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This week for Sweet Tunes Thursday, I’m giving you a recap of the Murderdolls show I went to on Monday the 30th.

I’m sure this sounds totally lame, but that show being scheduled was a dream come true. The fact that they reformed and released an ALBUM is something I’ve fantasized about for the past 8 years. But. They. Did it.

Ok.

So I’m a total spaz, in case you didn’t know this. And I’m realllly pretty sure that the Murderdolls know this now too.  CUZ I MET THE FLIPPING BAND. Yeah. I met them.

And you know what? It’s funny because like 5 years ago I spent a TON of time thinking about how cool it would be to hang with Joey Jordison and just how that meeting would go down. Yeah, so didn’t happen like that. I totally freaked and didn’t know what to say and I think it came out like, “OMG OMG OMG 5 years ago you were totally my idol.” But then I realized what I said, and that it wasn’t what I wanted to say, so I was like, “But you’re still freaking awesome!”

Yeah. I don’t think he was too excited about that.

Regardless, I did get to meet the rest of the band too. All of those guys are super nice and I made sure to tell the guitarist that he was really good — he was an unknown and it’s pretty awesome that he stepped in and took over for Tripp Eisen.

AND I talked to Wednesday 13 (I actually said, “DUDE I WANT TO TALK TO YOU” and he’s all “Okay then, let’s talk.”).  I told him that I saw him a couple years back at a little bar in Cedar Falls and he remembered it (or maybe not? but he was nice enough to say he did).  He was really nice and it was probably the coolest 30 seconds of my life … haha.

Oh oh oh, and here’s the cool part: So I’d randomly put my deconstructed t-shirt quilt in the back of my car a while back because I thought it would look cool in the back window. Well, it was made from mostly Slipknot and Murderdolls shirts. Conveniently, I grabbed it and the band signed it. So now I’ve got a kickass signed quilt. What up?

And it was really cool that Wednesday signed one of the dolls … and Joey did too. Joey drew a little smiley face, so I guess that’s way cool. He thought the whole quilt idea was pretty sweet. (maybe cuz it’s mostly made of shirts from bands that he’s in?).

Anyway — oh wait, there was a show. Right.

So the concert was pretty much amazing. I know I’m sure I sound like a complete douche right now, but shut up. I love these guys. I seriously waited 8 years for anything and about crapped myself when I found out they were releasing anything and this concert was (as I mentioned) a dream come true. I dragged Mark along, but he loves Wednesday’s old band, Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 (who I blogged about a couple weeks ago), so he had an awesome time — in the back, drinkin’ PBR.

Me — I was up front. Practically on the stage.  Wednesday got in my face a few times and it was pretty sweet.

They played a few of their new songs and a bunch of the songs from their last album. Great show!

For your enjoyment, I’ve included some videos. The first one doesn’t have good sound, but it’s got a great view.  And if you look on the left side, I’m in the hot pink zebra shirt!

It was long overdue. He hadn’t had a bath for a couple weeks. And LO — I had an empty kitchen sink. So he got a good scrubbing.

yeah. barney IS pretty much the cutest dog ever … now if only he was as sweet as he looks …

The internets are no longer on hiatus.

Things I will be bringing you (in no particular order):

1. Megadeth/Slayer/Testament concert review
2. August Market Day recap
3. Murderdolls CD Release party experience
4. 2 bands for Sweet Tunes Thursday
5. White Bread Italian Boy Cooks Pita Pizzas
6. Finished wallets and camera cases

I went to the Murderdolls CD release show last night … it was freaking amazing. Best show I’ve seen for a long time and I was up front — getting spit on and sweat on.

I got to meet the band, including my all-time favorite musician (or at least in the top 5 depending on what day of the week and what mood I’m in) — Wednesday 13, and Joey Jordison, who is also the drummer from Slipknot and a native of Des Moines.

More to come later today!

Guys. I promise I’ll return soon. I don’t have internet at home right now and I have been sooo busy that I’ve had super limited access!

I shall return to daily blogging soon … until then, it will be pretty spotty, but I am still on twitter and update from my phone, if you’re truly interested.

… or else I waste a LOT of time.

I recently joined Pinterest, a website that allows you to curate and catalog different interests online. I’ve mainly been using it to bookmark great design for inspiration, DIY and craft tutorials and some ideas for my sketchbook.

Well, apparently people like what I’m posting because this week I’m in the top overall most “prolific” pinners.  I’m also one of the top 5 pinners for design+packaging.

Seriously, apparently I need to get a life. But, I’ve collected a lot of fabulous finds from around the interwebs and I’ve got my own lil station for inspiration rather than pulling out a book I’ve seen a million times.

This week’s humpday blog love goes to my friend Adria, who ironically thinks I’m mad at her because I haven’t had a chance to talk to her for a couple weeks. But no, I am not! And I realized my blog love post was about her blog this week (I schedule them all in advance) — so I’ve edited to include this blurb!

Anyway, my friend Adria and I go way back — all the way to 7th grade when she came to my school. That’s right. MY school.

Adria is SUPER crafty and she’s the one that got me into quilting and sewing last year.  She and I also went through terrible breakups at about this time last year and are both with fabulous men currently. She also has a weiner dog … well, he’s a chiweenie-min pin mix — McGruff!

Here are some of the fabulous things she makes … I’m lucky enough to get a lot of her fabric scraps, which is how I’ve made such lovely things on the cheap.

So you should probably go check her out, and leave her some lovin’!

WOW this august has proven to be a rockin’ one. Megadeth/Slayer/Testament last Saturday and on Monday, Aug. 30th, I’m going to FINALLY get to see the Murderdolls — one of my absolute favorite bands ever. This is beyond exciting because I didn’t think I’d EVER get the chance to see the ‘dolls. They released an album in 2002 (way back when I graduated from high school!) and have been put on the back burner since 2004 when they quit touring as Joey Jordison (the guitarist) is the drummer for Slipknot and they were kind of a big deal then.

Side note: I just blogged about FDQ last Thursday, and that’s a related band.

I did get a chance to see Wednesday 13, the frontman for the Murderdolls, back in 2005 at a tiny lil bar in Cedar Falls. I was about a foot away from him the whole time — he played stuff from his new album and some Frankenstein Drag Queens songs.  He even shot me with his fake plastic gun (guys, that was kind of amazing).

Anyway … it was awesome seeing him, but it wasn’t QUITE as awesome as it would be to see the Murderdolls live.

WELL, my dream has finally come true.

The band reunited this year — at least frontman Wednesday 13 and Joey Jordison — and they’ve put together a new album with some new members. They’ve scheduled a tour, but it starts overseas and ends nowhere near here. I’m pretty sure they’re on Ozzfest, which isn’t something I’m interested in.

I was on twitter yesterday, and one of my friends re-tweeted something about a Des Moines show on Monday from the Murderdolls twitter account.  I managed to snag tickets to what I’m guessing will be a sold-out show. So, on Monday, I’m going to be rocking out at the House of Bricks with the Murderdolls … and I can barely contain my excitement!

eeeeeek! Seriously. I’m like a 12-year-old-girl going to a Miley Cyrus concert.

Stay tuned for my official Slayer/Megadeth/Testament concert review!

Needless to say, I had a fabulous time.

I was futzing around on iTunes the other day and adding some key albums to my wishlist, when I remembered that a couple bands that I’ve done album art for have their albums on iTunes.  I didn’t find one of them, but I did find my friend Flip’s band, The Half Hearts.

So cool to see your artwork somewhere so public!

Although … I can’t take credit for the illustrations. Those are my friend Kim’s.