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Unusual Fountains of Wayne Placement

jde — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:10:05 +0000

Heard “‘92 Subaru” off Fountains of Wayne’s recent album played on the Musak at Wal-Mart today. I’m not quite sure what to think of that…

New DVDs

jde — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:59:02 +0000

The first seasons of CHiPs and Fall Guy were released on DVD. Excellent!

Roger Warrick Tries an Indy Grid

jde — Tue, 22 May 2007 14:58:51 +0000

Roger Warrick has carved a veritable gold mine niche in motorsports art with his series of “what if” gatherings of drivers spanning several eras. His latest appears to be an illustration for an AutoWeek story on their All Time Indy 500 Grid.

Celebrity Skin Has Aged Surprisingly Well

jde — Fri, 04 May 2007 03:28:32 +0000

After having a single I’d bought of Melissa Auf Der Maur’s play in iTunes the other day, as well as some Ryan Adams and Fountains of Wayne songs where she sang BGV’s, I decided to dig out Hole’s Celebrity Skin CD.

For being nearly 10 years old (released September of ‘98), and despite the persistent trainwreck that is Courtney Love, I was impressed that it’s aged well, and is still a really good album. Much like I’ve found with Aimee Mann’s albums, it flows well from track to track, so you can just let it play while driving. Nice, jangly melodic rock.

I Am Not Mindy

jde — Thu, 03 May 2007 02:36:49 +0000

I had heard that there would be IRL testing at Kentucky Speedway last night. Steve, whom I’ve been working with the last few months, emailed the track to confirm that Ryan Briscoe would be shaking down Penske’s third entry for Indy from 5-10 as a side gig from his Penske ALMS duties.

On a whim, Laura and I decided to road trip down in the MINI, and watch for a bit from behind the gift shop outside T3.

When we got there a little after 6, five or so people were hanging out with the track silent. Shortly after the last person wandered off, a rather Buford T. Justice-esque security guard rolled up in a Ranger to inform us that we shouldn’t be there, as viewing wasn’t permitted after the gift shop closed at 5. I pointed out what Steve had been told via email. He relented that we could stay, just keep out of the way of the crew filming on the balcony behind us.

I waited another half-hour or so before giving up, as the ambulance wasn’t in position, and the safety truck guy in T3 kept walking around talking on his cell. That told me Briscoe wasn’t going out anytime soon, so we headed back north.

Steve got there shortly after we left, and Briscoe made several runs between 8 & 9.

I am not Mindy, indeed.

(Hey, Hey)

+14 on the Cylinders Driven Count

jde — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:54:47 +0000

Spent the weekend at Mid-Ohio for a NASA weekend. Was pressed into duty on Friday to help instruct the Competition Licensing course for The Mid-Ohio School. The rest of the weekend was lots of car hopping to instruct and otherwise offering help drivers.

Dad’s student was the owner of Buschur Racing, a prominent Mitusbishi EVO tuner. I ended up working with him for a session, and he asked me to drive a few laps in his Eclipse, so those were the first 6 cylinders of the weekend.

On Sunday, I worked with a guy who’d just finished building a Factory Five Cobra. He had me take him out for part of a session, so 8 more cylinders for the weekend tally.

Ridin’ Dirty at the Drag Strip

jde — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:42:59 +0000

My friend Charlie shared this gem with me:

Weird Al in Kettering

jde — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:53:57 +0000

Just got this week’s email from Fraze announcing a couple more shows for this summer. Weird Al on June 29th, awesome…Kenny G on July 20th, not so much.

Lantern’s Unusual Tastes

jde — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:25:39 +0000

Beyond the water hose and any sort of paper product he can eat, Lantern has further refined his tastes to now include a spare network cable laying in the office.

Big Butter Jesus, Revisited

jde — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:32:37 +0000

One of Laura’s co-workers had this sent to her:

I’m pretty fond of the Big Boy photoshop job.