"Bhutan is a country in central Asia"; "Do coke with God" seen on local refridgerator

Last night: Ended up at Machiavelli, where I 1) caught up with Suzette, 2) ran into Jordan & Sara...Jordan & Andy apparently have gone their separate ways, 3) had a little conversation with Shawn Smith (of Satchel/Brad/Pigeonhed fame), 4) had my stool stolen by Marc Olsen (not the guy from the Jayhawks, but the local singer-songwriter guy who used to be in Sage), 5) got hit on by a woman who had been sitting at the bar by herself most of the night...I tried to be polite, and when I informed her that I was involved, she quickly exited the premises. Then I sat there and talked to Suzette until nearly 4 AM.

I woke up at 11 this morning, in bed, with all of my clothes and my shoes still on. Heh.

Today: fun and frolic on Broadway, and a birthday party at Kalthoff Manor for the Kalthoff child.

The girl is off tonight for an all-grrrls event at a downtown hotel.

Tomorrow: the girl comes and gets me at 9, and we go do yoga. This should be interesting. I'm looking forward to it - I would like to get in shape - really. I think. Yeah, I do. So with that, I'm going to finish my beer and go to bed :)

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I also became and uncle again yesterday! I don't have all the details yet. I'll write more when I do.

I also didn't smoke any cigarettes today. Go me.

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Borrowed from The Onion

A long ass survey

1. favourite song of the moment: "2 Rights Make One Wrong" - Mogwai
2. favourite band/artist at the moment: it changes daily
3. favourite album at the moment: Rock Action (Mogwai) or Spiderland (Slint) or whatever I happen to buy on a given day.
4. what have you really been getting into lately: alt.country/folk/grindcore
5. what are you really sick of lately: rap-metal...I like hip-hop, I like metal, but they're 2 great tastes that taste bad together.
6. first album you bought: first tape was the soundrack to Beat Street for $0.10 at a garage sale; first CD was Sadhappy's Before Were Were Dead
7. favourite song from childhood: Godley & Creme - "Fish Heads" or Blondie - "Heart Of Glass" or "Mexican Radio" by Wall Of Voodoo
8. song you liked when you were a kid, but won't admit now: anything by the 2 Live Crew
9. song you and your friends used to dance around the living room to: "Venus" by Bananarama, except we changed it to "Penis" 'cuz it was funnier.
10. song you're proud you know all the words to: "Paid In Full" by Eric B. & Rakim, or "Beat Street Breakdown" by Melle Mel
11. old christmas song you like: "In The Bleak Midwinter" - Silkworm

what is your most favourite song(s) from each of the following? Note: the following questions were stupid, so I just deleted them.
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21. bar that plays the best music: Machiavelli when Suzette's bartending, Linda's when I have control of the jukebox
22. what cd is in your car right now: ha. what car?
23. what stations are preprogrammed in your car right now: see above
24. last song that made you cry: "Calling For You" as performed by Joel Phelps
25. last song that made you smile: "Which Side Are You On" - Billy Bragg
26. last song that made you dance: "Proceed" - The Roots
27. best independent artist: me
28. best record label: Major labels aren't interested in music, only money. If I had to pick one though, I'd say Capitol. They seem to be sort of interested in good music.
29. best "indie" record label: Constellation, PacifiCo, Touch & Go, Tzadik, Thrill Jockey, Rawkus
30. best "mainstream" artist: Barbara Streisand
31. best60's - 70's band: James Brown
32. best 80's band: Squirrel Bait
33. best 90's band: Godspeed You Black Emperor!

Brief aside: a lot of these answers are totally arbitrary. I should just stop with the damn surveys.

