# 434

1. In Rainbows 'Bonus Disk' (Radiohead)
2. A Can Of Bees (The Soft Boys)
3. Words From The Front (Tom Verlaine)
4. Wormwood Split 7" (Teen Cthulhu) *2*

# 433

1. Echoes -Live In London- (Pink Floyd)
2. Wormwood Split 7" (Teen Cthulhu)

# 432

1. Yer Living Grave (Japanther)
2. The Brown Bunny 'Soundtrack' (Various Artists)
3. Nite Drive (The Chromatics)
4. Destroyer's Rubies (Destroyer)
5. S/T 'EP' (Creeper Lagoon)
6. Paper Monsters (Dave Gahan)

# 431

1. Buffalo 66 'Soundtrack' (Various Artists)
2. Beat Box 'EP' (Glass Candy)
3. Youth Controllerzzz (Die Monitr Batss)
4. Fear Yourself (Daniel Johnston) *2*
5. Supercoven 'EP' (Electric Wizard)

# 430

1. Reign In Blood (Slayer)
2. Black/Rich Music 'EP' (Will Oldham) *3*
3. Programme (Gogogoairheart) *3*

# 429

1. Myspace Demo (Glass Candy) *3*
2. Are You Sleepy? (The Gerbils) *3*
3. Head For The Shallow (Big Business) *4*

# 428

1. Dynasty (Kiss) *2*
2. Live 'EP' (Interpol)
3. Vivadixesubmarinetransmissionplot (Sparklehorse) *2*
4. Audit In Progress (Hot Snakes)
5. Uterus & Fire (Old Time Relijun) *3*
6. Back In The USA (MC5) *3*
7. Cavecare 'EP' (Chromatics) *3*
8. Arms Slither Away 'EP' (Chromatics) *2*
9. All My Friends Are Going Death (Some Girls) *4*

# 427

1. Pilgrimage (Om)
2. Is Is 'EP' (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah's)
3. Autumn Of The Seraphs (Pinback)
4. I'm Sick Of You (Iggy & The Stooges) *2*

How about worst album art ever? The new Pinback.... horrible.

# 426

1. I Become Small And Go (Creeper Lagoon)
2. 2 (OCS)
3. Born In The USA (Bruce Springsteen)

# 425

1. Bad Moon Rising (Sonic Youth) *2*

# 424

1. Can Live Music: 1971-1977 'Disk 1' (CAN) *2*
2. Face The Truth (Steve Malkmus) *2*

# 423

1. God Don't Make No Junk (The Halo Benders) *2*
2. Ultraglide In Black (The Dirtbombs) *3*
3. Your Blues (Destroyer) *2*
4. Racist Unicorn (Doomsday:1999) *41*
5. Harrowdown Hill 'EP' (Thom Yorke)
6. Women And Children First (Van Halen) *2*

# 422

1. S/T (Television)
2. Diamond Dave's Last Days (Van Halen)
3. Total *ucking Blowout (Fireballs Of Freedom)

To celebrate the Van Halen show last Saturday. DLR... I'm a fan.

# 421

1. Sunken Treasure (Jeff Tweedy)
2. Bibidi Babidi Boo (Deerhoof) *2*

# 420

1. Songs Of Faith And Devotion Live (Depeche Mode)
2. S/T (The Moldy Peaches)
3. Over The Edge (Wipers) *3*
4. As Brass And Satin (The Vogue) *3*
5. Dead Rhythm (Triumph Of Lethargy Skinned Alive To Death) *3*

# 419

1. Ozma (Melvins)
2. Thunder Down Under (Hot Snakes)
3. Live @ Arapho 1995 (Smog)

# 418

1. Keep On Moving (ESG)
2. We Live (Electric Wizard)
3. "Sequence 3" (Wow & Flutter)
4. Split/Live (Waifle & Pg 99)

# 417

1. From Severe To Serene (Blue Orchids) *3*

# 416

1. Live 10/30/93 (Smog) *2*
2. The Natural Bridge (Silver Jews) *2*

# 415

1. From A Basement On The Hill (Elliott Smith) *2*
2. Crackle (Bauhaus) *2*
3. Dethalbum 'Disk 1' (Dethklok)

# 414

1. Third/Sister Lovers (Big Star)
2. Everybody Out... Shark In The Water 'EP' (FM Bats) *3*
3. Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? (Of Montreal) *3*
4. S/T 'EP' (Early Man) *2*

# 413

1. Beach Bumbs Must Die (Thee Headcoats) *2*
2. S/T (Iron Maiden) *3*
3. The Ice In Me (Enemymine) *3*

# 412

1. Sky Blue Sky (Wilco) *2*
2. Meat Is Murder (The Smiths)
3. March On Electric Children (The Blood Brothers) *4*
4. Myspace Demo (The Chromatics) *2*

# 411

1. Myspace Demo (Glass Candy) *2*
2. Destroy All Human Life (Country Teasers) *3*

# 410

1. First And Last And Always (Sisters Of Mercy) *3*
2. Live 10/20/1978 (Swell Maps)

# 409

1. Fall In A Hole 'Disk 1' (The Fall) *2*
2. Three Imaginary Boys (The Cure)

# 408

1. Live At The Gorge 6/23/2001 'Disk 1' (Radiohead)
2. Sound Verite (Make-Up) *3*
3. Lost Cause (Jandek) *2*
4. Suicide Invoice (Hot Snakes) *2*

# 407

1. Jukebox Explosion (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion)

Christmas x 100

Magic Island happened last night. Well worth the wait and the hype.

