Monday

Sat: 234 lbs.
Sun: 233 lbs.
Mon: 232 lbs.

Picked up "Nite Flights" by The Walker Brothers. It's decent, but the Scott Walker written tunes are phenomenal. Also picked up the "Boneless" 7" by The Notwist. Check out the remix by Panda Bear. It came out last year, but it's fantastic.

Films:
"Inglourious Basterds" - I fucking loved this movie.
"Deadtime Stories" - This wasn't even good it the "so bad it's good" way.

So long August.

Basterds!

Fri: 234 lbs.

Seeing "Inglourious Basterds" tonight. Should be awesome. Looking forward to seeing one of the geeks from "Freaks and Geeks" and a member of "The Office" kill some nazis. Bring me the scalps!

Currently reading:
"2666" by Roberto Bolano
- This novel is fantastic. It's hard to really say what it's about, except life. In a fictional northern Mexican city, women and girls are being murdered by the hundreds over the course of a decade. That's the backdrop as the book follows a slew of different characters over 5 distinct sections. I can't stop reading it. Tidbit: Bolano found out he was dying of cancer while he was writing, and because of that, the novel has this sense of urgency to it that just the whole thing glow. It was published posthumously.

We all have to eat a little shaving cream sometime.

Wed: 234 lbs.
Thurs: 231 lbs.

Recently picked up "The Phynx" by Sun Araw. I believe it's his first record, and it's good. I'd rank it up there with "Beach Head." Also grabbed "Bermuda Telepaths" by Explorers. Ambient power, yeah! And i got "Deceiving Illusion" by Odd Clouds. As my wife said, "it's odd."

Recent viewings:

"976-Evil" - Thhppppbbddddd!!!!!! But, Freddy Krueger directed it, so i guess it's got that going for it.

Pints at the Dog & Duck

Tues: 231 lbs.

The prodigal sons have returned to Austin. The Contact High Five have returned from their brief tour of ravaging farmers' daughters to have beers with me at the Dog & Duck Pub. We're all going to see Dethklok/Mastodon/High On Fire/Converge in November. It's going to tear my face off.

Speaking of having my face torn off, the Fun Fun Fun Fest line up came out today. Motherfucking Danzig is playing! That's worth the price of admission right there. And of course, it doesn't hurt that Mission of Burma, Flipper, Crystal Antlers, Broadcast, and Pharcyde will be there as well. I've got my ticket. Why don't you have yours?

Hoohah, hoohah, hoohah

Mon: 235 lbs.

Favorite records of 2009 (so far):

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Zombi - Spirit Animal
Crystal Antlers - Tentacles
Dan Deacon - Bromst
The Paper Chase - Someday This Could All Be Yours, Vol. 1
Kurt Vile - God Is Saying This To You...
Mos Def - The Ecstatic
Ganglians - Monster Head Room
Dark Was The Night compilation

Oh, and as fore mentioned, i love Orange Soda.

The Neverending Story

Sun: 233 lbs.

Just watched "The Never Ending Story" for the first time in over 20 years. Existential children's movies...awesome.

Recent films (aside from the above):
"From Beyond" - Stuart Gordon's follow up to "Re-Animator." Loosely, loosely based on a Lovecraft story, and full of gore, sexual perversion, Ken Foree from the original "Dawn of The Dead," and a scene where a woman gets her brains sucked out through her eye socket. Brilliant.

"Conquest" - Due to the success of films like "Conan," and "Beast Master," Italian maestro Lucio "Zombi" Fulci just had to make one of his own. This movie is horrible, but in a good way, so it's still enjoyable to watch. The US trailer for it is fantastic as well.

Just picked up Mudhoney's "Super Fuzz Big Muff" on vinyl, Mount Eerie's latest, "Wind's Poem," and a 7" by Hunx and His Punx (great name).

Tune in tomorrow when i extol the virtues of orange soda, and lists, lists, lists!

I want to punch someone in the forehead! or, all about the Dungen show.

Sat: 235 lbs.

So many hipsters. So many little twerps with ironic moustaches. So many loud, awkward-looking, pig-nosed girls in ill-fitting dresses (well, one anyway). Such was the Dungen concert. Aside from irritating fuck-wads, the music was great.

Headdress: Like wandering around through the desert, coming down off of something...anything.

Woods: Great, lo-fi hippy jams, Birkenstocks and all.

Dungen: The Swedish psychedelic juggernaut, although those Swedes could hardly handle the Austin heat.

Picked up a tour-only 12" single by Dungen, and a live 4-song 12" by Woods.

Friday!

Fri: 232 lbs.

Going to see Dungen, Woods, and Headdress tonight. I'm pretty stoked about it. Check for my review tomorrow.

My brother said he met Grant Hart (the drummer from Husker Du) last night. As would be expected, he's very, very gay.

Gotta work at 8:00 AM tomorrow morning. Suck.

My Shins! My Shins! For The Love of God, My Shins!

Thurs: 232 lbs.

Shins hurting. Calves throbbing. But i'm getting better despite the pain. Gonna go ice down. Yah!

Wednesday

Wed: 235 lbs.

And some movies i've recently seen:

Slugs - 80's schlock/gore fest...awesome!

Dead and Buried - Creepy little zombie film, and the last movie with Jack Albertson (Grandpa Joe from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)

The Sinful Dwarf - Filthy, sleazy grind house film (you'll totally need a shower)

Mega-Shark vs. Giant Octopus - With a title like this and staring Debbie Gibson and Lorenzo Lamas, what could possibly go wrong? Apparently everything.

Blindness - Everyone in the world goes blind except for Julianne Moore.

Prince of Darkness - One of the last decent things John Carpenter was involved with.

District 9 - Awesome. Go see this now. Social commentary wrapped in bacon (science fiction). Roddenberry's head would have exploded.