When Things of the Spirit Come First

This week's caption contest picture is shown below

2011-12-05T14:26:00.000-08:00

Picture I took this weekend at the Target near my house.

"They done got Raptured in the frigerator section at Target!"

Protecting the quality of your product, enhancing your brand's shelf appeal

2011-11-30T16:31:00.000-08:00

Kinda appealing packaging I found at work while taking out the recycling.

pi-pump® with flexible pipette holding socket and special release valve. Many years of trouble-free use have made the pi-pump® one of the world's most popular pipetting aids.

Science fiction is the improbable made possible

2011-11-14T12:11:00.000-08:00

Started tackling that Sci-Fi score that Kate made. First three down and it has definitely refreshed my appetite for Science Fiction. Thank you sweetie.

Brian Aldiss ~ The Dark Light Years (1964)

Philip José Farmer ~ Traitor To The Living (1973)

Robert Silverberg ~ Conquerors From The Darkness (1965)

Poul Anderson ~ The Night Face (1963)

Suddenly the world is not such a bad place.

2011-10-31T13:28:00.000-07:00

Photo Dump time. Way Over Due!

Sheboygan Brand Bratwurst Grillers...

...made in California...

...for the New York Style Sausage Company?

Bears and Packers stadium chars cavorting together at the Vancouver, WA Bed, Bath & Beyond

Rolls-Royce at the Elmer's in Clackamas.
Elmer's is like a Denny's or Shoney's type restaurant.

This one is from a Wendy's parking lot in Portland. What is up with the fancy car/crap food connection?

Uh, wouldn't Lil' Beep Beep be a better name for a car seat toy?

Happy clasp dude on a container at Goodwill

Torino? Torin-yes!

Cannibal Marshmallow!

These guys were only 20 feet away. Sorry for the rainy-car window-zoom shot:(

There are more to come. Phone is full and I need to sort them.

In business a good name is crucial

2011-09-07T16:07:00.000-07:00

Uh...about that name!?

I'm gonna drive a big truck, I'm gonna rule this world

2011-08-26T09:23:00.000-07:00

What do you suppose this person was thinking?

Billy: How many miles to the gallon?
Car Salesman: (Clears throat) Three.
Billy: Shoot, that's less than a Hummer! I'll take one!

This picture doesn't even scratch the surface of how obscene this truck is.

A little better perspective. Just towers over the car next to it at the stop light.

You will die of suffocation, in the icy cold of space

2011-07-29T14:15:00.000-07:00

More awesome estate sale finds. This sale out in the Proebstel, WA area had 10 banquet tables full of VHS tapes and around 300 cassettes. Mostly classical, radio dramas and country music with a smattering of this and that. I pulled 15 cassettes at $.25 a piece. Here are 3 of them. Click on the The Saga of Battlestar Galactica or the The Odyssey Orchestra presents Galactic Hits cassette j-card for links to mp3's if you'd like.

The Saga of Battlestar Galactica featuring the Original Cast

The Odyssey Orchestra presents Music From Return of the Jedi and Other Space Hits.

The Odyssey Orchestra presents Galactic Hits

Check out Spock's Record Round-Up for more space fun.

It's never too late to be what you might have been.

2011-04-08T10:14:00.000-07:00

On the way into work today.

Here is a screen capture of the weather today. Notice the 40.8° F temperature.

Now here is a picture I took on the morning commute. Notice the convertible top.

I was freezing inside my car with the heat on. People are silly.

No one can understand the truth until he drinks of coffee's frothy goodness

2011-04-07T15:22:00.000-07:00

MTC

2, you are missed.

Found this while digging through my locker at work today. I don't have many reminders from the Coffee Cellar days and this was a cool find. I also wish I knew where those stamps went.

When I die I’m going to leave my body to science fiction

2011-03-10T13:03:00.000-08:00

My girlfriend gave me a couple Philip K. Dick pulp sci-fi paperbacks for Christmas this last year. This blow in card was in one of them.

I picked up a bunch more pulp sci-fi paperbacks at a thrift store recently and this blow-in card was in one of them.

I remember how stoked I was in the 80's pouring over the Science Fiction Book Club pamphlets. Of course the books weren't this cheap but they weren't that much more.

Anyway, I thought they were a neat little blast from the past.

Wine hath drowned more men than the sea

2011-03-09T14:48:00.000-08:00

Let me continue the cassette find fun. This one is from an estate sale where I managed to grab a decorative cassette holder with 72 cassettes for $2.00. The cache was predominantly vintage Maxwell, TDK and BASF tapes with Judy Garland, Barbara Streisand and Neil Diamond recorded onto them. There was a few Broadway Musical, Mario Lanza and several more Niel, Barbara and Judy tapes as well.

My favorite tape in the lot however was this gem.
Thirty minutes of lapping waves, bells ringing and bird singing up above. And get this, side two repeats so you can feel like your floating in a bay somewhere on a continuous loop.
I love the inside of the cover. "How to use the music of the future". plus the cartoon of the "Future Music" maker recording the descending snowflake. Blows my mind.

Syntonic Research Inc.'s Environments 3 Wood-Masted Sailboat.

When you're ignorant, you get treated that way

2011-03-09T12:30:00.000-08:00

***WARNING...OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE***

Value Village Score

Too Short's Raw, Uncut and X-Rated Cassette

Currently listed on E-bay for $30.00 Buy it Now. Purchased at Value Village for $.99.

The container used for such leftovers is commonly called a doggy bag

2011-01-25T10:16:00.000-08:00

Ort

(ôrt)
n.

A scrap; a bit.

More leftover phone camera pictures.

Picture from the Oregonian speaks for itself.

Extreme Monkey-Powered Awesomeness Enclosed Indeed.

Angry finger puppet scares his neighbors.

Interesting portion of an amazing painting found at Goodwill.

Big Lots! Finds

ike & sam's kettle corn

Red Wine Vinegar Kettle Chips. Will somebody eat some of these and let me know how they taste?

Hot Maple Syrup Cereal. I love the one eyed ghost the best but these dudes are cool.

Hot Berry Blast Cereal. More cool dudes.

Target Finds

Cupcake Rhino

Cotton Candy on a Unicycle

Running Scared Soda Can

Cute Xmas Animals

Toddler Top "Going for a ride"

One Eyed Monster Felt Fun.

...and the rest

Odd, is that a Juxtapoz in the rack at the Plaid Pantry...in Clackamas?

Lastly. I made this miniature Herman Miller inspired clock for my sweeties Doll House. Not bad for a first attempt.

Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.

2010-12-29T10:03:00.000-08:00

A few new sites I love.

Disquiet

Dust Breeding

Winter calender of "must see" shows.

2010-11-30T11:51:00.000-08:00

12.03 ~ The Books/Black Heart Procession ~ Aladdin Theater
12.04 ~ Bob Mould ~ Mississippi Studio
12.04 ~ McTuff ~ The Goodfoot
12.07 ~ John McLaughlin & The Fourth Dimension ~ Aladdin Theater
12.08 ~ DICK DALE ~ Dante's
12.09 ~ PETER HOOK & FRIENDS ~ Doug Fir
12.11 ~ Low ~ Mississippi Studio
12.16 ~ Killing Joke ~ Wonder Ballroom
12.18 ~ The Dead Kenny G’s ~ The Goodfoot
12.18 ~ OM/Thrones ~ Doug Fir
12.31 ~ Dwarves/Zeke ~ Dante's
01.01 ~ X ~ Roseland Theater
01.11 ~ Joe Satriani ~ Roseland Theater
01.20 ~ The Thermals ~ Roture
01.26 ~ Ween ~ Crystal Ballroom
01.30 ~ The Nels Cline Singers with Yuka C. Honda ~ Doug Fir
02.17 ~ Gang of Four ~ Wonder Ballroom
02.18 ~ Godspeed You! Black Emperor ~ Crystal Ballroom
02.23 ~ Man Or Astroman? ~ Doug Fir
02.27 ~ Swans ~ Roseland Theater
02.27 ~ Maceo Parker ~ Crystal Ballroom
03.18 ~ Red Elvises ~ Dante's
03.26 ~ Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. ~ Doug Fir
04.27 ~ Accept ~ Peter's Room
04.09 ~ Death Angel ~ Dante's
04.12 ~ Wire ~ Dante's
05.05 ~ Mogwai ~ Wonder Ballroom

Let me know what I missed.

“To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target”

2010-11-16T11:41:00.000-08:00

Hasty phone camera picture gallery. Destination: Target Halloween Fun.

Mummy

Frankenstein's Monster

Frankenstein's Monster 2

Spider

Dr. Frankenstein

Mummy 2

Dracula

Thumb Wrestler (left)

Thumb Wrestler (right)

Mr. Bump

Cranky Squirrel

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

2010-10-11T09:06:00.000-07:00

Had to make a quick stop at Costco on Sunday. Made a couple of observations I thought I would share.

Is a 13"x8" bubble pack necessary for a 4.5"x1" box of perfume? I understand the profit margin is low at Costco but couldn't they just use the small chunk of plastic that holds the rfd tag like any other retail store? This is a vulgar use of land-filling plastic. Reminds me of this picture a little bit.

