Two things…

1. Dead Child fucking killed it tonight.
2. Bob Costas did a good job of asking the president real questions during the latter’s ten minute stop by NBC studios. Bush, predictably, did his best “half drunk, second-best sales associate” schtick in response. His slide in to irrelevance dulls the pain a bit, but each mispronunciation of [...]

Reverse sticker shock

Some observations from Denton:
1. Best sign so far: “$2 minimum on all credit cards.” At Hooligan’s, a bar on the square, downtown.
2. A buddy and I had two Miller Lights each (16 oz.), plus an order of fried zucchini and an order of fried pickles…not exactly health food, but the total for all that was [...]

Denton, Dallas, and new beginnings

If anyone still subscribes to this site’s RSS feed, it’s a testament to either your fandom or laziness: with the complete lack of new content for, oh, ever, I really deserve no readers at this point.
That said, my relocation to Denton has me in the blogging mood. weshotjr.com is quite good, but more focused on [...]

Hellaciously embarrassing moments in sports/music history…

1. The ‘86 Dodgers performing “The Baseball Boogie.” No amount of cocaine, Gheri-juice overdose, or just plain bad sense can really explain this:

2. Kobe Bryant performing “K.O.B.E.” at the 1996 NBA All-Star Weekend. Pro: having the sense to feature a pre-crazy Tyra Banks. Con: rapping in Italian.

Thriller bumped from the charts

Gotta love Billboard. From Chartwatch:
For the second week in a row, Jack Johnson’s Sleep Through The Static and Michael Jackson’s Thriller 25 are the top two albums in the U.S. Or are they?

They are, if you look at the Top Comprehensive Albums chart compiled by Nielsen/SoundScan. Johnson is #1 for the week with sales of 105,000 [...]

Michel Gondry ripping off Nickelodeon?

Advance praise for “Be Kind, Rewind” is effusive. Once again, Gondry is being hailed as among the most inventive filmmakers of his generation. Apparently, he gets his “inspiration” the same way I do: huffing paint and watching Nickelodeon re-runs. Hell, it’s worked for Ween all these years.
If you know the plot of “Be Kind, Rewind,” [...]

Thermals and Chuck Taylors

You ever spend a whole day wearing thermal underwear, Chuck Taylors, and fighting to get warm?
This sucks.

Favorite Superbowl commercial

What can I say? The man is funny. I hope this movie is a return to Anchorman form. I think the 70s suit Will Ferrell.

I think Denton will treat me just fine

Playing at Rubber Gloves or Hailey’s in the next two months:
Jim Ward (Sparta, At the Drive In)
Joe Lally (Fugazi)
Jucifer
An Albatross
Baroness
Liars
Blitzen Trapper
Islands (Unicorns)
Acid Mothers Temple
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
Not bad for a town of 110,000 people. I wouldn’t go to all these shows, but I like the idea of living somewhere that all these shows go [...]

Bank of America: why not give your paycheck to a junkie instead?

I’ve been banking with Bank of America for about three months. I can say, at this point, that they are the worst bank I’ve ever dealt with. Being subjected to a kangaroo court in the Peruvian highlands would seem reasonable, logical, and a paragon of transparency compared to dealing with this bureaucratic nonsense.
Each month I’ve [...]