notes on notes, jon edition, 4/9/11

I'm putting him by himself now, since he's having a solo career.

Since 3/12:

Made some stew, apparently discovering the joys of a potato peeler for the first time (?!); reminded us carrot and potato skin were good for us, if washed well; noted that neither green beer nor corned beef and cabbage had anything to do with Ireland but that the latter was tasty; reminded us about the Supermoon; was quiet for a good two weeks, then surfaced in New York, and after that almost all of his comments have been one word, accompanied by a picture. To date he has shared: himself, in New York; a puppy (not Marley), presumably also in New York; Than Liu, on what might be the Brooklyn Promenade; a snapshot of a party at what might be a wine bar; a picture of the Beatles; two studio-like shots, one of which was a screen shot from a video that was just him playing the guitar; a street scene that might be in Chicago; an Elmo birthday cake for a small child that I'm assuming is his nephew; and an enormous sub.

Outside of the monosyllabic commentary, there were also a shots of Marley plus all of the garbage Jon picked up in his neighborhood in 45 minutes; an announcement of a show in Chicago in May (he's opening for Empires); an announcement of a live taping on something called JBTV in Chicago (local access? internet TV?); he asked us if we thought John Boehner might actually be evil, then deleted it and (clumsily) tried to act like he'd been talking about John Stamos being handsome (Jon Walker, please don't insult our intelligence that way again) and also noted that "the guy sure is tan" though I don't know which guy he meant; and he quoted lyrics from a Steve Earle song, "Lonely are the Free." Finally he thanked Bob Morris for appreciating "Alone" and suggested they play together some time.

Also he's changed his profile picture back to a shot of his face, though he's creepily over-smiling in this one.

notes on notes, ryan edition, 4/9/11

A more complete accounting:

Since 3/12:

Noted that it's impossible to go through a drive-in or eat french fries on a motorcycle; tweeted his area code (311), probably by accident; wished that good shows like Dinosaurs were still on the air; RT'd a hockey player doing a followers-for-donations-to-Japan exchange; also encouraged us to follow one of the dudes in More Amore; was unimpressed with the Situation's attempt at roasting Donald Trump; entertained himself (and us) with some fancy Noam Chomsky-inspired wordplay, trolling us a little bit, I suspect, for all of the people who tell him he never makes any sense;

was sad to be going to Paris alone but noted he'd be close to the Supermoon (The Internet: WHAT? PARIS? WHAT?); was sarcastic about standing in line; noted that Tosh.o doesn't give a fuck and he (Ryan) hasn't been giving a fuck since '92 or '93; had a day off in Paris followed by a high-speed train to Belgium to do some work (Internet: BELGIUM? Work? Belgium? WORK? WHAT.); posted a studio picture from Day 2 of Didier Chapedelaine's solo record; noted he could almost see his face in Will Noon's shiny shoes; grumbled a little bit about speaking Mumble (perhaps having trouble with heavy Parisian drawls?); spouted a bunch of stuff about Christmas trees and unicorns and leprechauns that was probably related to/inspired by the video for the song Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?" from On Her Majesty's Secret Service that he posted later;

either had or overheard a conversation about The Cowsills (family group on which the Partridge family was based); announced he wanted to wake up every morning to Are You Ready For This? from Space Jam and fall asleep to We Have All the Time In the World by Louie Armstrong; noted that Swedish was insane; posted a picture of Nic Johns of Les Wampas sleeping and managed to misspell "asleep"; posted a truly terrifying video about a yoga farmer (srsly WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT, free nightmares is RIGHT); mentioned "tragic magic", which could be either a now-defunct source of house music, two different books (one of them is a scrapbooking mystery!) or an instrumental song by Steve Winwood, and really, your guess is as good as mine, here;

noted that 12 songs in was a perfectly good time to get their surf rock on; posted the Boom Boom Boom Way Ho! girl video (YouTube); encouraged everyone to vote for Panic in MTV March Madness, with some help from Shakesperian insults; told Dan Snowfreak that Belgium was rainy and he was tired but not cranky; noted that the studio they were in was the same one where Technotronic made Body to Body, with such hits as Move That Body and Move This; had a discussion about house music with Will Noon;

asked if Fidel Castro had died or if that was an April Fool's Joke (Castro is not dead, as far as I know); made a terrible pun about jumping off bridges in Paris making you in Seine; noted that Belgium loves Batman; told another terribly punny joke about a small fortuneteller escaping from prison; compared Didier Chapedelaine to Clint Eastwood and John Wayne; asked how long one could survive on ketchup sandwiches "for a friend"; RT'd more LA Kings stuff, this one for a blood drive; took the train back to Paris with people who looked like spies, and got his spy music on; was excited about the Kings clinching a playoffs berth, and since then has been silent.