tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52100662492184171872011-07-08T04:25:20.166-05:00Programmed to State the Obvious.Shaun Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09578581844540227345noreply@blogger.comBlogger551100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210066249218417187.post-65913227091736272032010-02-16T23:32:00.004-06:002010-02-16T23:35:09.957-06:00

The reason being?We're moving. If you've been reading this and would like to continue doing so than please go here.Thank You,The Management.

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When I grow older, much older than I feel at this moment, I have but one request for the man I shall become; Study Andy Rooney.OMG! Yes. If you've never seen any of his segments on 60 Minutes then you, my friends, are missing out. His ability to ramble on about the most random and senseless thoughts is simply unmeasurable, if only because he's creating the scale all future pointless diatribes

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First of all, for the purpose of this post and your general entertainment, please, watch this:Did it sink in?That answer isn't important, I'm still going to go over the anatomy of a riot. Why? 'Cause this, my friends, was no riot.Paging Dr. UT Pussy. Get your shit together! You gotta crawl before you can walk kids. This was not rioting at a college level, this wasn't even rioting on any level.

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See? I told you stupidity would hold a special place in this blog as I moved beyond music. Oh, well. If this is what I want...J.C. Penny, department store extraordinaire, has produced a line that, even I, find questionable in its branding. If you've been in any of their stores lately and have a mind like I do, then it shouldn't be too hard to figure out which one I'm talking about, it hit me

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Hopefully, with it being a new year (or, so I've been told), this little corner of the nobody-readsasphere will get updated with a little more regularity. I know I have no one to blame but myself for this, and for that I will give myself the requisite forty-lashes. Unless you'd prefer a good, ol' fashioned Singapore caning - I can do that, but somebody is going to have to provide said

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It's obligimatory list time. Best of's and what not. So, because no one demanded it, the ten albums you should have listened to this year and some EP's as well, since they're cheap (half of them are free to download). Half of these bands are probably unheard of and the other half I've probably already covered, but you'll find that out for yourself as I start with #10 and work my way up.#10) Brand

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For me, hell, or as I like to call it, everyday life, has finally frozen over. I started a Twitter account and, God help me, I'll try to use it in a proper sort of way. I know this is probably a lost cause already, but if you want the chance to read and hear some crazy, off the wall shit, well then add the feed. It won't cost you anything, except your self respect, but if you're reading this then

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With shows, a holiday, work, shows, and work, I'm a little exhausted and really should be sleeping, but I feel it my duty to inform you of the CD that's keeping me awake and singing instead of letting me drift off into peaceful dreamland. This week that honor goes to Chicago's Ike Reilly (Blog/Facebook/MySpace/Twitter/YouTube) and his new album Hard Luck Stories.Purchase: Amazon/iTunesI first

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If you happen to wonder why this is being posted at such an odd hour, let me spell it out for you; I have a drinking problem, but it only surfaces when the Bears play. Don't worry, I have a solution for it though, from now on it's Blackhawks games only.Which should give me plenty of time to focus on music, and today I'd like to help you accomplish that too, by letting you in on the secret of how

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Mid-week post? Been awhile...But this is a stop the presses kind of deal as it's about a band near to my heart. John Condron and the the Benefit (Myspace/Facebook), a great Joliet by way of Philly/Chicago rock group, have been more active than usual lately. In fact they've just put up three unmastered songs from their forthcoming (still no arrival date or artwork) release Eleventh Hour Grace. The

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I've already professed my love for Creative Commons and the music produced under it, so what follows shouldn't set the world on fire, at least from the prospective of me. The music I have for you today however, should the world ever choose for a day to be fair, could very well light this planet up.Josh Woodward (Website/MySpace/Facebook/Twitter/YouTube) is a relatively (word used lightly for

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More and more music - but, this is what we all get when I go on a vinyl buying spree. That's right, I said vinyl. I'm turning into a hipster, but it's barely even slightly my choice. I'm being forced into it.Right now I'll say that the record I won't be talking about here, as it still hasn't arrived to my door, is Buttsweat and Tears by The Lawrence Arms. I just know it'll be awesome, so go out

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Sorry for the extended break, unplanned illnesses have a way of wrecking havoc with my writing urges. 'Tis okay though, I have a great way to make it up to you; I went and made you a mixtape."Surely," you think, "there's no way in hell this can be legal."Oh, but I assure you it it is. See, every song on this mixtape (I called it a sampler as a slap in the face of nostalgia) is licensed under the

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Time for another album review. This week it's a major label release - Daisy by Brand New.CD/mp3/VinylIt would be wrong to used the word let-down when describing this record because, under normal circumstances, it wouldn't even evoke the thought. However, this is the fourth album by Brand New and though it still follows their trend of continuously getting further away from the pop-punk that was

