My VH pick is based on his work from '78 through '84. I don't recognize the post DLR years. I bought 5150 when it came out and was absolutely crushed. What other tunes I've heard on the radio from the Van Hagar era always left a bad taste in my mouth & never wanted to dig deep to find anything w...

Thanks beantown for doing this. Have fun!

Eddie Van Halen (I enjoy the piss out of his rhythm playing- the solos are fun, but a lot of wankery)
Jerry Garcia
Warren Haynes
Randy Rhoads
Jorma Kaukonen
Mike Campbell
Dickey Betts
Izzy Stradlin
Bill Kirchen
Kenny Vaughan

The Michael Schumacher situation is so sad. I used to root against him for years, but I'm rooting for him now. Doesn't sound promising though.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -life.html

I'm already worried about the Bears schedule for next season. Pats, Niners, NFC South, NFC Central. It's a long way to the top...

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap200000 ... nfl-season

I can't believe I have to root for SF next weekend. Seattle used to be one of my favorite teams when I was a young whippersnapper.
I could never root for this slimeball:


Translation- Go AFC!

Rockin with the girls right now



Kelly Hogan, Devil in a Woodpile, Alejandro Escovedo, Robbie Fulks, and more

It's interesting in that there was a story just last week that Oteil (bass) had left the band to join the Zac Brown Band. This supposedly came from Gregg in talking to Rolling Stone. Butch Trucks then put the kibosh on the story and said Oteil is still part of the band. And now this announcement. Ki...

2/18 Looking forward to this. Loved this lineup. http://www.premierguitar.com/ext/resources/images/content/2013_12/Reviews/ABB---Beacon---Cover_275.jpg Statesboro Blues can be listened to here: m They are re-releasing the Great Woods dvd this year as well. They butchered the original dvd release w/i...

I still have a whole box full of these oversized comics from the '70s. Lots of Batman, Flash, Star Wars & some others. Mostly D.C. stuff. I've always wanted to research & see if I have anything worthwhile. I also have this gem: http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/ff/50/8b/ff508b203367b214...

Random thoughts: Cubfan- I forgot about that blunder. That was bad. Looks like all games this weekend have sold out. No blackouts. Was hoping for at least one. Any time Goodell squirms, is a good thing in my book. Looking forward to the Rivera vs Lovie match 2x a year. Rivera will be bringing the he...

There was also the paperwork that Angelo bungled a couple of times where a deal had been struck to re-sign players (I forget who). I know it happened in his first year on the job, pretty sure it happened again in later years. We lost one & overpaid for another because of these oversights. The gu...

It's interesting that the Bucs don't have a GM, but went ahead and grabbed Lovie. I think I would have hired those roles in reverse, but maybe that's why I'm not an owner. Well, that & the billion dollars I don't have.

Stumbled upon this because of Gary Louris. As I was searching for the image, I find out that Peter Buck is all over this album as well.

Thanks for that.

Here's another: http://video.pbs.org/video/2365143037/

Haiku for you

Two thousand thirteen
Can kiss my fucking white ass
Bring on the new year

I left Chicago too soon. The NBC affiliate there has now teamed their longtime newsman Dick Johnson with weatherman Pete Sack on weekends and advertising the pair as "Johnson & Sack, weekends!". My inner 12 year old is infinitely tickled. I might be butchering this, but Garry Meier (C...

First Christmas with nothing to assemble and none of those plastic straps to cut off the toys. Usually there's about a thousand of those things on a 4" doll.

Throwing some meat on the grill in a bit. Life is good.

Merry Christmas everyone!

These guys might have listened to a ZZ Top album or two.

Holy crap that's a lot of advertising on the ice. I don't think I could watch a game with all that going on. They'd have to bring the laser puck back that Fox did years ago. Yikes

I wish Dollar Bill had stepped aside and handed it over to Rocky before his passing, just so he could see how out of touch with reality he really was. But with all of the hoopla and success comes ticket prices that I can no longer afford. I really miss going to hockey games. Hockey is the only sport...

Don't look now but the Blackhawks are leading the League in points. With the absolute ineptitude of most Chicago sports organizations the Blackhawks and their front office led by President John McDonough and GM Scottie Bowman have proved exception to the rule. Conventional wisdom says that teams do...

I've used the Lightsnake for a few years now w/garageband. Never had a problem with it. Probably the only guitar cable I could say that about. $39 at Target (as of a few years ago). If Clams Jr, just wants to screw around with garageband, I'd recommend it. Can't beat the price. I use the Lightsnake ...

Finally scored the Maiden beer. Distribution has been a joke here. There was a two bottle limit at the local Binnys. Some stores only received eight bottles with a one bottle limit.

Will drink this weekend...

Dexateens- SomeThings

This has been very frustrating to watch. If I were the Bruins, I'd grab an early goal and then just take penalties the rest of the game.

Good thing this isn't a video stream. Unless....

Has anyone heard any rumblings about a new McMurtry studio album? I think this is the longest span between releases. I could use some new McMurtry. Last night I found an acoustic version of "See the Elephant" on Spotify. Search- LIVE! at the Krush. There's some other 3DD favs on there as w...