strictly roots.
So I went to the woods this weekend, just for a day, with both parents and one nephew (the teenaged one), and while it wasn’t exactly roughing it, it was relaxing in a major way to get to where there are so damn many trees it looks like dusk in the middle of the afternoon, [...]
Yesterday, I forgot my lunch.
It was no surprise. This summer I’ve been working four days a week. Of those four days, I’d say on average I’m not prepared enough to pack a lunch at all on about two. Of the other two, on average I forget to actually take my lunch, which is packed already, [...]
When I was a young one, the majority of the young-one injuries I sustained were silly cuts and bruises from playing hockey in the basement(!) with my sister, or getting caught up in the rose bush while sliding into “home plate” in the backyard. And that one time, I twisted my ankle falling from about [...]
Quickly!
Please listen to The Scala Choir covering the Divinyls’ “I Touch Myself.”
Also, apparently Scribus, an open-source desktop publishing software, will at some point be releasing a version of its current build that’s compatible with Windows, which will be an amazing thing for me, as I’m not tough enough to be running Linux. There’s already [...]
Every time I pick up this mixtape it gets better. Actually I can’t find the tape itself right now, but I picked up the packaging and it got better anyway. It deserves a tribute of some sort. I hope this will get you thinking about the best mixtape anyone has ever given you, or the [...]
Fair warning:
August 5, the sea, like lead plays with Kim Phuc, (((microwaves))), and Athletic Automaton at Howler’s, Liberty Ave in Bloomfield. Shows there usually start around 10:00 (more like 10:30 or 11:00 really) and are $5 or so.
THE VERY NEXT DAY, August 6, the sea, like lead plays with Nakano (from Morgantown, pretty stuff that [...]
Today I got in a fight with a LaRouchey.
I’ve had my fair share of run-ins with cult or semi-cult folks in my day, not the least of which being that time a few summers ago when the Krishna dude on the South Side tried to “give” me a copy of the Gita, which he signed [...]
Something of interest to most or all:
This weekend, a conversation about turn-on-red (I am a major foe) and subsequent recall of an argument about the same last summer with another out-of-towner brought this to mind: TRAFFIC ANARCHY IN THE NETHERLANDS! (I have no idea what Seven Corners Localization Initiative is, so I can’t be held [...]
You are amazing. Do not go on hiatus or whatever it is you told me tonight you were going to do. Tour with me, move to my city, say funny things at opportune moments when I’m around.
Ed, D.C. doesn’t need another lawyer. D.C. needs YOU and YOUR GUITAR, ROCKING THE FUCK OUT.
Sean, despite your seeming [...]
So, to take care of things in the order in which they came:
The show Friday night was fantastic, the space sounded really good, I thought we played well, the other bands were awesome. Unfortunately, I also BROKE MY FINGER PLAYING DRUMS. As a quick fix we ran to 7-11 and got a popsicle, Jo and [...]