Steven Seagal is getting his own reality TV show and he’s a for-real police officer in Louisiana.
Don’t forget that the star of Under Siege and former Mr. Kelly LeBrock is also the reincarnation of a Buddhist master. I should say something like “For The Win“ here probably.
Hey, I used to watch I’m With Busey and this sounds even better. Just when I think everything is predictable and boring in the world, something like this happens to blow my mind. Awesome.
Find more about the band at sunspotmusic.com
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Friday, November 28, 2008
Site of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
win an autographed copy of Chicago Haunts by Ursula Bielski!
A good ghost tour (almost as good as milwaukeeghosts.com!) and a great
way to spend Friday night. Even better, the bus driver was playing Dio
when we got in!
Better view of the Hull House
Something Ghostly?
pictures. Someone in January got an image of a man crumpled at the
bottom of the stairs, that would've been awesomely terrifying!
Site of the Eastland Boat Tragedy
underneath the water!
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Sweet.
http://www.statesville.org/main.php
Well, a little late for Halloween, but right in time for the Ghost of Anal-Virginity-Past.
Well, a little late for Halloween, but right in time for the Ghost of Anal-Virginity-Past.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
FREE show in La Crosse tonight... Benefit in Racine tomorrow!
Tonight we return to Howie's Live tonight in La Crosse for a FREE show!
The last time we played there marked the final journey of the Sunspot van... but this time our trip to La Crosse will mark the maiden voyage of the new Sunspot van! Stay tuned for a new Road Mania so you can get a tour of the van and hear about our adventures this weekend... or better yet, come join us in La Crosse tonight or at McAuliffe's in Racine for an important benefit show tomorrow night!
The last time we played there marked the final journey of the Sunspot van... but this time our trip to La Crosse will mark the maiden voyage of the new Sunspot van! Stay tuned for a new Road Mania so you can get a tour of the van and hear about our adventures this weekend... or better yet, come join us in La Crosse tonight or at McAuliffe's in Racine for an important benefit show tomorrow night!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Sunspot on Film101
Our friends in Dane101 featured Sunspot in their Film101 podcast that just came out. They also review the new James Bond movie. Take a listen and if you do, please thank them for playing Sunspot! The direct link is here:
http://www.dane101.com/files/podcast/Film101_Episode_2.mp3
In other local movie news, Bruce Campbell (the star of Alien Apocalypse and Moontrap) will be at Sundance on December 3rd and I just got my tickets for the 9:30 show. The 7pm is all sold out except for two singles. But the 9:30 still has about 50 or so seats, so you should be good to buy in the next few days.
http://www.dane101.com/files/podcast/Film101_Episode_2.mp3
In other local movie news, Bruce Campbell (the star of Alien Apocalypse and Moontrap) will be at Sundance on December 3rd and I just got my tickets for the 9:30 show. The 7pm is all sold out except for two singles. But the 9:30 still has about 50 or so seats, so you should be good to buy in the next few days.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Chuck Klosterman Reviews Chinese Democracy
Chuck and G ‘n’ F’n’ R?! Caloo, Callay! It’s the most frabjous birthday present The Onion could possibly give to me.
I hope they bring Chuck in for more (if you haven’t read Fargo Rock City, (here’s a sample) you should probably leave work, get out of bed, or stop whatever you’re doing, it’s the bees fucking knees.) I know he’s not as hip as he used to be (but then again, either am I) but I still get insanely jealous if I read even just a paragraph. It’s one of those disgusting realizations that he writes the way I wish I could. Either way, it’s a good review of a pretty good album. It’s no Appetite but you can’t compete with my musical cherry-popping in fifth grade, I knew it was a winner when I heard “Welcome to the Jungle” lip-synched by Jim Carrey in The Dead Pool. Axl Rose and Dirty Harry are like Reese’s with a little extra crack.
It was just something that put me in a good mood this morning. Plus, all this news about pirates is kind of exciting too.
