May 2006
I WANNA BE EMILIO ESTEVEZ!!! Sasqatch Festival...
Where did I leave off? Okay, so the wonderfully wacky Wayne Coyne has just thrown some very useful tarps our way, and I’m huddled under one with about 30 other people. As soon as those of us on the edge of the tarp started to pull it down for cover, some people acutally complained, “Put it back up, we can’t see what’s happening!” To which I artfully responded,...
NEKO CASE AND THE HAIL, Sasquatch Part One
Let me explain. This weekend, my friend Kelly came out on a train from Bizmarck and the three of us headed out to the middle of Washington state for the Sasquatch Music Festival. Three days of a plethora of indie bands and Nine Inch Nails, Death Cab for Cutie, Queens of the Stoneage and Beck. It promised to be a great time. The day was going pretty well on Saturday. We had worked our way as far to...
Friday!
Woof. Yeah, that about sums up my week. Long hours at work, compulsive hours spent at the gym, obsessive hours spent cleaning and little time for anything else have made this week dissapear like breath in David Blaine’s lungs. But it’s worth it. A good friend of mine from college is out for the week. His train just arrived this morning and he’s spent the day getting aquainted...
Struck By Lightning
Well, not really. But it was damn close. This morning, on my way to work, lightning struck a powerline about a half block away from me as I was walking down the street. Yeah. Bright flash out of the corner of my eye, really loud crack and immediate boom, like some giant hammer had been slammed on a metal-topped table right next to my head. I saw a bunch of sparks and heard a loud pop as the...
For Crying Out Loud (not the common expression,...
That’s right, Meatloaf. This guy. He’s excited. I’m not exactly sure why. Maybe it involves the edible meatloaf. Maybe it’s because he just got goosed by Ron Silver. This guy. He’s rather proud of himself. As well he should be. It’s no small feat to goose Meatloaf. Ahh, pride. It’s a good thing to have. Pride in oneself, pride in...
Chief Silly Issue
There have been smatterings in the news for the past few months about the NCAA’s rulings on Native American mascots and nicknames. A handful of universities across the nation are embroiled in this highly contentious issue, trying to find that middle ground between what is politically correct and what the NCAA will allow. Often these two things do not intersect. What the NCAA is doing to...
Hott!
That’s right, with the double “t.” All of a sudden, it’s 95 degrees in Portland. No reasoning, no explaination. It’s like they think they can do whatever they want without asking the people first. Whatever happened to accountablity in weather? Seriously. Meanwhile, I’m hard at work on the next podcast. It should be up later this week, Friday or Saturday. If I...
Albums...on vinyl
When I was a young DJ at KMSC in Moorhead, MN, we went through a cleansing period where we sorted through all of our old vinyl and rooted out the stuff that was either unplayable (scratched or broken) or unplayable (horrible). We unearthed dozens of albums from the late 70’s and 80’s that were just hideous and hysterical. We had ourselves a good laugh before we threw them all in the...
I have no blurbs
That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, I have no blurbs this week. I’ve been hard up for material. Not that there isn’t a lot going on in the news and in my life, I just don’t feel like talking about “issues” and such this week. Gimmie a break. I’ll come back stronger next week. If there is anything to blame for this lack of inspiration, it’s other...
Myspace and Posting on other Discussions
Man, is it Wednesday already? Where has my time gone? Oh yeah, Myspace. The stuff is like crack without the hassle. Myspace is one of those things I told myself I’d never do, and now I’m on it at least once a day. I don’t even do anything when I’m there, either. I have no idea where the time goes…
Blurb 5.5
I’m going for a little less national news, a little more personal news this week. I can only bitch about things everyone has opinions on for so long before it gets old. But first: 1. Patrick Kennedy: Why Didn’t Chappaquiddick Have Concrete Barriers? - I have no real opinion on this one, just few choice observations: a) I know that sometimes congress has late-night sessions, but at...
Si Se Puede!
How about this for a solution for this whole illegal hullabulloo… We institude a statute of limitations on deportation, kind of like that which we have for crimes. If you’ve been in the country for more than seven years or more, you can apply for a visa and register as a citizen, but you must do so completely within six months from such and such a date. There are limitations, such as;...
Thank You, Protest March
I watched a protest march today. Thousands of people marching and parading themselves and their cause down the streets of Portland. It was quite a sight to see, all of those people coming together to demonstrate for one cause. It went on for a good 45min or so and I have no idea how many people were involved, but I’m going to guess that it was in the thousands, maybe five or even ten. Lots...