Monday, January 30, 2006
phew.
what a weekend. even if I did skip out on Friday nite (ray manzarek, er Gil Mantera, BoRox, etc)... Saturday w/ Laura and friends at the H/O for the half lame half amazing dance party certainly made up for it, and tonite was Xtina's Bday celebration featuring some AMAZING risotto from Laura and Boozeanne, I mean Sooz. oops. Kris and I then made our way to that place smelling of burnt enchiladas for the last nite of my dear sweet friend who shall remain nameless's stint at that mexican place, then ended up at another mexican place. man, I have ended up at Flash Taco way too many times the past couple weeks, whatever, I am greatful for it, and not having to eat BK. who knows what tomorrow will bring?! Club Foot? Bottle? Liver damage?
oh and Thursday was the Sweatbox memorial comp. how could I forget that? Lemme ask this: How can I get a bottle of delicious Point Beer for $2.50 at Subterranean, yet a CAN of PBR at Big Horse is $3, and any other domestic $4?! insanity!!
Friday, January 27, 2006
Daniel my brother...
I hope you got the Bonnie "Prince" Billy/ Tortoise, with yr song on it. I was thinking of you because I am eating a fresh delicious Valentines Nerd Rope.
Thursday, January 26, 2006
some stuff
i'm not really sure how the earwax thing worked out. my ears kinda feel...oooshy. not quite the experience i was assured it would be. last nite was Jeff Tweedy at the Abbey. He was good, but man, what a lame crowd (even if the yelling did include someone yelling out my name... Jonny??) And mmm, that Abbey meatloaf. There are a lot of shows coming up, i think i need to actually utilize "the calender". this will not be fun.
ewww
okay feeling slightly better, getting ready to flush.
icky
icky icky icky, crackling sound in my ear. feeling somewhat clean though.
ARRRRRRRRRGH
this sux SOOOOOOOOO bad. cold freaky, putty in my ears. gross gross gross.
Earwax removal
on the recommendation of HWSRN last nite, I am going to use an earwax removal kit. I am a little freaked out, so I may perhaps provide a minute by minute account of the event. Here we go.
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
groan
i want to be asleep right now. I guess I will try.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
i can't hear you
my earphones fit weird. I think i have too much wax in my ears. I am kinda scared to clean that though.
Whee Happenings!
Last nite saw Chris Mills, Edith Frost and Califone at the Hideout. Edith has a beautiful voice, but her lyrics made me want to kill myself. My sweater was the subject of many compliments, I will NEVER wear it again.
Tonite was Colin Meloy at the Park West. It was good, I didn't enjoy the baby song at all though. I did enjoy what I have kinda thought as my theme song, and sang along at the top of my lungs with "Everything I Try To Do, Nothing Seems to Turn Out Right". sigh.
Today will be fun day, or as much fun as Paul and I can have in cold windiness. IE not much. Walk the Line finally? Then maybe a drink with he who shall remain nameless. Doubtful though. (you don't read this, right? I always quiz you, but it's like the wife in brokeback mountain and the fishing box, but you're not gay i don't think, and likely not going fishing, or reading this even. uh moving on.)
And Wednesday is Tweedy at the Abbey, then Thursday probably Adam and some Sweatbox alumni at Subterranean... oh, but there is also the thing at Martyrs. Then, I will likey pass out from exhaustion, alcohol over consumption and malnourishment. fuck yeah.
I just realized there is no uniformity in the methods I use to discuss days past and to come. sorry.
Monday, January 23, 2006
look out, here i come again, etc.
It looks like Wilco is playing Jacksonville in March for the first time in 11 years. How could I miss that?
quote of the whenever.
"I find that, people who own record stores...the
proprieters..usually very cool...the clerks however, for the most part, not very...(Samo excluded since Samo is very very cool.)" ~Alex
right, until you come in drunk during Germanfest and ask me for the Scorpions.
Saturday, January 21, 2006
That seems right.
pleasantries that accumulate like unwanted mail.
i think i am feeling okay, at least there is something to look forward to. i'm not going into any more details. i think it's okay though.
i have read that colin meloy wrote "my mother was a chinese trapeze artist" in repsonse to a family trip where he decided he wanted nothing to do with his family. I can abolutely understand that, and have done it a tiny bit to some extent. though with my family, most of the extreme stuff is probably true.
i know
i just left jacksonville, and was all "i'm never going back! jacksonville SUCKS!!" but, guess who's playing in March?