Costco also had sports themed Snuggies with the Seattle Seahawks logo on them. I noticed the picture on the side of the box had Pittsburgh Steelers fans all wrapped and cozy on it so I spun it around to see what other team had the indignant pleasure of being picture on this moronic product...yah! Not only did this guy's wife/girlfriend buy him a Snuggie she's a Bears fan on top of it! Oh, Brother! Just kill me now!!!

Look, I'm not an intellectual - I just take pictures.

2010-10-06T10:09:00.000-07:00

Cell Phone Photo Dump. Waaaaayyy Over Due!

Not the best quality but hey, they're from a cell phone's 1.3 Megapixel Camera.

Screaming sticker from the front of an old PC tower at the GW Bins in Vancouver.

Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely. Grammy Award for Best Album Cover 1959. Peaked at #1 during a Billboard 120 week pop album chart run.

Mercury-vapor lamp.

Hal's record shelf.

"I certainly wasn't happy. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it. What I was given was the thing you can't earn, and can't keep, and often don't even recognize at the time; I mean joy." ~ Ursala K. Le Guin The Left Hand Of Darkness
I love opening a book to a page and finding something profound.

Liquid Vodka. That is all.

Hobo finds a home. Smaller Sink Spider found in the bathroom where I work.

Kate's estate sale score.

Lawn Makeup. When you're too proud to have a spotty lawn but too lazy to throw down seed.

This just made me laugh.

Rush - The Analog Kid

Direction is more important than speed. We are so busy looking at our speedometers that we forget the milestone

2010-09-16T14:32:00.000-07:00

On my way to work today...

199,999

200,000

What are you doing this fall?

2010-09-14T13:19:00.000-07:00

9/16-17...Les McCann.......................Jimmy Mak's
9/17.........Danava...............................Someday Lounge
9/21.........Jason Falkner...................Doug Fir
9/22.........Curtis Fuller.....................Jimmy Mak's
9/24.........Melvins.............................Roseland Theater
9/29.........Robyn Hitchcock.............The Woods
10/2.........ZEKE.................................AshSstreet Saloon
10/3.........The Sword........................Roseland Theater
10/6.........Cowboy Junkies...............Aladdin Theater
10/7.........Guided By Voices.............Crystal Ballroom
10/8.........James Wonder.................Ballroom
10/8.........Red Fang..........................Dante's
10/8.........Eels....................................Roseland Theater
10/10......Bettie Serveert.................Dante's
10/14...... Die Antwoord...................Crystal Ballroom
10/15...... Fernando Viciconte.........Satyricon
10/16......Suicidal Tendencies..........Roseland Theater
10/22......Roky Erikson....................Wonder Ballroom
10/24......The Vaselines....................Wonder Ballroom
10/26......Elf Power............................Someday Lounge
10/27......DJ Shadow.........................Roseland Theater
10/28......Of Montreal.......................Roseland Theater
11/1.........Gary Numan......................Roseland Theater
11/8.........Trans Am...........................Mississippi Studio
11/10.......Halford...............................Showbox (Seattle)
11/13.......John Wesley Harding.......The Woods
11/13.......MDC....................................Red Room
11/15.......Bad Religion.......................Roseland Theater
11/16.......Danzig.................................Roseland Theater
11/20.......Blonde Redhead................Roseland Theater
11/22.......Legendary Pink Dots........Doug Fir
12/4.........Bob Mould..........................Mississippi Studio
12/9.........Peter Hook.........................Doug Fir
12/16.......Killing Joke.........................Wonder Ballroom
12/17.......Charlie Hunter...................Mississippi Studio
12/30.......Reverend Horton Heat....Wonder Ballroom

We use these machines to make our lives easier.

2010-09-13T16:08:00.000-07:00

TIB MACHINE

TIN MACHINE

We love our little "goofy dudes"!

2010-09-10T09:27:00.000-07:00

HONKBARN

It's so disgusting I'm so tired of rhythm and needles in arms, I don't want your point of view.

2010-08-27T15:24:00.000-07:00

1981 ~ Dance

His name is Mitch. He's the barista and he's a very nice guy.

2010-08-19T09:02:00.000-07:00

Stopped to see my friend Mitch at Mr. French's Coffee Kitchen to grab some coffee this morning. On the way out of industrial SE I stopped to snap a few shots of a mural and a small paster.

Happy Hour

Large mural. This this is huge covering a small dock door that had been boarded over. Roughly 5'x5'.

Happy Hour Detail

One of 8 floating surgeons heads making up the background of the mural.

Head

Bearded man paster. Like the pen and ink style.

This is the reason you should always have a camera with you. The phone cam does no justice.

Washington, DC is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese.

2010-08-10T09:08:00.000-07:00

Saw this commercial this morning and I had to share it with you. Enjoy.

And a reminder of the Budweiser commercial.

Oh yah, I saw this and it gave me a good chuckle. I guess all Bears fan don't suck.

When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I'm feeling sad...

2010-08-04T11:48:00.000-07:00

Just a few of my current favorite things

Rainier Cherries
Due to an incident stemming from a McDonald's cherry pie and a bout of vomit induced shock the smell and taste of cherries and anything cherry flavored it had been roughly 30 years since I last ate anything cherry related. It was hard due to the fact that the eighties were the decade of wild cherry flavor. 25% of Starburst candy, all brands of bubblegum and worst of all the fluoride paste the dentist hygienist uses to clean your teeth all were cherry flavored. The smell of Bubble Yum or Jolly Rancher permeated many a classroom caused me much distress and often triggered a gag reflex.

Anyway, it took me a little courage but I was able to swallow these blush beauties. Mmmm, love 'em! Rainier's are a cross between the Bing and Van cultivars and can fetch up to a dollar a piece in Japan due to the fact that 1/3 of an orchard's crop will be eaten by birds.

Bert the Conqueror
An everyday Joe (Bert) squeals with glee as he tackles insane thrill rides and participates in hilariously absurd and undeniably dangerous challenges from across America.

Bert is funny and endearing. Wednesday nights on the Travel Channel.

Caravan w/BU2B (Brought Up To Believe)

The new single from the rock band Rush of the work in progress album Clockwork Angels. I heard "Caravan" as the back half of a two-fer on the local rock radio station KGON on my way home Tuesday evening. Next thing I know the car is going 90. Quite the rocker with an amazing guitar solo. Can't wait to hear the record and wish I could see them this weekend. I have not heard more than a snippet of "BU2B".

Optikk
I am a little too old to have had the privilege of owning or playing with the Masters of the Universe action figure collection but I am not to old not to appreciate the amazing design of this toy. Come on...he has an eyeball for a head! How much cooler can it get?

Dean Bel Aire
You got your Stratocaster mixed into my Explorer. Superstrat. Basically a strat with a bit of heavy metal coolness. Plus the silverburst finish appeals to me. The only thing I would change would be the pickle fork head stock and swap it with a Gibson/Kramer hockey stick type configuration. Regular or reverse would look rad.

Fender Performer
Another guitar similar to the Dean above. Made for one year 85-86 by Fender Japan to appeal to metal and rock guitarists. I just like its abstract shape and cool angled pick-ups.

What are your favorites lately?

Any problem you can't solve with a good guitar, is either, unsolvable or isn't a problem.

2010-07-30T09:26:00.000-07:00

I moved this last month and packing the guitars, amps and miscellaneous gadgets plus the addition of a hand router bought at an estate sale have rekindled my love for guitar and awakened a desire to build or modify one as well. I also found two blogs I would love to share with you that deal with strange and interesting guitars.

The first is Guitarnerd from Australia. The blog is maintained by a gentleman named Tony and covers all things Guitar Nerd.

The second blog is Guitarz. Described on the blog as: "WEIRD guitars, bizarre guitars, wonderful guitars, strange guitars..."

Enjoy.

If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?

2010-07-21T15:05:00.000-07:00

It is almost that time again!

Complete 2010 Schedule

Preseason
Date Game Stadium Time (ET)
Aug 14 CLE @ GB Lambeau Field 8:00 PM
Aug 21 GB @ SEA Qwest Field 10:00 PM
Aug 26 IND @ GB Lambeau Field 8:00 PM
Sep 02 GB @ KC Arrowhead Stadium 8:00 PM

Regular Season
Sep 12 GB @ PHI Lincoln Financial Field 4:15 PM
Sep 19 BUF @ GB Lambeau Field 1:00 PM
Sep 27 GB @ CHI Soldier Field 8:30 PM
Oct 03 DET @ GB Lambeau Field 1:00 PM
Oct 10 GB @ WAS FedEx Field 1:00 PM
Oct 17 MIA @ GB Lambeau Field 1:00 PM
Oct 24 MIN @ GB Lambeau Field 8:20 PM
Oct 31 GB @ NYJ New Meadowlands Stadium 1:00 PM
Nov 07 DAL @ GB Lambeau Field 8:20 PM
Bye
Nov 21 GB @ MIN Mall of America Field 1:00 PM
Nov 28 GB @ ATL Georgia Dome 1:00 PM
Dec 05 SF @ GB Lambeau Field 1:00 PM
Dec 12 GB @ DET Ford Field 1:00 PM
Dec 19 GB @ NE Gillette Stadium 8:20 PM
Dec 26 NYG @ GB Lambeau Field 4:15 PM
Jan 02 CHI @ GB Lambeau Field 1:00 PM

You know your man is workin' hard...He's worth a deuce.

2010-07-13T11:23:00.000-07:00

Phone cam dump time again.

