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My Little Bro-in-Law is a Grown Up Rocker

The Snails - live at the Chameleon.
Two years ago I chaperoned  a couple Snails on their first trip  to the famed Lancaster club. It's all part of the circle of rock.

Snails Documentary

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I Also Drive a Dodge Stratus

We made a mix CD for brother Todd to commemorate his recent transition to being deemed almost able to drive a motor vehicle by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The accompanying graphic will support the argument that this compilation is of the utmost quality and insight for a young brother making his transition to life behind the wheel. There are a few inside secret message songs for jocks and rockers in there as well. Anyway, we titled the album, "I Drive A Dodge Stratus." After this most hilarious SNL skit. Todd will drive his dad's, you guessed it, Dodge Stratus when he finally gets his license.

Why all of this back story from days gone by?

The Element is in the shop getting its kooky alarm system checked out because it's started to trigger when you least expect it. It's not a preferred feature of the vehicle.  So, Enterprise hooked me up with a Stratus and I am now a member of this elite club. YAY!

Gia insisted that I let her model it for you along with her favorite Yuengling cap. Whatever cat.

Some Points to Consider

The "Menz-Erb" mixes are almost claimed. That makes me feel like you love me... or maybe it's just that I attract people who like free stuff. I have four copies left if you still want a shot. If you totally miss it, which I don't think you ever really have to worry about with me, it's available as an expensivo iMix via iTunes if you're into that.

BTW: i is the new e. I hope you heard that here first. 
I feel like I owe you so much in terms of content. I still owe you a review of the wedding weekend, post all of the great pictures of the event to flickr (anyone wanna sponsor me a pro account?) the snails show, the amazing Swimmers debut at the Khyber, and all kinds of other randomness from my days. I've been working too much lately without much time at home for writing. And it's funny because I really enjoy doing that for you. I'm an entertainer at heart. After a day of work, it's nice to come home and write from my enjoyment. That is why I started this in the first place. I owe Kyle my "Fire on the Wire" story for Bridgeton Legends.

I can't even keep up with my blog reading (hence the reason you haven't heard from me lately). It's bad. You should listen to this piece by David Weinberger. He's a really interesting writer/philosopher/business dude. He writes books as well. He states how I'm feeling about not reading your stuff lately.

You may be saying, "Who's that fellow in the picture at the beginning of this post? What role does he play in all of this?"

His name is Tom. He was in the merry band of groomsmen with me. He is the reason that I am no longer a Sprint Ambassador. This basically means that I no longer have a TV (yet again) and a way to listen to new music on Tuesdays. It's OK with me. The phone was just one more thing to feel guilty about for not using or getting the most out of or reporting on. Don't get me wrong, I love schwag just as much as ya'll, it's just that I saw someone with a need and I gave. Tom said he didn't have a cell phone so I gave him the one that Sprint gave me. No big deal, no real loss. He's almost 40 and he's never had his own cell phone. I thought I'd share the love. Now he can watch clips of The Daily Show on the toilet instead of me. I still consider myself an ambassador of something, I'm just trying to figure out what that is at the moment. I laid down one burden, many more to go. If you still have that number, give Tom a call and say hi.

Come June, and after some R&R in Nashville, I'll have a better bead on life and more hope for the future and summer for sure. I'll be halfway there this Friday after Nellie's Grad Thesis show.

The Snails And Their 2nd Song

The amazing Snails have resurfaced, this time on MySpace. If you remember, their last song was very Sex Pistols. This one is rather Sublime. Either way, I'm going to catch these rising stars this weekend at the Lititz Rec Center! Their lead singer is finding his voice, their solos are getting more inventive, their beats are tightening up... maybe they'll let me be their Jon Landau.

now all that is left is emo and gangstas on cocaine

This is a very emo time here at the hola pad. I would have titled this post "holy effing ess!!!!!" but the prophetic utterances of frontman Todd are more poignant for these days characterized by crying eyes heavy laden with mascara, dudes in ladies jeans, and the premature world weariness most evident in the emotional development and troubled times of today's suburban youth.  All that is to say that I'm very proud to have "Emo" by The Snails as the first rock mp3 ever posted to holaolah.

I just got the song and I just couldn't wait to share.  My preliminary review would go something like this... "The Snails bring up some very good points: whatever happened to all the good bands and their good songs? Why does everything have to be so EMO? The Snails hold a mirror purchased at Hot Topic up to the botoxed face of rock & roll and make it take a long hard look at what its become. Hopefully rock will see what it's supposed to see and change its emo ways baby..."

Ladies and gentlemen callers who are also readers of this most inane blog, it is with great honor that I now present The Snails. Long may they rock and you can now download the song and help get America's emotions in check. 
The Snails - "EMO"
(right click, save as... for the older rockers who've never downloaded a song from the emoweb)

Ground Control to Major Todd

The caption of this pic from the occasion of when I met Brother Todd of The Snails is as follows: Just Two Dudes Strung out on Christmas. We were sooooo wasted that day on gifts and marzipan. We got, like, lots of cool stuff and it was, like, cool.

This post celebrates the first mainstream media mention of The Snails. The Lititz Record Express was there when...

"The freshmen group members said they were a group of friends who decided eight months ago to form a band. They play 20 to 30 songs, consisting of both covers and originals. More excited than nervous.

“As we get better, we might play more,” Fausnacht said. “We have a lot of time to progress.”

This marks the first of many such stories about the hometown heroes and future rock icons from Lititz, PA. Just remember, you heard it here second folks!