My little Princess

Here are a few photos that were taken of our cutie pie yesterday at a friend's house in Minneapolis. Our weekend was spent running from one activity to the next, and we wore Evie out pretty good. Hopefully she can find it in her heart to forgive us.

Rock star mug shots

Happy Friday everyone....if you're looking to waste a few minutes today, flip through the gallery of pictures here. It's a pretty humorous collection of rock stars (like the gentleman to the left) that have been thrown in the clink.

Big weekend ahead - lots of Halloween activities for the little one, and an adults night out as well. I'm hoping that my sweet wife will make a pit stop at a Best Buy that's doing a midnight sale for Guitar Hero III on Saturday night.

Enjoy the weekend, and make sure to spend as much time outside as possible. It boggles my mind to look around the neighborhood after work, and see everyone all cooped up in their homes while there's still daylight and it's gorgeous outside.

Cheat code to unlock all of the songs in Guitar Hero III

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Freaky

My computer crashed, and I'm loving every minute of it!

As you may have noticed, things have been awfully quiet around these parts. A lot of that has to do with the fact that our home PC took a crap on us about a week ago. This turn of events has actually been kinda cool, even though it'd be nice to have a machine that's working again. Here's some benefits of not having access to a computer 24/7:

1. Spending more time with the family
2. Getting more things done around the house
3. Getting more sleep
4. The chance to sit down and read a book
5. The opportunity to sit in the basement and play/listen to music for the first time in awhile
   

In general, I feel like I've been a little more focused at home. While it'd be nice to get access to a PC again for simple things like iPod management, it's not too bad to be without the internet for awhile. Try it out sometime - you might like it.

For those of you with the internet, here are 2 items to check out:

• Go here to check out some Soundcheck performance that the Foo Fighters did for Wal-Mart.
• I was listening to the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion last night, wondering what in the hell they've been up to lately. Apparently, MTV has been having the same thoughts - check it.
  

Feeling a little Surly

I just stumbled across this company today, and it looks like they have a helluva product. Surly Brewing Co. is a local beer company that has been in business since 2005. They currently have 2 beers (Bender and Furious) that are available year round. They also come up with several specialty beers that are available during various times of the season. I've never tasted it, but I have a feeling that I'll be picking some of this up in the very near future. I'll give you my taste test report after the pickup mission has been completed. In the meantime, visit their website to learn more about the brewery. A link has been added to my links section on the right-hand side for future convenience. Cheers!

Buy this album!

John Davis, the lead singer/guitarist of a little band called Superdrag, has a new solo album out called "Arigato!". He recorded it at the Foo Fighters' studio in LA. Click on the link below to pick it up for only 10 bucks!

Guitar Hero III tracklisting

Here's the final tracklisting for Guitar Hero III, due in stores on Rocktober 28th:

AFI - “Miss Murder”
Aerosmith - “Same Old Song and Dance”
Alice Cooper - “School’s Out”
Backyard Babies - “Minus Celsius”
Beastie Boys - “Sabotage”
Black Sabbath - “Paranoid”
Bloc Party - “Helicopter”
Blue Oyster Cult - “Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll”
Bret Michaels Band - “Go That Far”
Charlie Daniels Band - “Devil Went Down to Georgia”
Cream - “Sunshine of Your Love”
Dead Kennedys - “Holiday in Cambodia”
Die Toten Hosen - “Hier Kommt Alex”
Disturbed - “Stricken”
DragonForce - “Through the Fire and Flames”
Eric Johnson - “Cliffs of Dover”
Foghat - “Slow Ride”
Gallows - “In the Belly of a Shark”
Guns N’ Roses - “Welcome to the Jungle”
Heart - “Barracuda”
Heroes Del Silencio - “Avalancha”
In Flames - “Take This Life”
Iron Maiden - “The Number of the Beast”
Kaiser Chiefs - “Ruby”
Kiss - “Rock and Roll All Nite”
Lacuna Coil - “Closer”
Living Colour - “Cult of Personality”
Matchbook Romance - “Monsters”
Metallica - “One”
Mountain - “Mississippi Queen”
Muse - “Knights of Cydonia”
NAAST - “Mauvais Garcon”
Pat Benatar - “Hit Me with Your Best Shot”
Pearl Jam - “Even Flow”
Poison - “Talk Dirty to Me”
Priestess - “Lay Down”
Queens of the Stone Age - “3’s and 7’s”
Rage Against the Machine - “Bulls on Parade”
Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Suck My Kiss”
Revolverheld - “Generation Rock”
Santana - “Black Magic Woman”
Scorpions - “Rock You Like a Hurricane”
Slayer - “Raining Blood”
Slipknot - “Before I Forget”
Smashing Pumpkins - “Cherub Rock”
Social Distortion - “Story of My Life”
Sonic Youth - “Kool Thing”
Stevie Ray Vaughn - “Pride and Joy”
Superbus - “Radio Song”
Tenacious D - “The Metal”
The Hellacopters - “I’m in the Band”
The Killers - “When You Were Young”
The Rolling Stones - “Paint It, Black”
The Stone Roses - “She Bangs the Drums”
The Strokes - “Reptilia”
The Who - “The Seeker”
Velvet Revolver - “She Builds Quick Machines”
Weezer - “My Name Is Jonas”
White Zombie - “Black Sunshine”
ZZ Top - “La Grange”

Whistling

Over lunch, I made a visit to the local LifeTime fitness center. While getting ready in the locker room, I was enjoying some of the sweet music they play over the in-house speakers. Today, I was kicking it to some "That'll Be The Day" by Buddy Holly. For those of you that know the song, the melody isn't too complex.

Some joker comes waltzing into the locker area, whistling along to the song. Wait, let me re-phrase that. He was trying to whistle along to the song. Whistling to a song without changing the note you are whistling is not encouraged. It just doesn't make any sense, and I have no idea why someone would do it. It goes against all whistling regulations.

So, if you are in violation of this heinous crime, please stop. I can get you help. Maybe even give you a lesson or two. For practice, I would recommend listening to "Patience" by GnR, "Young Folks" by Peter, Bjorn & John, and anything by this man.

New Radiohead!

Release date - October 10
2 options:
Discbox (includes everything above + electronic download)
Electronic download only

I'm super excited for this release! What a cool idea, and how badass is it for a band to announce the release date of an album 10 days before they're going to put it out?

Here's the tracklisting....find more details at www.radiohead.com

CD 1 AND VINYL
15 STEP
BODYSNATCHERS
NUDE
WEIRD FISHES/ARPEGGI
ALL I NEED
FAUST ARP
RECKONER
HOUSE OF CARDS
JIGSAW FALLING INTO PLACE
VIDEOTAPE

CD 2
MK 1
DOWN IS THE NEW UP
GO SLOWLY
MK 2
LAST FLOWERS
UP ON THE LADDER
BANGERS AND MASH
4 MINUTE WARNING