1981: Casey’s Top 100

casey kasemit is 27 degrees outside. the temperature outside will be in the single digits before i wake up tomorrow. right now jenny & i are listening to the top 100 hits from 1981 ala casey kasem’s american top 40 countdown. ironically he just got done playing 27 and 26. he’ll get to number one by 8:00 tonight, i hope the temp doesn’t fall as fast. if you wanna catch the countdown again, it gets played tomorrow (sunday) afternoon on this station out of philadelphia.

Mondo Beep 3

coffee behind boomboxesthey said it couldn’t be done, they said there ought to be a law against it, they said the earth would spin off its axis if we kept doing it… but tonight kicks off our third year of mondo beep, and so far no casualties have been reported. if you wanna come see what it’s all about we’ll be at homer’s at red bridge and holmes tonight @ 7pm.

Between Awesome Holidays

monkeyhad an awesome christmas with family and friends. things are shaping up to be even more awesome for new year’s. this is a coffee mug that kristen gave me. i pretty much love any gift with a monkey or a robot.

Smokey and Me

me and smokeyme: aren’t you cold without a shirt on?
smokey: nah. but now that you mention it, i could use a cup of hot cocoa.

Mean Melin

mean_melinthis guy used to be a punk rock DJ across the street from my work, now he is following me on twitter. who is he? he is eric “mean” melin, the 2013 air guitar champion of the world. i should mention that i followed him first.

FBS

FBSFBS for beep sake is a ustream.tv channel that i started last week. jerry ponzer and i will be jamming live tomorrow morning on FBS from my living room starting around 9:30am. if you like old arcade sounds and electronic chaos then you won’t want to miss it… but if you do miss it, we’ll record it for you.

Streaming Live Mondo Beep

FBSit’s first friday. we’ve been doing mondo beep for two years now. however it’s waaaay too cold to do drag the gadgets out to the sidewalk. that’s why we’re going to ian’s house to stream the whole thing live tonight starting around 7:45 pm. we created a channel for this occasion and called it FBS for beep sake. you can click on the link now to sit through a 43 minute jam that jerry ponzer and i recorded yesterday (although the beeps don’t really start until you get 9 minutes in), then click on it again tonight for a live stream of mondo beep. oh, and viewers will be able to post comments as the show streams.

An Unhappy Business

pastornatean unhappy business was the title of my pastor’s sermon one sunday in november. in this sermon he talks about the truth of prophecy, the traditional church model, and changing times for christians. you can listen to it here. this is the same pastor that made a reference to doctor who in a sermon last may.

Retro Thanksgiving Radio

89point3oh man, this is the coolest. it’s easy to get nostalgic on a major holiday, right? well a radio station in minneapolis is bouncing around the decades each hour for a time machine weekend. right now they are playing songs from 1977. in the last half hour i’ve heard richard hell, fleetwood mac, and ELO. in a couple of minutes they will have an hour of music from 1989. buckle up kids, this ride won’t be over ’til sunday night.

Google Who

google doctor whoon saturday google celebrated 50 years of doctor who with a game where you can travel in the TARDIS, flip switches, and get carried off by a pterodactyl. i got past the daleks and cybermen and finished it in a little over 30 minutes. this is the screen you see at the end of the game (pictured above), and this is the music that google plays when you’re done.