The Nude Waiter gig

It's always nice to have a little extra cash around the holidays.  That's why me and my friend are trying to get a paid gig where we hang out naked at a New Years Eve party and pass out hors doeuvres.  Explain please? Sure...

My rant about cops.

I'm going to take a minute here, we'll possibly longer or shorter, depending on your reading level, to turn into Andy Rooney meets Eazy E.  I had meant to do this a few days ago, but it wasn't until now that I put down the Oreo fudge cremes (by some miracle of God, these are vegan) and got to typing out this rant about Cops, yeah the 5.0, the fuzz, the reason for your $500 traffic ticket, however you know them...

Santa has come and gone.

Christmas is over.  Thank God. This can be the most stressful time of year for the non rich who wind up counting out nickels and dimes just to get their step father a chia gnome.  Okay, well it wasn't THAT bad by any means, but I'm happy it's done, and I'm sure Santa is relieved.  Speaking of Santa, I found myself questioning the tale of the jolly ol' fella the other day....

Countdown Till the End of The World

Hello fellow weirdo's.  It appears we have reached the end.  Looking back I wish I wrote in this thing a little more.  It was off to a good start... it actually was a "daily" weirdo for a while.  But alas, it is what it is...a "sometimes" weirdo and possibly after tomorrow (12/21/2012 around 6:30 am, it will be a weirdo no more.  That is because, the Mayan calender does not continue after tomorrow.  Does this mean they simply just thought, "hell, we have to stop somewhere" or "I doubt the world will still be around at that point"? Probably.  BUT... for the chance that it was because they had advance knowledge of the apocalypse,  I will say this, as Michael Stipe once said, "I feel fine".  By the way, the picture above is actually, NOT a bunch of animal crackers neatly organized, but the Mayan calender itself.

Members of Nirvana Re-united alongside Paul McCartney

That is what it should have been called last night during the 12/12/12 Sandy relief concert at Madison Square Garden.  Instead, the internet was telling me that there would be a Nirvana reunion with Paul McCartney filling in for Cobain.  Upon hearing this news, I thought, "Amazing!! What will this sound like?  Has McCartney ever heard Nirvana?  Which Nirvana songs might work with McCartney's voice? "About A Girl"? "Lithium"?""Aneurysm"?"
Different possibilities excited me.  Naturally, being that I was in serious need of sleep last night and had a work project in need of finishing,  I was forced to put these things off to stay up until after midnight when they would finally go on.

Last night, I chose wisely...Global Fest Review

 Unlike the poor fool Donovan in Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade that chooses the wrong grail and bites the dust, last night I chose wisely.  There were many good shows here in NYC, and my list had been narrowed to either Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Foo Fighters, etc. in Central Park, or Jack White at Radio City Music Hall.  Honestly though, it was pretty clear from the get go that I would choose Neil Young, the Foo Fighters and the Black Keys, having never seen any of these bands live.  As it turns out, Jack White only delivered a 45 minute set at Radio City Music Hall and stormed off stage upset about something?  Or possibly he just wanted to go catch Neil Young's set.

A Bible Sold for $94,000!

 As the title of the post states, yes, over in England a Bible was auctioned off for 59,000 pounds. I don't have a key for the symbol for pounds on here, or know the secret code to make it, but I will tell you, that is about $94,000 in our shitty U.S. currency.  This was not any bible mind you.  It once belonged to Elvis Presley.  It had been given to him on Christmas of 1957, by his aunt and uncle.
 If I had $94,000, I would never spend it on a bible, unless of course it actually told the truth.  But as we all know, the Bible is just hearsay from a bunch of people that hadn't even figured out the internet yet. 

On this day, 21 years ago, Pearl Jam - "Ten" came out

It was August 27th, 1991.  Pearl Jam releases their debut album Ten.  Nothing happens.  Late 1992 rolls around, the album finally reaches the top 200 on the billboard charts after the explosion of  Nirvana and the Seattle "grunge" scene.  At the time I had never heard Pearl Jam, but hearing the name lots, when a girl in my class asked me what bands I liked, I said "ya know, Pearl Jam and stuff"...

Smashing Pumpkins on Leno/ Me and Corgan's girlfriend..

