December 2011
November 2011
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-27) →
Lucero (11)
Kathleen Edwards (10)
Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard (9)
Dwight Yoakam (9)
John Anderson (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
The Best Laid Plans...
As you know, I’ve been procrastinating about packing for my impending move to Austin, and I finally set a deadline to leave on the first. This gave me a couple of days to fuck around and take my time, but then earlier this evening, I got a DM on Twitter from the Wilco account asking if I had managed to get tickets to their Austin City Limits taping tomorrow night, and if not, to shoot them...
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Electric Pencils' Favorite 25 Albums of 2011 or My...
Seems like today is the day for all the blogs/magazines to release their “Best of” lists for 2011, so I’ll throw mine out there as well. I didn’t number them, because that’s stupid and even more subjective than me saying these are the best albums of the year. Anyway, these are 25 albums/EPs that I think warrant attention.
In No Particular Order:
Heart of a...
I’m going to think positive! Everything is going to be great! (Unless I fail and it’s horrible.)
All Things Are On Sale Now at the Honkies Store →
thehonkies:
Okay, not t-shirts, but all LPs, CDs, and digital albums are on sale. Plus, we added two new live albums. So there!
I’m shilling for the Honkies on all my social networks.
Follow the link to listen to "Shelter" by Ben... →
It’s a new song that plays at the end of his brother’s movie TAKE SHELTER, which is great, so you should go see it if it plays near you.
Any albums I should consider before I make my...
Operation: Get Your Shit Together
I unloaded the dresser and cleaned out the closet, got all that stuff packed into a giant plastic bin.
Now, I need to consolidate smaller boxes of DVDs, CDs and books into fewer boxes.
I bet if I just dug in and worked, I’d have it all done in a couple of hours.
I’ll get started on it tomorrow.
The way I say it...
The “American Dream” is now:
1. To get rich from being on a reality show.
or
2. To get rich by developing an app.
Pull yourselves up by your bootstraps, kids.
People keep asking when I’m leaving for Austin. I keep saying I don’t know. I still haven’t packed. I don’t have much stuff, but it needs to be packed. I’m assuming this is just a manifestation of nerves and anxiety. I’m not good without deadlines and such because I’ll just keep procrastinating.
“There’s some things I’ve got to say
She won’t understand...”
– Buffalo Tom
“I made my bed,
I’m gonna sleep in it
but I’m gonna get myself...”
– Orbit
Sideways
I took my copy of Alexander Payne’s masterpiece, SIDEWAYS, over to my friend’s place tonight, as she’d never seen it. When it first came out, another of my friends e-mailed me and said “You have to go see this movie. It’s about you.” I did go see it and I knew exactly what she had meant. It’s funny, because I find the movie to be humorous, but what struck...
“Stars”—Hum
She thinks she...
“Chloe Dancer/Crown of...
“Like a crown of thorns, it’s all who you know.”
– Mother Love Bone
Life is short in spite of your plans so, tell...
The reasons you give thanks are the reasons I...
There’s nothing like tradition. I’ve got a tasty adult beverage and a bevy of my favorite junk foods.Football all day long. And I’ll reflect on the year behind and the year ahead.
There have been ups and downs, but if I’m honest, the ups win out. Obviously, they do, because I’m still here. Next month will be two years I’ve been back in Oklahoma. It was brought...
The Countdown to Drunksgiving
I went and did some shopping for the special day. Pizza rolls, Taco Doritos, a pumpkin pie and Cool Whip, Cherry Coke Zero and a fifth of Crown Royal Black.
Also, my mom was kind enough to make me some deviled eggs and some homemade butter cookies.
I’ve also acquired the 4th season of The Big Bang Theory for when the football runs out.
Be safe out there, kids. Enjoy whatever holiday you...
“You’ll Think of Me”—Keith...
“You and me, we come from different worlds
You like to laugh at me when I fill...”
– Hootie & the Blowfish
(What a weird thing to sing about.)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-20) →
The Romany Rye (39)
Mister Heavenly (26)
The Days Weight (12)
The Rolling Stones (8)
Ryan Adams (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oh decisions...
I came down to Austin for a couple days because a friend wanted me to hang out, even going so far as to pay for gas and a room, which was cool. Now, my friend that lives here, that I’ll be staying with until I get my own place, asked if I wanted to use their house while they’re out of town this weekend.
I had intended on going back home tomorrow and hanging with the people I like...
“You could’ve had me for a song.
You could’ve sang it yourself.”
– Chris Fullerton
We'll be live on KEXP at 6 PM Pacific tonight. →
thehonkies:
90.3 FM in Seattle, kexp.org elsewhere.
Kasey Anderson & the Honkies live on the radio.
I hope he doesn’t tell people we’re still dating.
You should listen anyway.
Are there any websites that are better than others...
I’m going down to Austin for a couple of days and want to check out some potential apartments.
“One day I woke up to find
right in the bed next to mine
someone that broke me...”
– the Rolling Stones
cashcrab:
Congress has just ruled that if you masturbate to the same girl 10 times in a row then its definitely chill to call her your girlfriend
Well, I’m dating most of you then.
Updated, translated and left for dead
I talked to my attorney today. His name is Lawyer. I’ve mentioned this before. Apparently, the specialist who saw me before also wanted my neck, shoulder and arm examined and the other side sent a letter conceding that it was work related, so it seems I’m due for more tests and shit.
Tomorrow is my last day at work. I’m told there might be a cookie cake.
I won $675 at the...
“You seem like a perfectly pleasant person. I can’t understand why women...”
– Dr. Sheldon Cooper (Big Bang Theory), presumably about me.
I haven't seen this much outrage since...
You know why it’s hard for me to take people seriously?
Because they will rage with the same vigor over an “okay” sitcom getting canceled as they will when a university covers for a child molester or someone gets executed for a crime they may not have committed.
You will mourn for this sitcom the way you mourn for your dead grandmother, or even more so, for the dead guy who...
Yay, I'm off to get needles jabbed in my back.
