Haircut Malpractice and Album Covers

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

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This is gonna be a quickie. I could tell you the reasons, but they’re boring and nobody really gives a tiny seahorse-shaped shitlet, anyway. Right? Right.

As promised a few weeks back, I’m going to be taking pre-orders on the RETRO first generation t-shirt design — this time on maroon. I’ll probably leave it open for a week or so, and only buy enough to cover demand.

I don’t expect to sell a huge number of these, but wanted to make it available one more time. So, if you’re interested in the old school design, with our pal the Smoking Fish, now’s your chance. Order here.

I’m definitely getting one. I have a soft spot in my big swollen heart for it…

I almost had to be airlifted to MasterCuts over the weekend, because my hair needed cut so badly. But I somehow tapped into an inner reservoir of strength and drove myself… It was touch and go for a few minutes.

The woman who performed the procedure (Morticia) asked how I wanted it cut, and I gave her the standard answer: “Use the clippers, two and four guards.”

Somehow I know the numbers, and it really helps. Most of my cuts are consistent now, and I feel like I possess a secret formula for haircut success. In the old days I just closed my eyes and hoped for the best.

But Morticia almost screwed it up on Saturday. She said, “Two on top, four on the sides?” And I said yeah, without really considering what I’d agreed to.

Then, about thirty seconds into it, I blurted, “Wait! I think I want it the other way around… I don’t want it short on the top and long on the sides! Is that what you asked?”

And she said, “Yeah, that makes more sense, but I’ve learned to never argue with customers. They know what they want.”

What do you think about that? I don’t care for it. No sane person would get their hair cut short on top, and long on the sides. And she knows this. I appreciate her no-arguing policy, but c’mon. A little professional guidance is expected.

I could’ve walked out of that place looking like Ben Franklin. And I can’t have that.

And I’ll leave you now with a Quick Question(tm).

I’d like to know your all-time favorite album cover. If you’re anything like me, you can probably come up with dozens of ‘em. But what would it be if you were limited to just one?

This is mine, for whatever reason. I’ve always loved that shot, and it’s what I’m going with today. I might choose something else tomorrow, but today’s today.

What about you? Tell us about it in the comments, won’t you? And link to the cover, if you can. I think this one could be fun…

And I’ll be back tomorrow, with something a little more beefy, I hope.

See ya then!

Now playing in the bunker.

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155 Responses to “Haircut Malpractice and Album Covers”

Sonny in NH, on August 11th, 2009 at 1:39 pm Said:

first!!!!!!!!!!!halleluja
Shiny Rod, on August 11th, 2009 at 1:39 pm Said:

2nd!!!
Bill in WV, on August 11th, 2009 at 1:44 pm Said:

This is my favorite cover of all time.
Ognir, on August 11th, 2009 at 1:44 pm Said:

My hair does look like Ben Franklin’s hair.
Bill in WV, on August 11th, 2009 at 1:46 pm Said:

Well, that didn’t work, so here……..

http://www.the-scorpions.com/english/discography/records/lovedrive.asp
TILLY, on August 11th, 2009 at 1:47 pm Said:

top ten woo hoo….
tiff, on August 11th, 2009 at 1:47 pm Said:

“Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” popped up first. I listened the absolute SHIT out of those records, so maybe that’s why I like the cover so much. It FABUOUS!!
junkfood, on August 11th, 2009 at 1:51 pm Said:

The old Slavic women at my Great Clips are always instructed with the clipper guard sizes as well. 6 & 3 for me right now.

No offense to the new WVSR logo but I like the old style much better and will definitely get one of the retro shirts. I have one of the blue ones and only wear it on very formal occasions – more often and it might shrink or get wrecked in the laundry.

As for album covers, do re-creations count? I like this:

https://kaosradioaustin.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=931&g2_serialNumber=1

but in the “updated” format:

http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/attenborough/340/sh-whip5.jpg
Jason, on August 11th, 2009 at 1:52 pm Said:

I like this one

http://sleevage.com/nirvana-nevermind
AngryWhiteGuy, on August 11th, 2009 at 1:52 pm Said:

Favorite photos cover- “Exile on Main Street”
Favorite drawing cover- “Tom Tom Club”

A tiny seahorse-shaped shitlet answer. No DId you Knows? or IPOD playing.
NDfaninAZ, on August 11th, 2009 at 1:53 pm Said:

Did I make the top 10?
tiff, on August 11th, 2009 at 1:54 pm Said:

And…the cover for Muse’s “Supermassive Black Hole” is……interesting

Gosh I hope all that coding works.
tiff, on August 11th, 2009 at 1:54 pm Said:

And…the cover for Muse’s “Supermassive Black Hole is……interesting

Gosh I hope all that coding works.
Knucklehead, on August 11th, 2009 at 2:01 pm Said:

I need to qualify this with: I HATE THE GRATEFUL DEAD

But I love the album cover for Blues for Allah

http://hodja.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/allah.gif

Vote for Louie today, please, if you get a chance – once a day whether you need to or not!
http://www.cutestdogcompetition.com/vote.cfm?h=BBCF1EAA594591718982DED307EF722C

Thanks, guys!

Happy Tuesday, Surfers!
Brianf, on August 11th, 2009 at 2:03 pm Said:

I like to old (“RETRO”) WVSR logo better than the new and improved new one. I just thought I’d throw that out there.
Brynhildr, on August 11th, 2009 at 2:04 pm Said:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B000VAQX1O/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=5174&s=music
Sonny in NH, on August 11th, 2009 at 2:05 pm Said:

Not for nothing I think I’d have to say the Edgar Winter Group…They Only Come Out at Night…just sayin’
JCIII, on August 11th, 2009 at 2:07 pm Said:

Good Afternoon Surf Reporters…….

it’s a toss up between this:

http://tinyurl.com/y76gmc

and this:

http://tinyurl.com/qvze3y

If you think about it, there is kind of a Yin-Yang balance between the Beatles and Spinal Tap
Knucklehead, on August 11th, 2009 at 2:10 pm Said:

Uh, why the hell is my comment “awaiting moderation”?
JCIII, on August 11th, 2009 at 2:14 pm Said:

@Knucklehead

Mine too. Jeff has to check out each one to ensure no one posts a link to Japanese anime school girl lesbian midget amputee squid porn…. Jason
JCIII, on August 11th, 2009 at 2:18 pm Said:

Try a straight out link versus tiny url?

http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/ferguson/spinal-tap/smell-the-glove.gif
Shiny Rod, on August 11th, 2009 at 2:19 pm Said:

My favorite album is also my favorite music piece. Yeah, laugh it up fuzz ball!

