Saturday, January 31, 2004
CLPOD
ah, for those who don't remember or are new, this is my CraigsList Pick O'the Day:
TEN DOLLARS?? they should pay YOU $10 to take this load of CRAP!
woot!
good nite at the hideout seeing the stirrats, and kelly hogan and scott ligon. realized I've not been there in so long as should definetly try and go this thursday. dang. everyone was there tonite, it was cool. a large gang of us went out to arturos, and called kristina for her bday. me jasmine and jeff came home and jeff n i watched "classic" music videos til the wee hours of now. man, they played some good shit. Tony Toni Tone, Wang Chung, Stevie Wonder...
Friday, January 30, 2004
Extra Crispy Scoliosis Please!
Sites like these keep me entertained for hours, well, maybe like 15 minutes. Check out
Not Fooling Anybody. When I was a kid, I honestly thought they kept chicken in those giant buckets, and it was sucked out like those things at the bank drive thrus. Hey, at least I was thorough enough to think it out.
Thursday, January 29, 2004
Holy Fuck, it's COLD!
brr brr brrr. me, amelia and the kitties are drinking beer in front of the fireplace. ahhhh. the cold also seems to have sapped the iPod battery and my cellphone. lameo technology that doesn't work.
have you taken the
president match quiz? I'm gonna marry Kerry! oh wait, I think it means I'm supposed to vote for him.
I guess I have to comment...
LeRoy Bach has left Wilco, his decision. He was not forced out or any crap like that. Not that it's anyone's business, of course.
Over the past few years, as long as I've been in Chicago, actually, I've gotten to know him, not as a member of a band, but as an individual. He's a really cool individual, who has shown me nothing but kindness. As much as I am gonig to miss him as a part of that band, he's still the same amazingly great guy he always was, and nothing is going to change that.
All the shit being said about LeRoy and Jeff is, of course, bugging me (not to the extent it must be bugging those involved I'm sure.) Wilco is going to go on, and continue to amaze us, and LeRoy will do his thing, and it will all be okay. As a fan and a friend all I can do is support them all.
anyhoot, some pics
here.
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Guitars gone Wrong
Click above for even more "cheesy guitars".
Wow Where Do I Start?
I have been Macless for a while now. Ya'll know this started when my power cord exploded in an amazing display of white fireworks (apparantly an issue with this type of power cord). It took the Apple Store about a week to get me a new one, which at that time I made the decision to sell my dear sweet Blueberry iBook to the store I work at, and upgrade slightly to an newer older model with firewire so I could update my new old iPod I accquired.
I bid on an indigo iBook on eBay, and won. When it arrived and I opened it up, there was a post-it stating "Fire Wire Problem". I shit thee not. This was not stated in the description, and the people had oodles of glowing wonderful feedback. I tried all sortsa stuff to fix it, but alas, nothing worked. I sent it back, bid on yet another indigo iBook, which I got at the same price. Of course, the people who sold me the bogus one drug their feet on refunding my money...thus the new PBR 2.0 arrived only today.
In other news...well, it'll be out soon enough. I'll wait to comment and not be all national enquirer like.
Super Bowl Party this weekend. I'm not really a football fan, but am a fan of eating and drinking. The last superbowl party I attended I ended up nekid in a hot tub with the head of the video game department at the Toys 'R' Us I worked at. Speaking of which, I guess I'm going back to Florida for the first time since I left nearly 5 years ago pretty soon. Just waiting for my mom to move to a new pad there. Though Scott who was allegedly going to put me up is not responding to my calls yet again, after a really impassioned declaration that he would this time. Why oh why do I bother with him?
I'm on a major Cure kick lately...really excited about this B-Sides Box that came out today. I remember back in the day (cue wiggly lines and flashback music) I had my mom take me to the mall to buy the Cure's
Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me on cassette after seeing the video for "Why Can't I Be You?" video on MTV (holy shit, they used to play GOOD videos, kids). She asked me if she'd like it, and I sullenly replied "I
Hope not." I don't think I let her listen to it. I also fondly remember Mary driving me to school and listening to the cassette of
Standing on the Beach and hearing those b-sides back then. School sucked, but at least the ride there was always cool.
gods, that should keep ya'll busy for a while, no? I'll post some wacky fun links to make up for lost time.
oh yeah, this Friday I plan on partying down starting EARLY at the Hideout around 6pm.
Monday, January 26, 2004
Still Alive!
Blogger issues + no maccy = no posting. New old mac should arrive tommorow; stay tuned for a summary of what has happened in the past week or so. it may be interesting to like one person out there.
