Animals Don't Feel Pain, they just get used to it...

Asylum 3/27

“Meatball” –EZ Rollers
“Express Yourself” –NWA
“Batty’s Rap” from Ferngully
“Can’t Touch This” –MC Hammer
“Drive Thru” –Ugly Duckling
“Working With Meat” –Jack Off Jill
“Meat Sandwich” –GWAR
“Eat Pussy Not Cows” –Jesse Vital
“In Defense Of All Life” –Good Clean Fun
“Illusions” –Cypress Hill
“Story Time” –Delta Nine
“They Grew Wings” –Inspector Double Negative and the Equal Positives
“Chant” -3 Melancholy Gypsys
“Constant Elevation” –Gravediggaz
“Cotton Candy Land” –Equipto and Nickatina
“Silver Screen” –Felix Da Housecat
“We Make Music To Piss You Off” –C/A/T
“Fedime’s Flight
“Roll On” –Sneaker Pimps

Rehab [3/26]

“Rock N Roll Whore” –The Floating Corpses
“For Whom The Bell Tolls” –Metallica and DJ Spooky
Theme from “Sayonara Zetsubou Senei”
“Suicide Kiss (Because the Dead Shine All Night Long) –Rolly
“I’m So Sick” –Flyleaf [I know they’re Christian rock, but it’s a good song…]
“Miss Ann Thrope [featuring JesSICKa]” –My Ruin
“Brackish” –Kittie
“The End Is Near” –Oroku
“Revelations” –Judgement Day
“Attitude” –The Misfits
“In Distortion We Trust” –Crucified Barbara
“Needles And Pins” –Deftones
“Controlled Insanity” –Invection
“The Gods Made Heavy Metal” –Manowar
“The Abhorrent Rays” –Draconian
“On The Wane” –Sirenia
“Two Souls Creature 2” –Darkwell
“The Kinslayer” –Nightiwsh
“Silent” –The Crest
“Bird” –Tristania
“Bleed Me An Ocean” –Acid Bath
“Blood Bred Dry” –Pisschrist
“Pilgrimage” –Nine Inch Nails

If God wanted us sober, he'd knock the glass over!

My pre-St. Patrick's Day tribute to getting drunk

“Beer” –Reel Big Fish
“Special Brew” –Skankin’ Pickle
“Sippin’ 40z” –Gravy Train!!!!
“Alcohol” –Cansei De Ser Sexy
“Drunk” -8-Bit
“Brass Monkey” –Beastie Boys
“Dice Of Life (The Bottle)” –Nickatina
“Let’s Get Fucked Up” –Start Trouble
“Irish Whiskey” –Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
“Whiskey Bar” –The Doors
“Six Pack” –Black Fag
“40oz To Freedom” –Sublime
“Reefer and Beer” –Devin the Dude
“Rehab” –Amy Winehouse
“Two Bottles of Wine” & “The Drinking Song” –Jason Webley
“Smashed V2” –C/A/T



The in my normal Asylum format:

“Silver Screen” –Felix Da Housecat
“Dirty Mary” –Lady Bouncer
“Me And Myself” –Lords of Acid
“Us of Lesser Gods” –Flogging Molly [Technical Difficulties..]
“Im Innern Einer Frau” -Beborn Beton
“Dreamland” -Aquasky and the Autobots
“Should I Stay or Should I go? [the clash]” –The House Monguls
“Sugar rmx” –Ladytron
“Gangstas Paradise rmx” –Tupac
“Accelerate” –Blix Cannon
“Jump Around” –JDS
“Tetris rmx” -???

The Playlist That Made No Sense [REHAB 3/12]

“I Wanna Be Sedated” –The Ramones
“California Dreaming” –Pennywise
“Tommy the Cat” –Primus
“Take Warning” –Operation Ivy
“Gang Control” –Leftover Crack
“Cesspools In Eden” –Dead Kennedys
“Big Women” –GBH
“Freak” –GHB
“Freaks” –Girls Against Boys
“London Calling” –The Clash
“Second Solution” –The Living End
“TV Party” –Black Flag
“Six Pack” –Black Fag [not a typo…]
“Cool to Hate” –The Offspring
“Rock N Roll Whore” –The Floating Corpses
“City of Angels” –The Distillers
“She Said” & “Garbageman” –The Cramps
“Emotional Abuse” –The Horrorpops
“Mama Said Knock You Out” –The Waking Hours
“Livin’ On The Edge (Of Houston)” –Reverend Horton Heat
“Boys in the Hood” –Dynamite Hack [request]
“It’s Tricky” –The Bloodhound Gang
“Space Mutants 4” –The Phenomenauts
“Saying Goodbye” –The Muffs
“Who Killed The Cheerleader?” –Nekromantix
“Super Sadist” & “Hypocrite” –JOJ
“Mentaly Ill” –No Turning Back
“Near the End” –Die Mannequin
“Temptation” –Tiger Army
“Free the Bee” –Melt-Banana
“Motivators” –A Tribe Called Quest [request]
“Lapland” -Ratatat
“Little Bit of Shhh (Smallstars rmx)” –Lady Sovereign
“Ty Jonathan Down” –Videodrone feat Jon Davis
“Daylight Dancer” -Lacuna Coil
“Come Feel Me” -Unjust

The Asylum (3/6)

Chill out music.

