Since the weather has been so nice, we’ve been keeping the windows open all day and night. With the windows open, we can hear the sweet sweet song of the larks and whippoorwills in the trees.

All I’m sayin, is it’s about damn time these birds learn some new fucking songs.

I’m sick and tired of “chim-in-ee-chim-in-ee-chim-in-ee-chim-in-ee.” Don’t even mention “chee-per-chee-per-chee-per-chee.”

Jesus, evolve or something already. It’s pissing me off.

Currently listening: Hulk Hogan and The Wrestling Boot Band By Hulk Hogan Release date: By 01 January, 1995

hey, so, that was fun, right?  I had a fun time, did you?  That was a hella good time.  I think we may have played our most mellow set ever tonight.  I thank everyone for coming out and sharing it with us.  Robots in Antarctica and Bracelet and the Young Professionals were all great. ..

I totally dug having such a big stage area, did you?  I think it was fun, did you? 

Well, Lenny Kravitz’s mother was on the Jefferson’s, so that means I’m drunk a bit, ok?  Do you?

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Currently reading: Sierra Club 2006 Wilderness Calendar By Sierra Club Release date: By 26 July, 2005

Ladies and Gentlemens,
We are about to embark on the voyage of Album #3. Travis wants to keep it all top secret until its release, but I want to put previews up.

Also, We got a sweet show this Saturday night at the Common Grounds. Please come on out and watch us rock it.

So, I usually bring my iPod to work with me, to listen to tunes, you know.  Well, to make sure It didn’t get fucked up if I dropped it, I bought a silicone case:

So, I left my office today and put the iPod (in its case) stupidly on top of my car while I put other stuff inside.  I then got in the car and drove 6 blocks to Subway.  I drove on State Road 40, a big ass road, and even made an abrupt-illegal U-Turn.  I then made a wrong right turn and backed up, straightened out and turned again.

I then went into Subway, ordered a sub (which in Ocala takes 45 minutes because they’re retarded) and walked back outside with my sub in hand. 

Lo and behold, the iPod was still sitting, unscathed mind you, on top of my car. 

It’s hard to make that the best thing that happened to me today, but it’s surely the closest call to the worst thing that could have happened to me today.

Imagine if some bumpkin from Ocala picked it up.  Provided he knew what it was, he would have had no clue where the Chesney was.  “Who the shit are the beatles?”

I can’t belive it’s taken me this long to post this, but I was hanging out downtown last weekend at the Sidebar when a local vagrant pulled up on his bike.  I figured, whatever, another local vagabond who lives in the woods and likes to drink downtown. 

Wrong.  This was no average bum.  This was Choo Choo, the Body Master.  He pulled up and made the sound of a train whistle.  He actually made his voice do an interval (two notes at the same time).

We didn’t pay much attention to him at first, he just sat at the bar and drank.  Then, after a few minutes, he came towards us.  I was telling the guys in Clock Hands Strangle how he made the coolest noise, so I called him over to make the noise. 

Now, let me draw this character for you.  he was approximately 70 years old, had a Santa Clause beard, and crazy bushy eyebrows that curled up to look like horns. 

So, after telling him that we wouldn’t give him a dollar to make the noise, he went ahead and did “half” of it. 

At this point, he took the time to let us know that he was a Body Master.  I asked him why he couldn’t have achieved a level higher than Master.

He then offered to adjust my spine. 

I politely declined, but upon seeing that he really meant to adjust my spine, I backed up to the wall.

He then told us that his sensei trained Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris (who I politely informed him was “The Karate Commando”).

He also told us that he got shot 17 times in Vietnam and was actually in a body bag when he came to

He then told us a really bad, obscene joke, and choo choo’d his way out the door.

I wish this was fresher in my mind, b/c it would be so much funnier.

I fixed the feed, so you can just go to iTunes and click update if you had the last podcast downloaded. 

Or, If you’re adding it for the first time, enter

feeds.feedburner.com/morningbellpodcast

This week,

Clock Hands Strangle, Morningbell, Inuit Jargon, random stuff from the bell!

The last Inuit Jargon show of THE SEMESTER baby. It’s coming at you!

Did you miss one of our shows this year? Don’t fret, because on April 21st at 1982bar (the old Purple Porpoise/Midtown) we’ll be having our “Year-In-Review” show where we’ll be performing selections from all of our previous shows …

So, we got the bonus Flaming Lips CD on iTunes and it came with their cover of Bohemian Rhapsody. I know, I know. It’s impossible to cover Bohemian Rhapsody and do it justice, but they did it. It’s awesome. So, I said to myself, “Self, we’ll show those Mutha-f..ckas!”

There is only one song that can kick Bohemian Rhapsody’s ass…

and here you have it, Morningbell does The Beatles’ “A Day In The Life.”

Day In The LIfe

It’s 11 MB, so you may want to right click and save as .

ps: I know many people consider this sacrelige, so I”m sorry if we offended you. It was more of a personal challenge than a good idea. So, we hope you enjoy.

Thanks everybody who came to the CD release, bought the DVD, and rocked out to Inuit Jargon and The Jargonauts, and Morningbell’s rendition of Huey Lewis’s “Power of Love”, and Select Start.

Wowza!!! 111 people shared a beautiful moment with us here at Orange Records this past April Fools at the Shamrock. Inuit Jargon made the audience their bitches and made sweet love to their faces. Sorry for the crud-i-te, but it needed to be said.

Congrats to the boys for such a spectacle!

Up next, Morningbell’s B sides.

Seriously, fuck them.  they are the biggest sellouts since Tony Masseli told Angela to tell Mona to back the fuck off.

And that one guy with the long hair?  Especially fuck him.

First off, let me start by saying that this Spring Forward Lose an Hour bullshit is total bullshit.  I ended up going to bed at 4:30 last nite b/c of this.  I may as well have just stayed up till morning.

Ok, now that I got that off my chest, we played our somewhat traditional April Fools day extravaganza last nite.  The night was riddled with little technical difficulties, such as the new Shamrock stage being smaller than your average Volkswagen Beetle, the circuit breakers repeatedly tripping as we were settting up (thus making us not use some of our lights), and new equipment infamliarity. 

Despite all that, a solid group of folks stuck around to see us play last (which we rarely do).  I don’t know if it’s the new way the room’s set up or what, but it seemed like there were less people there than there actually were.  We did have a huge turnout, but the new stage location messes everything up in that room.

The Power of Love went off like a magic kiss.  Gay Johnny Cash wasn’t properly introduced by Travis and it actually caused us to have our first heckler ever.  It was cool, though, I punched him in the ear. 

We’ll see, it’s always tough playing on such a small stage.  In one way, it’s fun b/c we’re so close to each other and we can really hear each other playing.  But in another, it’s really hard to feel like we’re putting on a show. 

Oh well, we’ll see what the rest of April brings.