July 2014
Month archive / 47 posts
Had blood drawn without incident (usually there’s incident); got a bandage to make me look like a tough guy army man.
Confirmed that I gained weight for the first time since I stopped growing. I guess that’s why I’m going through soap so much faster?
As a teen, I wanted a UPC barcode tattoo, as, like, a commentary on consumerism, maaaan. What was your teen tattoo?
Religion. nyti.ms/1o72gxK
relaxed bike ride home
trash truck passes on the left
stench blast to the face
Caught a typo in the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:5). It should say, “Blessed are the crackpot survivalists, for they shall inherit the earth.”
Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story
Sometimes you make me want to build a model of the Eiffel Tower out of Belgian waffles.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Low (122), White Lung (12) & Lightning Bolt (10) tweekly.fm/twitter/robweycher…
As a lifelong heavy metal fan, it irks me to no end that the defining trait of many of my brethren is myopic idiocy. change.org/petitions/ghos…
Stories We Tell
Starting a band with a bunch of other white guys. We’re called The Institutional Barriers.
It is a sunny summer day, but Rdio doesn’t know it.
Fifteen years on, it still gets me every time. youtu.be/iAmWJ_Xclis
Today is the day I finally gave in and started using an umbrella against the sun.
Let the Fire Burn
Grand Piano
Career change.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Baroness (18), Embrace (16) & Ramones (14) tweekly.fm/twitter/robweycher…
Okay, Philly. Head over to @johnnybrendas tonight, where I’m judging the final @usairguitar qualifier of the season. johnnybrendas.com/event/606865-u…
Listen, young bucks. You don’t have to join the football team to feel like a badass. Just learn to play Thin Lizzy’s “Emerald” on guitar.
Just got off the phone with an extraordinarily friendly and helpful FedEx/Kinko’s guy. Up is down. Black is white.
Thankfully the man-vs-anthropomorphic-meatball part of the Tums commercial was labeled “dramatization,” because, like, MKUltra or whatever.
Big Bad Wolves
Yes, Comcast is awful, but sorry, I just don’t have any sympathy for people paid to be persuasive on the phone. theawl.com/2014/07/sympat…
Yep, yep, YEP: “Why Can’t You Ever Shut Up During a Concert?” gothamist.com/2014/07/10/do_…
Hello. It is 2014, I am 38, and I have just now realized why Robert Redford chose Sundance as the name for his institute, film fest, etc.
When @ChamberMonster gets ahold of your unattended iPad.
Time to put the grief to work.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: White Lung (11), PUP (9) & Psychic Teens (9) tweekly.fm/twitter/robweycher…
The last of the original Ramones is gone. RIP Tommy Ramone. variety.com/2014/music/new…
If being wide awake at 4 a.m. is the new normal, I’ll take the old normal, please.
Publishing a eulogy that couldn’t possibly do its subject justice is apparently the moment I finally completely lose my shit.
We lost the wonderful @chloeweil this week. Let me tell you about her. v5.robweychert.com/writing/chloe/
Chloe
A eulogy for a friend.
After politely listening to one of my diatribes on the untapped potential of music metadata, Jeremy Keith introduced me to the work of Chloe Weil in the fall of 2012, specifically Sound of Summer, which dynamically collates the songs that soundtracked her summers dating back to 2001. I was fascinated by the project, but didn’t get around to actually meeting her until Jeremy introduced us in person a year later at Brooklyn Beta, and we… See more →
“Even if you only met her briefly, you couldn’t help but be bowled over by her.” @adactio remembers @chloeweil. adactio.com/journal/7030/
I don’t know how to process @chloeweil’s passing, and I desperately want it not to be true.
Feeling sick.
Philadelphia: City of Brotherly Rock
US Air Guitar first came to Philadelphia in 2008. It was my first air guitar competition and I approached it with the expectation that it would also be my last – it didn’t occur to me that this was something anyone did more than once. I was disabused of that notion by the many wonderful weirdos I met in the green room before the show, some of whom had been traveling up and down the… See more →
Vacation was fun, except for the part where my phone went for a swim.
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Queen (2), The Who (2) & Creepoid (2) tweekly.fm/twitter/robweycher…
Took 4th place at the @usairguitar Northeast Semifinal behind Airistotle, Ricky Stinkfingers, and Smiley Rod, who all advance to the Finals!
2014 US Air Guitar Northeast Semifinal
Game-day decision: I’ve accepted @usairguitar’s invitation to compete as a wildcard in tonight’s Northeast Semifinal. boweryballroom.com/event/586745-u…
The second of @RogerClark41’s NY1 @usairguitar Northeast Semifinal previews, featuring an interview with yours truly. ny1ne.ws/b1BSfA
Got up early to be on the teevee with @RogerClark41. @usairguitar Northeast Semifinal tonight! ny1ne.ws/b1BSfA