The biggest day of the year is almost here! After a particularly brutal week at work, I’m ready to kick back and enjoy tomorrow.
This weekend!
Dan and I will be here tonight!
And I’ll be bartending here on Saturday night!!!
The biggest day of the year is almost here! After a particularly brutal week at work, I’m ready to kick back and enjoy tomorrow.
Dan and I will be here tonight!
And I’ll be bartending here on Saturday night!!!
I had the honor this weekend of being the best man at my buddy Adam’s wedding (Flickr). It was a beautiful ceremony with a great party afterward. I made it through my speech without dropping any F-bombs and drank plenty of free (thanks to Dr. Arnold) whiskey.
Congratulations to both of you!
Live Bosstones shows (especially in the pre-frat boy yelling “play Knock on Wood!” era) have always been a special occasion. It’s tough to explain how great the early shows were to people that just know them as another late 90’s fad ska band, but they really were something special. I haven’t missed a Detroit area Bosstones show since 1993, so obviously I was beyond excited when they announced their reunion tour after a six year hiatus. Finding out that their reunion tour would be spent opening for the bland, psuedo-Irish, oi also-rans, the Dropkick Murphys was, to say the least, disappointing.
But, given the conditions, the boys played a great set, and it made me feel like a kid again to see them back in plaid! Here’s hoping for a headlining club tour later this year!
There are only a handful of people that I’d drive 1200 miles in a weekend to be at their wedding. Robbie Badd is definitely on that short list. Beth and I left Pontiac early Friday morning, arriving in Houghton/Hancock late Friday evening, only to turn around and make the 11-hour drive home on Sunday morning. It was a busy weekend, without many opportunities for sightseeing on Beth’s first trip to the western U.P., but, in every single way, it was worth going.
Rob and Katie’s wedding ceremony was at her parents’ house on the shore of Lake Superior (which was way more beautiful than it sounds) with a short reception and drinks at the bar afterward. “Bridgefest” was in full swing back in Houghton, with fireworks and a cover band playing Jackyl (seriously) to cap off Saturday night.
It was great to see Rob (a good friend that I don’t see nearly enough of) and to be there for his big day. Congratulations!
Beth and I went to see the Breeders earlier this week and, as promised, it was a great show. Even though they’ve been around for nearly 15 years (jeez, am I getting that old?), they still deliver. Their new songs, while not quite as good as the classics, are still better than most of the B.S. today’s kids are into. (Shit. I am getting old.)
In addition to the Divine Hammer video above, I also took videos of (my personal favorite) No Aloha, New Year and Cannonball (just by random chance, all off of Last Splash) and some photos of the evening.
The Nixon Summer Concert Series is just getting started!
In high school and college, we used to go to shows on a weekly basis. I was even in a band and ran a record label for years, and used to play a few times a month, but it’s been a long time since there’s been a show that I’ve been really excited for, let alone several. For the first time in years, this summer, there’s a ton of shows that Beth and I are going to.
So, create a new Google Calendar category labeled “Hard Jams”, and take this down:
Thanks to all of the participants who came out the Michigan’s first Swap-O-Rama-Rama last weekend at the Green Street Fair in Plymouth! We had a fantastic time sewing with everyone and making so many great projects (Tote bags were the overall crowd favorite!).
Thanks to everyone who donated clothing and material for us to use, and a big thank you to Janome for loaning us sewing machines for the weekend!
Thanks also to all of the fantastic vendors at the Rethunk booth - you showed everyone so many ways to be a “green crafter”!
And last but not least, a humongous thank you to all of the Swap-O-Rama-Rama volunteers - we couldn’t have done it without you!
To read more about the weekend, visit Handmade Detroit! Pictures from the event are also on mine and Lish’s Flickr pages!
Just wanted to send our best wishes to Josh and Lauren, who got engaged Friday night. Congrats, kids!
TURBO CLAW!!! Fighter of the Night Man, champion of the sun, master of karate and friendship for everyone.
