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Hanson Tonight @ The Fillmore!

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:26:57 -0800

be there and be square.

Yuppie Pricks are funny.

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:18:04 -0700

...and a fine band as well. For limitless pleasure, check out the

Yuppie Name Generator

I know this is all over here already...

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:10:16 -0700

but like any great film--The Godfather, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Porkys, what have you--I never seem to get sick of seeing it again and again.

Mine Eyes Have Witnessed The Future

Fri, 18 May 2007 09:52:47 -0700

Got a phone call yesterday from my friend Michael. He says this:
"hey man, I just watched the best music video in the world--the Royalty video Ryan (maldroid) did, you gotta come see it now!"

So I agree to meet him cuz he sounds like he's actually frothing at the mouth and dead serious.

As I make the drive I'm thinking this: yeah...it's 'proly cool, good even....jesus, gas is expensive, this better be worth it... I love the song anyhow..but c'mon, the best?? Did I eat today? Shit, I should eat... it can't be the best, can it?...after all, I've seen that Guns n Roses video with the dolphins and whales and helicopters....

So I go. I watch.

The new ROYALTY video IS the best music video I've ever seen.

ps: yours truly gets turned into a human kebab in this thing, spurting blood like an over-ripened tomato--and that's just in the first few bars of the song....

Today I Grew A Moustache.

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:56:12 -0700

I'll be showcasing it at the Maldroid show tonight.

If your lucky, I'll let you touch it.

This just in...

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:10:37 -0700

My friend Alex sent this my way this morning. Pretty wacky...

“Germ” Wrongly Jailed Over Soap

Absurd GHB Drug Charges for Don Bolles, Drummer of the “The Germs”, Stem From a Bottle of Dr. Bronner’s Peppermint Soap Found in Van During Police Stop

ESCONDIDO, CA – The Bronner family, makers of the popular organic Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps are shocked and disturbed by musician Don Bolles’ April 4th arrest for felony drug possession after police alleged an 8oz bottle of peppermint Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap tested positive for the illicit drug GHB (Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate). The notion that anyone would put GHB in a rinse-off liquid soap product is beyond belief, and the police field test used must have been flawed or tampered with. GHB, which produces euphoria and is an alleged aphrodisiac when ingested, of course has absolutely no effect in a soap product that is rinsed off the hands and body.

Mr. Bolles, drummer of the legendary punk band The Germs http://germsreturn.com/, was arrested following a police traffic stop and spent three and half days in various jails in Orange County before being released early Easter morning. During a consented search of Mr. Bolles vintage 1968 Dodge A-108 van, Newport Beach police found a bottle of peppermint Dr. Bronner’s soap which is made with organic coconut, olive, hemp, peppermint and jojoba oils. Felony drug possession could mean 20 years in prison if convicted. A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Friday, April 13, 2007 at the Harbor Justice Center, 4601 Jamboree Road Newport Beach , CA at 8:30am.

“I’ve used only Dr. Bronner’s soap for 35 years,” says Mr. Bolles. “I use it for everything - bathing, washing my hair, washing my clothes - it goes everywhere I go. I’m scheduled to go to Europe to tour with The Germs this summer, but these felony charges could keep me from traveling out of the country. This whole thing could be really devastating to a 50 year old guy just trying to make a living. I told the officer ‘its soap, it smells like peppermint soap,’ but he seemed intent on arresting me.”

“It is totally outrageous that the police could be this malicious and idiotic,” says Michael Bronner, Vice-President of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps. “This clearly is a case of profiling by the Newport Beach police of a person who doesn’t look like the people who live in that town. We are paying the cost of Mr. Bolle’s lawyer, and we demand the charges be dropped or proof from the police forensics lab of GHB contamination be immediately provided to us,” said Bronner. Adds brother David Bronner, President: “We cannot imagine anyone putting GHB, or any other drug for that matter, into a rinse-off soap product that is lathered and rinsed off the body immediately. The Newport Beach police should see how much of a buzz putting beer in their shampoo gives them, and get a grip and apologize on their hands and knees to Mr. Bolles.”

At the time of the arrest Mr. Bolles was driving his girlfriend, and fellow musician Cat Scandal to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in Newport Beach . “I had heard of GHB but the police had to tell me what it was,” said Bolles. “I’m going to fight these charges.”

To arrange an interview with Don Bolles, Michael Bronner or David Bronner please contact Adam Eidinger at 202-744-2671.

Punks Not Dead, the movie?

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:12:33 -0700
Ready or not, here it comes: on may 4th & 8th the SF International Film Festival will feature a little film called Punk's Not Dead, and it looks like it might just be tolerable--despite the title. Boasting an all star cast, it features interviews and/or performances from the likes of Minor Threat, Green Day, the Dead Kennedys, and yes, even my band the Briefs, so there should be more than enough to keep the snottiest of punks entertained.

...damn, I seem to remember that interview we did being complete shit, hopefully we're only on for a second...should have NEVER signed that release!

Anyhows, here's the movie site to watch the trailer and so on:
http://www.punksnotdeadthemovie.com

and here's the SF Film Festival details:
http://fest07.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=86 Link to SF Film Festival

maybe I'll see you there. I'll be the one hiding in the backrow...

I love records...

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 09:34:00 -0700
...especially the weird ones.