It's the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind. Holy plaid shirt I'm getting old! It is still a great album and definitely a game-changer. There was a concert in honour of this milestone and Krist Novaselic played a couple songs with the Presidents of the USA for some reason. Actually they don't sound too bad... check it out: Novaselic & PUSA. Either the PUSA guys are tiny tiny little men or Novaselic is still growing.
Cool flick to check out on a rainy day (because who watches movies when it's nice out? ... unless you're hungover). Anyway, the movie is The Lincoln Lawyer with Matthew McConaughey.
Tough to see the Hill and McDonald trade go down. Always wanted both of them to find that next level, but how long can you wait? I'd put Johnny Mac up there with Alomar and Tony Fernandez as the best defensive infielders the Jays have ever had. I don't know much about this Kelly Johnson 2B they got back, but I didn't know too much about Rasmus and Escobar before they came over either. Carry on Anthopolous!
If you dig acoustic guitar stuff, check out this Canadian guitar wizard - Andy McKee.
I'm not sure if this makes me want to learn the guitar or never pick one up again. I'm working on a mix of this kind of music so if you have any suggestions, let me know.
It's amazing how many Simpsons references you still hear on a fairly regular basis.
Anyone remember Fabian Brunstrom? He was the much-hyped Swede forward that created a bidding war a few years ago and ended up with Dallas. He sniped a hat trick in his first game and then did a whole bunch of nothing. He actually ended last year with the Leafs but never made it further than the Marlies. The Leafs were one of the teams trying to throw big bucks at him originally and ended up getting Jonas "The Monster" Gustavsson instead. What fantastic scouting the Leafs have eh?!
I can't believe it's taken this many blogs to take a shot at the Leafs. I'll do better in the future, I promise - Lord knows it's not hard!
"I'm a molar, wisdom tooth...." - Turn Ons / Turns Offs by Dane Cook. Heard this one a hundred times and it's still funny!
Ice fishing trips and NFL trips are the same animal to me. Both offer a seemingly good excuse to be a wild booze gorilla without any concerns whatsoever. I think the fact that I only get to do them once a year also helps with the appeal... and my chances of survival.
Crazy weather around Listowel lately with Tornado watches and storms. I wonder what it's like to live in the Mid-Western US and go through this regularly.
One thing I still want to see at a wedding is for the groom to faint. Not get hurt, just fall down.
New album I am anxiously awaiting is "The Great Escape of Leslie Magnafuzz" by Radio Moscow. If you have never heard of these guys listen to their self-titled debut album. It is excellent from start to finish and my favourite track on the album is "Luckydutch".
Funniest conversation I have had recently:
Me: "Make sure you eat that ice cream over the table".
My 3 year old (without looking away from the ice cream): "I know what I have to do here".
I went to another Jays game recently and for as much buzz as there was for every at bat Bautista had earlier this season, it is now the same when Lawrie steps up to the plate. He is a freak and a lot of fun to watch - on offense and defense.
Stick it in your ear: "Goin Down Slow" by Free (classic rockers only known by most for "All Right Now"). Great old bluesy, rock tune.
I've thought about including more pictures in my blogs but I kinda like that the only pic I have ever used is of Rich "Goose" Gossage holding a goose!
I'm looking forward to watching Pierre LeBrun on TSN. Bob McKenzie, Pierre McGuire and LeBrun are my favourite NHL "insiders" and it will be nice not to have LeBrun wasting his time talking to cement walls Glen Healy and Mike Milbury on CBC.
Trying my best to support BlackBerry but they sure are making it hard lately... the poor service with Bell isn`t helping anything either. The new iPhone 5 comes out soon and could have me jumping ship.
Oh, golf... you miserable temptress... you're lucky I'm usually drunk when I leave you.
Cheers,
Bonesminded