34. up and coming band: The Building Press, Wimbledon, Patiokings, Cursive, the Anticon collective
35. best power-ballad by an 80's hair band: please see the entire Meatloaf catalog.
36. most over-rated: Tesla
37. most under-rated: Silkworm!!!! Also: Plexi, Brad/Satchel, Cop Shoot Cop, Unwound
38. biggest rip-off: CDs. Your average major label artist (if they're lucky) sees maybe 1% of that $15.99 you just shelled out for their CD. If they aren't making any money off of tours and merch, they ain't making any money.
39. most original: The Danielson Famile
40. who's due for a comeback: Kajagoogoo
41. who's not welcome to comeback: Starship
42. song that should have a remake and who should do it: Wesley Willis doing Fugazi's "Repeater"
43. cd you can listen to all the way through: I tried listening to a Britney Spears CD all the way through, and couldn't. So not that.
44. cd you're currently using as a coaster: None. I am using some shitty techno CD as a shaving mirror in my shower though.
44. best cd to get falling down drunk to: anything by The Pogues or Billy Bragg...thems all fightnin' & cryin' songs.
45. what artist/band do you own the most cds by: John Zorn
46. best canadian band: Godspeed You Black Emperor!...2nd place goes to Do Make Say Think
47. best american band: gonna skip this sone
48. best british band: The Cure
49. best "rock" band: Fuckin' Barry Manilow.
50. best "country/folk": Pinetop Seven
51. best "jazz/blues": Kenny G John Zorn
53. best instrumental band: GYBE!, DMST, SY, MOGWAI
54. best voice: Junior Brown, Kazu Makino & the Pace Bros., Kerri Kinney, Ani DiFranco, Barry White, Jaques Brel
55. best guitar player: Ed O'Brien (the one from Radiohead)
56. best bass player: Ed O'Brien (the one who's still filling out this fucking survey)
57. best drummer: Jim from The Building Press, the guy from Laddio Bolocko, Andy Sells (FCS North), Yuval Gabay
58. best piano/keyboard player: John Medeski
59. best any other instrument player: i heard sillyape can play a mean skin flute
60. what instruments can you play? several of the stringed variety, some of the non-stringed variety
61. what instruments do you own? 4 electric guitars, 3 electric basses, several beatup nylon string acoustics, a tenor banjo, a banjo mandolin, a clarinet, a pan flute, a sampler, a drum machine, some bongos, an ocarina, some other shit
62. what instruments would you like to play? the euphonium, the tuba/sousaphone, the shakuhatchi, the cello, and to relearn the trumpet,
63. if you play, what was the first song you learned how to play? "Killer Joe" or "Iron Man", I can't remember which
65. what was the hardest to learn? The ones that weren't easy
66. what is your favourite to play? haven't decided. Is this almost over?
67. who would be on your own compilation cd? You'll just have to come look at the ones I have.
68. your album of the year: Mogwai Rock Action
69. your artist of the year: me
70. how many records/tapes/cds do you own? Oh shit...between the three formats, I'd guess somewhere in the neightborhood of 2000 (1200 CDs, 200 LP & 7", 600 tapes...the only total I'm sure of is for the CDs)
71. last cd you bought: Gap Band - The Millennium Collection, Weezer - Pinkerton, The Roots - Do You Want More?!????!!! etc.
74. best band name: Aterciopelados; ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Wimbledon, Enemymine, Him, Mr. Serv-On
75. what would you name your band? Er, we're still working on that
76. what are your thoughts on music today? read the rest of my journal.
77. favourite band of all time: Silkworm
78. favourite song of all time: That one song...you know...that song?...
79. favourite album of all time: see above
80. best music to "get it on to": death metal; polka; klezmer
81-101. now name 20 bands you feel you should mention but haven't yet (cuz you think you're cool):
81. Gastr Del Sol
82. GG Allin
83. Jandek
84. Caspar Brotzmann Massaker
85. The Buzzcocks
86. Burt Bacharach
87. Shannon Wright
88. A Minor Forest
89. No Safety
90. Living Colour
91. Braniac
92. Codeine
93. Paul McCartney & Wings
94. Botch
95. Lucid
96. Blue Öyster Cult
97. Eyvind Kang
98. The Meters
99. Swarming Hordes
100. Helen Reddy

I only put these artistes up because, as the survey form states, I think I'm cool. Since the survey says it, it must be true.