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patchdrury.com is no more

2009-04-19T09:52:00.005-04:00

What has replaced it?

Okay, that's not exactly true. Patchdrury.com isn't going anywhere. It's going to stay right here and serve as an archive of my blogging over the past four years. All new blogging, however is going to be happening over at patchdrury.net.

That may seem like a random silly change, but basically, I've figured out that, to some degree, my lack of blogging over the past six months has been partly caused by how un-user-friendly my current blogging setup is (for me).

For a while now I've like some of the features that Tumblr offers. There have always been little things that kept me from making the switch. I didn't want to lose my old blog. I wanted my page to look more personalized instead of easily recognizable as a Tumblr blog. For the most part, with the help of some third party apps, I feel like I've made some inroads around those issues - so as of today, I'm making the switch to Tumblr and Patchdrury.net - and with that change comes the promise of much more regular blogging. I've actually gone ahead and backfilled the new blog with content to make the transition a little easier.

I know this only really matters to a small handful of people, but I enjoy blogging and this promises to make it easier for me. So, wahoo!

So to recap:

This blog is now an archive. All new blogging is taking place at patchdrury.net. Change your bookmarks.

so yeah...

2009-04-13T21:09:00.002-04:00

Sorry for the long pause in posting. Same excuse as usual these days, still trying to find a balance between a demanding new job, a demanding new house, and a demanding new wife (Ha!). And now it's only going to get worse because As of three weeks ago Sara and I have added a demanding new puppy to our family.

This is Penny Lane:

She's a miniature long-haired dachshund. She's nearly 12 weeks old at this point and a lot of fun. The breeder we bought her from had her almost completely pad-trained by the time we got her, so that's been awesome. Our first two nights with her involved a lot of whining due to the fact that she couldn't sleep in the bed with us - eventually Sara calmed down, though. Hey-o!!

mike's back!

2009-03-19T14:37:00.000-04:00

filet with mushroom sauce, potato croquettes, and asparagus

2009-03-12T21:39:00.002-04:00

Birthday dinner via the Black Tulip restaurant in Midway

pistachio-crusted goat cheese and spinach salad

2009-03-12T21:37:00.001-04:00

Birthday dinner via the Black Tulip restaurant in Midway.

who watches the watchmen?

2009-03-11T21:26:00.010-04:00

I did. Last night as a matter of fact. And I loved it. Watchmen was long said to be un-filmable; and no doubt, back in the eighties when the story debuted, that was probably true. Today, though, with the help of computer animation, a talented director and no fear of a two hour plus run time, the un-filmable has been filmed.

I was genuinely surprised at how true the movie was to it's source material. Doing a straight adaptation of Watchmen was gutsy. It's a challenging story. It's dark. It's a bit morally ambiguous in places (the book's real moral is played out by minor characters who are mostly left out of the movie). I assumed the movie would be Watchmen pushed through the filter of a Hollywood tent-pole action film - and yeah there was a little bit of that, but mostly it managed to stay pretty true to the heart of the book.

Apparently there's a lot of internet nerd-rage over the changes to the ending. I wish director Zack Snyder and company had stuck with Alan Moore's ending, but thought they managed to make their changes work.

Ultimately, as good as the movie is, the comic is better. Rorschach's origin, Ozymandias' speech at the end, the tour of Mars - all have a power on the page that just doesn't quite survive the translation to celluloid.

One place where the film departed from the comic to it's advantage was the opening credits. The filmmakers created original scenes that set-up the history of super heroes in the world of the Watchmen, set to Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changing." While all the scenes grew out of references in the actual story, none of them actually appeared anywhere in the book.

All said and done, Watchmen set it's sights pretty high and, for the most part, hit it's mark. I'm historically unimpressed with a lot of comic book movies - and if there was ever an adaptation with the potential to disapoint, it's one as ambitious as Watchmen. It's nice to be pleasantly surprised every once in a while.

spring=sprung.

2009-03-10T18:46:00.001-04:00

hanging on e street

2009-02-24T10:29:00.002-05:00

The Avett Brothers perform Glory Days:

This performance is from Bruce Springsteen's website. They're currently featuring other artist covering Springsteen songs and talking about how they were influenced by the Boss. Totally awesome.

breakfast with joaquin

2009-02-20T11:24:00.001-05:00

st. awesome's seedy underbelly

2009-02-19T20:55:00.000-05:00

m.ward on letterman

2009-02-19T10:04:00.001-05:00

I totally missed M.Ward on Letterman last night. Man, that guy can do it live!

where i do what i do

2009-02-18T20:05:00.002-05:00

I admit to having a weird fascination with seeing other people's offices. A few years ago a comic book website I visit did a series of articles where they showed pictures of various comic book creators' work spaces. It was like some kind of nerdy weird porn for me.