# 406

1. In Rainbows (Radiohead) *3*
2. "Sequence 1" Alternates (Wow & Flutter)
3. Standards (Tortoise) *3*

# 405

1. Radio City (Big Star)
2. Hourglass (Dave Gahan)
3. Catharsis In Crisis (Old Time Relijun)

# 404

1. Yank Crime (Drive Like Jehu)
2. "Sequence 1" (Wow & Flutter)
3. The Queen Is Dead (The Smiths)
4. Peel Sessions 'EP' (Hot Snakes)
5. In Rainbows (Radiohead) *2*
6. Split 'EP' (Pg 99/Majority Rule)

# 403

1. Suicide Invoice (Hot Snakes)
2. Nextdoorland (The Soft Boys)
3. The Eraser (Thom Yorke)
4. #1 Record (Big Star)

# 402

1. Faith (The Cure)
2. G N' R Lies (Guns N' Roses) *2*
3. Heaven's Pregnant Teens (Some Girls) *18*
4. The Runners Four (Deerhoof) *2*

# 401

1. Our Love To Admire (Interpol)
2. Seventeen Seconds (The Cure)
3. Supershitty To The Max (The Hellacopters) *2*

# 400

1. Howling... It Grows And Grows!!! (The Catheters) *2*

# 399

1. Ride The Blade (Teen Cthulhu) *12*
2. Burn Piano Island, Burn (The Blood Brothers) *4*

# 398

1. Forget (Mission Of Burma) *2*
2. The Who Sell Out (The Who) *2*

# 397

1. Live RCKNDY 5/29/98 (Modest Mouse) *2*
2. Discography (Jenny Piccolo) *4*
3. I Gave You 'Single' (Matt Sweeney & Bonnie Prince Billy) *3*
4. Myspace Demo (Glass Candy)
5. Welcome To The Octagon (Fireballs Of Freedom) *2*

# 396

1. In Rainbows (Radiohead)
2. Myspace Demo (The Chromatics)
3. Teaser And The Firecat (Cat Stevens)
4. Death Is The Communion (High On Fire) *2*
5. Cop And Speeder (Heatmiser) *2*

# 395

1. Insound Tour Support 'EP' (The Rapture) *3*

# 394

1. Live At Austin City Limits (Guided By Voices) *Video*
2. Legacy Of Brutality (The Misfits) *2*
3. Challenge For A Civilized Society (Unwound) *2*
4. Playing With Fire 'Disk 2' (Spacemen 3)

I do not own the new Radiohead. Not yet.

# 393

1. Airbag/How Am I Driving? 'EP' (Radiohead) *3*
2. Death Is The Communion (High On Fire)
3. Live At Lollapalooza 2007 'EP' (Sparklehorse)
4. Diver Down (Van Halen) *3*

# 392

1. Love My Life Hate My Friends (Gogogoairheart) *4*

and another...

Here is the second of three salvaged shirts, still wearing the battle scars of it's time in the trenches...okay, it was actually time spent in monogrammed luggage, but i'm sure it was traumatic. The best way to describe this guy is kind of a mellow version of split-pea soup with a tight plaid white stripe running through it. Nothing about this shirt really stood out to me, which is why it ended up in a suitcase i'm sure. It's just a nice, collared shirt that looks like it would be at home in a Dockers commercial. Maybe i got it because i subconsciously desire to live the dockers lifestyle, or at least the actors that portray said lifestyles. Ah, the time we would have with comfy khaki pants below & the shirt above sitting on the corner of a pool table in some vacation home located in the Hamptons...did i get that picture right? I feel as if the shirt is somewhat disappointed in me that he never got that chance...that he feels he was the bastard plaid child of mine. Oh, sweet child o' mine you may have the green complexion that the workers in China gave you but I know you've got the eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rain, i hate to look into those eyes & see an ounce of pain....Maybe it is best that i send this one on his merry way to a new short & stocky owner who will have a chance at making it to the Hamptons...i don't know anyone that lives there anymore. Some dreams unrealized, I sob into the night.

Lost Treasure...

Huzzah!!

While going through a garment bag suitcase I haven't opened in almost a year I came across an amazing and beautiful discovery....three pristine, gorgeous, lost but not totally forgotten plaid shirts!! I was so overcome with emotion my knees were weak and tears started welling up in my new surgically enhanced eyes. Oh, what a beautiful discovery! Ironically, the treasures were discovered while I was going through the rest of my stash in order to say goodbye to a number of my old, plaid friends. Casualties, you ask? Some of my favorites...but alas, we shared our time together & now we all have the opportunity to seek solace in a new man/shirt relationship. My favorite camping shirt...gone. as are my bargain $6 timberland as well as a number of gifts from my mother & sister. Even one of my favorite summer blue/green plaiddies is going out the door.

Back to my new/old friends...two of the three do show their age a bit and will be shipped out after this week's wearing. The third??? Oh it will carry on their legacy & tell the tale in my closet of its life, much like the velveteen rabbit of children's book fame.

The first of three is pictured here. It is a nice blue/purple plaid that has great color & some personality. Unfortunately it is a little narrow in the shoulders, causing me to stop buttoning three from the top in order to give me enough room to house my massive shoulders and heaving pectorals. Ah, what a scene as i huffed up the hill after work today, white shirt blazing through the chest opening of the plaid creating what I can only call mayhem amongst lookers on as I made my way home. Picture Clark Kent/Superman wearing a newly torn apart shirt & tie as the brilliant blue, yellow & red of his super-garments threaten to take over the scene and save the day. (Sorry for the dramatics, but it's been a while since I've had the pleasure of writing). Anyway, after the photo shoot the white undershirt arose victorious as the purple pectoral eater is now lying on a heap of his fallen brethren. I can only hope for such emotion as the week concludes with my other old, newly resurrected friends.

# 391

1. A Broken Frame (Depeche Mode) *2*
2. S/T 'EP' (Archers Of Loaf)
3. S/T (City Of Caterpillar) *2*
4. S/T 'Single' (Ground Unicorn Horn) *2*

# 390

1. The Kingdom Of Heaven Must Be Taken By Storm (Entrance) *3*
2. Steven F***ing Speilberg 'EP' (Bearsuit)
3. The Normal Years (Built To Spill)

# 389

1. The Stars Are So Big The Earth Is So Small (Pram)
2. Born Again In The USA (Loose Fur) *3*
3. The Albemarle Sound (Ladybug Transistor) *3*
4. Hollywood Mike Miranda Split 7" 'Bonus Tracks' (Hollywood Mike Miranda/Teen Cthulhu) *5*
5. Scratch And Stitch (Melt Banana) *3*

Happy BDAY sis....

