Can You Make White Russians With Eggnog?

I say yes... and tonight I will prove it.

Now, to come up with a name for this modification that doesn't sound racist...

: )

Top Ten Albums Of 2006

Top ten that got play on my radio show:

10) Coachwhips - Double Death
9) Killed By Canada compilation
8) Duchess Says - Noviçiat Mère-Perruche
7) Risky Business - Some Days
6) Die Brücke - s/t
5) Black Lips - Let It Bloom
4) Les Georges Leningrad - Sangue Puro
3) Fucked Up - Hidden World
2) Erase Errata - Nightlife
1) Mika Miko - C.Y.S.L.A.B.F.

Other notable local releases: Get Tested, Eviction Party, Crimson Tides

Best album not played my show: Robert Pollard - From A Compound Eye

Past number one albums (radio):

2005: Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
2004: Les Baton Rouge - My Body The Pistol
2003: Tangiers - Hot New Spirits
2002: Dressy Bessy - Sound Go Round
2001: Zero Zero - AM Gold
2000: The Plan - This Time Is Not This Place
1999: Sisses - Geography
1998: Oh Canaduh compilation, vol. 2
1997: Donnas - self titled
1996: Chixdiggit - self titled

This gives me an idea...

Party At The Fjort

Monday, January 1st 2007 @ 3 or 4pm. The 'new years eve party' has been done... we're going for new years day - in the afternoon no less. We will barbecue you some breakfast. Especially if you bring your own. Or we like you a helluva lot.

Recover from your hangover the fun way... the Fjort way!

Let's Get Personal Again

Here's another song I did a couple years back. It's very much like the first one I posted. It views an identical situation from the opposite point of view; you have a crush on someone and start flirting and dropping hints to see what they do. But rather than flirt back or give you the "no thanks" signals, they just do nothing - and all you really want is a yes or no. So you keep at it, waiting for some kind of sign. All the while you're humiliating yourself by acting like a little puppy dog every time they're around. Eventually you can't take it anymore, and say 'to hell with them'. And it's only then, after you stop worshipping them openly, that they start acting flirty with you, jonesing for your attention. Well it's too late now, you'll have to find someone else to use for your amusement.

Wall Beat.

Taffy

He looks wonderfully grumpy.

Man, is this becoming a total catblog or what?

Old Band - The Movie

Based on who leaves comments, I assume most readers of this blog never saw what I've refered to here as "Old Band". This is the main band I was in from 1993-98. Well anyway, someone posted footage of one of our last shows. Pretty neat. Only our bass player looks much the same today. I played drums, and you see me (with hair) for all of two seconds in the clip. That's fine, I don't get terribly excited about images of myself from those days. This was fun to watch though. What a night that was.

I'll be hanging out with family for most of the day. Good thing, because otherwise this day holds a lot of potential for crushing boredom. Even the internet seems less populated than usual.

I especially feel bad for the cat.

Rocco's Back!

He told me he enjoyed his stay at Hotel Swac. The accomodations there were five-star.

PS - barbecue barbecue barbecue.

Next Barbecue

Contrary to earlier speculation, members of the Fjort will not attempt to barbecue an entire turkey dinner on the 25th. We will however get back in the swing on the afternoon of January 1st. Yes, we will all no doubt be a little fucked up from the night before - but what better hangover cure could there be than some nice barbecued comfort food?

I figure we'll get it going between 3-4pm. Hopefully people will be up by then. Needless to say, this will be a pretty relaxed event.

I'm having a very good holiday.

Barbecue Tonight

Last one before the 25th. My place, 7ish. Get yer Christmas Ale on.

My Day

Last night I had an awesome time... so you knew I was going to have to pay today. Not in the sense of being hung over (but that too). No, there was even more.

We decided to get my couch out of storage and refurbish the living room with a new TV holder/shelf from the VV. This would require me to rent and drive a big truck. Adventure!

C.S. Panther, Dyn-o-mite and Jenny Terrestrial came along to help out. We got what we needed, did some extra shopping, then headed home in the rental truck. It was quite the noisy beast. We got the shit in and I attempted to gas up the truck and bring it back. It died at the gas station. Oh-oh. I called the office and they gave me the number of their local mechanic. No answer. Tried the emergency roadside assistance number provided by the (very well-known) company. A guy asked me to describe the problem. Upon doing this, I was forwarded to an automated message saying "It sounds like your battery is dead. Ask someone for a jump". WTF?? I know the fucking battery is dead, send someone to fix it already! You own the damn thing, not me!

Luckily, I have a roadside assistance plan of my own. THAT company knew what they were doing. After a half hour wait in the truck one of their reps showed up and gave me a jump. He figured the alternator was shot and that I wasn't likely to make it back to the rental place. I called the local office again and asked them what to do. They said I should try and make it if I could (my car was still out there), but if not to call back and we'd play it by ear from there. In the end I did make it back, and the $100 rental fee was waived. Score! I used some of the money I saved to roll out the veggie burgers and onion rings for my helpful associates. Good times abound.

Next, it was on to the business of redoing the living room. Much discussion occurred, but we finally settled on a nice arrangement. Some little tables had to be sacrificed as well as the hair chair.



But now, we have a much more spacious, pleasant and party-friendly living room. My couch is comfortable as fuck, as C.S. Panther is learning in the picture below.



The old couch is not really bent like that. My panoramic splicing was a little off. I think it's kind of cool though. Reminds me of Esher in a weird way. Wouldn't it be neat if there were more odd little bends in reality?

On that note, I say for the record that the only things in this picture that I own are the green couch and the lava lamp.

Whoa.

Come back, Rocco!

Whoa.

"He went out with her
Now she goes out with him
Yeah he went out with her
But now they are just friends

Seems I'm seeing all the same people
This scene's incestuous
It's a little too much for me"

- Gories

"People may say I can't sing, but no one can ever say I didn't sing."

- Florence Foster Jenkins

Let's Get Personal

From November 2002 to January 2004 I was not in any bands and wasn't jamming with anyone. It wasn't a really great time in my life creatively but I did write and record a few songs on my own. In interviews I've said how I pitched the GS idea to Ube as him playing guitar and me singing in a power pop band. Obviously we didn't go that route.

Other than forcing a select few to sit in my living room and listen, I've never tried to play these for anyone. They're not bad songs so I think I'm going to fire a couple of them up here.

All of these are about girl problems I had at the time or in previous years. This one is about when someone has a crush on you and you figure it out too late. But it's their fault because they didn't hint strongly enough, so you're actually the one people should feel bad for. Oh, the angst!

I'm proud of the little guitar solos. They came from the heart. LOL.

Red Light Green Light

"Je suis un chien
Nous sommes des chiens
Vous êtes des chiens
Ils sont des chats.

Wha! Wha! Aa-ooo!"

- Plastic Bertrand

Christmas Ale, Unleashed

This will occur tomorrow night, Friday December 8th. Your instructions are as follows:

First, obtain Christmas Ale from brewery. Next, go to One World show described here:




Lastly, bring Christmas Ale to my house for grand unveiling. I may provide barbecued hamburgers, weather/mood permitting.

Will this event rival the Pumpkin Ale blowout of Oct/06?? Find out!

Bumper To Bumper Traffic At 8:30pm Outside My Window

I'm very happy to have not been in a car today. What a friggin' nightmare.

It's time to go out and make today better than yesterday. Oh, fuck yeah.

"No fun to be alone
Walking by myself
No fun to be alone
In love with nobody else"

- Stooges