Since we unearthed the Raffi records, I decided to google him. I’d always been a little curious about what that slight accent of his was, and how old he is. I learned that he’s from Egypt and he’s 59. But the most surprising thing I learned was, get ready for it, he produced an album …
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Wow! 2006 is over!
It’s weird to be writing a blog post today. Why? Because for the last five Newyear’s Eves, we’ve had a party going on, so writing a blog post, if the blog had existed that whole time, wouldn’t be happening. But this year we decided not to have a party, so here I am. The holidays …
Help Me Out Here
Right now I’m listening to “Paralyzer”, the new Finger Eleven song, and I’m curious about something. In the opinion of anybody who’s had a chance to hear it, is it a bigger rip-off of “Trampled Underfoot” by Led Zeppelin or “Take Me Out” by Franz Ferdinand? I can’t decide.
Culture Shock
I’m still laughing about this, so it had to go up. I just listened to Weird Al’s CD “Straight Outta Lynwood” the other day. There was a song called Weasel-Stomping Day on it. I think he was making fun of all the crazy holidays that are created, or maybe the way people forget what Christmas …
Woe Nellie! Part Two.
I hate to go on and on about this, but I saw one more thing that pissed me off. I went and helped out at the vigil I mentioned in Monday’s post, and for the most part it was ok. Then, they played a song, and for the most part, it was a good song…until …
I Hate To Use Something So Corny, But What An American Idiot
I realize that this story is kind of old, but it’s so great and I’ve heard so little about it that it just has to be mentioned. And if anybody knows about any new developments in this case, I’d love to hear about them. I love watching other people humiliate themselves. Oregon Grocery Store Clerk …
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2 Things I Want For Christmas
It’s that time of year again. Time for my friends, family and blog readers [yeah right] to start asking the big question. “Steve, what do you want for Christmas?” Most years I kind of pause and just say “I dunno, just get me a gift certificate or something,” but this year I actually have 2 …
Why I Don’t Write Songs
Any time I’ve been involved in any sort of musical project, I’ve always been pretty well content to stay away from the songwriting end of things. The reason for that is simple. I don’t write songs because I know that no matter what I do and no matter how hard I try, I will never …
Thought Avalanche!
This monster of a post has been building for a while, and there’s so many different things I want to say that I’m afraid it might get away from me. So try and stay ahead of the thought avalanch if you can! Now that I’ve said that, whatever I could produce will look like nothing …
Somebody Really, Really Loves Jonathan Coulton!
Oh my god this is funny. This guy, whoever he is, sat down, took all the titles of the things a week from Jonathan Coulton, whipped out the tune from The Presidents, and made a tribute to the Things a week. It’s kinda geeky, kinda funny, kinda shittily recorded, kinda got too many syllables, but …
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