Cleveland peeps, pay attention to this one: Last year, I found myself at the Beachland Ballroom for their Halloween shindig, featuring a ton of local bands reborn (some in costume) to each play a tribute set of tunes from their favorite musical influences. I was there with my friend Amy to see our two favorite […]
Month: September 2008
Now that I see Daphne Zuniga’s picture, I’m kind of sorry we never met…
My co-worker Michael brought up the name of actress Daphne Zuniga yesterday, which met with a few blank stares and then my reaction, “Who’s that?” A funny bit of conversation followed that, and then things moved on, until later in the day when Michael and I had the following conversation via IM: M – Dude, […]
Bruce Springsteen + Super Bowl confirmed + related Boss items
This post is a little bit late going up tonight, but I have a good explanation for that that I’ll share before we get to the main subject matter. I was wrapping up work last week, when I saw a Twitter update from acmaurer about bacon cinnamon rolls! I immediately jumped to the link, and […]
Good Watch: Fountains of Wayne – The Girl I Can’t Forget
Fountains of Wayne fans, dig this fan-made Sims video for “The Girl I Can’t Forget,” a tune from the stellar Out-of-State Plates collection. And I wondered what I did or said That I might soon regret It was the night I can’t remember With the girl I can’t forget I love Youtube!
Sarah Silverman hits another one outta the park
Whatever side you’re on, take the politics out of this one, and enjoy some good comedy from Sarah Silverman. Thought ya’ll could probably all use a smile or three on a Friday! The Great Schlep from The Great Schlep on Vimeo. For some previous Sarah Silverman greatness, there was of course this video which contains […]
Lefsetz on AC/DC + the new AC/DC video
AC/DC says that you can only buy their albums as a complete package, not track by track. Lefsetz says that’s crap. My blood started to boil when I read the quotes. Because these rich motherf*ckers, who happen to have made some great music, are living in the nineties and ONLY care about money. There’s this […]
My DVR is crushing me + I read books, and watch videos on Youtube
Greetings from the homestead. Things have been kind of weird here recently. The other night, I got a knock on my door, and the man at the door randomly asked me if I was selling my house. With his family sitting in the van across the street. It was a little bit unsettling the more […]
Jackson Browne on The Colbert Report
Thanks to Dan passing this one my way – Jackson Browne made a great appearance on The Colbert Report last night to promote his new album Time The Conqueror. Browne chats it up, and also performs “Going Down To Cuba,” from the new album. Click here and check it out.
Random thoughts on Bruce, The Rock Hall, Yes, and a buncha other stuff
Hey kids, Happy Tuesday to ya. We’re almost at hump day – Burgo is actually already there, and he tells me that it is great. Let’s talk about sex… I realized courtesy of a comment from Allison and Twitter updates that the regular female readership of this blog is taking a big hit today, because […]
New Release Watch: Golden Smog, Jackson Browne, The Replacements, Bill Champlin, and more!
Thought I’d shine the light on a few things that are hitting stores on Tuesday that you’ll probably want to be aware of. The first item on my list is the new Golden Smog anthology Stay Golden Smog: The Best of Golden Smog – The Rykodisc Years. I’ve been living with an advance copy of […]