Taste the west!!! What is western flavor? Do these beans taste the same as western style salad dressing?

Spotted this El Camino on my way home. The sun's reflection in the tailgate made it hard to discern what the painting was. I punched it a bit and snapped this pic...
...Here is the zoom in shot. Hey, it's Haystack Rock! I was just there.

I google mapped Claifornia and could not find it. Anybody know where it is? Albertson's Grocery.

I really do not have a snarky comment for this. Just uh-huh!? Looked for a product demonstration video with no luck.
Bonnie and Clyde's Muffler Center in Yakama, WA. You better come to see us...or else!

Hamburger Helper = Just add hamburger.
Tuna Helper = Just add tuna.
Asian Helper = Just add ???

A portion of the Mural on the cooler at the old Sassy Jack's tavern. That's me on the left and John on the right.

All the lights of the cars in the town form the strings of a big guitar

2010-07-01T11:36:00.000-07:00

Yup...sums it up.

“Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.”

2010-06-21T14:39:00.000-07:00

Product Package Images

Bleach Beads 1958-60 Box Front

Napkin Packaging Reverse

Target Aisle End Cap

We had sand in the eyes and the ears and the nose, and sand in the hair, and sand-between-the-toes.

2010-06-16T15:03:00.001-07:00

A little reminder of my long weekend. Thank you Gary, Kathy, Kate and Max. I had a blast.

He shall bring together every joint and member, and shall mould them into an immortal feature of loveliness and perfection.

2010-05-26T10:46:00.000-07:00

Isis has called it a day.

From Isis myspace page:

"ISIS has reached an end. It's hard to try to say it in any delicate way, and it is a truth that is best spoken plainly. This end isn't something that occurred over night and it hasn't been brought about by a single cataclysmic fracture in the band. Simply put, ISIS has done everything we wanted to do, said everything we wanted to say."

They plan on finishing this tour though so go out and see them at the Doug Fir on Wednesday.

Rest In Piece Ronnie James

2010-05-17T00:20:00.000-07:00

Oh the places I could go...

2010-04-27T09:10:00.000-07:00

West Germany, summer of 1977

What are you doing this summer?

2010-04-20T14:33:00.000-07:00

April, 21 PIL (Crystal Ballroom)
This was an amazing show. Johnny Lydon is very entertaining. The new band is fantastic. Their rendition of Flowers of Romance left me pert near speechless. Thank you J.
April, 22 Lori Goldstone/Earth/Wolves in the Throne Room (Rotture)
Lori's set was good. Solo effected cello. Earth was great and played a few new songs. Looking forward to a new record in the winter. Wolves were great. Split a little early because I was wiped and a bit sick. Rotture is a cool venue.
May, 14 Brian Posehn Mission Theater
Haven't laughed so hard in a long time. The opener from Salem Ron Funches was also very funny and if you get a chance to see him go. Mission Theater is pretty cool place to see comedy. Not a bad seat in the place.
June, 20 Psychedelic Furs Crystal Ballroom
This show blew me away. This band is still great and Richard Butler's youthful energy and strong vocals makes you forget he is 54 years old. The opening act She Wants Revenge could learn a few things about entertaining an audience. Fingers crossed for a new record.
July 8 The Coup Doug Fir
July 9 Brothers of the Sonic Cloth/Subarachnoid Space Berbati's Pan
July 10 Ninja Mt Tabor Theater
July 14th My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult Dante's
July, 15 Colin Hay Crystal Ballroom
July 16 Built To Spill Wonder Ballroom
August 7 Reverend Horton Heat Wonder Ballroom
August 7 Rush White River Amphitheatre
August 7 Scorpions Amphitheatre at Clark County
August, 9 Slayer/Megadeth Washington County Fairplex
August 12th Michael Schenker Group Dante's
August 17 Rasputina Hawthorne Theater
August 20 Red Fang Plan B
August 20 Hold Steady Crystal Ballroom
August 24 Boris Hawthorne Theater
August, 26 Crowded House Edgefield

Spending money I don't have, to buy parts I don't need, to impress people I don't know!

2010-03-31T16:31:00.000-07:00

Saw this cool ride in Bingen, WA this last weekend.

IMPRESSED!

Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make.

2010-03-31T16:25:00.000-07:00

Cat Ballou

"Some gang! An Indian ranch hand, a drunken gunfighter, a sex maniac, and an uncle!"

Barbarella

"My name isn't pretty-pretty, it's Barbarella."

Judy Bernly

"Oh, this is terrible. It's so improper. It's so disrespectful!"

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.

2010-03-25T09:42:00.000-07:00

When I stopped for coffee this morning at Cartola I was reminded of one of my new favorite tags. I realize it is primitive at best but the cool thing is it is back lit so when you drive by at night there is an otherworldly creature hanging out in front of the Knott St Market.

This sticker on the sign in front of Cartola caught my eye as well. I feel sorta dirty though.

You Say Potato I Say #*@! You!

2010-03-22T14:08:00.000-07:00

Stumbled upon this blog today. I have always been fascinated by this type of anthropomorphic (?) advertisement. Cartoon strawberries selling milkshakes in drive-ins and hip-hop string cheese hanging in supermarket dairy coolers.

Inline Skating adolescent string cheese.

Cheese Heads.

It's rare when you have everything going perfectly all at the same time.

2010-03-11T11:46:00.000-08:00

Ellen Ripley

"Micro changes in air density, my ass."

Dana Barrett

"There is no Dana, there is only Zhul."

Gwen DeMarco

"I remember that sound. That's a bad sound."

I think Hollywood has a class system. The actors are like the inmates, but the truth is they're running the asylum.

2010-03-11T10:46:00.000-08:00

Travis Bickle

"I got some bad ideas in my head."

Max Cady

"Granddaddy used to handle snakes in church, Granny drank strychnine. I guess you could say I had a leg up, genetically speaking."

Jake LaMotta

"They called me an animal. I'm not an animal."

In space no one can hear you scream "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!".

2010-03-08T11:31:00.000-08:00

Hal wearing his foil covered power dome to avoid having his brain microwaved by neutrinos.

Gigantor's cousin Enormo and his friend plod across the birthday cake landscape looking for something to destroy.

After stumbling upon the baron wasteland of cake-lessness proves to much for Enormo, he and his metal behemoth friend choose to leave this ceramic dystopia in search of new environs in which to wreak their brand of galactic havoc on.

Thank you Kate, Max and Gary for making my birthday special.

Robocop, it was my contribution to cinema.

2010-03-02T09:24:00.000-08:00

Buckaroo Banzai

“No matter where you go, there you are.”

Alex Murphy

"Dead or alive, you're coming with me! "

Bill Lee

"Exterminate all rational thought. That is the conclusion I have come to."

I seem to have a knack for picking movies that go on to be cult favorites.

2010-03-02T09:23:00.000-08:00

Snake Plissken

"I don't give a fuck about your war... or your president."

R.J. MacReady

"I just wanna get up to my shack and get drunk..."

Jack Burton

"Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it"."

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.

2010-02-26T09:17:00.001-08:00

Blondie

"When a man with .45 meets a man with a rifle, you said, the man with a pistol's a dead man. Let's see if that's true. Go ahead, load up and shoot."

'Dirty' Harry Callahan

"I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?"

Philo Beddoe

"I'm not afraid of any man, but when it comes to sharing my feelings with a woman, my stomach turns to royal gelatin."

Noodles? Forget it! Try my fist!

2010-02-25T13:36:00.000-08:00

NINJA

...and so the story goes. One night a young Flying V Amputee ninja, fresh from his training, had a dream of big city ninjas melting faces in a rose thorned garden. After two days of meditation upon its meaning he decided it was his destiny to bring forth a ninja metal band as a vessel for epic heavy music in Portland, OR. He sought out other urban ninjas to join his adventure with only his guitar and keen sense of musical discrimination to guide him. He found Explorer Ninja in a cave, under a waterfall meditating upon hard rock. Rudysan had been on a quest for Vengance but was persuaded to defer this quest in the name of Metal. Christo Bas Ninja had hung up the sword in favor of a quiet contemplative life, but the call of pumping beats were too strong to resist. Throat Rot Ninja was found knee deep in a bourbon induced madness, yelling incoherently for anyone who would listen. When the others heard the dulcet tones of his harangue, they knew then that he was the right ninja to lead them into battle.

Thus, NINJA was born!

Being a nerd really pays off sometimes.

2010-01-27T10:31:00.000-08:00

SE Milport @ McLoughlin Blvd

The little treat that came my way via M. Duvall. Arigatou gozaimasu.

Simple pleasures via You Drive What? Blog. Described as kind if like "People Of Wal-Mart" for the highways and byways.

Religion is the most malevolent of all mind viruses

2010-01-06T22:23:00.000-08:00

Evolved...

...Created

All my friends were going off to be professionals, and I said I wanted to be an actor.

2009-12-28T11:02:00.000-08:00

Rick Deckard

"I have had people walk out on me before, but not... when I was being so charming. "

Han Solo

"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid. "

Indiana Jones

“You want to talk to God? Let’s go see him together, I’ve got nothing better to do.”

