David Hasselhoff is...Night Rocker

just for you russ

someone find this album, please!

viva la 80s!

I love youtube. It's brought so much fun and joy to me and the internet. And one intrepid fellow has searched youtube for all the 80s music videos posted there and put them all in one place.

Maybe it was the cocaine but some bands just didn't know what to do with the new medium. Some went the safe route and used concert footage or simply filmed the band on a soundstage, but when bands flexed their artistic muscles, things got really entertaining. A-Ha’s "Take on Me" is timeless but videos like Journey frontman Steve Perry’s "Oh Sherrie" or my beloved Toto’s "Africa" are just laughable. And I must say Foreigner tried too hard with "I Want to Know What Love Is." I know of a better version that blows it away.

Japanese TV is sadistic

Exhibit A: Silent Library

my summer - Minneapolis

Our ride from the airport never showed up so we hitchhiked to save money for drinking




He speaks the truth





The aforementioned Mayslack’s meat (1 lb of roast beef on a bun soaking in au jus). They weren’t kidding, no one beats it. I threw that badboy up a few hours later. I lost.





Old and new down by the river





from the terrace/patio/whatever at Brit’s pub





I only stood around long enough to snap the picture and then ran away. I was too scared Tom Cruise would jump through the window and sever one of my limbs with his snaggletooth.





Part of the drink menu at psycho suzie’s. The suffering bastard’s quite potent...




The exquisite art of the male breast exam




Nye’s polka lounge, home of the world’s most dangerous polka band





obligatory penis gag





shit name for a shit beer





beer, guys and internet porn = does the fun ever start?





our ride refused to take us to the airport too so we resorted to hitchhiking again

Not Pictured – The 22^nd Ave. Station, aka The Double Deuce, aka the most random bar/gambling establishment/strip club combination filled with the most random people. Picture taking was not allowed inside for obvious reasons. But if you need to get a mental picture of the place, think the Mos Eisley Cantina (aka that nutty Star Wars bar from Episode IV)

Forks and knives may be sharp, but they aren't lethal like fucking ChopChucks!

my summer - Lacrosse

MSU celebrates


Some of my boys

No matter what I do, I can’t shake this game. I started playing lacrosse in the spring of 1994 and there’s yet to be a season where I failed to suit up or get involved with a team. There were times when I thought I was done but it keeps coming back into my life like David Hasselhoff. Lately, I’ve taken more of an interest in coaching rather than playing. As a player, I only concerned myself with being prepared to help the team to the best of my abilities. As a coach, I have to put the players in a position to win. That means building them up from the basic fundamentals to understanding the game’s tactics and nuances. It’s been a challenge. It’s also been stressful and consuming but ultimately rewarding when the kids learn something from me (which hasn’t been often this season).

I did get to witness a little bit of history in GR at the end of April when Michigan State finally beat Michigan for the first time in about a decade. Ever since MSU’s varsity lacrosse became a Title IX casualty in early 1997, the sport soldiered on as a club team there. In that span of time MSU lost every single game versus UM (fyi, this was just UM’s second loss to a conference opponent ever in the current era of collegiate club lacrosse). I had the privilege of playing for MSU from 1997-2000 and went 0 for 6 against the Wolverines so you can imagine how much of a thrill it was for me to see MSU finally prevail, in person no less. What made it even sweeter was to see the Spartans were led by two of my teammates, who are now the team’s head and goalie coaches. I can't think of anyone more deserving to finally get that win.

WTF part deux!!!!!!!!!!??????????????

WTF!!!!!!!??????????

my summer - April

Came home to GR to find it quiet and slow. It was a nice change of pace from the PI’s heat, pollution and incessant noise…for a little while. Then it got boring fast and I came upon a cold and brutal realization: He-Man was a pretty gay show, what with him running around in a man-bikini (not to mention a pink and magenta getup as his alter ego Prince Adam) and offering to help dudes clean their rooms. He totally ignored the fact that Teela and her mom The Sorceress were hot. Nice choice He-Man…I’ll just file that away with Transformers as a cartoon that has not aged well. Thankfully I was able to stay busy enough not to think about He-Man and the month was over before I knew it. Add in a visit to Chicago to see my bro, eat his amazing cooking and catch Editors rock out in all their cocaine-riddled glory and I’d say it was a good month. Oh yeah, McDonalds has the best spicy chicken sandwich, beating out Burger King and Wendy's. This was proven through science. Bastards keep finding ways to take my money.

Pictured: Peeping on Lake Michigan, Choose the best spicy chicken sandwich, Pork stifado by the Deuce, Editors at Metro