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Thursday, December 29, 2005
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
96.3
How the mighty have fallen. Where was I when 96.3 went country? Well, looks like JJO is rock's last stand. Cookie monster was always my favorite sesame st character anyway.
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Interview on OnMilwaukee.com
OnMilwaukee.com put up a cool Sunspot interview from last week. Check it out if you have a few minutes, they asked some good questions.
Monday, December 26, 2005
Another Proud Wisconsin Moment
This Neilsville, WI man has pleaded no contest to charges of having sex with cows.
Now, when people call us "cowfuckers", they'll be correct.
This Bovine Love Hormone victim wasn't even the cows' owner, they were on someone else's farm and they caught him with motion sensors. Isn't that what Ben Dover was in jail for in Fletch Lives? I don't remember.
So, he would stop by for some love after going to a nearby strip club, but if he was compelled to do the hippity dippity with a cow afterwards, what could the strippers have looked like?
Now, when people call us "cowfuckers", they'll be correct.
This Bovine Love Hormone victim wasn't even the cows' owner, they were on someone else's farm and they caught him with motion sensors. Isn't that what Ben Dover was in jail for in Fletch Lives? I don't remember.
So, he would stop by for some love after going to a nearby strip club, but if he was compelled to do the hippity dippity with a cow afterwards, what could the strippers have looked like?
Oh no!
Vincent Schiavelli just died, according to CNN. My favorite roles of his were on The X-Files where they visited a town of circus freaks and the the WKRP episode where the guy gets away with all the prize money.
On a trip in 1998, I was listening to the radio and he was being interviewed for writing a cookbook. I thought that was remarkable, because he was so good at being an oddball. Writing a cookbook didn't seem "in character".
Anyway, it's too bad, I bet he had a lot of good stuff left.
On a trip in 1998, I was listening to the radio and he was being interviewed for writing a cookbook. I thought that was remarkable, because he was so good at being an oddball. Writing a cookbook didn't seem "in character".
Anyway, it's too bad, I bet he had a lot of good stuff left.
Saturday, December 24, 2005
Happy Holidays!
Sunspot would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! We hope that Santa fills your stockings with everything you've been hoping for and more.
Friday, December 23, 2005
Red Sea Show Tonight Cancelled
Due to curcumstances beyond our control, we had to postpone our Red Sea show in Minneapolis tonight. We apologize to everyone involved for the short notice. We're rescheduling the date for 2006.
Advance tickets will be refunded, but the rest of the bands are still kickass, so make sure you still check out the Red Sea tonight if you're in the area.
Thanks for your patience and have a great holiday weekend!
Advance tickets will be refunded, but the rest of the bands are still kickass, so make sure you still check out the Red Sea tonight if you're in the area.
Thanks for your patience and have a great holiday weekend!
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
More Wonderful Things From The Great White North
They gave us William Shatner, Michael J. Fox, and Dan Akroyd, and now the Canadian Supreme Court gives the thumbs-up to groupsex!
Makes me wanna buy a toque. Yeah, they sit in line for hours at the doctor, but think of the fun they can have while they're waiting (and even better, they can be tested right away!)
Who... wants... to... get... nasty?
Makes me wanna buy a toque. Yeah, they sit in line for hours at the doctor, but think of the fun they can have while they're waiting (and even better, they can be tested right away!)
Who... wants... to... get... nasty?
This almost makes me like her...
...when Michelle Branch tells everyone to fuck off. She's had to jump through a lot of major label hoops to get where she is, so when she says that she'd rather be "folding clothes at a Gap", I think that's kind of bullshit, but it's not the first time I heard someone say that. Kurt Cobain always said that he wished that Nirvana never got bigger than when it was just the band driving through the Northwest. She knew what she was getting into, though, the labels giveth and the labels can taketh away. It's not like everyone is that naive (yes I know about the little thing on naive but I'm too lazy too look right now for the symbol), there's ten million different stories of bands getting screwed by labels and even though artists consider most major label reps to be cockroaches, they did get her "You're everywhere to me" song all over the fucking place a few years back. She got what she wanted, but there's a price with it.
I still like the fact that she gave 'em Hell on her discussion board, though.
Whenever you put your life, whether it's your career, art, or health, in the hands of someone else, you better be able to trust them.
I still like the fact that she gave 'em Hell on her discussion board, though.
Whenever you put your life, whether it's your career, art, or health, in the hands of someone else, you better be able to trust them.
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Sunspot Holiday Ringtone FREE!
