Five for May 24th:
Bike commute. 2/5 days for the week, which isn’t great, but isn’t a total bust either. Beat the rain home by about two minutes yesterday- I could feel it closing in. This morning’s ride was cool and quick, and the ride home should be sunny and 70 degrees. Great way to wrap up a workweek.
Rocking socks. We’ll be debuting a brand new song at the June 15th show, along with a couple of tracks from earlier albums we haven’t played in years and the entire EP. It will be a time. Come out.
Bum deal. Woke up this morning fully and completely thinking it was Saturday morning.
Cool stuff. Haro: The Rise of BMX Freestyle (comes out in a week), Lisa’s birthday gift showed up yesterday, Pedro Barros Brazil footage, real-life Simpsons Springfield carnival ride.
3-day weekend. Plans include a road trip to Columbia to hang out with Rob and Stef, Kevin’s band at CBGB, memorial day dinner at Lisa’s mom’s, snapping some new band photos, skateboarding, swimming at the Y, and general chilling out with the family.
Friday, May 24, 2013
Thursday, May 23, 2013
may twenty-third
Five for May 23rd:
Birthday celebrating. Beautiful weather, dinner on the patio at Rasoi, followed by drinks at Dressell’s with a bunch of friends for Lisa’s birthday. I’d say for a Wednesday night get-together, it couldn’t have gone any better. AND we got to sleep another night!
Riding in. Finally got a chance to ride to work this week, and am planning on tomorrow as well, providing the weather cooperates. This morning was windy, but perfect cool-ish temperatures. Got a chance to try out the new rear-view mirror, which I’m on the fence about keeping on. Normal 30 minutes despite the gusts. Feeling good.
Band stuff. We’ll be doing a live set on KDHX in June to promote the EP- more details coming soon. Posters for the show will be going up this weekend. Practice tonight.
Cool stuff. New issue of the Skateboard Mag, trail mix bars, $5.95 blowout “Skate Legends” Element cases, upcoming three-day weekend, garlic naan.
Columbia. Heading westward to hang out with Rob and Stefanie and introduce our new children. Crazy that it’s been a year since we've seen them last. Haven’t been to Como in awhile either.
Birthday celebrating. Beautiful weather, dinner on the patio at Rasoi, followed by drinks at Dressell’s with a bunch of friends for Lisa’s birthday. I’d say for a Wednesday night get-together, it couldn’t have gone any better. AND we got to sleep another night!
Riding in. Finally got a chance to ride to work this week, and am planning on tomorrow as well, providing the weather cooperates. This morning was windy, but perfect cool-ish temperatures. Got a chance to try out the new rear-view mirror, which I’m on the fence about keeping on. Normal 30 minutes despite the gusts. Feeling good.
Band stuff. We’ll be doing a live set on KDHX in June to promote the EP- more details coming soon. Posters for the show will be going up this weekend. Practice tonight.
Cool stuff. New issue of the Skateboard Mag, trail mix bars, $5.95 blowout “Skate Legends” Element cases, upcoming three-day weekend, garlic naan.
Columbia. Heading westward to hang out with Rob and Stefanie and introduce our new children. Crazy that it’s been a year since we've seen them last. Haven’t been to Como in awhile either.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
may twenty-second
Five for May 22nd:
Happy birthday Lisa. Today is my lovely, talented, and amazing wife’s birthday. Jane gave a great gift to start the day off by letting us sleep in until 7 am this morning. Looking forward to celebrating with friends tonight. Love you, Lisa!
EP Progress. Proofs have been signed off on, and the new Blind Eyes EP officially went to production yesterday. We should have them on or before June 1st, which gives us ample time to get some copies out for promo before the release show.
Garden haul. We made some homemade pizza and salad last night, both of which contained ingredients from our vegetable garden. And both were awesome.
Cool stuff. Cheap frames for family photos, sleeping in (worth a second mention), good riding weather tomorrow and Friday, roses on our rose bushes, Indian food followed by drinks at Dressell’s tonight.
Modern technology. I’ve had this post ready to go since 9 am, but our Internet at work was down all morning. Never have I more appreciated the wonders of 3G.
Happy birthday Lisa. Today is my lovely, talented, and amazing wife’s birthday. Jane gave a great gift to start the day off by letting us sleep in until 7 am this morning. Looking forward to celebrating with friends tonight. Love you, Lisa!
