Month: March 2005

Damnit this really sucks.Comedian Mitch Hedberg was found dead in a New Jersey hotel room Wednesday morning, according to Minnesota’s Pioneer Press. He was 37. Here are a bunch of his awesome jokes. * I had a bag of Fritos, they were Texas grilled Fritos. These Fritos had grill marks on them. Hell yeah, reminds…

This is an amazing story about how some illegal immigrant high school kids from the Phoenix area won a nationwide underwater robotics competition that included MIT students. The best part is that they incorporated tampons into their robot.When Luis lowered Stinky [their robot] into the water for their run, Lorenzo prayed to the Virgin Mary.…

In other news, here’s a catfish eating a basketball.

Guero, Beck’s 10th album was released today. It’s a rock album, fitting with the alternating folk, rock pattern he established years ago. I’ve been a huge fan since Odelay was released, so it’s tough for me to just say “yeah, it’s good!” so I’ll break it down by track. A quick word on the cover…

Beck’s new album, Guero, comes out today. I’ll let you know how it is. Watch the video for E-Pro while you’re waiting. Visually it’s great, but it might induce vertigo. Update: I went to marsRED to get it, but they were closed. I was there at 7:02PM and they close at 7:00. Update #2: I…

The quick spoiler-free review: Carniv?le answered the criticisms of the first season by increasing the pace and getting on with the plot while maintaining the mystery and weirdness that made it an awesome show to begin with. Any fan of the first season will love the second. If liked Carniv?le, but couldn’t stand the pacing…

The eleventh game of Odd Man In has just begun and 118 contestants will be shooting it out over the next few weeks until one winner emerges. Be sure to check out the stats page now that it has been updated with all the data from the last game. I may have to start caching…

Last night was the exciting conclusion to Shoot and Let Die. It started with 117 players, but ended up with only 2: Mr Platinum (Waldorf) and Mr Ivory (Bride). Since Mr Platinum had more points, he won by decision. I was Mr Burlywood this game and did slightly better than I usually do. I made…

Only three players left in Shoot and Let Die the latest, monster-sized game of Odd Man In. Who do we have left? In the lead is Mr Platinum with 26 points, followed by Mr Peach with 18 points and Mr Ivory with 16 points. The rules change slightly when we get to the final three.…

More legal craziness going on at DW’s.Bar owner Daniel Flynn, 36, was arrested after, according to a police report, locking a large group of minors in his one-bedroom apartment on the fourth floor of the building to hide them from police. (via Philebrity) If I was Dan, my defense would be will be that I…

Last Saturday I played for about an hour over at marsRED Music and Movies in Haddonfield, NJ. It’s a great CD shop, but usually there are only a couple people there when I stop by, so I was really surprised to see tons of people show up. Granted, they were probably just out and around…

Local music venue Doc Watsons was busted for letting in 88 underage drinkers. The owner of Doc Watson’s Pub was arrested for allegedly serving alcohol to nearly a hundred underage teens Friday night. Brianne Swanson was one of 88 young people charged with underage drinking but claims she did not imbibe.

This is full map of the original NES Metroid is awesome.

Don’t forget, I’m playing at marsRED Music and Movies in Haddonfield, NJ today at 3:00PM!

If you’ve ever thought about taking a job that required constant traveling, you might want to read this first. I tried to pick out a good quote from the article, but it will be better if you just read it.

I’m playing a gig this Saturday at marsRED in Haddonfield. I start at 3:00PM and Kid Charlamane will be playing afterwards.

Wow, our friend Jason Zahn over at the GameShow found out today that his site was mentioned in the USA Today. Remember the old Match Game TV show? Try it for yourself here: Each weekday, a phrase is displayed with a missing word, and players must guess what missing word is most likely to be…

My first post about the Office was not enough. I just finished the final Christmas special of the Office and if you haven’t watched it you should go out and get it tomorrow. Buy, rent, steal it, whatever, just find it and watch it. It’s been out on DVD since 2003 and I wish someone…

Last Friday I stopped in to see Adrien and Birdie at the Tree House. The mood was laid back and the music was good, but what I liked best about it was the format. Adrien and Birdie took turns playing as a sort of folk-singing tag team. I’ve heard Adrien play dozens of times, but…

My current favorite Pitchfork reviewer is definitely Marc Hogan, the master of negative analogies. I raved about his review of Tegan and Sara’s So Jealous and his latest review of Louis XIV’s Illegal Tender contained this gem.This album has raunchy sleazy guitar solos, like on opener “Louis XIV”, which sounds like Noel Gallagher fucking AC/DC’s…