Why My Mom is Cooler Than Your Mom

2009-12-16T11:26:00.000-08:00

I have recently unearthed a bunch of pictures from the late 80's and early 90's and have been posting them to facebook for S & G's. When digging through the box I found this Polaroid of the painting my Mother did on my bedroom wall. This is just before it was finished and I wish I had a picture after it was completed. It has to be one of the coolest things a Mom could ever do don't you think? The yellow wall was exactly the color of the Judas Priest album because I brought the record cover to the paint store to match it. I had red comforter, sheets and drapes to match as well. Bad Ass All The Way! Thanks Mom.

By the way to give you a sense of scale that is a standard wall outlet below the Hellion's talons.

a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.

2009-12-04T01:30:00.000-08:00

I LOVE YOU ALL!

TV was better when I was a kid (Episode 2)

2009-11-21T14:10:00.000-08:00

Sid and Marty Krofft Saturday Mornings

73-75 Sigmund and the Sea Monsters

A google eyed adolescent sea monster failing at sea monster life is exiled by his dysfunctional undersea family to the shore to prove he is sea monster worthy by scaring humans. Genius!

Two brothers, Johnny and Scott befriend Sigmund and the Hi-jinx begin as they try to keep a bumbling sea monster hidden from both their family and Sigmund's by hiding him in their clubhouse.

Kool-Aid and Super Sugar Crisp freak out at it's best!

74-76 Land of the Lost

The Rick Marshall and his children Will and Holly are somehow transported to a lost prehistoric era. While on a routine rafting expedition an earthquake (the greatest ever known) plunges them to a forgotten land merely 1000 feet below the earths surface.

In this untamed Land of the Lost they become the hunted while searching for a way back to modern civilization. They encounter dinosaurs, especially a T-Rex they affectionately name "Grumpy" who likes molest them in the cave they have made their home, they eat giant fruit and meet a cave humanoid named Chacka and most importantly they avoid their new found enemy the Sleastack.

Sleastacks were large humanoid half reptile half insect creatures with scaly green skin, unblinking google eyes, crab claw hands, tails, and a horn atop their heads. They communicated by hissing. Perhaps they were a prehistoric zombie saying only "BRAINZZZ"? I don't recall any real inflection denoting any emotion in the hissing.

They lived in a city underground and were able to create advanced tools like crossbows and rope. I believe they had a periscope type viewer in a couple of episodes even.

Sounds too good to be true doesn't it?

75-76 Far Out Space Nuts

Wait? Gilligan in Space? Far Out Space Nuts was a show about two NASA employees (Junior and Barney) who are inadvertently shot into space while loading provisions for an upcoming mission. When putting meals into their respective compartments Junior (Bob Denver) presses the button labeled LAUNCH instead of LUNCH. Why the geniuses at NASA would put the food buttons onto the main control panel was never really explained.

The two repeatedly have their lunar module captured by aliens and taken to another planet to encounter scary space creatures.

Along the way the do befriend an E.T. they cleverly name Honk because it communicates solely through a horn that sprouts from the top of it's head. Again Honk has buggy eyes. I am starting to see a theme here!

75-76 The Lost Saucer

Two time traveling robots accidentally kidnap a child and his babysitter setting off a series of time travel adventures.

The Robots, Fi (Ruth Buzzi) and Fum (Jim Nabors) land on earth and invite a child and his babysitter onto their time traveling flying saucer to just have a look around. When a group of people gather to check out this curious contraption the Fi and Fum panic and take off.

OF course the controls are broken, the two robot comically bicker constantly and along the way they encounter mysterious lands and weird aliens and monsters.

Oh ya, they also have a weird foam companion named Dorse. Half Dog and...that's right half horse. Really just a man hopping around in a giant grey fur dog suit with a tiny brown horse head attached. Sorry I couldn't find a decent picture but I think you get the idea from the screen capture.

76-78 The Krofft Supershow

Running three seasons this show was the final Saturday program from the Kroffts that I can or care to recall.

The Supershow was basically a variety show consisting of 12 to 15 minute episodic shows and musical numbers by Captain Kool and the Kongs. A glam rock band in the first season then toned down in season two akin to the Osmonds.

After a network change the Captain and his Kongs were replace by The Bay City Rollers.

I am going to focus on the episodes because I somehow have blocked out the music portion of the show.

Dr Shrinker

Three teenagers survive a plane crash on an island inhabited by an evil Doctor and his assistant, Hugo. The aptly named doctor created a shrink gun and after meeting the teens shrinks them to prove it works. The teens escape through a crack in the wall and spend the rest of their scheming on how to get un-shrunk while avoiding the evil Shrinker who needs the three to prove to the world he isn't a hack.

The show has a plot much like The Smurfs. Dr Shrinker is Gargamel but instead of the cat Azrael he has a dwarf named Hugo (Billy Barty) as a companion.

Electra Woman and Dyna Girl

A female caped crusader named Electra Woman (Deidre Hall) and her young sidekick Dyna Girl. Just two regular old magazine reporters that turn into sexy crime fighters in an "Electra-Change" flash of light.

They would cruise around in the "Electracar" and use various technologically advanced tools to thwart weird super villains assisted by Frank Heflin, a scientist that lives in the "Electrabase". He communicated with them through the "ElectraComps", a wrist worn device that transmitted two-way video and sound.

Who cares about the plot though, Electrawoman and Dyna Girl were HOT!

Wonderbug

Three teens drive around in a living breathing talking old, beat up, jalopy dune buggy affectionately named Schlepcar To defend against wrong doing ole Schleppy transformed into a shiny metal-flaked orange living breathing crime fighting machine. When his magic horn was honked he would assist in the trio's battles against crooks and other vile sort.

Imagine Night Rider meets The Love Bug meets Speed Buggy meets Scooby Doo.

Magic Mongo

Three teens find a bottle that just so happens to be the home of a genie. The Zany adventures of the teens and their new friend Mongo revolved around the Genie unintentionally using his powers to get the gang into trouble, then out, while avoiding the no good deviance of Ace and Duncey a malicious pair of hooligans.

Bigfoot And Wildboy

Cue the funky guitar intro...Out of the Great Northwest comes the Legendary Bigfoot who eight years ago saved a young child lost in the vast wilderness and raised that child until he grew up to be Wildboy.

Wildboy and Bigfoot roamed the countryside stomping out pollution, capturing diabolical villains, and rescuing those in distress.

This show was only on the Supershow for eight episodes split into two 15 minute episodes each but it quickly became its own ABC series and another twelve 30 minute episodes were shot.

There were also 5 episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man that Bigfoot made appearances in. On that show Bigfoot was the protector of aliens from outer space.

Another reason I think the TV I watched as a kid is better than what you watch now.

Mentioned in this post:

Sigmund and the Sea Monsters - Land of the Lost - Far Out Space Nuts - The Lost Saucer - Dr. Shrinker - Electra Woman and Dyna Girl - Kaptain Kool and the Kongs - Wonderbug - Magic Mongo - Bigfoot and Wildboy

The Six Million Dollar Man - Night Rider - The Love Bug - Speed Buggy - Scooby Doo - The Smurfs - The Bay City Rollers - The Osmonds - Gilligan's Island - Kool-Aid - Super Sugar Crisp - NASA - BRAINZZZ!!!

New trading card set.

2009-11-21T13:32:00.000-08:00

I stumbled on a new set of trading cards while researching my next TV was better when I was a kid post. I found these amusing trading card sets over at Donald Mills "The Problem With Young People Today Is...". They are similar to some ideas I had for cards I made while I was learning how to use Photoshop. They are brilliant, go check 'em out and read a bit of his blog, it's good for some laughs.

Set One Set Two

TV was better when I was a kid (Episode 1)

2009-11-19T21:49:00.000-08:00

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century was a science fiction adventure television series that ran for two seasons between 1979 - 1981 on NBC. It's premise was that Captain William Anthony "Buck" Rogers (Gil Gerard) a NASA pilot who commands the space shuttle Ranger 3 launched in May 1987 and is cryogenically frozen for 504 years returns to Earth after his derelict spacecraft is discovered in the year 2491. The thing is the Earth was rebuilt following a nuclear war on November 22, 1987 and is now under the protection of the Earth Defense Directorate.

Now, this is why I think this TV show is better than anything you watch now:

Captain Rogers friend and romantic interest Colonel Wilma Deering, played by Erin Gray. Whats not to like except the annoying robot sidekick Twiki and...

...the chief villain Princess Ardala (Pamela Hensley) whose main objective was to conquer the Earth, and secondary objective was making Buck her boy toy.

Oh yeah, how about Gary Coleman as Hieronymous Fox "The Cosmic Whiz Kid"?

If you still are not convinced go check out full episodes on Hulu.com especially the episode Cruise Ship to the Stars. Miss Cosmo is out of this world.

*Much love to Justin over at Siempre La Luna for Spaceman Love Tang inspiration.

Dead or Canadian?

2009-11-17T08:12:00.000-08:00

1957-2009

Golly... you got mashed potatoes?

2009-11-04T21:15:00.000-08:00

I want to know where the punk rock split 7" is for this?

A-side: The Frogtown Hollow Jubilee Jug Band "Barbecue" w/the B-side Riverbottom Nightmare Band "The Nightmare"

I picture the Hallowed Ground era Violent Femmes doing "Barbecue" and Big Business doing "The Nightmare".

The Violent Femmes had that whole gospel/country type thing down on that album.

Big Business partly because they cover "The Ballad of Dwight Fry" by Alice Cooper and "The Nightmare" just smacks of Alice Cooper.

Everybody Sing!

