Rock Over Burnside

About a week ago. Triple Threat Quartet, back by popular demand! Standing room only (except for the chairs and stools scattered around)!!

New experiences

I used a wah-wah pedal for the first time ever on Sunday. It came to me fairly naturally though, and I was pleased with its results. One could say I "mastered it with the very first go at it", but that would be an understatement. One could say I "harnessed the very power that Joe's beastly wah-wah contained, and rode it like a wild pony". I would let you get away with that, but again.. understatement.
Here are some song titles for the upcoming QB Eagles release (tenatively titled "Harness the Pony Power"):

"Another Stairway to Heaven"
"You Shook Me All Night Long Again"
"Hey Jude- yeah, you Jude!"
"Welcome Back to the Jungle"
"Purpler Haze"
"Everybody Hurts 2K6"
"Put Me To Bed After We Go-Go"
"Cry Me An Ocean"

More QB Eagles updates to follow.
best, Brian

Songz.

You know what song I'm down with this summer? Shakira's (feat. Wyclef) "Hips Don't Lie". First off, the phrase hips don't lie is hilarious in general and I guess it rings true, right? Secondly, it uses the same sample as Peter Gunz & Lord Tariq's "Deja Vu", which I enjoyed immensely during my early high school career.

Other things I'm down with:
-- Scoops' return to Portland
-- Rihanna's "S.O.S."
-- Playoff hockey
-- Red wine
-- My new sheets and soon-to-arrive duvet cover
-- Girls with dark hair! (Au revoir, blondes!)
-- Learning French
-- Keeping my room clean
-- Credit cards
-- Running
-- Ryan Miller, who I sort of wish I was
-- Catherine Deneuve
-- Flickr!
-- Sleeping

On that note, good night. Or, bonne nuit.

Ashlee Simpson coy on nose job rumors

NEW YORK (AP) — Ashlee Simpson is laughing off rumors that she had a nose job — but she's not denying it either. Recent photos splashed across the Internet and in tabloids suggest the multiplatinum singer has made an alteration to her profile, removing the bump that made her nose distinctive.

When asked about the speculation during a phone interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday, Simpson giggled and said: "Everybody's already saying it, so I just don't talk about it. I'm like, OK, whatever. It doesn't bother me."

But when asked whether the rumor was true, the 21-year-old singer didn't confirm or deny it, but just giggled more.

"Maybe — who knows!"

Simpson — the younger sister of Jessica — is about to launch a summer tour in June. Her latest album is I Am Me ; her first album, Autobiography, was released in 2004 and sold 3 million copies.

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Last to know.

Yo. Word on the street is that Abra Cooper is back in town. Could this really be true?

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