THE JO-TEL … illegal blog downfield

If you drink a small glass of the Glenlivet, and then drink a can of Budweiser, the first sip tastes like bananas.

-Hip E.

This was a strange, strange weekend at the jo-tel. It’s hard to explain but an air of sadness, change, and drunkenness was palpable. The Stick and Thrill graced me with write-ups, which I have partially redacted and provide here so that you all can vote on which is “better”. Vote in the […]

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 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 […]

We got a cabin in Tahoe for Thanksgiving this year, which we celebrated on Friday as sort of a fuck you to George Bush and God. And because that was the only day we could get most people to come.
Wednesday: Arrived late w/ Mini-Shark, Patsy, and Alison. Occupied hot tub, drank […]

Here is the letter that I intended to have Hip E. read to everyone because I intended to fool everyone into thinking that I did not come on the trip when actually I was packed oh-so-tightly into a suitcase on board.  Shasta Posts, parts 1 and 2. 
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Talk Talk - I Believe In You
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I was in Chicago over the weekend. I met up with some of PETE's friends, including one of the dudes that runs that Rivalfish website, which I discovered is exactly 700% more visited than the jo-tel. We went to this free Stoli marketing party. Amazingly the benefits of the bountiful free booze […]

The 4th annual Jo-Tel (anti)Anti-Halloween Party
Uh … so I've done three of these things now, and I'm kind of running short on ideas. Fall is here, candy is really asserting itself at your local grocer, black cats and shit, blah blah blah. By now you've probably gotten the obligatory forward from your mom with the […]

For me the trip to Lake Shasta began when I arrived home from work on Friday to try to fit myself into a suitcase. I found one in the closet and emptied it of its contents (which I discovered to be a motley mix of my clothes that Patsy disapproved of and had hidden […]