Friday, August 29, 2008

SOME IDEAS I HAVE
1. A collection of daily comics about random little things in my life kinda like the Jim comics I love.
2. Repititious silk screen of a picture Fiona drew of herself running away from a monster. I was thinking like a hundred of those images with a gigantic monster in the back.

BRUCE DID NOT PLAY DNC, BUT STEVIE WONDER DID
1. Bruce opened for Stevie Wonder at Kutztown University on March 29, 1973 as a part of Kutztown University's "Black Cultures Weekend."
2. Bruce and Stevie Wonder sing together on We Are The World.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

RANDOM LISTS

RECENT NETFLIX RENTALS
1. The L Word Season 1
2. Dexter Season 1
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
5. Bee Movie
6. Eagle vs. Shark
7. Jonestown

CD'S I BORROWED FROM THE LIBRARY
1. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky (Not to my liking... connor likes wilco. i care not for wilco, but i do love Uncle Tupelo and Sun Volt... go figure.)
2. REM - Accelerate (okay)
3. Le blues est né en Afrique (Africa, mother of the blues) (okay)
4. Silk, spirits & song: music from north Thailand (not very good)
5. Mike Seeger - Early Southern Guitar Sounds (AWESOME - like really really good)
6. Lucy Kaplansky - The Tide (This album was produced by Shawn Colvin and Charles Giordano, the new organ player for the E Street Band is on this album) (okay)
7. The Bills - Let 'em Run (not to my liking)
8. Laura Viers - Saltbreaker (pretty good... not as good as her Carbon Glacier, though)
9. Lucinda Williams - West (pretty good... abotu what you'd expect from Lucinda Williams)
10. The Wailing Jenny's - Firecracker (okay... great name for a band, though, wouldn't you agree?)
11. Blind Willie Johnson - Praise God I'm Satisfied (Really really good)
12. Coldplay - Parachutes (okay - coldplay is sooooo overhyped)
13. Lullaby for the Moon - Japanese Music for koto and sakuhachi - (Really really great set of music)
14. Beth Orton - Daybreaker (okay... Fiona wanted to get this one)
15. Bright Eyes - I'm wide awake... It's Morning (good... but too much with the off-color language)
16. The Clash - London Calling (Great... How did I live this long with out this album?)
17. The Music of Cambodia: 9 Gong Gamelan/Royal Court Music/Solo Instrumental Music (really really good)
18. Gaelic Storm - Special Reserve - (eh... okay, i guess)
19. Paul Robeson - On My Journey - (okay... i really appreciate everything Paul Robeson went through i.e. the blacklisting and the McCarthy hearings and what not, but I just can not get into his music and/or singing voice.)
20. Mahalia Jackson - The Best of Mahalia Jackson - (Awesome... if you don't like Mahalia Jackson, they you ought to get your ears checked. On this album she sings Just a Closer walk with thee.)
21. Ramblin' Jack Elliott - I Stand Alone (really good. 1.) traditional folk songs. 2.) Flea plays on it)
22. National Dance Compay of Cambodia - Homrong (really good)
23. Dervish - Dervish Decade (really good - real celtic music - which is why i like this and do not like gaelic storm)

JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE
1. Just a Closer Walk with Thee is played in Cool Hand Luke when Luke is in the box for 3 days after his mother dies.
2. The lady who used to play organ at church would play Just a Closer Walk with Thee every sunday during the communion procession. The day before she moved to Florida there was a reception for her after mass and I thanked her for playing that song because I love it. She said she played it for her husband who also loved the song. I thought that was nice.

BETH ORTON
1. I saw her open up for Beck a few years back.

