Yeah, know who’s been livin’ it up and keepin’ busy?  That’s right!  ME ME ME!  (Me too)

This past week has been a good time.  It started on Friday night when some friends and I went over to Milwaukee-nuts and planned to just grab some food and drinks at Summerfest.  The night got better when we realized we happened to show up on the night that The Offspring was playing!  I’ve been following them for years, all through high school really.  It was a treat to finally see them (or not actually see them from 3 miles back) in concert.  I should have photos up on Flickr soon.

Tuesday night my friend and I went back again to see Halestorm and Staind.  How coolio was that?!  I would like to make a third trip tonight to see No Doubt and Paramore, but I need to give the vehicular beast a break I think, so I’ll have to pass and pretend I’m there.  Some photos from this concert will also be posted eventually.

Speaking of vehicular beast, I traded in the Equinox a couple weeks ago.  Annnnd guess what I bought?  A freakin’ Lexus.  What the hell was I thinking?  (Oh, that’s right, I was thinking I’m cooler than you and deserve that..HA!)  You might think “why in the hell did you buy a Lexus?” (like everyone else I know) but I always thought they were nice cars (as do most I think) and I never thought I’d be able to say I own one.  Well, I came across this used 2006 RX 330 and was like “say whaaaa?”.  Long of the story short, it’s in my parking lot now.  I’ll have pics of that guy up soon too.

And finally, might I add that my new iPhone 3GS is the shittles (that’s right, I said it)?  All the photos I need to post from these shows and of the car will be from the new iPhone, plus I have some videos too, but I need to make sure those came out ok.  I’m still in the testing phase to figure out the best way to get the best video and audio.

Well, that’s been my last few weeks.  I guess this post is pretty braggy, but I mean c’mon, it’s no different than what I usually post, except most of this stuff is more personal than business.  :)

Oh, and by the way, .  (lol)  Thanks Jabloggyites, catch up wit y’alls later  Have a good 4th of July holiday!  Don’t blow yourselves up!

I know how much you all care about my ability to further my skills and refine what I already know (are you sleeping yet?  (dick)).  

It’s for this reason that I’d like to share with you that my friend Todd and I spent the week last week working on the first hard core condo remodeling project (and I thought painting it was hard core!  BWAHAHA).  We tore out the old door and frame that leads out to my back balcony from my office (extra bedroom) and replaced it with a brand spankin’ new door and frame.  We also fixed the broken drywall around the door, finished painting the wall and (gasp!) actually added casing around the door so it looks like…. like…. A DOOR!  OMFG!

While Todd did a good portion more than I did, it sounds like neither of us had ever done this kind of work before, so we were both pretty proud of ourselves for taking it on, and we learned something new in the process.

So, moral of the story: THERE’S HOPE FOR ME YET!  :)  Aside from the 2 photos here, there are more of the entire project on my Flickr.  Oh yeah…..

Well, the publication isn’t exactly about my soap opera known as “life”, but it is about music!  Behold, Local Sounds Magazine is now publishing content!  Hooray!

In related news, Local Sounds TV is currently attempting to get the post production crap underway for the MAMAs coverage and we were recently approached to cover a CD/DVD release party on June 12th.  Means that the video coverage is something that I think people are gonna latch onto sooner than later.  Friggin’ A, Bitch!

Last bit of Local Sounds updates (since that’s what the recent weeks of my bitchin’ life have consisted of), we are currently in discussions about a sweet deal that would have Local Sounds acquiring (or merging with) a local website that’s proved to be very popular amongst the music scene with some nationwide penetration (mmmmm).  Stayed tuned for that bit of fun later this year if all talks go well!

Anywho, there’s been a lot of going on with the band too.  Just finished up a couple of concerts, one being Felicia’s Trade CD release party at the Frequency on May 22nd (read about it on Local Sounds Magazine!) and May 24th at Brat Fest.  Those were the shit.

As usual, the Madison Area Music Awards never die.  I’m actually working on the updated site as we speak and we are opening registration soon instead of October.  Talk about a year round ordeal!

Next, just planning on doing some hard core remodeling around the house.  We’re pricing and planning right now to tear out my condo’s back door so we can replace it.  It’s not sealed right and it appears it was kicked in at one point.  Very attractive to the next buyer.

As a final note, that has to be the worst, most God-awful, photo of me ever!  However, the point of the pic is the shirt, not my ugly mug.

So that’s been “the rest of the story” for me.  Now take a hike you moron, and I’ll see you next time I post…

The birthday girl is 5 years old!