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade/Stravinsky: L’Oiseau De Feu

http://www.amazon.com/Rimsky-Korsakov-Scheherazade-Stravinsky-LOiseau-Feu/dp/B000001GJ4
Uncle_Wedgie, on August 11th, 2009 at 2:40 pm Said:

Be Bop Delux’s Sunburst Finish

http://www.amazon.com/Sunburst-Finish-Be-Bop-Delux/d/B000006ST7
SkullyWV, on August 11th, 2009 at 2:43 pm Said:

http://blog.tilos.hu/filter/OhioPlayersHoney.jpg
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l283/Finetwinz/20051025-in_honey.jpg

Ohio Players – Honey was a great find for a guy in 6th grade all those years ago.
Gretchen, on August 11th, 2009 at 2:50 pm Said:

I can’t narrow down the album covers! There’s simply too many awesome ones.

On a side note, here’s a “Further Evidence”-caliber news story for today:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-groping-minnie-mouse-081109,0,5727056.story

I think “Groping Minnie Mouse” would be an excellent name for a band. Maybe Matt Groening and/or his team of magical drawing elves would deign to do the cover art.
UF Monica, on August 11th, 2009 at 2:57 pm Said:

The White album! …imagine the possibilities!
mudpup, on August 11th, 2009 at 2:57 pm Said:

@ Gretchen There aint much to do in Cressona, PA, guess he went a little nuts once freed
JCIII, on August 11th, 2009 at 2:58 pm Said:

now THIS is one awesome album cover!!

http://www.holytaco.com/and-jesus-said-unto-faith-tones-aw-hell-naw
Strangeart, on August 11th, 2009 at 2:59 pm Said:

Even though maroon is not my fave, I must own a classic logo T. I will be proudly wearing my ETW logo T on an airplane on Thursday.
Greg in Cincinnati, on August 11th, 2009 at 3:06 pm Said:

Hey, do we get free shirts if we sport the Franklin do? An old friend sent me pictures I had not seen from the early nineties. I rocked the AfroMullet in this photo, so clearly have no shame in this Achy Breaky Heart of Mine…

Is there hope for the Reds now? How the hell did they beat SFO. Wish I had seen…
Rusty, on August 11th, 2009 at 3:08 pm Said:

Favorite album cover?

Cheap Thrills – Big Brother and the Holding Company.
WB in OH, on August 11th, 2009 at 3:10 pm Said:

I always found this cover interesting.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B00004W55G/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=5174&s=music
NDfaninAZ, on August 11th, 2009 at 3:11 pm Said:

@ JCIII

Wow, I wish I was that sexy.
NDfaninAZ, on August 11th, 2009 at 3:13 pm Said:

@ Jason

I like this one better:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B00000I01H/sr=8-15/qid=1250017921/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=5174&s=music&qid=1250017921&sr=8-15
Brynhildr, on August 11th, 2009 at 3:16 pm Said:

Gretchen — I’m a little creeped out that he’s wiping his fingers, even if it was to get ink off.
cc, on August 11th, 2009 at 3:17 pm Said:

No question about the album cover for me:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fragile.jpg

I was my favorite music in high school-and I still like it now.
bikerchick, on August 11th, 2009 at 3:22 pm Said:

Jeff: The “Conductor/Maestro” look is so over, dude!
Ratrace, on August 11th, 2009 at 3:28 pm Said:

Frank Zappa, Overnight Sensation, what a great album cover and a pretty decent album too.
Lee Harvey Ramone, on August 11th, 2009 at 3:35 pm Said:

I don’t know about my favorite, but I really cannot look at John Lennon/Yoko Ono’s ‘Two Virgins’ album cover. Not even a glance. I guess I picked the wrong week to quit licking hallucinogenic toads.
ashton, on August 11th, 2009 at 3:40 pm Said:

Retro shirts!!! Woohooo!!!!1!1!!!eleven!!!
SeeKar, on August 11th, 2009 at 3:56 pm Said:

When I was a kid, my mother had Bridge Over Troubled Water. I was terrified by Art Garfunkel hiding behind Paul Simon like that!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_over_Troubled_Water

Oh, and Cannibal Corpse – The Wretched Spawn is always good for a giggle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wretched_Spawn
Tube City Madman, on August 11th, 2009 at 4:02 pm Said:

The best album cover…..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=1220809

Not much else comes close!
Shiny Rod, on August 11th, 2009 at 4:02 pm Said:

@ Lee Harvey Ramone – i’ve got one do you need it? I call it my ex-wife.
Jason, on August 11th, 2009 at 4:13 pm Said:

NDfaninAZ,
That one’s good too. I just think Weird Al was chicken shit for not exposing his penis like the original.
Shiny Rod, on August 11th, 2009 at 4:18 pm Said:

@ Jason – He’s a jewish boy, you know, circumsized.
Jason, on August 11th, 2009 at 4:49 pm Said:

Shiny Rod,
I’m circumsized too and there are pictures of my schlong all over the internet. I know because I put them there. Woo!
kenju, on August 11th, 2009 at 5:09 pm Said:

Magical Mystery Tour!! is my favorite

Shiny Rod – I love Scheherazade too! But I don’t have the album.
Shiny Rod, on August 11th, 2009 at 5:10 pm Said:

@ Jason – I am to but only stories of mine are on the internet. But I think Al was suffering some shrinkage at the time, you know, cold pool water. Mazel tov…
NDfaninAZ, on August 11th, 2009 at 5:20 pm Said:

Tangent topic last week: generous labia

Tangent topic this week: penises

Next week?
Shiny Rod, on August 11th, 2009 at 5:22 pm Said:

@ kenju – I would be more than glad to burn you a CD, I love that album because it has Stravinsky’s Firebird on it too. I’ll have to look for it because I’m going through my Mozart and Beethoven stuff right now.
Jason, on August 11th, 2009 at 5:25 pm Said:

Next week will probably be prolapsed anuses, but who am I to predict?
JCIII, on August 11th, 2009 at 5:41 pm Said:

@Shiny Rod –
Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Panties..
I’m sorry…
Schumann, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Bach

Names that will live for ever. But there is one composer whose name is never included with the greats.

