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

On my way to work today...

199,999

200,000

What are you doing this fall?

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.

TIB MACHINE

TIN MACHINE

We love our little "goofy dudes"!

HONKBARN

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

1981 ~ Dance

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

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.

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...

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.

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?

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.

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

Yup...sums it up.

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

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.

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.

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

Oh the places I could go...

West Germany, summer of 1977

What are you doing this summer?

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!

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.

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!"