Author Archives: Jason

A new chapter

Life has been … well, it’s been a mess lately. I left my job, embarked on a month-long road trip that showed me over 9,000 road-miles’ worth of this great country, and, most recently have been helping care for my grandmother, who broke her leg last week. It’s been a ride, and one that I’m [...]

Another one? Good lord.

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As cool as they came. R.I.P., Isaac.

You don’t understand

If you only know the late Bernie Mac from his namesake sitcom or the “Ocean’s Eleven” remake series, you’ve missed out on one of the most dynamic, commanding comedians of our time. This clips just scratches the surface of how funny he was.
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This photo makes me happy.

I took it in – I think — 2004 or 2005 2001 (holy crap! Thanks, GBVDB!) at Birdy’s, and it remains one of my favorite music photos. That is the essence of Bob Pollard, to me, anyway.

Apologies if you notice a ton of crap in …

Apologies if you notice a ton of crap in the Fivepics feed lately; I’ve added my FriendFeed RSS feed to update the site while I work on my top-secret new project. Better some content than nothing at all, right? Thanks for sticking around, and if you want to find out more about the project, it’s [...]

The “Gonzo” trailer is everything I wanted it to be.

I’ll be there when it opens in Indianapolis. Will you?

Birthday Greetings from Joe Cocker

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R.I.P. George

You’ll be missed.

Flood update

It’s going to take a lot of time and money to recover from the flood, but we didn’t lose nearly as much as some of our neighbors. A couple weeks later, it all seems like a bad dream.
I will say this: the government doesn’t care, FEMA doesn’t care, the city leadership doesn’t care, the insurance [...]

Flood

Columbus was hit hard; the water was a foot above the record March 1913 flood. I’ve been in St. Louis since last Saturday for Twangfest.
I called my mom yesterday afternoon, and I’ve never heard panic in her voice like that. Someone came and rescued her and my grandmother on an earthmover and took them to [...]