Springtime in the Rockies.

Check it out!!! THE SNOW IS GONE!

Compare the photo to the right to the one here.

(Cilck on any of these to see a larger version).





Time to get out in the garage and get it cleaned up. What have we here?! Look a the Husquavarna in all its MAJESTY!






Here is a true treasure I found up in Alaska. BEHOLD, THE GOLDEN CARIBOU!! You may note its fine velveteen texture and nobel portrayal of the mystical "King of the Caribou".






Check out the gnarly plates from the AK that are prominantly displayed on the wall near the golden caribou. This is another kickasss feature of the garage.






On Sunday, we broke out the canoe for a quick trip over to the resevior. Looks pretty fine up on the Jeep, doesn't it?








Here's Erica out on the lake. The wind kicked up some, and the water is low, so it was more murky than usual. Pleanty of snow up on the hills just above us.






Yours truly, rockin' it.

Trog Dor!, pt. deux

After hearing Uncle Schmilty go on-and-on about this damn dragon, I decided to see just how big the Trog Dor thing was, so I turned to the handy-dandy Internet for some answers. Turns out - it's cult (see below).

Remember those fires last year in So. Cal? Guess we now know how they started.





The Bush Administrations new plan to qwell the insurgency in Iraq.







And this guy, who just went to damn far. That said, this van is a shoe-in for Uncle Schmilty's seal of approval.

No love for the Tull.

A little known fact is that this blog, while also jiving with the sweet location of my house, is named after a lesser known Jethro Tull album. I know, I know... Tull is mostly played now-a-days by dudes like Lance while they are out smoking low grade weed and working on the never ending El camino restoration project in the garage. But click on the picture to the right and check out the groovy cover art. It is hard to make out, so you'll just have to stop by and check out the album.

Here's a video of the title track being performed live by the Tull at Golders Green Hippodrome 2-7-1977 .

Having seen that, you likely have no more questions about calling this blog "Songs from the Wood". It obviously rocks (I believe Lance's exact words were, "Dude - the Tull friggin' ROCKS dude!"). Which brings me the point of this post. Check out the add below that I clipped from the Denver Westword over the weekend. Aside from being stoked to have tickets for the Yonder/ Keller show on the 2nd (and stealth tickets to the Keller show the night before at the Fox!!!!) I noticed a sad thing. You will note the area I cicrled in red. IS THAT ALL THE LOVE THAT THE TULL GETS IN COLORADO?!?! Seriously - do they really want only 10 people there?

The ManGroomer!

Ever wonder what constituted the "Beyond" product category at the renowned box store, "Bed, bath, and Beyond"? I'll admit, I was at a loss. then Erica got a catalog in the mail yesterday. Looking through it, she pinpointed this product as this month's loss leader in the "Beyond" product category. I bet it's absolutely *reeling* them in. It's called the "ManGroomer" - one word.

<-- Before treatment with the ManGroomer.

<-- After treatment with the Mangroomer.

If you click on the prodct link above, you will note that the ManGroomer can be added to a wedding registry list. Ouch. "Hey honey.... Did *you* add this to the registry list?" Ho Ho. And WHO would buy this sucker for someone's wedding? Can you imagine? "Ohh look Barry!! Tom & Linda got us a ManGroomer"! What do you say to that?

Company to build "Disneyland" in Baghdad.

Check the story from the London Times here. I was unsure what to think of this madness, so I asked my boy, Lance -->.

Lance thinks its a great friggin' idea. I believe his exact words were, "Shoot, if more Iraqi kids go on rides like 'Its a Small Friggin' World', they are less likely to become suicide bombers and shit."

Thanks for that one, Lance.

The fabeled JEEP HONCHO

I was talking about this truck over the weekend, and realized it was pretty rare. Apparently it was an upgrade package to the standard Jeep Gladiator pickup that was offered between 1976 - 1982. I believe this is also known as "The Dark Years" of the AMC motor company. In the picture below you can see more detail of the optional "Honcho" decal, popular amongst most owners of this vehicle. Not pictured is the factory installed C.B. unit in the cab.

This guy here owns hisself a honcho.

You can also see a video of some dude firing up his Honcho here. It's the sweetness.

ELECTRIC APRICOT!

http://www.electricapricot.com/

Check the trailer for this movie by Les calypool and released by National Lampoon's....

Our Pres... Doing it again...

From AP today.

Bush: Now is not the time to renegotiate or cancel NAFTA

Bush also used a joint news conference with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to renew his call for Congress to pass a free-trade pact with Colombia. He said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's refusal to schedule a vote could effectively kill it this year.

"It makes no sense to me to say that Colombian goods can come into our country duty-free, yet our goods can't go into Colombia duty-free," Bush said sternly. "And yet that's the case. An agreement with Colombia would level the playing field."

OK - The reason goods coming in from Columbia are duty free is that WE DON'T HAVE A FEDERAL COCAINE TAX! Seriously, what's the $$ amount of Bananna's and emeralds coming in from Columbia each year.... My guess, about one BILLIONTH the dollar value of BLOW being shipped in illegally. WAR ON DRUGS: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED???!?

Bootleg KISS Vids from 1976!

YES! I spent the last 15 minutes of the day realizing that if I had seen this shit live in 1976, I too might have owned the entire 87 album strong KISS repetoire on cassette tape in the 80's. Dudes who had this in your collection - you know who you are. I bet they're are still tucked nicely into that briefcase style tape case as well, waiting for some night when you are home alone and feel like breaking out the old JVC dual-well deck for some Metal Madness! Yes! I know your thinking about firing up that old Lava Lamp that's in the basement somewhere, cracking a can of Natty Light, and turning on the Peter Criss Love song that brings back those memories of being 17 with... what was her name... oh yeah - Nikki. Remember when your hair was Awesome?! You could almost fly with those feathers. Oh man! And I won't even touch the Van Halen form of this mania....


Yeah - that was F'ing SWEET! How 'bout this next one.. WTF! Is he lip-synching?!?

TROG DOR!

Ok - Hang with me on this one until the punk rock starts... Thanks to Paul for introducing the Strong Bad from Homestar.