+ Sunday, February 27th, 9:16am +

After being on the road for a few days I was saddened to hear of the passing of Don Knotts. Although not a big surprise (he was looking quite frail at 81) it's still a huge loss to the world of TV and comedy.

People tend to make fun of me for being such a huge Don Knotts and Andy Griffith Show fan but I'll always defend that show and his work. The man was a genius on and continues to make me laugh. He was perfect as Barney Fife and few comic characters have ever touched his dead on timing and site gags (Micheal Richards on 'Seinfeld' is the only one that comes to mind). His other work in 'Three's Company' and his film roles are solid...but Fife was his masterpiece.

The show makes me think of all the times my Dad, my brother and I would watch the show together and laugh out loud while everyone else just doesn't get it. Thanks Don...you were the man.



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- We arrived here in Portland, safe and sound and over 600 miles on the Porsche. It's insane that 40 year old car can be that solid...70mph the whole way and 90 in spots. Unreal. It was great to park in the new garage. New tires are next. Thanks to Chad and Emiko for watching the Kato dog...we owe you.


+ Friday, February 17th, 5:53pm +

If someone else tells me that Portland is normally beautiful all the time I'm going to snap. The weather here now is freezing fucking cold and with wind chill it's feeling around 16 degrees. Awesome. There's a reason I moved from the east coast. Winter sucks.

Being sick and living in a place I don't like doesn't help either. Good thing we're going down to SF next weekend, as I'm on the verge of losing it.




+ Tuesday, February 14th, 8:39pm +

Monday's Daily Show covering both Dick Cheney's face shooting and the Olympic opening ceremony was as close to perfect as it gets. Man, I wish I had TiVo. Genius...absolutely fucking genius. Watch it online at You Tube.


+ Monday, February 13th, 8:19pm +

- We sold our house in SF. It seems that this moving nightmare will soon be at an end. It looks like I'm going to have to drive the Porsche up here to Portland. I'm just not willing to spend $700 - $900 to have it sent via open air trailer.

- Far too many meetings this week. Not fun.

- Cheney shooting his friend while hunting could be the best story of the year. There are so many great things about this one...where do I begin?

- " The Flying Tomato punked the competition once again Sunday"...blah, blah blah. The kid can ride but that nickname is pretty poor.



+ Tuesday, February 7th, 8:46pm +

- Tomorrow would have marked James Dean's 75th Birthday

- Check out Sonic Corpse Guide a newMP3 blog that promises to be the go to location for the heavy stuff. I'm already impressed with the Paul Stanley link and the Poison Idea tracks.


+ Monday, February 6th, 7:06pm +

- More Morrissey. Here's 'Dear God Please Help Me' via Ivo (thanks). You can visit Morrissey's My Space page (I can't believe I just typed that) and hear 'You Have Killed Me' which I think is the best song of the three as well as the single. Great song.

- The SHAC 7 trial starts today. Wish them luck...this will effect everyone who favors free speech.


+ Sunday, February 5th, 6:57pm +

- In case you haven't heard it, here's the leaked Morrissey song, 'I Will See You In Far Away Places'. According to Morrissey-solo some other songs have leaked...drop me a line if you happen to have them.

- It was sunny today...at first I didn't believe it but it actually was.


+ Saturday, February 4th, 11:25am +

I'd like to apologize to Tom, Chad, Dave, and Jesse for dragging them out to Rock & Roll Pizza last night to see 3 Inches Of Blood.

It may have been the most depressing show I have ever attended. It was a combination of a horrible redneck thug pit, low rent mothers with their children (WHY?) and topping it off...meth head teens tweaking out. The topper was a Hot Topic clad youth puking in the trash can next to me and going right back to making out with his frightened girlfriend. Awful.

The band before 3 Inches, Stonecreep (?!) were without a doubt the worst band I have ever seen. Their poorly played songs went on FOREVER and, I shit you not, they played a cover of 'Youth Gone Wild'. Pure fucking torture. 'Party with The Creep'. Sad.

3 Inches Of Blood were decent, I've certainly seen them better. I was too busy watching drunk meth soaked turds fight each other to really take it all in.

That's the last time I venture that far outside of Portland..




+ Wednesday, February 1st, 8:38pm +

- My favorite news story this week: Portland sloshes through wettest January in 3 decades. It's really starting to get to me.

- Some pretty strange US Morrissey dates have been announced. I don't think I'll be traveling to Texas or Oklahoma. He already announced and canceled a show in a single 24 hour period. Typical.

- 3 inches Of Blood play a place called Rock & Roll Pizza here in Portland on Friday. Since you can't buy tickets in advance I hope it doesn't sell out. If these photos are any indication, the SF show went off.

That's all I've got. I'm looking forward to meeting up with Matt Owens of Volume One fame tomorrow and checking out his work. I'm pitching hard to hire Volume One for a project I'm working on. Fingers crossed.


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