Crasymaker

My sister and her fiance are almost completely moved into their new place here in Fayetteville. They’ve been living in Harrison for quite a while but Caleb’s sweet new job allowed them to move back to town this month. I’m sure Katie will end up at a badass salon (she gots mad hair skillz) soon so ladies, meet your new hair girl…

If you get a chance, head over to my sister’s site and leave her a congratulatory comment for passing the State Board of Cosmetology exam. She is now an official beauty maker. For real, she was at the top of her class and passed with flying colors. I am super proud of her, however, I never had a doubt that she would become anything less than excellent at whatever she chose to do. Congratulations, Katie.

PS- She cuts a mean mullet.

Happy Birthday to the most amazing person I have ever known. I love you.

My friend Bill has started a new company up in NYC called New Scratch Records and I suggest you check it out. There are a handful of rarities for sale over there that you might enjoy if you like Lucero, Arcade Fire or The White Stripes.

Most notable are the Lucero documentary made by Andrew Leggett and the Red 40 discography which is Ben Nichols’ (of Lucero) old punk band from Little Rock, AR. You can also find some sweet 7″s and EPs that are definitely not for sale at Best Buy.

Help him out and hook yourself up at the same time. For a limited time only, I believe he is french kissing every CD for your added pleasure. Plus he doesn’t charge for shipping. What a guy.

Delinquent Habits “O.G. Scratch”

Dustin’s birthday was two days ago. I am always late with birthdays. Eat it.

New Kids On The Block “Happy Birthday”

I’ve repaired the Photos section so it should be back up and running. Damn my .Mac account.

I’ve also added a gallery of Roy Berry photos taken from my brief (OK, so it was about a year I guess) stint with Lucero in 2003. He is hands-down one of the coolest guys I know, not to mention an absolutely incredible drummer.

Roy is a frequent guest over at the Lucero Bullentin Board so go say hi to him if you get a chance.

Gang Starr “Royalty”

Instead of watching this idea get copied and ruined, we should spread this link around and ensure that there is only one set of Please Park Better cards on the ole intronet. Thanks to Seth, we can now fight back against idiots. “Just print, clip and slip the card underneath a windshield wiper, and maybe next time the driver will do a better job.” It’s highly unlikely that the driver will do a better job next time but at least you’ll feel a little bit better after you’ve slapped one of these on their ride. Dad, you’re gonna love this. Get your cards here!

Modest Mouse “Convenient Parking”

How in the world did Aaron’s bachelor party turn from a not-so-planned-out day into one of the funnest ever? We started the day out with an early breakfast at a kick-ass diner in The River Market. This place has a “Pancake Challenge” in which you get to write your name on the wall if you can eat two of their famous pancakes. I took one look at the biggest, meanest guy in the diner and watched him give up after only eating one and decided I’d better go with the Big Biscuit Plate instead.
After resting for an hour or so, we headed to the greyhound track to do some betting. 12 races (and countless beers) later, we had to race back to Seth’s place to meet the lady who was bringing the cake and by cake, I mean the most ridiculously decorated baked good we could afford (pictured below).
We took the cake and met about a dozen other dudes at the Westport Flea Market which is a burger bar located in the middle of a flea market. The food was so good that I may or may not have broken part 2 of DEY2005B!. Nobody said anything about it, so I am assuming that I got away with it…until now. Burgers. Beers. Darts. Cake. Mmmmm. Time to move on.

I can’t remember the name of the next bar we went to, however, I will for the rest of my life, remember in great detail the game we made Aaron play entitled, “Aaron HAS to get laid if he says THIS to a girl.” Seth has already provided a censored (WTF?) blog about it here so check out the details of the game. My God, I have never laughed so hard in public. What a good sport he was.
Next on the list was a place called Bazooka’s Showgirls. According to the COD (Code of Dudes), I am not allowed to divulge too much information about this final installment of the night, but I can say this: There are certain laws that do not allow certain bars to serve alcohol due the extreme lack of clothing of some (all) of it’s entertainers. This may or may not have been one of those bars. Enough said. Don’t be jealous.

The Decemberists “The Bachelor And The Bride”

Man, how freaking long does it take to transfer your host? I’m currently using Yahoo! which gives you a whopping 25MB of space for $9.95/month, which up until a few days ago I didn’t realize was a huge ripoff. So I am switching to Network Solutions which offers 1GB of space for $9.95/month. Let’s see, that’s literally 40 times more space for the same price. Now if it would only get through the “Pending Registry Approval” stage and happen already. The main reason I haven’t been doing videos lately is because I have no more space left. Well, not anymore. So get ready. I’d make one this weekend but I am going to Kansas City for a bachelor party. I’m not exactly sure what we’re gonna be doing but I heard rumors about a dog race where you can bet $2 and drink cheap beer. If so, look for a new dog race gallery next week. BAMM!

Superchunk “Train From Kansas City”