Why is it that the world never remembered the name of Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern- schplenden- schlitter- crasscrenbon- fried- digger- dingle- dangle- dongle- dungle- burstein- von- knacker- thrasher- apple- banger- horowitz- ticolensic- grander- knotty- spelltinkle- grandlich- grumblemeyer- spelterwasser- kurstlich- himbleeisen- bahnwagen- gutenabend- bitte- ein- nürnburger- bratwustle- gerspurten- mitz- weimache- luber- hundsfut- gumberaber- shönedanker- kalbsfleisch- mittler- aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm?
ashton, on August 11th, 2009 at 5:42 pm Said:

Is generous labia a reference to size or attitude?
retrollama, on August 11th, 2009 at 5:43 pm Said:

My favorite album cover is this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Revolver.jpg
I even have a poster of it signed by the artist, Klaus Voorman.

I like the “Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” one, too: http://gothamist.com/2006/04/18/nyc_album_art_t.php
T. Farty McAppleass, on August 11th, 2009 at 5:52 pm Said:

ashton,
“Generous labia” is a reference to size. A labia that looks like an open faced roast beef sandwich might be called a “generous labia”. There are labiaplasties available for those who shun the Ben Frankilin look. The excess meat is sold to bait shops – it’s reportedly an excellent catfish bait:

KID: Hey Mister, you sure are catching a lot of catfish. What are you using for bait?

MISTER: Pussy scraps, son. I buy them from the clinic on 1st and Fuckya.

KID: Gee, thanks mister.

MISTER: Don’t think me, thank the generous labias.
Brynhildr, on August 11th, 2009 at 6:01 pm Said:

(gagging)
Shiny Rod, on August 11th, 2009 at 6:15 pm Said:

JCIII – and you what me to interpret that.

On the other hand, I have given up Arby’s forever and catfish…
DTO, on August 11th, 2009 at 6:24 pm Said:

Whipped Cream and Other Delights…Herb Albert..(yeah, I know)…but, that’s his wife and he’s a trumpet player. Thought of this one right away and I still have it from 1965.
Hey… as a young trumpet player (12) I had a reason to have this out every day. Insperation…ya know?
Ya don’t don’t have to listen to the music but the cover will tell my story. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrzkJBEcTbk

I always liked the Blind Faith ‘ banned’ cover too. I have that but only on a CD.
Tyrosine, on August 11th, 2009 at 6:48 pm Said:

My current favorite is:

http://www.virginmedia.com/images/the_clash-gal-covers.jpg

but it changes almost daily.

When I was in school a girl in my first year psychology class went off on me when she saw me carrying the cd case for Nevermind. Apparently the non-sexual image of a nude baby qualified as kiddy-porn in her books and she just had to share her revulsion with me.
Melissa, on August 11th, 2009 at 7:00 pm Said:

Now, Jeff, this is off topic, but I know you wanted to spread pictures of your recent family reunion! Here they are!

http://www.derekerdman.com/ilovemilkshakes/august2009/DRK_CRNVL/juggalo_gathering_2009.htm

Now Playing on iPhone: ‘Sometime Around Midnight’ – The Airborne Toxic Event
WB in OH, on August 11th, 2009 at 7:08 pm Said:

@Greg in Cincy-Not for nothing but none the less here is my opinion on the rest of the Reds season.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyFyAqLtHq8
Greg in Cincinnati, on August 11th, 2009 at 7:56 pm Said:

@WB in OH

Excellent selection of music. They should play that, every inning they are behind 22 or more points! Or in our case tied in the 14th inning. *gives self the Franklin Do manually*
Ederd, on August 11th, 2009 at 8:15 pm Said:

Sorry, it’s off-topic, but this is a great news story. The Farrally Bros. should expand this into a movie:

http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20090809/NEWS01/908090319/-1/SEVENDAYS
Willie Williams, on August 11th, 2009 at 8:34 pm Said:

Always like the cover from Breakfast in America.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c4/Supertramp_-_Breakfast_in_America.jpg
Sam in Rochester, on August 11th, 2009 at 9:02 pm Said:

this “first” garbage is getting old. Guess what, nobody cares, get over it.

My favorite album cover, Mono, Life In Mono. I made a wood carving of it is HS.

Ben Franklin, the father of the American fire service. Yea, cool guy, don’t do the hair, it’s the colonial mullet.
CitizenX, on August 11th, 2009 at 9:10 pm Said:

Fave to me = stared at a lot

The first one that came to mind was the BACK of
Alice Cooper Goes To Hell
It had a dark background and creepy descending staircase-
It was my older sister’s.

The second:
Purple Rain
DTO, on August 11th, 2009 at 9:12 pm Said:

First………to report this…
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090811/sc_space/strongmeteorshowerexpectedtonight
First rules…well for a little while anyway till tomorrow. …part of the…fun!

Anyway…a lot of you are still hanging that time of night so I thought I’d mention it. Go take a look!….Now…back to more serious FUN!!…-d
Lester Bangs, on August 11th, 2009 at 9:13 pm Said:

Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love

http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~steinunn/154_spring09/houndsoflove.jpg

I’ve always had a major crush on Kate and I’ve got a weimaraner so this cover pretty much sums it up for me.
Knucklehead, on August 11th, 2009 at 9:15 pm Said:

JCIII, you magnificent Monte Python quoting bastard. Where did you find that?
Nate, on August 11th, 2009 at 9:21 pm Said:

One of my favorite album covers from one of my all time favorite bands, even though it came out 16 years before I was born:

http://bit.ly/5b6vu
chill, on August 11th, 2009 at 9:24 pm Said:

When I read the words “all-time favorite album cover”, I immediately thought of Mom’s Apple Pie – http://friends.s5.net/mazzini/plosce/images/pie.jpg. Generous indeed!

http://sleevage.com/joy-division-unknown-pleasures/ is a seriously beautiful cover, one that I’ve always liked. @cc, Roger Dean is always a winner.