DecentXposure turned "Hey Santa" into a ringtone and it's free for the holidays! If you've got a phone that supports RealTone then you can have us singing to you every time somebody calls. You can get "Summer Day" polyphonic or RealTone on Decent Xposure as well, it's one of the only places offering indie music ringtones.
Ape-Human Warriors
Everyone's favorite Communist dictator, Uncle Joe Stalin, ordered one of his scientists to create a half-man, half-ape "super-soldier" in the 1920's, recent documents uncover.
Ummm...that's fucking awesome. It's Return to Castle Wolfenstein, the last coupla seasons of The X-Files, Universal Soldier, and Island of Dr. Moreau directed by Eisenstein. I'd pay to see that.
Ummm...that's fucking awesome. It's Return to Castle Wolfenstein, the last coupla seasons of The X-Files, Universal Soldier, and Island of Dr. Moreau directed by Eisenstein. I'd pay to see that.
Monday, December 19, 2005
Christmas is in like 5 days
The show was pretty good on Thursday. It was fun, but the Cheeseburger in Paradise was a little small for our sound. It was fun party though and Santa's reading the Christmas cards you all wrote right now and he'll scan them in and put up the naughtiest ones on the site later this week.
Even though I think that Christmas commercialism is lame, I still like buying presents for my family, so I'm going to try and get that done this week. I thought I coulda taken care of some of that this weekend, but I took a sabbatical in the HQ and watched The Dukes of Hazzard which was unexpectedly funny, but then I went to King Kong yesterday and that movie was inspiring. As self-indulgent as it was, it really seemed like the filmmakers were just terribly excited to be making a movie, so let's make the biggest, baddest one that we possibly can. It's giddy with itself and that's fun to watch.
I didn't even pay attention to the holiday season this year, but it's already the 19th and the year is almost over. There's only 5 days to buy presents and my time is running out. Plus, Christmas and New Year's are on a weekend this year, that my friends, is totally weak.
I also watched our buddy Jim on Premium Blend on Friday night and I thought he did a pretty good job. He was a little nervous but that's part of his character, though. I think Timmy was correct when he compared him to Steven Wright, he's a funny character comedian. He aimed for some big jokes and I think he hit on a bunch of them. I hope that he gets some more attention from this appearance though. The live tapes I've seen of his really are spectacular.
Even though I think that Christmas commercialism is lame, I still like buying presents for my family, so I'm going to try and get that done this week. I thought I coulda taken care of some of that this weekend, but I took a sabbatical in the HQ and watched The Dukes of Hazzard which was unexpectedly funny, but then I went to King Kong yesterday and that movie was inspiring. As self-indulgent as it was, it really seemed like the filmmakers were just terribly excited to be making a movie, so let's make the biggest, baddest one that we possibly can. It's giddy with itself and that's fun to watch.
I didn't even pay attention to the holiday season this year, but it's already the 19th and the year is almost over. There's only 5 days to buy presents and my time is running out. Plus, Christmas and New Year's are on a weekend this year, that my friends, is totally weak.
I also watched our buddy Jim on Premium Blend on Friday night and I thought he did a pretty good job. He was a little nervous but that's part of his character, though. I think Timmy was correct when he compared him to Steven Wright, he's a funny character comedian. He aimed for some big jokes and I think he hit on a bunch of them. I hope that he gets some more attention from this appearance though. The live tapes I've seen of his really are spectacular.
Thursday, December 15, 2005
More on tonight's party....
Alright friends, I know Mike already blogged about tonight's show, but I just had to mention that it is going to be a PARTY with all kinds of fun surprises.
Trust me. I stayed up really late last night making special presents for you good boys and girls!
Mike, Ben, and I will have our stockings out at the merch stand, too, so you can fill out cards for us (if you so choose). We'll post our favorite ones on the web site, so be creative!
Looking forward to tonight. Nothing I love more than some good holiday cheer!
~Wendy.
P.S. Don't leave without getting your 2005 edition of the Sunspot Christmas card!
Christmas Party Tonight!
Don't forget to come down to the Cheeseburger in Paradise in Middleton tonight for the release of the Ringin' A Bell benefit CD for the Dane County Salvation Army. For more info and location, check out the MySpace event page for tonight's show. We'll be playing around 10 or 10:30, but get there earlier because there's some other cool acts and the earlier you get there, the more drinking you can do, which is important during the holiday season.
I know I'm not much of a holiday guy, but this is for a good cause. There's no cover charge, so you can use the money you'd pay on cover towards picking up one of the new benefit CDs, which feature area bands re-interpreting some of your holiday favorites. And it's tax-deductible, baby!
