Do you compare yourself to everyone else around you?
Charlie does!Hi, I'm back from vacation, and in the process of getting smacked down by a cold.
But I've got a loverly little
Finn and Charlie are HITCHED cartoon for your enjoyment.
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posted by Tony at 11:33 PM
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Key West T-Shirt Shops
Key West is a tropical paradise, with fresh fish, beaches, and good cultural events at ones fingertips. It's also a tourist destination with numerous t-shirt shops selling the most bizarrely obnoxious t-shirts you can imagine. Some are offensive and others are just stupid, but all of them make me wonder, who is it who buys these t-shirts?
This was my comment to Eric:
T-shirts aside, it was a good trip. I really needed that trip. It makes it easier to deal with tonight's winter storm. (As winter storms go, it's no so bad so far.)
It's been a while since last I drew a picture for my blog... enjoy! Oh, and if anyone reading this
would buy this t-shirt, please let me know in the comments. I'll make it. You bet.
Labels: drawings, journal, personal
posted by Tony at 9:16 PM
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I want to walk the path that's true: 2/23 show
The pledge drive ended today successfully! We have very generous listeners, and we thank them all.
*: new stuff
(r): requests
artist | song/album | label | |
Rufus Wainright | Agnus Dei / Want Two | Geffen | |
Ben Folds | El Toro / Supersunnyspeedgraphic: the LP | Attacked by Plastic/Epic | |
*The Woggles | El Toro / Rock and Roll Backlash | Wicked Cool | |
*Arab Strap | Turbulence (BIS Remix Radio Edit) / Ten Years of Tears | Chemikal Underground | |
Pit Er Pat | Diamond Messages / 3D Message | Thrill Jockey | |
*Deerhoof | +81 / Friend Opportunity | Kill Rock Stars | |
The Shangri-Las | Give Him a Great Big Kiss / The Myrmidons or Melodrama | RPM | |
*The Earlies | Burn the Liars / The Enemy Chorus | Secretly Canadian | |
Deee-lite | Try Me On I'm Very You / World Clique | Elektra | |
The Decemberists | The Infanta / Picaresque | Kill Rock Stars | |
*Lee Hazelwood | Sacrifice / Cake or Death | Ever | |
Chin Up Chin Up | I Hope for Tumbleweeds / We Should Never Have Lived Like We Were Skyscrapers | Flameshovel | |
Luxury | Green Hearts / Yellow Pills: Prefill | Numero | |
Sufjan Stevens | All Good Naysayers Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace / Michigan | Sounds Familyre/Asthmatic Kitty | |
Cocteau Twins | Carolyn's Fingers / Strs & Topsoil: 1981-1990 | 4AD | |
Nina Simone | See Line Woman / The Best of Nina Simone | Polygram | |
Zerostars | The Good Can't Escape / The Good Can't Escape | www.zerostars.com |
*Marnie Stern | Put All You Eggs in One Basket and then Watch That Basket!!! / In Advance of the Broken Arm | Kill Rock Stars | |
*Sondre Lerche and the Faces Down | The Tape / Phantom Punch | Astralwerks | |
Blossom Dearie | Once Upon a Summertime / Jazz Masters | Verve | |
The Style Council | My Ever Changing Moods / Café Bleu | Polydor | |
Ono featuring Shitake Monkey | O'Oh / Yes, I'm a Witch | Astralwerks | |
Brian Wilson | Good Vibrations / Smile | Nonesuch | |
*Lonely Dear | I Will Call You Lover Again / Lonely, Noir | Sub Pop | |
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posted by Tony at 10:00 PM
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No Finn and Charlie this week, I'm in Florida
I am taking a week off because I'm on vacation... but next week's comic may come early.
Eric and I are in Key West, where my dad and stepmother spend the winter. The weather has been lackluster so far, which is a vast improvement over "terrible", like the weather we've had in Chicago.
So far we've mostly spent our time wandering around and eating. We ate in last night and tonight; last night was head-on Key West pinks (shrimp) in a size they called "colossal", and tonight we had a fish-and-seafood stew with a touch of saffron. We bought some bread to go with tonight's dinner. It was labeled "sun dried tomato bread", but it was clearly something else. Our conclusion: potato-dill bread with parmesan.
The weather is expected to approve over the next couple of days. And then we head back to Chicago.
Labels: personal
posted by Tony at 8:09 PM
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How to surprise your family.
Finn and Charlie again! Still having dinner with Jim and Jaime... and now you get to see what Jaime looks like.
Oh yeah and I'm posting a day late but with the magic of Blogger I can backdate the post and no one will know if ever happened, except that I keep admitting it and apologizing.
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posted by Tony at 11:00 PM
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I don't want to smell you and feel so helpless: 2/9 show
Susan D. assisted, and took over the second hour. You can check her out starting next week in her own timeslot, 4-6am on Fridays.
Next week begins the pledge drive, and I've got a mix CD on offer as a special premium. 70 minutes of rawkin' out, including the Rapture, the Futureheads, the Talking Heads, Lou Reed, and a bunch more.