So, just in case anybody else finds that kind of thing interesting you can click on the picture below and it'll take you to my Flickr page where you can see a series of pictures of my office. Roll your mouse over the pictures to see annotations describing various items.

kyle baker returns to super hero comics!

2009-02-15T19:59:00.001-05:00

As a result, a shark bites a T-Rex on the tail! Yes!

From Blogger Pictures

finally!

2009-02-15T14:33:00.002-05:00

From Blogger Pictures

valentine's day

2009-02-15T11:26:00.002-05:00

Sara and I had some all-day Valentine's Day plans that kind of fell through. So we decided instead to have a romantic dinner at home:

Sautéed chicken, mushrooms in cream sauce, and olive tapenade. It was delicious! After dinner I posted a little Valentine's Day note to Facebook and then realized that's what my blog is for. Stupid Facebook! Anyway, here it is:

I just finished cleaning up the kitchen after having a home cooked Valentine's dinner with Sara. As I turned off the lights in the kitchen I left the one over the sink on. My parents used to do that so when I do it, it reminds me of the house I grew up in. It feels homey.

Sara and I have been married for a little over 200 days. The only word I can think of to describe it to this point is idyllic. It's been a dream.

I realize that we're still deep in the honeymoon phase. I say that just because I know some of you are thinking it. Despite how new this marriage is, I like to think I know a few things about being married. My first marriage lasted for eight years. I remember the early giddy parts and I remember the bitter end. So, yeah, the new hasn't worn off yet, but that doesn't negate the fact that I'm married to possibly the most incredible woman God ever put together out of sugar, and spice, and tabasco sauce.

I'm not easy to live with. I'm a know-it-all. I'm self-centered. I'm set in my ways. But every day Sara gets up, straps on her boots, and does the hard work of being my wife like she was made for it.

A few weeks ago Glen pointed out to me that when you work for a church it can sometimes seem like you have 100 bosses. Everybody has an opinion, it seems, and not all of them are kind. I don't have a lot of critics; the occasional person with a differing aesthetic, some really opinionated folks, a busybody or two from my past. When the rare criticism raises it's head, though, Sara is the first to defend me. Right or wrong, she takes my side. Sometimes publicly, sometimes just over my shoulder as I reading a critical email. Is there anything in the world more comforting than knowing somebody's on your team no matter what?

How awesome she is isn't just defined by all the ways she validates me, though. She's the most caring, concerned, earnest person I've ever known. I've dated some phonies in the past. I know some phonies now. Sara, though, as near as I can tell, doesn't have a fake bone in her body. She is who she is. What you see is what you get. And what you get is the most beautiful, sincere, caring, and sexy girl in the world.

Well, you don't get her. I do. Sorry.

Happy Valentine's Day!

meeting penny lane

2009-02-15T11:16:00.003-05:00

So, Sara and I are getting a dog. We had originally agreed to wait until we had been married a year, but the stars all aligned a little earlier, so come March 21st we will be bringing home the newest addition to our family: a miniature long haired dachshund that we've decided to name Penny Lane.

As of this writing, Penny Lane is a little over two weeks old. We get her when she's eight weeks old. Apparently that's kind of the "everything's ok with the average puppy" point that a lot of breeders are comfortable handing them off at.

Last Friday Sara and I drove to Morehead to meet Penny Lane for the first time:

Sara fell in love instantly. She sits around the house thinking about puppies and watching videos on Youtube of dachshunds. It's pretty pitiful to watch.

And while it's not to the degree that Sara is, obviously, I'm pretty anxious myself to have Penny Lane around. I fell in love with Sara's mom's dogs. So, it'll be nice to have one of our own running around.

tv on the radio on tv

2009-02-11T10:22:00.002-05:00

I was less than impressed TV On The Radio's performance on Saturday Night Live. Something was lost in the translation. Here they are on The Colbert Report, though, being interviewed and making a much better musical showing, I think:

this one time...

2009-02-05T02:23:00.001-05:00

All my favorite people were in one room and Charlie sang the best Van Morrison song of them all:

The Healing Has Begun from Patrick Drury on Vimeo.

And that wasn't even the best part! Because next this girl came in the room...

for sara

2009-02-04T00:12:00.000-05:00

i predict 2008

2009-02-03T23:49:00.003-05:00

For the first time since I quit writing for the Harlan Daily I decided to go back and reread some columns. It wasn't as painful in hindsight as I thought it would be.

I found one column, written at the end of 2007, where I made a bunch of predictions about 2008. There's a really bone-headed section where I somehow missed the fact that just because we were going to have an election in 2008, the Presidency wouldn't actually change hands until 2009. What can I say? Coherent thought has never been my thing.

At any rate, I invite you to read back over this column and count the predictions I got right. Here's a clue: Not many.