On the Ipod right now: "Princess" off of I Hate You. You Always Do This. by our friends in Union Pulse. Nice guys, if we do another Guitar Bar show early next year, I'll probably give them a call.
I know I'm not much of a holiday guy, but this is for a good cause. There's no cover charge, so you can use the money you'd pay on cover towards picking up one of the new benefit CDs, which feature area bands re-interpreting some of your holiday favorites. And it's tax-deductible, baby!
On the Ipod right now: "Princess" off of I Hate You. You Always Do This. by our friends in Union Pulse. Nice guys, if we do another Guitar Bar show early next year, I'll probably give them a call.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Does this look like spit to you?
Check out the mugshot on this 500-pound dude accused of trying to get free food from a Steak n' Shake and Taco Bell.
He's definitely guilty of being ugly. There's a whole bunch of gimmes here, but I'm going to show some uncharacteristic restraint. You've gotta respect a guy who tries the Strange Brew scheme in real life, though.
He's definitely guilty of being ugly. There's a whole bunch of gimmes here, but I'm going to show some uncharacteristic restraint. You've gotta respect a guy who tries the Strange Brew scheme in real life, though.
Negativity
Have I been negative lately? I was just looking at the blog and fuck man, over the past week I've been kind of a bitch. Sorry.
I'd like to blame it on the cold weather, but really, I've just had some sand in my vagina.
Holy shit, here's some good news, though. One of the guys who used to be on my TV show in college and someone that we reguarly hang out with when we play in Austin, Jim Hamilton, will be on Premium Blend this Friday on Comedy Central.
Congrats Jim! Check out the website for the Premium Blend episode. They have a picture of him and everything. He cut his hair so he doesn't look like a Breck girl anymore, but they have a video bit of his on there too. That's awesome, I'm really looking forward to seeing it.
I'd like to blame it on the cold weather, but really, I've just had some sand in my vagina.
Holy shit, here's some good news, though. One of the guys who used to be on my TV show in college and someone that we reguarly hang out with when we play in Austin, Jim Hamilton, will be on Premium Blend this Friday on Comedy Central.
Congrats Jim! Check out the website for the Premium Blend episode. They have a picture of him and everything. He cut his hair so he doesn't look like a Breck girl anymore, but they have a video bit of his on there too. That's awesome, I'm really looking forward to seeing it.
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Tookie
I started a topic over at the Hell Forum yesterday about the execution of convicted murderer, Stan 'Tookie' Williams and I forgot just how strongly people feel about the death penalty.
Yeah, I know, but I hang out mostly with alcoholics.
I was thinking that if we're going to have a death penalty, it should be a public, not a private, event. If the US government is going to kill another citizen in order to "protect" me, I'd like to see my tax dollars in action. It might be a touch morbid, but public executions used to the be par for the course. Why should now be any different? The death penalty is supposed to be punishment and a deterrent, but it doesn't feel very real (for me, particularly, because no one ever gets executed in Wisconsin.)
Executions on television might desensitize some people to the process, but it would also make it real for those who might not grasp the enormity of deciding someone's life or death.
You could even have a "Execution" channel that shows the Gas Chamber's Greatest Hits. We're not surrounded by death like other generations were. Everyone's scared of it, but the process and the gory details which most of us who aren't in the medical or funeral professions lack (but are probably still familiar to underveveloped areas of the world.) Actual, physical death is something most of us don't encounter the hard facts of it until much later on in life. Have you ever seen a dead person outside a funeral home? I haven't and I've never watched a man die (I do love "Folsom Prison Blues", however), but I gotta believe that it makes the fragility of the human experience pretty fucking real for the viewer.
Have you ever watched "Faces of Death"? It's mostly special effects, but it's still disturbing if you think it's real. One time I rented a "Banned on Television" video from the greatest video store in the Midwest, Four Star Video Heaven, and I watched it with my girlfriend at the time thinking it was going to be some tits and ass from Eurotrash TV. But it was just all kinds of gruesome deaths.
Like security cameras from a gas station robbery where the attendant was murdered. Listening to the poor guy all alone as he laid there and the gurgling sound of his blood was so horrifying. That was enough for me, by the time we got to the guy who fell out of a hot air balloon and into a power line, we physically couldn't handle it anymore. Real death is fucking scary and I was totally unprepared for it.
Which makes me feel sorry for these guys who clean up human remains- Aftermath, Inc. I remember when we saw their truck pass us as the band was driving through Chicago one time. "Specializing in suicide, accidents, and dismemberment" I think is what the side of the van said. On their website they list referral fees for funeral directors. Business is business, I guess.
