THE JO-TEL … illegal blog downfield

Ah, the year-end indie rock draft. More of a hassle than anything at this point. For me, at least. All you other people are all smiles about potentially knocking me off and passively tauting me with “this is Johnny D’s year” type statements. So, I’ve got nowhere to go but down, […]

You know how the Wayne’s World tag-line was “You’ll Laugh, You’ll Cry, You’ll Hurl”? And how Wayne World 2’s tag-line was (unfortunately) “You’ll Laugh Again, You’ll Cry Again, You’ll Hurl Again!”? Well, Myers and Carvey should team up again, this time for a Christmas special, if, for no other reason, for the sole […]

I was meaning to do this before, but, per request from Bock, here are links to download some of the albums that showed up on Jo-tel music lists. The webware is pando, which has been written up well in upstanding publications like The New York Times. Let's just say I use it a […]

This guest post comes courtesy of BMK12000, a true monster of music appreciation. He curates the aptly named Band Names from My Spam Folder site on the side bar that no one looks at or uses (the sidebar, not BMK’s site). He’s also listened to more albums this year than you AND your […]

The Long March is a manifesto. It has proclaimed to the world that the Red Army is an army of heroes, while the imperialists and their running dogs, Chiang Kai-shek and his like, are impotent. It has proclaimed their utter failure to encircle, pursue, obstruct and intercept us. The Long March … has announced to […]

Okaaaay.
So uh … I have done a reading column in a while. This is mainly bad, but it has at least one silver lining, which is that the chaff from the past couple months has been removed and I’m bringing you only the finest 50 or so links. Now would be a great time for […]

CAVEAT: This post is filled with hurtful stereotypes.
I drive a lot.  From Santa Rosa to Roseville and Rocklin to San Jose, all from the jo-me based in San Francisco.  It gives me too much time to listen to NPR get pissed about politics.  Nothing is worse than the sickeningly symbiotic nature of religion […]

"You cook the turkey." "No YOU cook the turkey"

This is a Thanksgiving tradition that I like to call: Drinking Vodka On A Log

Johnny D tasing fire:
 
Family priorities: Mini-Shark and I team up to save a Beast
 
Lamb's blood and Khalua, another ancient Thanksgiving tradition:

Thirty minutes after this photo was taken I would have already vomited and […]

This guy Matt Furie has some great art.  
 

This is a quote by LaBouff regarding his plan to plan real-life white rapper Cage (I've never heard of him either) and Pitchfork's commentary:
Talking to SPIN, LaBeouf made it clear that this will be a chance for him to subvert Hollywood's expectations of him as a squeaky clean boy next door, saying, "It's kind of […]