Here are my predictions for 2008:

The US housing market will continue to plummet until all current homeowners are forced out of their properties and into apartment buildings. This will spur some scientest to finally look into why the hallways of apartment buildings always smell like ethnic food.

Britney Spears' brother Brian will reveal that he's pregnant.

Britney Spears herself will be rushed to the hospital after a near chocking incident caused by trying to eat an orange pool float she thought was a giant Cheeto.

Two days into our marriage my current fiance/future wife will wake up screaming after realizing in a dream what a terrible mistake she's made. It will be too late.

The writer's strike in Hollywood will continue but Jay Leno's monologue will return to late night television when producers realize that the chimpanzee who writes it isn't actually a member of the writer's guild.

After stepping down from the Presidency, George Bush will retire from public life and write his memoirs. A printing mishap will result in the cover of his book being put on a Curious George children's book. No one will notice the error, including George Bush himself. Instead he'll pine wistfully away for the day he flew over the city holding a bunch of helium balloons and wonder whatever happed to the man in yellow.

A new President will take office and whether it's a Democrat or a Republican one group of pundits will love him/her no matter what he/she does and another group will hate him/her no matter what he/she does. Names will be called, excuses will be made, I'll still pay too many taxes, and politicians will make more money than soldiers. Despite my ferverent suggestion, American politics will not go screw itself.

Stem cell research will make huge leaps forward as Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computers collaborates with scientest to create the world's first iFetus. This completely artificial life-form will put an end to all controversial harvesting techniques, allowing scientest and researchers to finally harness the power of human stem cells. And it'll play mp3's.

Lindsay Lohan will return to rehab but leave again once she finds the earring she lost.

I will punch a horse. The horse will have it coming.

There will be famine, war, and pestilence. But there will also be Oreos, so it kind of evens out.

Someone you know will buy a hybrid vehicle. For some reason this will fill you with the unexplicable sense that they think they're better than you. You won't have long to ponder these feelings, though, because you have to go to the bank and take out a second mortgage on your home to pay for fill ups.

Killer Bees!

In an attempt to become more carbon neutral I will stop using my combustion engine powered toaster.

Sex!

HD DVD will emerge as the preferred high definition movie format, beating out Blue Ray and pounding the last nail in the coffin of my long hoped for Beta Max revival.

Dolphins will win the right to vote, but it will turn out that they're all Libertarians and the effect on American elections will be minimal at best.

Humanity will finally evolve to the point that every one of us finally realizes that every other human being on the planet is a person with hopes, dreams, and fears just like them and will then start acting accordingly. Then, right before we, as a unified people, really start to make a difference in the world, some idiot blows the whole planet up.

The End.

in case you were wondering...

2009-02-03T20:15:00.003-05:00

Right there next to me? That's what a master stylist looks like

Sara passed her final state boards today and I'm so proud of her. She was really nervous about it because, well, that's what Sara does. She gets nervous. She cares a lot and wants to do her best at everything. I knew she had nothing to worry about, though. That's my girl!

blog cloud

2009-02-03T15:58:00.002-05:00

Here's a word cloud representing my blog. The bigger a word is, the more it appears on my blog. Clicking it makes it bigger (that's what she said).

listening to:

2009-01-23T23:14:00.002-05:00

SeeqPod - Playable Search

yes, we can!

2009-01-23T11:21:00.002-05:00

Somebody made an Obama doll aaaaand a Dick Cheney doll!

Just kidding folks. Several days into a new administration and my life feels pretty much the same. Not that I expected anything else. Here's wishing Obama well. I think he makes a pretty poor messiah, but I'm hoping he'll make a good President. We can always use one of those, right?

behold comedy genius

2009-01-22T23:22:00.001-05:00

Demetri Martin has a new series coming to Comedy Central on February 11th. Yay!

rick! it's miley! and other soup catchphrases

2009-01-19T21:55:00.004-05:00

Last night, as part of a Christmas present, Sara and I accompanied ET and Vlad to Cincinnati to see Joel Mchale, the host of E!'s The Soup perform standup.

Sara and I are big fans of McHale's dry, snarky skewering of pop culture and so is ET. So when we heard him announce at the end of an episode of The Soup that he'd be performing in Cincinnati, we knew what we had to do.

It was a night of bad hibachi, good comedy, and inclement weather. McHale was considerably more manic than he is on TV, but entertaining nonetheless. He covered topics such as why his son Eddie may be retarded, why Tyra Banks hates him, and the shaving of his mother-in-law's adam's apple. We laughed a lot. Here's a few pics and a couple of seconds of McHale yukkin' it up with his fans after the show. Notice the split second of searing eye contact!

Joel Mchale works the crowd from Patrick Drury on Vimeo.

oh wow...