OK, I’ll go with the Joy Division.
Larry in CA, on August 11th, 2009 at 9:28 pm Said:

Herb Albert “Whipped Cream”, which is what I did as a healthy eight year old when I saw this album cover.

http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/A/Alpert/herb_alpert.html
Harpo, on August 11th, 2009 at 9:43 pm Said:

I still remember how shocked I was the first time I saw this album cover at a local department store. To be fair, I was only 11 at the time.

http://www.amazon.com/Jump-Montrose/dp/B00006JNE0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1250041098&sr=8-1
CitizenX, on August 11th, 2009 at 10:18 pm Said:

@DTO
Nice find! TY
Not Oprah, on August 11th, 2009 at 10:55 pm Said:

I pay no attention to ‘album’ covers. What gets me is actual ‘CD’s with out the artists name clearly on it. ( I don’t yet have Ipod capability in my truck). I look at the CD’s and think who the f is this???
Adam, on August 11th, 2009 at 11:20 pm Said:

Greenday: Dookie

I hate motherfuck’n corn!
Uncle Buzz in Wheeling, on August 12th, 2009 at 12:40 am Said:

Hmm, I always wondered what happened to the Young Republicans. Guess they lost their way, somehow.

Anyway, favorite album cover for an amazing album…

http://www.amazon.com/Ambient-Music-Airports-Brian-Eno/dp/B0002PZVH0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1250051639&sr=8-1

You were talking about LP’s, right?

Today’s quote: “Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.” H. L. Mencken

Bonus quote: “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it, good and hard.” H. L. Mencken
JR in Sammamish, on August 12th, 2009 at 12:40 am Said:

I like the retro logo better also. Simpler, better. I have the ET version, but the decal is too busy and plastic/t-shirt shop smelly (no offense, just letting you know!!) Can’t wait to get my maroon retro!!
JCIII, on August 12th, 2009 at 1:58 am Said:

~ Knucklehead

just Google Johann Gambolputty ….. de von Ausfern-
schplenden
- schlitter
- crasscrenbon
- fried
- digger
- dingle
- dangle
-…….

Oh…

Good Morning Surf Reporters….
jeff_in_niagara_for_now, on August 12th, 2009 at 3:25 am Said:

I always liked the Roger Dean covers, Yes- Fragile, and Uriah Heep- Demons and Wizards, or whatever the fuck it was, can’t remember clearly, might have been high at the time, it was the 70′s after all, he was a good illustrator. But how about this, for the offend the pcitizens factor:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Martini_cover_lg.jpg
Northerner on Holiday, on August 12th, 2009 at 7:51 am Said:

I’m with Tyrosine..and what’s on the inside is pretty great too…

But I’ve always been partial to this…Maybe it’s the little fishy and my life now has a theme…or maybe I just like yellow.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album_-_Generic_Flipper
Buck, on August 12th, 2009 at 8:02 am Said:

I know she’s a freak now, but dude, in high school I would have hit that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_a_Virgin
Chef Napalm, on August 12th, 2009 at 8:46 am Said:

You know, with your jiffy-pop hair, a #2 on top, #4 on the sides would have made you look more like Wolverine, albeit a “husky” Wolverine, than Ben Franklin.

Also, favourite album cover:

Underworld – Beaucoup Fish
http://www.discogs.com/image/R-3645-1126776290.jpeg
Ian the Errolite, on August 12th, 2009 at 9:13 am Said:

The Information by Beck that allowed to to use the supplied stickers to create your own cover was pretty cool, or going further back time, ‘In Through the Out Door’ by Led Zeppelin which allowed you to paint water on the inner sleeve revealing the hidden colours there but ultimately reducing its value!
Other than that, I’d give Doolittle by Pixies two thumbs up!
Gretchen, on August 12th, 2009 at 11:02 am Said:

Oh, I got one! I’m listening to this right now:

http://www.amazon.com/Equinoxe-Jean-Michel-Jarre/dp/B000001ZS4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1250089192&sr=8-2

I was about five or six when this came out, but I remember getting a little hypnotized by the cover. And yes, I listened to ambient electronic music as a little kid, what of it?
Shiny Rod, on August 12th, 2009 at 11:38 am Said:

This album propbably has the most elaborate album artwork I have ever seen. The artist name is Pedro Bell.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZiGsbZ8br1M/SFDp575QIHI/AAAAAAAAAHU/mKEUjlm8My8/s400/Hardcore+joliies.jpg
Jeff, on August 12th, 2009 at 11:43 am Said:

I already typed this once… what happened to my comment?

Anyway, I got called into work two hours early, so I’m not going to be able to update today. Instead, I’ll be logging twelve (twelve!) hours at my job. My nipples are exploding with delight…

There is something new at Mockable, though:

http://mockable.org/court-rules-against-roosevelt-school-for-the-ugly/

Be sure not to miss yesterday’s mock, as well. It’s by Metten and is one of his best.

See you guys soon.
Eugene B. Sims, on August 12th, 2009 at 12:50 pm Said:

Alice Cooper’s gatefold of ‘From The Inside’ with all it’s cool features. That would be my favorite. But for framing, there’s nothing like Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’.
3, on August 12th, 2009 at 1:10 pm Said:

i always liked this one:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/Extreme-pornograffitti.jpg
Tyrosine, on August 12th, 2009 at 1:16 pm Said:

It’s a new day so now I prefer this:

http://blog.trstd.se/wp-content/agatis-byrjun.jpg

In fact it’s currently my desk top.
AngryWhiteGuy, on August 12th, 2009 at 1:34 pm Said:

OK, so this can be an update, if you let it. However, Mockable has an update, so go there if you do not want to read this.

August 12, 2009

White People with Dreadlocks, Ants and Guest of Our Country hittiing my fucking car.

I have mentioned this before in the writings that may never resurface, (but they might if you ask Jeff real nicely), but, what is the deal with white people with dreadlocks?

Black or multi-race people who look good with dreadlocks:

Lenny Kravitz- (no longer has them)
Zach Delarocha- (only careeer is dead)
Bob Marley- (Deader than Kelsey’s nuts)
Whoopi- (I take that back, Whoopi never looks good, except when she is being imitated by Kenan Thompson (of Kenan and Kel) on SNL)

White people who look good with dreadlocks-

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When I was located in Boone, NC, the college (Appalachian State) had several white people there who wore dreadlocks, including one who wanted us to sue the county for not allowing his “Green Party” vote in the elections. I may address that another day. My impression and thoughts are that these people (white dreadlock people) sit in a circle at the end of the night and pick the bugs out of each other’s hair, like our simian friends.