Anyway, I've said this before, I'm not a death penalty kind of guy. But I think that a lot more people would be forced to confront their opinions if they had a closer relationship with death. Seeing a public execution might do the trick, it makes you see exactly what you're agreeing to when you buy into the social contract.
Yeah, I know, but I hang out mostly with alcoholics.
I was thinking that if we're going to have a death penalty, it should be a public, not a private, event. If the US government is going to kill another citizen in order to "protect" me, I'd like to see my tax dollars in action. It might be a touch morbid, but public executions used to the be par for the course. Why should now be any different? The death penalty is supposed to be punishment and a deterrent, but it doesn't feel very real (for me, particularly, because no one ever gets executed in Wisconsin.)
Executions on television might desensitize some people to the process, but it would also make it real for those who might not grasp the enormity of deciding someone's life or death.
You could even have a "Execution" channel that shows the Gas Chamber's Greatest Hits. We're not surrounded by death like other generations were. Everyone's scared of it, but the process and the gory details which most of us who aren't in the medical or funeral professions lack (but are probably still familiar to underveveloped areas of the world.) Actual, physical death is something most of us don't encounter the hard facts of it until much later on in life. Have you ever seen a dead person outside a funeral home? I haven't and I've never watched a man die (I do love "Folsom Prison Blues", however), but I gotta believe that it makes the fragility of the human experience pretty fucking real for the viewer.
Have you ever watched "Faces of Death"? It's mostly special effects, but it's still disturbing if you think it's real. One time I rented a "Banned on Television" video from the greatest video store in the Midwest, Four Star Video Heaven, and I watched it with my girlfriend at the time thinking it was going to be some tits and ass from Eurotrash TV. But it was just all kinds of gruesome deaths.
Like security cameras from a gas station robbery where the attendant was murdered. Listening to the poor guy all alone as he laid there and the gurgling sound of his blood was so horrifying. That was enough for me, by the time we got to the guy who fell out of a hot air balloon and into a power line, we physically couldn't handle it anymore. Real death is fucking scary and I was totally unprepared for it.
Which makes me feel sorry for these guys who clean up human remains- Aftermath, Inc. I remember when we saw their truck pass us as the band was driving through Chicago one time. "Specializing in suicide, accidents, and dismemberment" I think is what the side of the van said. On their website they list referral fees for funeral directors. Business is business, I guess.
Anyway, I've said this before, I'm not a death penalty kind of guy. But I think that a lot more people would be forced to confront their opinions if they had a closer relationship with death. Seeing a public execution might do the trick, it makes you see exactly what you're agreeing to when you buy into the social contract.
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Apparently Nothing
Checked out Apparently Nothing's CD release on Saturday and then went to Mike's house to watch Undead (top 5 worst movies ever) and capped the night off with passing out watching Scary Movie 3. I sometimes get that one confused with Not Another Teen Movie because I saw them both at the same party and things are a little fuzzy. That part in NATM where the chick is taking a dump and falls through the ceiling is classic! Anyway, nice job on the CD, guys and fun show. The Journey is a lot more fun than the Lussier Teen Center. People are a lot nicer and out there having fun instead of trying to be all "I'm so pierced and disturbed"
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Is it just me...
...or is Mariah Carey kinda gross-looking lately?
She's just all slutty and bulbous, like the Pillsbury Doughwhore. I dunno, I just lack the vision I guess, to see what Tommy Mottola saw in her. She's all in the news today for getting the Lifetime Achievement award for whoring at the Grammys.
The cold weather this week is starting to get to me. Today, especially. It's hard to feel great about everything when it's fuckin' nasty outside. The shitty Wisconsin weather gets to me more and more every year. Now I know why old people move to Florida. Why waste your years of your life scraping your fucking windshield?
I'm looking forward to the Christmas Party for the Ringin' A Bell CD next week, though. I kinda think that Christmas is bullshit, since most people don't give a shit about church anymore. So, what's the point? Why go through the motions if you're not a believer? Why go to church one day of the year? Tradition? Are you keeping some guilty memory alive?
I'm not saying that the world is full of hypocrites, but it is.
Well, then, Christmas should be about family and generosity. That's bullshit too. Every day should be about family and generosity, you don't need some fucking sale at Kohl's to remind you that you should be good to the people you care about.
Christmas isn't even supposed to be the big Christian holiday, Easter is (not that a Virgin Birth isn't a miracle, but rising from the dead after three days takes that cake, I think.) We just made it that way because we want people to buy more shit. We need an excuse to get them to buy more shit, so here comes Santa Claus.