2009-11-04T14:45:00.000-08:00

Styx

The Serpent is Rising

from wikipedia: The band considers this to be their worst recording. Dennis DeYoung has gone far as saying it was "one of the worst recorded and produced in the history of music."

For your listening pleasure I have posted the lyrics below so you too can sing along!

Plexiglass Toilet (J. Curulewski)

Don't sit on the Plexiglas toilet
Said the momma to her son
Wipe the butt clean with the paper
Make it nice for everyone
But don't sit down on the Plexiglas toilet yeah

A boy of 5 stands close to the toilet
Holds the lid up with one hand
Won't let go the lid for fear that
On his banana it will land
Don't sit down on the Plexiglas toilet yeah

Boy goes up he eats the enchilada
With the sauce that burns the heart
Family comes to visit family
Momma says don't belch and fart

Don't sit on the Plexiglas toilet
Said the momma to her son
Wipe the butt clean with the paper
Make it nice for everyone
But don't sit down on the Plexiglas toilet yeah

Everybody Sing!

Don't sit on the Plexiglas toilet
Said the momma to her son
Wipe the butt clean with the paper
Make it nice for everyone
But don't sit down on the Plexiglas toilet yeah

Don't sit on the Plexiglas toilet
Said the momma to her son
Wipe the butt clean with the paper
Make it nice for everyone
But don't sit down on the Plexiglas toilet yeah

Chuck Biscuits death a hoax

2009-10-29T14:52:00.000-07:00

Chuck Biscuits 1965-2009

Reports of the death of Chuck Biscuits, the former D.O.A. and Danzig drummer, are a hoax, according to his brother.

Biscuits, whose real name is Charles Montgomery, is healthy and living in Seattle, according to Bob Montgomery, who spoke to CBC News from Vancouver.

On Thursday, CBC News and other media outlets reported the Canadian ex-drummer's death from throat cancer, but that has proved to be untrue.

The hoax appears to have originated with one U.S. blogger, James Greene Jr., and later was picked up by reputable music industry magazines such as ChartAttack and NME, as well as reported on a Facebook page purported to belong to Chuck Biscuits.

reprinted from CBC News

I know a life of crime has led me to this sorry fate, and yet, I blame society. Society made me what I am.

2009-10-01T09:59:00.000-07:00

I was cleaning up the template here at Things of the Spirit and came across a few unfinished posts and thought I should share them.

The movie Repo Man was a huge influence on me in my teen years. It was a quotable classic starring cool cars, cooler characters and a plot line stuffed full of bizarre themes. Plus it had an amazing punk rock soundtrack.

Recently Justin and I reviewed the film and J was able to assemble an amazing track using samples from the film, stringing together the character Miller's dialog involving the connectivity of all things in the universe, including a plate of shrimp. Check out the track here. The song will officially be released on the upcoming OvA album "Replicans not Replicants" the groups tribute to Gary Numan. Watch their Myspace page for details.

Now getting to the unfinished post part.

Over at Jalopnik, Repo Man creator Alex Cox chatted about how he picked the cars for the film and the site also posted a gallery of actual junkyard cars with the symbolic air freshener that Miller professes you will "find one in every car. You'll see.".

Remember...Repo Man's got all night, every night.

Something's Coming Over Me

2009-09-29T12:40:00.000-07:00

Throbbing Gristle is releasing a limited edition badged Buddha Machine called the Gristleism. Very Cool.

History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes

2009-09-01T22:53:00.000-07:00

Vince it back! DJ Steve Porter back at it with another dose of infomercial remixing.

Breaker One, Breaker One, I might be crazy, but I ain't dumb! Craaazy Cooter comin' at ya! Ya'll out there on the Hazzard net?

2009-08-23T14:19:00.000-07:00

Thank you Robot Chicken

When the music changes, so does the dance.

2009-08-13T15:12:00.000-07:00

1935 - 2009

Another great passing. I actually got to see Rashied Ali play. A few years back Ali played 3 sets at The Blue Monk here in Portland and I managed to sneak myself and three friends into the sold out packed to the rafter club for the last set.

I ran into the bar and down the stairs to the humid low ceiling room and heard the crisp snap of a drum as the simple quartet raced into a number. I dashed upstairs and handed over a sum of money that was equal to 2 full price entries and convinced the doorman to allow my friends to venture down for the last set. He nodded us in while my neck hairs still bristled.

Amazing set, memory for life.

Thank you Rashied

I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping

2009-08-13T12:38:00.000-07:00

1915 – 2009

The man who invented all the things that allow me to process a guitar signal and allow me to make the music I love has passed. Multi-tracking, overdubbing, tape delay and phasing effects plus the little thing I like to call "electric guitar" are a few of the devices and processes Les Paul developed in his 94 years.

He created the "Les Paulverizer" which allowed Les to create an orchestra of guitars on the fly live. He Later made the mythical "Les Paulverizer" real for his stage show, using a small prop box attached to his guitar. He really pretended to lay down one track over another and then play over the repeating forms he had pre-recorded.

We now have modern looping delay devices that Les Paul dared to dream about.

Thank you Les Paul.

“When we talk about ourselves we almost invariably use Latin words, and when we talk about our neighbors we use Saxon words”

2009-08-03T08:53:00.000-07:00

Over at Siempre la Luna J has been having a time with the Blackest of Black and here at Things I've been enamored with Saxon's Wacken attack.

Biff Byford...Classic Mammal Toe

Steve Dawson...Hipster Split!

Screen capture of Steve Dawson to emphasize my point:
Puffy white high tops? Check!
Skinny Jeans? Check!
White belt? Check!
Thick porn stache? Check!
Headband? Check!

Pure hipster 101. In fact this may be the exact image all hipsters base their fashion on.

2 a: a very pronounced or excessive degree

2009-07-29T15:47:00.000-07:00

3:46 pm West Coast.

This is pretty much where I work. Justin posted something similar on Monday. Hey, at least the humidity is low.

What's it like where you are?

...all the bits and pieces

2009-07-16T08:46:00.000-07:00

A few things I need to share.

The Complete History of the Boombox

...and filled the air with barbarous dissonance.

2009-07-02T12:29:00.000-07:00

thank you Emerson over at Chunklet for bring this to my attention.

Kittens who make no noise dangerous!

If it has more than three chords, it's jazz.

2009-06-22T17:37:00.000-07:00

Come out on Wednesday night to have a few drinks with Hal. I will be playing Bop, Hard Bop and Cool Jazz until late.

~:~

TiGA, 1465 NE Prescott

Its got wires that vibrate and give music.

2009-06-09T08:33:00.000-07:00

click on banner to check out Devo's Guitar-A-Week

Looks as though Devo had the same idea as me. He will see a better selection and does not own them all but he has worked on them. Check out the coffin guitar built for my friend Justin. Killz!!

Devo and his crew at Portland Fret Works has done work on several of my guitars and I wont go anywhere else to have future work done. Check 'em out. Could not place your guitar in better hands.

I've got holes in my guitar *

2009-05-28T10:25:00.000-07:00

* Dick Dale

In April I started recounting the guitars I have owned and or possessed long enough to claim ownership to. It has been awhile since the last guitar post so I thought I should start again. I guess the idea of recounting the first acoustic guitars seemed daunting or boring. Meh! Here you go. By the way check out the previous guitars here: 1 2 3 4.

Number 5 & 6
60's Stella H929
60's Silvertone Archtop

I am going to start with the sixties Stella H929. This guitar was also sold under the Airline 7076, Airline 8286/7026, Alden 9935, Barclay H929, Fender F-1000, Holiday AL9238, Regal R200, Silvertone S605 and SR (Sears & Roebuck) S1294 names and were manufactured by Harmony Guitar Company of Chicago. They were manufactured from the late fifties till the early seventies. You will find the majority of the these guitars from the mid sixties due to the boom the acoustic guitar had after the Beatles hit America. According to one Harmony history site over fifty percent of all acoustic guitars made during that period were manufactured by Harmony. I believe it because I see a lot of these things at thrift stores and hanging on walls everywhere I go.

My Stella had solid birch top and body wood with a deep tobacco burst paint scheme with faux flamed maple top. It also had the trapeze style metal tailpiece as in the photo above but I recollect mine had the pick guard as well. Mine did not have the fancy deco fret markers as pictured but I swore it had something. Perhaps dots or blocks.

I can't really recall where this guitar came from or where it is now but there was a time during high school when it never was out of my sight. It had a place in the back seat of my Plymouth Duster and made so many appearances at parties, school events and the beach.

It was brutal to play with razors for strings and action so high a medium sized carrot could pass under the strings at the 18th fret. I am lucky I learned to play guitar in the first position ala Bob Mould so I easily ripped through tunes like "Raspberry Beret", "Tainted Love" and David Bowies "Heroes" that had simple chords.

As I said this guitar went everywhere with me and I recall being pelted with movie theater candy while playing it on stage at the Marc Cinemas while ripping through "Substitute" or some other punk anthem at an un-chaperoned high school event.

I also remember ripping off songs in a friends bedroom. The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Cure, The Smiths, Husker Du, Black Flag and the likes. The guitar really helped me learn how to play guitar I think.

Now to the Silvertone Archtop guitar. I didn't really own this guitar but I did possess it for the better part of two years covering two entire summers. It wasn't really that much better a guitar than the Stella but it defiantly looked cooler. Played a little easier because the action was lower and it was a longer scale guitar which meant less string tension. It sounded flat and wasn't much louder than the Stella.

