Stopped by the Quarry House last week, where JP McDermott and Western Bop were holding forth with the weekly rockabilly shenanigans. Had my trusty Zoom Q3HD with me and captured part of the fist set. Sadly, I had to leave before power-pop sensation The Spectacles hit the stage.
Western Bop is J.P. McDermott on vocals and rhythm guitar, Bill Williams on lead guitar, Louie Newmyer on upright bass, and Tom Bowes on drums. Like them on Facebook, won’t you?
The big news pushing Egypt off the front page is that Arnold Schwarzenegger is returning to acting. This is great for Hollywood and the world. It’s no coincidence that the years the Governator spent in office also saw the United States’ standing in the world plummet. But now the once-and-future King of Action Movies is back and looking for scripts. Fortunately, I have plenty on hand.
Roll the video and I’ll explain how Arnold and I can save the world. Again…
More media mayhem as NPR Senior VP Ellen Weiss resigns her position over the Juan Williams fiasco. Who will replace her? Why, me, of course! Here is my excellent application for the job. And all true, by the way.
Having not heard back from the Washington Post regarding my becoming its next fashion critic, here is my application for the position of art critic at the paper, replacing the departing Blake Gopnik. My extensive collection of priceless art speaks for itself, don’t you think?
(You may read my insightful monograph on the topic of Sofa Art here.)
Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion reporter Robin Givhan is leaving the Washington Post. The obvious choice to replace her is me. In this video, I dramatically make my case to the powers that be at the Post. Which, I guess, is Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli. I’m sure he will be calling soon.
To satisfy the demands of my public, herewith is a full accounting of all of the T-shirts in my closet. And by full accounting, I mean that there are still some T-shirts that are in a box in storage and I’ll get to them someday.
Two flavors of the Dave Nuttycombe T-shirt experience are available. You may take a leisurely tour with this Annotated Guide to My T-shirt Collection on Flickr. Or, you may watch the video version embedded below. The video took seven months to complete at a cost of $9 million. Two people were injured during the production. But the soundtrack by Donovan and the Smothers Brothers is worth the cost in human lives.
I made this film because I could no longer remain silent. This was a statement that needed to be made—for myself and for the world. Please take a moment to watch this (full-screen, of course). It will be the most important two minutes of your life.
“Unboxing” videos are popular on the Internet and so I decided to make one, too. Here I take a close look at my latest purchase: a pair of Regal Tip wire brushes. You know, for playing jazz drums. And, yes, smooth jazz. (Shut up!)
If you are unfamiliar with the unboxing oeuvre, then by all means do watch this unboxing video. It’s 24 solid minutes of the most anal-retentive, OCD, blibbedy-blobbedy gushing over the simple act of owning an iPod Touch that you will ever witness. And, yes, fairly typical. (Though I must confess that I have watched more than a few unboxing videos of products I was interested in. Sad as it is, the genre has its uses.)
Herewith, los video. (Also available in higher-rez on Vimeo.) Enjoy.
