Monday, November 01, 2010

Happy November MikePod Update

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead: "Madonna"
Belles & Sebastian: "If You're Feeling Sinsister"
Dio: "Holy Diver" (RIP Ronnie!)
Let's Active: "Big Plasn For Everybody"
Marshall Crenshaw: "Downtown"
Morrissey: "Ringleader Of The Tormentors"
Ultra Vivid Scene" Ultra Vivid Scene"

Read another book
http://www.amazon.com/True-Compass-Edward-M-Kennedy/dp/0446539252/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1288660975&sr=8-1

Interesting autobio, would have liked to have seen ole Ted be more open about his personal issues.

Monday, October 04, 2010

MikePod Update

The Pursuit Of Happiness: "Downward Road" & "One Sided Story"
Raconteurs: "Broken Boy Soldiers"
U2: "Achtung Baby"
Van Halen: "1984"
Robert Plant: "Manic Nirvana" & "Shaken & Stirred"
Stones Roses: "Stone Roses"
Game Theory: "Tinkers To Evers To Chance" (Compilation)

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Vampire Trend Has Got To Go


When you see vampire Barbies, you know the vampire trend has overstayed it's welcome.
When you start seeing the movie parodies, that's another indication. Thanks Donna!

MikePod:

Sonny Boy Williamson: "Down & Out"
John Lee Hooker: "Don't Look Back"
Pearl Jam: "Vs"
UB40: "Labour Of Love"
Led Zeppelin: "I", "In Through The Out Door"
Tears For Fears: "Songs From The Big Chair"
Muddy Waters: "Fathers & Sons"
Smashing Pumpkins: "Melancholy.. Disc 1"
Howling Wolf: "London Sessions"
Robert Plant: "Pictures @ 11"
Urge Overkill: "Exit The Dragon" & "Saturation"

Thursday, August 05, 2010

Mike's books-The Red Stripe Ambassador Posts


Hello I am the Red Stripe Ambassador. I met Michael @ the Kane County Coguars game on 8/4. He asked me to tell you what books he has read recently. I asked him to post my new video. I think if I am ever assasinated, Mike would male a great ambassador. Or is that amassador?

Latest books read by Mike

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

The Toilet That Swallowed Mel Gibson's Career


Hi I am the toilet that ate Mel Gibson's career. You have probably never heard commentary from a toilet. Usually, stuff comes in @ me, not from me. I am using Mike's blog as a cautionary tale for you humans to avoid putting your collective feet in your mouths. I offer this advice as someone who sees your worst end.(Somewhere, Wilford Brimley's toilet is laughing. Or puking).

MikePod:
Beatles: "Past Masters" Remastered. Great sound
Smashing Pumpkins: "Siamese Dream"
Smithereens: "Green Thoughts"
U2: "Joshua Tree" Disc one reissue

Mike has been reading the following books this summer:

Lightnin Hopkins, His Life & Blues, I Am Ozzy, Appetite for America (Story of the Fred Harvey Co) and Led Zeppelin: When Giants Walked The Earth.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Free Lindsay Lohan!


Free Lindsay:


We here @ The Committee to Terminate The Incarceration of Lindsay Lohan advocate the immediate and unconditional release of Lindsay Lohan. We advocate this for several reasons:


1) Economic: We are concerned that with Ms Lohan in jail, the US economy will take a dive. The hair weave business alone could go belly up. Also, the fashion industry will be impacted. No one ever looked good on the red carpet in an orange jump suit. We concede some of the economic loss may be offset by the sale of "Free Lindsay" T-Shirts.

2) Social: Who is the media going to hound with her out of the mugshot, I mean picture? Mel Gibson may be catching the first boat to Down Under, "The Hills" is no more. Oh well, there is the Jersey Shore cast.

3) Political: The Tea Party movement is sure to seize on this to legitimize their existence. She could be a martyr for their cause. (And look good doing it)This is exactly what Al-Qaeda wants.

4) Foreign Policy: Amnesty International is sure to jump all over us for jailing a woman who is prettier than the presiding judge. If the attractive are no actually having to go to jail, what does this mean for the non-attractive? The guys from Jack Ass better beware. The pressure on the British to jail Naomi Campbell could jeopardize the NATO alliance.

