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!"

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

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!

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.

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.

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!!".

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.

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.

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.

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."