WANT TO READ A REALLY SAD BOOK?
1. The Chris Farley Show

TOP 4 REASONS WHY THE VERSION OF LONDON CALLING AT THE 2003 GRAMMIES WAS THE BEST
1. Bruce Springsteen
2. Steve VanVandt
3. Dave Grohl
4. Elvis Costello

Seriously, do yourself a favor and watch it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiSQIbNxjcU

REAL NAMES OF SOME MUSICIANS
1. Elvis Costello - Declan Patrick McManus
2. Alice Coober - Vincent Furnier

BRUCE LISTS

SONGS FIONA WANTED TO HEAR BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN PLAY
1. Out in the Street
2. Born in the USA
3. Radio Nowhere
4. Candy's Room
5. Bishop Danced

SONGS FIONA WANTE TO HEAR BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN PLAY THAT HE DID PLAY
1. Radion Nowhere

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BRUCE SHOW FOR ME
1. Taking my kid to see the Boss
2. Being there with Aunt Louise
3. Taking Amy to her 5th Springsteen concert
4. Atlantic City
5. Tunnel of Love
6. Radio Nowhere
7. Working on the Highway
8. Brilliant Disguise
9. Youngstown
10. Murder Incorporated
11. No Surrender

Thursday, April 17, 2008

STUFF I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING NOW THAT WE ARE GETTING CABLE

  1. The Phillies
  2. Star Trek Next Generation
  3. MacGyver
  4. The Daily Show
  5. Colbert Report
  6. That Show About Those Guys Who Drive Trucks Across The Arctice Circle

this is a list I wrote a long time ago:

PEOPLE/THINGS WITH THE INITIALS "AI"

  1. Allen Iverson
  2. Andre Igudala
  3. Amnesty International
  4. Artificial Intelligence
  5. Art Institute

Friday, April 4, 2008

WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE THAT HAVE THE WORD "ASS" IN THEM TWICE

  1. Assassination
  2. Assassinated
  3. Assassinative
  4. Assassinator
  5. Assassination
  6. Assassin
  7. Sassafrass

I left off Sassafrass the last time i made this list. Amy brought it to my attention. She's a good woman.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

STUFF TO DO TONIGHT SINCE AMY, FIONA, AND PATRICK ARE IN SHAMOKIN

  1. Order a new ladybug umbrella for Fiona since the one she had blew off the porch the other night.
  2. Do the dishes
  3. Watch "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
  4. Watch the New episodes of Earl and The Office

WHAT I ACTUALLY DID TONIGHT SINCE AMY, FIONA, AND PATRICK ARE IN SHAMOKIN

  1. Ordered a new ladybug umbrealla for Fiona
  2. Watched "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FOrd"
  3. Watched a new Episode of Earl (The Office was all repeats)
  4. Went on the Internet and looked up the following things:
  • The New James McMurtry Album
  • James McMurtry Tour Dates
  • Directions to the Union meeting tomorrow
  • Words that have "ass" in them twice
  • The new Phillies alternate uniforms
  • New Phillies hat I would like to buy (because 8 Phillies hats are not enough)
  • How to say assassin in Klingon


WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE THAT HAVE "ASS" IN THEM TWICE

  1. Assassination
  2. Assassin
  3. Assassinate
  4. Assassinating
  5. Assassinator
  6. Assassinative


MY PHILLIES HATS

  1. Red with white P (their regular hat)
  2. Red with white P (like the other one, but made of thinner material)
  3. Black with white P (that is the one i wear when they are sucking or if they lose a close game because of a stupid mistake)
  4. Maroon with White P (retro 70's-era logo. I wear this one after they've done something awesome like won a game with a walk-off home run, or hit a grand slam, or turned a triple play.)
  5. Green with white P and a shamrock on the brim
  6. Green with a red P and a red Shamrock on the (Incidentally, if you google "phillies hat," a picture of me with this hat on will come up. and it is a bad picture)
  7. Red White and Blue hat with White P (technically this is Fiona's hat because it was the kids hat giveaway last year. Fiona does not care much for it prefering the pink phillies hat that her pop-pop bought for her at her first phillies game and it fits my head just fine, so I wear it.)
  8. Red and Blue Reading Phillies hat (I almost never wear this one)

KIND OF WEIRD THING ABOUT WATCHING THE JESSE JAMES MOVIE

  1. I watched it today, April 3, 2008... 116 years to the day after he was killed.

REMEMBER TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE AT THE SHORE AND WENT TO SEE BRUCE?

  1. Pearl Jam will be in camden while we are at the shore.
  2. Do you think Amy would want to go?
  3. Do you think Reen would want to go?
  4. Do I want to shell out $48 per ticket to see Pearl Jam?
  5. If you could guarantee me that they would play all of the songs from Ten I would totally go, but I doubt they would do that.
  6. Also, can you guarantee me that Eddie Vedder won't tarnish the show with his anti-bush ranting and raving?

