VANS: NOT JUST FOR PERVERTS NOW
Mar 11th
The classic American van — No longer only appreciated by the murderous sociopathic perverts that drive them. When you see one of these beauties on the road you may think, “Well, this is an ‘amber alert’ waiting to happen.”, or if you have the pleasure of driving behind one, “Wow, the Rocky Mountains have never looked so majestic!” Sadly, more and more people are ditching their old vans, complete with captain chair seating, for newer cars with better mileage. Where would we be without old crappy vans from the 80′s? Think of all the crap bands that wouldn’t have made it to some crap venue to play music off of their latest crap album.*
Well, luckily these vans will live on forever in photos courtesy of photographer Joe Stevens. Joe has created a website to honor the great American van. It’s awesome. (note: there are no less than two “Ram Vans” on this site.)
*- Not taking into account the epic “Van Break Down of ’06″ when Ravenswood, Ohio metal band Pandora’s Rox 1988 Ford Econoline broke down on a busy highway. Which led disgruntled bassist Hank Donovan to utter the phrase, “real fuckin’ bummer, man.” four times in one hour.**
**- Not a true story, made that up.
CONGRATULATIONS
Mar 11th
We have a winner for the “Biggest Balls of 2010″ competition already. Congratulations, and our deepest sympathies to this woman who is most certainly no longer alive…
NIGHT OF 140 TWEETS
Mar 11th
It’s happening this Friday at UCBLA at 10pm. Me and 139 other people from the world of comedy and sports take the stage to perform one of our favorite tweets to a live audience. It’s hosted by the incredibly funny Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel. The best part? It’s all for a really good cause; the stillerstrong.org haiti charity initiative. (click on that link to donate) UCB is totally sold out, so apologies if you couldn’t get your tickets to join us, but I’m sure you’ll be hearing about it how it went down. Now I begin my search to find my favorite tweet.
THE DAY MY MIND WAS BLOWN
Mar 11th
A friend of mine at lunch said he had an, “awesome surprise” for me. I got excited. When I found out what it was I got really excited. When I ended up in a sound studio about to listen to the original Fleetwood Mac master recording of “Rhiannon”, I knew someone was going to have the unenviable job of mopping my brains off the floor because my mind was about to be blown. I’m a huge Mac fan. The arrangements, the vocal harmonies, the guitar parts, the legendary rhythm section of Mick and John; I love it all. So, being able to isolate bass tracks, drum tracks, guitar parts and vocals was an amazing experience. When we isolated Mick’s drums you could hear Lindsey guiding the band by yelling, “Chorus…4,3,2,1.” and things like, “Now a-minor!”. Wild. I learned that no matter how hard most bands nowadays try, it’s very difficult to capture that classic “sound”. You listen to this track today and can still feel the vibe that was in the studio. Oh, and later on I got a chance to play Chad Smith from the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drum kit too. Awesome.
HANDSOME MEN’S CLUB…
Mar 8th
After years of strife and struggle, Jimmy Kimmel gives us “handsome” men a chance in this big, crazy world…ladies and gentlemen, The Handsome Men’s Club…
