NIN Destroyed My Stereo ... And House!

As you know, I worship Trent Reznor as a musical god. His songs are intense and his albums are always recorded with the passion of an audiophile. As a result, I like to geek out to his music on my nerd stereo system.

Well ... it finally happened. After more than a decade, my trusty receiver / amp blew up. It was during "You Know Who You Are?" on the new Nine Inch Nails album WITH TEETH.


Above: the deceased Sony ES receiver. It's with Jesus now, in a better place. May it rest in peace.

I am a music lover, and living without a stereo at home is impossible, so I whipped out the credit card and got another piece of equipment. After hooking everything back up, I had to give the new Onkyo unit a test, so I got the NIN CD and cranked it up. It kicked ass. I was in paradise.

Until the loud music vibrated the wall so hard that a shelf / frame holding a candle and some other decorations fell and smashed my DVD shelf. Good thing I wasn't sitting on that couch or I'd be with Jesus and my old amplifier, plucking harps on a cloud.


Above: The photo for the insurance company. Is loud music covered under my homeowners policy?

So kids, the moral of this story is ... crank it up, knock the walls down. It's Nine Inch Nails for hell's sake!

todd's iPod songs for Friday 5/20

10:20 "Breathe" Prodigy (This song could probably knock stuff off of the walls, too.)

1:20 "Seattle" PIL (Johnny Rotten is a bad-ass!)

Real Life Historical Tidbit About Todd

One of the first concerts I ever went to was New Order and Echo And The Bunnymen at the old Parkwest amphitheater in Park City. Watching Echo And The Bunnymen under the moonlight (especially during "The Killing Moon") was quite a chilling experience.

Were you there, too?

Todd's iPod songs for Thursday 5/19

10:20 "Lips Like Sugar" Echo And The Bunnymen
1:20 "Stockholm Syndrome" Muse

What's with the British bands today on Todd's iPod?

I have no idea.

Thank you.

I Love You

I love everyone who has been supportive of my writing career. It is because of you that something cool is very close to happening. (I'm still in shock and too scared to go into much of this until it's a done deal.) But thank you. More details are coming...

todd's iPod songs for Wednesday 5/18

10:20 a.m. "Lost In Hollywood" System of a Down (Their new album "MEZMERIZE" is on sale now, and it's damn good.)

1:20 p.m. "Low" Cracker (Great old song from the early nineties.)

I'm still having pain in my tooth/jaw, so I'm off to the dentist later today. :(

The Rain Must Stop

If you've been praying for rain, please stop. I'm getting tired of it. Your cooperation in this situation is appreciated.

I can't say why, but if you have an original copy of RATED F ... hang on to it. :)

Need to get one? Go to www.junkfiction.com

Todd's iPod songs for Tuesday 5/17

10:20 "Every Beat of the Heart" Railway Children (I've been making some compilations of 80's music for a friend of mine, and even though this song came out in 1990, it fits. I forgot how cool this song is.)

1:20 p.m. "Take Me Now" Vicious Pink (Rare, old, too cool to resist. I hope you don't mind these classics every once in a while.)

X-treme Croquet

Yesterday after my morning bike ride it was time to visit LeRoy and ViAnn Nuke 'Em in Hooper. My brothers and my niece were there and since the weather was nice we decided to play a nice family game of croquet on the lawn. Everybody had such a friendly, fun time. I love spending time with my family!



The Nuke 'Em family spending some quality time together.

todd's iPod songs Monday 5/16

10:20 a.m. "Ever (Foreign Flag)" Team Sleep (a side project fronted by Chino Moreno of Deftones)

1:20 p.m. "Not My Slave" Oingo Boingo (I personally think that whenever I play Oingo Boingo on Todd's iPod I deserve a hug from each and every one of you.)

How I Spent Sunday Morning

The weather is too freaking nice! I slept with the windows wide open all night and it was great.

When the sun is out and it's a warm spring morning, I can't resist a little jaunt on my mountain bike. After this, I'll force myself to do some yard work (more weeds must die) but at least I'll be outside.

Too bad the rain will return. I'm getting sick of rain. The drought wasn't THAT bad, was it?


Have you seen this dweeb?