February 09, 2005

• Sweet. A follow-up to a post of mine. Since I almost never post, that means that something like 25 percent of my posts result in follow-up posts. I rock. This is similar to the plotline on a skit Dave Chappelle did in which he was a blind black man who was the head of a racist organization because he did not know he was blind. Ah, truth can be funnier and more just than fiction.
• I was thinking about that skit as well, bernockle. Ah, the irony.
• Well... they should've seen it coming. Freakin' Mexicans taking all our jobs. Another tip off should've been his coke use.
• Karma
• I take it this has no effect on Prussian Blue.
• A few years ago Rolling Stone did a story about skinhead music and the accusation about this guy's ethnicity was mentioned then so this isn't big news. Thus it is interesting that only now has the label shut down. I wonder if there might be other financial reasons at play but they just don't want to admit it?
• Yea, even in the article it says that "Pierpont's racial heritage has long been a subject of speculation in white-power circles." Who knows.
• and another thing, that craps spilling over north of the border. Also has anyone heard the music coming out of the U.S. army? It's just as politically offensive as the white supremisist stuff, and it's paid for by your tax dollars! Oh wait a second...
• so you don't have to register on thier invasive questionaire... **** The day the racist music died A white-supremacy record label shuts down after its owner is accused of being part Mexican. BY ROSS RAIHALA Pioneer Press Panzerfaust, the St. Paul-based white-supremacy record label that made national headlines in the fall, has closed shop over questions of the owner's race. "They are out of business," said Minnesota Gang Strike Force investigator Dan Michener. Byron Calvert, 33, who was Panzerfaust's spokesman and public face, accuses his former business partner, Anthony Pierpont, 38, of having a Hispanic mother. "I told Anthony that he had no choice but to walk away from (Panzerfaust) before this became public," Calvert says on a Web site linked from the now-defunct Panzerfaust site. Pierpont was arrested in his South St. Paul home on Nov. 30 on suspicion of felony possession of a small amount of a substance believed to be cocaine. That incident led to a schism between Pierpont and Calvert. Calvert, also known as Bryant Cecchini, and several friends stood outside his South St. Paul duplex on Friday afternoon. Other than confirming he is no longer involved with Panzerfaust Records, Calvert refused to answer questions. He also would not talk about the whereabouts of Pierpont, whose case is pending in the Dakota County court system. "It's all over," said Joe Roy, chief investigator for the Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks white supremacist activities across the country. The center's Web site has posted a copy of Pierpont's birth certificate, which shows his Mexico-born mother was named Maria Marcola del Prado. Pierpont could not be reached for comment. Panzerfaust, previously considered the nation's largest skinhead record label, created controversy in September when Calvert announced plans to distribute 100,000 copies of a "pro-white sampler CD" to teenagers across the country. Calvert's plan was to spread Panzerfaust's anti-ethnic message to teens through music, and the label sold the CDs to supporters at a discounted rate of $15 per 100 copies. In an interview with the Pioneer Press at the time, Calvert said, "Our target audience is 50 million white kids who have never heard of us." Pierpont's racial heritage has long been a subject of speculation in white-power circles. The Southern Poverty Law Center's Web site refers to him as "The Well-Tanned Skinhead," and reports others within the movement have questioned his race as early as 1995. Until recently, Calvert adamantly denied the rumors, but now has used the Internet to demand Pierpont "take a DNA test to clear up any doubt. He refuses to do so." Now that Panzerfaust has closed, other white-supremacy groups will attempt to gain control of a total market estimated by Roy at $1 million per year. "There will be a scramble for that business," Roy said. "It's more than just CDs — it's T-shirts, belt buckles and other merchandise." But such infighting is fairly common in the white-supremacist movement. Reading online message boards discussing Panzerfaust's demise, Roy said, is "like watching a bunch of children calling each other names."
• The have the support of the devil himeself I belive.
• After being forced onto the streets, Anthony is befriended by Miguel a homeless gay Mexican illegal immigrant who helps him come to terms with his identity. Together they return to win the battle of the bands with their brand of Mariachi Death Metal.
• Panzerfaust? Isn't that a German appetizer made with steamed cabbage, gingerbread and the skins of people who try to bargain with the devil?
• I learned a great pearl of wisdom, from a Croatiion builder. He was selling a house, here in Canada to an Italian couple. They asked what the ethnic make up of the neighborhood was. So the Croation says, "well there is %20 Chinese %10 Portuguse %5 Polish and %50 sunshine Italian, and a little of this and that." The woman walked away happy. "I didn't tell the woman, by sunshine Italian I ment Pakistani. They're just like Italians, like every concrete and shiny, even look like italians only, they got a little too much sun!" I think somehow this is the answer to the problem. Mabye these white supremists just need to get out into the sun. Then they won't be so white. I'll keep wearing my NY yankees hat thank you. Hey coppermac that recipes a little over the top.
• I forgot to mention the tank tread garnish, but I guess everyone would know to put that on anyway.