It’s almost as if someone does not want to ever succeed in this world, unless one wants to provide a home for a scientific experiment on lice, spiders or some time of larvae. Just don’t get it. Not quite, but almost the equivalent to the “promotion killers”, you know, the holes in ones ears the size of dimes, that have been a project for years of stretching the earlobes. These atrocities would have been the fodder for merciless ass beatings in the seventies.

If you kill one ant, by stepping on it, 2000 appear to replace them. That’s my theory. I have waged a full out war on ants at my house that I am going to win, goddammit. Oh, I got it all- Terro, grits (they explode if they eat the grit), 20 Mule Team Borax (which the queen will accept as a gift from the worker, and of course, service the ant, and then the whole nest dies), Raid, gasoline to set the hills on fire and listen to the musical sounds their thoraxes make when the crackle in the flame, and numerous other deadly weapons. The little fuckers ended up in my dishwasher last week. That was enough for me. It seems that a 300 pound guy would be no match for about 30 pounds of ants, but I had a hard time eliminating them immediately. This morning- no ants, anywhere. Not in the dishwasher, not on the counter, not in the driveway. I think I have won. Any other ideas, in case they come back? Let me know.

Last week. a guest of our country (don’t want to call them Messicans, or I may be chastised for it) hit my fucking car at an intersection. He ran a red light. Plowed right into my driver’s door. Turns out, he was illegal, had no license, had no insurance and ultimately, had no time livng in the USA left, since he was deported almost immediately. So what do I do now? I will admit my car is not a top of the line new model, so I didn’t expect anything but a free repair after it happened, but the shitty part is I DON’T GET A FUCKING FREE REPAIR!. Am I wrong that the hatred level for illegal immigrants just increased tenfold? An hombre I knew had six fucking kids with his wife while living here illegally. They all got free healthcare. I don’t see where my bitterness is wrong, especially since I have no healthcare for my family, while working three jobs now, making the same money I made working one job while I lived in NC. Does anyone agree, or am I just a DICKHEAD for feeling this way?

Did you know- The notebooks called Moleskine, are not actually made from a Mole, but from oilclother colored cardboard? It is the name of an Italinan Company. However, moleskin is also a flesh coloured piece of adhesive cloth used in filmmaking to cover up genitals in order to maintain propriety in non-explicit nude scenes.

On IPOD right now- “Electric Funeral”- Black Sabbath
WB in OH, on August 12th, 2009 at 1:59 pm Said:

First!!!
WB in OH, on August 12th, 2009 at 2:07 pm Said:

AWG, Don’t you have uninsured motorist or is that part of comprehensive that you may not have as you mentioned your messican magnet of a car was “not top of the line”? But the main question is why we tolerate illegal immigration. Prolly cause so many people like having someone else do their landscaping and dishes for cheap, but what the fuck do I know.

No advice on the ants.

Couldn’t agree more about dreadlocks.
bikerchick, on August 12th, 2009 at 2:14 pm Said:

AWG: This was sent to me via email. It was written by an unidentified construction worker. Since it has the same theme as your above rant, I thought you would enjoy. All I have to say is: AMEN, to you and to this….!! Here it is:

They pay me. I pay my taxes, and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit….. In order to earn that pay check, I work on a rig site for a Fort McMurray construction project. At any time I am required to pass a random urine test, with which I have no problem. HOWEVER, what I do have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to people who don’t have to pass a urine test. Shouldn’t one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check because I have to pass one to earn it for them? Understand – I have no problem with helping people get back on their feet. I do on the other hand have a real big problem with helping someone sit on their ass, drink beer and do drugs. Could you imagine how much money this country would save if people had to pass a urine test to get a public assistance check? If you agree, please pass this along, or simply delete if you don’t. Hope you will pass it along though, because something has to change in this country
T. Farty McAppleass, on August 12th, 2009 at 2:39 pm Said:

I think it’s good to have Mexicans to clean and build things and pick crops and build houses. But they shouldn’t be allowed to vote or drive or read.
Shiny Rod, on August 12th, 2009 at 3:00 pm Said:

@ T. Farty McAppleass – I thought we went through this once before. As I remember, there was great division between the North and the South. Lots of cannon and gun fire, long battlefield addresses about dead people and I don’t think any of us have worked that one out fully. We don’t want to go through that again, do we?
T. Farty McAppleass, on August 12th, 2009 at 3:07 pm Said:

I don’t remember any of that. A very wise man once said, “One thing that can unite this great nation of ours is our common hatred of Mexicans and the peoples of Iceland.” I think it was Abe Lincoln.
AngryWhiteGuy, on August 12th, 2009 at 3:14 pm Said:

WB, I opted out of “uninsured motirist”, which is not required here, to lower my rates a little more to be able to afford a much needed trip to the doctor (at full price without insurance of course) for a lower back blowout.

Bikerchick- urine tests should be required, as such, as well as IQ tests for reproduction purposes, as the usual weekly story around here is that a meth head accidentally “lost” their baby or small child, followed by a public outpouring of sympathy and money for them, followed by a subsequesnt arrest for cooking meth or breaking and entering to steal money to buy meth. Endless cycle of shitbags infest this state and nothing gets done about it. However, the state raised the price of cigarettes by $1.50 a couple of months ago. All to help Governor Tan in a Can further his political agenda, no doubt.

Did you know, refuting previous belief, Governor Tan in a Can is married, and not the “confirmed bachelor” he once was? It’s a beard situation, I tell ya.

On IPOD right now- “Hey Man, Nice Shot”- Filter
Rusty, on August 12th, 2009 at 3:20 pm Said:

Angry White Guy. Ditto.
Shiny Rod, on August 12th, 2009 at 3:22 pm Said:

@ T. Farty McAppleass – Are you sure it wasn’t France or Ireland?
Tyrosine, on August 12th, 2009 at 3:33 pm Said:

AWG,

Look at it this way: what if the guy who hit you had been some unemployed inbred hick with no license and no insurance, but still a U.S. citizen? You’d still be in the same position you are now. Would you feel better about the whole thing then? Probably not, so the fact he was an illegal is really beside the point.

Yes, illegals cheat the system. So do repeat drunk drivers, drug addicts, cops on the take, truck drivers who doctor their log books, etc. You can spend your life pissed off by it, but all your rage will be for nothing. No matter where you go in the world people are basically the same: most are good, but there’s always someone out for what’s not rightfully theirs. That’s just a fact of life.
AngryWhiteGuy, on August 12th, 2009 at 3:43 pm Said:

Well, yes, I also am irritated by drunk drivers, drug addicts, cops on the take, and truck drivers who doctor their log books. You are correst sir, however, the free medical care is the kicker.

