Now my buddies page has been updated....jeez.

OK, I just came across another gem of pictures. This time in the waaaaay back machine all the way to new years 1998 at the Wormy Dog Saloon in Stillwater. Cody and Grady playing acoustic. It really wasn't even too crowded..... oh those were the days. Lots of familiar faces having a good time in these snapshots. They are in the 1998 section of photos.... the last one on the list.

I've been going through many of cd's lately trying to go through old artwork to maybe finally get my artwork online and I run across some pictures I totally forgot about. They are from a little over a year ago, as in 2002. Meilsa and my housewarming party on August 17, Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers on August 19, and my birthday with remede on August 21. They are some serious party pics. Take a look at them in the 2002 section of the photos. I call it "One week in August (The Lost Roll)".

Well, folks.... Ole Kevmo finally got him a camera phone. The Sony Ericsson T610. It seems the snowball does have a chance in hell. He said he should get it Thursday. Should be interesting to see what all he's gonna do with it.

I cannot remember the last time I saw a complete rainbow. I must have been around 6, I think. Saw one on the way to work this morning along I-35. It was quite a sight I must say. Tried to get a picture of the whole thing on phone but apparently I need a wide angle lens. I got half of it on my slapdash page. Don't let me forget about the sun that rose today. It completely kicked ass even with the scattered showers around. I think it may be a good week..... let's hope so.

Pics from last night are finally up. party.

Start off on a sad note this morning. Robert Palmer died of a heart-attack today. He music was some good shit. Power Station kicked some serious ass. Loved the ladies in his vidoes. Whats the deal with all these great entertainers dying? Its gettin' me down.



On another note.... last night was pretty cool. Grady, Robyn, and McCoy showed up for the show, even Mr. Hext made an appearance. Brandon Jenkins put on a great show as always. He brought out some old favorites..... and lets not forget about Jake who opened the show. He just rules.



"Will Ragan Eat It Friday?" may be back in overdrive later today. I'll tell you when its posted.

So, I heard this morning that Diamond David Lee Roth had to cut his fall tour short because of an accident that happened when he tried to perform a 15th century samurai move with a prop sword. It seems he hit it on something and it bounced back in his face. Which brings me to a point.... he sucks. Now, don't get me wrong. I appreciated what he did with Van Halen and he introduced me to Steve Vai and all... but now??? Give it up dude. He was never that cool. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen him pick up a guitar, that arrogant asshole. Thats why I've always dug the Red Rockers stuff. He had a great career before Van Halen and when he joined Van Halen, they're still one of the best bands I've ever heard. They fused their two sounds together and (I thought) were unstoppable. It pissed me off when Sammy left, but he is still kickin' so much ass right now its crazy. I saw the Sammy and Dave concert last year and Sammy opened and completely ruled... Dave got out there and sounded like complete shit. All he does is run around jumping up and down like "look at me! look at me and how I can do the splits!" Sammy has at least always had substance and style. I mean look at him... he's as close to "rock star" image as you can get (other than Lenny Kravitz). That sums it up for me. Sammy rules and Dave doesn't. Rock on.



PS.... Summer Nights is one of the greatest songs ever written from the best Van Halen album ever, 5150.

Kick ass night of music tonight. Jake Moffat and Brandon Jenkins at Bricktown Dog. Melisa is having her farewell from OMRF party there right around 5 and to also celebrate her new job at OCU. So, I have to get to the bar as quickly as possible. I hate having to rush to the bar..... no I don't.

You know the saying people use "He who dies with the most toys.... still dies."? I don't really understand why they even say that. I believe "He who dies with the most toys.... had the most fun while he was alive."

Just a reminder.... check out my "slapdash" often. You can even post comments about the crazy ass pics I take.

Well, I got my new guestbook up and running. Feel free to send hate messages and whatnot at your leisure.

So, I know this guy. He's really cool to hang with and we always have blast when everyone goes out. I mean everybody loves this guy. He's funny, he's..... well thats about it, just funny. But, whenever people call him to say we're all meeting up at someplace so why don't you come out, he never answers the phone so you have to leave him a message. Well, then he never calls back to even say he can't make it out or whatever. I figure if you have a cell phone, that means you would keep it with you so you could....oh....say, answer it! Its not just me either he hasn't called or talked to anyone I know thats tried to get a hold of him. I guess Scar is a pussy and just doesn't want to come play with us anymore... right Jamie? :)



Just giving you hell dude.

Working on a new type of guestbook for the next couple of days... gonna start of really simple until I get my fingers all worked around in it. Don't you fret none... you can still sign it, just not read it.