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
I'm still here I swear...
still in computer limbo.
went and saw Big Fish last nite...it was great, but kind of a downer, in an uplifting way. If that makes any sense...went thrifting today, califone friday. stay tuned ;)
Sunday, January 18, 2004
Old 97s Show @ Metro!!
Rhett. Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh.
Great show, nice to see them back after soooo many years away. It was kinda late, and Rhett was kinda drunk and forgetting of some lyrics, but Murray was right on! I can't freaking wait for the new album!! AHHHHHH!
Saturday, January 17, 2004
Temporarily computerless
Waiting in eBay limbo for a new old indigo iBook, so until then, posts will be sporadic. Nothing was wrong with my old one, which now resides @ Planet of Sound, I just wanted more GB and firewire.
Old 97s tonite, woohoo!
Thursday, January 15, 2004
WoOt!!!
Everything went well at Delilah's last nite! First of all, thanks to everyone who showed up, and boo to those who didn't. A pretty good crowd remained through 2am (special thanks to Sooz, Jasmine and Mikey for staying the whole damn time!) As the nite wore on, I was BRIBED into playing pandering crowd pleasers that got everyone singing along (ie Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline) but that was okay. I even managed to sneak in "Somebody Told Me" from Strong Bad Sings (thanks Alison!).
So basically, I played the music I love for 5 hours, got free beer and whiskey, hung with my friends...AND got paid!! WTF? Life is good sometimes. Mostimes. I was invited back, so I'll keep ya'll posted about when it's happening again.
Wednesday, January 14, 2004
most fun website EVER!
you can have hours of enjoyment
HERE. make sure you put samorama thru it.
oh yeah DELILAH'S TONITE!! WOOT!
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
There's just no excusee for this
Check out other blatant errors
HEAR.
Delilah's Tommorow Night!
I'll be DJing, so you should come.
Sunday, January 11, 2004
Get yr art on
Last nite sooz and I went to the Gallery at the
Old Town School of Folk Music for an exhibition of the work of Andrew Bird's mother, Beth Bird. Some really lovely stuff, not to mention free horsdoovers and beer and wine (thanks Russel!)
otherwise if yr bored, check out phonecalls from
A crazy drunk guy.
Saturday, January 10, 2004
dreamy
Andrew Bird. Wow. Finally got to hear him and Nora do my favorite song from the album (a cover of the Handsome Family's "Don't Be Scared"). If there is a heaven, the angels sound like them.
Friday, January 09, 2004
yo
Work today, then Andrew Bird at the Empty Bottle! Hooray! Haven't seen him perform since the Hideout Blockparty/My insane birthday party.
Actually talked to Scott last nite, which long time SamO'Rama readers will know is a rareity. hmmmmm
Thursday, January 08, 2004
oh yeah, one week!
till DJ Sam-A-Rama (?) at
Delilah's. Not the most timely website, but oh well.
The poll will be closing soon
And a new one, I SWEAR!
(wow, the current one is almost at 100! Vote!)
Wednesday, January 07, 2004
it feels like 6 below outside
thank goodness I am not out there. mellow day otherwise, capped off wit a lovely dinner at a mexican plave that had mexican food that wasn't taco type stuff if that makes sense. I just love how mexican food is smothered in gravy. I think everything should be smothered in gravy. whoa, that's my new band name!
Tuesday, January 06, 2004
doooooood
does anything beat getting stoned and listening to really old flaming lips while stoned? I mean, I'm asking...I am certainly
not stoned.
ooh a fun test!
Monday, January 05, 2004
Posting
nothing is happening. nope. it's cold, may hit the museums tommorow AND steve jobs' keynote speech at the Macworld thingy simulcasted at the Mac store! okay, so maybe something is happening! woot.
Sunday, January 04, 2004
ooh here we go...
check
this page to see if I am on and what I'm playing. if it says "Stream not found" it means I am off the air. er, the web.
On the Air!
Why not open up
this here stream in yr audioplayer and listen to me playing music. When I am online of course...I'll out a msg here when I am on the air..of course you can aim me with requests and stuff.
Saturday, January 03, 2004
Thursday, January 01, 2004
hooray I got my power supply back!
thank the gods!
Sooz and I are now watching the Food Network marathon of
Unwrapped. this is a good show, but it just makes me want food.
Happy Noooooo Year!
dwunk at home with sooz, she made some tasty hoppin' john to bring in the new year, and Clare and Alyssa brought us a traditional bottle of Andre Spumante. Fuck Cristal man...this is where it's at! I have had a few other drinks tonite as well...woOt. and hors doovers. mmm good. oh and talked to friends which is great tooo. next year will be a crazy new year's since i rested for this one!
oh and my adapter is in!! we will go pick up tommorow! hoorah!