MikePod:
Soundgarden: "Down On the Upside"
Ultra Vivid Scene: "Joy 1967-1990"
Teenage Fan Club: "Songs From Northern Britain"
Throwing Muses: "University"
XTC: "Skylarking"

Coming soon: 2 book reports

Friday, July 09, 2010

Celebrity Update-Kim Kardashian's Butt


Hi I'm Kim Kardashian's butt. Not Kim, but her booty. You may wonder why I am using this lowly blog. It is because I am hungry. Hungry for attention! Why can't ESPN or E! or Bravo do a one hour special on me? Did you know that in some 3rd world countries, I am used as a substitute for the gold standard? Or that I can influence the stock market simply by having my right cheek point up or down. I almost had a historic peace agreement between the Palestinians and Israelis until Madeline Albright's booty butted in. (I am being generous by calling that a booty instead of what it really is a, battleship). Here are some things I am not: A role model or educated. Although I am well rounded. Well gotta go. Somewhere someone wants to make a pilgrimage to me like a healing visit to the Lourdes Shrine. Here's the MikePod:

Cracker: "Cracker"
Lightning Hopkins: "Complete Alladin Recordings"
Snow Patrol: "Eyes Open"
Steve Miller Band: "Complete Greatest Hits"
Ultra Vivid Scene: "Rev"

Monday, July 05, 2010

MikePod Update/Coming Soon: Celebrity Updates

Because I am very busy lately, I am going to again have various celebrities update this blog for the rest of the summer. Until then, here's another MikePod update:

Black Sabbath: "Technical Ecstacy"
Doors: Best Of
Rolling Stones: "It's Only Rock N Roll"
Smithereens: "Especially For You"
Charlatans: "Between 10th & 11th"
Jesus & Mary Chain: "Automatic"
John Lee Hooker: Best Of
Smashing Pumpkins: "Gish"
Smiths: "Louder Than Bombs"

Monday, June 14, 2010

More books, more songs

Finished 4 books recently

MikePod:
Black Sabbath: "Black Sabbath"
John Coltrane: "A Love Supreme"
RL Burnside: "No Monkeys on This Train" (Has some great spoken word humor too!)
Smiths: "Strangeways Here We Come"
Stooges: "Raw Power"
Sugar: "Copper Blue"
Black Keys: "Attack & Release"
Deep Purple: "Burn"
English Beat: "Beat This" (GH)
Rolling Stones: "Exile On Main Street"

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Things I am not listenting to on the MikePod

The Touch Of Leonard Nimoy

Mrs. Miller's Greatest hits (That's greatest hits, not tits.) I actually own this, worst album I own.
Sebastian Cabot "Mr. French, you suck! I'm gonna tell uncle Beeel!"
William (Will-I-Am Shatner?) Shatner: "The Transformed Man"

Here's what I am listening to:
David Coverdale: "Whitesnake" 1st solo LP
Jeff Beck: "Truth"
Mission UK: "1st Chapter" I saw these guys in 1988
Nine Inch Nails: "Downward Spiral"
Who: "Quadrophenia"
Nirvana: "Live @ Reading"
Ray Charles: "Ray!" OST
Meat Puppets: "Too High To Die"
Robert Cray: "Strong Persuader"
Manic Street Preachers: "Stay Beautiful"
Sisters Of Mercy: "First And Last and Always"

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Things I'm Not Reading

I post things I read all the time. I thought to be different, I would post things I am not reading:

Suzanne Sommers: Touch Me. Don't get to excited. From the woman who brought you the ThighMaster (I might open a chicken restaurant with that name, serving only thighs) and She's The Sheriff, here is a penetrating look @ the soul of a woman who makes Bo Derek look like Einstein.

Mr. T: The Man With The Gold Since he can remove my ass @ will, I will only describe my encounter with him in the early '90s. I was walking back from Rose Records in Chicago (memba record stores?) and coming up Adams I saw a Red Rolls Royce convertible with the plate of "Mr. T" Sure enough @ a stoplight I look over and it is him. I'd know that haircut anywhere.
Lots of people were screaming and yelling @ him. He waved and then he drove off.

Alright, I've bored you enough now, here's the MikePod:

Muddy Waters: "I'm Ready"
Alcatrazz: Disturbing The Peace"
Beatles: "Revolver" UK Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Stereo
Mother Love Bone: "Apple"
Chuck Berry: "Golden Hits"
Foreigner: "Records" I have to stop here. What a cheap compilation this is. 10 songs, 9 of which were edited down. 1 lousy unreleased version of "Hot Blodded"
Jeff Beck: There And Back (If he had a sense of humor, he'd call it There and Beck!
Nine Inch Nails: THe Slip"

Saturday, April 17, 2010

MikePod Update

Blue Murder: "Blue Murder"
Led Zeppelin: "II"
Beatles: "Rubber Soul"
Pixies: "Trompe Lemonde"
Racontuers: "Broken Boy Soldiers"
Rolling Stones: "Exile On Mainstreet"
James Taylor: "Greatest Hits"
John Mayhall: "Blues Breakers w/Eric Clapton"