So, Melisa and I went to the Guthrie YMCA to do our daily routine after work and I couldn't help but notice what channel one of the TV's were on. I had noticed it before but thought nothing much of it until I saw that it was on another TV. Which means someone deliberately puts it on this specific channel. I'm talkin about the Food Network. In the damn YMCA??? Doesn't that just cause some sort of torturous temptation that will eventually defeat the purpose of even working out at the Y. They'll show stuff like the "Top Ten Ultimate Best Killer Bad Ass Chocolate Covered Cheesecakes with Double Fudge and Cream Cheese Icing". Yeah, good call. I'm going to Braum's after I excercise.

I have finally done it! I have figured a way to get the images from my new sweet phone up here to my site. I have set up the "slapdash" page for these images now. I think this will be my new favorite part of my site. The "poetry" section is where I will still basically have my soapbox sessions cuz its really hard to type a long story on a phone key-pad. Oh boy, I can't wait....and I know you can't either. You know why I know? Cuz I'm the knowingest guy in the know that knows no other.

Oh!.... and I have the Texas Jack pics up.

It looks as if, what I call, the web ring/cult of sorts is growing. More people I meet have their own cool sites to visit. Hell I thought I was the only cool one. Kevin's almost there. Added to my bands today is: Bare Jr., Brandon Jenkins, Tesla, and Texas Jack. Added to my buddies is Ashly Brooke, Whitney & Co., and it seems I've totally forgotten to put Payne County Line on there. Sorry Stan! I'm sure I'll be adding to each of these lists again. It seem I usually have a lapse of memory every so often as I am reminded at random times of bands I've seen before. I think tomorrow I'm going to tackle the topic of Sammy vs. Dave in the Van Halen era.

Sunday I took a road trip to Ardmore to see some family. Mom is enclosing the back patio. Gonna be pretty cool. She didn't sound too excited when I suggested a couple of pinball machines to decorate the place. Here are some pics I took with my sweet new phone of the construction.



Then we went out to my step-sister and her husband's place. They bought the old Ardmore Rod and Gun Club. It was built at the turn of the century and they are restoring it to live in. Seriously, when you pull up to the house, it looks like some sort of mexican resort. Here are some pics.

The sweet projection TV.



The back patio.



Their front walkway to the lake.



Yeah, copper ceilings.



Kitchen faucet and those two big wood doors? Both are full size refigerators.



View from their second story bedroom window.



Guest bathroom.



The kitchen.



The controls to the stove. I swear its something out of monster house. If you press the right button combination, the stove transforms into a robot.



Front area.



View of the walkway leading to the back patio.



So, in case you haven't notcied, this house is completely bad ass. I didn't want to leave.

Friday night=video games. Saturday night=Texas Jack=rocked ass. Those boys hit it hardcore that night. Put on one helluva show. Originals kicked ass, but one song stood out in my mind. One song that made me forget the rest of the night cuz once they started playin' it. I partied my balls off. It is a band I usually yell out to other bands to play but I get no love. I finally got love when they pulled out Poison's Talk Dirty to Me. I can't remember the last time I got so excited about hearing a cover. Tuaca shots for everyone! Woohoo!!!.... what a blur. I am adding them to my "list of bands you better go see" on my site here. Well, that was it for Saturday. Should have pics up sometime today.

Exorcist 3 is on. Good flick.



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Well, I aint doin shit tonight. Just sit in front of the tv and play video games. Tomorrow night though, is Texas Jack at the Bricktown Dog. They kick ass. I'm excited to get to see a full set of theirs. Ellis Wagner Band is opening for them. Haven't caught them before but I've heard they're pretty good. So, I expect the congregation to be in full effect tomorrow night. Rock on....

I wish tech support for airblogging.com would email me back and tell me why my pics won't show up when I try to post them from my phone. If Johnny were here right now, he'd say "Damn your eyes!"

Can you spot the "smoking gun" in this picture. I bet Kevin can. He made it. Best gun I've ever seen, next to Elvis' turquoise handle .45.

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OK, the pics from last night are up. Damn I'm fast.... like the Flash.

Last night was pretty damn cool. Went to see ol Copeland at the Bricktown Dog last night. Very odd crowd to start off with. A bunch of guys in cowboy hats had a blow up doll. I didn't quite get it. I guess it could have been a bachelor party. If it was, then it was short lived. They all left before Scott even took the stage..... and left their plastic friend on the bar all marked on with a sharpie. Jake showed up after his opening gig for Brandon Jenkins at the Red Dirt and played a couple of tunes as well. He's got a new one called Sweet Abilene that rocked my balls. Oh yeah, and much to my dismay and/or excitement the Dog now has Tuaca ready to serve. I took some pics of the show with Kevin's camera and stole hid memory card so I can post pics. I should have them up sometime today. Rock.

