This looks awesome. I love toys…
Neverever Already…
In less than a month I will finally have this…
This might be one of the most exciting box sets I have been looking forward to in years. I know I will not be disappointed.
Ben Folds Your Clothes
The other day I left a FaceBook comment for my non-manual vehicle driving pal Matt. He had tweeted (yes, tweeted on Twitter) that he was listening to Ben Folds. I thought I would be witty and clever and posted the following:
“Ben Folds Your Clothes”
The statement was funny and bold. I am sure Matt got a laugh out of it or cried himself a bit that night to sleep. Regardless I chalked one up on the board for being funny.
Today he tweets that Ben Folds is playing in Lakewood, OH on 3/22…
Coincidence? Hell yes it is. I am sure Ben Folds was looking at both of our FaceBook pages this morning and thought to himself “man I really need to visit these two lame-o’s…maybe I’ll play a show in Lakewood.”
Good idea Ben Folds… Thanks for extending your tour to the cool city of Lakewood on a Sunday. I have got to find tickets for this.
-Check out the tour dates on Ben Folds’ website. (note, I am not seeing that Lakewood date but I know Matt would not lie about this…)
-Did you know another Ben Folds CD was released? It is called Stems & Seeds and Amazon.com has is for a nice price. I am very interested to hear the remixes as I was not a huge fan of Way To Normal.
Weekend End Wrap Up
I end my weekend tonight watching The Rock on TNT, you know Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery and bio-hazard chemical warfare fun. I am not interested in the Oscars one bit and NASCAR has overlapped on to my Seth MacFarlane Sunday night ritual… Not as exciting as I wanted tonight to be but I will deal with it.
I watched a couple of movies over the weekend that really entertained me…
First up was Zack & Miri Make A Porno. This movie was rude, crude, and hilarious. If you have not seen it and are a Kevin Smith fan, or even a Seth Rogen fan, check it out. I laughed my ass off. After the movie my wife went to bed and I decided to check out the deleted scenes. While funny they lasted almost 2 hours!!! It was longer than movie itself.
This morning I checked out Jason Statham in Death Race. The glorified Fast & The Furious kept me entertained with the dark action, but that was about it. I liked the concept of the movie and it kind of freaked me out because I could totally see it happening one day…
My weekend was not spend in front of the TV entirely. I admit it was relaxing and I could have gotten more accomplished but sometimes you need a weekend off.
In an attempt to be productive I went to Big Lots! this morning to get some dog treats and just see what junk was around. I walked past what looked like a bn of junk DVDs and thanks to curiousity having the best of me, started looking through the titles. Good thing I decided to do that because I found Singles and Reality Bites for $3.00 a piece. Score.
I also have been cooking/baking a lot. In an attempt to save money I have been trying to eat out less and make interesting meals at home. Some of my meals have been next to delicious while others need some help by yours truly. For example the chilled peanut Chinese salad was ruined when I added a wee too much garlic salt into it but the oatmeal walnut chocolate chip cookies were a great success. Earlier in the week I fried up tofu and added it to a spicy dirty rice…delicious. Next up I am trying what Kelly & Jose over at Sensory Overload had the other day.
This week looks to be a good week. I am getting a free meal at the Texas Road House thanks to my employer. I helped move some 300 computers last month and as a thank you they are taking me out to eat with some of the other guys that helped me out. Good deal. Friday I am going to my first hockey game ever and hope to see the Lake Erie Monsters win.
So that ends my weekend. Sean Connery and Nicholas Cage saved the day…
Good night Cleveland and the rest of the internet world.
Last I Checked April Fool’s Day Was In April
This blog belongs in the WTF catagory for sure… I just learned today of a super group of sorts forming featuring members of bands you would never suspect.
What band members do I speak of? How about former Smashing Pumpkin guitarist James Iha, Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos, singer/Hanson brother Taylor, and Fountains of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger. Supergroup indeed. The band is called Tinted Windows and they should be releasing an album on April 21st, 2009.
Read on…
(Taken From Pitckforkmedia.com)
WTF: Members of Smashing Pumpkins, Hanson, Cheap Trick, and Fountains of Wayne Form Band
According to Billboard.com, there’s a new band that exists on earth called Tinted Windows featuring former Smashing Pumpkin James Iha, Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos, handsome Hanson brother Taylor, and Fountains of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger.I am looking at my calendar right now. It is not April 1.
A couple things while my mind is still barely stuck together: You put together one of the most random something-groups ever and the best name you can come up with is Tinted Windows?! Is that a play on the secretive nature of the group? Do they all wear Men in Black shades on stage? Is this a Blues Brothers revival act? But, really, if you’re going to go “Tinted” why not go all the way, like Blacked Out. Or Smashed Windows. Well, maybe not “Smashed.” Hm. At least a moniker with some confidence, some commitment. As of now, this band is like the transition lenses of something-groups.
The union sort of makes sense considering Iha and Schlesinger co-own a studio and Taylor Hanson seems like an all-around good guy…but still.
Apparently, the band have already recorded their debut album in New York and are set to make their big time live splash at Billboard’s SXSW showcase March 20 in Austin.
If this is Billboard’s idea of a gag, I have to hand it to them– it could be an incredible gag.
UPDATE: It’s not a gag. Tinted Windows is very real, their publicist assures us. And their album is coming out April 21.
WTF indeed… I will be researching this in the upcomming weeks and hope to find out a little more about this including WHY.