Now for a Planet MadDog Music Update.

First of all, am I the only one who finds that "Because I Got High" song by Afroman so entirely unfunny that it reaches never before seen levels of unfunniness? How could such a song reach this level of popularity? Have we all suddenly become a planet of Scary-Movie-loving, Adam-Sandler-worshiping, fart-joking, drug-taking, dumb-asses? Not on my clock, baby. Take a look at yourselves people. Look at what you're pissing yourselves over. Is your intellect that starved for stimulation that you find yourself amused by such mindless brain-waste? I suppose I should be happy that people are actually amused by anything at all these days. And I suppose you could also say "Hang on, aren't you that guy that cracks up when he sees his distorted reflection in the bottom of his coffee mug?" Each to their own I guess. Small things amuse small minds, but the smallest things are often the best.

A song that is groovin' my goolies at the moment is "Starlight" by the Supermen Lovers. Even better than the song itself is the video clip, featuring some bizzare computer generated mutant potato-human hybrid and his little mouse-like friend in their quest to release a hit single. If you havent seen it, I hereby order you to sit in front of your television this Saturday morning and watch Video Hits until it comes on! Alternatively, if you use KaZaA Search, theres a cool DivX version of it floating around, weighing in at around 13MB.

Finally, theres the new Britney Spears song, "Slave 4 U"...

... Well, that just makes me want to have sex with her.

Okay, I think I've crapped on for long enough. If you disagree with anything I've said here, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Email me.

Well, we do! Braden just called me to let me know we've gotten TWO MORE GIGS!! WOOHOOO!!!

Friday November 9 - Flannigans!
Friday November 16 - Hotel Australia!

I hope everything goes cool at the Aussie, because there'll be a heap of people there, and the Aussie are known for scrutinising new and upcoming bands for professionalism and excellence. Anyway... be sure to be there!

I've just added Brian "Loony" Gilbert to my almost-glacial-in-its-sheer-speed-of-expansion Friends of Dog section.

Loony's also done a pretty groovy website called Reality Loop. It has a pretty funky navigation and a custom made Cold Fusion backend. Check it out one time, won't you.

Slap me and slap me hard for not updating the site in over 13 days. I've been a bad... bad... boy... *ahem* ...but I digress, so here's an update.

Sphagnum rock! We certainly do. Sphagnum played its first paying (over $50) gig on Friday night at the local Irish pub, Flannigans, and it was a buzz and a half. We had a song list of about 58 songs to go through, but there was no danger of us running out of music. We even skipped a couple of songs, just to keep the moment happening. On behalf of Braden, Scotty and myself, I'd like to thank everyone who came for attending and showing their support, even if it was only for a little bit (Thanks Dad!). The Flannigans dude said we were great and he got some good feedback from people at the bar. We should definately get another gig there. The only bit of constructive criticism he had was that during "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Scotty was a bit loud, and he was absolutely right. We always go right off for that one. Before this gig we had another one (which I also forgot to report on) at the GV Hotel in front of a crowd of about 250 people. It was a charity cocktail party called "Shimmers", so we didn't get paid for it, but we got a lot of good publicity out of it (Thanks Leanne) and we had a ball.

My new job's going pretty good. I'm not nearly as scared as I was. I've attended umpteen meetings outlining exactly what we want to achieve and what my role will be. The targets are quite realistic so it's very reassuring. Right now though, I'm feeling a bit under the weather. I swear, I better not be getting a cold/flu (#4 for the year), because if I am, I'll be forced to... umm... err... I dont know... drink Lemsip or something...

Oh, and if you do really slap me, look out!