2009-01-14T21:17:00.002-05:00

I don't watch American Idol and have no intention of doing so in the near future - but by God, missing Ryan Seacrest try to high-five a blind guy is enough to make me somewhat sorry.

proof i was there

2009-01-09T15:26:00.002-05:00

Gerald, the bass player for Sunday Valley, linked to some pictures from their reunion show up on Facebook. Check out this one and see if you recognize anybody in the crowd...

aaaaaghhhh!!!!

2009-01-03T16:56:00.000-05:00

going in

2008-12-31T10:17:00.003-05:00

Reading:

You'll Like This Film Because You're In It: The Be Kind Rewind Protocols

I Shall Destroy All Civilized Planets

Listening to:

Jim Avett and Family

okay, i didn't expect that

2008-12-30T00:01:00.004-05:00

The video below is apparently of Ryan Gosling's band Dead Man's Bones. I found the video on my friend Cameron's blog. She didn't like the song, in spite of wanting to. Oddly enough, there's nothing about the phrase "Ryan Gosling's band" that fills me with any kind of hope - but I'll be damned if I didn't kind of like it. It's got a pleasantly dark Nick Cave feel to it. And the creepy little children's choir with the masks is a nice touch. I don't know that I'm ready to buy an album, but I at least want to hear a little more.

In The Room Where You Sleep (live video version)

sunday valley reunion show

2008-12-29T22:44:00.003-05:00

Saturday night Sara, Charley, ET, Dirty, Dan, Jen, and I headed over to the new Dame to see Sunday Valley reunited for the first time in what? A year? More?

The new Dame still feels a little too much like the old A1A to me and I can't shake the feeling that I'm in somebody's basement - but I'm glad they found a place to set up shop.

Sunday Valley did two sets. The first one was good, but as I've pointed out here before, the older I get the more trouble I have ignoring my fellow concert goers and concentrating on the show. A few rowdy idiots can really distract me a good concert.

The crowd calmed down by the second set, though, and I really enjoyed myself. The band really seemed to be having a good time too, so that made it especially nice. It's a shame that Sunday Valley isn't still together, but if I can get a once-a-year reunion show as good as the one we got this weekend, then I'll be fine. Here's some pics and a video:

Sunday Valley reunion show from Patrick Drury on Vimeo.

like they never left

2008-12-27T22:42:00.000-05:00

merry christmas, you filthy animals

2008-12-25T09:03:00.000-05:00

so this is christmas

2008-12-24T21:55:00.005-05:00

After three days of prep and three services my first Christmas Eve on staff at St. Awesome's is done. it was exhausting but extremely rewarding.

After the services Sara and I headed to Miyako with Charley and Dirty to get some sushi. It felt like the beginning of a nice tradition. Now Charley and I are watching some mindless TV and drinking wine while Sara finishes wrapping some presents. Everybody is nicely copacetic.

If I haven't had a chance to tell you in person, I hope your Christmas is magical and I hope you get everything you want. I also hope you give some people some stuff too. Apparently that's the better thing to do.

Love you all, happy holidays!

busy, busy, busy, render, render, render...

2008-12-22T14:39:00.000-05:00

currently reading:

2008-12-09T22:14:00.004-05:00

From the official website: "The Year of Living Biblically answers the question: What if a modern-day American followed every single rule in the Bible as literally as possible. Not just the famous rules – the Ten Commandments and Love Thy Neighbor (though certainly those). But the hundreds of oft-ignored ones: don’t wear clothes of mixed fibers. Grow your beard. Stone adulterers. A.J. Jacobs’ experiment is surprising, informative, timely and funny. It is both irreverent and reverent. It seeks discover what’s good in the Bible and what is maybe not so relevant to 21st century life. And it will make you see the Good Book with new eyes. Thou shalt not put it down."

Sara tears in!

2008-12-02T17:43:00.000-05:00

happy birthday baby!

2008-12-02T15:40:00.005-05:00

You know that feeling when your favorite band plays on Conan O'Brien for the first time or something? You're proud but kind of resent that all the philistines at home are getting to hear them without putting all the time into serious fandom that you have? And you feel slightly superior to them because they're not aware of the band's history or how awesome and complex they really are?

No? Just me? Okay.

Well today a large handful of folks are all wishing Sara happy birthday on Facebook.

No, I don't resent them at all - but I am really proud of Sara and how many people love her and want to wish her happy birthday. And I can't help but feel slightly superior to them all because no matter how awesome they might think Sara is, they don't get to see her the way I do. They don't get to appreciate the subtleties and nuances that come from spending every day with her. They'll never see her get keyed and start picking at me when she's bored, They'll never see the little hoppy dance she does when she's being silly, and they'll never see her trying to hide her tears when something utterly ridiculous on TV makes her cry.