# 388

1. Ummagumma 'Disk 1' (Pink Floyd) *2*
2. Hands On The Controls (Coachwhips) *2*
3. Burning Kingdom 'EP' (Smog) *2*
4. Alive At The F*cker Club (Melvins)

# 387

1. S/T (Faust) *3*
2. Chopping Down The Family Tree (My Dad Is Dead)
3. Kill 'Em All (Metallica)
4. Dethalbum 'Expanded' (Dethklok) *2*

# 386

1. S/T (The Mekons)
2. Closing In (Early Man)
3. Live @ The Hurrah (Young Marble Giants)
4. Gatefold (Orchid) *18*

# 385

1. Dethalbum 'Expanded' (Dethklok)
2. The Feast (Book Of Black Earth)
3. Room To Think 'EP' (Swell)
4. Dopethrone (Electric Wizard)

Give me a Mindy.....

My pay raised $.89 cents, and I'm a "Medicare Benefits Specialist" (Tier 2). We had to pass two tests- one on the tier 2 thing by a score of 92% or greater. I got a 98%. The second one was a phone certification thing. We had to pass two calls in a row in order to officially become a "Tier 2".
Yay! First time in my whole working life that I've actually gotten promoted..
I need to freaking celebrate. Fuck. But I'm moving tomorrow ><>

# 384

1. The Aeroplane Over The Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel) *3*
2. Plaster Hounds (Chromatics) *5*
3. My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (Brian Eno & David Byrne) *3*
4. The Embassy Tapes (The Nation Of Ulysses) *3*
5. Gatefold (Orchid) *17*

# 383

1. S/T (Kalas) *3*
2. Grave Blockers 'EP' (Ohsees) *2*

# 382

1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles)
2. Trigger Cut 'EP' (Pavement)

# 381

1. Let's Stay Friends (Les Savy Fav)
2. Use Your Illusion 2 (Guns N' Roses)
3. S/T 'EP' (Early Man)

# 380

1. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 'Mono' (Pink Floyd) *2*
2. Sugar*hit Sharp 'EP' (Pussy Galore) *3*
3. We Are Electrocution (Le Shok) *5*
4. S/T (Velvet Underground) *2*

# 379

1. Ride The Fader (Chavez) *6*
2. The Heinrich Maneuver 'Single' (Interpol) *4*
3. Brighten The Corners (Pavement) *3*
4. S/T (New York Dolls) *2*

# 378

1. S/T (Highwaymen) *2*
2. GSL Lab Remix Volume 3 (Convocation Of..) *2*
3. Maniac On The Floor (Doomsday:1999) *29*
4. A Senile Animal (Melvins) *3*

Mindy, I luv u!!

A Ghost Current mood: blah
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

Last night I slept like 11, 12 hours or something like that. I had a dream about what was going to happen in the future with Tom and how well we are going to do. Everything was like old times: having tons of fun at the Tolleson house.Laughin, cuddling, taking shots, etc. But there was one thing that I noticed- Tom was wearing a wedding band and so was I. It was crazyness. Like I guess we had only been married for a couple of weeks or so. But it was great. I don't remember being so happy before! Normally when I dream, I have precognitive dreams which means most of my dreams actually come true. I can see the future in my dreams. The dreams that are not so real- they just tell a story of how I'm feeling and what's to come. Not that I'm saying I'm gonna like provoke NYC or anything like that -- which I won't do. :) That was a mini dream... Anyway to the real dream which was not realistic at all but it was still fun. I had a dream that I was a 15 year old red headed girl that had died but everyone thought was still alive. When I walked on the sidewalks of NYC I looked like an actual real person but whenever I would fly, I would become more ghost like and sort of invisible. There was something definetly wrong with my character in this dream because I'm not the type to commit any sort of crimes. I was able to hold onto objects and I was going through different restaraunts, libraries and little boutiques and shooting above people's heads not to hurt them at all but to really mess up the glass. I had the feds from all over hunting me down, trying to catch me and arrest me. I had about 10 guys in suits running after me in the Bronx. I climed this tree and they started shooting at me but it wasn't working. The gunshots were going through me and into people's cars, on that tree, and buildings. After about 4 days of commiting all these crimes, I had accidentally shot this guy in the head because of bad aim at the window. When I would shoot my 45, I would shoot above people's heads and try to not injure anyone;but only the windows. I finally came down and I had some kind of fairy type wings. I started talking to them and they were kind of freaked out and asked what are you and what are you doing here? I was like, "I'm a ghost, and I'm here to provoke your city. You can't kill me because I'm already dead. When I was alive and 15 years old, I was jaywalking across 6th street and Broadway. A man in an old beamer hit me with his car and then the passenger in his car took his gun and shot me, then they ran over me." "Is that why you're so messed up in the head?" They asked. I go,"Yes, because they put certain things into my mind where I'm trying to get back at them and I haven't been able to find the real killers yet." They let me go and I flew up to the top of a sky scraper. They haven't seen me since.

# 377

1. Dead Rhythm (Triumph Of Lethargy Skinned Alive To Death) *2*
2. Spiderland (Slint) *2*
3. Pro Forma (Mocket) *2*

# 376

1. Anodyne (Uncle Tupelo) *2*
2. The Village Green Preservation Society (The Kinks) *2*
3. Jerusalem (Sleep) *3*



Ron

RIP

# 375

1. The First Imaginary Symphony For Nomad (The Music Tapes) *2*
2. Live @ The Academy NYC 12/4/92 (Television)

# 374

1. And Justice For All (Metallica)
2. Satanic Panic In The Attic (Of Montreal)
3. The Life Pursuit (Belle & Sebastian)

# 373

1. Teenage Jesus & The Jerks (Lydia Lunch)
2. Use Your Illusion 1 (Guns N' Roses)
3. 23 (Blonde Redhead)
3. Robespierre's Velvet Basement (Jacobites)

Mindy, WOW!