Friday, March 14, 2008

MUSIC I WOULD BUY IF I HAD THE MONEY

  1. Vampire Weekend
  2. Moldy Peaches
  3. SeaWolf
  4. Dukes of the Stratosphere
  5. Ramones
  6. Santo Gold
  7. Liam Finn
  8. The Puppini Sisters

Friday, March 7, 2008

FIRST 15 RELATED VIDEOS THAT CAME UP AFTER WATCHING MAUREEN'S VIDEO OF ANDREW WALKING WHICH WAS TITLED "WALK"

  1. U2 - Walk
  2. Walk Hard Trailer
  3. Dire Straits - Walk of Life
  4. Run-DMC/Aerosmith - Walk This Way
  5. Run-DMC - Walk This Way
  6. Pantera - Walk
  7. How to Moonwalk like Michael Jackson
  8. Franz Ferdinand - Walk Away
  9. C-Walk crip walk London 5-Way
  10. Bruce Springsteen - Long Walk Home
  11. The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk
  12. Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line
  13. Kelly Clarkson - Walk Away
  14. Funeral for a Friend - Walk Away
  15. Walk it out Fosse!!!

None of these videos have anything to do with Andrew whatsoever.

Saturday, March 1, 2008

WEEKEND LIST

  1. Stations of the Cross
  2. Watch Movies
  3. Clean Basement
  4. Move Dryer on top of the washer
  5. Clean out filing cabinet
  6. Laundry
  7. Buy ink (HP Black 94)
  8. Research Cyndi Lauper's "She's So Unusual" album cover to see if it actually says "Roberto Clemente" on the wall behind her
  9. Family photo (St. Patrick's Day)
  10. Postcard list for Star Wars exhibit
  11. Re-check out library book
  12. Design and make Buck Hollow Hunting Club Membership cards
  13. Update Listville blogs (Fat Guy Hobbies, MP3 player playlists)

MOVIES TO WATCH RANKED BY LIKELIHOOD THAT I WILL WATCH IT

  1. Darjeeling Limited
  2. Pirates of the Carribean 3
  3. Madea's Family Reunion
  4. Passion of the Christ
  5. Nanny McPhee
  6. Shrek

PLAYLISTS ON MY MP3 PLAYER

  1. Bruce Springsteen Magic
  2. Bruce Juice
  3. Workout Bruce Juice

SONGS ON BRUCE JUICE

  1. Jackson Cage
  2. Night
  3. Candy's Room
  4. Working on the Highway
  5. Bishop Danced
  6. She's the One
  7. Out in the Street
  8. Darkness on the Edge of Town
  9. Badlands (Live 08-27-99)

SONGS ON WORKOUT BRUCE JUICE

  1. Radio Nowhere
  2. She's the One
  3. Lonesme Day
  4. Adam Raised a Cain
  5. Human Touch
  6. Darkness on the Edge of Town
  7. Jackson Cage
  8. Gypsy Biker
  9. The Ties that Bind
  10. Trapped (Live)
  11. Night
  12. Candy's Room
  13. Out in the Street
  14. Badlands (Live 08-27-99)
  15. Bishop Danced

I timed the first 14 songs to be almost 1 hour exact so that when I am on the treadmill at the gym I am always rockin'. Bishop Danced is the cool-down song.

WHAT FIONA CALLS SOME BRUCE SONGS (what she calls them followed by actual name of the song)

  1. Out the Front Door (Bishop Danced)
  2. Out on the Street (Out in the Street)
  3. The Candy's Room (Candy's Room)
  4. The Badlands (Badlands)

FAVORITE SPRINGSTEEN MOMENTS INVOLVING SEAMUS O'NEILL

  1. When Seamus sings Atlantic City, instead of singing "Well there's trouble busing in from out of state," he says "Well, there's trouble coming in from outer space."
  2. When we saw Bruce together, he sang along with nearly all the words to Atlantic City. I was so proud of him.
  3. He also sang along with nearly every other song from the Seeger Sessions album.