Originally uploaded by jabloggy

That’s right folks, this week is National Lexi Week! My fuzzy lil’ daughter turns 5 and we’re celebrating! The celebration consists mainly of balloons, streamers, a cake, and her taking extra long naps and playing with string. Oh to be a cat! Life, so simple!

So everyone, please join me in saying HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEXI!

Yay!  There is a great level of stress that has been reduced to something a tad more manageable now that the Madison Area Music Awards are over.  You can see a list of the winners at http://www.themamas.org (if you care that much!).

For Local Sounds, we had a great response!  This year we debuted Local Sounds Magazine, Local Sounds TV, and MadisonUrban.com.  We also pushed out a new version of the Local Sounds site as well.  It has been a crazy few months, but we / I made it!

Local Sounds TV was by far the hit of the night.  Once we started getting some interviews lined up, it seemed everyone wanted to be on TV!  I was planning on maybe 5-8 interviews tops during the red carpet between 6:00 and 7:00.  We ended up doing tons more for a grand total of about 3 hours!  It was crazy!  And after we were done doing interviews, artists and kids alike were regularly using our Local Sounds backdrop as a place to take photos (see photo).  Awesome!  Not to mention free press for us…. suckas..

That’s right Jabloggyites.  The reason I’ve been missing in action for so long is because I’ve been going bonkers with preparing for the 6th Annual Madison Area Music Awards (MAMAs) here in Madison.  I’m winding down here finally as the music awards are this Saturday, May 9th.

Here’s a brief rundown of what I’ve been doing:

• Designed and printed 1000 hand fliers
• Launched MadisonUrban.com, a new community for the urban / hip-hop / R&B scene in Madison
• Built and deployed Local Sounds Magazine, a new online magazine covering the music scene in Madison
• Tended to and maintained the Madison Area Music Awards website (I’m the web guy on the board of directors)
• Built and deployed the website for Local Sounds TV, a new service we’re launching this Saturday
• Managed the design and construction of a 4×8 Local Sounds backdrop for the Local Sounds TV video booth at the MAMAs on Saturday
• Planned the booth for Local Sounds at the music awards in the lobby
• And I think that’s everything…

So see?  I wasn’t faking it!  Oh, and before Saturday I still plan on updating the Local Sounds website, so hopefully by this weekend you can go to localsounds.org and check out all the features I’ve listed above.

Thanks for your patience, and I should be back a little more often very soon.

Over the weekend and through yesterday my girlfriend and I spent a lot of time painting 2 more rooms in my condo.  Good times, painful times (thanks Erica, for enduring the pain).  You can check out our brilliant masterpieces in my Condo Flickr Set.  New paint photos are the last ones in the set, the newest.

Don’t be too harsh when judging how well we did, otherwise my girlfriend will probably come kick your nuts in.

Sooooo, do we believe the government and WHO?  OOORRRRR do we believe that this latest “epidemic” known as the Swine Flu (no offense to all forms of pork out there) is merely a human-generated laboratory experiment gone wrong?  The next thing to get out of the lab could be the T-Virus, and then we’re ALL EFFIN SCREWED.  As they say on the morning show on WJJO in Madison: Watch out for the zombie apocalypse!

Are these “new” diseases scares real?  Or are they all just in our head and only as serious as the original Human Flu that we’re accustomed to?  I wonder what else they are hiding from us, or what lies they are feeding us.

Makes me wonder if we’re even really in a “recession”, huh?  Aside from all the signs that we supposedly see around the country, is there really a recession or is it all in the power of the mind?  That ooey gooey substance known as the human brain is pretty damn powerful.  Who knows when they will take over and they won’t need our bodies anymore to survive….

OMG!  He’s back!  (I can hear the cries of joy now, ooorrr not)

WTF?!!?  I feel we are no longer the greatest country in the world if we can’t move on and learn from our mistakes, especially teeny tiny ones such as this.  Apparently Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction from 5 FLIPPIN’ YEARS AGO is back in court.  

Coverage at Rolling Stone: http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/05/04/janet-jackson-wardrobe-malfunction-case-back-in-court/

Can someone please explain why we’re more worried about an incident from 5 years ago than we are about fixing our economy, the environment, the raging third world countries full of lunatics, etc.?!?!!?  

In the great words of Alexander (from 8th grade): I think I’ll move to Australia…

Greetings Jabloggyites!  Just wanted to post a message and make you aware of the new feature at the bottom of the right column.  Now you can subscribe to Jabloggy updates via email!  It’s essentially the same as subscribing via the RSS feed (orange man on the park bench (or toilet) above) but instead of having to check your favorite feed reader regularly, you’ll just get an email from Jabloggy with the new content!

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