February 2012
3 posts
My Unannounced, Unheralded, Semi-Triumpant Return
In a spurt of inspiration, I decided to revisit my tumblr blog. I was a bit surprised to see that a year and a half had gone since I last posted. Well, maybe not surprised. The last couple years have been a blur…an absolute blur.
It seems now is a good time to wake up. :-)
Here’s why:
My baby boy is approaching an age that doesn’t require never-ending vigilance.
My current...
August 2010
1 post
Noise Downstairs does Radiohead’s...
May 2010
1 post
Last week I found an old live tape of my old...
April 2010
2 posts
1 tag
“A boat’s a boat, but the mystery box could be anything! It could even be a...”
– Peter Griffin on Family Guy (hat tip to Tino)
Fear the Deer: What A Enjoyable Year to Follow the...
I’m more than a fair weather fan of the Milwaukee Bucks. I will say that it can be difficult to be a fan of the team while living a three hour drive away from Milwaukee. First of all, the Bucks don’t enjoy a statewide following like their fellow in-state professional teams, the Packers and Brewers. Secondly, the NBA is often viewed as a league filled with overpaid and all-too-often...
March 2010
4 posts
2 tags
My DADGAG Tune
I have been playing around with a...
“Gentlemen, gentlemen, be of good cheer, for they are out there and we are in...”
– My new favorite quote from Robert Culp (who passed away yesterday).
Symptoms of Spring Fever?!
You love Spring don’t you? That’s the question abruptly asked to me the other day. My actions and facebook status updates had recently shifted to thoughts of playing catch in the yard, grilling out, and goats meditating in the abundant sunshine of the last few days. A legitimate - if not rhetorical - question, indeed.
My immediate thought and instant answer was, “oh...
February 2010
1 post
Lights Will Guide You Home
Here’s the audio...
January 2010
3 posts
I’m Hearing Voices!!
I like doing voices,...
Our version of “Bad Moon Rising” has...
December 2009
2 posts
McGregor, Iowa Man Sells Snow on eBay, Raises Over...
November 2009
2 posts
October 2009
18 posts
“Musicians are rascals, but they are sure fun to be around.”
– Loretta Lynn
A Boy Named Nancy
I have been thoroughly...
4 tags
Merde is a French Word For…
It’s been...
A Noisy Clip From Downstairs
Jake & I were...
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WatchWorld Minus One Live Video
My friend Brandon shot this one-take (obviously) video of “Still Alive” by World Minus One - which consists of some of my old Envy bandmates, Dan Faherty, Jaek Pachniak, and PJ Pachniak.
So I Nuked Myself Once
Dan: I'm going to send off a nuke.
Adam: What are you targeting?
Dan: Their nuclear silo.
Adam: They're allied forces...they don't have nuclear silos.
Dan: Oh shit.
(BOOOOOOOOM!)
Here's a brief snippet I saved in a text file many moons ago. This is real dialogue between my college roommate, Adam, and me as we play Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 online. We were winning, too. Emphasis on "were".
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Old Blog: 8 F'n Pepperonis →
Part of the old digital stuff I found included some archived posts from an old blog I used to maintain in college. Looking back, these posts are pretty well written accounts of regular life at college.
One of the most memorable posts is one that made me laugh out load as I read it again for the first time in nearly six years. It’s a tale of a college guy and his frozen pizza. Even...
An Early Envy Recording
After a year of playing...
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“October is when nostalgia and hope grab hands and jump off cliffs together.”
– Jenna, Cold Antler Farm Blog
September 2009
15 posts
I Thought He Was Going to Die Within A Few Minutes
From an email sent Thursday night…
Dog was ran over at around 7pm. Freakin’ saw it happen. Was watching before it happened and said to Gavin, “he gonna get hit”. THUD. Whole body rolled underneath the tire and spit out to the side. Get up, run 20 feet - slow down, stop - lay down. Wow. New experience for me. I thought he was a goner. Lots of blood coming out of his...
A mash-up of three little ditties I play. It seems...
Just Testing: Emailing Updates to Tumblr!
You know, to see if this works. I know something like this can be set up in wordpress, but I’ve found it to usually be pretty wonky. Wonky is okay if you are a “computer person”. Computer people can deal with wonky. Wonkiness, or the state of something being full of wonk, however, causes non-computer people to panic (instead of looking up how to fix the problem in Google).
“It amuses me when people list “listening to music” as one of their...”
– Dan Moris
“When a 14 year old kid can blow up your business in his spare time, not because...”
– Gordy Thompson (in 1993, regarding the future of newspapers)
Jake wins on A Party on the Internet!
“The happiest & most successful people I know are not the most talented but...”
– Amanda f’n Palmer
I recorded this with a $8 microphone. It’s...
“It’s can be quite a pain blazing a trail, but it’s usually more fun...”
– Me (trying to sound intelligent and witty)
PdCToday.com →
I’m just seeing what it looks like when I pimp my own website on tumblr. It looks and feels about like I had expected: shameless. Seriously, this is a project that is a big part of my “now” and I expect to be a big part of my future.