However, the rage is what keeps me going every morning. It’s like orange juice.

Did you know- rage is now fortified with calcium?

On IPOD right now- “Fire”- The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
AngryWhiteGuy, on August 12th, 2009 at 3:44 pm Said:

Sorry, you are “correct”, I don’t even know what “correst” means.
WB in OH, on August 12th, 2009 at 3:50 pm Said:

“Correst”-What married people do in bed
Brynhildr, on August 12th, 2009 at 4:07 pm Said:

WB — excellent definition!

Tyrosine — Just curious… where do most of the illegals in Canada come from? (It’s an honest question. Not trying to be snarky.)
Jason, on August 12th, 2009 at 4:31 pm Said:

A lot of people from South America (Ecuador, Chile, Paraguay, etc.) end up in Canada as opposed to the United States. I’m not sure why that is, or if they’re illegals or not.
Tyrosine, on August 12th, 2009 at 5:22 pm Said:

Brynhildr,

It’s really not a big problem up here compared to the U.S.. I’m in Ontario and most illegals come from the Caribbean. Out west in B.C., most come from China.

There’s really not the push to come here illegally to work because there are programs in place where employers can bring people in on temporary work visas if they can prove that they couldn’t fill those jobs with domestic workers. For example a lot of farm labor up here comes in from Mexico. The employer has to insure the workers etc.

As Jason pointed out we have a lot of immigration from South America, but it’s mainly legal.
Jason, on August 12th, 2009 at 6:08 pm Said:

Here’s some “truff” for you motherfuckers:

If you haven’t had a candy necklace lately, you should. They’re crazy cheap. I bought an entire bag for one dollar today. They used to tell me, “those are pure sugar”. But I think that’s nonsense. I’ve eaten pure sugar, and it’s not as delicious as this.

Everyone always says, “Blew his brains out” or “fucked her brains out”. But there’s only one brain. From now on, please say, “Blew his brain out” or “fucked her brain out”.

A dog’s mouth is cleaner than a……. Whatever. That may have been true in the old West, when people wore the same clothes for years at a time and never brushed their teeth, but this is 2009. I’m sorry, but puppy eats his own shit. No way his mouth is cleaner than mine.

I’d rather a women be soft than “fit”. A woman that looks like a condom full of walnuts isn’t sexy in my view.

Diplomacy is my middle name. I don’t know what Mom and Dad were thinking.

The good ole days were anything but. I used to think that I’d like to live during the 1800s. But then I wised up. They didn’t have planes, trains, or automobiles. And they shat and pissed in a potato pot which they kept in the corner of the room. No thanks.

Exercise is good for you. It dosn’t make a lot of sense. If you want to make your car last longer, you don’t drive the hell out of it.

I like brunettes. I LOVE brunettes.

A very plain girl can look a great deal better if she minds her eyebrows and paints her eyelashes with maskera (is that how you spell it?).

Sometimes I “shine” my shoes by squirting them with hairspray.
the Evil Twin, on August 12th, 2009 at 6:09 pm Said:

Good Lord, there’s WAAAAAY too many great album covers!!! Most of my favorites are usually by artists that I was into a long time before the bands used their art for covers – like Robert Crumb’s art on Big Brother’s Cheap Thrills LP (Rusty beat me to the punch on that one), Rick Griffin’s brilliant Grateful Dead covers, Richard Corben’s “Bat Out Of Hell” Meatloaf LP cover, and Roger Dean’s Yes LPs, etc.

Aside from those my most favorite “art” covers are:

King Crimson – “In the Court of the Crimson King” Emerson, Lake & Palmer – “Brain Salad Surgery”
Captain Beyond – 1st LP and “Sufficiently Breathless”
Dust – “Hard Attack” (Frazetta! or any other Frazetta for that matter, including the Molly Hatchet LPs!)
Juicy Lucy – 1st LP (S. Clay Wilson)
Alice Cooper – “Billion Dollar Babies”
Boston – 1st LP (What an iconic painting!)
The Meatmen – “We’re The Meatmen and You Suck”
Wire – “Chairs Missing”
Black Sabbath – “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath”
Screaming Trees – “Uncle Anaesthesia”
The Velvet Underground (Warhol!)

Favorite Photography covers:

The Tubes – 1st LP and “Young and Rich”
Ian Dury & The Blockheads – “New Boots and Panties”
UFO – “Obsession” and “Force It”
The Stranglers – “The Raven” 3D cover
Zappa/Beefheart – “Bongo Fury” (this is probably my favorite LP cover of all time)
Blue Oyster Cult – “On Your Feet Or On Your Knees”
Rolling Stones – “Let It Bleed”
The Mothers – “We’re Only In It For The Money”
The Damned – 1st LP
XTC – “Black Sea” (Inside jacket with the guys in the deep sea diving gear)

That’s all that comes to mind in this 15 minute time frame – given some time to think about it I’d probably come up with 200 more, but who really gives a crap?
Knucklehead, on August 12th, 2009 at 6:29 pm Said:

AWG – if rage is fortified with calcium, I should never fear getting osteoperosis.

Fuck, I hate updateless days.

Happy Wednesday, Surfers!

Don’t forget to vote for Louie if you have a minute!

http://www.cutestdogcompetition.com/vote.cfm?h=BBCF1EAA594591718982DED307EF722C

Thanks!
Jason, on August 12th, 2009 at 6:33 pm Said:

Louie has 79 votes now. Even without your Surf Reporter scheme, I’m sure he’d win. Look at that face, for God’s sake. You guys still going to Italy?
T. Farty McAppleass, on August 12th, 2009 at 6:47 pm Said:

The place where I lived in Waco, TX as a kid still had several vacant fields around it. There was this crazy old man down the road from us who liked to hunt. He had his land all fenced off, I think it was about 3 or 4 acres. And he stocked it with white chickens, the kind that kids raise for fairs and things like that. And then he’d sit in the middle of his field on a folding chair and shoot them.

He’d bring over some of his kills now and then and my Mom would fry them up. One day my stepdad came in and told her not to accept any more of his chickens. When she asked him why not he said, “He shoots them with a shotgun.” So? “Then he stands over the body and plays it.” (or something like that) WHAT? What does that mean? She kept insisting that he explain himself. “Every time he kills a chicken he stands over it and jacks off. I’ve seen him do it twice now. Don’t take any more of his chickens.”

