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Return To The Knife Planet

October 20, 2009October 7, 2011 Pooch 6 Comments

Shonen Knife ticket and concert flyers You may recall the first time I took a trip to Shonen Knife Planet back in 2007 (if not, the URL in the preceding text will helpfully take you back to that time). Last night I booked a return trip, as Shonen Knife came back to town in support of their latest record, Super Group (which I also reviewed here not too long ago).

Charted!

October 19, 2009November 30, 2012 Chief Oddball 2 Comments

Last week I succumbed to the powerful marketing pressure being exerted upon me by Toys ‘R’ Us. Now, this might sound a bit strange coming from a 29-year-old dude. After all, “getting my Toys ‘R’ Us fix” hasn’t been part of my list of things to do since sometime in the mid 1980s.

Kindred

October 10, 2009October 10, 2009 Chief Oddball 2 Comments

I was on my way home in my GTO this afternoon, with my windows down despite the near-100 degree temperatures of southwest Florida, when I spotted an interesting vehicular duo up ahead. In the lane to my right was a bright red classic Camaro — about a ’68, probably — with a tremendous loping exhaust note and beefy rear tires.

Comedycast

September 28, 2009September 28, 2009 Chief Oddball

About two weeks ago, shortly after we returned from our trip to Michigan, disaster struck. Our Internet connection started going down every morning, sometimes for more than an hour, and suffering from flaky speeds on a seemingly random basis. Now, I realize that this is a pretty generous definition of “disaster” when you get right down to it.

“We’re Going BACKWARD in Time.”

September 23, 2009October 7, 2011 Chief Oddball

So said James T. Kirk, he of much maudlin sleeve-rippage in “The Naked Time,” upon discovering that the Enterprise was on its way back to November 5, 1955. Er, no. That was something else, something that I believe involved — of all the preposterous things — a stainless steel car.

Ketchup

September 20, 2009October 7, 2011 Chief Oddball 7 Comments

No. It’s not a post about condiments. It’s yet another: Random Posting Surprise™. As in, I’ll start writing something and surprise myself as to what it’s about. I once again started slacking off on posting here after a fairly good start back when I last updated the Oddball Update’s design.

Review: The Beatles: Rock Band

September 13, 2009October 7, 2011 Chief Oddball 4 Comments

I spent last week (mostly) on vacation in my Michigan home town, where I had the opportunity to get together with my good friends for a rousing day of Rock Band 2. We spent a great many hours jamming on the massive array of songs (many of which were DLC) offered by the game, which all served to remind me of how much fun these music games are.

“Super Group” Ist Super!

August 31, 2009October 26, 2011 Pooch

In case you’ve missed me endlessly talking about it on my Twitter account recently, Super Group — the most recent record by Shonen Knife — was released in America last week on Good Charamel Records. Super Group Japan cover However you look at it, though, this review is late.

Beetlemania

August 31, 2009September 29, 2011 Pooch 2 Comments

(Note: I orignally wrote this nearly seven years ago, and published it on an old version of my own web site. With the Beatles remasters coming — and because I don’t blog on my site anymore — I thought it might be fitting to give this a new home at Oddball Update.

Wunder Radio Ist Wunderbar

August 29, 2009September 29, 2011 Chief Oddball 1 Comment

I discovered a really cool iPhone application on Friday. It’s called Wunder Radio, and it allows you to stream tens of thousands of radio stations from all over the world right to your phone — even over the cellular network. There’s a little something for everyone here.

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