Happy New Year everybody.  This month marks the two year anniversary of this website.  It started out as a funny idea I shared with my friends.  I then bought the domain name and wrote the first post, “21 Reasons Why I Hate Dave Grohl” which is still the most read post on this site. 

In the spirit of reflection, I reviewed the posts from this year and picked my favorite ones, which ended up being six.  These were the ones I found the funniest and also the most personal.  And so, without further ado, here they are:

Brother Howe Releases New Single One Day After Foo Fighters Release Theirs in which the fictional editor of the website makes his first appearance and I apologize to Jeff Daniels.

White Limo in which I buy my own White Limo and show that Dave Grohl is a nerd.

I Wanna Meet Dave Grohl (Too) in which I invite Dave Grohl to come to my house and punch me in the face.

Dave Grohl Directing Documentary in which I throw out a link to Jonathan Coulton, a funny singer guy I like.

Foo fighters. Joan Jett. David Letterman. in which I have my first ever contest and someone even won!  Hurray! 

Dream Dave Grohl Lives At Disney World Now in which Dream Dave Grohl make his one and only 2011 appearance and delivers the best punch line of the year.

I hate Dave Grohl.

I had another Dave Grohl dream last week.  It has been awhile.  But this is one of the funniest.

I remembered (in my dreamworld) that he lived at  Disney World (of course, why not?).  There is a secret entrance on Main Street that leads to their living quarters, but they have to walk from there to the front gate of the park to get in and out. So as I was driving in I spotted Dave and Taylor Hawkins walking right in front of my car, unfortunately I was too close and Dave gave a highly annoyed glance at my car because I was literally inches away from hitting them.  I was practically stopped, but oh well.  Not good.

I knew this would be a bad time to approach him so I parked the car with my wife and we came back, but of course they were gone.

Later, they came back and I saw Dave talking to an admirer.  I quickly walked up when they were through, extended my hand and shook his.

“Mr. Grohl!  Jason, I’m not sure you remember me, but we met twice already this year,” I said. “Here at Disney World.”  

He faked like he remembered, but then after I mentioned some of the things we had talked about he really did remember. “Oh yeah, how are you?”  “Good, good.”

Then we had a fairly lengthy conversation.  I had a lot of things I wanted to tell him apparently.

At a certain point he said, “You know I was thinking about you the other day and wanted to give this to you,” and he handed me a greeting card.  I opened it and before I could read what he had hand-written he explained,

“I was asked recently to score some music for a small independent movie that I don’t have time to do.  But I said, ‘I know just the guy for you who would love to get his music in a movie and he’ll do a really good job.’  So if you’re interested, give this guy a call.”

I was stunned.  And incredibly flattered.

“Wow, thanks!  That is really, really great.  I HAVE been wanting to do that.”

Then I started to worry.

“This isn’t a crap project is it?” I said. “Where I work we have certain projects that we call “Loser Projects,” or “Crap Projects” if you will. And you, my friend, do not take on or participate in crap projects, which makes me wonder if this is a crap project.

“Case in point, let’s talk about the new Muppet’s movie you cameo in.  That movie is getting great reviews.  And I thought, ‘Of course!  I would expect nothing less of something Dave Grohl is involved in.’”

He laughed politely but looked a little funny like he wasn’t sure if I was joking or not.  Not wanting to offend him, I assured him I was.  We talked for a few more minutes and then he said, “Actually, I’ve got something I should tell you.  That movie score I was talking about?  Well, it’s kind of a gay porn.”

What?  I don’t want my music used for that!  How do I get out of this?  Dave Grohl himself recommended me for something and I’m going to have to turn him down somehow.

I hate Dream Dave Grohl.

I'd like to take time out of our regularly scheduled programming so I can promote myself just a little bit!

American Man, Brother Howe’s long awaited full length album is now available through a pre-release private launch!   It is for email subscribers and fans from December 6th through 12th only.  

Here’s what you get:

A high-quality digital download of the album with two extra bonus tracks that will not be on the cd. You’ll get instant access to a zip file with high quality 320 kbps mp3 files downloaded directly to your computer.  

Click here to check it out

You wanted a physical copy of the album?  Well as another bonus, if you order the digital download, you have the option of  pre-ordering an autographed copy of  the physical cd for $4.99 as well.  These come in a handsomely packaged fold-open digi-pak (sorry I don’t have pictures yet, but the proofs look great and we’re really proud of them).  And you can pre-order as many copies at this price as you want and have them mailed to your home in time for Christmas (just in case you wanted to have a few extra copies for gifts or stocking stuffers).  

However, there is a limited run of 100 the physical cd’s so if they run out, we won’t be able to ship in time for Christmas.  If you want to be sure to get your copy, you’ll want to act fast.

This deal is only available through our website and is not available now on iTunes, Amazon or in any stores.

Click here to check it out

Congratulations to Foo Fighters on being nominated for six Grammy's this year.  Pretty good for an album recorded in a garage.  Here are the categories:

ALBUM OF THE YEAR – WASTING LIGHT.  Competing against Adele and Lady Gaga, I'm not sure how good of a shot they've got at this one.

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE – “WALK”.  "Performance" means "song" and they are competing against Coldplay, Mumford & Sons, the Decemberists and Radio Head, there is stiff competition, but not a bad chance.

BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE – “WHITE LIMO”.  Others in this category are Mastedon, Megadeth, Sum 41 and Dream Theater.  White Limo is a great, hard rock song and I think the Foo's have a good chance at this although I'm not sure they really should win.  Yes they should.  It's Hard Rock, not Heavy Metal. 

BEST ROCK SONG – “WALK”.  Not sure why this is different than Best Rock Performance.  I must admit I don't understand these categories.

BEST ROCK ALBUM – WASTING LIGHT. Others nominated here are Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kings of Leon, Wilco and Jeff Beck.

BEST LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO – FOO FIGHTERS: BACK & FORTH. 

So anyway, Dave Grohl beat me and got nominated for a bunch of Grammy's.  Good for him.