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I bought a pair of sunglasses a few weeks ago and they already broke. Good thing I never buy expensive ones.

If anyone wants tickets to the TLA CYHSY show on October 26th, they just went on sale for $15. It’s a benefit to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina and it’s not necessarily a commemoration of my birth. Still, I’ll take it. MP3 Link: This Home On Ice

I spent a few days out in the midwest for my mom’s birthday and took a trip into Chicago. I’ve been wanting to check out “Cloud Gate” at Millenium Park since I first heard about it. I got some great shots of it, too.

I was so glad a few weeks ago when they announced the Sunday night show. I bought tickets to Saturday’s show but couldn’t make it. Jeanne went without me and said the show was fun, but a little short since CYHSY filled the opening slot. I got to the Khyber about 8:00PM and listened to…

I thought I was getting screwed yesterday when I bought a tank of gas at $2.79/gallon because they had just jumped from $2.59. Today I saw prices from $3.00 – $3.19 (one crazy station in Sicklerville was selling for $2.89 and it was jam packed with SUVs). I suggest filling up your cars today if…

GameShow fans need not wonder any longer. The wait is over. Jason Zahn has been unmasked, handed a drink, and photographed for the title bar of his site, jasonzahn.com so now all the online stalking and speculation can end. Anyway, he added a ton of other stuff this month that you may be interested in,…

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According to Pat: It doesn’t count if Pitchfork mentions you but not your music!I tend to agree. The Magnolia Electric Co. buying water story hasn’t died yet. Ben Garvey wrote in to report that two weeks ago at a packed show in a sweltering church basement in Philadelphia, Molina whipped a $100 bill out of…

You absolutely rock. It’s people like you who are making it easier for me to put time and effort into Odd Man In. Your donation has been received and some tokens should have been deposited into your account. You should receive a confirmation email from the site telling you how many you received for your…

I was watching Michaela and McKenzie on Saturday and we decided to make a Cutie Theater themed board game called Cutie Land. Check out this picture of it. The object is to get from Earth to Mars and then back to Earth. If you’re a cutie and a robot lands on you, you have to…

It’s a ways away, but Philebrity says:Clap Your Hands Say Yeah just got booked to play on Conan O?Brien last week of December.

It’s been a while since I made a GameShow shout out. This month I’m in third place, but I haven’t been playing that great for the last few days. My mom was the big winner last month.

Check out this bizarre mannequin for sale on eBay.

Most of you know my love for BBC’s The Office. I watched the first episode of the NBC version with Steve Carrell, but never caught any of the others because I thought it was on Thursday nights. As part of a promotion for the 40 Year Old Version, NBC ran the first four episodes again…

I just got back from seeing Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Grand Buffet, and Magnolia Electric Co. (songs: ohia) at the First Unitarian Church. The early crowd was there and ready for CYHSY who opened with Let the Cool Goddess Rust Away. Highlights for me include the Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth and the…

In my last post I ranked The Office as the greatest TV show ever. It got me thinking about what the best shows were. Here’s a stab at answering the question. 10. The Daily Show 9. Carnivale 8. Kids in the Hall 7. Survivor 6. The Sopranos 5. Six Feet Under 4. Twin Peaks 3.…

Last Saturday’s show with John went well. I broke a string while playing “Freelove Freeway” from the Office (Rickey Gervais’s version here, although it’s not really funny unless you’ve seen the show (It’s the greatest TV show ever, by the way)). The most remarkable thing about the show was the heat. I sweated like crazy…

To everyone who has been pestering me about Episode 4, here it is! Make sure you watch the other episodes first if you’re new to Cutie Theater. Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4

You have to love the flyer I whipped up this morning for Satuday’s show at the Treehouse.