Dream Panic

[Aug. 8th, 2007|11:21 am]

Last night I had a dream that I went online and found out either on an IM from Yahoo or some kind of text from Tom denying that we ever dated, slept together or that he had ever loved me. I just remember the message popping up on the screen with a black background, white font in Verdana or Times New Roman. I think when this happened I was actually staying in the Vonzeles' tour trailer, and no one was awake except for me. I actually believed this and woke up having a panic attack. I was sweating, breathing heavily and my palms were sweating. I was freaked out because I love him. I went back to sleep and picked up where I left off. Man I was so dsappointed and upset. I was in Sturgis in their trailer on Alex's laptop cuz I definetly do not have one. Tom had heard me breathing heavily and I started to cry. He woke up and asked me what was wrong. I go,"So when did you start denying that we were ever together?" He goes,"Never baby," and put his hand on my shoulder as he watches the computer screen. I am almost in tears writing this on my piece of paper. Most of me wanted to believe that it was not true and there was still a part of me that thought it was real. My eyes started watering, my hands started sweating and my heart beat is kinda racing. It's a scary feeling when you think that someone you really love doesn't love you. That was just a dream and I know he loves me. :) So anyway I remember flying there and taking a cap to their location. The cab cost was $22.50 the approximate balance for my bank account. LoL. As he was patting my shoulder, he gave me a kiss on the cheek and told me to turn around. Then Tom says,"Don't believe everything you see on that computer. It's not real. Show me that message." So I showed him and he was like,"I never wrote that. Someone just put it up there to make you upset. It may be a virus." I go, "Are you sure? Shall we do a virus scan?" He's like,"Yeah, let's do it!" So I scanned Alex's computer for viruses. We found three. One was "Denial.trojan"; Second one was,"He Doesn't love You.trojan" and the last one was called,"Yourealone.trojan" We researched it online and just as we suspected, we saw screen shots all refering to what had happened on Alex's computer. They were all mixed up together to IM me on yahoo, show the black screen and make me go into tears. Apparently there were tons of other people in the US and China affected by this. He was like,"I love you and we're together now, so don't worry about it." He and I had a nice long tight hug and a kiss. That was really comforting. I let Alex's computer go on a screen saver and Tom & I went back to bed. It was 3:30 am. By 7:30 am, the sun came up and woke me along with Stan up. We started chattin in the kitchen area and everyone else had woken up. Alex started making breakfast. He made sunny side up eggs and bacon. I found Terri had stayed with them as well. 4 people waking around in a travel trailer is not fun. lol. I didn't have bacon with my eggs because I don't like pork. Anyway that Saturday which was the day that we had breakfast, we headed out to see the events at Sturgis. At around noon, I was in a bikini contest. My image was totally different on stage than what I really looked like. The only same feature was my face, and my height. I had stringy bleach blonde hair, a fake tan, fake nails and looked like I was on steroids. I also had to make up for the boobs by implanting some into my body. I got 3rd place. After going down the stairs, and into the dressing room, I walked out to greet Tom again and I was normal. That was really starange. The place seemed like a huge fair because they had those silly games where you throw ping pong balls into the fish bowls and win a fish. But in this event, there were no fishes. Just fish bowls. You would win a stuffed toy (the size depending on the difficulty you played.) Tom won a huge dolphin. He decided to give it to me. It looked exactly like the toy Erin has out for her dog but enlarge that into a 3 1/2 foot dolphin. Then we went over and I played a game. I threw a basketball into a basket and won a prize. It was a huge goldfish with huge lips and a Mariner's baseball ha. I gave that one to Tom. It was about the same size as the dolphin. lol. We went out to the van and put the prizes on top of the musical equipment. Later on they closed the show for velvet revolver and there were tons of screaming fans. Vonzeles "Wowed" the croud and won a prize as well. Velvet Revolver picked them to go on tour starting in Mid-October. That tour would last approximately 6 months. After the show, we all celebrated and went into a local saloon and passed out in the trailer. I woke up with Tom and Alex was driving the van. We had slept so much that we were already in Colorado. That's what we get for sleep deprivation. :) It was two days later by the way. Crystal showed up in Colorado Springs and Stan & Crys were happy to see eachother. That night we all went to the movies and saw "Futurama" and "The X Files". They played a couple more shows and I ended up flying home because I had to be to work by Monday.

# 372

1. Heaven's Pregnant Teens (Some Girls) *17*

# 371

1. Live In Glastonbury '97 (Radiohead) *2*
2. The Oh Sees Sucks Blood (Ohsees) *2*
3. Kiss Your Kidnapped Charabanc (Nikki Sudden & Rowland Howard)

# 370

1. Nebraska (Bruce Springsteen) *2*
2. Seven And The Ragged Tiger (Duran Duran) *2*
3. Paris Au Printemps (Public Image Limited) *2*

# 369

1. A Senile Animal (Melvins) *2*
2. Viva Last Blues (Palace) *2*
3. The Grand Hour 'EP' (Guided By Voices) *2*
4. Maniac On The Floor (Doomsday:1999) *28*
5. Demo 'EP' (The Distraction) *12*
6. Ege Bamyasi (CAN) *4*

# 368

1. Monster Movie (CAN) *4*

# 367

1. Modern Dances (Jandek)
2. Equus 'EP' (Blonde Redhead) *2*

# 366

1. Rocka Rolla (Judas Priest) *2*
2. 061502 (Botch) *3*

# 365

1. Live At The Old Waldorf, San Francisco 6/29/78 (Television) *3*

# 364

1. Let The Movie Begin (Joy Division)
2. From Severe To Serene (Blue Orchids) *2*

# 363

1. Psychocandy (Jesus & Mary Chain)

# 362

1. Raw Power (The Stooges) *3*
2. S/T (The Hospitals) *3*
3. Outrageous (Kim Fowley)
4. Go Forth (Les Savy Fav) *3*

# 361

1. A Ghost Is Born (Wilco) *3*
2. Heaven's Pregnant Teens (Some Girls) *16*
3. Tour EP 'EP' (Big Business)

I'm married and gone for awhile......

