The Shuffle - Sponge Worthy Edition
Here it is on a stick - the Spin:

1. The Boys of Summer - The Ataris
2. Super Bon Bon - Soul Coughing
3. Bigger, Stronger - ColdPlay
4. Do What You Have To Do - Sarah McLachlin
5. Fight the Good Fight - Triumph
6. So Called Friend - Porcupine Tree
7. Dream Sleep - Collide
8. Down with the Sickness - Disturbed
9. Driven Out - The Fixx
10. Blue in the Face - Shadowfax 
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Posted by PunkAss at 9:20 AM

  Of Cel Phones and Cigarettes
So, recently I had a couple of free Dave Mathews tickets come my way, and we all know that nothing tastes as good as a free concert. So cool, the show is at the Tweeter Center, the seats are way in back but no big deal, its a warm summer night, the show is outside I can just hang out under the stars, listen to Dave and chill. Well....not soo much. The group of 6 twenty somethings that have crammed themselves in to the space of 3 seats in the row in front of me decided that chilling was not such a good idea. First, 3 of them are on their cel phones for about 75% of the show, shouting to their friends, letting them know what song the band was playing, taking pictures and sending them and yelling some more, dancing with the cel phones, passing the phones back and forth etc, etc, ad nausium. Can anyone please explain to my why one would spend 65 dollars for a ticket to a show then spend the whole time on the frickin' phone? I mean WTF? Wouldn't it be easier to A) Buy the numb nuts on the other end a ticket or B) Watch a DVD at said numb nuts' house? Never mind the fact that you and your asshat friends are jammed in to a too small a space for the number of people that are supposed to be there, thus creating a wall of flesh in front of the people behind you, namely ME! On top of the fact that these Visigoths feel the need to chain smoke through the whole show..All six of them..Simultaneously...for the WHOLE SHOW! Maybe I'm just getting old, but I actually like to go to a show to see the band. Call me crazy if you must, I won't change. As a matter of fact, I was this way when I was 17 so it's not age. I guess I'm just a bitch.

Speaking of Cel phone ignorance, I was driving home on I93 a couple of days ago. I was in the third lane puttering along in traffic at about 20-25 MPH and this Honda Civic pulls up slowly on my left driven my a young twenty something chick on her cel phone. Well, I happen to notice that her right front tire is just about flat. So, being the good do-bee that I am, I tried to signal to her to roll her window down so I could let her know. For about half a mile I'm alternately beeping my horn, waving.....Nothing....not even a glimmer of acknolegement. So fine..I gave up. I tried to be a nice guy...Really... 
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Posted by PunkAss at 3:50 PM

  ????
It wasn't supposed to be like this, What happened? 
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Posted by PunkAss at 9:27 PM

  The Shuffle - Check out the Impossible Mission Edition
Here it comes...LOOK OUT...oh, it only the spin:

1. Ch- Check it Out - The Beastie Boys
2. Rods & Cones - Blue Man Group
3. Heaven in my Hands - Level 42
4. Isobel - Bjork
5. The River - Tapping the Vein
6. Funny Vibe - Living Colour
7. Stink Fist - Tool
8. Ghost - Live
9. Indus - Dead Can Dance
10. Mission Impossible (remix) - U2

Be sure to check out equally cool funky fresh mixes at Rogue Slayer and TCU ... 
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Posted by PunkAss at 9:20 AM

  The Season that Wasn't
This cycling season just can't seem to get going for me. The fates seem to be conspiring to keep me off the road. First we have the weather factor. It seem to only come in two flavors;A) insanely hot and humid or 2) raining; Neither of these choices makes me think "Hey, I want to go out and ride 60 miles or so!". Not that I won't ride in either of those conditions, It's just not something I get too psyched about. The Second of the Suck factors is time, or rather lack there of; as is evident from my sorry ass lack of posting. There's just way too much going on in my life and I need to slow down. The Third of the Suck factors is People; Everyone seem to be super busy this year so I very rarely have anyone to ride with. I don't know about you but I really hate riding alone. I'll go out and do a quick 15 or 20 miles solo but for any real riding, it really helps to have someone to help kick you in the butt.

I think I'm finally at the point where I'm going to just let things happen as they will and stop fighting it 'cause it's just giving me a headache and bumming me out. There's always next year, right? 
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Posted by PunkAss at 9:09 AM

  The Shuffle - People with High Voices Edition
Here gentle readers is ..as I call it....The Spin:


1. Blinding Light Show - Triumph
2. Caralho Voador - Faith No More
3.When I Say Stop, Continue - King Crimson
4. The Sweetness - Jimmy Eat World
5. Goodbye to You - Michelle Branch
6. Leave - The Gathering
7. My Name is Mudd - Primus
8. Perrier Citron - Uzeb
9. Stacy's Mom - Fountains of Wayne
10. The Mummers Dance - Loreena McKennett 
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Posted by PunkAss at 9:39 AM

  Ghosts
Were the "good ol' days" really as good as we remember them or do we just build up romantic rewrites of history in our heads? I ask this because recently I found myself walking down the street where I grew up. My Mom sold the house I grew up in a few years back, but every once in a while I find myself standing on the sidewalk across the street from it getting all sentimental; remembering hanging out with all the neighborhood kids every night and all the stuff we used to do. It never fails to make me feel sad and empty. At the time, when I was growing up, it just seemed like life, nothing particularly special, so I suppose it's all about perspective. What do you think? Lemme know, and while your at it, take the new PunkAss Poll......... 
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Posted by PunkAss at 5:42 PM

  The Shuffle - Curiously Random Edition
Here my dear friends is the Spin:)

1. I'm not in Love - 10CC
2. How Soon is Now - Love Spit Love
3. The Power to Believe - King Crimson
4. United States of Whatever - Liam Lynch
5. Killers - Iron Maiden
6.The Shape of Things - The Yardbirds
7. Bandages - Hot Hot Heat
8. If 6 was 9 - Tori Amos
9. Like I Do - Melissa Etheridge
10. Darling Nikki - Prince

Bonus track for CL

11. Boys Don't Cry - The Cure

Bonus Track for TCU

12. Deliverance - Opeth 
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Posted by PunkAss at 9:31 PM

  Free at Last
Finally I can breathe again! All of the stuff that's had me 12 kinds of tied up is finally behind me. Here's what's been up:

The Move: The company I work for is now settling into our new digs in Framingham. Everyone is going through culture shock. At the old place, everyone had their own office; some, like mine, even had windows. Now we're forced to exist in lowly cubes. The troops are none to happy seeing as these aren't even nice cubes (there's an oxymoron) but 5 times recycled 70's style cells. Oh well, what ever..it's still a job right?

The Wedding: On Saturday I had the honor of being the best man at Rogue Slayer's wedding. It was a fabulous and teary time and fun was had by all. She and the Girl are now off to St. Croix.

The GMG: On the weekend of the 25-26 of June I rode my third GMG (Great Mass Getaway for MS). The event broke all previous fund raising records! The fund raising went great, my riding, not so much. Defiantly not my most stellar outing. 96+ degrees with super humidity to not a happy PunkAss make. The weather totally kicked my ass. Not only did the weather kick my ass so did Louisa, the new captain of the Rolling Clones (of course she IS a tri-athlete), Kera, her hand maiden all buried me as did Sara, who only 4 months ago had her 15th knee surgery. The humiliation was complete.

The Tour: Of course it's my favorite time of the year..Time to watch the Tour de France on OLN!!!

So that pretty much sums up the last month or so.

Regular updates will now commence....... 
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Posted by PunkAss at 12:56 PM