#17... kells?

I just can't stop with these:

#16..... mariah?

#15.... widget!

good stuff
check the website
http://www.darkwasthenight.com/

the album is out 02/16

#14..... interview with Craig Finn of the Hold Steady

here's an a link to an "exclusive" interview I had with Craig, lead singer of the Hold Steady.

http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=22017

If you scroll down to the bottom of the page you'll find;

john, des moines, ia: If you could play any position, what would it be? would you prefer to be the leadoff or cleanup hitter?

Craig Finn: I think 2B maybe. I would like to be in the middle of a double play. It's a very graceful position. Big wish for a very clumsy person.

Even though he didn't answer the rest of my question, he was still a good interview-ee. I also wanted to ask him what music he would play whilst walking up to the batter's box, but it didn't get through in time.

here's my choice:

#13..... T-Shirt Album Track 3

who's ready for track 3?
if not... too bad

MJ!



I "made" this at a t-shirt shop down the street from Wrigley Stadium in Chicago.

and a detail shot:



here's a gem:

#12.... T-Shirt Album Track 2

and now, track 2



Bought in LA for too many dollars.

here's a detail shot:


here's some music from the film's composer Lalo Schifrin:

#11.... what's blowing my mind right now?

THIS IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#10.... T-shirt Album Track 1

Here's track #1
Purchased @ Target for $10.

At heart, I'm still a comic dork. I like the Jack Kirby style.

And a detail shot:

RAMONES!!!

#9....tshirt album

I'm not going to lie guys, my t-shirt game is pretty on-point.
Here's my cover of "The T-Shirt Album":



Over the next few days I'll post each t-shirt as a track along with a song and a story about the shirt.
Something different I guess... let me know what you think

#8..... what's in my pocket?

This is in my pocket!


I took a bunch of pictures of random stuff the other day.
More to come...
A series of T-shirt posts in the theme of an album... hmmmm?

#7..... where were you last night?

This is where I was:

#6...... sunday

Who loves youtube?
I love youtube!
I have over 'a hunnert' videos in my favorites list.
Here's a random one that I think is cool:

I remember watching this live and turning it up LOUD
The White Stripes@ the Grammy's circa '03

#5...... "dissapointing" things

these are all albums that just didn't quite cut it for me (and for good measure, I'll throw in something from the halcyon days)...

My Morning Jacket's "Evil Urges"
1 song, Highly Suspicious threw me for a loop, sounds too much like a Korn song for me. Unfortunately it's early in the tracklist (#3) and it left a bad taste in my mouth for the rest of the album. I loved the last album, Z, maybe a little too much and wanted more...
Here's Off the Record from their last album "Z":

My Morning Jacket |MTV Music

The Hold Steady "Stay Positive"
Let's start with the art work...
Which do you like better THIS or THIS
It's no contest really.
I still really enjoyed the album but I had trouble getting past the drab cover.
Also, they put one of the best songs as a hidden/bonus track at the end of the last track! Franz pounds out the horn part nicely on the keys, though.
"Boys & Girls..." was the perfect album at the perfect time for me but I think with time "Stay Positive" will grow even better.
Here's You Can Make Him Like You from "Boys & Girls..."


those were 2 rock albums, now let's move on to a few hip-hop/rap albums...

Devin the Dude "Landing Gear"
Maybe he shouldn't have left Rap-a-lot records...
Here's Lacville '79 from "Just Tryin..."

...this albums was not-good enough that I need another, Georgy from his 1st self titled album:


Lil Wayne "Tha Carter III"
I don't know what I was expecting... but this wasn't quite it. Comfortable & Let the Beat Build got multiple spins, but nothing else really stuck with me... outside of Lollipop.
Here's Mr. Carter freestyling over Beyonce's Upgrade:


I guess I was expecting 08 to be huge because of those albums. They were all pretty damn good though (except Devin... seriously Dude who the F is Dee-Rail!??!?) and there were plenty of others that I was happy about with a few surprises too.

anybody out there? what do you think?