I forget if I linked to this already.

My stand up:

ATTN: CT Readers

Connecticut is awful. It's so grey and boring and stupid and crappy looking. Give me one good reason why I shouldn't pee on Connecticut.

Paul Westerberg

Man, how do you write a song as good as "Answering Machine?" I guess you have to be Paul Westerberg.

URGH!

I hope the guy who left his laundry in the dryer at the laundromat and got mad at me when I took it out so I could get my fucking laundry done before the place closes dies in a fire. Fuck you. Fuck you a lot. You owe me all the quarters I lost in my angry explosion. Seriously, fucking die!

The Replacements

Man, today I was listening to Let It Be, and it just hit me. I've loved that record since the second I heard it, but something new hit me today about it. It's sort of hard to describe, but the best I can put it is this:

Music is important to me. I love a lot of bands a lot. But this record makes me excited. I have no idea how better to say that, but for damn near two years now, I'm still like a kid listening to punk rock for the first time when I hear those songs. The Replacements rule so hard.

I did Stand-up

I totally forgot to blog this sooner, but it was a pretty big deal for me. I did stand-up comedy for the first time on Friday and it was pretty fucking great. Thank you to Cheap Sox and Tufts University for setting that whole thing up and to E-Money Fleischinator for making me be involved.

What's the deal with airline food?
Am I right?

P.S. Please be sure to keep up with We Do Stand-Up, a loose group of comics to which I apparently belong.

I Have a New Favorite Band, and Everyone Should Care

Orgcore: (ORGcore) n: a subgenre of punk rock noted for its gruff, but melodic vocals and bearded band members. Made famous on the internet website, punknews.org, which is made up of fat dudes with beards who listen to Hot Water Music exclusively.

For the past five years, a band that very narrowly fits the orgcore tag has consistently been at the top of my list of favorite bands. But not today! Today marks the first time since high School that that hasn't been true.

So, congratulations Black Lips, you've usurped an entire genre. Keep up the good work.

Edit: I mean, of course, currently existing band. Even Black Lips would have to double and redouble efforts to get anywhere within miles of the Replacements.