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Hello Spring, Bye Bye "The HIlls"

Glad Spring has sprung and even more glad that "The Hills" is ending production. There will be a lot of catty blonds out of work. But I figure the collective IQ of the US will go up. Oh, yeah, I forgot about "Jersey Shore"

MikePod:
Bad Company: "Run With The Pack"
Game Theory: "2 Steps From The Middle Ages"
The Knack: "Round Trip" Did you know the late Doug Fieger's brother is Geoffrey Fieger who was Jack Kervorkian's lawyer?
Let's Active: "Every Dog Has His Day"
Michael Penn: (Sean Penn's bro)"Free For All"
PJ Harvey: "To Bring You My Love"
Black Sabbath: "Mob Rules"
Howlin Wolf: "His Best"
Lush: "Gala"
Sugar: "Copper Blue"

Sunday, March 07, 2010

Old Ladies & Racks

Got pulverized twice this week by 2 old ladies who were returning paperbacks to the train station book rack. Get your mind out of the gutter. I beat ya to it! Anyway, because the station can be crowded, I was standing in front of the rack, usually a place I like to be, and 2 old ladies on successive days (daze?) ran into me to check out the books there. One looked @ me like I should beg her for forgiveness. She looked like Clara Peller. Before she died. Hey here's a question for you. Did you ever notice when a tv commercial runs for insurance that is geared to the elderly, the advertiser always notes that "there are no forms to fill out." I guess I'll know if I am getting old if I get cranky filling out forms.

Read a new book, thanks Mary!

MikePod:
Death Cab For Cutie: "Narrow Stairs"
Muddy Waters: "Chess Years Disc 2"
Bill Joel: "The Bridge"
Nirvana: "Bleach-20th anniversary edition"
The Knack: "Get The Knack" Doug Fieger, RIP
Cracker: "Cracker"
Beck: "Guero"
My Bloody Valentine: "Loveless"
Crowded House: "Woodface"

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Get a room!

I work out a lot. Yeah, I know doesn't look like it. Anyway, there is a guy who happens to be in the gym who sounds like he is effing someone anytime he lifts a weight. It can be comical and uncomfortable. Kind of like Larry King, right? I was wondering what does he do when he is done? Smoke a cig? Glass of wine? Tell the weights that it was fun and he will call soon? Makes me glad for the MikePod:

PJ Harvey: "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea"
AC/DC: "High Voltage"
Pixies: "Doolittle"
Bob Mould: "Black Sheets Of Rain"
Brian Wilson: "Smile"
The Cult: "Love"
Game Theory: "Big Shot Chronicles"
Garabge: "Version 2.0"
Throwing Muses: "University"

Finished 2 more books

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Winter update

Finished another book I am waiting for my ass to come back to me because I froze it off. MikePod update later this week and beer blog if not next week then in March. That is a threat not a promise.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

February Eve 2010 update

3 New books read

MikePod:

AC/DC: "Let There Be Rock" & "Powerage"
Boston: "Boston"
Electronic: "Electronic"
The Firm: "The Firm"
Green Day: "Dookie"
Junior Kimbrough: "Most Things Haven't Worked Out"
Cars: "Anthology" Disc 1
Jane's Addiction: "Nothing Shocking"

Thursday, January 21, 2010

It would be funny if it wasn't so brutal


So I am increasing my intellectual firepower by reading biographies of Lenin
and that kind soul Stalin, about 1100 pages total. I saw this picture in the book and I wanted to see if there were any other ridiculous Soviet era propaganda pics and there's something for everyone on the Internet. I found this site and spent a half hour laughing my ass off. I might actually put this one in my office. That's what I get for reading about a failed ideology.OK Marx, check this out:

MikePod:
AC/DC: "Highway To Hell"
David Lee Roth: "Skyscraper"
Lenny Kravitz: "Mama Said"
Little Walter: "His Best"
Thin Lizzy: "Jailbreak"

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Happy New Year

Only a week late, I'm on top off everything, not. It has been so cold I am waiting for my ass to come walking in, cuz I froze it off. It must be mad @me for making it be outside in this. Anywho, I finished another book

MikePod:
Lenny Kravitz: "Let Love Rule" (20th anniversary version)
Marshall Crenshaw: "Life's Too Short"
Morrissey: "Years of Refusal"
Muddy Waters: "King Bee"
Fabulous Thunderbirds: "The Best"
Deep Purple: "Who Do We Think We Are?"
Dinosaur Jr.: "Where You Been?"