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!URGENT BREAKING NEWS!MySpace has released the track listing for the soundtrack of the sure to be blockbuster film, New Moon. Prep your razors boys and girls, you're not going to want to nick yourselves when shaving for the big event.Via MySpace:1. Death Cab For Cutie – Meet Me On The Equinox2. Band Of Skulls – Friends 3. Thom Yorke- Hearing Damage4. Lykke Li – Possibility5. The Killers - A

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Take back your rotting flowers, they are not needed here anymore. For punk, sirs, is not in fact dead, and if it ever were, then it has been miraculously reborn! For living proof I show you Portland, Oregon's very own The Taxpayers!Yeah. As fuck.They want word about them spread far and wide and, well, look at them. If that were you, wouldn't you want the same? They have the usual outlets, website

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Good lord. I never realized how much I occasionally need a good rock show. The type of event where the music gets so loud that your equilibrium gets screwed up, walking becomes a chore, and even if you only drank water all night, you're still afraid you'll get pulled over for suspicion of a DUI. Where, at the end of the evening, you've managed to piss off at least one person just by being there

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You know what everybody can get behind? Some unreasonable and unintelligible yelling, that's what. Now, let's also pretend that we're protesting something important, let's say some sketchy, no-bid government contracts handed over to the friends of those we elected.What? Too complicated?Alright. Let's go with health care instead. But, we have to make sure we get really loud about this. I mean

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Time to talk about some of my ol' favorites and the new things they are begetting/creating.We'll start in television and that means my favorite show ever to be on the air, Frisky Dingo. For those of you who may not have heard of it or those of you who have no idea what it was about, let me post a screen capture from the commercial for the season two dvd. I think what follows should tell you all

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Words fail me. (NSFW)Get Yours Before New Moon is Released!This is absolutely the smartest idea ever (Yes, it sparkles). Fuck landing on the moon. Fuck curing polio. This will make more money than Jesus playing blackjack drunk. If only they would of thought to put a razor blade on this thing, that way, wannabe goth girls (and boys!) would never have to leave their homes and the world would be at

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There are some things in this world, granted most (including this) are grossly immature, that I can't help but just... laugh uncontrollably at. Things like the Cock Shot (NSFW: Language):Cock Shot from Invisible EngineThere's more great stuff from these guys on their websites, specifically Stole My Dick (NSFW: Language/Imagery) and Irish Rover: A St. Paddy's Day Brogue (Half-way Day - One Month),

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Actually, the link in the title has nothing to do with what I want to talk about, but it just fit so perfectly.To music, a live show I'm highly recommending:Saturday, August 15th - The Righteous HillbilliesSouth Island Park, Wilmington, IL from 2:00 to 3:30WHY? Well, the band, plus the location, should tell you all you need to know. If it doesn't then allow me to break it down; This will be, for

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New Music TuesdayNow, here's where I would tell you all about the sheer amazingness that is Aimee Allen's new album, A Little Happiness, which was released today after a slight delay. The key word there is would. As in, I would tell you had the workers at Best Buy #307 not been complete morons and had their bosses above them know how to run a store.Suffice to say, their website said it would be

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Aside from the title, we're taking a break from music and taking a trip to the movies. When? I don't have any idea because the movie doesn't have a release date yet, but it does have a trailer. Oh. And it has a title, The Slammin' Salmon and it was made by the same people who brought you Super Troopers and Beerfest, a.k.a. Broken Lizard. They also made Club Dread, but I, apparently, was one of,

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The never ending search for free music that isn't wont to suck brings us (via time machine) to The Grammar Club and their album Bremelanotide.We're sticking with the nerd theme with this nerd-core release and that basically means; White guys rapping nerd-centric lyrics over beats that are positively out of the realm of those actually creating them. And, while that may be true, what with a whole

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... and we're back.In photo news and due to my lack of posting, I bring you advertisements disguised as presents. It's a couple desktops, one blue, one red (I'm currently using the blue one), for you to download and use for yourself. It helps grow the brand in a way that makes your stuff look cooler, or, to put it another way, works just like a designer label... only I'm not charging an arm and

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Scratch that; I am trouble.So, while I was being troublesome on the internets here, I came across a band that I've really grown to like in the 20 or so minutes that I've been listening to them. They call themselves I Fight Dragons and their EP is entitled Cool Is Just a Number.Purchase: CD or iTunesOr, instead of shelling out your hard-earned cash, you can, for a limited time, simply visit their

