In this YouTube clip, Entourage's Jereny Piven sits in with Metal Skool in a show at the Key Club. The band are hopelessly foul-mouthed knuckledraggers, but they grant Piven his "make a wish" moment. In this clip, Piven never actually gets through an entire song, but does seem to enjoy the band's references to his pride and joy ("bigger than Tommy Lee's"). This is on the order of some of Paul Allen's sit-ins, or that flute player who used to run Borland. His work on Entourage is great, but his drumming is pathetic. Hey, Metal Skool...next time bring in Tony Ravo!
This is a very early Beatles tune...a cover of Please Mr. Postman, written by W. Garrett, B. Holland, F. Gorman, G. Dobbins & R. Bateman. The video is, naturally, an old American Bandstand style lip sync rendition, but still fun to watch nonetheless.
Please Mister Postman, look and see (Oh yeah) If there's a letter in your bag for me (Please, Please Mister Postman) Why's it takin' such a long time (Oh yeah) For me to hear from that boy of mine
There must be some word today From my boyfriend so far away Pleas Mister Postman, look and see If there's a letter, a letter for me
I've been standin' here waitin' Mister Postman So patiently For just a card, or just a letter Sayin' he's returnin' home to me
(Mister Postman) Mister Postman, look and see (Oh yeah) If there's a letter in your bag for me (Please, Please Mister Postman) Why's it takin' such a long time (Oh yeah) For me to hear from that boy of mine
So many days you passed me by See the tears standin' in my eyes You didn't stop to make me feel better By leavin' me a card or a letter
(Mister Postman) Mister Postman, look and see (Oh yeah) If there's a letter in your bag for me (Please, Please Mister Postman) Why's it takin' such a long time
(Why don't you check it and see one more time for me, you gotta) Wait a minute Wait a minute Wait a minute Wait a minute (Mister Postman) Mister Postman, look and see
(C'mon deliver the letter, the sooner the better) Mister Postman ---o0o---
The most curious pop-ad I experienced this week. A toothsome, curly-haired young woman, staring entranced at a palm holding about $50,000 in $100 bills.
"...I don't care what the Idaho Statesman or the New York Times say...I want you to stand fast and fight! Sure, they may be trying to railroad you with these trumped up charges, but please!!!!! stay the course! Do not resign or apologize! You fought valiantly against same sex marriage..."
As it turns out, the Senator did just that. After hinting that he would resign at the end of September (much to the relief of the Republican high command as well as the rank and file), Senator Craig backed off from his earlier promises and has decided to stand fast. To the horror of the G.O.P., the Senator will remain an issue throughout the election cycle, until his term expires in January, 2009. Throughout the upcoming election, voters will be treated to callbacks of the oral and anal outrages Senator Craig villified (in his public life, at least), not to mention replays of the foot tapping bathroom-cruising episode, and as always, a list of the G.O.P. miscreants who have been caught in gay acts over the last year!
Do we think that All This Is That played a small part in the Senator's decision to remain in the Senate? We'd like to think so! But then, we never did receive that personally autographed photo. In case you think we are being disingenuous, please understand that we want nothing more than for the Senator to remain in office as long as possible. Go, Senator, Go! As Frank Valli wrote: "Walk like a man/fast as I can/walk like a man from you..."
Go, Senator, Go! This is going to be a lot of fun. Not only have you helped open up a national debate on gay rights and other issues, but you have helped educate the American public on cruising behavior. Many more of us now know what it means when that black oxford in the next stall begins tapping and sidling over.
Other recent articles here on Senator Larry Craig:
Stubbs BBQ (Great outdoor shows. I've been to five shows there, and they were all excellent. A great crowd, mixing cowboys, students, fans, and tourists. Grab a Shiner's Bock and enjoy.)
Jimmy LaFave playing with Lucinda Williams and Kevin Welch at Austin's Hole In The Wall (one of my favorite Austin dives, and where Roger Wallace plays regularly) Hole In The Wall (A most excellent dive, a couple of blocks from Ruby's BBQ, my second favorite Austin barbecue spot...after The Salt Lick).
Guero's (An indoor restaurant with very good Tex-Mex food. But I usually hang out at their outdoor music court with excellent slurpy-machine Margaritas. Guero's is located next door to my favorite hotel, The Hotel San Jose).
