The Severed Cortex

If only we were allowed to create these kinds of graphs at work instead of graphing financial numbers. My personal favorites: But there are a lot of good ones besides these too. Credit to Danielle for finding this. more »

Their name is Gentleman Auction House and their full length dropped last week. The hype is already pretty big. I have to admit Book of Matches is a pretty kick ass song. It's a little bit like a watered down Modest Mouse, but I don't mean to say that… more »

I was looking for a picture of someone skipping and I inadvertently ran across this ... and it's fucking awesome! I'm thinking Black Flag's Six Pack, after drinking several six packs of course. (Random Skipping) $35 and a six pack to my name (Kick… more »

Or perhaps Dmitri the douchebag. I don't know whether to laugh or to be embarrassed for my gender. ... and to think you can make money teaching others to be a douchebag is completely beyond me. more »

I haven't done any real writing lately mainly because I've been working on other, more pressing projects. I did find some time last week to hang out with Robert, although we didn't do much. I picked him up in plenty of time to eat lunch before the movi… more »

Next weekend is the Verkamman family reunion, which is Nancy's mother's side of the family. They emigrated to the United States from The Netherlands for a tried and true reason. Religious persecution. Odd to think of when you think of the liberal Dutc… more »

Another fine set of comics. more »

Today is the only day all year where there are no professional sporting events scheduled. I guess technically the Triple-A baseball all star game is on, but who really cares about that. It's the equivalent of the replacement baseball players back in th… more »

I can't remember ever seeing a band at the Tap Room. I know I've eaten there, and met friends there, and drank delicious, but Republican, beer there, but I can't ever remember seeing a band there. Maybe there was one time a folkie guy was set up in the… more »

Sad. ... and so the memories of Thurman Munson come back. Strangely, my dad and I just talked about the PA announcement of Munson's death while we were attending a Memphis Chicks game. I guess this means I should read the Murcer biography sitting on… more »

I really have a love/hate thing with Chuck Klosterman. I've picked up his books in the bookstore, read a couple of pages, and loved it. I then flip to another section, read a couple of pages, and love it. Flip somewhere else, read a couple of pages, a… more »

He sleeps with a teenage girl and Christie Brinkley pays him $2.1 million dollars? more »

Robert turned eleven back on the first of the month and even though he doesn't deserve anything based on the absolutely awful way his room looked last time I saw him, we decided he shouldn't have to miss out on his birthday. So we picked him up. In our… more »

I hope when he arrives he's greeted by Robert Mapplethorpe with a bullwhip and a case of icy hot. If only O.J. were there to film it. more »

... I know this shouldn't make me laugh but it does. more »

I really, really, really like Mike Doughty. I really sort of kick myself for not getting into Soul Coughing back in the day, but I guess musically it just wasn't there for me at the time. I'll have to revisit that thought in the near future. Right now… more »

I like these. The last one made me laugh out loud. more »

I know very few people are going to care for this kind of stuff, but sometimes I can't get enough of this trip hop. Although, I'd really tend to call this more downbeat chill than trip hop. Then again, what the fuck do I know about the electronica genr… more »

The hype finally arrives to the Gateway city. It's the night after the Motorhead show ... and yes I'm going to both. more »

This is not the same Nada Surf you remember from somewhere around the time MTV stopped being about music. In fact, now that I say that, the single Popular may have been one of the last great MTV music moments before the once revolutionary channel dissol… more »

... to both my sister Jennifer who is now one year away from the dreaded four-oh and to Robert who turns eleven today more »