EP Progress. Proofs have been signed off on, and the new Blind Eyes EP officially went to production yesterday. We should have them on or before June 1st, which gives us ample time to get some copies out for promo before the release show.
Garden haul. We made some homemade pizza and salad last night, both of which contained ingredients from our vegetable garden. And both were awesome.
Cool stuff. Cheap frames for family photos, sleeping in (worth a second mention), good riding weather tomorrow and Friday, roses on our rose bushes, Indian food followed by drinks at Dressell’s tonight.
Modern technology. I’ve had this post ready to go since 9 am, but our Internet at work was down all morning. Never have I more appreciated the wonders of 3G.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
may twenty-first
Five for May 21st:
Monday night skate. Swung by JB for a quick 45 minutes of skating last night before the storms rolled in. Felt good to roll around for a bit.
Man’s best friend. I’m a total sucker for stories like this, especially in the wake of such a horrific event. Seriously unfathomable.
Ant bait. That stuff is no joke. On Sunday, we had ants all over the laundry room floor. By the time I got home yesterday, they were done for. I always have a few packs at the ready.
Cool stuff. Filet Mignon on the grill, Devo in 1980, spring cleaning the closet and dresser, Starbucks on autobrew, EP release show Facebook invite.
Bad night. I don’t know if it was the lightning and thunder, the temperature, or what, but hat I do know is Jane didn’t have a productive night of sleep. And when Jane doesn’t have a productive night of sleep, neither do we. Luckily the caffeine is abundant today.
Monday night skate. Swung by JB for a quick 45 minutes of skating last night before the storms rolled in. Felt good to roll around for a bit.
Man’s best friend. I’m a total sucker for stories like this, especially in the wake of such a horrific event. Seriously unfathomable.
Ant bait. That stuff is no joke. On Sunday, we had ants all over the laundry room floor. By the time I got home yesterday, they were done for. I always have a few packs at the ready.
Cool stuff. Filet Mignon on the grill, Devo in 1980, spring cleaning the closet and dresser, Starbucks on autobrew, EP release show Facebook invite.
Bad night. I don’t know if it was the lightning and thunder, the temperature, or what, but hat I do know is Jane didn’t have a productive night of sleep. And when Jane doesn’t have a productive night of sleep, neither do we. Luckily the caffeine is abundant today.
Monday, May 20, 2013
may twentieth
Five for May 20th:
Living in the city. Hit up Tower Grove Farmer’s market on Saturday, walked to Chris’ Pancakes for breakfast yesterday and followed it up with Lunch at Chavas. Jane is completely content people-watching, so getting out these days is easier than ever.
Around the house. Fresh (and swiftly dealt-with) spring ant infestation in the laundry room; part of the neighbor’s back fence got knocked down into our yard in last night’s storms; uncovered a drain at the bottom of our back stairs I didn’t know was there (covered in inches of dirt and debris) which should help exponentially with future basement flooding; finally weed-whacked.
Cursive is a lie. It just dawned on me that not once in all my adult life have I ever actually seen someone use a proper cursive capital Q. 2uite a phenomenon.
Cool stuff. Lisa’s birthday week, trail mix, Lo-Fi video release party (check out our video here!), Blonde Roast Vias from Starbucks, freshly washed car, busting out the sandals, Anna’s graduation party, pushing Jane in the swing for the first time ever.
Skateboarding. Super fun and exhausting session at the Y park with Andy on Saturday. The heat got to be a little much, actually, and it wiped me out. Still a great time. Hopefully hitting ramp riders tonight with my brother for some long-overdue mini ramp action.
Living in the city. Hit up Tower Grove Farmer’s market on Saturday, walked to Chris’ Pancakes for breakfast yesterday and followed it up with Lunch at Chavas. Jane is completely content people-watching, so getting out these days is easier than ever.
Around the house. Fresh (and swiftly dealt-with) spring ant infestation in the laundry room; part of the neighbor’s back fence got knocked down into our yard in last night’s storms; uncovered a drain at the bottom of our back stairs I didn’t know was there (covered in inches of dirt and debris) which should help exponentially with future basement flooding; finally weed-whacked.
Cursive is a lie. It just dawned on me that not once in all my adult life have I ever actually seen someone use a proper cursive capital Q. 2uite a phenomenon.
Cool stuff. Lisa’s birthday week, trail mix, Lo-Fi video release party (check out our video here!), Blonde Roast Vias from Starbucks, freshly washed car, busting out the sandals, Anna’s graduation party, pushing Jane in the swing for the first time ever.
