December 31, 2003

Blogging is for Jerks and Lesbians

Homer Simpson was right about public transit being for jerks and lesbians. But that truism also translates to blogging.

Posted by Lord Maniac at 07:36 PM

December 12, 2003

Mark Lanegan in Vancouver

Last night my wife and I went to see The Mark Lanegan Band at Richard's on Richards. Mark's my favourite singer, living or dead, and hopefully he'll be around for a long time, unlike his contemporaries. I hope he's kicked the heroin that took his close friends, Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley. He has that kind of "mask-like" skin - the same look Scott Weiland has. I guess it's an earmark of the drug.
The show was excellent, with Enemy opening for Mark's band and two of their 3 members performing double-duty in Lanegan's band. Mark sang about his usual topics - sadness, woe, regret, heroin and Catholic guilt. He looked like a post-grunge Clint Eastwood, smoking Marlboros and drinking bottled water between belting out songs in his trademark, whiskey trained voice. I can't figure out why he hasn't hit it big, and why he was playing to a crowd of 150 or so, while a few days before Shania Twain played two shows at GM Place. Maybe Mark needs a sexy makeover...

Posted by Lord Maniac at 11:24 PM

December 11, 2003

Dump Truck Haiku

Rock hits the windshield
That dump truck should have a tarp
Thank you Jatinder

Posted by Lord Maniac at 06:04 PM

Another Strange Dream

This one occurred a while ago but I've been a little lax in updating my entries, so my apologies to the three or so people who read my site.
So anyway, I had this dream where I was staying with someone - not sure who it was - some family where there was at least a dad (I think he looked like Brian Doyle Murray) and a basement. I asked for a toilet facility to be set up in the basement so I'd have somewhere to pee. Well, the guy set up a duffel bag filled with towels and old rags for me to pee in. So I used it but all the pee started leaking out and running across the cement floor. And I was the one who felt guilty for making a mess. Dr, Freud, are you in the house?

Posted by Lord Maniac at 05:57 PM