Giving It Something That Resembles Effort

Moving sucks. Yup, stating the obvious. Moving from a 4 bedroom house to a 2 bedroom apartment is really kind of shitty. One has the tendency of accumulating a bunch of shit. So much so that one's roommate bitches to no end about the fish tank, the Trek, the DVD shelves, the plants, the blah blah blah.

I need to get rid of shit. I need to get rid of a bunch of shit. It's funny how something so quickly becomes so important at the moment, but then becomes ridiculous, borderline embarrassing after time passes and one has time to evaluate. I'm that one, and I need to get rid of a bunch of shit.

Shit for sale. Contact JDot for some primo-shit.

Spin Around

Spent in disbelief, sorrow wages against self indulgence. Constantly wasted on the sinful shadows of this world, comfort comes in the form of below average social objectivity. Turning heads of friendly cheeks leave these thoughts expecting nothing else but similar despair.

Familiarity in wrong turns and deadening detail of self reflection cause my boredom to swim inside a bottle of fabricated pleasure. All one knows is what one feels when most detached from the immediacy of others. In this case, my knowledge breaks previous marks held by scientific men of public importance.

I need not commit a crime to enter my personal prison. I need only wake from the peaceful and suffocating darkness of my lifeless sleep.

Debut Episode of The Vacant Lot

Ladies and yentlemen, allow me to present, in its entirety, the very first episode of the Jr. Kids in the Hall sketch comedy troup, The Vacant Lot (in 3 parts).

MOTOR - Flashback Video

Videotown strikes again! (I've really got to get my shit together and get an article going on J.U)

Electro-punks MOTOR turn an 8-bit driving game into an intense visual representation of their hit single, Flashback. Enjoy! (Something of note: Early Industrial pioneers Ministry also produced a track titled Flashback. Seeping into the past seems to be a staple for aggressive electronic artists. I say, "GOOD FORM!")

O'Reilly Remix

Classic stuff. I still can't understand why so many conservatives worship this guy.

Master Dub!

One more for good measure

"Today, I am the greatest of all time."

NO LAUGHING!

More Videos

I love ESPN, I love Sports Center, but my all time favorite show on the authority of sports is BASEBALL TONIGHT. Enjoy the video. More to come.

This is what we in Wisconsin call, A Brat Sandwich.

Saturday Morning Rants

Ok. Wind me up, watch me spin.

Depressing technology: So, HD is here and you'd better damn well be ready. Those TV's you have, you know, the ones you've had since moving to college? They are no longer NORMAL enough for standard cable hook up. At least they won't be as early as February 2009 (which will seem like tomorrow believe me). So I keep seeing these commercials about how cable is going HD and I've got to call the number at the bottom of the screen to order a NEW AND IMPROVED cable box for my (now considered) LAME AND BASICALLY USELESS television. I haven't called the number yet out of sheer denial, candy coated with depression (not because of this as I kind of have my own thing going on) but I'm sure these boxes are not free. So, as an alternative to laying down big money on a tiny HD TV, I can settle for the set I have and get the box. That's NOT the kind of box I want to get.

The pool guy: Ok, people who have jobs and don't do them are lame. This may seem like an easily concluded statement, but the overall laziness of the working class everyman (or woman) in Southern California is really starting to mess with my positivity. "People just don't care" is what I think the bottom line is. But to their defense why should they? Oh yeah, BECAUSE IT'S YOUR FUKKING JOB! So our pool guy has a job. That job is to clean the pool. It's been getting warmer out and you know, we'd kind of like to use the pool. But this lazy bastard's been skimping on his 1 duty and our pool is constantly dirty. So the other day I wrote the lazy bitch a note. We'll see how long the upkeep lasts. (Why not just go with another pool guy? Exactly!)

Ok. That's enough rants for this morning. I need to step away from my ever present cloud of negativity (but if it's ever present how can you step away from it? I'm crafty) and start my day.

Happy Saturday you HD loving hords of modern technology (he typed while sitting in the living room listening to iTunes while typing on his MBPro after having played a game of baseball on his PS2. Yeah, I'm not a victim of cleaver gadgets).

Bubbles

I happened to stumble across this very interesting site titled: I Heart Bubbles. Apparently they create sarcastic and funny comments on old ads and funny pictures.

As their mission statement reads: The I Heart Bubbles team is a tight group of humor loving individuals who enjoy making each other laugh. We scour the internet for any and every possible image to paint our Bubbles palette. The content of our Bubbles may include politics, music, movies, personal experiences, inside jokes, and vague obscure references. We hope you enjoy viewing I Heart Bubbles half as much as we enjoy making it.

Share the wealth is what I always say. Case in point.

VIDEOS, VIDEOS, VIDEOS!

