Dharma Bum

Let's continue the Afghan Whigs theme. I wonder if this is the song MomZombie was thinking about??

Well, When I start to go back and listen to Gentlemen by the Afghan Whigs, one of the best (in the most depressing way) albums ever recorded. You can get a pretty good idea of the kind of mood I'm in..

Hear me now and don't forget
I'm not the man my actions would suggest
A little boy, i'm tied to you
I fell apart
That's what i always do

Music Time

Thanks to Courtney for turning me on to this beautiful song. Enjoy:

Here's To Growing Up..

Road Trip

So you all probably remember this post where I was getting hit with the desire to get away. Well it looks like that's going to happen. I have a two week spring break coming up at the end of April and Michele and I decided to do a road trip. It looks like we'll head up the Cali and Oregon coast to Portland. Then head over to Sun Valley Idaho for a few days then take off to Yellowstone National Park where I have never been before. Then we'll spend a little time in Montana eventually making it to the Badlands of South Dakota where I'll get to visit Little Big Horn and see the big rock with the Presidents faces on it. Then we'll boogie over to Denver and most likely head to New Mexico for a few days and finish it up in Sedona, AZ. I'm very excited.

So now it's time to start putting the road trip music playlist together. Whenever we travel you're always going to find some Son Volt playing. Here's Highways & Cigarettes for a little taste of some great road tunes...

Getting My 80's On..

Red House Painters - All Mixed Up

John Doe Doing My Favorite Replacements Song - File Under Awesome

Fairy Tale, I Love You...

Stray Cats @ The OC Fair

So I bought tickets to see the Stray Cats at the OC Fair on July 22nd. Going to take a little trip down memory lane. I've seen a few of their shows back in the day in small clubs (anybody remember Bogart's?) and they always rocked the house. I've included a photo of me with my Brian Setzer hair. This will give me a chance to dust off the creepers.

The Album That Changed My Life

And not always for the better. First listen: 1979. I was 13.

 

Something about the Moon?

Last night was a really weird night. I won't go into any detail but it was just one of those nights. Whenever I have a night like that I think that it must be the moon and then I automatically start humming this tune..

The Singing Office

Today a gentleman named Press from Scott Sternberg Productions came to the office to audition us all for their new reality TV project The Singing Office. It was a lot of fun. We actually have a couple people in the office who can sing and play instruments, I'm not one of them, although I gave it my best effort by singing this:

Yep. He did say that's exactly what they're looking for, I must be under consideration for the comedy relief. Anyway, here's some pics from the days adventures. It was a lot of fun.

Press getting ready to film our auditions.

Jon warming up.

Jamming.

Tina, our ace in the hole.

  Emily did her version of Sublime.

It's Time For Some Yellow Pills

Everybody's feeling groovy..

Jack Johnson

Yeah, I know I'm really late on this one but I've really been digging Jack Johnson lately. The vibe is really lifting. Enjoy:

Disintegration

The first time I saw the Cure live was probably around 83/84 in the old Beverly Theatre in LA. The place was half full. I was a fan. The darker the better. Whenever I'm in a mood, like I am right now I like to revisit The Cure specifically Disintegration. It's like a nice warm misery blanket. Enjoy:

Kimya Dawson - Tire Swing

Here's a cool little homemade video for Kimya Dawson's song Tire Swing from the Juno Soundtrack. Thanks Mindy.

The Heavy Metal Version..