I hope they bring Chuck in for more (if you haven’t read Fargo Rock City, (here’s a sample) you should probably leave work, get out of bed, or stop whatever you’re doing, it’s the bees fucking knees.) I know he’s not as hip as he used to be (but then again, either am I) but I still get insanely jealous if I read even just a paragraph. It’s one of those disgusting realizations that he writes the way I wish I could. Either way, it’s a good review of a pretty good album. It’s no Appetite but you can’t compete with my musical cherry-popping in fifth grade, I knew it was a winner when I heard “Welcome to the Jungle” lip-synched by Jim Carrey in The Dead Pool. Axl Rose and Dirty Harry are like Reese’s with a little extra crack.
It was just something that put me in a good mood this morning. Plus, all this news about pirates is kind of exciting too.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
New Star Trek Trailer
I finally got around to watching the new Star Trek trailer (http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/startrek/) and yeah, the preview is pretty good.
Besides having a little fangasm hearing Simon Pegg do his Scotty accent, the real question is going to be how does the new guy compare to the Mighty Shat? The only thing I’ve ever seen Chris Pine in was Smokin’ Aces, which I kind of hated, so I don’t want to judge him based on that movie. The line “You’ve always wondered where you fit in in this world” (or whatever the line was to that effect) is kind of a weird question because I always assumed that Kirk really knew his place. He was confident being in charge and wasn’t afraid to go after what he wanted. It’s like in Star Trek 5 when Sabok tried to take away his pain and he wouldn’t let it go, he wanted to keep it because it helped define who he was. He knew what made him unique and he didn’t want to change a thing (except if he could time travel back to change the cheesy “row your boat” shit from the end of that movie, I’d like to think he’d be okay with that.)
Maybe the whole idea is that he needs Spock and McCoy to be his voices of reason and his guides, that without them, he’s all Id. And without him, they’re all thought and no action. I kind of wish they’d just start something after Voyager or after Nemesis, so we could see the future and not keep playing around in the past (unless they’re going to have more Jolene Blaylock, and I’m completely cool with that) That said, though, I’m finally making it through the second season of Lost and I can’t think of a better guy right now than JJ Abrams with which to trust America’s greatest science fiction franchise (I know that Star Wars fans might argue with that, but we can always say that Han and Chewie live in a science fantasy world, so it’s a different genre.) I never was big on Alias (or Felicity for that matter, I was more of a Dawson’s Creek kinda guy) but Lost is awesome (I also can’t believe that I’ve made it all this time without learning a single spoiler about the show, so it still feels exciting.)
I guess it doesn’t really matter, though, they’ve got my money. I’ll see it in the theater no matter what, just to make sure that I vote with my wallet that they keep on making Trek movies. And I have a hard time believing they’re going to screw it up too much. Hell, they completely changed the ending of The Natural and it’s still a great movie (I’ve heard that they’re changing the ending of Watchmen as well, we’ll see how that pans out.) Anyway, check out the trailer if you haven’t yet. The beginning is a little unbelievable, but it does look like there will be plenty of explosions and alien love, which is a good start.
Besides having a little fangasm hearing Simon Pegg do his Scotty accent, the real question is going to be how does the new guy compare to the Mighty Shat? The only thing I’ve ever seen Chris Pine in was Smokin’ Aces, which I kind of hated, so I don’t want to judge him based on that movie. The line “You’ve always wondered where you fit in in this world” (or whatever the line was to that effect) is kind of a weird question because I always assumed that Kirk really knew his place. He was confident being in charge and wasn’t afraid to go after what he wanted. It’s like in Star Trek 5 when Sabok tried to take away his pain and he wouldn’t let it go, he wanted to keep it because it helped define who he was. He knew what made him unique and he didn’t want to change a thing (except if he could time travel back to change the cheesy “row your boat” shit from the end of that movie, I’d like to think he’d be okay with that.)
Maybe the whole idea is that he needs Spock and McCoy to be his voices of reason and his guides, that without them, he’s all Id. And without him, they’re all thought and no action. I kind of wish they’d just start something after Voyager or after Nemesis, so we could see the future and not keep playing around in the past (unless they’re going to have more Jolene Blaylock, and I’m completely cool with that) That said, though, I’m finally making it through the second season of Lost and I can’t think of a better guy right now than JJ Abrams with which to trust America’s greatest science fiction franchise (I know that Star Wars fans might argue with that, but we can always say that Han and Chewie live in a science fantasy world, so it’s a different genre.) I never was big on Alias (or Felicity for that matter, I was more of a Dawson’s Creek kinda guy) but Lost is awesome (I also can’t believe that I’ve made it all this time without learning a single spoiler about the show, so it still feels exciting.)