It also had a cardboard case so it really didn't see the inside of the car, the beach or school functions much. I treated the Silvertone so differently than the Stella out of respect. I cried a bit when my friend asked if he could have it back. Sob!

So there you have it. That wasn't too bad now was it? And I can finally talk about my first true love. Stay tuned!

Cheese is milk's leap towards immortality

2009-05-10T12:52:00.000-07:00

My dear friend Jessica shows us how to party. Check out her post at Un paradis pour le perdu!

Once again, he's back the incredible...the rhyme animal.

2009-05-02T13:58:00.000-07:00

We talked about the incredible SlapChop once before here at Things of the Spirit an I thought we would do a follow up post.

We all know the ShamWow spokesman Vince Shlomi had gotten arrested bac in March because a hooker did not love his nuts as much as he thought she would. Shlomi, after paying Sasha Harris $1,000 for sex, punched her face repeatedly after she bit his tongue and would not let go.

Shlomi and Harris avoided trial because prosecutors declined to pursue formal charges against either of them.

What I truley wanted to share with you though is the video remix that DJ Steve Porter put together. It is currently topping my favorite song list along with the Auto-Tune dude's songs.

Cheapness And Beauty (Once You Go Black...)

2009-04-26T22:32:00.001-07:00

Series of posts blah blah blah...reminiscing blah blah blah...share a story...you get the picture.

This post is going to be about the guitar Casey referred affectionately to in the comments as "Odie".

Number 4
1964 Silvertone Silhouette

Odie was a 1964 Silvertone Silhouette solid body electric. It was made in Chicago by Harmony and was black with white plastic pick guard that held the controls and two DeArmond pickups. I stuck an Odie decal on the headstock and a legend was born.

Here is the original description from the 1964 Sears catalog:

Dual-pickup Guitar. Tone and volume controls for each pickup plus 3-way selector switch. Thin, high-speed neck with adjustable steel reinforcing rod. Ebonized fingerboard. Adjustable bridge. White position markers. About 36 x 13 x 2 inches. $5 mo. Shpg. wt. 9 lbs. 57 H 1476L--Black finish..............Cash $54.95

Now that I had fully caught the bug I was on the constant lookout for another cool tool. Something on the cheap of course because I wasn't wealthy. One night while scanning the Sheboygan Press classifieds I came across an ad for a Sears guitar. I called the number in the ad and spoke to an older man who said it had been purchased in the 60's and all it said was Silvertone on the headstock.

The first thing that went through my head was Danelectro! Seeing they had built guitars with the Silvertone moniker for Sears I saw my chance for a real bargain.

The man wanted $75 for the guitar and accessories but it wasn't clear what they were and the fact that I might steal a 60's Danelectro for that amount it didn't matter so much. I booked across town to the man's house to scope it out.

When I got there I was only a bit disappointed it was a '64 Silvertone which was manufactured by Harmony and not Danelectro. The guitar was in great shape with the majority of the wear on the fret board. The frets were nice but the fingerboard was scalloped pretty deeply at the first position. It really didn't effect the playability of the guitar so I plugged it in.

This is when the sale became a bargain. The accessories that went along with the guitar were a 60's 20 foot coiled patch cord, amp and foot switch.

The amp is where this one becomes fun. This thing was a warm 55 watt two channel combo with a tremolo circuit and a single 12" speaker and it was mint.

I bought that rig in a heartbeat and raced home to check it out. I was already pulling the speaker wires from my Peavey Audition 30 and running it like a preamp into a 30 watt Washburn bass amp I got from my friend Scott after his failed attempt at playing bass. That combo was a tinnitus inducing swarm of bees and now coupled with that Silvertone amp I could achieve something that resembled Bob Mould's rig albeit on a smaller scale.

Scan of the 1966 Sears Catalog showing the Silhouette

Back to the guitar. It was very light with a thin neck that did nothing to help with the sustain. The neck as I mentioned earlier was very soft, or what the catalog refers to as a high-speed Ebonized fingerboard. The man I bought it from must have had a ton of Ebonized wood under his nails because the scalloping on the fingerboard would have made Yngwie Johann Malmsteen proud. The thin plastic pick guard made a sound like stretching a dental dam over the top of a cereal bowl and humming into it.

One thing the guitar wasn't was grounded. I eventually wound an e string around the output jack and tucked it under the tailpiece cover to reduce the wonderful hum it produced.

This guitar was nothing special but it did make an appearance on stage with the one off band Septic Fish. I owned it for quite sometime and finally sold it to a kid from a group called Agent Glitter. I hope he enjoyed it more than I did.

Cherry's scratching like a grain of sand, the trigger itch in the killer's hand.

2009-04-22T22:31:00.000-07:00

This is the third posting in a series of posts I will be making covering all the guitars I have owned or possessed long enough to lay claim to. I have already posted the first two installments a mid 60's Teisco E-120 and an 80's Rocket Roll II. It has been very fun reminiscing about the subject of guitars and also stirs up some fond memories of time gone past. I hope you enjoy this as much as I am and please share a story about one of your stringed friends in the comments.

Number 3
1975 Ibanez 2390

In the summer of 1985 another of those epiphanous musical moments happened to me. I heard the thrum and drone of a song called "Never Understand" on Mtv by The Jesus and Mary Chain . It absolutely blew my mind that a song could sound so abrasive and mellow at the same time. I heard the lyrics and instantly felt in love with an emotion of some kind but I couldn't pin point what it was.

The way the band looked in the video was exactly like me. Floppy hair? Check! Ray-Ban style sunglasses? Check! Hole riddled jeans and dark shirts buttoned to the collar? Check! All I needed was the old hollow body guitar.

I got my drivers license in 1985 allowing the freedom to check out stores in the city of Milwaukee. On a Saturday, my brother Casey, friends Scott and Tim and I would pile in my 76 Duster and track all over the Cream City looking for record stores, head shops, clothing stores, book shops and anything else we knew we wouldn't see in Sheboygan.

On one trip we stumbled onto a store called Record Head. If you are having a hard time following this it was a head shop that sold records. The store was at 7045 W Greenfield Ave and had a pretty cool selection of used records and tapes plus if you were in the know you could see their glass pipes they kept under the counter or in the office or something. It was against the law to sell paraphernalia without also selling tobacco products and well the store wasn't called Record Cigar Head now was it.
Against one wall they had a few guitars and being that I had caught the bug I had to check them out. I read my fair share of Guitar World Magazine to know a lot of guitar companies. Nothing on the wall jumped out at me. I asked the irritable man behind the counter how often the stock rolled over and he kinda dismissed me but told me of another Record Head on the north side of town. We didn't have enough time so I planned to take another trip to check it out.

A month or so later the four of us made the trek south and searched for the other Record Head. I found it at 7418 W Hampton Ave and went inside. Holy @#&% batman, this store was amazing. There were fewer records, although they were good, but my eyes bugged out when I spied the selection of guitars. Gibson, Fender, Ibanez, Gretsch, Rickenbacker...jaw-dropping-awesome.

It hung on the wall next to another big huge hollow guitar and a black Guild bass guitar. Walnut brown, soft and round. The Ibanez 2390. Of course I didn't know it was the 2390 back then but I did know it
looked like the guitar the Jesus and Mary Chain guy played.

I pulled it off the wall and held it in my hands. So light and loud. I was sold. $225, saved while working for a small print shop after school and during the summer.

It was essentially a Gibson ES- 345 copy right down to the shape of the headstock. The finish looked new and the bolt-on neck felt the same as the Rocket Roll II's neck. In retrospect it was pretty plastic. The pots and switch were mounted onto a piece of plastic to save money I suspect. A real ES-345 had the same layout but the guts were mounted right to the top of the guitar. Ibanez did make guitars with the top mounted controls so I am going out on a limb and saying the 2390 was probably the cheapest of the catalogs Gibson ES series copies.

I owned that guitar for seven or so years. Just long enough to have the neck mounting screws strip out, the plastic neck inlays fall out and the finish start to check.

I passed it on after some light repairs, again not a luthier, to my friend Matt who was a singer but wanted to learn to play. He owned it for roughly three weeks before pawning it. I would have bought it back from him had I known he would take a loss on it. Unless the pawn shop recognizing it was a 70's guitar gave him more than $80.

Crack of dawn...Cindy's moving on...talking Cindy to everyone...til she's had her fun.

I have my license, it came with birth, for self reliance on this earth.

2009-04-18T14:51:00.001-07:00

On Tuesday I started recounting the guitars I have owned or possessed long enough to claim ownership on When Things of the Spirit Come First. Today I am going to share with you pictures and the story of the second guitar I owned. There will be posts for each one with perhaps one or two lumped together because their stories aren't as fun or interesting. I hope you enjoy this little rock-walk down memory lane and please feel free to share an axe tale of your own in the comments.

Number 2
1982 Ibanez Rocket Roll II RR50-FR

So this is it...what I would call my first "real" guitar. It was purchased by my Mom and Dad and it played like butter. It's also one of those guitars I regret selling.