FAT GUY HOBBIES

  1. Civil War Reenactor
  2. Star Trek Reenactor
  3. Looking for Pants that fit at JC Penny
  4. Eating

(compiled by Joe Smith)

Monday, February 25, 2008

I CAN NOT WAIT FOR (BLANK TV SHOW) TO COME BACK ON THE AIR

LIST OF SHOWS I WANT TO SEE NOW THAT THE WRITER'S STRIKE IS OVER
  1. 30 Rock
  2. The Office
  3. Saturday Night Live (which is actually already back on the air)

LIST OF SHOWS THAT SHOULD JUST BE BROUGHT BACK

  1. NewsRadio
  2. MacGyver
  3. Parker Lewis Can't Lose
  4. Arrested Development
  5. Listen Up!
  6. Andy Richter Controls the Universe
  7. Greg the Bunny

Thursday, February 21, 2008

PRESIDENT'S DAY

MY FAVORITE PRESIDENTS
  1. My Dad (President of the Buck Hollow Hunting Club)
  2. Theodore Roosevelt
  3. Abraham Lincoln

BANDS I SAW AT A PRESIDENT'S DAY SHOW AT PENN STATE

  1. Hoover
  2. Lincoln

Friday, February 15, 2008

MORE BOWIE

PEOPLE WITH WHOM I HAVE SEEN DAVID BOWIE
  1. Laura Stroffolino
  2. Laura's Sister
  3. Manny Otero
  4. Randy Collins
  5. Mike Rowe
  6. Randy Stephen

FAVORITE BOWIE SONGS WITH THE WORD 'STAR' IN THEIR TITLE

  1. Lady Stardust
  2. Starman
  3. Ziggy Stardust
  4. Star
  5. The Prettiest Star

Friday, February 8, 2008

ASHES TO ASHES/FUNK TO FUNKY

PEOPLE WHO ASKED ME WHAT I HAD ON MY FOREHEAD ON ASH WEDNESDAY
  1. Julie P.
  2. Jason K.

WHAT I ATE ON ASH WEDNESDAY (A DAY OF FASTING AND ABSTAINING)

  1. Asiago Cheese Bagel with Cream Cheese
  2. A cup of coffee
  3. 2 Slices of Pizza
  4. A Coke
  5. Nachos
  6. A Lancaster Brewing Company Hop Hog Beer

FAVORITE BOWIE ALBUMS (IN ORDER)

  1. The Man Who Sold the World
  2. Low
  3. Hunky Dory
  4. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
  5. Lodger
  6. Heroes
  7. Young Americans
  8. Peter and the Wolf
  9. Station to Station
  10. Black Tie White Noise

FAVORITE BOWIE ALBUMS IF YOU INCLUDE TIN MACHINE ALBUMS

  1. The Man Who Sold the World
  2. Tin Machine
  3. Low
  4. Hunky Dory
  5. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
  6. Tin Machine II
  7. Lodger
  8. Heroes
  9. Young Americans
  10. Peter and the Wolf

BEST BOWIE ALBUM TITLES

  1. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
  2. David Live: David Bowie at the Tower, Philadelphia

PLACES I'VE SEEN BOWIE

  1. The Spectrum
  2. The Tower (Tin Machine)
  3. The Sony Blockbuster Ampitheater (which was changed to The Tweeter Center and is now called the Susquehanna Bank Center)

Saturday, January 26, 2008

FAVORITE TV SHOWS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON NETWORK TELEVISION (IN ORDER)

  1. 30 Rock
  2. Chuck
  3. American Gladiators
  4. King Of The Hill
  5. American Dad

BOOKS I'VE READ RECENTLY

(AND BY 'BOOKS I'VE READ' I MEAN BOOKS-ON-TAPE THAT I HAVE LISTENED TO ON MY WAY TO AND FROM WORK)
  1. Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larsen
  2. Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky
  3. Mother Teresa: A Complete Authorized Biography by Kathryn Spink
  4. Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester

BOOK ON TAPE I JUST STARTED

  1. Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky

Thursday, January 24, 2008

FAVORITE SPORTS TEAMS (IN ORDER)