Happy birthday, baby, I love you. Thanks for thinking I'd make a good husband.

it's a christmas miracle!

2008-12-01T21:08:00.001-05:00

SUNDAY VALLEY REUNION SHOW!!!!

DECEMBER 27TH AT THE DAME!!!!

best albums of 2008

2008-11-28T23:36:00.004-05:00

It's that time of year again! Time when every moron with a blog thinks you actually give a crap what albums he liked this year! Hooray!

My brief foray into the world of album reviewing taught me one thing: I'm not good at reviewing music. At best I can think of a couple of snarky jokes about a band and then pepper them into four paragraphs of the most ambiguous pablum you've ever read. So this year I thought I'd get Shticky and write superlatives for the albums that got my attention this year. WHAT A GREA IDEA!!

Okkervil River - The Stand Ins: Most likely to be followed up by an album in which dirty is mentioned in the liner notes.
I love me some Okkervil River. And so does Dirty. Wanna know how you can tell? Because he stopped ogling a bartender in a really short skirt long enough to tell the guitar player what a fan he was one night in Cincinnati. He doesn't do that for just anybody, you know. The Stand Ins was a follow-up to last years The Stage Names. Both albums probably represent the band at their most accessible, if you care about that sort of thing. If you're a music snob let me instead direct you to one of their obscure earlier albums that's 12 tracks of an old man reading a dish washer warranty over a bed of ukulele music

Conor Oberst - self titled: Most likely to start using his real name, get his hair out of his eyes and start wearing cowboy boots. Okay, I know Oberst's last album as Bright Eyes, Casadega, really represented the seemingly obvious transition from folky-emo dude to alt-country dude, but the superlative works better if it seems like his first album without the Bright Eyes moniker was the one where he quit whining so much. This album housed possibly my favorite song of the year: I Don't Want To Die (In A Hospital). It's a great song and it's true - I totally don't want to die (in a hospital).

TV On The Radio - Dear Science: Most likely to be so totally awesome that if you can't find at least one song on the album that you like then you and I probably should reconsider our friendship. The best song on the album is Crying. There I just did the hard work for you. Now go buy the album and enjoy it without all the pressure of having to think for yourself. Honestly, this was such a good album that it should be a crime. TV On The Radio strikes me as such a creative and original band that if they didn't exist I imagine the universe would have to create them in order to fill the abhorrent void.

Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride: Most likely to have a really long career. John Darnielle and company earn their superlative not because they're awesome and deserve a long career (but they totally do) but because It's hard to imagine Darnielle not making music. There are plenty of artist out there who are probably more prolific than the Mountain Goats (Ryan Adams and Robert Pollard come to mind) but the way the MG's catalogue spans the kooky to the uncomfortably vulnerable seems to imply compulsion. There's something in John Darnielle and it needs to get out. That's what she said.

My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges: Most likely to suggest that in an alternate universe The Allman Brothers could have been Prince's back-up band. Think about it!!!!!

Albums that were enjoyed but didn't earn superlatives:
Ben Folds - Way To Normal
Avett Brothers - Second Gleam
Wolf Parade - At Mt. Zoomer

thanksgiving

2008-11-28T22:04:00.003-05:00

I'm currently sitting on the couch with Sara feeling about as cozy as humanly possible. We had a long, but nice day yesterday. I got up at 5:30 to put a 20 lb bird in the oven in hopes that it would be ready by 12:30 when my parents, Sam Handwich, and Sara's mom, aunt, and uncle arrived.

This year represented a lot of firsts: Sara's and my first Thanksgiving as a married couple, our first time hosting a dinner party, and the first time our respective families sat down together over a meal. Everything turned out awesome for the most part. I'm my toughest critic when it comes to cooking so naturally I wasn't happy with most of the food, but everyone else seemed to like it.

Also, I really need to learn how to carve a bird. I totally mutilated that thing. I'm the Jeffery Dahmer of poultry.

After lunch Sara and I took a little nap then headed to Lawrenceburg for supper with the larger Drury family. By the time we got home later that night we were both exhausted.

Today, Friday, represented something rare - a day when Sara and I, neither one, had anything to do. With her working in a hair salon and me working at St. Awesome's we only share one day off - and due to the nature of our work (me having three days to prep for two days worth of services and her still building a clientele) that day off almost always sees one of us going into work for an hour or finishing up a project from the couch. Today, though, neither one of us had anything to do and. It. Was. Glorious.

We slept in, we watched stupid marathons, we ate leftovers, and we generally acted like the lazy slobs we rarely have the opportunity to be. When we did leave the house it was for two reasons - to buy a new TV (early Christmas present to each other) and to get a Christmas tree. There are picture-posts below this one of each of those items.