“Untitled Track 3” from No More Wig for Ohio –Odd Nosdam
“I Need Drugs” –Necro
“Cocaine” –Morcheeba
“Karma Coma rmx” –Massive Attack
“Finity” –Boards Of Canada
“Lebanese Blonde” –Thievery Corporation
“My Guru” – DJ Shadow w/ Dan The Automator
“Jaan Pehechaan Ho” - Mohammed Rafi
“Bring The Pain (Chemical Brothers rmx)” –Method Man
“Four Ton Mantis” –Amon Tobin
“Recurring” –Bonobo
“Fedime's Flight” –Jazzanova
“What’s Your Number?” –Cypress Hill
“You’re Wrong” -NoFX

There's Dog in my Deodorant

On Tuesday night I went to "Beyond Our Diet" hosted by Always Working for Animal Rights and Equality (AWARE). The presentation focused on non-edible animal products. Most of the presentation did not apply to me personally; I've never really liked leather, I'm allergic to wool, and pearls and silk are too expensive for a college student on full financial aid. I read labels to make sure the companies I give my money to do not test on animals. However, I did not know that many products that are not tested on animals contain ingredients such as tallow and/or glycerin.


When Recycling Goes Wrong:

Tallow glycerin is produced at Rendering Plants. Rendering Plants collect slaughterhouse waste such as heads and hooves (from cows and pigs), euthanized companion animals (such as cats and dogs), roadkill (rats and raccoons), and spoiled, rejected meat from supermarkets.

This makes up the bulk of raw materials, but lots of other toxic waste gets mixed in as well, such as insecticides that poisoned livestock have consumed, chemicals leaked from antibiotics in livestock, the euthanasia drugs given to companion animals, the poisonous flea collars from dead companion animals, and plastics from cattle ID tags and the bags containing dead pets from veterinarians.

All this is thrown into huge vats and cooked at around 300 degrees Fahrenheit for several days until a yellowish grease rises to the top and is skimmed off. This grease is primarily animal fat, but contains trace amounts of the toxins mentioned above. It is used in household items such as margarines, toothpastes, mouthwashes, deodorants and pet food. (Rumor has is that McDonald's uses tallow glycerin in their fries, but we won't go there...)

It can be hard to spot this on labels because not all glycerin is made from animal fat; some is made from vegetables. If it says it contains glycerin, glycerol, of stearic acid, check to see if it also says, "Contains no animal products." If it says tallow, that means animal fat. Always.




My friends have tried to assure me that the actual amount of dog is so minimal that it really doesn't matter. I don't care. This is fucking gross and I won't have any part of it. Besides, I personally don't see how dogs and cats are any more special that cows and pigs. They are all living creatures and deserve a better fate than being rubbed on my armpits.

It was almost discouraging to me to find that I am not so far along on my quest for a cruelty-free lifestyle as I thought, but then I learned of how many vegan companies there are who abstain from using animals for human gain. I'm already most of the way to my goal of strict veganism; the only animal products I eat come from milk, and I only eat milk products at the J. But with this new information, I think I will be able to reach my goal of being a complete hardcore vegan by the end of this semester.

Rehab (3/4)

“Seasons In the Abyss” -Slayer
“Revelation” –Throat Culture
“Paper Shredder” –Entropy
“Statement of Vindication” –Bikini Kill
“Neckface” –Ninja Academy
“Spathic!!” – Melt Banana
“Guerilla Radio” -Rage Against the Machine
“Peruvian Cocaine” -Immortal Technique
“Constant Elevation” -Gravediggaz
“Loc'd Instrumental” -Missing Linx
“Gangsta Rap Instrumental” -Ill Bill
“Fuck Tha Police” -NWA
“Let's Go All The Way” –Icy Pee
“nice little robot” -Squab Teen
“Judith” -A Perfect Circle
“Hippie Death Suite“ -Clinic
“Your Disease” -Saliva
“Praise” -Sevendust
“右も左も支配する頭は今日も肉を食いヨダレを垂らす。[the head that controls both right and left sides eats meats and slobbers even today]” –Bleach
“Pigfuck” -Mnemic
“Eye For An Eye” -The Berzerker
“The Rising Tide” -Job For A Cowboy
“Entrance” -Dimmu Borgir
“Blood” -Anthrax
“See Me Burning” -Motorhead
“And The Winter Was” -Stormlord
“The Revolution Exodus” -Deathstars
“Life Deprived” -Old Man's Child
“Some Assembly Required” -Mudvayne
“Silent Night, Bodom Night” -Children of Bodom