2008

Nov

A Riverdales reunion! New album in the works, and a mini-tour supposed is to happen. Considering I...

Lots of sports stuff...

-Obama’s stock just shot up some more. Hearing him bring up the completely inconsequential but...

catbird: Wow! Finally, I can move my legs back and forth in rapid succession and actually MOVE...

bahaha this is the worst thing I’ve ever seen

I’ve been trying to figure out exactly how I feel about the whole election and everything...

Oct

Treehouse of Horror

From Dead-Frog.com, a great collection of clips of stand-up comics who dare to risk boos by taunting...

Riveting video of it snowing in October. Wow! (I stink.)

Halloween Is Grinch Night I was amazed that more people didn’t know about this flick when I...

What I did on my sick-cation

I’ve been pretty much bed-ridden for the last week with a nasty cold (possibly flu) that came...

An intellegent voter.

odd contradiction

Listening to a podcast about the financial crisis while playing Mega Man 9.

Aww jeez doggonne golly gee *wink at the...

Sep

The Specials - Do Nothing The Specials take over my playlist when fall hits.

Bouncing Souls - The Man in Black

Why? I’ve got no problem laughing at something funny, even if the political agenda behind it...

The Verizon Song ID feature is eerie

All you do is put the phone up to the speaker and it can determine which song is being played. I...

Haha this is hilarious davidtrawin: McCain Zombie by David...

Dillinger Four - doublewhiskeycokenoice It doesn’t get much better than this.

This fire.fm plugin rules

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7684 Good-bye to keeping that last.fm page open...

My tracklist

The last 50 tracks I’ve been rocking out to here at my desk. I like it when I have some room...

summer’s over

The Ergs! - Pray For Rain So apparently they’re finished. Finally find a young band that I can...

I want to be here right now.

Aug

5:00 better hurry the hell up

I didn’t realize that “pretzel bits” were...

My Badass 70’s Comp Damn I just wrote a whole thing...

1910 Fruitgum Company - Indian Giver Amazingly well-written 60’s bubblegum pop tune, later...

The Jetty Boys - Telephone Man This is my song of the year so far. So damn good.

yeah, that shouldn’t happen

The Gothamist

davidtrawin: The gothamist used this series of photos I took the other day. That rules Awesome!

Puma Man! He flies like a moron! I can’t believe these haven’t been taken down from...

Jul

Holy internet meme! My wordle word-cloud for the past month...

Aggravating band names: part whatever

Dear and the Headlights The Devil Wears Prada As I Lay Dying You Say Party! We Say Die! Forever the...

The Spinners - Where is That Girl Another one that’s been stuck in my head for a couple weeks....

Leopard vs. Crocodile (with pictures!)

E3

Thanks to Mickey at WiiNintendo, I was able to see some of the announcements at E3 for the...

Wacko

When we were little, my little cousin and I were hugely influenced by Mad and Cracked Magazines, and...

davidtrawin: I was browsing music on Amazon and I came...

The Twix Corporation thinks very highly of educated women.

Ramones - My Brain is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg) When a song is stuck in my head...

davidtrawin: Here’s a pic of my new tattoo - It’s Tillie...

Jun

some trouble with the Bejarano font

It looks great on my home monitor, but here at work on the nice flat plasma screen, it looks...

To see this blog as it’s intended—in my...

dianadelorenzo: My baby needs some...

RIP to the best

In celebration of my short work week

…and in anticipation of eating and drinking poorly in the next few days, I’m having a...

3 movies I loved as a kid that I never...

It’s been a while since I went on a long youtube clip marathon of animals fighting each...

classy. via deadspin

(Download the comp here or here, as long as the links are...

davidtrawin: Bouncing Souls - Its Not the Heat It’s the Humanity It’s hot MY BALLS ARE STICKIN TO...

That dream I had a couple weeks ago— it was so vivid...

May

Ben Weasel back on stage

Aggravating band names (cont.)

Murder by Death (thanks Diana!) My America Is Watching Tigers Die Scary Kids Scaring Kids

Plow United - Spindle The Lehigh Valley had a nice thing going for it back in the day. Plow,...

Occasionally the girlfriend will bring up the topic of money, which is the last thing in the world...

dream...

Another boring dream that is meaningless to anyone but myself: I was at the zoo with Gen, and we...

Racist West Virginians are silly

American Gangster

I have no idea why it took me so long to finally see this flick, but goddamn. I realize I’m...

This is a picture of me walking to work this morning through...

“Stupid white people want to vote for me. And you can’t...”
— Hillary Clinton’s latest...