The Smashing Pumpkins played a song on Jay Leno this past Thursday.  Considering all you hear about Corgan being a shithead, I guess that makes sense.  I do not want to condemn ol' Billy though, I enjoyed the song that him and three other people played.  It is just very hard to accept this as The Smashing Pumpkins with Billy being the only original member.  While I do realize that he was the one who wrote everything, and from what he says, former guitarist James Iha and bassist D'arcy Wretzky hardly played on the actual recordings, I still struggle for some reason.
Oh, did I ever mention how I had naked pictures of Corgan's girlfriend?

Avett Brothers Streaming new record..

The Avett brothers are allowing 10 minutes of their new album(due out Sept. 11) to be streamed on youtube.  If this isn't good enough for you, on August 30th, the whole album will be streaming at npr.org.  The record is titled "The Carpenter"..simple and blue collar...I like it.  Upon first listen,  the music does not seem too far off course from what they have been doing, but hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.  Last time I saw these guys live, it was at Roseland ballroom.  The show was filled with beautiful women in love....with the band.  I met a girl in line who knew every little fact about the band ever and who had seen them play live more times than they had even played live.  She had an Avett addiction, and no she did not have a boyfriend.  Not sure anyone could put up with that shit.  Nice girl though.

John Lennon's killer up for parole/John Lennon's tooth still hanging around

 Mark David Chapman, 57, will be granted a parole hearing this week. This will be the seventh parole hearing he has had.  That being said, obviously he will be denied and go back to being a waste of space in a prison cell.  It wasn't until a few months ago that I visited the actual place (the Dakota building across from "Strawberry Fields" in Central park) where it happened.  The story is still pretty chilling looking back.  There are a few facts that a lot of people don't know...

Paul Ryan loves RATM, Tom Morello hates Paul Ryan

Mitt Romney's recent VP pick is a man named Paul Ryan.  I do not know much about this turkey, but if Romney endorses him, I do not want to know much about him.  Unfortunately though, I did not escape learning one fact about the man.  He claims that Rage Against The Machine is one of his favorite bands.  He isn't a fan of the lyrics of course, but the music he feels is totally awesome! 

Bruce Springsteen to re-write National Anthem

 First and foremost, apologies for the lack of posts lately.  Been working like a dog...well, I guess if dogs worked a lot or at all.  But enough about me, let's talk about someone people care about slightly more: The Boss. A recent poll done by 60 Minutes and Vanity Fair names Springsteen as the leading choice to re-write the National Anthem.  Following Bruce was Dolly Parton, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan and Weird Al.. Okay I may have added the last one. 

New York City to host Greatest Free Concert Ever.

That's right.  It has been confirmed that on September 29th, Neil Young, The Foo Fighters, The Black Keys, Band Of Horses and K'naan will be playing at the Great Lawn at Central Park.  The purpose of the concert is to draw attention to global poverty.  I can get behind this for sure.  I have been trying to do this for a while now by wearing filthy ripped jeans and stained t-shirts, however, most people just thought it was an attempt to bring back "grunge".

Tom Waits new video, weirdo approved.

 Tom Waits released his new video today for the song "Hell Broke Luce" off of his last record Bad As Me.  The song features Keith Richards and Marc Ribot on guitar, flea on bass and Casey Waits on drums.  The guitar parts Richards plays are pretty obvious, signature Keef, however the bass I can't quite distinguish.  Either way Waits voices sounds like that of a man who has been eating chalk his whole life, and washing it down with turpentine. Pretty awesome.  In the video he is pulling a house with a rope.  That is pretty impressive for a 62 year old man.

Lost my Sunglasses, what does this have to do with Jack White?

 So about two months ago I dug up this old pair of sunglasses I had.  Not just any old sunglasses, they were eh hem, Ray Bans sunglasses.  I bought them forever ago, and within the first month of owning them, a couple of the screws fell out and immediately vanished.  Yeah, just like that.  I wasn't even like, being violent with them or anything... Now anyone who has lost a screw from these things, knows that you can't get a replacement without flying out to Italy and getting them from Ray himself...so I deemed them as dead.

Lana Del Ray sang a song about Courtney Love's Vagina

According to Courtney Love, the Nirvana song "Heart Shaped Box" was written about her vagina, and she wanted to make sure that Lana Del Rey, who recently covered the song, knew.  Courtney reached out to Del Rey via Twitter, but later removed the tweets.  I'd file this under Love being a psychotic attention whore that is most likely jealous that no one covers Hole songs.   She should not have a Twitter account, as even her daughter Frances said(after Love accused Grohl of hitting on her) "Twitter should band my mother".  Love later apologized to Frances with, of course, a tweet, saying "Sorry I believed the gossip. Mommy Loves you".

