New Musical Expression

       I don’t know if anyone cares, but I thought I’d mention this here.  A friend approached me a couple of weeks ago about starting up a new music blog to cover any and all things in the world of rock ‘n’ roll, with a slight focus on musical happenings here in Austin, TX.  As [...]

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Absence Makes the Heart… Something, Something.

       I have this friend Barry, and we’ve been friends for going on two decades now.  Ever since junior high, we’ve been practically inseparable, and if there’s one person who I would say really understands me and would have my back no matter what kind of shit I got myself into, it would have to [...]

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How To Be Serious

       Look, I know that this blog is usually devoted to funny stories and “humor,” as it were, but I would like take a moment to show you all another side of myself.  While I enjoy spending five minutes every ten days writing ridiculous stories for this blog, I am also a very socially conscious [...]

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The Magical Festering Wound of Little Chuckie McGillicuddy

       Childhood boredom produces many strange and fanciful adventures, some of which I have mentioned to you before.  When you are young and oblivious to many of the rules, laws, and mores that regulate the lives of much of the world, you are left with an almost completely blank slate.  With no adults around to [...]

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Friday Night Lights

      Like many young, red blooded American boys, I always dreamed of being a star football player.  For the sake of clarity, I’m talking about American football here, not soccer.  I have nothing against soccer, mind you, other than the fact that it’s boring and you can’t hit people, so don’t get all up in [...]

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This one’s for the fellas. No ladies allowed!

       Well, gentlemen, I finally took the plunge.  On Friday night, I did what we have all been waiting for since, oh, say February of 2004.  I finally dragged my girlfriend out to see the greatest cinematic happening of this decade for males between the ages of 25 and 50.  Sure, I had to bribe the girlfriend with [...]

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