A 5-gallon pickle bucket full of unleaded gas

Bad Livers - "Turpentine Willie"

The great, recently reformed (sorta) Austin band Bad Livers, with a hilarious intro and eventually song about life in the wilds of low rent Texas....

testing if

this posting via email still works.

 

If it does then I should have something meaninful to say.  I *should*. 

 

FYI, there might be some brief downtime of this blog.  If so, never fear, we'll be back and utterly unimproved.

 

Miklem.com is overdue for a redesign and it is going to get overduer, I'm afraid  But with new awesome hosting (soon) behind the scenes by those charismatic geniuses at http://laughingsquid.net , who knows, anything is possible!

 

Is that enough can I hit "send" now?

Eminem's new album 3AM, pre-release stuff for fans via Topspin

New Eminem out on Tuesday (May 19), lots of amazing stuff around the release

I am contemplating a larger post (probably on The Squid) about Eminem's new album and what the way it's being distributed/marketed/whatever reflects the kind of evolution that the music industry needs. But for now I just wanna test how this embed works.

Many props to Topspin for another amazing album release concept. Great packages of stuff fans really really appreciate at eminem.com

R.I.P. Bea Arthur (1922-2009) with occasional punk rock

Bea Arthur has left this mortal coil. She will live on in reruns of Golden Girls, and Maude via memory more than actual airtime.



here's an earlier rendition of this same tune by another late icon...





Here's an old clip where Bea shows off her comic stylings...



Here's an excerpt from the notorious Star Wars Holiday Special featuring Bea as a cantankerous bartender on Tatooine



I think that we need to all keep even closer watch on Abe Vigoda now. Here's a site that can help.

Eric Lewis at 5pm today at DNA Lounge

See my post on Laughing Squid for all the details

The incredible performer Eric Lewis (@eleww) is playing live tonight at a free show at DNA Lounge. DNA has been battling the state ABC board, so this is a benefit as well.

I saw Eric play earlier this week and shot video and images that are now on Flickr. He's a really special performer (read my lsquid post for lots more detail).

Here's one more video that I discovered on Nerdblog.com of an impromptu show that he did after his famous set at TED earlier this year....


Eric Lewis at TED 2009 from Michael Herf on Vimeo.

The Colbert Report's Big (Gay) Gathering Storm

In case you haven't seen this, it is frickin hilarious.

Two Videos That Showcase Change That We Can Believe In

Two great political clips from today, one on TV and the other in Congressional testimony. Lawrence O'Donnell forcefully rebuts judge-a-book-by-its-cover defense policy from an ex-Bush admin'er and Hilary takes apart photo-opp-with-Chavez-gate like only an adult from the winning political party can. Both via Talking Points Memo TV. Enjoy.