Chazz: Who’d win in a wrestling match, Lemmy or God?
Chris Moore: Lemmy.
[Rex imitates a game show buzzer]
Chris Moore: … God?
Rex: Wrong, dickhead, trick question. Lemmy *IS* God.

The guy in the dragon helmet riding in on the motorcycle is my wife’s uncle (and the guy who hooks me up with backstage passes every time Motorhead comes to Philly).

Weyerbacher update… not having time to run up to Easton this weekend is disappointing. Anything by Weyerbacher is great and brown ales are typically irresistible to me. Go buy me a case… PLEASE!

Charlie Released! In bottles this Saturday October 18 at the brewery from Noon to 3pm!

Stop down and check out the third in our Brewers Select Series of one-off brews. Charlie is a beautiful, hefty brown ale at 7.4% ABV and about 10% smoked malt for a very intriguing, pleasant, flavorful beer. We’re not talking in your face “smoked ham” here, just a nice light touch (more than a nuance) that makes this beer very beguiling. We only have about 25 cases, so it’ll likely be sold out before the end of the day.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall is out on DVD and so is Jason Segel’s member. As I noted in my review of the movie months ago on Nerd Lives, How I Met Your Mother’s Marshall Erickson is a well endowed fellow, although his endowment is not nearly as impressive on the small screen as it was in theaters.

It can be noted that the gorgeous co-star, and voice of Meg Griffin, Mila Kunis is shown topless in the movie, as well. …more… »

NSN is touring the great U. S. of A. with hellogoodbye and Ace Enders. Check out my review of their EP here and check them out live at a city near you…

10/23 Pomona, CA @ Glass House
10/24 San Diego, CA @ Epicentre
10/25 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
10/27 Dallas, TX @ The Door
10/28 Austin, TX @ Emo’s Alternative Lounging
10/29 Houston, TX @ Java Jazz
10/31 Jacksonville, FL @ Fuel Coffeehouse
11/1 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
11/2 Orlando, FL @ The Social
11/4 Greensboro, NC @ Greene Street
11/6 New York, NY @ Blender Theatre at Gramercy
11/7 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar Club Stage
11/8 Farmingdale, NY @ The Crazy Donkey
11/9 Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony
11/11 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Restaurant & Nightclub
11/12 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church - Sanctuary
11/13 Buffalo, NY @ Xtreme Wheels
11/14 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
11/15 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
11/16 Chicago, IL @ Metro
11/17 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground
11/18 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
11/19 Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Sound
11/21 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
11/23 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
11/25 San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
11/26 Los Angeles, CA @ Knitting Factory Hollywood
11/30 Scottsdale, AZ @ Chyro Arts

Check back soon for an interview and I’ll work on trying to get them to give up a free download for our readers, too!

The Indiana Gazette published an article on September, 29, 2008 by Randy Wells about a paroled sex offender moving into Armagh, PA after being released from prison. Despite the obvious discomfort with having a sex offender living nearby, it is unfair for a community to call for his head due to his past. This judgment is being handed down to Richard Vavro; and, to be frank, it frightens me that these people may drive this man to hurt himself or others.

Community members are calling for Halloween to be observed only in daylight hours this year. Some have claimed that the state shouldn’t have allowed this man to live in Armagh; for example, a man named Troy Mack is quoted in the article as having said, “I feel the state let this community down.” Others already consider him guilty of a future attack and have insinuated that the entire community needs to police against the 54 year old parolee. …more… »

Rocks like: Long Beach Dub All-Stars, Slightly Stoopid, and Sublime.
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Let me preface my assessment of Si Senorita’s High Times, Hangovers, and Harmonies by saying that if I was on a deserted island for the rest of my life with one album it would be Sublime’s 40 oz. to Freedom and that Sublime is arguably my favorite band of all-time. Thus, my standards for reggae influenced rock are pretty high, so it’s in no way an insult to say that I believe that this album sounds like Sublime with a less talented singer.

I don’t think the vocals are bad, in fact I would assert quite the contrary. Mike Garrity, the lead vocalist and one of two guitarists, has a great voice… but Brad Nowell (RIP) had the voice of an angel and a ridiculous vocal range. Mike isn’t quite an angel and doesn’t display nearly as much range, but has a great voice for their brand of white boy reggae. He hits all the notes, isn’t often flat, and has a more than decent range. It’d be fair to compare his vocal style to any number of Skunk Records vocalists not named Nowell.

To compliment the more than worthy vocal stylings, the music is nothing short of solid. There is a simplicity about most of the melodies that comes across as seemingly effortless… not effortless in a bad but, rather, in a great way, the way that sounds just right, the way that take no effort by the listener, the way that just makes you want to float away into a sea of Mexican beer and summery cocktails. These effortless melodies are melded with a tight rhythm section. …more… »