Holy facelift, Batman!

Well, I finally switched over to the new version of Blogger, and gave the ol' blog a revamping. I think this new style will make things a little easier to read. I also added in news feed from the Rolling Stone website on the right hand side.

This past weekend was chock full of adventures...

Friday - after dropping Evie off at Grandma & Grandpa's, we jetted out to Pepitos in Minneapolis for a birthday celebration for a few of Shel's high school classmates. After dinner, we retreated to a friend's house for some serious Guitar Hero 2 throwdowns. People who had never played the game before were picking it up and having a blast.

Saturday - picked Evie up at the folk's house and drove down to Winona to surprise Shel's grandma for her birthday. Got to visit with the relatives and play some Buck Uecker. I drank a good 6 or 7 beers so I'd get out of driving home. My plan worked. We drove through Cannon Falls twice, which got me to thinking - I'd really like to take a tour of Pachyderm Studios some day. For those not in the know this was the location where Nirvana recorded In Utero.

Sunday - we had a crew of friends over for bloody marys (delicious...need to make beef jerky next time), black bean soup (Michelle comes through with a great meal yet again), and some Wii antics. An awesome way to end the week.

Well, it's back to business as usual...I think I have some big news lined up for this Thursday, so stay tuned.

Don't call it a comeback

With the recent announcements of Rage Against The Machine and The Police reuniting, it got me to thinking - what are some other bands that you'd love to see back together? Here's a short list of my dream bands I'd like to see back in action - drop a comment and let me know who you'd like to see rocking the stage once again.

• Soundgarden
• Verbena
• Urge Overkill
• Led Zeppelin (with Grohl on drums)
  
• Superdrag

Cold snap

Well, we finally are kicking into winter mode around here. At the end of last week, temps dropped from the 40's to single digits. We got a few inches of snow last night, which means that I get to clear the driveway off this evening. After that, it should hopefully be a quiet, relaxing evening. Here are a few ideas that may or may not be helping me pass the time while trying to stay warm:

• Read a book - I haven't hunkered down and read a book (start to finish) in awhile now. Might as well give it a shot one of these days.
• Sell stuff on eBay - I've got buttloads of stuff in the basement that I'll probably never use again. I keep telling my wife that I'll go on a selling spree, but it never really materializes. Maybe this week will be different.
  
• Clean out the computer room cabinet - it's been a repository for items that don't have a proper place, kinda like the kitchen junk drawer. Time to change that.
• Go downstairs and record some jams - I have fun every time I hit the "record" button and map out ideas...it's cool to build a song up from nothing, layer it with different instruments and make it sound like a band.
• Rent/play WarioWare - Smooth Moves - all the initial reviews say this game is killer, with lots of fun minigames that invite a multiplayer environment.
  

That's about all I can think of at the moment. Being a husband/parent, chances may be good that not one of those items will be attempted this week. But who knows...stranger things have happened.

Cool concert alert - The Apples In Stereo will be playing the Varsity Theatre in Minneapolis on Saturday, 2/24 , at 10 pm. The show is in support of their new album, New Magnetic Wonder, which will be released on February 7.

Slip the drummer one

Since I haven't been very creative with my posting as of late, I thought I'd post this kickass video until I come up with something better. Check out this display of killer video editing.

I only wanna be with youuuuuuuuuuuuu

I heard a song on the radio this morning that got me to thinkin'...remember when Hootie and the Blowfish was big? Boy, was that a sad time.

What a bunch of wankers.