  1. Phillies
  2. Eagles
  3. Flyers
  4. Green Bay Packers

LEAST FAVORITE BASEBALL TEAMS

  1. Red Sox
  2. Yankees
  3. Braves
  4. Mets
  5. Blue Jays
  6. Giants

LEAST FAVORITE FOOTBALL TEAMS

  1. Giants
  2. Cowboys
  3. Patriots
  4. Ravens
  5. Raiders

LEAST FAVORITE BASKETBALL TEAMS

  1. L.A. Lakers
  2. Celtics

LEAST FAVORITE HOCKEY TEAMS

  1. Red Wings
  2. Panthers
  3. Penguins

Thursday, January 17, 2008

NICKNAMES I HAVE FOR PEOPLE I WORK WITH

Kurt Schrek - Kurtosaurus Schreks
Alex - Tyranosaurus Lex
Miranda - Mirandy
Belva - Smellva

A LIST TO PROVE THAT ADDING "-SAURUS REX" TO ANYTHING MAKES IT BETTER
  1. Fionasaurus Rex
  2. Amysaurs Rex
  3. Springsteenosaurus Rex
  4. Led Zepposaurus Rex
  5. Baconosaurus Rex

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

REJECTED NAMES OF THE NEW AMERICAN GLADIATORS

Rejected Men's Names
  1. Crusty
  2. Metrosexual
  3. Cosmopolitan
  4. Roid
  5. Clarabell
  6. Stardust
  7. Cupid
  8. Reverend
  9. Hemeroid
  10. Viagra

Rejected Women's Names

  1. Menstro
  2. Dude
  3. Crack Whore
  4. Manhands
  5. Forehead
  6. Back Hair
  7. Chewbacca
  8. Tom

Lists compiled by Me, Joe, and Amy

Saturday, January 12, 2008

DVD'S I RECOMMEND (BASED ON RECENT NETFLIX RENTALS)

  1. Reign Over Me
  2. Hot Rod
  3. Hot Fuzz
  4. Knocked Up
  5. Kickin' It Old Skool
  6. The TV Set
  7. Ghost Rider
  8. The Bob Newhart Show (TV Show)
  9. The Extras (TV show)
  10. Flight of the Conchords (TV SHow)
  11. Year of the Dog
  12. The Black Dahlia

DVD'S I DO NOT RECOMMEND (BASED ON RECENT NETFLIX RENTALS)

  1. The OH in Ohio (even though Parker Posey is in it)
  2. Helvitica
  3. The Simpsons Movie
  4. License to Wed
  5. Broken English (even though Parker Posey is in it)
  6. Fun with Dick & Jane
  7. Ghost Rider
  8. Bruce Almighty
  9. Genuine Nerd

BIRTHDAY WISH LIST

  1. People Take Warning! Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs 1913-1938
  2. A footlocker
  3. A bag full of tens, twenties, and hundreds (I would not mind if there were some fifties in there also) (I would appreciate if the bag had a dollar sign on it.)
  4. A laptop

STUFF I WOULD BUY IF I WON POWERBALL

  1. A house down at the Shore
  2. An H2 Hummer
  3. Camoflage Furniture for the Cabin
  4. Snowmobiles and ATVs to ride up at the cabin
  5. A garage for the aforementioned snowmobiles and ATVs
  6. Season tickets to the Phillies

I would also do the following things:

  1. Pay off my house, cars, student loans, etc etc until I did not owe anyone any money whatsoever.

Friday, January 4, 2008

DB COOPER KINDA LOOKS LIKE...

1. Hunter S. Thompson
2. Dale Gribble when he isn't wearing a hat

MY PICKS FOR NEAPOLITAN ICE CREAM (OR, MY THREE FAVORITE 'TRADITIONAL' FLAVORS OF ICE CREAM)

1. Mint Chocolate Chip
2. Black Raspberry
3. Peanut Butter Swirl

AND if you want to talk about the new Ben & Jerry's-style Chunk-style flavors of ice cream, i'd have to say:
1. Ben & Jerry's Chubby Hubby
2. Turkey Hill Phillies Graham Slam
3. Ben & Jerry's Chocolate-Chip Cookie Dough

REJECTED NAMES FOR 'SHREK THE HALLS'

1. God Rest Ye Merry Shreklemen
2. O Little Town of Shreklehem
3. Shreklent Night
4. I Saw Three Shreks