Today's Computer Game.

From the enterprising time-wasting folks who inhabit facebook (ahem)... an almost-automated process to put together your new band and first album!

1 - Go to "wikipedia." Hit “random” or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to "Random quotations" or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days” or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use PhotoShop or similar to put it all together.

And if you're lucky, you might get this:

Yes. And Make It A Double.

Dude. Bring on Happy Hour.

Up-to-Date Bumper Stickers.

I can't decide whether the lady that drives this car is a raging dipshit or just seriously behind on her Fox News. Or possibly both. And there's always the possibility that she's just all retro-y, like the hipsters that populate East Nashville. After all, the two main stickers would seem to be all circa-2008-ish -- before Barack Obama was The President of the United States of America, and back when the Bush Administration all but nationalized the banking industry.

There's also the possibility that she should check out the Intrawebs. I've included a handy link, below.



PS: I saw this lady get out the car today. I swear to you -- Kathy Bates in "Misery."

PPS: Remember when even disagreeing with the President meant you were a Godless Traitor who hated America? Where does "refusing to acknowledge the sworn Commander in Chief" rank on that scale?

PPPS: Fuck George Bush.

Happy Valentimes!

[courtesy Natalie Dee -- nataliedee.com]

It's A Stressful Time. Don't Make It Worse.

Just sayin.



Thanks to Auntie Em for the pic. Fight The Power.

Ah Yes: The Master Of The Video Conference.

Given Senator Bill Frist's... err... spotty record with videoconferencing, you'd think that he and his handlers would do everything possible to keep him away from webcams, at least in public. And in that, you would of course be mistaken.

The Vanderbilt University home page shows a rotating series of pictures and links about new and exciting things that are going on around the campus, everything from real-live researchers working to make the world a better place to stylish students absorbing the "Vanderbilt Atmosphere" (tm) to disgraced public figures who have jettisoned any medical credibility they ever had taking part in public relations events in an attempt to stay relevant.

Buy. This. Album.

Dammit.

Melinda Doolittle's record has finally "dropped," according to all the "dope" "homeys" who keep me updated with such news. I downloaded mine from Amazon yesterday. Very cool old-school soul/R&B thrown all up in that piece. Worth it for the throwback album cover all by itself, kids.

You can order the real-live physical CD (and other swag) from melindadoolittle.com, or jump straight to the Amazon download page. See how helpful I am?

To-Do List.

After you finish snacking, go over to www.groundworkstheatre.com and check out the details on "Marry Me a Little," which opens March 10, and will run for a week at the Boiler Room Theatre in Franklin and a week at the Darkhorse Theater in Nashville.

Cheap and easy. Just like... you guessed it...