I went to an awesome show at the Earl on Sunday – Joey Cape, John Snodgrass, and Cory Branan – and had intended on spending the night composing a thoughtful review of the show, only to discover that writing about other people is not nearly self-indulgent enough for my current blogging limitations, and so I scrapped the post. Oh well. But, I’ll mention one cool thing about the show: Joey Cape’s music, be it the skate rock tunes of Lagwagon or the experimental stuff of Bad Astronaut, have played like a soundtrack to a hell of a lot of good times over the past decade or so of my life, and man, it was a joy to find out that this guy was as cool as I could have hoped! He was lighthearted and hilarious, laughing with the audience, taking requests and playing a bunch of old stuff, and was really damn good up on stage – just him and an acoustic guitar. I found myself standing there with a shit-eating grin on my face for the entire show. Man, what a good time. All three of the guys were great. If you ever get an opportunity to catch any of them, don’t miss it!
Ahh, well, that’s really all I’ve got. Pretty boring, no? Shall we talk about something else? How bout snakes? Want to talk about snakes? Imagine a snake with a rocket on its back. That would be awesome, wouldn’t it? What would you name this snake? Eric? Funny, me too.
Hey, so, in a pathetic and desperate attempt to come up with something to write, I went to dictionary.com and typed in the word “thon,” hoping that I could come back here and tell all of you that “thon” is a real word. It’s not. :-( I then typed it into wikipedia and discovered that Thon is, however, a figure from Greek Mythology. No, not Thor. That’s Norse, you asshole. Thon. Thon was a Lord who’s mistress, Polydamna, is mentioned in Homer’s Odyssey. Wikipedia then goes on to completely ignore Thon, but to mention that Polydamna gave Telemachus a drug capable of “robbing grief and anger of their sting and banishing all painful memories.” Strange, this drug of which they speak sounds a lot like something else with which I have intimate knowledge: beer. Weird that I would type in an arbitrary word like “thon” and end up with a reference to beer. I think I know why. I think that I am supposed to be the one responsible for introducing “thon” into the American vernacular, and I’m pretty sure that it’s supposed to be another term for beer. So, let’s try it, shall we? I’m going to take a sip of this thon. Sipping. Mmm, that’s pretty good thon. Yeah, actually I think this works. Don’t you?
Wow, what a wonderful surprise. Here I thought I was in the middle of a complete blog fail, and it turns out that I’ve just invented a new word. Amazing how these things work out. Well, it ain’t gonna get any better than this, so I’m gonna roll out of here. Not to mention, it’s Thon-thirty, which means it’s time for a thon.
I absolutely abhor all that I’ve just written. I also hate the wheel. And other things.
13 responses so far ↓
shawn // June 24, 2009 at 2:10 am |
Mmmmm….thon. If it weren’t midnight, I’d crack open an ice cold thon and pour it into my thon mug. Then I’d drink said thon with a big shit-eating grin, making sure that no thon dribbles down my thon shirt.
Bones // June 24, 2009 at 10:24 am |
Ahh, yes, that sounds very right. Very right indeed.
shawn // June 24, 2009 at 12:41 pm |
I’m thirsty. Thon me!
Cheek // June 25, 2009 at 3:36 pm |
Unbelievable.
My parents call me Eric. And on the same day that you make this post, I am riding in a golf cart when what should happen… THAT’S RIGHT! Two snakes fall out of a tree directly in front of me!…AS IF THEY HAD ROCKETS ATTACHED TO THEIR BACKS!
Bones, our lives continue to somehow weave themselves together in the most mysterious of ways.
Bones // June 25, 2009 at 10:39 pm |
Cheek, that rules! Totally awesome to realize that we have just experienced a serpentine brain-link!
There is only one reason to explain why I would have chosen to write what was seemingly nonsensical drivel on the exact same day that you were experiencing it. Only one reason. Because we are the union of the snake.
Thane // June 26, 2009 at 6:18 am |
Isn’t Union of the Snake a Duran Duran song?
shawn // June 26, 2009 at 11:17 am |
Isn’t Union of the Snake a gay bar in Midtown Atlanta?
joeytfish // June 26, 2009 at 11:53 am |
I’m going to put together a homebrew recipe and name it Thon.
But, so you don’t get a big head- mister “8 comments”- I’m going to respell it: “Thaughn”
And while “Thaughn” in no way whisks me away to the musky banquet tents of “Conan the Barbarian” in the same way “Thon” does, it must be done to keep your ego in check.
“Ha! Krom laughs at your wind god!” -Conan the Barbarian
Bones // June 28, 2009 at 1:13 pm |
joeytfish – A thon named Thaughn is awesome! I’m honored. And in honor of your naming a homebrewed thon Thaughn, I’m going to name my next homebrewed thon Thawn. PS – let me see that thon. thon-tha thon thon thon
Shawn – what kind of delicious snack is served at the bar you mention? Funyons of the Snake. Is that funny?
Thane – Yes, Union of the Snake is indeed a Duran Duran song. Union of the Snake, Hungry Like the Wolf – Duran Duran were into badass animals way before it was cool. And, while on the subject of wolves and snakes, I shall now cleverly return us to the starting point of the post by linking to the awesome as hell cover of John Snodgrass and Cory Branan’s new split LP, which features a, yep, wolf and snake: http://images.channeladvisor.com/Sell/SSProfiles/82056366/images/15/cbjs_split.jpg
Thane // June 28, 2009 at 4:30 pm |
After looking at what other kick ass stuff they might be singing about, they have a song called ‘Tiger Tiger’, off their album, Seven And The Ragged Tiger. So I guess they’re pretty into tigers as well, which is pretty cool.
shawn // June 29, 2009 at 12:15 am |
Didn’t a great poet once write: “Tyger, tyger burning thon, in the forests of the thon.”
I’m prett sure he did.
Thane // June 29, 2009 at 7:19 pm |
Tyger, Tyger, hold thy bong.
The foam hath risen, thine thon be gone.
Bones // June 29, 2009 at 10:29 pm |
That is awesome.