Middle Management Hell

In season 3 of The Wire, Police Lieutenant Bunny Colvin is stuck in a position where his superiors...

davidtrawin: Kid Dynamite - Ending Hooks Mashup - Mixed by Me Kid Dynamite has some of the...

Notes of an insomniac

I was out last night celebrating my girlfriend’s sister’s engagement, and so I had a few...

The Riverdales - Make Way Discovered this on one of those cheap punk comps that were all over the...

Apr

Buzz Bissinger losing his shit on the editor of Deadspin. It’s hilarious when people get so...

Ashlyn Rose McCall

My best friend since 5th grade had a baby girl 2 nights ago. I only see the kid once a month or so...

Music Wrap-Up Monday blurbs

Finally got around to listening to The Gaslight Anthem’s debut album, Sink or Swim. The next...

Dumb funny. Side note to this one— “chicken sandwich” became a verb to me and my...

“wearing a turtleneck is like being strangled by a really...”
— No matter how many times I...

Common Rider - Dixie Roadrash Jessie Michael’s post-Op Ivy project that lasted a whopping 2...

“Hillary recently padded her madness with talk of...”
— Desolation Jam by Dennis...

My hyperbole is hyper, my energy kinetic 2 Skinnee J’s reunion show on August 10 — so...

Dept. of Dragging Things Out: Ape Responds

Beer Review Friday Leinenkugel’s Sunset Wheat I...

Dreams are boring

Or at least, hearing about other people’s dreams is boring. It’s always all this insane...

Robert C Trawin

davidtrawin: This is probably the most personal and genuine post I’ll ever post on my tumblr as I...

Damn. Finally something cool on w00t for a damn cheap price...

Music Wrap-Up Monday: Relevance

One of the saddest and most pathetic sights is watching aging musicians try to recapture whatever...

Although I pretty much hated my hometown by high school and couldn’t wait to get the hell out...

Music Wrap-Up Monday: Cynicism

When music is of such central importance to you for such a long part of your life, it’s hard...

Weird shit that I do (part 2)

The 2nd in my short series on shit that I do, that most people consider a little odd. Today’s...

The Ergs! - A Very Pretty Song For A Very Special Young Lady I think these dudes are the best young...

davidtrawin: Cleaning out clutter in my room, I found this...

I hate Comcast

I was all set to watch the final 4 episodes of The Wire with my sister on HBO OnDemand last night,...

Mar

They're not booing, they're saying "Booo-ush,...

Last.fm Music Wrap-Up Monday

I’ve noticed that a lot of people shy away from music that they were into when they were...

Father-Son Race from The State this is pretty much my favorite sketch ever

“It’s a paradox of the human experience that, while we...”
— Bob Mould, Bagels, Hot Sex,...

“Dead Meadow? What the hell’s wrong with The Ramones?”
— Jimmy McNulty from The Wire...

Band names that aggravate me

Death Cab for Cutie …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead Cute is What We Aim For Panic!...

Apparently I don’t know my own strength when I go to...

Weird shit that I do (part 1)

I have some odd quirks about myself that I’ve never heard anyone else doing. These...

Music Wrap-Up Monday

Here’s the rolling archive of all the music I listened to over the past week, according to...

Ben Weasel - The First Day of Spring Even though it’s 37 degrees outside and windy as hell,...

These Pixeloo things are f'ing scary!

dianadelorenzo: http://pixeloo.blogspot.com/ Thanks Diana. Now I’m not sleeping...

6 Personalities Guaranteed to Ruin Your...

Usual Suspects: 6 Personalities Guaranteed to Ruin Your NCAA Office Pool By CRACKED Staff...

The Mr. T Experience - More Than Toast Dr. Frank is wayyy underrated as an all-time great...

Stiff Little Fingers - Gotta Getaway One day after St. Patty’s Day… the best Irish...

davidtrawin: Great song, and a great video. Just a lot of fun and it’s so late 90’s. This...

Tumblr NCAA Bracket Competition

There are few things I enjoy more than filling out the NCAA...

Bill's Radio Station (click this link)

Classic Weston circa 1996

My namesake Somewhere in Columbia, that dude in the middle...

The Weakerthans - Tournament of Hearts Canada’s finest.

Screeching Weasel - Claire Monet One of the top Screeching Weasel songs, which is saying something...

Feb

I’ve had Guitar Hero III for a little while now, and...

I'm starting to get a little impatient

I’ve got a potential life-altering announcement that may or may not be made any day now. Out...

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters This movie was the...

Anticipated Albums: Crazy Baldhead - THE SOUND OF...

I enjoy watching animals kill each other. My favorite part of this is when the croc starts spinning...

Black Video Game Characters - 2/20 Carl Johnson from Grand...