Perry Bible Fellowship

The Perry Bible Fellowship comic strip is new to me and I think it's pretty cool. Offbeat, often funny (sometimes not), sometimes dirty (!). The latest one made me wanna post a link - just click on the title above. When you get to the site, check out "One More Day" and "Genius Sir" to start with.

I'm getting everything in order for our annual Spring trip to Texas this week. Lori packed up the car last weekend and I fly down in a few days. As per our usual plan, each day is loaded. Provided the weather holds, I'm spending the first day on a new Harley Softail Heritage. We've crammed in a drive to Houston, a Cubs/Astros game, 2 - maybe 3 - concerts, and a full-day Arts & Jazz Festival.

GO BULLS!

This week's personal heavy rotation review includes ZZ Top, Queens of the Stone Age, Rollins Band and Green Day. American Idiot is such a great disc - Check it out, Check it out, Check it out!

Headlines Neil Gaiman Didn't Write

I love it when reporters report on reporters. For instance, when the Florida/Presidential election/hanging chad fun was happening, at some point there were the reports on the media coverage: "Look at all the satelite trucks behind me, Ken". Here's the media reporting on stories that would get media attention if only they were true. Sheesh!

http://www.comcast.net/entertainment/index.jsp?cat=ENTERTAINMENT&fn=/2005/04/13/106475.html

Just got a boil order until further notice. Although we were watching a great South Park at the time of the interuption/announcement, we were glad to get the news. Last time this happened, there was a little flier on our side door when we got home. Don't know how long the paper was there before we noticed it, as we don't walk past that door every day.

A diverse week for musical enjoyment, as usual. Digging Leon Redbone, Pantera, and Dogs Die In Hot Cars. Also Tears For Fears - always have a soft spot for them.

Been really getting into Aqua Teen Hunger Force lately - way too funny and I can't decide whom I like best.

Check out a new ESPN show on Tuesday nights, 7pm, called "Bowling Night". The show's pretty lame, but Brave Combo wrote and performs the theme song. The show's producers might start using more of the band's music for the music featured as the show goes in and out of commercial breaks, too.

We were spanked

Here we are in April with the baseball and the longer and warmer days. I always enjoy the changing seasons. - always gives me energy.

Lori and I enjoyed the Asylum Street Spankers show on Saturday. Since it was a venue we hadn't been to before, we went early and spoke with the manager about Brave Combo. Lori's always on the job! It was a bar - big wood floor - held about 300 people. Band and the sound were great! One of the band's founders, Wammo, Lori's spoken with a couple of times but never met, so we put faces and voices and names all together. Anyway, we did dinner, checked out the club, went to the casino, then back to the club for the show.

The Spankers's music is a great combination of rock, folk, and tin pan alley styles all rolled up. They play all acoustic instruments and, much like bluegrass acts, place a microphone or two in front of the stage to catch what needs to get amplified. Check 'em out!

This week I find myself listening to lots of older stuff. I was going to say 70s and 80s and not older, thinking that 'older' was older than that, but then it occured to me we're talking 25-35 year old recordings, so I think they qualify. Anyway heavy rotation included Talking Heads and Kansas. I did check out Solomon Burke's new CD from just the last year or so, and it's really cool and just started listening to P.O.D.'s first. We'll see about that one.