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This will be the second time I've mentioned this city and the second time after I took a trip there, but I have an idea. One along the lines of Baconnaise, one they can have... for a price.Bourbonnais, IL shall henceforth be known not as Bearbonnais, but instead as the birthplace for the idea of the greatest condiment to ever satisfy both the connoisseur crowd and the alcoholic crowd -

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I have a question; What do you think is going on in this picture here?The problem with the answer is, besides the fact that I don't know it, the book that it comes from doesn't explain it either. It's from something called a tract, this one entitled No Fear and it's published by Chick Publications, a company working with Protestant fundamentalists. And, if you take it with a grain of salt, it's

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Something simple before work here; Mark June 9th down as a date for opening your wallets. It's the official release date for Aimee Allen's new album, A Little Happiness.For those of you unfamiliar with her, Aimee's been around the block, so to speak. Originally a solo artist with a punkish vibe, she was ready to drop her first album, I'd Start a Revolution if I Could Get Up in the Morning (Free

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Yes. I've finally moved on from an old HP desktop, what with its 60gb hard drive and mind-numbing 128mb of RAM. My future, it comes in the form of the HP tx2627cl Tablet Notebook.Oh, sure. It was a display model, but I'm good enough with this crap that it doesn't worry me at all. Besides, the 12.1" swivel touch screen, 320gb hard drive, and 3 gigs of memory, more than make up for the purchase

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The answer to that question shall probably be answered in song tonight, for it is St. Patrick's Day you truckers.Since it's an official holiday in my head I'm going to keep this short and tell you about the realization I had while watching the weather channel.I realized, thanks to official record keepings, that to prepare for March 17th in Chicago you have to prepare for temperatures that range

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It wasn't a good day, thankfully St.-my middle name Day is fast approaching, so I have no worries about it getting better.Unlike the person in the story located here.Don't feel like reading? Fine, I'll sums it up for ya.Man + Sex toy + Saber Saw Blade + Woman = I'm never having a sexual experience in Maryland.Everything, including the medevac ride I assume, was consensual, anything going forward,

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That, the title, read the book it's from.Then, rejoice, because the Hillbillies are coming out of hibernation. Oh yeah. After months and months of waiting a new show has been tentatively (and I stress the word, tentatively, because of the source. cough*Triz*cough) scheduled for April 24 at, surprise surprise, Chicago St. Pub.It may seem like the bar is mentioned excessively, and it is, but that

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Thank you, Engadget. Thank you for informing me that Western Digital will be releasing the 2TB Caviar Green external hard drive, for if you hadn't, I would not be wondering; Just how much porn would it take to fill that trucker up? It's a hypothetical question, as this is clearly built towards DVR's, but it doesn't malign the fact that, the second I saw this, was the second that I thought that I

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Thanks, Big Game Mega Millions.I didn't even get one damn number and, if I had wasted more than what amounted to loose change floating around my car, I'd be pissed about that fact. Not about losing, I expected that, but not even getting one number, it kind of feels like each one those numbered balls was drawn and then smacked right against my chin. All six of them, just like a weekend with the

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My dog, Dryfus, is a prick.Nothing new, but he's getting better at it. Today, he managed to find a box of nails to carry, only they were too heavy. So, being the prick that he is, he decided to drop them in the middle of the floor, in a spot where I'd step on them, but where I wouldn't see them.Inevitably, that's exactly what happens, I slip on them and nearly break my damn neck, but, it's OK.

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First of all, let me apologize for the recent lack of postings, I intend to fix that. For those of you who know why the postings were so few, I'm done thinking and I 'tend to start doing, so don't ask.Now, our programming. This is a site I found through Fazed (another great site, by the way) and it has got to be, quite possibly, the best example of a WYSIWYG website name on this whole wide series

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It's been... and will continue to be... rough.Anywho, I'll persevere, somehow, I always do. Besides, now I have to, my favorite time of the year, Spring Training, has started and I get to imagine my beloved White Sox winning the series again, and they get to invent new ways of screwing it up and pissing me off.It's part of the joy of baseball season, well, that, and the Palehose series of comic

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What those lists are? I'm not going to go into it, let it suffice to say, they're all in my head and I won't be forgetting them anytime soon.So, in the spirit of life shattering announcements and changes, who wants to do something crazy?Come on, I work cheap.

