First Snow

In a little under an hour, it will have been 3 years since the last post of the Manly Mustache blog

For a little over a year and a half, the blog was a source of inspiration and humor beyond anything that I could fathom at that time in my life. Was it juvenile? Yeah. Was it ridiculous? Yeah. Was it awesome? Hell yeah.

To be honest the only reason I started this blog was to attempt to replicate the magic that was found within the Stache blog and even though The Stiche Corner has been in many ways a failure in those regards, it was still worth a shot because it was such a noble thing to shoot for.

I'm not sure what the point of this post was (a sober post nonetheless) other than a fond remembrance of a blog that was a god among men in the blogosphere.

Yo

I've got 20 bucks or so burning a hole in my pocket. Do you guys have any good album recommendations?

Say Yes

Today is the 7th anniversary of the death of Elliott Smith and I can say without a doubt that he is one of my absolute favorite musical artists. One way that his music was described to me before I listened to him for the first time was take The Beatles pop sensibilities and mix it with the acoustic styling of Nick Drake and doused in depression. If you've never heard of his work before, you owe it to yourself to listen to a track or two online and if you enjoy it, pick up his album Either/Or or his self titled.

God Bless the USA

Stiche Recommendation

There is a very good chance that The Tallest Man on Earth's "The Wild Hunt" will be my album of the year. It's been on nearly constantly since April and it's still ridiculously beautiful and enjoyable. It's just so damn good.


"You're Going Back"


"Love is All"

Take a swim with me

It's been a good week. Last Friday I was lucky enough to snag a free ticket to a Trampled By Turtles concert and I've got to admit, it was a really sweet show. I'm not much of a bluegrass fan for the most part, but somehow they put on a show that was exciting and it made me question my thoughts on the genre which is a very difficult thing for any band to do.

Here's their video from their newest album, Palmino



On Saturday afternoon, I managed to finally go to The Social Network and I have to say that it really might be the best film of the year. The acting was spot on for all of the roles, and the dialogue was ridiculous. Somehow a film was made about a website and it was amazing. I remember laughing to myself when I first heard that a film was green lit that was based around the founding of Facebook.

The film's soundtrack was done by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (of NIN fame) and the soundtrack was dark and foreboding in such a way that it quite possibly was the perfect compliment to the film which was based around jealousy, genius, and betrayal. It's the first soundtrack I've picked up since the Batman Forever Soundtrack...

And finally, I'm going to Jackass 3D in about two hours. It's easily one of the guiltiest pleasures I have these days behind hookers and cock fighting, but there's no sense fighting it. I know I'll see a lot of shit and a ridiculous amount of male nudity, but that's alright. I'm ready to have sore ribs from laughing so hard.

Aspire Renewed

You know the drill. Best caption wins Stiche dollars

Shameless Plug

First of all, I'd like to thank Stich for the excellent work he continues to do here at The Corner, and for giving this announcement his seal of approval.

After casually throwing the idea out a few times before, Kubas and myself have finally decided to get back into the whole blogging thing.
In our return to the blogosphere, we've started our own little blog here.

So come for the stories. Stay for the buns.

Seriously?

It's October already? Where the fuck is my life going all the sudden?

Life updates
- Eastbound and Down is back and my life is now as close to complete as it ever will be now that I can watch Kenny Powers' exploits from the comfort of my home on HBO.

- Homecoming was a 16 hour drunken odyssey of epic proportions. 'Nuff said.

- I'm trying to brainstorm for the last Halloween costume I'll ever wear because once you're out of college, Halloween is pretty much over. Thoughts? Ideas?