Jordache Jacket

I found this jacket at a Goodwill, and took it to a wedding in Minneapolis a couple weeks ago. The jacket looks nice and all, but the real seller was that Jordache tag on the inside. I've been wondering if I can take it to a tailor just to have that tag enlarged.

What The Hell Pantages?

I've been hooked on the Bill Burr Monday Morning podcast for, I don't know, the last two months? It was available on iTunes, then only through his website, then back on iTunes again. If you don't know it yet, then do yourself a favor and check it out.
Beyond that, I thought I'd mention he is doing a tour soon, and he's stopping in Minneapolis at the Pantages Theater. I've been thinking it might be a good reason to come out for the weekend. You know, see friends, go to a show, spend the weekend, and head back. I wouldn't even need to take any time off. But here is the deal breaker, Pantages is asking too fucking much for tickets. $237 is the most expensive, and $80 is the cheapest. Give me a break. How can they charge that? Is that even real? If it is, then there are only going to be about 20 people there. I bet someone at Pantages thinks Bill Burr is a top comedian or something. I gotta find out if those prices are right. If they are, then I'll just go check him out in Seattle in November, for $25 tickets.

Check out www.themmpodcast.com and www.billburr.com

I'll Find You, And I'll Kill You

I'm currently writing a review of the latest Chad Vangaalen album Soft Airplane, which came out on Sub Pop Records early last month. I'm not usually a fan of singer/song writer types, but this guy crosses some essential boundaries that make him different from the Jason Mraz, Jose Gonzalez, Aqualung or whatever other douche dicks I don't ever need to hear. First off, he's more like Andrew Broder and the early formation of Fog, in that he is just a one man bedroom recording artist who disregards the notion that songs need to be radio friendly, pop, or even set to a verse-chorus-verse arrangement. But the thing I like best about this guy is that he tells these stories that are so sick and disturbing that they could make you gag, but he sings them with such a sweet, almost crying, falsetto that it somehow just seems human, and not at all disgusting.

Here is a video for a song from his latest album. He also did the drawings and animation by himself too.

Loosen up, its the 90s!

Best episode yet.