Dorks In Space Miscellanea:

I hope people like the new colors. I am still working on the picture. Work is being pesky and getting in the way, as is preparing for our gig. Well, some thing are more important than others.

Boo!

Yes, the Dorks still exist. Just in case you were wondering.

I realize that most of the time I just complain about spam and have nothing interesting to say. Why disappoint? Referrer spam. It sucks. For some reason, I don't think that dorksinspace.com is linked to by hotteenagesluts.com, or by onlinepoker.com. So why are these asshats showing up in my logs, hm? Because they're asshats, that's why.

In rock & roll related news, I am saving my pennies and dimes for a left-handed acoustic bass. I can't wait!

Working when nobody else is working is so much fun, it's almost not working.

Oh man. Things are getting so confusing in the world of the internet. Even though I, Stash Kovac, am the founder, lead singer, sole songwriter, and general head cheese behind all that is Dorks In Space, apparently VICIOUS THEIVES have corrupted my account information at my VERY OWN WEBSITE. I am getting very serious-sounding emails from "support@dorksinspace.com" and "webmaster@dorksinspace.com" and "administration@dorksinspace.com" and "service@dorksinspace.com" and "mail@dorksinspace.com" and "info@dorksinspace.com" such as this:

-Dear Dorksinspace Member,
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-Your e-mail account was used to send a huge amount of unsolicited spam messages
-during the recent week. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online
-experience and confirm the attached document so you will not run into any future
-problems with the online service.
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-If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to cancel your
-membership.
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-Virtually yours,
-The Dorksinspace Support Team

Yet my lovely wife/bassist/webmistress seems to have NO IDEA who this "support team" is! What am I to do? I guess I had better open up that attached zipfile and send them the requested account information ASAP! I'd hate to lose access to my OWN DAMN WEBSITE!

Maybe I should reallow spam, just to get some guestbook action. :( Just kidding.

In other news, Stash and Black Susan (mostly Stash, but Black Susan did backup vocal on one song) captivated probably two people at the Paper Heart Open Mike this last week. Seriously, more people should go there. I love the Paper Heart, and you should too.

Can I ban the entire country of Russia from the Guestbook? Sadly, apparently, not all at once. Only one IP address at a time.

I hope I have finally found the solution to the guestbook spam problem. Her name is Ella; she has more toes than is usual; and her turn-ons are little feathered toys, tabletops, linen closets, and kibble. Her turn-offs are loud noises, water, and supervision. Unfortunately, the correct answer is not "kitty", but maybe I can work on that.

Wait, but before I'm out, just thought I'd let everybody know that if you're planning some kind of bash in the Upper Midwest and want a couple of science fools to play some Rock and Roll for you, and the Dorks can't make it because we're in Arizona, you need to contact the Sun Dogs.

And on an unrelated note, go see Hung Dynasty if you get a chance. I realize now there was a reason Black Susan could never be convinced to willingly participate in a cover of Judas Priest's "Breaking the Law". It's because Hung Dynasty is already rocking it. So there.

Woah, what a co-inky-dink. I was just looking at the Guestbook just now and I thought "where'd all the spam go? finally, the guestbook-spam-fairy has come to clean it out!" Thank you, B. Susan, for being our guestbook-spam-fairy. Don't you have more pressing things to do, though? Wait, don't I?? Shit. I'm outta here.

I have just deleted over 150 spam guestbook posts. Large swaths of the internet have been banned from the guestbook. New strategies have been tried. We will see how this goes. Sorry to anyone who can't sign the guestbook and truly desires to. I can see the little tears coming out of the corners of your eyes right now. Just email me, and I'll reallow your IP and all will be well.

This was an exhausting task.

*burp*

Looks like we're in print! AAAAHHHHH!!!! Yes, that's right, grab a copy of the current issue of the Phoenix New Times (on newsstands today, 12/16/04) and check out the 'Performance' section, or, take a peek at the Phoenix New Times web article. Rock and roll.

And while I'm bitching about stuff, I should mention that Stash has a beautiful new guitar and hasn't even posted on his beloved band website about it! The satisfaction of guitar lust probably doesn't really count as Agony and Dispair, which we all know is what Stash feels all the time.

It never rains, but it pours. Sorry about this sudden glut of random things from me here. I am sure I have bandmates around here that should be posting something, but I can't seem to find them. I have looked under the table, in the closet, and in the laundry room. I can't find them. I probably should start checking strip clubs.

Really, I just wanted to mention that I tried to find a website for the Space Tourists, who we'll be playing with at the Paper Heart on the 16th, but all I could find was news articles like that one.

Now that I've banned all the IP addresses for the guestbook spammers, there will probably be no more posts in the guestbook. Like, ever. *crickets chirping*

People MAKE FUN of science types...and really the science types are doing a service to mankind, by showing how cheap alcohol can be made drinkable!

http://ohmygoditburns.com/

Yeah, we're still here. I think I am, anyway. It could all be an illusion. I could be a brain in a vat, fed electronic signals simulating sensation, and not know it.

And we should also thank Jamie and her rock & roll connections for saving us from certain disaster.

A thought for today, courtesy /usr/bin/fortune:

There are more things in heaven and earth,
Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
--Wm. Shakespeare, "Hamlet"