Violet Winter

Thursday, December 27, 2007

The BLB - Drunken Banter



VBC Records, Inc. dropped its first release: Drunken Banter, the debut album from rowdy-acoustic rockers The BLB.

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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 60


Wednesday, December 26, 2007

All Glory To The Hypnotoad

The final sixty days have concluded.

Now . . .

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 59


Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Santa didn't bring me that New Heart For Xmas like I asked.

Monday, December 24, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 58


Monday, December 24, 2007

The crest on my glass reminds me of the Hogwarts crest a little bit.

Sunday, December 23, 2007

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Friday, December 21, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 55


Friday, December 21, 2007

Hey, we're there at Delilah's.

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 54


Thursday, December 20, 2007

I took up smoking part-time so that I could break rules, look cool, and bitch about the ban come January 1st.

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 53


Wednesday, December 19, 2007

"You eat your apple like a pirate."

"...hwa?"

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Monday, December 17, 2007

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 49


Saturday, December 15, 2007

#1 Loyola Gold vs #2 New Trier Green

4-0

Go Gold!

Friday, December 14, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 48



Friday, December 14, 2007

"What do you mean we don't have any booze? We used to have nothing but booze!"

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 47


Thursday, December 13, 2007

By the end of finals I had lost my mind and only shaved half of my face.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 46


Wednesday, December 12, 2007

You can hardly tell that I'm half dead.

...the week old five o'clock shadow might give it away though.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Monday, December 10, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 44


Monday, December 10, 2007

"What even to say to you, these clearing dawns and sense of shift in the towering ice of morning, stacked by an early moon so full it could crack my heart."

Sunday, December 9, 2007

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 42


Saturday, December 8, 2007

Patient: "Doctor, I've been sleeping horribly lately, and waking up with terrible headaches."

Doctor: "Have you been drinking a lot of caffeine lately?"

Patient: "No."

Doctor: "What about alcohol?"

Patient: "No. Well - fifteen beers a night."

Friday, December 7, 2007

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 40


Thursday, December 6, 2007

Why does everyone think that I'm gay when they first meet me?

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 39


Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Nothing says Christmas like a pure Columbian cocaine tree.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 38


Tuesday, December 4, 2007

"Live by the sun; love by the moon."

Monday, December 3, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 37

Monday, December 3, 2007

This was my audition photo for the new generation of Where's Waldo. I didn't get the part. It wasn't my hiding skills that they didn't like. It was my refusal to wear red.

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Friday, November 30, 2007

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 33

Thursday, November 29, 2007

5PM, passed out hard in bed trying to catch up on a week's worth of sleep that was never had.

Also, you can see how glamorously I live. My room was like this because I had bounced between three residences in the past week.

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 32


Wednesday, November 28, 2007

An easy lie away from ending up in Milwaukee.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 31


Tuesday, November 27, 2007

"Everyone was messaging like it was going out of style."

Monday, November 26, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 30


Monday, November 26, 2007

Half way there. Half way through my term paper. Half way through this album. And then...

Me running on less than two hours of sleep from the night before and preparing to push through the night sleepless to get this paper done and in class by 9 A.M.

This evening's all night writing session is brought to you, in part, by Monster Energy Drink. "He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man."

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 29


Sunday, November 25, 2007

I really thought that paper was going to write itself over the weekend.

Saturday, November 24, 2007

Friday, November 23, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 27


Friday, November 23, 2007

"Excuse me. Do you know where we can find the chi chi con leche?"

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 26


Thursday, November 22, 2007

Resting with TV after assorted pies.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 25


Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Not exactly a research paper . . .

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Monday, November 19, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 23


Monday, November 19, 2007

Third time through it. Harry still dies on page 704.

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 22


Sunday, November 18, 2007

"No you can't be vice president! It's not a make-believe company."

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 21


Saturday, November 17, 2007

I'm just making sure that I never get asked to babysit. (The bottle was emptied and cleaned first).

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 20


Friday, November 16, 2007

"This is your birthday song! It isn't very long! HEY!"

Friday, November 16, 2007

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 18


Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Anxious anticipation.

"I go to Columbia. I figured I better start acting like it. With a caption like that I'm well on my way."

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 17


Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Conan is funny.

(If for some reason you noticed that I am wearing the same shirt as the previous day, which I am sure you notice now that I have pointed it out, I washed it and moved it up it the rotation).

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Monday, November 12, 2007

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 14


Saturday, November 10, 2007

"Spring Break: TIts, Beer, Woo!"

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 13


Friday, November 9, 2007

"I was just so happy to see so many nice people."

Friday, November 9, 2007

Sixty Days of Tommy P: Day 12

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Me at the SSL at Studio Chicago, tracking a demo, post old band, pre new band.