I laughed and laughed at the idea of some guy standing over a dead chicken, in the middle of a field, tossing off. But I didn’t laugh when I was walking back from the store one day and I saw it with my own two eyes. He saw me too. And he just kept on whacking, bent down right over a freshly killed chicken. And he kept yelling, “Chicken dinner! Chicken dinner!” And nodding while he looked at me. Scared the shit out of me. Still scares me. Crazy bastard.

Don’t eat “farm raised” or “free range” chickens. I think that’s the moral of the story.
Not Oprah, on August 12th, 2009 at 7:12 pm Said:

One more vote for Louie.

TFM – that’s nasty. I’d have same reaction, funny to hear about – disturbing to actually see it.

For illegal immigration – I have mixed feelings. Fustrated by people that sneak around and take advantage of the system but also feel bad for those in countries of poverty, corruption and war and have no free say. I’m in Vancouver, most immigration is from India and China. Most illegal immigration (that we hear about anyways) is from China.
Not Oprah, on August 12th, 2009 at 7:13 pm Said:

Jason – it’s ‘mascara’.
WB in OH, on August 12th, 2009 at 7:38 pm Said:

Well Louie is up to 82 votes, but I noticed some bitch named Chloe Bell or some such shit was up to 122 votes so it may be a tight race, not to mention it appears that there are about 27,540 pooches in this weeks semi final!
Greg, on August 12th, 2009 at 8:00 pm Said:

I just voted. It’s up to 85.
Adam, on August 12th, 2009 at 8:35 pm Said:

I have a “brother” who was illegal and got deported in May. He was legal but his visa expired. During that time graduated college and high school, paid taxes, started a business that employed 15 Americans, bought a house, 3 cars and a motorcycle, and got engaged. Also, paid all his taxes and never milked the system (aside from public school whick my parents’s $20k a year property tax more than made up for). All that said he was the exception and not the rule and he should have taken the proper measures to get his papers in order. Now he has to say in Puerto Vallarta for 9 months while he renews his visa… boo fuck’n hoo. Still, it sucks for him…

Tonight I will be able to take a shit AND see Lincoln’s former law office at the same time.
Adam, on August 12th, 2009 at 8:36 pm Said:

Oh! And Hector always maintained full coverage insurance!
Not Oprah, on August 12th, 2009 at 8:47 pm Said:

Adam – I realize how stupid the ‘system’ is. (I’m Canadian) you always have to deal with the fact your dealing with gov’t workers….
Not Oprah, on August 12th, 2009 at 8:50 pm Said:

you’re
chill, on August 12th, 2009 at 9:11 pm Said:

86 after I voted, and I see we’re at 88 now.

So how do these illegals get “free health care”? I mean, what doctor’s office asks for your insurance card, then tells you it’s on the house once you say you’re illegal?
Adam, on August 12th, 2009 at 9:22 pm Said:

It’s not doctors, it’s the ER. ER’s are required to treat anyone and if the patient does not pay they send it to a collection agency. Basically everyone recieves free health care of they go to the ER and can’t pay. The price is bad credit… If you aren’t a citizen and don’t have a real SSN then there is no recourse of even having bad credit since you don’t exist in the eyes of tje credit agencies, ergo free medical care (from the ER).
Adam, on August 12th, 2009 at 9:26 pm Said:

To take it a step further… Those who can pay end up paying more in order to off set those who can’t. This applies to anyone – not just illegals.
chill, on August 12th, 2009 at 9:34 pm Said:

Thanks, Adam; this makes more sense than just the assertion that illegal immigrants get free health care. Sorry, this is one of my “stoopid days”. But it’s like me cursing Microsoft for email spam they didn’t send, without any further explanation: a lot of people would respond with “huh?”
brian, on August 12th, 2009 at 10:29 pm Said:

so late on this one: but the Pixies, Surfa Rosa http://aleceiffel.free.fr/images/surfer.jpg not just for the obvious reasons…
next, maggot brain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggot_Brain
Shiny Rod, on August 13th, 2009 at 5:04 am Said:

@ brian – What you know about ‘Maggot Brain’? This was not a “main stream” psychedelic/rock/funk album. This was like eating Vienna Sausage or Spam back in the day. Not “everyone”, well if you have heard it you would know.
AngryWhiteGuy, on August 13th, 2009 at 7:39 am Said:

Good morning, invisible friends.

OK, back to the ants. What I neglected to mention yesterday is that as a kid, I would torture ants. Sometimes filled a washtub full of water and place a huge rock in the middle, cover it with mud and place as many red or black ants on it and would pretend they were at war with each other. I would strike matches (to represent bombs) and listen to them crackle as they were “blown up”. Sometimes, I would build hotels with baseball cards (which would probably be worth a fortune today), fill them with ants and soak the hotel in kerosine and set it on fire to emulate a disaster movie. Sometimes, I would build boats out of baseball cards, fill them with ants, soak them in kerosine and take the boat to the river and set fire to it to represent the “Poseidon “. Sometimes I would just blow up the mounds with firecrackers. (I know, therapy would not be a bad thing).

Anyway, are my constant ant infestations a “payback” ? Did the legend of the “Ant Bully” get passed down from generation to generation of ants? Are ants smarter than we think? Is it karma? THESE are the kind of things I think about on my drive to work at 6:30 in the morning.

Oh yeah, and an evening of soul searching, I have decided to let go of the ill feelings toward my illegal brethern for destroying my car door. I decided it’s better to be alive than illegal and trying to avoid deportation. See, I do have an empathetic side. Or is it a pathetic side?

Mexico beat the USA in soccer yesterday…again. Go Mexico!!! (I don’t really like soccer).

Did you know- More than 100 million people hold hunting licences? Killing a deer when it walks right up to you in the woods just has to feel good. Right? Ah’m a man…I just shot a big dog. Goddamn deer wouldn’t pick me up at the airport anyway.

On IPOD right now- “Bleeding Me”- Metallica
Not Oprah, on August 13th, 2009 at 8:13 am Said:

AWG – unfortunately I believe you do have some serious ant karma happening.
Sidney, on August 13th, 2009 at 9:14 am Said:

Now here’s an album cover…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Louvin.jpg

WTH?
JFC, on August 13th, 2009 at 9:20 am Said:

I always liked the metallica in black album cover. I like the fact that you don’t see much at all except when viewing it in different angles.