*: new stuff
(r): requests
artist | song/album | label | link |
Rufus Wainwright | Foolish Love / Rufus Wainwright | Dreamwerks | |
Travis | The Last Laugh of the Laughter / The Man Who | Epic/Independiente | |
*Kristin Hersh | Peffy Lee / Learn to Sing Like a Star | Yep Roc | |
Ono featuring Antony & Hahn Rowe | Toyboat / Yes I'm a Witch | Astralwerks | |
Neko Case | Soulful Shade of Blue / The Tigers Have Spoken | Anti | |
Jamie Lidell | Multiply / Multiply | Warp | |
*Deerhoof | The Perfect Me / Friend Opportunity | Kill Rock Stars | |
Pelvic Delta | Stonewall / Eleven Days | | |
*Arab Strap | Turbulence (BIS Remix Radio Edit) / Ten Years of Tears | Chemikal Underground | |
Blondie | Dreaming / Eat to the Beat | Chrysalis | |
Nina Simone | Mood Indigo / My Baby Just Cares for Me | Duchesse | |
*Beirut | My Family's Role in the World Revolution / Lon Gisland | Ba Da Bing | |
Martha and the Muffins | This is the Ice Age / This is the Ice Age | EMI/Dindisc | |
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Air | Sexy Boy / Moon Safari | Source/Astralwerks | |
The Kills | Ticket Man / No Wow | RCA | |
*The Love Me Nots | Voice in My Head / In Black and White | Atomic a Go Go | |
(r)PJ Harvey | O Stella / Dry | Indio | |
*Of Montreal | Labyrinthian Pomp / Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? | Polyvinyl | |
(r)Johnny Cash | When the Man Comes Around / American IV: When the Man Comes Around | American | |
Metric | Dead Disco / Old World Underground WH | Elgonix | |
The Cells | The Don't Know / Self Released EP | s/r | |
*The Apples in Stereo | Energy / New Magnetic Wonder | Yep Roc | |
Ween | Sarah / Pure Guava | Elektra | |
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy | It's a Happening Thing / Bubblegum, Garage, & Pop Nuggets | WB | |
*The Saps | Making Connections / C'mon Already, Start a Fire | s/r | |
(r)They Might Be Giants | Don't Let's Start / The Might Be Giants | Restless | |
Neutral Milk Hotel | The King of Carrot Flowers (Part One) / In the Aeroplane over the Sea | Merge | |
The Aluminum Group | Impress Me / Pedals | Minty Fresh | |
*Lily Allen | Everything's Just Wonderful / Alright, Still | EMI | |
Hot Chip | Down with Prince / Coming on Strong | Astralwerks | |
(r)Violent Femmes | American Music / Viva Wisconsin | Beyond | |
Labels: playlists
posted by Tony at 7:30 PM
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What does "dated" mean to you?
This week's
Finn and Charlie is a day late but I hope not a dollar short. Enjoy!
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posted by Tony at 11:41 PM
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Pick him up and carry him home: 2/2 show
Susan D. (my trainee) assisted, and took over the second hour.
*: new stuff
(r): requests
I forgot to have post my 1/26 show. Sorry about that. That was my first week with Susan. Next week will be my last. I'll retroactively post last week's playlist. (I didn't keep a record of it, but thank god for the Google Cache!)
artist | song/album | label | link |
Johnny Cash | The Man Comes Around / American IV: The Man Comes Around | American | |
Laurie Anderson | Ramón / Strange Angels | Warner Brothers | |
*Arab Strap | Afternoon Soaps / Ten Years of Tears | Chemikal Underground | |
CocoRosie | By Your Side / La Maison de Mon Rève | Touch and Go | |
The Aluminum Group | Snowflake / Happyness 2 | Wishing Tree | |
*Mucca Pazza | Surf / A Little Marching Band | self-released | www.mucca-pazza.org |
*Matt and Kim | Ready? OK. / Matt and Kim | IHEARTCOMIX | |
Van Morrison | The Way Young Lovers Do / Astral Weeks | Warner Brothers | |
*The Woggles | Sayanara Blues / Rock and Roll Backlash | Wicked Cool | |
Danger Mouse | 99 Problems / The Gray Album | self-released | |
Skybox | Various Kitchen Utensils | | |
*Lily Allen | Everything's Just Wonderful / Alright, Still | EMI | |
PJ Pooterhoots | Can't Go for That / No Go | | |
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Magnetic Fields | I Don't Want to Get Over You / 69 Love Songs, Vol. 1 | Merge | |
Hard-Fi | Hard to Beat / Stars of CCTV | Necessary | |
*The Love Me Nots | Break My Heart / In Black and White | Atomic A Go Go | |
(r)Jens Lekman | Pocketful of Money / Oh You're So Silent, Jens | Secretly Canadian | |
*The Good, the Bad, and the Queen | History Song / The Good, the Bad, and the Queen | Virgin | |
Supergrass | Grace / Supergrass is 10 | Capitol | |
The Arrivals | Analee / Exsenator Orange | Thick | |
*Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Mama, Won't You Keep Them Castles in the Air and Burning? / Some Loud Thunder | self-released | |
Chin Up Chin Up | Landlocked Lifeguards / This Harness Can't Ride Anything | Suicide Squeeze | |
The Velvet Underground | Sweet Jane / Loaded | Atlantic/Warner | |
(r)Portastatic | Sour Shores / Be Still Please | MErge | |
*Babyshambles | Love You But You're Green / The Blinding EP | EMI | |
The Hidden Cameras | Music is My Boyfriend / Mississauga Goddamn | Rough Trade | |
Fiery Furnaces | Single Again / EP | Rough Trade | |
*The Shins | Girl / Wincing the Night Away | Sub Pop | |
The Pixies | Gouge Away / Live in Chicago 11/16/04 | | |
Tommy Haggard Ochestra | Pealed Tomato / The In-Kraut, Vol.2 | Marina | |
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posted by Tony at 10:58 AM
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