I guess it doesn’t really matter, though, they’ve got my money. I’ll see it in the theater no matter what, just to make sure that I vote with my wallet that they keep on making Trek movies. And I have a hard time believing they’re going to screw it up too much. Hell, they completely changed the ending of The Natural and it’s still a great movie (I’ve heard that they’re changing the ending of Watchmen as well, we’ll see how that pans out.) Anyway, check out the trailer if you haven’t yet. The beginning is a little unbelievable, but it does look like there will be plenty of explosions and alien love, which is a good start.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Yes We Can... Believe in UFOs!
Obama's new transition chief is John Podesta who formerly was a leader (yes, as well as White House Chief of Staff) in the Coalition for Freedom of Information which was a project that set out to declassify Air Force UFO investigation documents.
This gives me some hope. But what I can't believe is that this guy is Chief of Staff and he doesn't know anything about it already? Along with Bill Clinton saying that he didn't think there was anything extraterrestrial about Roswell in a speech during his administration, it leads me to believe that the President might not actually be in on this, or that may be what they want us to believe! Either way, if he gets a job in the new White House, let's hope they continue the search for the truth.
This gives me some hope. But what I can't believe is that this guy is Chief of Staff and he doesn't know anything about it already? Along with Bill Clinton saying that he didn't think there was anything extraterrestrial about Roswell in a speech during his administration, it leads me to believe that the President might not actually be in on this, or that may be what they want us to believe! Either way, if he gets a job in the new White House, let's hope they continue the search for the truth.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Snow?
Tenth Doctor, "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."
Friday, November 07, 2008
blatz
So Blatz Light is only 14 more calories than Miller Lite and it's 7 dollars cheaper per case (and right now, that's 3 gallons of gas) . Plus, they spell light correctly and don't have stupid commercials about the more taste league. So I can still support local and buy cheap too.
TAXI publishing session
Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 79
Sunspot Road Mania from Day One of the TAXI Road Rally 2008 in Los Angeles.
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Go Pack
Now that the election's over, we can relax and focus on what really matters, rock music and the Green Bay Packers. Here's the video for "Go Pack" which you can find on the Tailgate Tunes II CD, available online here or at any Shopko store. Thanks to everyone that helped out with the video and Madera Music for putting out the album!
You can also download a high-quality version of the video here.
You can also download a high-quality version of the video here.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Monday, November 03, 2008
Thank goodness
Night Court is still on TV! 7am on channel 50, but it is there. I always thought John Larroquette was super funny (he reminds me of our friend Dan "the Legend" Concotelli) and I had kind of a crush on Markie Post back in the day too, even though she looks much better now without the mullet. I had a hard time with Richard Moll in Highlander, though, after all those years doing comedy. My only hope is that Charter doesn't do anything else stupid to my channel lineup to make it so I can't get cool shows without buying digital cable. They already took away my Star Trek TNG reruns by putting G4 out of range, but they gave me back my BET!
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Thrill the World recap
Alright.. I know I already posted the video of my Thriller dance experience, but I just uploaded a different video with better sound & camera angles, for your viewing pleasure:
Here's a cool article from The Isthmus about the Madison Zombie Lurch that occurred the same day (click the Gallery image to see all the pics from the event). It was the first lurch I have attended, and I must say it was both a bizarre and ridiculously fun flashmob experience! I recommend trying it sometime.
I posted some photos from the event that show the costumes a little better.
And finally, someone made a cool montage of all the different cities who participated in the event. Austin Texas had 881 zombies!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Oh, and let me know if you want to learn the Thriller and join me next year for Thrill the World 2009!
Here's a cool article from The Isthmus about the Madison Zombie Lurch that occurred the same day (click the Gallery image to see all the pics from the event). It was the first lurch I have attended, and I must say it was both a bizarre and ridiculously fun flashmob experience! I recommend trying it sometime.
I posted some photos from the event that show the costumes a little better.
And finally, someone made a cool montage of all the different cities who participated in the event. Austin Texas had 881 zombies!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Oh, and let me know if you want to learn the Thriller and join me next year for Thrill the World 2009!
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