Food for thought: I hate.... not really hate....more like I'm disappointed in people who can't separate personal from a professional relationship. When you tell someone something and no matter what your opinion is its wrong. I can take constructive criticism in my work. I may give someone hell bout it, but its all in good fun because I know them. I know other people have ideas I haven't thought of and I enjoy listeing to them. Oh well.... take the good with the bad.

bare with me here as I slowly try to figure out how to post pics from my phone. Turning out not to be as simple as instructed.

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Oh and did I mention?..... Bed Bath and Beyond is the shit! We went there earlier this week and I love that fuckin' store. Makes me want to clean my bathroom!

Well, I finally got it. After what seemed to be forever. I got my new gadget. My Sony Ericsson T226 with a camera attachment!. Expect to see really random shots now. They may not have much text to go along with them cuz I don't have a full keyboard attachment (yet) for my phone.

So, I started mowing my lawn last night about 6:30. Didn't finish til 9:30. Had to finish with the porch light on. Even took a break to eat supper. Yeah. It has been over a month I'd say since I last mowed. Got five bags of grass. I hate mulching. It makes yards look like shit. Not that letting your yard go for a month makes it pretty.

Well its Tuesday, so you know what that means! Thats right! Its almost the weekend!

Wow... one hell of a weekend. Started out Friday afternoon in Stillwater and went to Wormy Dog to deliver Badwater some shirts Then met up with Red Carrie, Joanna, Heather and a few other people at Mexico Joes for Carrie's farewell from C-Star gathering. After that we head on down to Bricktown Dog to catch Texas Jack and No Justice. Jake had called me earlier and said he was playing too but we didn't quite make it there in time. Texas Jack kicked ass. It was my first time to see them and I'm going to catch their show next Saturday as well. Both bands did really well and had a great crowd....blah blah blah. The next day started with a sweet hangover. Can't tell you how much I love that knowing I'm going to end up drinking again for The Stragglers. Melisa and I head back to Stillwater to listen to the OSU game. We end up at Willie's until Carrie calls us to get our ass over to their place. So we party there and listen to the rest of the game til its time to go to the Weed. The boys put on a really good show. They looked the best I've seen them in a while. Brad wasn't with them cuz he and Becky are about to have a little Rice any day now. Kevin did sit in with them this weekend however. It was really good to see him behind a kit again. Rock 'n' Roll Brother!!! The show lasted for about two hours but the party lasted a bit longer. We finally made it home around 4AM. Today? Well today I slept til 12:30, woke up, and played playstation all damn day. Didn't feel like doin' shit.....until now. I posted up pics of the weekend in the photos section. Be sure to take a peek at them. Some of the best I've taken.

Will I Eat It Friday is back with vengance on BadassWebsite. Check it out.

Here's some music for all you kids. Go out and get Black Label Society The Blessed Hellride. Zakk's guitar licks are scrumtuluscious! Looks like Kevin is gonna sit in with The Stragglers tomorrow at the Weed for thier show. He's such a rock star. All you ladies will be impressed.

Let's all raise a beer tonight for the music legend and one of my favorite comedic entertainers who have left us this day. I grew up with both of these people. Favorite John Ritter movie - Skindeep. Favorite Johnny Cash song - Every damn one of them.

Oh, BTW, I'm a big ole fibber. I did NOT go see Split Lip Rayfield last night. We ended up going to Bricktown Dog again and hanging with Kevin, Robert and Eric. Everyone be prepared for Friday night there. No Justice and Texas Jack will be playing. We'll have a pretty good crew show up I believe. Excited about seeing Texas Jack for the first time. They better rock my nuts off!

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My "supergeekness" is coming out this week. Cingular can finally carry GSM phones now. That means camera phones and sending and receiveing pictures and soon to be blogging from the phone like Matt can. My id is really taking over now cuz I really really really want the Sony Ericsson T616. I'm going to start dreaming of that phone cuz I'm so focused on it. That phone kicks so much ass but I have to come up with a hundred bucks to get it. Not a bad price really. Oh, did I mention its compatible with Apple's iSync software through Bluetooth. Yeah, all I'd have to do is set the phone next to my computer and do one click and all of my calendar and contact info is synchronized. Yeah, I've got to have that phone......by the end of next week.