Have some cake.

# 360

1. Headlines 'EP' (Neon Blonde) *2*
2. Joy Division: Martin Hannett's Personal Mixes (Joy Division)
3. Crimes (The Blood Brothers) *7*
4. Heaven's Pregnant Teens (Some Girls) *15*

# 359

1. Headlines 'EP' (Neon Blonde)
2. Egyptian Roads (Nikki Sudden)

# 358

1. No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Motorhead) *2*
2. You Walk Alone (Jandek)
3. S/T (Major Organ And The Adding Machine) *2*
4. Fugue In The Fog (The Apes) *2*

I told you so!

I found this news at work. Save yourselves!

# 357

1. S/T 'EP' (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah's) *2*
2. Heaven's Pregnant Teens (Some Girls) *14*
3. Real Live Kill...Ripe From The Vine 7" (Gogogoairheart) *5*
4. Transmissions From The Satelite Heart (The Flaming Lips) *3*

# 356 (Day 19)

1. Neon Bible (Arcade Fire)
2. Speed Trials 'Single' (Elliott Smith)
3. S/T 'Single' (Ground Unicorn Horn)

*****

Looks like Brian had one more for us.......

Day 19

Sorry for the delay in the posting....plaid withdrawal I assure you. The mere thought of ending my little experiment has me trembling. What will I do without my beloved plaiddies to keep me company throughout the day? Will any solid, or plaid's ugly half-brother stripes be able to comfort me & my mind as I ramble through my days? Only time will tell. This shirt has no story to tell, no anecdote about heartache or drunken camping, not even the joy of being a gift of the past...it's just a plaid shirt. I guess they are all just plaid shirts but I think this one materialized strictly from intra-plaid breeding. What happens when you get 18 plaid shirts together in a dark dresser drawer? Evidently this is the answer. Unusual color scheme, thin lines & the cut is for a medium build, so overall it does take many good traits from its predecessors. The color must be a mutation, I don't believe there was anything in the drawer that was anywhere near that color blue. I do have a n
ice polo that is a lighter blue, maybe it was moonlighting & temporarily stole the heart of one of my beloved plaids. Ah, the crazy underworld that is my clothes dresser. Lives are made and destroyed in those hallowed drawers. Anyway, this guy may have to stick around if for nothing else he is the progeny of past wonders. To wrap up my experiment I will have one final post to see what, if anything I have learned & where, by god, I can go next.

# 355

1. Empty Bottles, Broken Hearts (Murder City Devils) *3*
2. Heaven's Pregnant Teens (Some Girls) *13*
3. Little Things (The Terminals)
4. S/T (Prince) *2*

# 354

1. Live At The Leigh Rock Festival '79 (Joy Division)
2. Live At The Leigh Rock Festival '79 (Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark)
3. Cerebral Caustic (The Fall)
4. Apple 0 (Deerhoof) *2*
5. Racist Unicorn (Doomsday:1999) *40*

I think Verk's done.

# 353 (Day 18)

1. Shout At The Devil 'Expanded' (Motley Crue) *2*
2. Dreamt for Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain (Sparklehorse) *2*

*****

Day 18

This shirt was doomed from the beginning, a totally awful, dreadful experience all day long. First of all, the picture doesn't quite do it justice. It is a very tight black/white checkerboard, cut like a dress shirt (it's a Van Huesen). I like the idea & the look of dress shirts usually, they are pretty much pretty standard fare, look okay & great because they never go out of fashion unless they have some crazy pattern. The problem I have with this one is the cut is pretty tight for a short, kindof burly guy w/ wider than average shoulders & a little gut that reminds me every day that i'm not 18 anymore, so it doesn't move well with me (i move awkwardly). Speaking of which, I've got an idea for a movie; I want to be 18 again with all the wisdom & knowledge & audacity that I have now but in a younger version of myself. If only...if only. Okay, it'd be funnier if I was 100 & smoked cigars & looked a bit like a monkey & could switch places with my grandson, wait, has that been
done? Back to the shirt...as soon as i buttoned it up i realized that either the shirt was just a little snug or my undershirt was way too thick (i think it's the fat that's making me look fat). Anyway, i was all ironed & had it on & running late, so out the door i went. I live in a part of town where there are a lot of students going to various ripoff "learn to be a blue ribbon chef" schools that cost more than Harvard Law. Consequently, the "professors" make their students play the part of a subservient, know nothing scrub by forcing them to wear wacky uniforms...now i'm sure there is some precedent set in the uniforms as far as their history, reverence, honor, meaning, etc. but all I know is the pants some of the "students" wear look like sweatpants but are a tight black & white plaid pattern. A fact I had totally forgotten until I got out on the street & passed three "souz-souz-souz-chefs" on their way to "class". Wow, my shirt may actually have been cut from the same clo
th. I easily forgot this as i walked to work, head-down, shoulders slumped, muttering just loud enough for any passers by to hear 'i've never been to chef school'. At work the copy machine, okay three of the copy machines near me are broken. The heavy set, frumpy, generally disagreeable maintenance lady from the copy company showed up just before I got my coffee. Have you ever seen that episode of the Office (US version) where Michael is wearing a woman's suit? Okay, I definitely know my shirt was a mens shirt but let's just say that the copy lady must be in tight with the black&white checkered textile people. Crap. She was there all day. When I finally got on my way back home & in the comforts of my tiny little elevator I thought I was once again in the clear...ready to fly out of the lift, run down the hall & take a picture of the thing & be done with it. But wait, get on at the second floor...stop at the fourth. I guess cordon bleu students like to smoke on the roof af
ter class, cause that's where one of them was going...happily clad in her crummy old pants. I think she saw me looking at them in disbelief & thought i was trying to look through them or something because she gave me a nasty glare as i left, like I was a pervert. Oh well, the shirt is off, the day is done & the only thing perverted is the fact that not only do some fat cats get fatter by selling this material to every crappy trade school in the country but then they add to their coffers by selling the scraps to the Van Heusen outlet in Lincoln City...a place I'll never shop again. Well, for plaid shirts at least.

