What's New With Mick

Tag: Music

  • Vital Statistics

    Aches & pains: left foot arch and ankle

    Current reading: Fahrenheit 451

    Recent listening: Sufjan Stevens/Come on Feel The Illinoise!; Blood, Sweat and Tears; Frank Zappa; Ray Charles; Dinah Washington; Uncle Dave Macon; The Beatles/Anthology

    Recent viewing: Breaking Bad, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Columbo, 200 Motels, True Confessions, Modern Family, Glee, Community, How I Met Your Mother, Sons of Anarchy, Wilfred

    Recent playing: DropZap, Words with Friends

    Recently accomplished: Replaced Scion stereo, lawn care, invites for 40th birthday party

    Imperative To Do: Finish Neil Young “liner notes”, pickup new glasses, Troop 820 treasurer duties, 40th birthday party

  • Vital Statistics

    Aches & pains: ankles, back muscles, possible tongue thrush

    Current reading: Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish

    Recent listening: Infected Mushroom, Foreigner, Primus, Greg Kihn, Massive Attack, Thievery Corp., Weird Al (new album!), Radiohead, Motown, Portishead, Canned Heat, Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Recent viewing: Leverage (season 3 & 4), Frontline, The Planets, Pulp Fiction, Stan Lee’s Superhumans, The Story of the Blues, Super 8

    Recent playing: DropZap, Words with Friends, Mondo Solitaire

    Recently accomplished: Both children advanced to next grade level, camping/biking in Idaho, acquired fireworks of questionable legality, paid bills, Roundup for weedy areas, weed and feed for lawn, mowing

    Imperative To Do: Light fireworks, back to work, clean garage, clean gutters, new shelves for stereo, bark dust, doctor appointments

  • Vital Statistics

    Aches & pains: right ankle
    Current reading: Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
    Recent listening: B.B. King, Albert King, Freddie King, John Anderson, Eric Clapton, Booker T. and the MG’s, Bukka White, Electric Flag, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield Blue Band, Elmore James, Robert Johnson, Fleetwood Mac, George Harrison, Harlem Slim, Jimi Hendrix, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Jimmy Reed, The Band, Reverend Gary Davis, Dock Boggs, John Hartford, Pet Seeger
    Recent viewing: The Middle, Community, The Civil War, Frontline, 60 Minutes, Kickass, Surface, Lord of the Flies (1963), Strange Days, Suck, Twilight Zone, Network, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Black Swan, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Dark City
    Recent playing: DropZap, Words with Friends
    Recently accomplished: Teacher meetings (Thomas), Troop 820 treasurer’s report, bank trip, Tivo hard drive replacement
    Imperative To Do: Clean garage, clean gutters, new shelves for stereo, bark dust, doctor appointments

  • Vital Statistics

    Aches & pains: sciatica, temperature sensitivity, left hip
    Current reading: Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
    Recent listening: The Chess Story, Eric Clapton, The Yardbirds, Beckology, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Steve Miller Band, Traffic, Boz Scaggs, The Rolling Stones
    Recent viewing: CSI, God in America, Sin City, V is for Vendetta, Commando, Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey, Secrets Beneath the Ice (Nova), Real Time with Bill Maher, Japan’s Killer Quake (Nova), BBS: The Documentary
    Recent playing: DropZap, Words with Friends, WSOP Hold ‘Em Legend HD
    Recently accomplished: Couch acquisition, Troop 820 collections, mowed lawn, new couch prep
    Imperative To Do: Clean garage, clean gutters, new shelves for stereo, bank trip, bark dust, doctor appointments

  • Vital Statistics

    Aches & pains: sciatica
    Current reading: Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
    Recent listening: The Velvet Underground, Alabama, Boz Scaggs, Steve Miller Band, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Buffett, The Who, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Funkadelic/Parliament, The Kinks, Sleep, The Small Faces, Traffic, Warren Zevon
    Recent viewing: CSI, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Modern Family, Friday Night Lights, Big Love, Stripes, A Clockwork Orange, Fringe, No Ordinary Family, Six Million Dollar Man, The Simpsons
    Recent playing: DropZap, Words with Friends, WSOP Hold ‘Em Legend HD
    Recently accomplished: Began Tivo repair (need new power cable), changed furnace filters
    Imperative To Do: Troop 820 transactions, clean garage, clean gutters