The Continental Club (Across the street from The San Jose and the Austin Motel, and Guero's...often featuring classic country and Texas Blues).
Beerland (A great rockin' club, near Stubbs and Emo's. Beer and rock...a classic pairing).
Emo's (Punk, alt, rock down the block from Stubbs).
Antone's (A classic Austin joint, often with big touring shows).
Ginny's Little Longhorn Saloon (The Austin home of honky-tonk. A great dive. If you're lucky, you might be there on a night when Dale Watson is playing. There is never a cover. Don't miss Sundays, when they play Chicken S**t Bingo,...wherever the chicken defecates is the next number).
Here are two new Jeri Kehn Thompson photographs--one in full-lizard mode, and one in Jackie Kennedy arm-candy mode--as well as links to our earlier Kehn photo round-ups.
Del Brummet and The Isla Nublars have released a new song, Evolution, a funny (and maybe just a little sad) song about a bird wistfully thinking back on his dinosaur ancestors and how they ruled the earth and did just what they wanted. Click here to hear the song.
A history of Dino rock icons The Isla Nublars (from their MySpace site):
"After starting out in their parent's basement in Seattle, The Isla Nublars found themselves at the top of the the Dino rock scene in 2007 with their debut album, Abducted!. The band's latest album, Delicious, fuses Del Brummet's introspective lyrics with jangling guitars to somehow pump out a bevy of chart-topping gems. With standout tracks like "Space The Infinite Frontier," already certified platinum in Europe, The Isla Nublars can count on loads of future success. "
I have always had a soft spot for Lindsay Buckingham's music. Here is my favorite Fleetwood Mac song (a YouTube fan video, of course...but you do get to hear the song). The video beneath this is him performing the same song 20 years later on 1997's FM reunion tour. He was having a far, far better hair day!
Go Your Own Way by Lindsey Buckingham
Loving you Isnt the right thing to do How can I ever change things That I feel
If I could Maybe Id give you my world How can i When you wont take it from me
You can go your own way Go your own way You an call it Another lonely day You can go your own way Go your own way
Tell me why Everything turned around Packing up Shacking up is all you wanna do
If I could Baby Id give you my world Open up Everythings waiting for you
You can go your own way Go your own way You an call it Another lonely day You can go your own way Go your own way ---o0o---
1. any of the various portable devices for raising or lifting heavy objects short heights, using various mechanical, pneumatic or hydraulic methods: an automobile jack. 2. Also called knave. a playing card bearing the picture of a soldier or servant. 3. A connecting device in an electrical circuit designed for the insertion of a plug: a telephone jack. 4. Informal. fellow; buddy; man. The fictional CEO of Jack In The Box
Little Jack Horner
5. a) One of a set of small, six-pointed metal objects or pebbles used in the game of jacks. b) jacks, a children's game in which objects are tossed and gathered while bouncing a rubber ball. 6. any of several carangid fishes, of the genus Caranx. 7. Slang for money.
Jack Kerouac
8. a small flag flown at the bow of a vessel, symbolizing its nationality.
9. A sailor.
10. Lumberjack.
Jack The Ripper
Jack Paar
11. Jackass. A foolish person. A mule or donkey.
12. Jacklight.
13. a device for turning a spit.
14. a small white bowl or ball used as an aiming mark for lawn bowlers.
Jack Nicholson
Jack Lemmon
15. a young male salmon before its migration.
16. Falconry. the male of a kestrel, hobby, or a merlin.
17. Slang. nothing: You don't know jack. Jack squat. Jack shit.
Jack Black
18. Slang. a physically attractive and desirable male.
19. to lift or move (something) with or as if with a jack (often followed by up): to jack up a car. 20. to increase, raise or accelerate (prices, wages, speed, etc.) Usually used with the word "up," Jacked-up, sped up.
Jack Dempsey
21. to boost the morale of; encourage, usually followed by up.
22. to hunt or fish with a jacklight.
23. Slang. to steal, or to have something stolen.
Jack Benny Jack Straw
24. Slang. to mess up something or someone: You got jacked. 25. to hunt or fish with a jacklight. 26. jack off, Slang: to masturbate. 27. Carpentry. having a height or length less than that of most of the others in a structure: jack rafter; jack truss. 28. Middle English Jakke used in addressing any male, and particularly a social inferior,
An index of Jack's poems published here over the last three years. 
Jeri Kehn
