Friday, March 27, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
New Idea: Life Caddie
It is raining today. Heading out for our morning commute, Wife drops her coffee. Seems the umbrella was enough to tip the scale on what is a manageable load to manage carrying.
Slipping into her seat, she declares her need for a 'Life Caddie'.
Good god damn. This is a great idea. I know in there are various forms of this role being performed daily: movie stars have assistants, politicians have handlers, and mob bosses have their Hench men... but a Life Caddie?
Someone to hold your umbrella, and carry your shit. Light your cigars and advise you on the ferocity of the wind. You know, among other things. The possibilities...
The wonderful thing is that we all have a need for one, or at least a want. A want in my world is principally the same concept as a need, just more expensive.
I would like my Life Caddie to be a crotchety old man. A dirty-joke-telling-surly-smells-like-booze-and-over-ripe-apples-and-wears-a-page-boy kinda guy. Someone who is at my door at 5 am, just waiting.
Anyway, the commute was uneventful, we arrived on schedule, it was raining harder now...
As she was getting out of the car, Wife dropped her purse in a puddle. All she said was, "Life Caddie."
And that's all she needed to say.
Slipping into her seat, she declares her need for a 'Life Caddie'.
Good god damn. This is a great idea. I know in there are various forms of this role being performed daily: movie stars have assistants, politicians have handlers, and mob bosses have their Hench men... but a Life Caddie?
Someone to hold your umbrella, and carry your shit. Light your cigars and advise you on the ferocity of the wind. You know, among other things. The possibilities...
The wonderful thing is that we all have a need for one, or at least a want. A want in my world is principally the same concept as a need, just more expensive.
I would like my Life Caddie to be a crotchety old man. A dirty-joke-telling-surly-smells-like-booze-and-over-ripe-apples-and-wears-a-page-boy kinda guy. Someone who is at my door at 5 am, just waiting.
Anyway, the commute was uneventful, we arrived on schedule, it was raining harder now...
As she was getting out of the car, Wife dropped her purse in a puddle. All she said was, "Life Caddie."
And that's all she needed to say.
Frontline: 10 Trillion and Counting
This is illuminating. Please do yourselves a favor and, at the very least, listen.
Note: It takes a minute to load in the beginning, Note the spinning. For some reason it starts on Chapter 2. You can manually go back.
Note: It takes a minute to load in the beginning, Note the spinning. For some reason it starts on Chapter 2. You can manually go back.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Obama + Press Conference + Keith + Chris Matthews
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Best Month Ever!!!
Socially speaking, that it. First, I get kidnapped and wake up on Jesus Island.
And now... the band is getting back together! That's right, the Perv and his lovely bride-to-be will be hitting the nation's capital. I may have to invoke Prima Nocte a little earlier than planned.
Right now, I am going to get fitted for a new pair of drinking shoes. F-it. I am getting drinking cleats!
The big 3-0 is on deck and you should have seen the performance in batting practice. This could be epic, Jim...
And now... the band is getting back together! That's right, the Perv and his lovely bride-to-be will be hitting the nation's capital. I may have to invoke Prima Nocte a little earlier than planned.
Right now, I am going to get fitted for a new pair of drinking shoes. F-it. I am getting drinking cleats!
The big 3-0 is on deck and you should have seen the performance in batting practice. This could be epic, Jim...
Friday, March 20, 2009
Vitamins
Something you may not know. The fingernails on my left hand seem to grow slightly faster that those on my right. This is a bit disconcerting, but mostly makes my trimming schedule awkward. Hell, at least my face is somewhat symmetrical. That is why they say Denzel is so attractive. Because his face is perfectly symmetrical.
Denzel and me. That's what they say.
As for my feet. Well, I fear beach weddings. It is a whole other level down there, man. I gross myself out. I'm thinking about inventing something called Bed Shoes. I think the name says it all.
Anyhow. I am pretty sure that due to my pharmacopoeia of vitamins — all of which I take nightly because I am getting old and dying from the inside — that my wish for slower production of protein and keratin is nothing more than a pipe dream.
Denzel and me. That's what they say.
As for my feet. Well, I fear beach weddings. It is a whole other level down there, man. I gross myself out. I'm thinking about inventing something called Bed Shoes. I think the name says it all.
Anyhow. I am pretty sure that due to my pharmacopoeia of vitamins — all of which I take nightly because I am getting old and dying from the inside — that my wish for slower production of protein and keratin is nothing more than a pipe dream.
John + Bruce
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | M - Th 11p / 10c | |||
| Bruce Springsteen - Interview | ||||
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| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | M - Th 11p / 10c | |||
| Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream | ||||
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Friday Music Day: The Decemberists + The Mariners Revenge Song
This was my original idea for Friday Music Day. Be sure to check out their new album, The Hazards of Love, which is streaming today. Link here.
UPDATE: Stream Above!!! You're welcome.
UPDATE: Stream Above!!! You're welcome.
Friday Music Day: Dr. Dog + My Old Ways + Request
Something strange happened. I received a request for the Friday Music Day post. And even more impressive, it passed the East Coast Elite Standards Test (ECEST) with flying colors.
Who knew I was so influential? Here you are, Username: 7dollarbeer, whoever you are. I think I know who you are...
Who knew I was so influential? Here you are, Username: 7dollarbeer, whoever you are. I think I know who you are...