Not much to talk about today. Been watching the OC on Fox, so I'm pretty excited about that tonight. I really need to mow my yard but I just don't feel like it. Still anxious to see Split Lip tomorrow at Mike's. They are always a party. I think I left out the "c" in hellascious yesterday. I started thinking more about the word and used my phoenetics dictionary/book/thing, and came to the conclusion it should have a "c". Oh well.

Well I finally got the pics up. Its been a hellasious day at work. Did I spell that right? hellasious? I don't think I've ever seen that word written out before. hmmmm. Oh well. Split Lip Rayfield is playin' at Mike's College Bar here in Stillwater on Wednesday. They kick some serious bluegrass ass. I think I'll go see them. Yeah thats it.

Busier than shit at work today. I have a bunch of pics of the Reckless Kelly show Saturday. I may have them up today. Who knows.

Well before I get out of here. I'll show you a peek of the Texas Jack designs I've been workin on.



Goin' to Orange Peel tonight here in Stillwater. Get to see Sinbad, Better Than Ezra, Ben Folds, and Bare Naked Ladies. Then tomorrow Reckless Kelly. Such is the life of a rock star. Everyone have a good weekend. Party.

Woohoo! Congratulattions to Matt and Shona on there brand spankin' new baby boy, Christian Matthew! Rock on.

I'd like to give a shout out to Falco. He let Amadeus rock me. Yeah, I'm listening to it right now. "Baby, baby, do it to me rock me."

Must be kharma. I started my iTunes playlist this morning and it went directly to Reckless Kelly. It must know that I'm going to see them tomorrow at the Bricktown Dog and wants me to get pumped up for the show. Well, its working.

Holy shit!!! OMG WTF???? Matt's baby is on the way. He took Shona to the hospital around 5:15 this morning! Keep watching badasswebsite.com for updates throughout the day!

Guess what this is.



Thats right. Its the official sweetwebsite sticker. If you see me out or want one, just ask. I may or may not give you one. Depends on how cool you can be. I will however sell them for a mere $2 a piece maybe at a later date. I don't know. This whole merchandise thing in knew to me. LOL OMG WTF BBQ STFU

Went to the Bricktown Dog again last night. Kevin, Andrew, and Chad played a little acoustic set. Had a great time there, but Eric introduced me to the guy thats runs the Green Door bar. So we mosey on down there after he tells us of a cool band who's playin' down there tonight. First of all, the Green Door has more live bands roll through there than any other bar in Oklahoma. Check out their calendar. Its more of the punk/rock type music there, so if you dig all types of music like I do, then this place rocks. The band that was playing last night was called Lucero. The only way I can describe their sound is luscious guitar licks. Like Bare Jr. meets Bush. All I can say is they kicked my ass. Great songwriting, great sound, I loved them. Saw on their calendar, they are playing a couple of gigs in Texas later on. Check them out if you can.

On another note, I made the slapdash page a random image generator. Just reload the page and you will see several different pics I've collected over time. Now, don't burn through them on the first visit. Try to look at them once or twice a day. Just trying to keep the fans coming back. I'll add more pics as I come across them. Some may be a touch on the gross/offensive side, so be aware. Don't have too many now. Another deal I have up now is the first download on the 'loads page! Its a desktop pic of yours truly and matt. Guess which one is holding the burrito. Yeah, I'll eat that Friday. Rock on.

Got the Robert Earl pics up from Friday in the 2003 archive of course. They were taken with my crappy camera so they aren't the clearest in the world. You have to be exactly 4.2359 feet away for a good pic. I wish people would quit bothering me while I work.

Haven't had time to write much here lately. Been finishing up this site and doing designs for Badwater, Ellis Wagner Band and Texas Jack. Right now though, I'm enjoying my Owens sausage and biscuits. They kind of remind me of the Burger Buddies, Burger King used to have. Not many people remember those two little conjoined bite sized morsels. Anyways, I should have some pics of the Badwater, Macon Greyson and Robert Earl Keen show from last Friday at Red Dirt Cafe. One of the best Keen shows I've seen. Oh, and I've started the slapdash pics too.

Woohoo! After 8 long ass hours of uploading, its up! yeah! shit! party! Now, not all content is available. But the main part of the site is there. Rock on.

Putting the new site up today. Once its up take a look at the about page so it will explain all the little details.

Changing the color of the blog here. just testing it out for the new site.

Labor Day Weekend is going good so far. Should launch the all new SweetWebsite sometime tomorrow. Its gonna be even sweeter.