I haven't done an Audio Up Your Ass edition in a while (it upsets Marls when I post The Test because he doesn't have a world famous podcast of his own) but I just finished a song and I changed the name of my band (again). I know I swore I wouldn't but this new name is too good to pass up (not quite as good as Sturgeon Mary, but I don't think I can produce music fitting of a name that bizarre).
Anyway, prominent Gheorghie and music critic Zman pronounced this song as being "better than it ought to be" and proclaimed that there are "strains of real music in there." I should warn you that this is the same Zman who recently announced that Rob and I are akin to Philip Roth in our writing style and substance, so you might take his words with a grain of salt.
Anyway, my new band name is thematically related to the last post. It's my favorite soccer term and it also sounds kind of dirty, so it's perfect. I'm hoping Park the Bus will be the last band name I employ (and I'm still annoyed that there's a Canadian drone band that stole the Greasetruck moniker).
Warning: my new song contains some piano and it's fairly easy listening. My version of yacht rock, perhaps, although the lyrics are pretty dark. It might even be an R and B song.
And-- just for Marls-- there is a new episode of the The Test up. Enjoy.
Friday, January 19, 2018
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marls will never see this. it's the equivalent of a friday news dump.
Take Dave's grain of salt admonition with a grain of salt, at least as far as Philip Roth is involved (although Roth's NYT interview smacks of rob and Dave in its content).
zman's been salty all afternoon, if we're being honest
He calls Trump the "ominously ridiculous commedia dell’arte figure of the boastful buffoon."
That's right up my alley.
i am having my first beer of the week . . . i've been trying to shed some winter poundage. it tastes soooooo good.
Of all the Fridays to be stuck on Amtrak.
Had a scotch tasting at work last night put on by a long-time vendor/partner. Dry January is over.
A couple of good ones too.
Still sober. To further torture myself, I quit sugar cold-turkey about five days ago. The reaction has been profound. My body was out of it for several days. Not sure how long meat and organic veggies will cut it, but I'm giving it a run for now.
Related note - check out the Neftlix doc Fed Up to learn just how horrendous the food industry is, and the damage they are doing to this country.
I’m more aware than I’d like to be about how awful the food industry in this country is. Not sure I want to watch a documentary that hammers it home.
I try to eat relatively clean during the week and give myself a break to a degree in the weekends. With that in mind, I just finished an entirely too unhealthy meal at Shula’s at the Dolphin at Disney. No, were not going to Disney tomorrow. And we’ve got two rooms for my four person family. It’s a long story but it centers around my in laws being assholes.
I’ll be doing Build a Bear and the Crayola Experience for my kids 6th birthday tomorrow. Beats dealing with lines and tourists. And it’ll be far cheaper. So my in laws being asshilea actually worked out alright.
My phone’s autocorrect instincts are abysmal.
We’ve all seen that there is a Trump tweet to contradict everything he says. The only good thing about this potential government shutdown is that there are multiple video clips of his saying the government shutdown is on the President. He’s such a fucking idiot.
The government you have elected is inoperative. Why is that?
Team z came in third place at our first pinewood derby, missing second place by 0.0230 seconds. Yes, the timer has four significant digits. We got a trophy so zson is enthused.
This country is going to hell in a handbasket when they start giving out trophies to kids that lose by 0.0230 seconds!
Just kidding. The moronic rant that dipshits fall into about how trophies for losing teams is what’s wrong with América grates me.
bill conger finished the 14th and final stage of the dakar rally this morning. he wound up in 57th place, steadily climbing the ranks after a crash in the second stage nearly ended his race. this is a very cool thing.
To be fair, you get a medal for finishing third in the Olympic so our third place trophy isn't too snowflakey. We weighed in 0.369 ounces under the limit and I wish I had glued one more weight on. We left a bunch of kinetic energy on the table!
i never realized the pinewood derby was actually a sinister plot by big-math to get children to learn the decimal system.
which is harder to win: the dakar rally or the pinewood derby?
Metric System zealots unite!
They showed some of the Dakar Rally on some random cable channel the other day. Some wicked crashes. Kudos to Mr. Conger.
I’m going to see Pink Talking Fish tonight. If you’re not get a fan, get on it.
Yet, not get. Well, the second get is a get, you bet. The first get is a yet. Stet.
Whit - now you’re just being an asshilea
My kid lost her first tooth today. We’ve conquered Build a Bear and are braving the food court at the Florida Mall. Just a mass of humanity. The Crayola Experience is next. I’m earning tonight’s bourbon.
Djokovic's arm wrap is disturbing. Looks like a fake arm.
Walked out of the food court after an unsatisfyimg meal only to see a sign that the mall has a shake shack. Mother. Fucker.
Hot take - Trae Young is the next Mark Macon, not the next Steph Curry.
that could be a shake shack commercial. montage of people eating at mall food court, then their reactions as they pass the shake shack.
classic rob and whit anecdote up at sentence of dave. i think i got it right.
Shake shack is like cooked crack.
I literally stopped in my tracks and slumped my shoulders when I saw the Shake Shack sign.
Finally home after a long day of mixing with the unwashed tourist masses. My couch has never felt so good.
As for Trae Young, I don’t think he’s the next Steph Curry but I do think he’ll have a productive NBA career. Calling him the next Mark Macon just seems mean.
Florida has played like poop and is somehow up 2 at Rupp at the half.
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