I talked Mom and Dad into a trip to Uncle Bob's Music Center in SW Milwaukee. It is now located at 10220 Greenfield Ave in West Allis, WI and unfortunately has no website. Uncle Bob's was a small store that was so packed with gear it seemed like a hallway with amps stacked to the ceiling. The front of the store had a wall of guitars that at the time seemed cool but in retrospect is mind numbing. It was 1985 or so and I can recall seeing Les Pauls, Strats and a Dean explorer type thing but the guitar I picked was the Rocket Roll II.

This candy apple machine whispered out to me and basically toyed with my 15 year old mind. Could a guitar be that sexy? Damn! It was Metal it was Punk hell my heroes played flying V's.

The guitar was $125 with a form fitting hard shell case and to sweeten the take Uncle Bob himself gave Mom and Dad a $35 deal on a Peavey Audition 30. Throw in strings and picks and I don't remember my cheeks aching more from the grin I had on the car ride home.

Again I have no photos of my guitar but since Ibanez only had two color schemes for the Rocket Roll II it was no problem finding one.

picture from ibanezregister.com
It's almost like the RR50 was a divining rod to find rock and roll.

The Rocket Roll II's came in two styles. The RR50 was the Metallic Red beast I owned an the RR400 was a flame maple topped bound beauty in a cherry sunburst paint scheme. The picture from the Ibanez catalog showcased the maple striped RR400 as seen below. It's a shame because the RR50 was the one that seemed more Metal anyway.

picture from ibanezregister.com

As I said earlier my heroes played flying v guitars and my favorites were K.K. Downing of Judas Priest and Bob Mould of Hüsker Dü.

Judas Priest had the balance of K.K. and Glenn Tipton. When I had this guitar I often made my friend Jeff jam while doing the Rock Stomp motion (see 2:14) that K.K. and Glenn did while playing live. Jeff had dark hair and played a black Stratocaster like Glenn did and I had blond hair and played a red V like K.K.. Looking back it was all pretty silly but it made me happy.

The other "God" with the flying V is Bob Mould of Hüsker Dü. He didn't have a red V but he did have a Rocket Roll albeit the first generation of the Ibanez V's. This guitar was an exact replica of the Gibson flying V. They were built in the 70's and are amazing guitars. They fetch an unrealistic amount of money and even then you rarely see one come up for sale.

I did see Bob play his V in 1987 during the first leg of the Warehouse: Songs and Stories tour in which the band rifled through the entire album without letting anyone breathe. Bob trotted back and forth riding the V in what looked like a hobby horse between his amps and the front of the stage with a glazed look in his eyes. He wore a grey t-shirt with a New York Yankees pin-striped jersey over it and the sweat stain on the front of the shirt grew throughout the set. He sawed at that Rocket Roll with a piston like fervor slamming song after song through his swarm of bees sounding gear.

That concert was the concrete that set in my mind that I needed to play guitar and The flying V would be the perfect beginning.

Here comes the sad ending.

Over time I punched holes in the undormered ceiling of my bedroom, chipped giant chips of paint from the guitars awkward body and weened myself from the reality that I was going to be a Heavy Metal guitarist. I had picked up new guitars and found it time to move on from the Rocket Roll II. I sold it to one of my older brother's coworkers to give to his son for $300.

The kicker is I recently felt nostalgic for the V and started looking into the availability of another one. After doing research and losing many bids on Ebay I gave up hope. Not only has the guitar gained in value but so many other people have now come to realize the unbelievable quality of these late 70's and early 80's Japanese copies and they often time go for $1,000 or more with the most recent one going for $995. If only I had held on to that guitar for 25 years. Curses to the likes of bands like Tears for Fears and the Smiths for making me feel like I had to soften my approach to guitar. But hell, even Bob Mould doesn't play the things anymore.

Any problem you can't solve with a good guitar, is either, unsolvable or isn't a problem.

2009-04-14T19:21:00.000-07:00

For the hell of it the other day I started recounting the guitars I have owned and or possessed long enough to claim ownership and came to an amount just over 30. I know...sick! Mind you they all weren't Porsche quality but they were all mine. Anyone who has owned and sold, or traded up to a new guitar, or even passed one down to a younger cousin/future Hendrix will attest to the fact that it may not be yours any longer but you still miss a guitar after it's gone. Perhaps it just played better, or you saw the exact guitar you had when you were 14 blow up on Ebay for $1300, or just call it nostalgia if you will but I bet you too remember your first...or second if it "put out" better.

Anyway, I am going to make a post for all I can recount and share a little tale about each one for nostalgia's sake. I am going to try and keep them in order chronologically so you can get a feel for how important the few that remain really are. Feel free to share a story of your own guitars in the comments. It's okay, the guitar you aren't playing is residing in the closet or under the bed and it will understand.

Number 1
1965-66 Teisco Del Rey E-120

I received my first guitar before I knew I wanted to play. It was a butchered up Teisco Del Rey E-120 that was given to me by my friend Mike in the 7th or 8th grade. I don't recall if it was a sunburst like the picture below or if it was red. I would lean towards red but only because of how I saw it last. I know it was pretty jacked up and am a bit hazy as to the story of why it was a wreck when it was passed on to me. The fret board was removed by what I would speculate was a serrated butter knife and then re-glued with Elmers glue or it's equivalent. The striped anodized aluminum pick guard had also been attacked by someone with I would guess the same butter knife. Not pretty to say the least. I think the story behind it's condition had to do with a scorned wife/ex-wife but like I said I am not very clear on why it was a mess. Perhaps Michael would enlighten us if he stumbles across this posting.

I did the best a 13-14 year old boy with limited luthier's skills could do to breathe new life into the old girl. I could get it to play though I recall using a gauge of strings closer to chicken wire so naturally they tore apart my supple little fingers. Surprising to say I still play after starting on something that resembled torture. I also had nothing to plug it into so I didn't know the pick-ups worked until I moved on to my first real guitar that came with an amp.

The action was high and intonation...what's intonation? I had a copy of Hal Leonard's Incredible Chord Finder (A Complete Guide to 1116 Guitar Chords) so I could strum a few and played an even more primitive barre chord than Johnny Ramone played. Imagine The Jesus and Mary Chain playing "Smoke on the Water" and you will have an idea of how prodigious my playing was.

I believe it was fortitude in playing this cheese grater of a guitar that convinced Mom and Dad I would continue to play guitar if they got me one that led to a better guitar.

I have no photos of this first guitar but here is a picture of some other Teisco fan's Del Rey E-120.

photo from justguitars.com.au E-120 page
The E-120 in all it's Japanese glory.

When I got an amp with the new guitar that didn't feel like I was holding my fingers to a sanding belt I plugged the tattered Teisco into it. The Peavey Audition 30 crackled and I heard this horrendous buzz as the fret's sizzled. I threw the Trash-co Del Rat into the back of the closet, under the bed, into the basement or something and tried my hardest to forget about it.

Three or four years later an artist in residence at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center taught a basic guitar building class to the art students at Sheboygan North High School so I dug out that Teisco from wherever and passed it to my friend Timon.

Didn't shed a tear!

Timon turned it into a playable piece of art. He owned the crustaceous creation for several years before selling it to a girl in a band from Madison called Pentapus. Whether it is still around (interview mentioning guitar from '94) is a mystery but if the 40+ year old guitar is still swimming around out there I am sure someone is clawing to tell a fishy tale about it.

photo from Timon's flicker pool
One of a kind 1965-66 Teisco Lobster Guitar hanging on the wall at the aforementioned JMKAC in 1987.

Update!

My old friend Mike got back to me and told me this:

I had a guitar that I cannot recollect what happened to. I read your post and it reminded me of a maroon electric guitar I bought from a neighbor (a man in his 50's I believe) for $100 (amp included). It doesn't sound like it's the guitar you owned because I would have gotten rid of mine in High School. Anyway, I did take it apart because I wanted to redesign and build my own guitar. The funny thing is, I would have used things such as butter knives to pry things open, but I'm guessing it's not the same guitar. I think I still have those guitar plans (on graph paper) somewhere...

I have to admit that the picture does blur after 25 or so years so Mike may be right in speculating that this particular guitar may not be his.

Things I can attest to be undeniably true are the guitar I had was either tobacco burst or red, it was given to me before I hit high school and it was destroyed in so many aspects. Mike's comments don't solve it's origins but does confirm part of my memory of the guitar. I just might have blended his story with mine a little bit. The human mind tends to do that.

As a side note I recall being envious of my friend Lee's Gibson Explorer copy guitar because it had buttons on it that caused it to space out, echo and buzz naturally. It also looked cooler than the thrashed Teisco I was strumming upon.

photos from jcguitars.com

The way that we weren't is what we'll become so please pay attention while I show you some.

2009-04-11T19:30:00.001-07:00

DEVO have a new album scheduled to come out in 2009. For now I suggest heading over to club DEVO to look at their new video for the song entitled "Don't Shoot (I'm A Man)" or click on the image below to be directed to it.

Always be smarter than the people who hire you.

2009-04-09T09:00:00.001-07:00

rev-e-la-tion (rev-uh-ley-shuhn)

1. the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
2. something revealed or disclosed, esp. a striking disclosure, as of something not before realized.
3. Theology.
a. God's disclosure of Himself and His will to His creatures.
b. an instance of such communication or disclosure.
c. something thus communicated or disclosed.
d. something that contains such disclosure, as the Bible.

