December 2011
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yours truly - “Giving Up Love” (Demo)
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I wonder if very soon we'll see teenagers
bumpin’ to Bach and Rachmaninoff to be rebel against the music their parents grew up with.
yours truly - “I Could Have Danced All...
Did you get a bass guitar for Christmas?
Blitzkrieg Bop: A (5th fret on the E string a.k.a. the fat one on top) D (5th fret on the A string a.k.a. the next fattest string) E (7th fret on the A string) G (3rd fret on the E string) A-D-E A-D-E A-D-E A-D-A E-A-D-A E-G-D-A
That’s all you need to know. Now start a band!
The Umbrella Man: the best film of 2011 is less... →
I could’ve spent years with a psychologist and spent thousands of dollars to know why my brain operates the way that it does, but in these 7 minutes where Erroll Morris interviews Josiah Thompson about a mystery figure present at the Kennedy Assassination, my boundless optimism and positivism gets fully explained. By the time it’s over, I felt like somebody had distilled me down to an...
Just did this interview for a biggish publication...
And I said, “I just think singer/songwriters should try a little harder. Certainly if the songs you’re writing are the best you can possibly write then you’re going to find people to believe in you, but that doesn’t always translate live. I’d just like to see more solo acts reworking their own songs for the sake of a live show and make things more...
Sweet, lovely death.
Just wrapped it up with my record label via e-mail.
Ready for this?
I’m playing 66 cities covering 22 states in 73 days starting exactly 3 months from today on March 21st, 2012 through June 2nd, 2012.
Read that as many times as you need to, because I certainly needed to read it at least 5 times before it sat in.
Unless you live north of Portland, Maine or west of Baton Rouge, Louisiana,...
Overwhelmed by 1985's technology.
I just gave my roommate Read his Christmas present early. It’s a 1985 Technics RS-TR373 dual tape deck recorder.
So what’s so amazing about it? We hooked it up, popped in a blank tape, recorded through the receiver from both his 33/45 player and my 78 player, was able to control the recording volume level so that the tape plays at the same volume the whole way through, was able to...
The Modern Age.
Her: Does the age thing bother you?
Me: What, that you're 6 years older than me?
Her: Well, yeah. Of course.
Me: I don't think I can say it better than Mark Twain did. So, to quote, "Age is an issue of mind of matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."
Her: Good. It doesn't matter to me either, but you crossed a line right there with that statement.
Me: Oh?
Her: You just had to bring my high school boyfriend into this, didn't you? Look, Sam was a helluva' hoop roller, and I'm sure that's what he'll be remembered best for, but truth be told he couldn't make a tasty phosphate to save his life.
Me: Oh, for fuck's sake, quit stealing my heart.
Gentlemen, is there anything better than a woman...
I think people should wear whatever they feel comfortable in, but when I’m going out on a date and woman arrives on 3 of them in 3 separate stunning mid-20th-century dresses, well, that about does this guy in.
To all of you women out there that can wear a dress well, DO NOT EVER STOP DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU’RE DOING.
I'm going to see a band called Oh Dang, Cobra Fang...
Playing their debut show.
I should probably liveblog this monumentally important event of the best band name you’ve heard in awhile, right?
OKCupid Account: DISABLED.
It was a fun ride and I’ll remember the 12 dates I went on in a 6 week span fondly, but I’m good now.
I will miss the casual sexual harassment messages the most.
yours truly - “O’Freedom”
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Some people get offended when they are told "Merry...
thenewhotness:
but I have found a solid holiday greeting that works for everyone regardless of religion or lack thereof:
Go fuck yourself.
You guys might've had Disney movies and Jane...
but Phil Spector gave me my unrealistic expectations about love.
Invented A New Cocktail Called "YR DOIN' IT...
1 part Apple Pucker
2 parts American Honey
3 parts Cherry Vodka
6 parts Red Bull
Substitute all ingredients for Bourbon to make a “YR DOIN’ IT RIGHT.”
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Somewhere on this earth, right now
some 13 year old kid somewhere is discovering Nirvana for the first time and is thinking Kurt Cobain is speaking directly to them.
I just bought a Ken doll.
I don’t know what everyone’s talking about. You can’t read books on this thing.
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My roommates encourage this kind of behavior.
Read: Hey, that poster on the [local message] board seems to be really into you. You know her?
Me: Yeah, that's my friend [name omitted]. She's great! Her boyfriend is poster [name omitted].
Read: Oh. Well, she's nice. We like her. If she was single, I bet you two would enjoy each other's company for a night.
Me: What? Look, just because I lined up a date via the board with a poster everybody loves doesn't mean I have to go on a date with all of the Internet-using women of Pittsburgh.
Cassie: Just because we're married doesn't mean we don't like watching you getting make-out sessions with every Internet-using woman of Pittsburgh.
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GING RICH OR DIE TRYIN'.
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I JUST GOT SIGNED TO A RECORD LABEL!
I have just signed with New York City’s Reltone Records, a label specializing Roots and Rhythm & Blues, joining the ranks of the great Brownbird Rudy Relic, Alison Self, Diablo Dimes and Los Bastardos Magnificos.
I was always kind of against signing with anybody but Reltone’s the real deal. They’re going to promote anything I put out and opened up to me an entire network of...
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I'm never going to be able to listen to Stevie...
A guy walks into the bar and cues up Stevie Wonder’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” on the jukebox. He’s enjoying himself, singing along to it with a pretty good voice to boot. And then it gets to the last line of the verses and he yells “SIGNED! SEALED! DELIVERED! UP YOURS!” with two middle fingers held high. He proceeds to do this the entire song.
Good job...
Actual Band Names I Have Seen On Flyers Recently
Crazy Scorpion Group
Oh Dang, Cobra Fang!
Sports Metaphors
Delicious Pastries
The Sock Market
Dick Wolf!
Expensive Shit
Pittsburgh is kind of cornering the market on great new band names right now.