Heath Ledger's Joker really Tom Waits?

 There has been much speculation as of late that Heath Ledger's legendary performance as The Joker in The Dark Knight, was inspired by none other than Tom Waits. Tom appeared on an Australian TV show in 1979 acting a little more weird than usual. His posture and voice is uncanny to Ledger's portrayal of the Joker. Could Ledger have seen this interview and then used it as his model?  It's happened before with actors, Johnny Depp named Keith Richards as his inspiration for Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirate's of the Caribbean, and Vin Diesel cited Right Said Fred as the brilliance behind his character Dominic Toretto in the Fast & the Furious.

Stabbing at the Tenacious D concert!

 Move over Cro-Mags, people aren't only being stabbed at your shows now!  Although it has not been confirmed whether an ex member was involved, at the Tenacious D show Sunday night at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, it has been reported that one, or possibly two men have been arrested for stabbing one, but maybe two people following an altercation at the show.  It has not been determined exactly what sparked the altercation, but fans are saying it may have been over a guitar pick.  This whole story surprises me, first because of the fact that the details in the report are so unclear, but secondly because I didn't know people actually attended Tenacious D concerts? 

Those Darlins....ROBBED!

Those Darlins, the great country/punk/rock n roll band from Nashville, have apparently just been burglarized in Minneapolis.  The band just finished a tour with California rockers Best Coast and things appeared to be going great.  So obviously when things are going great, something really shitty always happens to remind you that life is not that good of a thing.

Get Weird Al to the Superbowl this year!

Every year when the superbowl rolls around and I hear that Weird Al will not be performing, I am deeply saddened.  It just isn't fair!  I know some people do not consider Weird Al to be "at that level", probably strictly because he is best known for his parodies... but the Black Eyed Peas?  It was time someone finally did something about it, and now you can help!

An Apology to The Fans...

As I'm sure ALL of you noticed, yesterday was the first day since the Daily Weirdo began, that no posts were made.  This was due to the fact, that I am no longer an unemployed bum, and had a very eventful day.  I must warn you, that although I'd like for it to not, this may happen here and there from time to time.  I will now go through some of the angry emails I received this morning.

Lana Del Rey covers Nirvana..what about Axl?

The much talked about(usually in a negative light, unfortunately) Lana Del Rey, recently covered Nirvana's "Heart Shaped Box" at the Enmore Theater (Sydney, Australia).  While it has been rumored that Lana dates the washed up nut case that is Axl Rose, covering a song by an old nemesis of his, might suggest things are not going too well, if at all...or that Lana Del Rey may now be banned from all Guns N Roses concerts.

Fur Revenge!

There are a few things in this world that totally disgust me.  Okay, well a lot more than a few, but to name a couple, loud car stereo's blasting reggaeton, and fur coats.  Let's talk about fur coats. I am not sure what compels a person to buy one.  I am also not sure how said person can not see how cruel it is to kill multiple animals just to make a really dumb looking coat.  I feel like it is a way for snobby rich people to show off their money.
I decided it was up to me to exact some sort of revenge, while at the same time letting them know how disgusting fur is. While I didn't have the time, skills or mental illness necessary to find some of these people and make a skin coat out of them,  I figured a harmless prank would have to suffice. 

Mick Jagger turns 69, and admits to screwing Bowie.

69 years ago today, Mick Jagger was born in Kent, England.  He would go on to selling over 200 million records as the singer for the Rolling Stones, and become, aside from maybe Lennon or McCartney, the biggest name in Rock n Roll.  Not a bad life.  I can only imagine how he is celebrating sixty-nine years and how many girls are involved.   If you multiply his age by fifty, then add another five hundred and fifty, you will get a number close to the number of women Mick Jagger has slept with.  This was revealed in a new biography "Mick: The Wild Life and Mad Genuis of Mick Jagger" written by Chris Anderson. If you are bad at math, basically he has slept with around 4,000 women....I'm not even sure I have talked to that many women in my lifetime...

the Wallflowers get help from Mick Jones on new single

The Wallflowers, who haven't released an album since "Rebel, Sweetheart" (2005), have finally gotten their shit together to record a new album.  The album is called "Glad All Over", and will be available October 2nd of this year. On the first (of possibly two single's), "Reboot the Mission",  Jakob Dylan recruits Mick Jones of the Clash fame to join on guitar and vocals. When I saw a quote from Dylan saying, the Wallflowers were aspiring to be "a rock band that could make a dance track too" I was a little worried, like, please don't tell me they've also brought in Timbaland...

