THE JO-TEL … illegal blog downfield

Last night the night sky opened up the roof where
Johnny D Shannon three pillows several blankets an iPod dock
A tall glass of water and I slept until about 3 o’clock
Only Johnny D Shannon and I were drunk whereas
The night sky seemed to glow warmly in the wind like
Sleeping on a quiet ocean in your […]

Last night was the 15th anniversary of a local German restaurant, Suppenküche. As German restaurants go, Suppenküche has a great beer selection. As anniversaries go, the beer selection was heavily discounted (I currently have a very cheap hangover). To make things even better, the bartender is a friend of ours. Shark, […]

Quick shout-out to new Friends and Fambly member The Cabinet Shop. It’s an art/fashion/design blog that’ll keep you in the know about what’s worth knowing in those scenes. Go check them out.
-Thrill

The California Supreme Court just struck down the ban on same-sex marriages in California. This is totally awesome. I hope all the hicks in the boonies are losing their minds over this.
Image “courtesy” of Getty Images.
-Thrill

Tonight on Masterpiece Theatre, the part of Giacomo Puccini will be played by Christopher Reeve.

-Thrill

Thank you, Deepa, for the photo on the spot.

Everyday weekday morning when I read Pitchfork Media, the biggest online music review site, I experience of mixed bag of emotions. On the one hand, I am greeted with various niceties, including: intriguing revelations regarding new music; Pitchfork’s take on leaked albums that I’ve already digested; or a new William Bowers column. At […]

Erstwhile Jo-Tel contributor, PETE, alive and well. And a hero.
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From the Network:
Anyhow, last night I thwarted a bike theft in our neighborhood. I was sitting on my porch smoking a cigarette and some chick pulled up to the liquor store across the street and propped her bike up outside without locking it (there’s a […]

Writing blog posts is time-consuming and hard.  But if I had the time, and I remembered anything about the 80’s, this is probably the kind of blog post I would write:
 
           Lacy Underall, then and now
- Hip E.
P.S.  I totally Thrilled myself this week, but don’t miss my return to long-form blogging from last Friday:  […]

Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)

Robert Rauschenberg died of heart failure last night at age 82. He redefined art for an entire generation, opening the door from Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art and beyond, and has inspired generations ever since (myself included).
Rauschenberg was one of the most prolific, diverse, imaginative artists of the 20th Century, […]