evel knievel

Of all the pop culture icons of my youth, Evel Knievel was about the only one who stayed freshly cool in my mind for all these years.He died today.
I have so many awesome memories of watching his stunts on tv with my parents, and somewhat awesome memories of all the injuries endured when a bunch [...]

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how many genres of punk can slamdance on the head of a pin?

Through Metafilter, I found this great page at post-punk, which provides links to tons of classic post punk videos.
Looking over the list, I can see I am still confused as to the difference between new wave and post punk. I thought originally that new wave grew out of post-punk and post punk was sort of [...]

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art every day – 11/29/07

Day 29 of Art Every Day
Title: the creature from the black leather lagoon
Song: The Cramps – Creature From The Black Leather Lagoon
It’s been a long, frustrating day where so many things went wrong, as if some monster were lurking behind me, laughing wreaking havoc with my life. By 4:00 I just wanted to invite the [...]

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this is the day

There was a puddle of antifreeze under Todd’s car this morning.
 
The dryer broke. Died. Ended.
 
My car alarm went off at 7-11 this morning. My alarm thingie has been broken for about a month. I could not turn the alarm off, nor could I start the car. Call Todd, he’s in the shower, so not answering [...]

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art every day – 11/28/107

Day 28 of Art Every Day
Title: “but I got two olives and a couple of limes”
Song: Reverend Horton Heat, Martini Time
A martini glass does not a martini make. Just because you use the proper glass does not mean you get to call any concoction your staff dreamed up while on acid a martini.
Nothing on this [...]

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random note to myself

Cuban shirts and a shotgun.
 
 

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art every day – 11/27/107

Day 27 of Art Every Day
Title: “Take your credit card to the liquor store”
Song: Guns n Roses, Night Train
For explanation of this one, please first read the post two down from this one.
So, I decided to send my five bucks to Axl Rose.
Content of letter:
Dear Axl,
There are a lot of musicians I could [...]

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dear musician that i ripped off….

I found this great site called Dear Rockers. Basically, it’s a place where you can get rock and roll karma by sending five bucks to a musician whose music you may have procured illegally. You write a short letter and take a picture of/scan the letter to be put up on the [...]

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i got your christmas cheer right here

It’s that time of year. That wonderful time when radio stations, stores and even well-meaning family members bombard you with Christmas songs. It starts on Thanksgiving Day and goes until about 6pm Christmas evening when Uncle Harry, drunk on eggnog, finally has a music meltdown and throws the stereo into the fireplace. The ensuing explosion [...]

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art every day – 11/26/107

Day 26 of Art Every Day
Title: “my pain is self chosen”
Song: Mad Season, River of Deceit
Subject: Nephew, David (age 6 at the time photo was taken)A far cry from what the song is really about but it does work here. He (my nephew) was creating quite a mood for himself in order to get people [...]

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