Tim Heidecker records Bob Dylan song before Bob Dylan

Tim Heidecker, known for the genius of that which is "the Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job" furthered his clever genius-ness (sp???) in song form recently.  Upon hearing the rumor that on Bob Dylan's new album "Tempest", due out on September 11th, there would be a 14 minute song about the titanic, Tim, decided maybe he should make a 15 minute version himself.

Speaking of Gilbert Gottfried...Any "50 Shades of Grey" Fans?

Gilbert Gottfriend, controversial comedian who appalled many with his comments on Japan after the Tsunami, may have redeemed himself.  He recently did a reading of "50 Shades of Grey", the female written novel that has basically become the female equivalent to what pornography is for men.  Not sure this will have women all that aroused, but unlike his Japan comments, this is actually funny.

Bruce Springsteen is a nice guy.

Remember last year when this raving lunatic in Norway planted a bomb in a car in front of some  government buildings which went off and killed eight people?  Then a few hours later, he showed up at summer camp dressed as a police officer and opened fire on a crowd killing sixty-nine more people.  Well this past Sunday, July 22nd, marked the one year anniversary of this event, and to remember the victims, a Memorial concert was scheduled.  Guess who showed up?  I'll give you a hint, it wasn't Gilbert Gottfried...

Pee Wee Herman Exonerated!!!

America can now sleep a little better at night knowing that Pee Wee Herman, was NOT indeed masturbating at an adult movie theater back in July of 1991.  This is actually somewhat dated news, but for some reason, did NOT make national headlines because we live in a world where the media would rather focus on making serial killers famous...

Amy Winehouse has been gone for 1 year/kicked a lot of ass..

Today, July 23rd 2012 marks the one year anniversary of Amy Winehouse's death.  She only made it to the age of 27, but accomplished a ton in that little time, including being a bad-ass singer, as well as just a bad-ass in general.  It's a shame I didn't meet Amy before this Blake Fielder-Civil douchebag, who basically ruined her life.  But I didn't, and like Flavor Flav says "that's the way the ball bounces G"...

Time to ruin your weekend, sorry...

 Daily Weirdo counts down it's 10 most depressing songs of all time...

So maybe none of your friends liked that new facebook picture of you holding the big fish you caught on your trip to Maine?  Or, the person you just went on a really nice date with the other night, tells you they are "actually really busy the next few weeks" but "will let you know when they're free again".  Whatever the case is,  if you ever feel the need to put on some really depressing music, grab a glass of wine and just wallow,  I'm going to help you out.

I've seen lots of these lists on other blogs, but never one that I fully agree with.  It's quite a hard task, but I think I've done a pretty good job.  If you  aren't drowning in a puddle of tears by the end,  I'll be damned. Enjoy, you miserable bastards...

The Panty Caper Part Deux: The Panties Revealed

The panty seller has finally continued correspondence with me.   If you have not read The Great Panty Caper, basically, the Daily Weirdo plays the part of an overly friendly weirdo who would like to purchase second hand underwear for his girlfriend.  He begins an email conversation with a "young, pretty girl" advertising her "used panties" on craigslist in an attempt to cash in on local perverts, instead of getting a job like the rest of us.

Guess who's not seeing "the Dark Knight Rises"?

This isn't typically what the Daily Weirdo would blog about, but I would like to vent, so deal with it.  As you may have heard by now, some maniac in Aurora, CO showed up at a screening of the Dark Knight Rises and opened fire on the crowd.  Twelve people were killed and fifty injured.  What kind of world are we living in?  I am sickened. Here's what needs to happen...

Gaslight Anthem - "Handwritten"/ Brian Fallon hypocrite?

 The Gaslight Anthem has a new album called "Handwritten" that you can now stream 90 seconds of each song on itunes.  From what I can hear, the album sounds pretty mainstream rock, which doesn't mean bad, especially since it was produced by Brendan O'brien (Pearl Jam, Springsteen)  Upon first listen, I can hear a lot of grunge era influence (the song "Too Much Blood" sounds like it could've been on The Temple of The Dog record.  Apparently now that grunge has cycled back around to being "cool", suddenly Brian Fallon, has changed his tune on it?

the Jeff the Brotherhood show was...Free?

