Fun Hats

Sadly I think this post will knock the Danzig lunchbox off the front page.

Really the only thing that would tempt me to tune in to the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame inductions would be the possibility of a Johnny Rotten/Ozzy Osbourne duet singing either "Heart of Glass" or "Tuesday's Gone." That'd be just fine.

Also, Ted Leo does not like Rush as much as we originally thought, either that or he doesn't like taking requests from people in stupid hats while he tunes his guitar.

Hope everyone enjoyed their 2 hour block of Prison Break last night...stupid...razzle frazzle...grumble...tookerjerbs. That show gives me the blues.

D'ya like Dags?

I like dags. My parents have a dag that I like. Then one day (today), CNN made me afraid of dags. That thing is unreal and will haunt me for all time. It looks like a dog that this guy would own. Seriously, that thing looks like pure, Large Marge-level evil, *shudder*. Now that it's dead it has only become stronger as Ghost Dag not to be confused with my hilarious impression "Ghost Cat."

I live in fear.

Unclogged Blog

Well, first a little follow-up on the great film Mitchell starring Joe Don Baker and the Ron Burgundy-approved Merlin Olsen. I struggled at first to remember where I recognized JDB from, then imdb told me that he was in Fletch(3rd down) and played the fake Babe Ruth in the Natural. He was also in a whole mess of the worst movies ever made, including multiple recent James Bond movies and predicatably Dukes of Hazzard and Joe Dirt. Good work outta him. Do you think that some actors and actresses are angry that movies in which they starred are only available on DVD in MST format?

It's clear to me that if Mitchell were alive today, he would be wearing a Member's Only jacket. These things continue to amaze me. Every year around this time the crawl out of hiding and surgically attach themselves to various men. They crawl out of the closet using thier impractical little straps as arms and like a stright jacket wielded by an insane asylum orderly, force themselves onto the distinguished gentleman while sleeping. The man then becomes a "Member" which is much more than becoming and Elk, Mason or Phi Delt. It's a higher calling. Every third Wednesday they gather in their secret clubhouse and discuss their plans to destroy all other jackets. I for one welcome them, they exhibit a stoicism and tenacity that makes me giggle like a moron every time I see one. Soldier on good Members and Godspeed.

Gob got cancelled and replaced by ear pickin' Tej in honor of the pharmacists show next week. I never realized how much Gob and Ted look alike, sans Segway.

Chuck Chuck Chuck

The spinecrushingly readable Chuck Klosterman has been added to ESPN's stable of Page 2 writers. Observe his column today. 3 different columns from CK a month seems like a good dose.

And......stuff......yeah......this isn't working

Oh Death

Is this the end for our snarky heroes? Stay tuned to find out.

I think a posthumous "Best of" may be in order, picking the best bits from the Archive and putting them in a handsome leatherbound volume.

The question remains, Go on w/out all original members? Bring in Ronnie James Dio?

Best death related photo:

One too many

Yes, three beers is too many when one is tall and you look in the mirror the next morning to see this looking back.

Acid House Kings have been around for awhile, but I just gave them a sincere listen last week. Early stuff is kinda meh, but post-2000 stuff is like a less Simon'n'Garfunkel-oriented Kings of Convenience. In a good way. I was going to say less beat-heavy, but that's only KoC's remix album. I'm also a fan of David-Crosby-lookin' Paul Simon.

This guy has a bunch of badass songs. Check out Rogue Wave "10:1" and "Publish my Love," skip frickin Babyshambles.

Millions of Peaches

Congrats on your new GM. He was the main reason the Orioles were any good in the post Why Not? era. Well, him, and Roberto Alomar, Rafael Steroidio, and Mike Mussina helped.

That peach-basketed-ball sport started again last night, this season will be so long that 3 player drafts will be held over the course of the 36 month season. Out of that players will still only play seriously in the last 8 months of the playoffs.

Extremely important political news. Thanks CNN. Also there's no such thing as bird flu.

Jeff Tweedy is an Ugly Man

It's official, the next craze will be "Say My Name Bitch" Elmo. Next year will see the unveiling of the Furby that reads your mind, after that the cabbage patch doll that steals your soul, and finally the X-Box game that allows you to control your own destiny...er wait.

Lotta Wilco news on Pitchfork today.

Standing in the Sea

Well, halloween's over, which means we can officially start the holiday season leading up to Fishmas. By the way, next year's pumpkin? Duh.

Stereogum links to about a billion of John Peel's favorite songs. I felt a little guilty for getting them, because I think some of them suck. All the White Stripes songs are good, can't diss Sam and Dave, etc., but Some Chicken? Meh.

Also, I think those Stripes recorded their legendary Peel session around the block from where I was in London, when I was there. I'm awesome by proximity.

Also, I listened to TV on teh Radio this morning.