NOTHING BUT VIDEOS HERE ON JDOT UNPLUGGED!

HERE'S ANOTHER.

Boy Praises President

Lancre Factory Video by JDot

Music by Yeah, I Figured That Much.

Abra Cadaver (1991)

These 3 clips are the entire episode of the 1991 Tales from the Crypt classic, Abra Cadaver. Of all the Tales from the Crypt episodes I used to sneak in when I was in grade school, this one stands out more than any other (save for the Joe Pesci episode).

I'll admit, upon initial viewing, it's not as good as I remembered, but tracking it down and FINALLY finding it was well worth the 15 year wait. Enjoy!

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3


More info on the episode can be found here.

This just in from BREWERS.COM

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G.I. Joe!

Funny video from co-worker.

West Coast Wax Vol. 5

Jim Croce
As I stated before, I’ve been getting more and more into Folk Rock these days, and Jim Croce is my go-to-guy. The song Spin, Spin, Spin is a solemn (my favorite word as of late) tale about taking drugs and wandering through life. Jim Croce’s days were extremely few, which somehow makes him musically immortal. If not for this sad fact of dying before his time, Jim Croce would still sustain measurable weight among the best folk singing song writers of his and any time. In regards to his emotionally capturing songwriting ability, allow me to presents words spoken from the man himself:

You don't tug on superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger
And you don't mess around with JIM

Front 242
When I got into this worldly influential industrial dance band, I got REALLY into them. So much so that when I bought like 75% of their catalogue in a 2 week span, I didn’t allow myself the proper time to appreciate each album as its own entity. Instead I saw them as parts of a whole. So lately I’ve been giving Front 242, in all its majestic glory the attention it deserves. If you’re into electronic, attempt an early album of Front 242 to appreciate the foundation of modern electronic music.

Them

Last year I started my Van Morrison phase that I thought would end by the time fall came around. It’s been a year and Van the Man shows no signs of slowing down. This particular 2 LP set was given to me by my father under the condition that I burn the LP onto a CD for him. Fair enough. So now I have the double LP AND the album on my computer, ipod and cd. For those who don’t know, Them was part of the mid 60’s British Invasion wave. Sounding like early Stones mixed with the Animals, Them is surely a sight to behold.

They Might Be Giants
My all-time favorite band!

Lagwagon
Something of considerable note happened to me on March 30^th. I bought the Lagwagon album Resolve (their latest) on vinyl and never gave it a spin. I set it under my turntable to mark the next album I would serve up. It sat there for almost 2 weeks, until March 30^th. I listened to the album and remembered my younger days of delivering pizza for Domino’s while listening to, at that time, Lagwagon’s entire catalogue. That prompted me to go to allmusic.com to read the review on Resolve. What I found shocked me to the core. Resolve was dedicated, and revolves around the death of original Lagwagon drummer Derrick Plourde. I hadn’t heard this, so I proceeded to type in Derrick Plourde’s name in Wikipedia.org. I found out, that EXACTLY 3 years to the day Lagwagon drummer Derrick Plourde, the person who’s dedicated album I was currently listening to, had died. I couldn’t help but think something of higher power was trying to show me this amazing fact. This instance will definitely be an experience that I’ll never forget.

A bit long this week. Please accept my shallow apology.

Ben Sheets: 1 - 0

Milwaukee Brewers ace Ben Sheets pitched a 5 hit shutout against the struggling bay area Giants. With 8 K's and allowing just 5 hits, Ben Sheets picked up his first win of the season. His opening day start resulted in a no decision and after pitching 15.1 innings this year, has yet to give up a run.

Ben is seen here in a moment of self celebration after the 7-0 Brewers victory. Through the first 6 games this year the Brewers are 5-1 and share a lead with the St. Louis Cardinals atop the National League Central.

President Boo-sh

People really don't like George W. Bush?

#939 for the Man of Steal

For acquiring this image, I'd like to thank the following:
Ryan Reiter for suggesting to me that we go halves on MLB.TV back in 2005. I've had it every year since.

To the Milwaukee Brewers for being the closest professional baseball team to me during my adolescent years. You were there when I was young in stature, and you're there now when I'm young at heart.

To my Uncle Jim for buying me a Beckett Baseball Price Guide subscription in 1990. Shortly there after I began collecting Rickey Henderson cards relentlessly.

To MLB.TV for showing baseball history highlights on their website. I just came across Henderson's #939 video tonight and I think I could die tomorrow a happy man.

And finally to Rickey Henderson. For being Rickey, for being fast, for being the best he could be, for holding his own, for producing the numbers, for PROVIDING #24, for mastering the game, for being such an historical impact during my young years, and lastly for being a Hot Dog.

An unspoken philosophy I cling to is "give credit where credit is due." This self-indulgent reward speech attempts to do just that.