Thaddeus Gazette Archives, 2002-2006

Thaddeus Gazette Top Ten -- An introduction for the curious.

January 2006 -- Fighting Fire With Marshmallows, Happy New Year with Madam Zuzu, further adventures in appliance repair, disappointed scientists and (wait for it) site rennovation month.

December 2005 -- Welcome to the Onion Cellar, the Thermostat Parable, brain engines and a Merry Xbox.

November 2005 -- Prop-up Amber Tide, time travel on the dance floor, turkey week and mental jujitsu.

October 2005 -- Sheetrock conformity, the American Way of Smoke, why I'm not a feminist, note from home and masks of personality.

September 2005 -- Hurricane party, my historical legacy, short shorts and a picture.

August 2005 -- The music sieve, honoring the gift, summer rerun, rawk for nerds and His Noodly Appendage

July 2005 -- Get outta posting free, funny money and hope for existentialists.

June 2005 -- Triversary, Orin Hatch -- songwriter, upgrade burnout, and yesterday's values today.

May 2005 -- Drips, Mr. Mom, gonna change the way I'm livin -- not, the mole, and musicians in the mirror.

April 2005 -- Foolish lyrics, critters n varmints, soy un perdedor and the ascention of Uncle Pappy.

March 2005 -- Big Art, the conservation of money, a good week and the rites of spring.

February 2005 -- My Internet horoscope, Valentine, mad for Darwin and blown away by Mythbusters.

January 2005 -- Rapping with MC Zuzu, tsunami guest column, chump PC's, zen essay and an effective protest, just for once.

December 2004 -- Cultural unity through advertising, girls girls girls, happy holidays and the new Emperor's new clothes.

November 2004 -- Vote!, exit poll, safety underground, works vrs. grace and technical difficulties.

October 2004 -- Interview with God, mashed potatoes vocals, The Grunt Debate and a squirrel tail.

September 2004 -- A knight of Tolkien, Wheel! Of! Justice!, undermining America one guitar at a time and unnatural plum butter (good though).

August 2004 -- A modest proposal, out to lunch, make big bucks in the guitar-playing business! and a dirty story.

July 2004 -- Guilt keeps it real, the Swiss Army Thaddeus, muted praise for indistinct acomplishment, and De Sade Saves.

June 2004 -- The ambiguous comforts of Madam Zuzu, Intelligent nonDesign, the grooviness of James Joyce and My Secret Identity Revealed (like you didn't know)..

May 2004 -- The advent of Snake Suspenderz, America sinks and goes home, cgi will eat itself, philosophy in your eyeballs and my fascinating colonoscopy.

April 2004 -- The gimme gotcha, learning from depression, too hip to hop and the Golden Variations.

March 2004 -- The Endless Power Swap, SODS for Jeebus, America needs gay marriage, spiritual copyright violation and juggler envy -- not.

February 2004 -- Groundhog existentialism, Superboobie, happy birthday to me and the great American road movie.

January 2004 -- New Year's possibilities, tranny repair, Getting It Done (or not) and the tspae legacy guitar fund.

December 2003 -- I'm a googlewhack!, Britney sucks (duh), Oh Canada, Christmas lights and year-end clearance links.

November 2003 -- Econodynamics, show biz meltdown, Trek drek and those wacky marriage-minded gays.

October 2003 -- Justified monkeys, the road not taken, robot monkeys and immortal worms..

September 2003 -- Homegrown jazz guitar, the noble artist saves civilization, flying cars on the internet and The Selfishness of Virtue (tm).

August 2003 -- Religious doggie, the Night Singer revealed, the triumphant return of Madam Zuzu, and the tg steps out for a beer.

July 2003 -- Departure of an old friend, absolute Evil the scientific way, adorable young rebels and the mathematics of Fun.

June 2003 -- The Ghost of Vaudeville Past, the superiority of art, crime and crazyness, the rule of disorder and the absence of destiny.

May 2003 -- Lowbrow tech, a prayer at a buffet, the attack of the 800 pound Marxist and Inside Me.

April 2003 -- April is the foolest month, cooking up a mix, frame wars and the artist as beatnik.

March 2003 -- The Force unmasked, hot links served, the Law reviled and my garden dies.

February 2003 -- Heroic feline ovums, the Call of the Wild, America's Inner Haskell and the death of music reviews (as thousands cheer).

January 2003 -- Peacenik folkies R us, the storytelling brain, 25 years of Amber Tide and Pin the Zeitgeist on the Culture.

December 2002 -- The Heal Wheel, Improvising Industries redux, escalator economics, caught in the OS trap and Universal Upgrade Theory.

November 2002 -- The ephemeral gasp of a public service announcement (and its aftermath), band overdose, driftwood from the Information Abyss, and Emmanuel Cant.

October 2002 -- The Ballad of Mister Fixit, doubts about democracy, cracking my inner crab and trombone repair as existential revolt.

September 2002 -- Dark interior dialogs, OS rebellion, plum butter revealed, evil cell phone ads and the predictions of Madam Zuzu.

August 2002 -- Revenge of the Indie Musicians, evolutionary bedtime reading, embedded processor jokes (Geekazoid Warning) and behaviorism vrs. the law (pay per view).

July 2002 -- Visions of the Cedar Window, Bokononism and the art of songwriting, a pictorial tour of the Oregon Country Fair and yet another exposition of the Science of Confusion.

June 2002 -- Begin at the beginning with tales of computer repair, a screed against webopinion and the report from the Shortest Night Of The Year.

More Groovy Stuff

The Chautauqua Letter -- Classic description of a New Old Time Chautauqua benefit, from May of 2001.

Thaddeus the Verb -- My main claim to immortality may be my presence on a Frank Zappa album, but this locution runs a close second. From 1999.

Fresh Meat, Same Old Can -- The Best of the Thaddeus Gazette 1996-1998 Neatly edited collection of the least illiterate portions of the original TG, from those bittersweet days of yore before the dotcom crash. (PDF)

Former Songs of the Week:

THE CHUMLEIGHLAND MARCH -- My absolutely greatest hit.
REMOD -- A thrilling tale of home improvement.
TEQUILA -- Wack joys of the Leetle Weesle Orchestra, courtesy Clayzeness Whistle Works.

Extras

The National Liar -- All the news you hoped to miss.
Macro the Mighty! -- Series 1 -- the early eons.
Under the Radar -- Buttons and bumper stickers for the New Millenium -- and beyond!
Art-O-Mat -- Kyewl stoopid shareware graphic program for Mac Classic.
Retirement Jokes -- Just when you thought it was safe to go back to work
The Zen Commandments -- Inscrutable Wisdom from the Mystic West.
Beveled Surfaces -- College doodles gone terribly terribly wrong.
Down My Street -- My hood, may it ever be right, but right or wrong my hood.
Dangerous Words -- Couldn't have said it better myself.
Meet the Instruments -- Take a little walk through the Chickadee Glen Musical Zoo.