I dunno, I think the holidays should be for the people who really get something out of it, the people who really believe in something. Not for the rest of us who feel some social obligation to buy shit.
I'm not hating just to hate (except for that Mariah Carey part, but I enjoyed that), but if you're going to do something shouldn't you really go for it? If you're going to do a religious holiday, wouldn't it be freeing and wonderful if you actually believed in something that has to do with that religious holiday for more than one day a year?
Why is so much of life going through the motions? We do it because other people expect us to? So, we rule our lives around other people's expectations? Isn't that kind of fucked up?
She's just all slutty and bulbous, like the Pillsbury Doughwhore. I dunno, I just lack the vision I guess, to see what Tommy Mottola saw in her. She's all in the news today for getting the Lifetime Achievement award for whoring at the Grammys.
The cold weather this week is starting to get to me. Today, especially. It's hard to feel great about everything when it's fuckin' nasty outside. The shitty Wisconsin weather gets to me more and more every year. Now I know why old people move to Florida. Why waste your years of your life scraping your fucking windshield?
I'm looking forward to the Christmas Party for the Ringin' A Bell CD next week, though. I kinda think that Christmas is bullshit, since most people don't give a shit about church anymore. So, what's the point? Why go through the motions if you're not a believer? Why go to church one day of the year? Tradition? Are you keeping some guilty memory alive?
I'm not saying that the world is full of hypocrites, but it is.
Well, then, Christmas should be about family and generosity. That's bullshit too. Every day should be about family and generosity, you don't need some fucking sale at Kohl's to remind you that you should be good to the people you care about.
Christmas isn't even supposed to be the big Christian holiday, Easter is (not that a Virgin Birth isn't a miracle, but rising from the dead after three days takes that cake, I think.) We just made it that way because we want people to buy more shit. We need an excuse to get them to buy more shit, so here comes Santa Claus.
I dunno, I think the holidays should be for the people who really get something out of it, the people who really believe in something. Not for the rest of us who feel some social obligation to buy shit.
I'm not hating just to hate (except for that Mariah Carey part, but I enjoyed that), but if you're going to do something shouldn't you really go for it? If you're going to do a religious holiday, wouldn't it be freeing and wonderful if you actually believed in something that has to do with that religious holiday for more than one day a year?
Why is so much of life going through the motions? We do it because other people expect us to? So, we rule our lives around other people's expectations? Isn't that kind of fucked up?
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Ed, Say It Ain't So
Eddie Van Halen and Valerie Bertinelli are divorcing! Now, little Wolfgang is going to finish his adolescence in a broken home in addition to getting beat up at school for having the name, Wolfgang. They should really beat him up because his dad hangs out with Sammy Hager, though.
On the happy side, Eminem's getting back together with his ex-wife, Kim. He's only referred to her as a bitch on record about a million times. But he's rich as fuck. Integrity doesn't buy diapers for Hayley, I guess, but daddy's mention sure is fun.
On the happy side, Eminem's getting back together with his ex-wife, Kim. He's only referred to her as a bitch on record about a million times. But he's rich as fuck. Integrity doesn't buy diapers for Hayley, I guess, but daddy's mention sure is fun.
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Octa(genarian ) Bong!
Thanks to our good buddy, Frank, for this link and joke about a senior citizen who's not afraid to still get down.
Medical science confirms...
...that caffeine is a good idea for you if you drink a lot because it helps prevent liver disease. They haven't found causation yet, but it just seems to affirm what us boozers have known for awhile.
Sunday, December 04, 2005
Friday, December 02, 2005
Shows in town tonight
F'in A, there's a lot going on tonight in Madison for rock shows. For all rocking tastes.
At the Memorial Union there's Something 2 Do, Sunshine Policy, and Mustard Plug. Man, there's not a lot of ska bands around anymore. There was a time when half the bands in Madison used to skank.
The Dammitheads are at the Angelic with Bascom Hill.
PINE and John Masino Band are playing at The Klinic.
It's a good night to party. I just hope I don't piss myself.
At the Memorial Union there's Something 2 Do, Sunshine Policy, and Mustard Plug. Man, there's not a lot of ska bands around anymore. There was a time when half the bands in Madison used to skank.
The Dammitheads are at the Angelic with Bascom Hill.
PINE and John Masino Band are playing at The Klinic.
It's a good night to party. I just hope I don't piss myself.
Scott Stapp and 311 get in a fight...
over who's the bigger pussy! Local police declare the bout a draw.
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