Subtle Bluntness

For those of you who won’t get my GraphJam, which is most of you, here’s the song:

So, Twitter is going to be joining forces with Reveille Productions and Brillstein Entertainment Partners for a television show.  And yes, it’s going to be as bad as you first assumed when I mentioned Twitter TV:  It’s going to be a celebrity stalking reality gameshow. I will now go exfoliate with a belt sander. I [...]

I have nothing punchy or useful to add here.  I’ve only seen NOFX once at the Warped Tour in Atlanta (where I also saw Flogging Molly, Five Iron Frenzy, Bad Religion, AFI before they got famous, Anti-Flag after they started to suck, Reel Big Fish, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones before they broke up, Strung Out, [...]

When I say this is the first time in 10 years I’ve been without a goatee or beard or something on my face, that is not an exaggeration.  Yes, I know I look thinner.  Yes, I know I look younger.  Yes, I’m hoping it grows back very quickly. At least now I know what I [...]

So displayed at my place of employment are a couple of very large, very prominent posters for a thing called Abbey Road on the River.  Basically, it’s a 5-day orgy of Beatles fans watching a five-stage barrage of Beatles tribute/cover bands, most of whom don’t try to look like The Beatles.  It’s been around for [...]

These guys are one of the best bands I’ve seen live.  I’ve never seen an official full-fledged show, but I’ve seen two or three festival appearances by them, and they never fail to be awesome.  Add them to the list of bands (it’s long) that need to stop in Louisville once in a blue moon.

Somehow, I’ve become Den of Geek’s version of Andy Rooney.  For those of you who aren’t total nerds and who aren’t 1,000 years old (and regular viewers of 60 Minutes), Andy Rooney is this bitter old man who gets on TV despite being in the throes of pants-shitting senility and rants and raves about how [...]

Mars:  Omg, there is a bird outside tweeting its head off.  I want to throw hot coffee on it. Ron:  Someone should sign him up for blogging instead of Twitter! Ron:  Oh, wait Mars:  … hahaha

As I was having my aperitif this morning before breakfast, it hit me that today is Friday.  That means it’s time for Feel Good Friday.  So my aperitif became an Aperitif for Destruction.