. Apr, 2008 by spencer in Apocalypse, Politics

[Synthesis blog once again brings you the philosophy of Synthesis Weekly columnist Mad Bob. With no further adieu, we present to you Immaculate Infection.]
Beauty, Paranoia and Black Holes
J. Edgar Hoover: J. Edgar Hoover was the former head of the FBI and a severely sinister and creepy individual. He was twisted and power-hungry and would stop at nothing to increase his own influence and prestige. He built the FBI into a potent law enforcement tool but he also used that potency to achieve his own selfish and strange gains.
One of the [...]