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Keith + Hersch v. Cheney + Covert Assassination Ring
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Eric + Punk Band
I think we have started a punk band. I see it as spanning out from strictly punk to some Noise-Rock type stuff. No one ever really knows. I sometimes get demos left on voicemail. Either by my band mate or by myself after my wife has gone to bed and I have had too much wine.
A purple-lipped-stained-tooth-good-for-nothin'-yawp!
We started a band a long time ago. Back when we had access to de-tuned instruments. I think it was agreed upon by letter mail. I am pretty sure it involved a type-writer. Before it ran out of ink ribbons and our booze was all gone.
We actually have three songs. In the course of 20 minutes, very punk indeed! No ink needed.
The miraculous inter-web. Oh, how things never really change.
A purple-lipped-stained-tooth-good-for-nothin'-yawp!
We started a band a long time ago. Back when we had access to de-tuned instruments. I think it was agreed upon by letter mail. I am pretty sure it involved a type-writer. Before it ran out of ink ribbons and our booze was all gone.
We actually have three songs. In the course of 20 minutes, very punk indeed! No ink needed.
The miraculous inter-web. Oh, how things never really change.
Correction: Not Philadelphia. Jamaica!
So, I was kidnapped. I am still recovering from the excellent surprise that was a trip to Jamaica for my birthday. Not dinner in Philadelphia. Dinner in Montego Bay. I have the most amazing wife.
Sometimes the world looks perfect. I drank so much rum. So much that I am Cousin Larry Appleton. Oh, Jesus Island, I miss you.
Sometimes the world looks perfect. I drank so much rum. So much that I am Cousin Larry Appleton. Oh, Jesus Island, I miss you.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Off to Philadelphia
Off to Philadelphia. To celebrate birthdays and law exam debauchery. Wine and friends and family. The good stuff.
I seek absinthe when I spend time in this old American city. I suppose Baltimore is a more appropriate place, if your cravings are inspired by literature. But what the hell. I am much too un-stoned for Baltimore these days. It makes me fall too sullen, most of the time.
And this brings me back to Prague. Prague was the best-worst-first-oh-god-lord-women-dancing-topless-in-hazy-windows-Eastern-European-former-Soviet-bloc experience I had with "la fée verte". I have to say, I had no idea what I was doing. But the wormwood sure did.
U Staré Paní — the burgundy basement brimming with bright jazz — wood, fabric, refracting. Candle light, bright red everywhere, it got into your head, man.
We Americans ordered beer and absinthe. We were sat at a table they carried down front. Copacabana style. A simple juice glass, very full accompanied by a box of matches, slotted spoon, sugar, and water was put within my reach. And quickly, it was late. Every faculty I had, mental or physical, was challenged after we had cashed-out/in from the Jazz haunt. Limbs and ramblings exposed for their varying degrees of disenfranchisement from my intentions.
Feet-don't-fail-me-now-TNT-spring-loaded-slippery-snow-strewn-street-watch-out-for-that-curb-cobblestone-disaster-no-I-am-fine-I-know-where-the-hotel-is-let's-have-one-more-drink.
I had no idea the night I was in for when I began. Oh, and the next day awash in a gray soot.
Prague. Philadelphia. I take it differently, now. Much slower. With intent. With a proper pour, some burned sugar cubes, and a touch of water. You can find a way to measure anything these days.
And. As family is involved, I think the absinthe will stay capped these next few days. Wine, that's what it must be. You know, for the good of the company we keep.
I seek absinthe when I spend time in this old American city. I suppose Baltimore is a more appropriate place, if your cravings are inspired by literature. But what the hell. I am much too un-stoned for Baltimore these days. It makes me fall too sullen, most of the time.
And this brings me back to Prague. Prague was the best-worst-first-oh-god-lord-women-dancing-topless-in-hazy-windows-Eastern-European-former-Soviet-bloc experience I had with "la fée verte". I have to say, I had no idea what I was doing. But the wormwood sure did.
U Staré Paní — the burgundy basement brimming with bright jazz — wood, fabric, refracting. Candle light, bright red everywhere, it got into your head, man.
We Americans ordered beer and absinthe. We were sat at a table they carried down front. Copacabana style. A simple juice glass, very full accompanied by a box of matches, slotted spoon, sugar, and water was put within my reach. And quickly, it was late. Every faculty I had, mental or physical, was challenged after we had cashed-out/in from the Jazz haunt. Limbs and ramblings exposed for their varying degrees of disenfranchisement from my intentions.
Feet-don't-fail-me-now-TNT-spring-loaded-slippery-snow-strewn-street-watch-out-for-that-curb-cobblestone-disaster-no-I-am-fine-I-know-where-the-hotel-is-let's-have-one-more-drink.
I had no idea the night I was in for when I began. Oh, and the next day awash in a gray soot.
Prague. Philadelphia. I take it differently, now. Much slower. With intent. With a proper pour, some burned sugar cubes, and a touch of water. You can find a way to measure anything these days.
And. As family is involved, I think the absinthe will stay capped these next few days. Wine, that's what it must be. You know, for the good of the company we keep.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
For Noto + Eric: Shirley + Unbought + Unbossed '72
More to come in the near future, kids.
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UPDATE: THE FUTURE IS HERE.
Peep the new Chisholm oil painting. Pretty bad-ass.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Terry Gross + Shepard Fairey + Interview
This is Fairey's new work for the Nike Montalban Theatre. It is Lance Armstrong.
The interview is here.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
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