//Artie was the fucking Lunatic//

Jim Mitchell died of a heart attack on July 12th. He was buried beside his brother and business partner Art, with whom he founded San Francisco's legendary O'Farrell Theatre in 1969 http://www.ofarrell.com/ . The Mitchell Brothers went on to produce such adult film classics as Behind the Green Door (starring Ivory Snow girl Marilyn Chambers and porn's first black superstar Johnny Keyes), The Resurrection of Eve and Autobiography of a Flea. The brothers' partnership ended in 1991 when Jim shot Art to death in what he claimed was a confrontation over Art's drug and alcohol abuse.

Among the Bay Area notables in attendance at the hour-long memorial were former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, ex-District Attorney Terrence Hallinan, Mitchell's trial attorney Michael Kennedy, political operative Jack Davis and former San Francisco Chronicle reporter Warren Hinckle. While the Mitchell Brothers have been credited as a major force in the sexual revolution, Jim Mitchell had no illusions about his films. "The only Art in this business is my brother," he famously said.

Several speakers at Thursday's memorial addressed the relationship between Jim and Art Mitchell. For many who knew the Mitchell Brothers, it became impossible to speak of one without mentioning the other. "I spoke here 16 years ago, and it was very difficult because I was trying to talk about Art, but every time I tried to say 'Art' I kept saying 'Art and Jim,' said O'Farrell Theatre manager Jeff Armstrong. "We all owe personal liberties and rights to the brothers that they fought for on our behalf," Davis said. "To be best friends with Artie and to be best friends with Jimmy was an extraordinary thing. According to Kennedy, Jim Mitchell's three-year prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter saved his life. "Artie was the fucking lunatic -- he was doing more cocaine and alcohol," he said. "Why in the hell would Jimmy want to kill his brother? [Jim] felt so bad ... if somebody hadn't stepped in like that jury did, he would have killed himself. Killing Artie changed his life."

Hinckle recalled the Mitchell Brothers' battle with San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein, who attempted to shut down the O'Farrell during the '80s. The brothers responded by placing Feinstein's unlisted phone number on the O'Farrell marquee under the message: "For A Good Time Call..." Judy Foster, who stripped at the O'Farrell for 11 years under the name Katrina, said: "It was the best time of my life. They had to kick me out of there. It's so great growing up being a slutty girl and having a place to go and be accepted." "He was the best boss ever," added another dancer who currently strips at the theatre under the name Kimberly Rio. "He created a safe, classy environment and enabled many of the girls to do other things, like go to school and get degrees. I bought property."
The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother

//FARCE//

But death also goes through the world dressed as a broom,
she licks the ground looking for corpses,
death is in the broom,
it is death's tongue looking for dead bodies,
it is death's needle looking for thread.

Death is in the folding cots:
in the slow mattresses, in the black blankets
she lives stretched out, and she suddenly blows:
she blows a dark sound that swells the sheets,
and there are bodies sailing to a port
where she is waiting, dressed as an admiral.

Felt - The World is as Soft as Lace

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PEREIRA, Colombia–Hungry, desperate and afraid for his life, Pedro Pablo Montoya shot the commander he was supposed to protect. He then severed the commander's right hand – as proof he'd killed one of Colombia's most wanted men – and deserted the once-powerful rebel group to which he had pledged allegiance.

This month's slaying of Manuel Jesus Munoz, (a.k.a. Ivan Rios), a member of the ruling directorate of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, was a dramatic signal that a rebel group known for its resilience is engulfed in an internal crisis that could lead to its implosion after four decades of armed struggle.

"The civilian population does not want to collaborate. There is a complete rejection. Even civilians are telling guerrillas: `Desert. Don't let yourself get killed.'"

The deserters also say increasingly paranoid commanders have started to stage more "war councils," jungle trials in which guerrillas face execution if found guilty of treachery.

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Jive Bombers - Bad Boy

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//CE!N!//

Iris, Athena, Alice.

//∆∆//

"How did drinking turn into such a hobby of ours. We forsook the things we hadn't done yet,
to repeat the same lifting,
from tabletop to mouth" - Sisqou

I say this often but this time I intend to do it. I am taking time away for my own good keeping. The Crest of Islam is a breach on a beach. A Gull a ratted pair of wings. The fact that I am going to spend the rest of my life on the back of a fly is at its greatest a joke in radish.

P.S. I can't share some songs because I feel like musicians should get the money they deserve.

//That's Weed//

I have new slang now. Whenever someone cannot remember what they were thinking about, I am determined to follow with "That's weed". So if your forgetting something you were just thinking, "that's weed".

Giant Drag - Drugs

//Yierd Nuse//

Who doesn't want to go to Africa? One of my favorite books of all times is the Sheltering Sky (North Africa) by Paul Bowles. The movie was good also. In some ways better because it was very feminist. The sort of feminism I am very thrilled to see.
An ex-girlfriend of mine recently met Chenjerai "Hitler" Hunzvi's son. The son is half white which is a paradox. The son is living in Poland.

King Sunny Ade - Synchro Series Synchro System

//Weazzle//

Lil' Wayne - Pussy Monster

//Brazibilla//

In this wonderful country of ours everyone is entitled to the Dough Nut. Some get the Dough Nut. Others get the hole of the Dough Nut.
This is a funny thing I heard not to long ago.
After the killing must come the digging.

//REST IN PEACING OFF//

//A man & G.d Bless//