Before you start wondering, I put up this picture on the left to show two things:  1. How shitty my phone is, and 2. How shitty my view was. 

When I was first heard about Jeff the Brotherhood, it really made sense that I would like the band.  My thought process was, well my name is Jeff, so the name gives me a nice feeling of comradery, they are from Nashville,  I would like to live in Nashville, and they're a two-piece, the White Stripes were a two-piece.  I bought the album "We are the Champions" and thought, while it wasn't the most memorable, it was still pretty cool,  a bit of the Ramones, a bit of Weezer, some grungy guitar tones...
But still, let's not kid ourselves, "Queen" are the champions, not these guys...

Deer Tick's John McCauley peforms in front of toilets

At Sasquatch fest this past May, the mastermind behind the band Deer Tick, John McCauley plays the song "Main Street" in front of a bunch of porta potties for npr.  This would be a strange location for any other band, but if you are familiar with Deer Tick and their gritty rock n roll sound and stage antics, you will know that it's quite fitting...

Counting Crows play in Brooklyn today...

The Counting Crows are playing in Williamsburg Park tonight in Brooklyn along with "Field Report", a great new band newly signed to Partisan Records.  I do not have a ticket unfortunately, so unless I find one on the ground somewhere, I will not be in attendance.  The picture to the left still blows my mind, even though it's been around for sometime.  The question still remains, is Adam Duritz the poster boy for the straight-edge lifestyle?? Is he, or was he ever straight-edge? Okay, well the two are probably unrelated, but is this guy still straight-edge? Or did he finally turn to drugs after the reality finally set in that this tattoo will be on his back for the rest of his life...
Either way, Adam Duritz REALLY does look like a pineapple.  And I'll tell ya, I'd have no problem looking like a pineapple too if I got the kind of chicks this guy does. Lets just have a recap of that...

Miley Cyrus and Bob Dylan?

Here we have a picture of Miley Cyrus walking around in...I dunno, USA, wearing her hipster cut Bob Dylan shirt along with sunglasses that probably cost more than a high rise in Manhattan.  As we come to find out, Miley Cyrus claims to be inspired by some really great music (Bob Dylan, Nirvana) but yet creates really awful music...

Justin Townes Earle was interviewed

Justin Townes Earle was just interviewed for the magazine "Acoustic Guitar", which I've never read but I'm guessing has something to do with the electric harp.  He is going to be on the cover as well, which is good, because he rules.  Lately all I've been listening to is "Harlem River Blues", although his newest album "Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now" is great as well.  Not only is this dude like seven feet tall, he is also skinny as fuck, and since I am skinny as fuck myself,  I feel the connection that I never had with John Popper...

So I saw the Black Lips Saturday

This past Saturday (July 14th) the Village Voice hosted their 4Knots music festival.  It was a free festival on South Street with way too many people in attendance.  A bunch of bands played outdoors on the piers including Archers of Loaf, the Drums, Nick Waterhouse, I don't even remember who else cuz I didn't go...

The Great Panty Caper

So today marks another day with no work, in which I contemplate joining a gym, but then remember I am both lazy and broke.  Following that thought process and a brief bout of depression,  I open up my laptop and search for ways to make money.  
In my tireless search (usually on craigslist), I came upon the following ad under the "gigs" section....which I found baffling, because I did not consider it a "gig", more like an afternoon activity.

Hey, you made it! Welcome.

Welcome to the Daily Weirdo, my new blog site that will be followed by a weekly podcast entitled, "The Weekly Weirdo" alongside my good buddy Dwayne (star of the new, kind of hit show "Take Me Out" on Fox prime time).  If you don't know what you are getting into by following this blog....well neither do I by writing it.  All I can tell you is that I am currently out of work, at the moment, for the time being, spending a lot of the day on my couch, and things tend to get weird.

What's the plan for this blog you ask?  Well,  the rough idea is to combine my two loves: all things funny, and all things rock n roll, through the eyes of a self proclaimed weirdo. 

I have a lot of ideas that hopefully will pull together and provide for a good read.  Soooo, I ask that in the meantime you sit back, open a tab on your browser next to your facebook tab, gmail tab, youtube tab, (or whatever tab you need to click off when the boss rolls around), and wait for this thing to take off. 

-D.W.