After we put up the tree we sat on the couch and watched It's A Wonderful Life. Maybe one of us cried, maybe both of us did. It was all pretty touch and go there for a bit, so I'm not sure.

We had a very generous offer to hang out with the Colonels and our new friends Dan and Jen tonight. We hated to miss the togetherness, but can't deny that we needed today - a real day off where we could focus on just being together and taking care of each other.

So a day after Thanksgiving I'm still feeling really thankful. Thankful for my marriage to the most beautiful woman on the planet. Thankful that we both have jobs we love. Thankful that in spite of the shape a lot of the country is in, we're still able to do nice things for each other. And thankful for a chance to sit and take a few deep breaths before the sprint into Christmas.

We both go back to work tomorrow morning, so I'm gonna sign off and go soak in the last few hours of this day.

Happy holidays!

tree is go

2008-11-28T17:58:00.001-05:00

christmas came early!

2008-11-28T14:31:00.000-05:00

in process

2008-11-27T08:33:00.000-05:00

bird is in the brine!

2008-11-26T09:02:00.001-05:00

Sara loves wlex

2008-11-24T22:05:00.000-05:00

Brady- Stayin' alive

2008-11-23T21:36:00.000-05:00

do you wanna dance video

2008-11-23T16:09:00.002-05:00

My friend Dave and I made this video to roll behind our band playing the Ramones' version of Do You Wanna Dance at St. Awesome's this weekend. Here it is, with the Ramones track laid over it for effect:

Do You Wanna Dance? from Patrick Drury on Vimeo.

bonnie prince billy - a change is gonna come

2008-11-22T10:29:00.002-05:00

Check out The Colonel's video of Bonnie Prince Billy doing Sam Cook's A Change Is Gonna Come:

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - "A Change Is Gonna Come" from Bret Foster on Vimeo.

There were some sound issues so he and his band did the first three songs with no mics and no amps. It was hard to hear obviously but made you really respect his dedication.

Bonnie Prince Billy - no mics

2008-11-21T23:04:00.000-05:00

I'm in a porta potty

2008-11-21T22:33:00.000-05:00

free dr. pepper - thanks axl!

2008-11-21T18:32:00.003-05:00

Dr. Pepper is making good on it's promise to give everyone in the country a free soda as a result of Chinese Democracy dropping before the end of 2008. Details here.

more knobbing around final cut

2008-11-18T20:53:00.000-05:00

It made Sara laugh at least...

I totally used a green screen! from Patrick Drury on Vimeo.

here's what we did at work today

2008-11-16T15:50:00.000-05:00

patch and sara: now with video chat

2008-11-13T20:56:00.003-05:00

Sara and I totally just sat on the couch next to each other and video-chatted. The feedback was a little annoying but the intimacy-killing lack of eye-contact was oddly comfortable...

And yes, I apparently have an email in my box with the words, "Anthony is *hot*!!!" in it.

new watchmen trailer

2008-11-13T20:46:00.001-05:00

The graphic novel they said was un-filmable is coming to theaters. Looks awesome.

google talk now has video chat

2008-11-13T20:37:00.001-05:00

nice

2008-11-13T19:56:00.000-05:00

Ray Charles does Elenor Rigby:

now, when I open a beer, it stays open

2008-11-11T22:35:00.001-05:00

B gave me a real-life, honest-to-goodness professional bartender bottle opener! Now I feel just like a real enabler!

happy birfday, steve

2008-11-08T20:54:00.000-05:00

the day after

2008-11-05T14:25:00.005-05:00

Figured I should say something about the election. I thought last night was great. From all appearances the country experienced record turn out at the poles and proved that a majority of the voting public are colorblind enough to elect a black president. It really was a historic day.

I decided I was voting for Obama prior to the last debate. He wasn't a perfect candidate by any means (nobody ever is), but I feel like he represents the kind of leadership our country needs in a still-evolving post 9/11 landscape. I liked several things about McCain and would have voted for him over a lot of democrats, had Obama not been the nominee. I was disappointed with how he ran a large part of his campaign, but thought his concession speech was classy and well-spoken.

Like most people, I'm glad the election is over. The cycle started earlier than ever this year and, as always, brought out the worst in some people.

Hopefully, going forward, whether your guy won or not, we can all try and maintain a little perspective. I make too many dumb decisions on a daily basis to really believe I'm infallible when it comes to elections. I'm guessing you probably do too. So instead of accusing my friends of "lacking discernment" or being "unable to see the truth" I'm gonna thank God for the grace that covers bad decisions and extend a little of my own when needed. We're all gonna be proven right and wrong multiple times over the next four years.

vote cast!

2008-11-04T15:17:00.000-05:00

this will never be useful

2008-11-02T18:29:00.001-05:00

... but it's fun. I'm messing around with Final Cut Express, trying to learn how not to suck.

