Crasymaker

Our weekly batch of items is now available at our store so have a looksy, ya’ll. I normally don’t post about eBay here but that’s not because I don’t want to. It’s because sometimes I’m not too smart. I spend half of my week working our eBay store and then I don’t even post about it on my blog. Weird.

Even if you’re not in the market for women’s vintage clothing, head on over anyway and check out some of the awesome photos that our new camera takes. It’s a Canon Rebel XT and it’s pretty damn sweet.

This year’s NAMA nominees have been announced and it’s time for ya’ll NW Arkansas folks to go vote, if ya wanna.

Although giving awards for musicians is pretty silly when you think about it, I still get ticked every year when some dopey band wins over a genuinely talented group. I guess I always have hope, though, that someday the actual good bands will win. Don’t get me wrong, sometimes they do, just not very often.

Anyway, head on over there and have your say. You don’t have to vote for every category (trust me, you won’t want to) and at the very least, you could just vote for Cory if you don’t have much time.

Thanks for the fried chicken, mashed taters, green beans and dessert, Laura. Thanks for the mint juleps, Eric. Thanks for the beers, me. Thanks for taking photos, Sarah. Thanks for bein’ weird, Dustin. Thanks for having a birthday, Brandy. Thanks for Pictionary, Mattel. Thanks for looking at the photos, you.

It’s not that uncommon for a player to bounce the ball off of an opponent when he’s in the air and about to land out of bounds. In fact, it’s a pretty smooth way to prevent a turnover. However, you usually see the ball getting bounced off of a leg or an arm and not off of somebody’s head.

In today’s Arkansas vs. Florida SEC tournament championship game, Patrick Beverley did just that. There aren’t too many things funnier than seeing a ball bounce off of someone’s head unexpectedly. I’d feel kinda sorry for Walter Hodge if they hadn’t have beaten our asses into a pulp this afternoon.

It’s hard to tell from this photo what kind of mood Charles Thomas is in since his head is underneath his jersey. However, if I told you that this snapshot was taken just moments after the Hogs won the semifinal game which means they’re headed to the SEC championship game tomorrow, the possibilites get narrowed down pretty quickly.

Yup, we’re going to the finals and it’s pretty weird given the kind of season that we’ve had so far. But not as weird as the fact that we’re playing Florida for the SEC title in the Georgia Dome which is exactly who our football team played for the SEC title back in December…IN THE SAME DAMN BUILDING!

Now that’s freaky, ya’ll.

Matt Bradley has gone and done it again. He just released his fourth video and it’s a dandy for sure. This one is for Cory Branan’s “Tall Green Grass” and you can watch it at YouTube right now.

Matt’s style is very distinct and if you ask me, a real breath of fresh air when it comes to watching music videos. He uses lots of cheap animation, stick figure drawings and plenty of skulls-n-skeletons.

After checking out “Tall Green Grass”, you should definitely spend a few minutes watching Matt’s other videos:

• Lucero - “Just That Kind of Girl”
• American Princes - “Never Grow Old”
• The New Tragedies - “Talk to Me”
• Cory Branan - “Tall Green Grass”

Ever wonder what Roy does in his spare time? Well if you guessed that he sits in his room and makes weird noises all day, you’re right. No, seriously. Trust me, I spent plenty of afternoons banging on his door to see if he wanted to go to Kroger but he couldn’t hear me because of those freaky-ass noises he was making.

He has an electronic/experimental side project called Overjoid that he and Terance do off and on. They recently started a MySpace page that you can check out by clicking on their name above (or by clicking here).

There’s a few songs you can listen to. I’d start with “wherehouse unplugged” if I were you, though, because it features John Stubblefield (also of Lucero) on bass.

Anybody that cares about the Hogs already knows about today’s win but I’m pretty excited so I posted this photo anyway.

With my new schedule, I get off at noon on Fridays so I got to watch the whole thing. Super sweet.

Oh yeah, get this: With 30 seconds left in the game, two dudes show up at my front door obviously with the intent of trying to sell me something. I was pretty short with them and told them I was watching the game and that if they wanted to sell me something they’d have to come back later. After the game, we went to the post office so I left ‘em a note telling them that the Hogs won. Turns out, they were from Dish Network and were here to get me “set up”. Errr.

I almost felt bad for them since that’s probably the worst thing those dudes could be trying to sell me right now.

Dr. Dog - We All Belong

If you haven’t heard Dr. Dog yet, there’s three possible reasons why: 1) You’ve been meaning to but just haven’t gotten around to it yet, 2) You don’t know who they are at all, 3) You’ve heard of them but thought that “Dr. Dog” is a funny name and you’re just weird enough to refuse to listen to any of their music because of it. Oh yeah, the review…hmm…it’s Beatles-ish, yet refreshing and it’s catchy as hell. I highly suggest checking it out. Unless, of course, you’re weird.

David Vandervelde - The Moonstation House Band

When I think of David Vandervelde, I think of the word “shaggy”. Not because I think he’s shaggy or anything but because in the latest issue of Rolling Stone, he’s called “shaggy” two different times. The first time is when you see his picture on page 86 and next to it, the caption reads, “Vandervelde: Shaggy, groovy” and then in the review they say that the record is “…driven by Vandervelde’s shaggy vocals and guitar.” As for the review, it’s very Bolan/Bowie-ish and apparently, he’s playing all the instruments himself. It’s really, really good, ya’ll…and shaggy (?).

Southern Bitch - Thunderbolt

I almost started to review Southern Bitch’s newest album “Strong Medicine” but when I put my headphones on to listen to a few tracks from it so that I could say something cool about one of the songs, I realized that I’d much rather listen to their first album “Thunderbolt”. That’s about the time I decided to just review “Thunderbolt” instead. I have no idea how you’ll ever hear this record, though, because I just searched all over the internet for it and it seems to be sold out everywhere. Too bad for you. Review: This is the most honest rock music I’ve ever heard in my 30 years of existence.

Jason Molina - Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go

You’ve got a few choices if you wanna get into Jason Molina’s music. Some would suggest starting with Songs:Ohia and others might suggest starting with Magnolia Electric Co. I would suggest starting with the album “Magnolia Electric Co.” by Songs:Ohia. You see, Magnolia Electric Co. is the band that Molina formed after putting Songs:Ohia to rest with one final album entitled “Magonlia Electric Co.” Phew. Pretty confusing, eh? Review Time: Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go is quiet and kinda haunting which is very different from the usual Neil Young-inspired tunes I’m used to. It’s good but you gotta be in a quiet/scary mood.