Pencil me in. again. ugh. boo.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Monday, January 16, 2006
I am SO OVER Jordan Catalano
Still in Jacksonville. It is pretty much as I remember, but with more fast food options. hmmmmmm.
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Woo I Am in Jax
it's all kind of weird. my family is weird, scott is weird. the winnebago was a budget rent a truck. weird.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
This Spells Trouble
I have been promised a night with a winnebago, beer and jager. And I get almost two whole days with Scott. Will wonders never cease?
Next stop: Jacksonville, home of Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, Limp Bizkit, Molly Hatchet, and uh, Yellowcard?
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
it's an update
Yep. Um. So much to say, yet there's not much I can say. Went to Big Horse last nite with Tim. Going to Jacksonville Thursday. In the process missing Magnolia w. Palliard and like a gazillion other things, but at least I'll get some gravy. Plus there's a bunch of cool stuff when I get back.
siiiiiiiiiiigh.
Saturday, January 07, 2006
The What type of meat are you? Test
The What type of meat are you? TestI would never have guessed this one.
Corned Beef
Here's your Meat Spirit: |
Chewy and unctuous, Corned Beef is your spirit guide.
Your comforting tenderness belies the sultry nature that lurks at your core. You are usually served with a side of salty steamed cabbage which tends to cause indigestion and mealy boiled potatoes which sometimes gum up the works. You are not to everyone's taste, but a true connoisseur will appreciate your homey nature. Your life may not be perfect, but your spirit guide will be the best caretaker that it can be. |
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My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender: | You scored higher than 33% on meatiness |
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whoa
have you ever heard this version of pavement doing killing moon? it is insane. as in otherworldly and amazing.
whoa
have you ever heard this version of pavement doing killing moon? it is insane. as in otherworldly and amazing.
Friday, January 06, 2006
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Way to go VH1 Classic
Someone is a programming genius: Wendy and Lisa, the Time and Sheila E. Hopefully Vanity 6 is next.
Not much going on, no really. Trying to fill the new iPod, I have a feeling half the stuff on there I may never even listen to.
Oh yeah, there was New Years. Sooz, Matt and I watched all the lameo NYE things on TV. I was most excited by "my homies" Kanye and Common on MTV.
Okay, the next video is the Bangles. Still a connection, but it would have been uncanny if it was Manic Monday.
Sunday, January 01, 2006
Samerica's Top 40 of 2005
Blurbs and italics forthcoming?
1. Andrew Bird - & The Mysterious Production of Eggs
2.Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Feel the Illinoise!
3. M. Ward - Transistor Radio
4. Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers
5. Fruit Bats - Spelled in Bones
6. New Pornographers - Twin Cinema7. Matt Sweeny & Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Superwolf
8. Stephen Malkmus - Face the Truth
9. Magnolia Electric Company - What Comes After the Blues
10. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy and Appendix
11. Deerhoof - Runners Four
12. Akron/Family & Angels of Light - Split LP
13. Devin Davis - Lonely People of the World, Unite!
14. Calexico/Iron & Wine - In the Reigns
15. Coco Rosie - Noah's Ark
16. Josephine Foster - Hazel Eyes, I Will Lead You
17. Adam Fitz - Between the Incident and the Event
18. Six Organs of Admittance - School of Flower
19. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
20. Beck - Guero
21. Decemberists - Picaresque
22. Animal Collective - Feels
23. Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow
24. Damien Jurado - On My Way To Absence
25. Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
26. Jim and Jennie and the Pinetops - Rivers Roll On By
27. Of Montreal - Sunlandic Twins
28. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
29. Gorillaz - Demon Days
30. Freakwater - Thinking of You
31. Healthy White Baby - s/t
32. Kanye West - Late Registration
33. Robbie Fulks - Georgia Hard
34. Sam Prekop - Who's Your New Professor?
35. New Order - Waiting for the Sirens Call
36. My Morning Jacket - Z
37. Edith Frost - It's a Game
38. Feist - Let It Die
39. Danger Doom - The Mouse and the Mask
40. Weezer - Make Believe (SHUT UP!!!)