Cloning from Patrick Drury on Vimeo.

happy halloween!

2008-10-31T10:32:00.003-04:00

It's the most wonderful time of year!

Halloween party was a great success. Recap in the coming days! This was the 9th one. that means next year... is... the 10 Year Anniversary!!!

Planning starts tomorrow!

heart break

2008-10-26T17:32:00.002-04:00

Jeff Mangum played in Lexington this week and I missed it. Like my friend Dan put it last night, "It's like having a chance to see John Lennon and missing it."

lunch @ bar louie

2008-10-21T14:35:00.000-04:00

yo.

2008-10-16T19:46:00.000-04:00

live-blogging the debate

2008-10-15T22:31:00.001-04:00

That's it. Remember folks, you're all more important to me than politics. Hopefully you all feel the same way...

live-blogging the debate

2008-10-15T22:28:00.002-04:00

This was clearly the superior debate format. Sitting down at a table, being allowed to respond to each other is so much better than the last two.

Both candidates missed an opportunity by not sneaking a tape player into the debate and playing the national anthem while they gave their closing remarks.

I'll conclude this debate with what my mother always said, "Get your hand out of yoru pants, Bobby!"

live-blogging the debate

2008-10-15T22:05:00.002-04:00

"No litmus test, but I don't think anyone who disagrees with me is qualified."

Did Obama just predict the death of multiple judges?

Obama seemed thoughtful and genuine about the topic of abortion. McCain kind of treated it like a club to beat Obama over the head with. I'm sorry, I know this'll make some eyes roll, but I resonated a lot more with Obama calling sex sacred and admitting there are good people on both sides of the issue than I did McCain's smug attempt to throw up a disproven story about Obama not wanting to give medical care to babies of botched abortions.

live-blogging the debate

2008-10-15T22:00:00.002-04:00

Holy crap! Joe is already voting for you, McCain! Stop talking about him!

live-blogging the debate

2008-10-15T21:51:00.002-04:00

McCain, if you wanted to run agains Clinton you should have run 12 years ago.

Obama may have never gone south of our border but I hear he can see Columbia from his house.

A billion dollars > human rights?

I'm gonna make a t-shirt that says, "I'm Joe The Plumber."

live-blogging the debate

2008-10-15T21:41:00.003-04:00

I like that Biden is from Scranton. He should totally do a guest spot on The Office.

Sara just called McCain a dummy for doing something that I do constantly.

Sarah Palin has gotten people involved in the political process that have never been involved before. In that sense she's kind of like a Fischer Price's My First Politician.

"Cockamamie."

live-blogging the debate

2008-10-15T21:28:00.002-04:00

I'd like to see some numbers on how much money Quincy Adams spent on negative ads.

Sara is freaking out!

We need to know the extent of McCain's relationship with G. Gordan Liddy, an unrepentant, state-sponsored terrorist who broke into buildings, subverted the constitution, plotted to kidnap protestor and kill a reporter, aaaaaaand just years ago, gave out advice on his radio show on how to shoot federal agents.

live-blogging the debate

2008-10-15T21:17:00.002-04:00

This isn't as fun as the foreign policy stuff from the first debate.

"I'm not President Bush. I could be his grandfather for crying out loud."

You shouldn't be able to brag about being against torture.

Bob Shieffer is friggin' awesome!!! "Are either of you willing to say it to their face!"

So wait, McCain just said he turned the campaign slimy because Obama wouldn't meet with him in town hall meetings? Yikes!

McCain has repudiated all out of bounds remarks except the ones he made.

live-blogging the debate

2008-10-15T21:14:00.002-04:00

"During the depression we had..." - How old is John McCain?

live-blogging the debate

2008-10-15T21:04:00.002-04:00

According to CNN's tingle-o-metr, Americans hate plumbers.

STOP SAYING "JOE THE PLUMBER!"

In response to Obama, there's a lot of distance between 200,000 a year and Exxon Mobile. You don't do yourself any favors by responding to the plumber question with that particular example.

live-blogging the debate

2008-10-15T21:01:00.002-04:00

I like the sitting. But I feel like they'e both going to tell me that they couldn't approve my loan or something.

McCain starts every debate with an update on who's in the hospital. That's how you know he's old.

live-blogging the debate

2008-10-15T20:58:00.002-04:00

I'm totally gonna do it again! Eat it suckas!!!!

