The Dirt Floor

Angie's brother is a pretty cool dude. Lives out in Northern California and is a organic farmer. Lives in a yurt. And he also plays in a pretty kickbutt bluegrass-ish band called the Dirt Floor. They played at Angie's sister's wedding and were awesome. Now I guess they have a CD out that is selling on iTunes and have been ranging ever-farther playing live gigs. They were particularly instrumental for me when I was writing papers at the end of my semester...good music to write to.

Anyway, where I am going with this is: they finally have a good video posted on youtube that I thought would be cool to share. Just wanted to give a bit of back story....check the video:


That's all I got for now...see ya.

&Ry

A Tale of Two (Snowy) Cities

As you all know, the east coast got slammed by snow this weekend. Someone sent along a video clip of what people down in 'wrence's hood deal with snow at football games. Check it:

Now, here is the traditional use of snow at a football game in New England:

I am no chowdahead. I personally can't stand the fans of either team. But if given the choice to live amongst one group or the other, I am going with option 2 all the way.

&Ry

ps - goonies is on encore right now...dope right?

I wonder what kind of lens they used for this...

I also wanted to share this video which is kind of a mind-blow. I feel like this is exactly the kind of thing I would not want to watch if I were stoned:

A wedding and a blizzard

Had a pretty baller wedding to go to last night. It was my best friend from college J'Mann's little brother Mike's wedding. When Mike was a freshman, we used to buy him and his friends beer, leave it in our room, and then go out to do whatever it was that we had going on. We would typically come home to find a slew of freshmen playing beirut and having a pretty solid time. I always wished that I had someone do that for me when I was a freshman. Anyway, we got tight with the little guys and now they are all growed up and getting married and whatnot...so I was happy to get to go.

Food was tight, the band was absolutely kickawesome. They played a bunch of awesome stuff...some Killers, The Cure, The Clash, the Boss, Dylan, etc...definitely not your average wedding band and it was a pretty solid time. As you may or may not now...the big guy decided to cover up most of the east coast with snow and shit this weekend. So all that started while we were weddinging. It is impossible to get a cab in downtown Boston on a good night, let alone in the middle of a blizzard. Add to that, the fact that Angie was in wedding attire and had no leg coverings, so she refused to even be outside. So I walked around Boston like a douche trying to hail cabs for an hour before we resigned ourselves to having to crash on a cot in J'Mann's room at the hotel. Woke up this morning and by some miracle a cab pulls up right behind us as we are walking...so that made life a little better.

I just want to leave you with an image of exactly what the wedding was like. This is the father of the groom, and my own personal hero: William Cyril Cagney Esq. I might be making this my facebook pic for a while:

That all I got for now, I think. Looks like the snow should be finishing up soon. So begins the time-honored process of shoveling out my car and marking my spot.

&Ry

Bob Dylan's wierd Christmas album

It seems like music fans are pretty polarized when it comes to Dylan's Christmas in the Heart. Is it a joke? Is it another sell-out move? Is it merely bullshit sentimentality? The answer I believe is none of the above.

I haven't heard the whole album yet, but judging by this cut, I am in love with it. Dig:

I just want to be at this party. Also, the lyrics (written in

1959 I believe by an old song writing combo I hadn't

heard of) are tight; I love repetition!

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It's the sunday after a ripping snow storm here in Philly - totally unusual for this area at this time of year;

apparently it's the largest December snowfall total in over 60 years. I have a short week at work coming up and I'll be driving up to Massholechusetts for the big day next

Friday. More updates to follow.

Peace to all

-Wrence

Holy Shit!

I just found out about THIS and I am petrified with excitement!!!

I hope Santa reads this blog....cause shit is supposed to drop on Decemeber 22nd, and would make a fantastic gift!

Xmas updates soon to follow

-Wrence

The Vault

Just wanted to throw a quick shot out there. I like music. Music kicks ass. Live music kicks even more ass.

I stumbled across this site while i was busy paper-writing and whatnot. They have tons of live awesome bootlegged concerts streaming for free. Just thought people who also think music kicks ass would like to know.

keep fighting the good fight peoples.

&Ry

tree farm happenings

The end of the academic semester can only mean one thing.... a resurgence in postings by me. Last class of the semester tonight...two papers down and one to go. Can't wait till it is all over and i can once again revert to sleeping too late and playing bullshit wii games while waiting for it to get dark enough outside for me to feel the need to actually leave my house lest i slide into an enticing cavernous depression. ahh the holidays.

anyway, i went to get my christmas tree last saturday and something crazy happened....angie and i got engaged. weird huh? i had actually known i was going to do this for some time...since at least the early summer. after squaring away all the parental conversations necessary, i had the green light to go ahead and do it. in the days leading up to our tree-farm visit to cut down our tree (something that I have been doing since i was a kid) i realized that it would be a pretty boss time to P the Q.

so i managed to act like a somewhat normal human being on saturday despite not having slept for two days due to anxiety. we got to the tree farm and picked out a tree in what was for me record time. i commenced sawing as angie videotaped me with her camera. i stopped to "take a break" and i had the ring in my hand. being on the ground to cut down the tree, i was naturally in the position, so i just turned to her and asked. she was pretty shocked, but very happy. and i am as well.

so that should make for a pretty exciting holiday season. just thought i should share my good news on here.

now, to divert drastically, check out how awesome these two t-shirts are.

peace out, ya'll
&Ry