To hell with Sonic Youth and the Flaming Lips

Why, it's the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain!

Just watch it.

Holy mother of fuck

I don't know what this Stir Cove thing is exactly, but if this isn't the best double act to ever grace the Omaha Metro.

(I checked stircove.com for tickets; they don't have them up yet. They may be on the pricey side, like ~$40, but I'd say that's worth it)

America (Judicial System), Fuck Yeah

Hahaha. Fuck you both. Have a good time in whatever minimum security resort they stick you in.

Sen. Lloyd Bentsen

Here he is owning Dan Quayle in the 1988 VP Debate.



If only he had been the presidential nomineee and not that robot Dukakis...

I don't know where to start with this one.

Liz, Will, Grady and Cathy simultaneously feeling me up.

TV on the Radio doing 'Wolf Like Me' at a show in Seattle - May 5

I still contend this is the best single I've heard in recent years.

Hello and welcome to 2001

I took this photo around 3 pm today. Today being May 19, 2005.

(You have to click on it to really see it)



What the hell

For those of you that were at Jonn & Justin's going-away gathering last August

Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-4ebhmiyhs

2006 making up for 2005 musically

I just realized how much goodness has been/will be released this year:

Already out:

Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
Pearl Jam - s/t

I guess I could say Return to Cookie Mountain by TV on the Radio is out, per say, although I don't think it'll be released until June. That having been said, It's amazing.

Still need to hear the new Streets LP too.

For the future -

Zero 7 - The Garden (The 30-second clip of "Futures" on http://www.myspace.com/zero7official sounds pretty good)

The Dears - Gang of Losers

I'm sure there's some other stuff. The Shins are supposed to have a new album sometime soon, but I have a feeling it's going to suck.

Look what I found

I was thumbing through the photo album of Ned, one of the PCVs over in Zambia, and...



Nice goatee. He seems to be doing ok; heck, he should be - some of those female PCVs are rather attractive.

He's come so far

I had almost forgotten about this. Think it's from my 22nd birthday gathering (December 2003).



That would be a bottle of cheap vodka into which I pointlessly stuffed about a dozen gummy bears; it gelatinized once I put it into the refridgerator.

And to think, now he's signing 'Bohemian Rhapsody' in a karaoke bar in Lusaka.

Justin reaches a new low!

Tenspeed wanted a commuter bike, but since the bicycle thieves in Austin are like skilled ninja assassins or something and can remove an OnGuard U-lock in about 3.6 seconds, he got a Trek 7300 an slapped a bunch of stupid Homestarrunner stickers on it.

Jesus.

Oh, and Austin is still 50 times better than anywhere else

Every now and then, my job kicks ass.

Occasionally, when I lurk around train yards after talking to managers about injury-free streaks, retirees and TRAIN VELOCITY, I find myself randomly asking guys "Do you have any hobbies?"

Now, remember- this is Texas. 99% of anyone in the railroad work force (well... anywhere actually, but especially here) is involved in one or all of the following activities:

1) Hunting
2) Fishing
3) Riding 4-wheelers (which they probably use to go hunting)
4) Boating (which they probably use to go fishing).

But sometimes I get lucky.

So what was I doing today, around 3 pm?

Talking to a conductor named Joey about his comic book collection, and whether Ian McKellen was a good choice for Magneto.

It'll be in the next issue of the Gulf Division newsletter. I'll post a link.

Sure beats the heck out of the time I interviewed a guy whose Rush-esqe band opened for Bon Jovi.

Red Stick, part 2

The Louisiana capitol building, which beats out Nebraska's by about 30', making it the tallest of the 50. Ours is far more phallic in nature though, so fuck you, Pelican State.

...uh, not literally. Har har.



Huey Long, former governor. He ruled Louisiana with an iron fist yet still managed to get stuff done. Then he became a US Senator. And got shot and killed.

A Hard Satur-Day's Night

Saturday, April 22 - A timeline:

1:10 am - I, asleep on Savener's couch, am awoken by Savener upon his return from work

1:15-1:45 - I surf the net while Savener takes a few hits and plays Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

~2:10 - I fall asleep

5:30 am - I awake, shower, depart for Eppley

7:18 - I board my plane, two minutes before scheduled takeoff. And I'm not the only one; Continental has some issues

7:19 - I discover that I somehow got bumped to 1st class

~7:30 - I am given a hot towel by a flight attendent. I'll be. Turned down the free wine though.

12 pm - Arrive at Louis Armstrong Int'l Airport in New Orleans

12:10 - the Avis bus driver calls me "sugar" and tells me I have nice eyes

12:50 - I arrive at Union Pacific's big terminal in area and talk to some managers

1:30 - I ask a couple of locomotive engineers how they mentor the younger guys, and bullshit with them for about a half hour

2:40 - I leave for Baton Rouge, and drive by this... thing. I don't know what the heck it is, but I've seen it every time I've come here and it still freaks me out. Apparently Jughead turned into a lumberjack and decided he preferred the cock



5:30 - After chillaxin' for an hour or so, I realize I haven't eaten anything all day and go to a Whole Foods Grocery, where I purchase some asian noodles, sushi and a bottle of Belgian white ale

6:10 - While on my drive back to my hotel, I realize I really like Baton Rouge for some reason, and it's my second favorite place to stay on my territory after Austin (no-brainer)

8:00 pm - I type this while achieving a bit of a buzz, realizing that working on the weekend isn't all that bad, given the day I've had, the fact that it'll add to my vacation time, and that I can sleep in a while tomorrow, something I've really needed to do since Tuesday's Yeah Yeah Yeahs concert

Pretty much the only thing yoga is good for

That's my shirt, by the way. I tried but couldn't bend over backwards as well as her

Ten Speed has fallen to the myspace gods

http://www.myspace.com/romulasprime

Even if you don't know Justin, it's, uh, worth seeing.

My newest cousin is not amused.

Only three months old, and he's already got it figured out. Seriously, Kia and I are going to save the human race someday.

Also, what's with the shoes this furry is wearing?

Lame. Like this blog post.

George Mason losing to Florida is probably the best evidence there is for the lack of a God.

Oh well, only 2 months and 7 days until the World Cup.