Speaking of which, if you had the original logo t-shirt in grey, with a little darker gray writting, I would definitively grab one. Not too sure about maroon though, although I’m sure it will look great. I just don’t like the sound of that color
brian, on August 13th, 2009 at 10:01 am Said:

@ shiny rod do you mean what do I know about this record? I know I was turned on to it fairly later in life: about ten years ago. sorry, i was eating ham sandwiches and all at the time. I don’t think that disqualifies me from recognizing important music, great artwork and I’m sorry, what business is it of yours anyway?
DTO, on August 13th, 2009 at 10:57 am Said:

Cream…”Wheels of Fire”…I still have that LP. Got it when it came out in ’68
Lee Harvey Ramone, on August 13th, 2009 at 11:07 am Said:

Any album cover that has a picture of Bryan Adams on it has my vote for the best of all time. Isn’t he an illegal immigrant? I am so tired of these Canadian musicians coming here and taking jobs away from our young guitar-slinging lads! Selling their MP3s for .89 cents instead of .99 cents; undercutting our domestic music industry. You think Rush has to pay for their own health care? They come to our country to go on tour and show up at our emergency rooms with severe blisters (on their little fingers), and expect the US taxpayer to foot the bill. Good gosh that has me steamed!
Shiny Rod, on August 13th, 2009 at 11:38 am Said:

@ brian – Whoa there pardner! There’s no offense taken. Just stating that Funkadelic is not high on a lot of folks list in the music listening department unless you grew up during those radical 60′s and 70′s and were involved in the Black Power Movement. I just wanted get your take on what you got from the album. I am a music purest. I listen to all genres across the board. So I will occassionally ask if I see someone with familiar tastes in music. Maggot Brain was one of the first pieces I learned to play on guitar so my question was out of interest not to play you down. I knew most of the members of Funkadelic personally and I mean personally. Eddie hazel was one of the best guitarist out there and he was very dedicated to his talent. Just couldn’t tell him that the diaper thing was way out there, way out there. So, thats what business it is of mine. You have to forgive some of my use of food metaphors. I can get a bit descriptive when I am trying to make a comparison. Needless to say, I was not questioning your music taste, I just wanted to know if you had listened to the music or just liked the album cover.
Charles in PA, on August 13th, 2009 at 11:54 am Said:

O and Tyrosine your point to AWG is unrelated and not pertinent.
Charles in PA, on August 13th, 2009 at 11:56 am Said:

Were are my covers?
Brynhildr, on August 13th, 2009 at 12:11 pm Said:

Oh jeez, now Les Paul has died. Granted he was in his 90s, but come on.
Shiny Rod, on August 13th, 2009 at 12:14 pm Said:

@ Brynhildr – I’m not burning any of my guitars in his memory OK, just not, nope.
Tyrosine, on August 13th, 2009 at 12:44 pm Said:

@Charles in PA,

I’ll take that under advisement.
Rusty, on August 13th, 2009 at 12:48 pm Said:

Soccer. I’d rather watch paint dry.
Rusty, on August 13th, 2009 at 12:54 pm Said:

Cream’s Disraeli Gears album cover was pretty cool as was Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer.
Knucklehead, on August 13th, 2009 at 1:01 pm Said:

Yes, Jason, we’re still going to Italy. We just have to sell the place here, first. Yeah, timing is everything and ours sucks.

Louie has hit 112 votes this morning. You guys rock. Keep voting, please!

Thanks!
Bill in WV, on August 13th, 2009 at 1:28 pm Said:

Led Zep’s “In Through the Out Door” complete with PAPER BAG was/is an awesome concept. I still have the album with the bag. Also, the inner sleeve was designed so that when you touched different sections with a wet finger, the colors appeared.
TILLY, on August 13th, 2009 at 1:35 pm Said:

While I have mixed feelings about immigration i must add that if a family moves here and has children here the children are qualified for medicaid, food stamps, WIC and other services paid for by the taxpayer. that is the biggest way that I see them taking advantage of our system. However I work many hispanic people not all from Mexico and they are some of the hardest working people I have ever known.

i have tried to vote for Louie and i am having issues but i will keep trying!!!

where is our “more beefy” update today??
WB in OH, on August 13th, 2009 at 2:03 pm Said:

Louie, louie whoa baby…123,

Where’s the BEEF!
tadpolegal, on August 13th, 2009 at 2:23 pm Said:

Okay- I voted for Louie, but has anyone else looked at the other doggy pictures. There are some pretty cute ones!
Shiny Rod, on August 13th, 2009 at 2:32 pm Said:

@ WB in OH – My Ginger is in the contest but I am voting for Louie too!
TILLY, on August 13th, 2009 at 2:43 pm Said:

got to vote for Louie- there really are some adorable dogs in there. None as cute as Henry Mcpupplestein though.
JRP_IN_SC, on August 13th, 2009 at 2:45 pm Said:

The Clash – London Calling. Hands down my favorite of all times.
WB in OH, on August 13th, 2009 at 3:56 pm Said:

@SR-I don’t have a dog in this fight, so to speak, I’m just doing what I’m told like a good little Surf Reporter.

Once again, ehem, Wheres the BEEF!
Shiny Rod, on August 13th, 2009 at 4:08 pm Said:

OK, well the Go Louie Go Ginger!!!!
Alice in WV, on August 13th, 2009 at 4:08 pm Said:

I just voted for Louie and put him up to 130! woof!
Bill in WV, on August 13th, 2009 at 4:17 pm Said:

Took a walk the other night and saw two dogs doing it people style.
Alice in WV, on August 13th, 2009 at 4:30 pm Said:

Holy crap – i just noticed that the grand prize in the cutest dog contest on $1M! I gotta get my dog, Sugar, in on this action. She’s only got 5 teeth left but she can sing.
brian, on August 13th, 2009 at 10:31 pm Said:

@ shiny rod my apologies. i woke up late and saw the comment and assumed that you had a problem with me picking an album that was from another genre as the Pixies. that would have and did rile me up a bit. to answer your question i have enjoyed the record for a while now, and certainly not lived it. i gave up guitar last year, and understand how you must feel about the record. it is on any music aficionado’s top whatever and if it isn’t, they need to give it a listen. sorry you got me in the am before work.