More from Mindy...

I have to say something about what you are about to read. First of all this picture. She wants to be a model and yet she will pose for a picture like this. Second, she is the only person in te whole wide world who could take a potential DUI so well. Mindy will show us the meaning of grace....enjoy......

-PBK

Friday the 13th Party
Current mood: hot

Last night we had a party at my house at 8 pm. There were about lets say 20 - 30 people that showed up by 10:30 pm. I didn't know all of them because Lindsey brought some of her friends, and my roommates invited friends that I don't know lol. I knew about 12 people there or something like that. Anyway we had a shit load of liquor and got some shot glasses and red cups. We had kinda loud music going - hip hop, hard rock, rave/techno and rap. Jessica actually drank 5 smirnoffs.. It's crazy. lol
I had agreed with Kyle that I would take him back to his friends house at around 9:30/9:40 so he could be there at like 10 cuz it was in like Scottsdale somewhere.
Anyway like he was taking shots with my friends and doin ten pushups afterwards. He got fucked up! lol.
I got pretty fucked up too but I only had two shots of scotch ("I love Scotch, Scotchy Scotchy Scotch!"-Anchorman)
I was using my Smirnoff Ice as a chaser...cuz all we had in terms of soda was Coke and I DON'T like coke. Diet is way better. Unless it's Pepsi. :)
I met a few different people last night which I only remember the names of certain people. The party was pretty kick ass! This was WAY better than the 4th of July party because 1)It wasn't a week night and 2)The cops didn't show up.
Rick & Amanda ordered 3 pizzas, we had chips and tons of alcohol like liquor beer, and malted liquor.
Ok so it came at the 1:00 hour. Me, Tyler and Kyle went to go take Kyle to his friends' house at 40th st and Camelback. So we went down the stairs to go to my car and waited there for a few minutes until Kyle put on his seatbelt. In the process of putting on his seatbelt, he fell asleep. So we didn't think anything of it. I went on the 101 and my intentions of going on the 51 totally fucked up because I missed the exit. I missed Tatum, 56th st and then proceeded to Scottsdale. Right before Scottsdale Rd, I had issues pressing my gas. I couldn't get my car passed 65 MPH ><>He was breathing so that was a good thing. LoL. While the fire department was on their way, I called Tom (my ex and, his best friend.) I couldn't get a hold of Tom but did leave him a message. Then I called Crystal, which is Tom's bandmate's girlfriend.
She answered her phone and I told her what was going on. She said she'd tell Tom to call me. Tom did call me and said Kyle will be fine, he's conscious. lol.
So then the fire department tried waking him up and banging on his sternum. That didnt work. They put him onto the stretcher. As the stretcher was being rose up a little bit, Kyle flipped off the EMT's. That was funny shit. They brought him into the hospital and the cop decided to call another cop to give us all a breathalizer test. Man that was interesting. Tyler went first and his reading was 1.15. The cops kinda were like, "How much did you have to drink?" He goes,"Quite a lot." haha. They're like,"You're not driving." The cops were like,"Who's next??" I said,"I'll go." So I took my first breathalizer test. I was kinda excited but weary about it. I didn't really worry too much because I had drank about 40 ounces of water and then the last time I had a drink was about an hour prior.
Rick was asked by the first cop how much he had a drink. Rick goes,"A beer." He lied. lol. Anyway he took his test and his reading was 1.35 reading. The cop goes,"ONE BEER?!Honestly. Tell me what you REALLY had to drink tonight." Rick goes,"At the party? I had one. But before I had about a 3/4 bottle of Scotch." Both of the cops shook their head. They go,"You're driving to the hospital." They told us directions. So I drove Rick's car to the hospital. We went there and I couldn't remember Kyle's last name. She says it and I was like OH YAH. She would be the person at the front desk in the E.R. I went to the restroom and by the time I got out, Rick had already gone to see Kyle in his room. I think he took out the IVs cuz he woke up in the hospital and didn't know what the hell was going on. Rick came in there and saw a little bit of blood dropped on the floor. Me and Tyler waited in the waiting room. I called my mom and told her what happened..and that my car died.lol. About 20 minutes later we saw Kyle and Rick coming out of the E.R. Kyle had forgotten his backpack so I reminded him about it. We went and Rick drove but he was fine. We went about 90 mph back home. Kyle called Tom all freakin out and stuff. What I had understood was Kyle was getting a ride from Tom. I had waited up for him for about an hour and a half and even took a blanket and a pillow to the living room. Kyle passed out in the round, papasan chair. Amanda passed out for a bit too. And yeah I texted and called Tom wonderin if he was okay. I was like,"Fuck it" so I went into my room, gave Rick the blanket and pillow and fell asleep. I woke up this morning hearing Kyle's phone. WenT in the livingroom and hung out for a bit and went back to sleep until I heard my birth control alarm. Mike, Rick and I went to get my car jumped cuz we thought it was the battery but it wasn't. They connected it to where it was running directly off of Rick's battery but it still made that weird noise. Maybe the engine or tranny seized. But right now me Chris and James are going to try and tow it with James' jeep...
This is the story of my life. I had a photoshoot tomorrow which I already rescheduled twice because of the flight was delayed when I got back into town and now my car is fucked and I don't know if I'm going to be able to get to Austin cuz I don't have enough money to rent a car and I need my rent money.. grr. Ah I'm tired. ><

# 352 (Day 17)

1. Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? (Of Montreal) *2*
2. New Erections (The Locust) *3*
3. Highway To Hell (AC/DC) *2*

Oh, and the list turned 2 today. Yep. It's almost a 100 page Word document. Anyways....