Jazz washes away the dust of every day life

2009-04-01T12:46:00.001-07:00

Come out, have a drink and listen to a little jazz tonight. I will be spinning bop, hard bop and a smattering of other jazz styles. Show up after 8, I will be there til late.

TiGA Bar
1465 NE Prescott

Clenching the fist spawning terror

2009-03-30T23:40:00.000-07:00

My brother Casey reminded me this weekend of a group of guys I knew back in high school named Morbid Saint. These guys were something else. Pure Evil Metal. They only released one album on a Mexican record label but it was a force. My copy of the original Lock Up Your Children tape is long worn out and gone and the CD releases of the Spectrum of Death re-issue was pretty limited so I haven't got a copy. Catching a set of their music was like standing on the edge of a tornado, if you didn't get sucked into the vortex you were sure to get hit by debris. They may have looked like a group of ragged heshers but they made some pretty grown up noise. The highlight of their short musical outing was probably Milwaukee's Metal Fest III with it's amazing line up of Nuclear Assault, Death, Acrophet, Autopsy, Obituary and others.

Thë innöcënt mänsiön öf ä Pänthër's hëärt!

2009-03-27T15:16:00.000-07:00

This is awesome!
Death to All but Metal - Steel Panther

Warning...NSFW

Space Ghost! I will destroy you... if you don't mind.

2009-03-27T14:20:00.000-07:00

For all you engrish speaking people a follow up to Monday's post.

Brak Brak!!

A highbrow is the kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso

2009-03-24T23:28:00.000-07:00

Sausage!

Hi-Technical Excellent Taste And Flavor!

2009-03-23T08:45:00.000-07:00

First item on the Count Grishnackh's Snack Shack menu.

My friend Shane brought me a little surprise this morning. Black Black gum!! I Can't tell you what it tastes like yet but I can share with you the ingredients: sugar, starch syrup, grape sugar, erisuritol, oolong tea extract, gingko extract, chrysanthemum flower extract, gum base, flavorings, coloring agents (cacao, gardenia), caffeine, niacinamide.

Tag line from on ad online: This product contains gelatin, packs a punch, and offers a unique 'Long Live' sensation. Get some Black Black and be a part of the new Hi-Technical universe today!

Oh yah...In Japan the Black Black commercials feature none other than Jean-Claude Van Damme performing his wild gymnastical kung foo stylings. Has so much hype ever surrounded a gum before? No!

Count Grishnackh Will Once Again Walk Among Us

2009-03-12T12:15:00.000-07:00

After serving 16 years of a 21 year sentence and being refused four times for parole, as recently as September 2008, Varg Vikernes is now set to be released from prison. I don't subscribe to the Black Metal activities from 20 years ago but I did and still enjoy the musical output of Vilkernes project Burzum.

The pen is mightier than the sword

2009-03-07T17:26:00.000-08:00

When Dennis Doodles...another old friend.
Go check out The Ballpoint Pen Art of Dennis Dread.

The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.

2009-03-07T16:10:00.000-08:00

Old friends. The Brody Theater

In the old west, a special kind of derision was reserved for horse thieves.

2009-02-10T00:58:00.000-08:00

Ain't he cute?

Back in October of 2002 I had my car stolen from in front of my house on a Friday afternoon after a long day at the Mt Tabor Coffee Cellar. I napped on the couch while I think this fellow decided he needed to get across town quicker and chose to drive my beat-up old Toyota instead of more honest means.

The reason I think it was him is due to the thuggish nature of his looks and more factually due to the fact that a camera that was in the Toyota when the Portland Police recovered it had been used and left behind.

Flash forward to today...My friend Justin over at Siempre La Luna has kindly scanned 17 of the wonderful pictures developed from that camera and posted them to his Flicker photostream.

Enjoy.

By the way this is not the time my car had been stolen reported earlier on Things of the Spirit Come First.

You better duck, when I show up, the Goo-Goo Muck

2009-02-05T09:53:00.000-08:00

R.I.P. LUX

Mass demand has been created almost entirely through the development of advertising.

2009-01-04T10:50:00.000-08:00

Vince says" You're gonna love my nuts!" I can't stop watching these ads.

Sham Wow

Slap Chop

Zach Lickman (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993)

2008-12-05T13:30:00.000-08:00

Missed it yesterday so here is a honker of a post.

Miss ya Frank.

8 December 1973 The Roxy,Los Angeles,CA

The Mothers Of Invention:
FZ--guitar, vocals
NapoleonMurphyBrock--tenor sax, vocals
George Duke--keyboards, vocals
Bruce Fowler--trombone
Ruth Underwood--percussion
Tom Fowler--bass
Ralph Humphrey--drums
Chester Thompson--drums

“There is nothing like soup. It is by nature eccentric: no two are ever alike, unless of course you get your soup in a can.”

2008-12-02T23:58:00.000-08:00

~Laurie Colwin, 'Home Cooking'

Soup

Made soup tonight. started at 6:30 and finished at, well it is still simmering on the stove. Was looking forward to a bowl but the beans were not tender enough. I guess I will have it for lunch tomorrow.

Chicken stock, turkey stock (thank you Michelle), assorted beans (red, black & pinto), corn, tomatoes, roasted red peppers, jalapeño peppers, onion, garlic, red chili sauce, lemon juice, salt and pepper.

You could change the beans to garbanzo add hominy then garnish with any of the following: oregano, cabbage, radish, lettuce or avocado and you would have something close to posole I suppose although I am not so certain where to find hominy in my neighborhood.

I didn't enjoy your ghettoblaster being destroyed, but I enjoy you living to tell about it.

2008-11-25T23:10:00.000-08:00

Minimum Theremin Kit 101 Assembly

About two months ago my friend Wade kicked me down an old boom box radio that didn't work. I have had the idea to put a bunch of gadgets into an old radio shell so it could be used as a stand alone music/noise maker of some kind. I also my wanted it to look as stock as possible using the radio's knobs, switches and dials to control the gadgets.

The first gadget to go into it would have to be some type of signal generator. I can easily fit it into the radio. It has only one dial and I can wire it to the radios existing antenna. Justin has built many Theremin in his life so I figured that would be the best bet. Harrison Instruments has a cheap Minimum Theremin Kit ($44) so I ordered it and have now begun the boom box project. I will keep everyone posted as the project moves forward.

The outside of the box containing the kit.

Conflicting box instructions? No, all x-rays are scans but not all scans are x-rays apparently.

Simple map that came with the kit. No instructions but it really is basically a paint by number type project. Resistor R1 goes into the PC board on top of the R1 picture printed on it. A snap.

Every component came packed in it's own zippered bag.

My favorite. Like it needed to be labeled. I guess this is a kit put together for beginners.

This isn't even the smallest part in the kit. Looks about the size of a sesame seed with a high E guitar string through it. By the way that isn't dirt under my nail it is dried blood from an unfortunate run it with a rogue cardboard box flap. Paper cuts...Weeeee!!!

A little bit of my handy work. Not so good with the soldering pen yet but give it some time. I do shake a bit so that could be the excuse for awhile.

It can also explain the R9 resistor standing at attention in this shot.

Here is where I stopped. Notice the blob of solder bridging over to the next solder point. I have no way of fixing that so off to Wade's shop I go to use the little unsolder tool thingie.

In the next installment of Minimum Theremin kit assembly I hope top have it done and testing and mounting will begin. See you then.

Nowadays you can't be loud enough!

2008-11-25T22:44:00.000-08:00

~John Bonham

Couple of shots of the finished Monolith cab that Wade built. Tolex covering covered at siemprelaluna.com.

The full Monty.

Mud!

Dust!

I love the dirt and grime on the donor speakers. Very organic. Can't wait to hear what this thing sounds like when a matched set of speakers are loaded into it.

Shoogagoogagunga!

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.

2008-11-25T22:20:00.000-08:00

Hi all! It seems like an eternity since I last posted a personal link. Got out the camera this weekend and went for a sunny, albeit brisk, Sunday stroll.

Point...Click!!

They are multiplying!

Great wheat paste two blocks down. More of them in the hood but I see them in passing and forget to take note. Next time.

First of a few flora pictures. Mind you these were taken Sunday, November 23. Green and flowering. Love it!

No not the first bud of spring...one of the many rose buds of winter. They grow like weeds here.

I love these types of berries. The tree is completely stripped of all leaves but it still has these vibrant yellow-orange berries.

Even better berries. It is almost too bad the leaves on this tree aren't ashy-white. Would be kinda patriotic.

Thank you Shane for the heads up on this particular plant. It is a Clerodendrum.

And I leave on a textured note. Always loved the bark on the trees in my yard growing up. Sometimes so much I brought the sappy stains from them into the house on my clothes, skin and hair.

Is that a head on your shoulders or something you use for ornamentation?

2008-11-06T23:53:00.000-08:00

While I was making yesterdays Candy Apple Grey 180 gram vinyl post I found out about The Gang Font featuring Interloper. The Gang Font is a project involving The Bad Plus and Greg Norton from Hüsker Dü. I knew about Grey Area, a short lived project of Mr Nortons that has not released a single track to this date, but The Gang Font is new to me.

Check 'em out.

There's only one virgin and she don't fly

2008-11-06T23:37:00.000-08:00

It's about time!

To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world

2008-11-04T00:46:00.000-08:00

Starting to feel the need to blog but I have nothing to share but friends.

NEW FRIENDS

Candi Menchester

Atomic Bean