Elliott Smith is Dead but keeps cloning himself!

Whenever I flip on the current all I hear are Elliott Smith clones. One Elliott Smith is good, but clones must be shot!

Maybe no one else watches MTV and Chaplin films, but did anyone else notice the nod to Chaplin's 'The Great Dictator' in Pearl Jam's video for 'World Wide Suicide'?

Who says Netflix can't make you smart?

Oh my God! I know what I'm doing Saturday afternoon at 2pm!

Pillowfight!

NOFX. Jews for Jesus. The Triple Rock.

Jesus, I love my state. And NOFX. Even you too.

Watch the music video.

Katherine Kersten head makes a thought!

Wow. Katherine Kersten, the worst of the Star Tribune columnists has finally written her first well thought out column on the issue of public stadium financing.

At least I think so.

And I should say that generally I only read her column for laughs.

Soul Asylum Tour Dates

Soul Asylum Tour Dates
July 1 - Green Bay, WI - Oneida Pavilion
July 2 - Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest
July 3 - Minneapolis, MN - Taste of Minnesota
July 8 - Rochester, MN - St. John's
July 10 - Tonight Show with Jay Leno
July 11 - Album release date - in store performance in LA
July 11 - Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour
July 14 - Vernon Hills, IL - Century Park Amphitheater
July 29 - Kansas City, KS - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 1 - Uncasville, CT - The Wolf Den
August 3 - New York City - Irving Plaza

Coon Rapids always takes you down a notch.

First, I get the adulation of the City Pages staff.

Then I get the brass knuckles.

Poon Rapids!? At least I didn't grow up in Blaine

http://citypages.com/bestof2006/citygritty/bestof2915.asp

Have I ever mentioned that I went to St. John's?

In the areas of intellect, government, arts, sports, those of us from the shores of Lake Sagatagan are modern day Athenians.


http://citypages.com/bestof2006/outandabout/bestof2981.asp

If you brag, REALLY brag

Sometimes the anonymous eyes of the web glow in the dark....

So...I was looking through my page stats....kinda interesting. And creepy. It makes you wonder who would, and even why someone would google your name at 10:45 on a Tuesday night. Especially if they're in St. Paul. And if earlier in the afternoon some ghetto blaster didn't almost send you to meet Jebus with his pimped out Chrysler Concorde.

On a less creepy note my BMW motorcycle parts should arrive tomorrow. With any luck, sometime soon I'll be unsafe at any speed(more than I am now if possible).

The FLAMING LIPS are playing the MINNESOTA STATE FAIR.

Holy crap sweet Jesus!

http://www.parabellum.com/stores/showdetl.cfm?&DID=22&Product_ID=2&CATID=1

It's never too early to start thinking of spending money on my bike again. It must be spring.

My blogging buddies-

It's been so long. And I've missed you, but you never call.

But I figured I'd re-break the blogging bar seal and state my name, rank, and favorite cereal.

Big news:
1)I'm dating a girl again. She's nice, but a drama queen.
2)The Replacements reunited and recorded a couple of new songs. Dang. That means I'll have to buy the complete best-of disk they'll be on. Unless iTunes sells them individually.
3)I'm still playing piano, etc, and this summer I'll be playing with some jazz cats. Most likely piano, but I never get to play bass so I'm hoping for that.
4)Still. No. Car. Hate. People. On. Bus.
5)The bald spot is getting more noticeable. Pretty soon I'll have to use the Ron Popeil spray-on hair. Do they make it in shimmering red?
6)I've only listened to the first 5 tracks on the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album, but I can say without a doubt I liked the first five tracks on their first album more.
7)I'm expanding to two cycling trips this summer-my regular Iowa trip in July, and the MS 150 ride in June.
8)It's only April and I'm wearing size 34 jeans! The bus sucks, but it at least keeps this bull too small to slaughter.
9)Still working for the state. Currently I'm writing online admissions software that allows potential students to apply to any of our MNSCU schools.

well, know you know what's up, and it's time for this fish, long thought extinct, to return to the deep murky brine.

Yesterday was the day where I question why I want to do this thing....Why would I want to ride my bike 500 miles.

Today I remembered why. The first town we rode into Spillville -this town was both home to a set of brothers that hand carved these incredible clocks and home(for a summer) to the great composer Dvorak. Plus, I ate a lot of pastries which helps.

Tomorrow is the last day and I'm glad.

Yesterday was a nice day-80 miles, about half of it with a tailwind, but I just got toasted.

You know you're sunburned when the zinc oxide cream you put on your ass ends up on your face to prevent more damage.

Today is a 74 mile day, I guess. I'm 17 miles into it.

I look SO dead sexy today.

My tan, taut body hurdled it's way across 62 miles today...and it was great. The temps are in the high 70s, it's sunny, and I'm sleeping in a house.

Yesterday we stayed at the home of a person that built grain elevators and silos. An interesting process.

Tonight I'm trying to rustle up some drunken debauchery.

If I do this next year I need to do it with someone that can really amp it up. I've kinda had enough of riding with a bunch of strange 40-60 year olds.