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I don't know, maybe I'm getting old. The mall is becoming a more and more foreign place with each visit. Every time I return it seems I find something new pertaining to how I just don't fit in anymore. Like Hot Topic, I know it's not for me, and even when I had a Mohawk or blue hair, it probably wasn't for me, I know it's wall to wall douches, pricks, and people who look suicidal, but aren't,

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The American Kennel Club is a joke. Last year they finally had a different breed, a beagle, win best in show at its dog show and it turned out to be a huge media coup. Everyone loved that little dog, and even I must admit that it was pretty damn cute, and it ended up everywhere. So, these geniuses, they needed a way to keep this going, but how? How could they make this year's winner top last

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I've decided to be a smart ass and post a review of CD that I just love. I don't care what you think about it and, depending on how this turns out, I may just do this again. Today, I'm proudly presenting:Album: White Turns BlueArtist: Maria MenaReleased: July 20th, 2004Two reasons I wanted to do this; One, I've been listening to it a lot, which has driven me to spend way more on a CD then I've

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Right there.(Image Stolen From Tim's Lady-Friend's MySpace.)They just won't be able to do it in Marshall Field's Macy's anymore. Since seeing-eye miniature horses aren't dogs, they will no longer be officially recognized service animals.My thoughts, they are mixed. From the part of me that's against this, I look at how some people have allergies, or dog phobias and how they would need a different

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I heard it for the first time in forever today, that song, and Jesus, I wasn't missing it. I get it, I really do, and, don't get me wrong, I appreciate the love, just not at my day job. Conrad is a fun character and I can see how he could be memorable, when played by the right person, a good actor. But, that wasn't me, not ever, and especially not my senior year of high school. Cripes, I was

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And, yes. I have done that recently. It was on the toilet, so it was much more productive than at least one family caught in the Kentucky Ice-Storm.I swear none of what follows is made up.Dammit. I wish I could find this news report, for it perfectly explains why there is a border between Kentucky and Illinois and it isn't because of the Ohio River either. It's because of morons, people who were

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Yay! We have a new governor, Mr. Patrick Joseph Quinn, let us sit back and watch as nothing still gets done.What I can't wait for is the inevitable run in he has with the Madigan's when he does something they don't like. It'll be just like the good ol' days.So, in the nature of the way we're heading, let me be the first to call for the immediate resignation or, if need be, impeachment, of Gov.

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I know I haven't touched this governor thing, but something has been bothering me, so I'll try to make this quick.Mr. Blagojevich - Guilty? As sin - probably. However, we as a people would be fooling ourselves something fierce if we were to believe removing him from office would do anything to end corruption here in Illinois.What do I mean? - The rule of our government is much like a multi-headed

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"Move punk. I dare you."Actually, he was on his way to an after-party for that Notorious movie. I'm sure he was cool.Moving on from news that surprises no one, let me tell you about this fantastic dream I had. I don't know how it started, but for some reason I was on one of the Rock of Love Bus buses, with Robert Downey Jr. who was actually Tony Stark. Now, the weird part about all this was the

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I'd like to take a moment and focus on not promoting my book, Faith (Which you totally should buy), but instead talk about something else I love (but for your sake do not produce), music.Or, more specifically, I'd like to bring attention to, pimp-out if you will, a friend's podcast, The Know Nothing Music Show. I know I'm being a whore here, but it's a good place to learn about some of the more

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"Hehhhhh. They totally are." So, I guess the best thing about Tuesday was a non-felon being barred from the Senate for not meeting their ethical standards. Shit, these are the same people who gave Ted Stevens (R-Alaska, soon to be Federal Penitentiary) a standing ovation after he lost his bid for reelection, which was after he was convicted of his crimes and refused to give up his seat, so, Mr.

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Some thoughts and lessons:Let's Play Two - Actually, a bad idea. Two New Year observances seem like a good idea, and they still may be, just not when they're six hours apart. You'll never make the second one, trust me, I saw an Irishman tap.Blitzed by Six - Yes. The entertainment was.Man on Man Action - Really. Really makes the wife mad.McDonald's - Must be serving clown meat. It explains so much

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It's here, it's here, after much delay it's finally here!There are two covers available for purchase, one being the mass market. (The one for everyone.)The other being the incentive cover because you've taken the precious time to visit my site and I thank you for that with this:To buy, simply click on the cover you want. Operators may not be standing by, but you'll be able to purchase

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SAVE MY SOUL!It's true. I am tired, but it's alright. It's a good kind of tired, one that comes from many nights working on a labor of love and that's really what this all is, a labor of love. I'm talking about my book of course and, on the eve of its arrival, I'm flipping through a copy, finding what little work is left to do and actually being quite pleased. It's really not bad, I think. Really

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Welcome all to the new home of all my artistic endeavors. Most of what you will see here will be in story form however, there may be the occasional artistic outbursts and maybe even some merchandise, hey let's go crazy.Soon, we will.

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