*****

Day 17

Ah yes...the old blue Lands End shirt that I wanted so badly to become the new shirt featured in Day 13. the material is similar, the color is blue (generally a step up in my mind from red) and the length lends itself to absolutely no tucking in. Sadly, something is curiously wrong with this little guy. It's like he has no soul. & I know, the Doors had no base, but unlike the Doors this doesn't free me...it does frighten me. Maybe that it's because i feel like a lumberjack in this one for no particular reason. Maybe it's just too soon to start a new bond with a shirt while I obviously still have some pretty deep feelings for the other. Maybe I should put it back on & scream 'viva la Doors' & see what happens. I guess Lands End & I are just two ships, passing in the night. It's just not our time yet. That, however is why I've got dresser drawers & why (obviously, based on the past month's worth of postings) I rarely throw out a perfectly good plaid shirt. By the way, said
dresser is getting bare, this thing has to come to an end soon.

Day 17

Day 16

Now this truly is an old friend turned nemesis (especially this morning). Over the years I've had a tendency to iron my shirts just pre-wear. It's part of the daily ritual of getting myself geared up for another long, tedious, sometimes thoughtless day. Usually this is a relaxing experience, catching Paul Harvey's old ridiculous stories or 'news' that he deems worthy of polluting the airwaves each day while ironing out the wrinkles in my mind & my garment for the upcoming day. This shirt, so long loved & highly revered for it's unusual texture, tight pattern & good button-placement turned on me after four years of distinguished service. There is a small patch on the breast pocket that has become folded over & despite the hottest-steamiest iron will not fold back into uniform shape. After i put him on for Day 16 I saw the abomination in the pocket & remembered why the shirt had slumbered deep in my dresser for so long. Damn you pocket! Ruin a good relationship with a perfect
ly good old friend! Augh, I will have to rip off the offensive pocket & lay the remainder of this fellow to rest.

# 351 (Day 16)

1. You In Reverse (Built To Spill) *3*

*****

Day 15

This one only really counts for half a day, not only because it's a very thin material & short sleeved, but I only worked half a day in it. The other half was spent in a corporate issued tee shirt worn while building sand sculptures. This guy, like day 14, i don't believe i've ever worn before. Can't say i really enjoyed even the half day in it. By the looks of it, it's about to explode in some bright red fireball possibly aided by either flash paper or stolen chemistry lab items...maybe i'll have to do something about that. It's very clear that i'm running low on shirts, the end is near.

# 350 (Day 14)

1. Live At Cat's Cradle 9/16/2004 (Les Savy Fav) *3*

*****

Day 14

Now it's getting scary. I don't know if I've ever, ever worn this shirt before. I received it as yet another gift & was shocked by it's in-your-face color scheme. Clearly not the subdued, somber look i normally look for in my pladdies. Sadly, the shirt does not make the man...I half expected a dramatic character change upon the buttoning up of this guy, yet nothing (that I could detect) occurred. I guess to feel like a totally different person I'll have to go find a pair of incredible hulk underoos to squeeze my old body into. Or maybe superman, that one at least looked like the actual hero's costume. Meanwhile, back at the Justice League...

A conversation at work....

RM: "I'd like to see a sitcom where you, Tyler & Trenton have to move in with another Asian mother, but she has two daughters and she's really messy. It'd be like 'The Odd Couple' meets 'The Brady Bunch.' Plus 'My Two Dads,' I guess..."

MV: "'My Two Dads'--did they cancel that?

RM: "Um, yeah. About 15 years ago."

MV: "Really?"

RM checks IMDB.

RM: "1990. It was cancelled 17 years ago."

MV: "Whoa! 1990 was 15 years ago? I can't believe..."

RM: "It was 17 years ago."

Just for the record, PBK thinks MV is amazing.

# 349 (Day 13)

1. Tender Is The Savage (Gluecifer) *3*
2. S/T [Touch & Go] 'EP' (Red Stars Theory) *2*

*****

Now this little guy has some stories to tell. I recently saw a picture of me in it back in 2003. For a while he had my back (okay was on my back) every week in almost every situation. He's gone to work, gone to eat, gone drinking, gone fishing & camping & even gone to sleep w/ me. I believe he even bore witness to a night of hotdog consumption equaled only by whiskey consumption, poker dominance & shoe melting sleep alongside a fire. Maybe he even overheard Papenfuss' first denouncement of 'the chosen' people...Wow, i think I have a connection with this shirt. If neither of us is married in ten years i think we are obligated to look into the legalities of man/garment unions. Wow it's hot out, & I'm obviously delirious!

# 348 (Day 12)

1. S/T (Steve Malkmus)

*****

Day 12

I can't think of the last time I wore this shirt...I don't remember when I got it (although I know it was at least 3 years ago). I never wore it because it had some issues....obviously those issues have evaporated with the passage of time. Cool, comfortable, accepting of a hot iron, there's not much more a man can accept of a mate, i mean shirt. The next two days will be brutal....old, old long-sleeve shirts & 100+ degree weather. No one can ever say I wasn't committed to craziness.

Day 11

It's an oldie but a goodie...I had completely forsaken this shirt because it never fit well & ironed worse, until today. We are getting to the depths of my plaid hoard but I think I'll roll away the stone in front of the tomb that previously housed this shirt. Maybe i'm just in a good mood. Or maybe this guy I should just name Lazarus. We shall see...maybe I just need to see the Last Temptation again.

