Tales From Rural Bohemia

The lifestyle blog of writer Darin Barry.

April 16, 2012 11:57 am
Gordon on the Beach (by calidarin on Lomography)

Gordon on the Beach (by calidarin on Lomography)

1:29 am
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  • MoonBeams and PolkaDots (The 420 Song)
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January 6, 2012 2:19 pm
Mohandas Gandhi: Dear Customer who stuck up for his little brother,

These are the sort of unsung acts of personal heroism, the actions described in this story on the older brothers’ and store clerk’s part, that is simply a working part of the persona’s of everyone I respect and am close to. I would hope that is, that everyone I know would look at this story, and say, “Yeah, it’s cute, but big deal, that’s exactly what I would do. “  But what if this story was tweeked a little: perhaps your little brother wants to work for corporate America, take a now scarce job somewhere within the industrial war complex; perhaps with Halliburton or Blackwater, or even a multi-level marketer with an amazing “up-line” in say, Herbalife, or work for Abercrombie. Maybe instead of the purple controller the younger brother wants in this story, your younger brother wants an AK-47 controller and some war game? Perhaps these are bad comparisons as one would argue that one scenario suggests support of diversity, tolerance and unconditional love for things that are inherent to ones genetic makeup and the other(s) would be seen as support of violent ideology. I know this because I’ve seem my fellow lefty friends and family trying to censor their children’s worlds just as much a crazy evangelical parent’s do. I guess what I’m trying to say, is that true love at any level involves letting people be just what they want to be, no matter where they may or may not fit in the grand designs’ and plans we might have for them in our lives.

sweetupndown:

you thought I didn’t really notice. But I did. I wanted to high-five you.


Yesterday I had a pair of brothers in my store. One was maybe between 15-17. He was a wrestler at the local high school. Kind of tall, stocky and handsome. He had a younger brother, who was maybe about…

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September 10, 2011 1:49 am
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This is the new one from me and Lane. It’s called THE LIAR. As you might be able to tell from this song, we aren’t writing for American audiences exclusively. Hope you enjoy! Feedback is always appreciated. Well, almost always:)

Get UP Down  

The Liar ©   2011 A Baby Ate My Dingo Productions  © 2011 Lane O’Sullivan and Darin Barry

August 12, 2011 12:56 pm
Early moody band shots. Orange Crush is editing a bunch of raw stuff.

Early moody band shots. Orange Crush is editing a bunch of raw stuff.

12:18 pm
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This is the latest from me and Lane and it’s called “Reckless 4 Your Age”. Jack Nickelson appears on this one.  Culture Jam - Reckless 4 Your Age  © 2011 A Baby Ate My Dingo © 2011 Darin Barry and Lane O’Sullivan. 

July 30, 2011 9:43 pm
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  • San Fran American
  • By: Culture Jam
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This is the latest from me and Lane. We just finished recording this track last night and we are pretty happy with it. For me, this song is partially about how San Franciscicans deserve to be the proudest Americans’ when right wing assholes try to marginalize them as “fringey”. San Francicans continue to be on the forefront of human rights and civil liberties that un-American contingincies aren’t happy with. We salute the “San Fran American” with this song and we hope we have caught the spirit of San Francisco with this anthem.

Song: San Fran American

Artist: Culture Jam

Written by Darin Barry and Lane O’Sullivan

All tracks by Darin Barry and Lane O’Sullivan

Darin: Keys, Snythesisers, Drums and Backing Vocals

Lane: Vocals, Guitars, Percussion

© 2011 A Baby Ate My Dingo Productions, © 2011 Darin Barry and Lane O’Sullivan

July 7, 2011 5:38 am
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  • Life's Just A Killer
  • By: Lip-Kiss Natives
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Surprise! I am in a band called Lip-Kiss Natives and we are Darin Barry and Lane O’Sullivan. We are now recording a full album witch has involved basically us becoming vampires and socially invisible- we work through the night.  Lane wants us to hit the road with an audio visual show next Spring. This is a rough mix from the first song on the album. Hope you enjoy TURN IT UP!

This song is called “Life’s Just A Killer.” © 2011 Darin Barry and Lane O’Sullivan, © 2011 A Baby Ate My Dingo

Lip-Kiss Natives:

Lane O’Sullivan: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

Darin Barry: Vocals, Synthesizers, Drum Machines, silly things we bang on.

“Life’s Just A Killer” music and lyrics Lane O’Sullivan and Darin Barry

June 2, 2011 1:28 pm
GOP Can’t Handle The Truth: Taxes Are Lower Under Obama Than Reagan

Dear Tea Party,
If you can’t handle the fact that taxes under Obama are lower than they were under Reagan, then maybe you should take a break from this whole politics thing until you can deal with reality.

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Isabella Rosellini is a Snowshoe Siamese we adopted from the Portland Human Society. This is how she wakes me up for breakfast every morning. She’s learned to be gentle and not meow. These cats are wicked smart and they all do weird things; stealing items from the neighbors, riding on robot vacuums—- mine fetches.