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Song Title

Posted Sat, 11/12/2011 - 10:52am by wirtes

Maybe you have to be from NWI, but I think Dyer, Indiana Maker is a hilarious song title.

Band Names I

Posted Sat, 02/26/2011 - 7:00am by wirtes

Kathy found the sheet of paper where we used to write our band name ideas. We kept it on the fridge:

BAND NAMES

Human Hair Mustache
Ashtray Hat
Hermaphrodite Bee
Sex Grape
Sucker Truck
Strain into Lenny
Poltergasm
Chloroform Donut
Mandingo Love Dance
Urine Luck
Rümsfeld
My Faithful Monkey Butler
My Onion Goggles
Idiot Monkey Boy (George W. Bush reference)
Jesus Sex Trip
Another Man's Beard
Angry Punks With Cell Phones
Happy Birthday Stinky
Good Name For A Band
Lime Irony
The Mormon Bruce Lee
Indiana Zsa Zsa
Seven Women and Milton

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Band Names

Posted Sat, 01/22/2011 - 9:20am by wirtes

I just found the list that we used to have on the fridge. Actually, this is the second list we used to keep on the fridge -- it's called "Band Names II". Feel free to add any suggestions in the comments section: Band Names II

I Saw Charo
The Ironic Nerds
Smarty Math Pants
Fart Patsy
Tasty Ailment
Screwball Ruse
Bitter Midget

This was but a postscript to the original paper titled "Band Names" that stayed on the fridge for many years.

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Muslims, Satanists & Fools

Posted Sat, 01/22/2011 - 8:36am by wirtes

So I’ve been on a Brian Jones kick, lately. I’m not a fan, yet. Just checking out the history of things on Wikipedia -- kind of like a kid browsing the encyclopedia on a rainy day. Anyway, I had no idea that the Stones’ “Sgt. Peppers” was so poorly received. Consummate business men that the Stones are, they didn’t find much success in their “psychedelic record,” so they quickly moved back to their blues roots. Good for us, since we'd soon get “Let It Bleed,” “Sticky Fingers,” and “Exile on Main St.” Still, I find “Their Satanic Majesties Request” both charming and imaginative.

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2000 Holiday CD

Posted Sun, 12/12/2010 - 9:13am by wirtes

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Our second annual holiday music CD from 2000. Enjoy!

This podcast is in M4A format. Individual songs are setup as chapters.

1999 Holiday CD

Posted Sat, 12/11/2010 - 3:25pm by wirtes

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Our first holiday music CD from 1999. Enjoy!

This podcast is in M4A format. Individual songs are setup as chapters.

Bleak Expectations

Posted Sat, 11/13/2010 - 5:45pm by wirtes

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Bleak Expectations, Series Four, Episode One I just discovered this hilarious send up of Victorian England. Brilliant. More Info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleak_Expectations

Chicago Transit Authority

Posted Sat, 11/13/2010 - 2:32pm by wirtes

Here's the scene. I'm 8 or 9-years-old, so it's got to be 1975 or '76, and my mother and sisters have dragged me to a sidewalk sale on the square in Crown Point, Indiana. I am bored.