Day 10

This nice little plaiddie just screams summertime to me. Not only does it look like a picnic blanket (or italian tablecloth) but it's cut just right, is nice & lightweight & I think I can take it off in record time if the need arises to jump into an icy pool of water on a hot summers day. Okay, there's a little backstory that goes along w/ it too. It was summer a couple of years ago & I mustered up the courage to go meet one of my sister's friends at her place of work...it was a hot summer day & perfect for a cup of iced coffee at the Bellevue Mall Tully's. My plans hit a snag when Heidi 'called in sick' that day & wasn't there. Heartbroken, some people turn to ice-cream or high-proof liquor, but having neither of those I went seeking a new shirt to mend my heart. Into the Eddie Bauer store I went. They were, afterall, having a clearance sale. Having no need for cargo shorts or sandals my attention was drawn towards a rack of summer style button up shirts. Red plaid, bold but comfortable. I gave the sales girl my shirt, made her fill out the form so I wouldn't have to pay sales tax & took my new plaider to my car, where i put it on & cried for hours in the back seat. Okay, maybe not that last part...anyways, this one is near & dear to me as it represents the bleeding heart that was beating inside my chest as my dream of a nice little coffee date went awry that August afternoon. That's a bit dramatic, but i do like this shirt.

# 347 (Day 9)

1. Prawns (The Rebel)
2. Okonokos 'Disk 2' (My Morning Jacket)

*****

This Ralph Lauren must be from some of my bigger days....it looks huge on the hanger & even bigger on me. The color & pattern are all right & the light material is great for summer days but the shear girth of this one makes me tuck it into my knees. I must've been 6 inches taller & 50 lbs heavier when I bought it. It truly is a shame, too...the aqua color really brings out the glorious color in my eyes. Okay, maybe not. Methinks day nine has made it's last appearance unless by some freak of nature I get pregnant (If Arnold can do it, why not me?). Lame post, I know, but it's too hot in my apt. to be overly creative.

# 346 (Day 8)

1. Cavity Search 'EP' (Holy Molar) *2*
2. Woke In A Whaleheart (Bill Callahan) *2*

*****

Oh say can you see...I pledge allegiance...Don't tread on me & These colors don't run. This is my spin on Independence Day & a shout out to the founding fathers & all Americans since. I'm just doing my part to honor our country in plaid fashion. Makes me hum a song I know sung between Abigail & John Adams about salt peter. No, New Hampshire, you can't respectfully abstain. Now let's BBQ, get drunk, eat the hell out of some hotdogs & stick our face in some apple pie!
God Bless the USA

# 345 (Day 7)

1. Dead Rhythm (Triumph Of Lethargy Skinned Alive To Death)
2. Still Hungry (Twisted Sister)

*****

Lo & behold...the only Dickies thing I own. I like this one...broad shoulders, wide pattern, big buttons, a little long but not too long.
Dickies gets my seal of approval however somehow i doubt I'd be able to fit comfortably in a pair of their pants/jeans..the whole tall skinny vs. short stocky thing rears it's ugly head again. It's silly but i do almost feel cool wearing this plaider. nice...

Day 6

Believe it or not, this one is a Shawn inspired garment. He always has great looking short sleeved plaiddies that work well for summer. I particularly liked the blue-green unconventional pattern and loose, but not too loose cut of this one. I still struggle with whether or not to wear a shirt underneath this guy...most of the time I want to opt out, however I think the general public would be blinded by my gorgeous physique & swoon at the hope of seeing just a bit of chest hair, so I usually opt for the under-tee. It's a public safety move, smartly calculated. Still, i love this shirt for it's potential, it could be a crowd-pleaser.

Day 5

The result of yet another attempt to buy something a little different & a little 'now'. The goal of this Timberland was to look hip...unfortunately as it turns out I look more like a hipster dufus ala Kramer but without the grace. Looks okay on the hanger but once on this shirt is obviously for a tall slender fella. Us short stocky fellas have dreams too. Although not as cool as I initially thought, still not the worst $8 I've ever spent.

PBK ain't no Myspace page...

What's with the romantic posts on the PBK?

If you want to chat it up go get a room somewhere. Send an email, something :)

But really...... PBK is gonna be gone for a little while. He'll try to update Verk's adventures while he's on vacation. How are the new robot eyes?

# 344 (Day 4)

1. Bee Thousand (Guided By Voices) *3*

******

Day 4

Yet another gift...this one from xmas '06. I'll give my mom credit though, it was supposed to be worn beneath a sweater but it's June & that ain't gonna happen. This one isn't really cut well for me so despite it's Nautica logo, i think it's going to make a goodwill shopper look a bit more preppy (I'll throw in the sweater)

Day 3

No music today because I did not work. But the world does not stop for PBK, Verk continues to "find" himself. Enjoy....

*****

Day 3

This shirt I bought last year when I convinced myself to go shopping for something outside my comfort zone & unlike the other stuff that I wear all the time. Clearly, mission accomplished...It was a bold move to go with red. Notice the tight plaid pattern, it's just this close to being a solid. Daring to say the least. This one is staying in the shirt rotation though...I'm a sucker for Nautica.

# 343 (Day 2)

1. The Letting Go (Bonnie Prince Billy) *2*

******

Day 2

This is a shirt my sister bought for me when I asked her to get me a shirt that doesn't make me look 30 years old. Evidently my entire family is conspiring against me or just thinks I look good in plaid. Actually, I kind of like this shirt & will probably keep it in my wardrobe rotation when this whole thing is over.

# 342 (Day 1)

1. "Kit" (The Rebel)
2. Okonokos 'Disk 1' (My Morning Jacket)
3. S/T 'EP' (Enemymine) *3*
4. Pornography (The Cure) *2*

******

Day 1

This is the shirt that was given to me by my mother over the weekend. I had always thought that I owned a number of plaid shirts, but this gift made me wonder; just how many? and which one defines me? Maybe at the end of this I will know the answers to both.

86 Verk's Shirt!

Brian has proposed himself a challenge. Please read below....

"So I recently realized (after my mom bought me a shirt over the weekend) just how many button-up, plaid shirts I have…So I'm going to wear a different one to work every day until I run out. I think I have enough to get through the middle of July. I can email you a picture of the shirt each day….Banessa think's it's hilarious…(& she's taking me shopping this weekend)."

Starting tomorrow PBK will post a new shirt with his music for the day. Enjoy.


Oh, and the picture is just an example, I didn't mean to scare anyone. :)