As I was walking home just now, a mini-van came blasting down the alley with the windows down and the driver screaming along with "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath". That was the absolute topper to a great weekend. I DJed Friday at Foundation and had a good time as usual. Saturday in Sheboygan was a fuckin riot and as much fun as I'd hoped and Sunday was ( Read more... )

Hey, I'm DJing once again at Foundation on Friday night--classic punk, hardcore, garage, post-punk and what the fuck ever else I care to conjure. Always a smashing good time ( Read more... )

"Know ye, that Ryan Poortenga aboard the USS CONSTELLATION entered my domain on 11th day of June 1993. After being inspected, instructed and passed by my regal self and staff, he was initiated into the SOLEMN MYSTERIES OF THE ANCIENT ORDER OF THE DEEP. I command my subjects to respect and honor him as a fellow Shellback ( Read more... )

1) Now, have you actually been to Gainesville? If so, what strategy do you recommend that I employ in order to avoid Tom Petty at all costs ( Read more... )

Favorite Beatles song: Ticket To Ride ( Read more... )

Tonight I picked up the cat to put it outside my room when I was going to bed and as I set it down it snagged a single claw fully into my bare chest and proceeded to hang there from my chest for several seconds while I struggled to get a simultaneously try and pull out the claw and hold the cat up. After what felt like an eternity I figured out ( Read more... )

I just got an email from my mom--apparently one of my uncles just flew out to Vegas and married his girlfriend who is a Wiccan. She is high priestess of her coven and has an altar set up in their basement and everything. By the way, my uncle is getting ready to retire after being an engineer in Wisconsin Power & Light for 30 years--he's almost 60 ( Read more... )

I just found myself in a Big Lots where I bought an EIGHT-pack of different-sized squirtguns for four bucks. I will now fill these weapons with cat repellent and place them strategically about the house for a quick response to the insane non-stop yowling of our resident puddy tat. Apparently it can't get fixed til it's sinus cold goes away which ( Read more... )

I just got an email from Penelope Houston because I ordered an Avengers shirt from her website. Does she know that I want to name my children after her? Does she know that I want to have children WITH her? My all-time punk rock crush is closer to 50 than 40 but it doesn't matter, she's always gonna be perfect AND she's never gonna be in Playboy ( Read more... )

I'm DJing at Foundation on Friday night--punk rock etc. Come feel the love ( Read more... )