Skateboarding. Super fun and exhausting session at the Y park with Andy on Saturday. The heat got to be a little much, actually, and it wiped me out. Still a great time. Hopefully hitting ramp riders tonight with my brother for some long-overdue mini ramp action.
Friday, May 17, 2013
may seventeenth
Five for May 17th:
Day 3. Managed my first 3/5 days riding week of the year today. I wish I would’ve rode yesterday as well- another psych-out by the weatherman. It was perfect all day. As I rode over the Tamm avenue bridge this morning overlooking a parking lot of traffic on highway 40, I was reminded why I do this. Not that I needed reminding.
Band practice. Dialed in a new song that we started on last week and got it sounding really good. Hoping to debut it at the show on June 15th. Also dusted off an old tune to work on, and practiced street plants in the driveway. All said: good one.
Video release. Lo-Fi Cherokee video release party is tonight at Blank Space. I think they’re running the videos from start to finish at 8 and again at 10, so come check them out. It’s free. See you there.
Cool stuff. Payday, Creature “Summer Rehabilitation” series, new shirt in the mail, successful grilling, having sunscreen on hand for bike rides.
Weekend action. Lo-Fi opening, Taste of Maplewood festival, Anna’s graduation party, Tower Grove Farmer’s Market, skating, and swimming are all in the plans. What else will go down? That remains to be seen.
Day 3. Managed my first 3/5 days riding week of the year today. I wish I would’ve rode yesterday as well- another psych-out by the weatherman. It was perfect all day. As I rode over the Tamm avenue bridge this morning overlooking a parking lot of traffic on highway 40, I was reminded why I do this. Not that I needed reminding.
Band practice. Dialed in a new song that we started on last week and got it sounding really good. Hoping to debut it at the show on June 15th. Also dusted off an old tune to work on, and practiced street plants in the driveway. All said: good one.
Video release. Lo-Fi Cherokee video release party is tonight at Blank Space. I think they’re running the videos from start to finish at 8 and again at 10, so come check them out. It’s free. See you there.
Cool stuff. Payday, Creature “Summer Rehabilitation” series, new shirt in the mail, successful grilling, having sunscreen on hand for bike rides.
Weekend action. Lo-Fi opening, Taste of Maplewood festival, Anna’s graduation party, Tower Grove Farmer’s Market, skating, and swimming are all in the plans. What else will go down? That remains to be seen.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
may sixteenth
Five for May 16th:
Las Palmas. Our go-to for a quick and easy dinner out with Jane in tow. Well, for Mexican, anyway. It’s got nothing on Ranchito, but it’s fast, close, rarely crowded, and has good margaritas.
Deadlines. It was a good feeling dropping the production master for the new EP off at the post office yesterday. Now begins the tedious process of making sure the ball is rolling with the printer, and getting the CDs in hand- hopefully well in advance of the release date.
Thiebaud reissues fail. Bum deal: found out the long-awaited SMA Jim Thiebaud “Joker” decks that were supposed to ship this month (which, I should mention, I’ve already paid for) got pushed back to mid-June. Oh well. Speaking of reissues, World Industries is bringing the nineties thunder!
Cool stuff. SNL fake UK punk documentary, Jane sleeping almost 11 hours, homemade brownies at work, Cheap Time on Spotify, proofreading, new toothpaste.
Enjoying the summery weather. This is what it’s all about.
Las Palmas. Our go-to for a quick and easy dinner out with Jane in tow. Well, for Mexican, anyway. It’s got nothing on Ranchito, but it’s fast, close, rarely crowded, and has good margaritas.
Deadlines. It was a good feeling dropping the production master for the new EP off at the post office yesterday. Now begins the tedious process of making sure the ball is rolling with the printer, and getting the CDs in hand- hopefully well in advance of the release date.
Thiebaud reissues fail. Bum deal: found out the long-awaited SMA Jim Thiebaud “Joker” decks that were supposed to ship this month (which, I should mention, I’ve already paid for) got pushed back to mid-June. Oh well. Speaking of reissues, World Industries is bringing the nineties thunder!
Cool stuff. SNL fake UK punk documentary, Jane sleeping almost 11 hours, homemade brownies at work, Cheap Time on Spotify, proofreading, new toothpaste.
Enjoying the summery weather. This is what it’s all about.
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