Sorry, I have a social problem.

for dirty

2008-10-09T15:42:00.001-04:00

Uninstalled taps at Bar Louie.

trouble

2008-10-04T21:19:00.000-04:00

house pesto

2008-10-03T18:49:00.000-04:00

mellow mushroom

2008-10-03T18:12:00.000-04:00

donald miller on obama

2008-10-01T10:23:00.003-04:00

Just read a really interesting interview with Donald Miller, author of Blue Like Jazz and one of my personal heroes, all about why he's voting for Obama. I'm posting some highlights, but I think it's worth going to this link and reading the whole thing if you've been involved in any discussions about how a person's Christian faith affects their voting in the coming election. I'm not putting these forward as my thoughts. These are Don's. Maybe I agree with them, maybe I don't. That's not the point. The point is that here's an opportunity for you to read some comments from a thoughtful, committed Christian on a challenging topic. Enjoy!

On the issue of abortion, he is the only candidate who has a plan to reduce the number of abortions. John McCain's only plan is the same old trick: say that you are pro life and offer no plan at all other than to criminalize abortion. I simply think that plan hasn't worked, and we have to face that fact and look for other ways to make progress.

I do wish Obama were pro-life. His plan to reduce the rate of abortion is a great step for the party, but I also wish he would defend the unborn to a greater degree.

Today on the news I heard a pastor say you could not possibly be a Christian and vote for Barack Obama. I cringed when I heard it, because yesterday in Colorado I met with about thirty African-American pastors who love Jesus and know Jesus, who will be voting for Barack. I wondered what they might think when they hear something like that, an angry white man telling them they do not know Jesus, and that they are going to hell.

Many of my friends will vote for McCain, and members of my family too. But it doesn't matter to me. Family comes first, and so do friends. When I'm on my deathbed, Barack Obama and John McCain won't be there, but my friends and family will. So they come first, and they are more important.

murdered in the city video

2008-09-30T15:39:00.000-04:00

Watch the video to the Avett Brother's Murdered In The City here.

matt fraction knows stuff

2008-09-30T11:04:00.001-04:00

Like a good album when he hears one. Go here to hear him sing the praises of Dear Science.

new tv on the radio

2008-09-26T23:30:00.003-04:00

The best track on the new TV On The Radio album:

Song's called Crying, album's called Dear Science. Good stuff!

presidential debate - LIVE!!!

2008-09-26T22:47:00.003-04:00

It's finally over for me. I apparently paused the tv for a total of 17 minutes.

Did Obama just tap McCain on the bottom and say, "Good game?"

No real opinion on who won. Well, except you, my readers... And by "you, my readers" I mean "The Colonel."

Presidential debate - LIVE!!!

2008-09-26T22:40:00.002-04:00

Wait, McCain was a POW? What?

presidential debate - LIVE!!!

2008-09-26T22:32:00.002-04:00

I shouldn't have paused so much. The debate is over for the rest of the world and I'm still watching it.

presidential debate - LIVE!!!

2008-09-26T22:27:00.000-04:00

I've totally zoned out during the Russia stuff.

presidential debate - LIVE!!!

2008-09-26T22:23:00.002-04:00

When Lehrer asked Obama how he sees Russia he should have said, "From my house!" then said, "No, I'm just foolin'."

presidential debate - LIVE!!!

2008-09-26T22:15:00.002-04:00

Ahmadinejad and Perestroika are hard to say.

In McCain's defense he didn't know who the President of Spain was...

"I don't have a seal yet" Oh no you didn't!!!!

presidential debate - LIVE!!!

2008-09-26T22:12:00.004-04:00

Lehrer hasn't said anything in thirty minutes. I think he fell asleep.

They were just asked about the threat of Iran. SING THE SONG, MCCAIN!

Iran with a nuke isn't an existential threat. An existential threat is when Kierkegaard tells you he's going to kick your ass. Thank yew ladies and gentlemen, I'm here all week.

presidential debate - LIVE!!!

2008-09-26T22:12:00.001-04:00

It's getting bitchy!!

Presidential debate - LIVE!!!

2008-09-26T22:06:00.002-04:00

Nobody wants defeat in Iraq. We all just disagree on where the goal post is.

I want to see both candidates bracelets. I don't believe either of them. I think if McCain said he had a monogrammed bra, Obama would have said he had one too.

presidential debate - LIVE!!!

2008-09-26T22:05:00.001-04:00

I SAID THE SINGING SONGS ABOUR IRAN THING BEFORE OBAMA DID!!!! I AM A GENIUS!!!! LET ME IN THE DEBATE!!!!

presidential debate - LIVE!!!

2008-09-26T22:02:00.002-04:00

"You don't say that out loud." McCain, you hypocrite! You sang a song about bombing Iran!!!!

presidential debate - LIVE!!!

2008-09-26T21:57:00.002-04:00

Iraq is the battlefield in the war against terror because we made it the battlefield.

CNN showed a GOP watching party and it was all old women.

I don't like how Obama says, "Pakistan."

McCain totally saw Charlie Wilson's War!

Who did George Schultz shoot???