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Things Deemed Very Cool by Your Favorite Geeky Deadhead Daddy To Be

jeditang — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:28:07 +0000

Onsies/Rompers from Little Hippie. I particularly like these metallic foil bolt rompers:

Beyond nerdy nursery art, kid’s books and “flash cards” from Tiffany Ard. This stuff has to make it to our nursery, and into toddlerhood:

This GD poster fits well with the forest theme we have going, don’t you think?:

GD Q&A

jeditang — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:37:10 +0000

There’s a neat little meme going around on Facebook where you answer a series of questions using one bands song titles as answers. I went for the obvious choice, and the answers worked really well. FB pals, sorry for the cross post, but I wanted to preserve this one.

1. Are you a male or female: It’s A Man’s World

2. Describe yourself: Crazy Fingers

3. How do you feel about yourself: Heaven Help The Fool

4. Describe your ex boyfriend/girlfriend: Loose Lucy

5. Describe your current boy/girl situation: Man Smart (Woman Smarter)

6. Describe your current location: Space

7. Describe where you want to be: Dancin In The Streets

8. Your best friend(s) is/are: a Lost Sailor

9. Your favorite color is: Brown Eyed Women

10. You know that: I Know You Rider

11. What’s the weather like: Looks Like Rain

12. If your life was a television show what would it be called?: Big Boss Man

13. What is life to you: Nobody’s Fault But Mine

14. What is the best advice you have to give: Run For The Roses

15. If you could change your name what would you change it to: Black Peter

Somebody Say Stickers?

jeditang — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:23:03 +0000

If you know me, you’ve probably noticed that damn near everything I own is covered in stickers. I’m not sure when it happened, because I wasn’t like this in school. When I was spending most of my time traveling to Phish shows I started gathering great stickers, and since I had no car I amassed quite a few. While I have my fair share of political statement stickers, I’m partial to the kind you only see at shows. I know that I am comforted when I see a fellow driver on the road with a subversive little Stealie plastered on a nice new shiny car. Or better yet, on the magazine of a gun worn by a man who has sworn to protect me. I purchased some good ones before the holidays, spurred on by a customer who wanted a Stealie for his daughters car. I found a wealth of old school lot stickers at Purple Moon, and waited for the delivery. And waited. And waited. By the end of the month, I was convince that this was the third act on a series of blunders by the USPS. They had lost a $90 laptop battery and some cellular gear previously, but nothing bothered me as much as the lost stickers. I was obsessive. I was pissed. Then I just forgot about it.

My old landlord swung into town this week to check on his new tenants, and while he was visiting he mentioned that they had recieved some of our mail. I came home from work and there it was. It was like I had sent myself a package from the future…or something. Sorry about the bad blood, USPS. You still suck, but I can’t pin this one on you.

Tonight – Dark Star Orchestra

jeditang — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:14:09 +0000

Tori and I will be bringing Tiny E to tonight’s DSO show at The Newport. I used my Decibel Club membership (finally!) to get free tickets to the show. If you don’t know, DSO recreates the music of the Good Ol’ Grateful Dead in an alarmingly accurate manner. They modify stage setups, band members and set lists to match the exact period they are recreating. In 2007, Tori and I attended Gratefulfest at Nelsons Ledges, and DSO performed flawlessly. The shows are not only a great time, but they serve as a meeting point for area Deadheads. I’ve talked to others about how it can be really difficult to connect with like minded people when you move around as much as we do, so the ability to boogie my ass off and meet new friends is always welcome. I’ve seen them maybe a dozen times, and always had a fantastic experience. If you’re in the Columbus area, come check them out tonight!

U2 Manager Says “Fuckin’ Deadheads…”

jeditang — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:33:34 +0000

Here’s the juicy stuff…

Paul McGuinness, long-time manager of rock band U2, on Monday launched a verbal attack against illegal music downloaders, as well as internet service providers, device makers, Silicon Valley and even hippies in a speech at a conference in France.

“There are plenty of private equity fund managers who are Deadheads,” he said, a reference to hippy icons The Grateful Dead. “And embedded deep down in the brilliance of those entrepreneurial, hippy values seems to be a disregard for the true value of music.”