Last night's Brewers/Astros game was just about the best baseball game I've seen in a long, long time! I listened to the first half at home, then watched the rest at the Turkey's Nest. I ended up chatting with a couple guys, one of whom was a Cubs fan for no apparent reason. I let it slide. He and his friend got into an EXTREMELY heated ( Read more... )

Dani Golomb's birthday part was a whole lotta fun last night. I like going to the Cake Shop for those "midnight til death" things, especially when they involve bands I like... but one thing annoys me: DRIVING there. You see, here in NY, they do "sobriety checkpoints." Totally unconstitutional if you ask me. Fuck safety. But as a result, I ( Read more... )

The other night, I couldn't sleep, so I sat up reading all my old Livejournal entries, and I realized that this is a pretty good diary of my life, from 2003-2005, and 2007-2009. I think I mostly Myspace Blogged the year 2006. Oh well. Anyway, it makes me want to conscientiously keep up with my life and times all the more, right here. What have ( Read more... )

Ahhh... the Used Kids album is finally recorded! Now it comes down to the mixing, although the rough mixes sound great already. Looks like that early August release date is for real. This is GOOD. Now if I could just get some sleep!

SUPPANA baseball season takes 162+ games to complete. A regular-rotation starting pitcher might make somewhere between 25-35 starts over the course of a season. Sometimes, teams try to juke the schedule a little bit when they have a day off, so that their best pitchers can get in an extra start here and there. Sometimes, they don't, for a ( Read more... )

When I lived in Milwaukee, it was possible to listen to both the Brewers and the White Sox play-by-play radio broadcasts. And I did. I suppose I could've listened to the Cubs, too, but c'mon, what do you take me for ( Read more... )

For the last few days, when I listen to records at my house, it's been a steady and unwavering diet of Woody Guthrie, Dion and (sometimes) the Belmonts, and the Drifters. Three LPs, one of each artist/group of course. If you ask me, this is one hell of a triumvirate ( Read more... )

Ever hear of Littletype Distro? It's a small punk rock mailorder organization out of El Cerrito, CA. The main woman behind it, Erika Hynes, passed away yesterday, the end result of a long battle with a serious illness.

( This bums me out, in a couple ways. )

New songs are up on the Reigning Sound myspace! It's like Christmas in April! No, wait - that would be if the actual ALBUM was out. This is more like St. Nick's Day in April.

Man, do they rule.

Ricky Weeks looks like he's for real, doesn't he? Great article in the JS today about him (or at least, the online version - jsonline.com. When you live in Brooklyn, it's really not feasible to get doorstep delivery of Milwaukee newspapers and periodicals). He's hitting around .350, and he's fielding better, too. Ricky with an obp of .350 and a ( Read more... )