Places I would like to go #1

I have what would amount to a couple of hundred pages list of places I would like to check or get to with in driving distance and less then a couple of hours from my home. I figure if I post them here maybe I will be less likely to remember them when I'm sitting around going "what do you want to do?" "I don't know what do you want to do?"

Otto's Shrunken Head




Rodeo Bar

Lunch @ New Haven Harbor

Scary Mary

I was turned on to this back around the time that it was originally posted. This is truly one of my favorite things to ever appear on You Tube and is a wonderful example of perception.

News News everywhere and not a drop to Think

For those of you who don't know NJ has been dealing with some wild fires in the southern Pine Barrens (yes home of the Jersey Devil)over the last few days. I found out about this while on line at the Johnette signing on Tuesday. For those of you who also don't know I am in the middle of one of my semi regular news black outs I'll explain these some other time. Sometime yesterday the wife and I received a phone call from my mother in law explaining that my brother in law who is an EMT in central NJ was being sent down that way to help evacuate hospitals. The smoke amount from these fires has been pretty intense particularly because of the type of foliage in the Pine Barrens that is burning.
Fortunately with some great skill (with in context mind you) the fires where able to be kept to minimum of human damage. After the phone call I went on line to find out what was going on. It took me 15 to 20 minutes to find a relatively informative piece that was not buried under mega word articles on Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie or a 4 sentence snippet with some guy going "uggh uggh fire down there uggh uggh". I guess this is one of the contributing factors to my black outs. Not even the local news stations/papers where able to provide me with any justifiable information. Where is this going. I just want news. I want facts. Not Left leaning not Right leaning. None of that crap. I want dull drab monotone emotionless news casters. I want Walter "fucking" Cronkite. I don't want entertainment. Make me have to force myself to stay awake during your 1 hour show. I don't want multi color stingers and all this other crap. Just give me the damn facts. News doesn't lean one way or the other because of partisan politics it does that because it's easier. If you lean one way or the other you don't have to do any research just call up a press agent and get your whole story fed to you then dress it up to look like one of those pretty video games that you will tell every one is rotting american youth in the next hour block.

AHHHH fuck!!! I'll just stick to getting my news from the paper hard nosed and gutsey enough to bring me the exclusive on Bat Boy

Today's Neighbor
http://sandiemunn.blogspot.com/

Crazy incedental band graffiti in Sears circa I wish I knew


today's neighbor
http://burnedoverdistrict.blogspot.com/

Still In Hollywood

This was worth the hour and half drive. Johnette's performance was better then I could have hoped for. I don't remember every song she preformed at the moment but it will come to me as time goes by. But I do remember Joey, The title track from her upcoming solo album, an insane drum and dance version of Tomorrow Wendy a version of Mexican Moon that damn near brought me to tears.
I had the opportunity to speak with Johnette who was a very warm and receptive person. She seemed so touched the people where there. Yes I got the autograph and the picture as well as taking the opportunity to find out from the source how the Johnette/Bad Religion collaboration came about. Turns out that Johnette and James of Concrete Blonde worked at a pressing planet during the recording of How Could Hell Be Any Worse... and Brett and the band gleaned some info from them at the time and they have remained friends ever since. This was an wonderful time that I will not forget. I know this is very weak but I either do a short run or I will go on for hours. If you are in the area of NY/NJ Johnette will be appearing on WFUV tomorrow (5/16) at 1:30 I highly recommend you check it out.

Johnnette

Off to see Johnette Napolitano at an instore at Vintage Vinyl

Today's Neighbor

http://code1982.blogspot.com/

Not much to go on about right now. Blog lines is giving me a bit of trouble from the work place. See now that you can post to your blogger blog mobile. Well that means a lot of bad phone pictures. My camera phone takes pretty bad pics but there is something about them that I really love. I really don't know what it is but they seem to come out with almost a true captured moment thing. The way it catches light can be very surreal sometimes too.

Today's Next Door Neighbor
http://beckym5.blogspot.com/

D Dart (Time Again) Ottobar 05-05-07

First

Made the trek down to Baltimore this past Friday to catch up with the guys in Time Again at the Otto bar. First let me say anytime you have a chance to check out the Otto bar I would suggest it at least once. Great place very well run very easy to deal with. Had the chance to meet Lou Brutus of XM Radio and have been given the chance to at least attempt to live out something I have wanted to do for a long long time. Saturday down to Asbury Lanes again to see the guys and actually watch the Nekromantix this time around as I did not stick around to see them in Baltimore. Being privy to some wonderful listening pleasure (ah Dan you make me feel so special haha) and some practical jokes. Got a chance to talk to hang out most of the folks on the tour minus the Nekromantix. They seemed to keep to them selves a bit which I guess I can understand. Crispin Glover was showing his film and doing a Q/A next door which somehow made the word around that he was having some sort of Nazi rally. I for one think there was a misinterpretation somewhere as his film is cast with nothing but folks with down syndrome and I don't think the Reich smiles much on folks with "disabilities" Gotta go work on a CD (more about that later)