  • Vital Statistics

    Aches & pains: ankles
    Current reading: Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
    Recent listening: Les Paul & Mary Ford, The Mothers of Invention, Slick Rick, Gershwin, Jane Siberry, Glenn Miller, Brave Combo, Buckethead, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, King Crimson, Neil Young, Steve Goodman, Woody Guthrie
    Recent viewing: Young & Innocent, Stage Fright, Rockford Files, Murphy’s Romance, Disturbing the Universe, Nova, WWII in HD, Alice in Wonderland, Long Day’s Journey Into the Night (aborted), More Than a Game, NBA Basketball, Hawkeye Football
    Recent playing: Words with Friends, Fieldrunners, Pinball HD
    Recently accomplished: Played “adult in charge” at recent Troop 820 campout, fixed broken gate, fixed leaky toilet, winterization
    Imperative To Do: Resume biking, lingering Troop 820 issues, desk cleanup, Xmas shopping

  • Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll

    If you were a teen in the 80s like me then you probably remember the short-lived sketch comedy series, Fridays, on ABC. Although it only lasted two seasons, it left an indelible impression on my young brain.

    Sadly, a DVD release of those two seasons is reportedly held up by Michael Richards. Luckily, YouTube has most of their great sketches including the ones I’ve included below the fold:
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  • Vital Statistics

    Aches & pains: left shoulder
    Current reading: Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
    Recent listening: Eminem, Black Sabbath, Public Enemy, Dr. Dre, Neil Young, Decemberists, Jeff Tweedy, Infected Mushroom, Billie Holiday
    Recent viewing: Time After Time, Angels and Demons, 24 (season 8), Warehouse 13, CSI: Miami, Up In Smoke, Murder She Wrote, Life, Mad Men, Medium and the vape shop near me Inc.
    Recent playing: Words with Friends, QRANK, Fieldrunners
    Recently accomplished: Replaced deck boards, grass planting, weed removal, CDs for Kent
    Imperative To Do: iPhone app, liner notes for Kelly, clean gutters, Troop 820 bookkeeping

  • Vital Statistics

    Aches & pains: n/a
    Current reading: Beginning iPhone 3.0 Development by David Mark and Jeff LaMarche, Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
    Recent listening: Neil Young, Edith Piaf, The Modern Lovers, The Black Keys, Tones on Tail, Thomas Dolby
    Recent viewing: Countdown, Rachel Maddow, Friday Night Lights, Kill Bill, Hollywoodland, The Fly, LoudQUIETloud, Crazy, The Heart Is A Drum Machine, Psych
    Recent playing: Words with Friends, Plants vs. Zombies, Angry Birds, QRANK
    Recently accomplished: Hauled old computer equipment to Splash office, ongoing yard revival, filled propane tank, returned Nehalem to Foster City, CDs for Laine
    Imperative To Do: Buy deck boards, birthday party invites, haircut, chainsaw some stuff, iPhone app

  • Vital Statistics

    Bike odometer: 2567
    Aches & pains: itchy tattoo
    Current reading: George’s Secret Key to the Universe by Lucy and Stephen Hawking
    Recent listening: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Sabbath, Michelle Shocked, Muddy Waters, Dio, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Tom Waits
    Recent viewing: Lost, Modern Family, Doctor Who, Glee, Fringe, Moon, Iron Man 2, Donnie Darko, The Big Lebowski, It Might Get Loud
    Recent playing: Words with Friends, Plants vs. Zombies
    Recently accomplished: Collected summer camp fees, finished Iowa vacation planning, learned to solder, fixed 1 of 2 broken LCD displays, unclogged traps in both bathrooms, job interview, endured first tattoo, setup Troop 820 website
    Imperative To Do: iPhone application, pay speeding ticket, weed and feed, groceries