And Now Some Geopolitical: Lovin’, Touchin’, SQUEEZIN!!!! By Seamus O'Sparks on April 19, 2017 — 1 min read Trump sent an ARMADA to put the fear into North Korea. Good to see the ARMADA is making a comeback. I was just saying the other day what a shame it was that the ARMADA has become passé. I’m no expert but it looks like, by ARMADA standards, this ARMADA was/is pretty puny. Hey, it’s... More
READ THIS DRIVEL-DIRTY WORDS FROM A DIRTY MIND By Seamus O'Sparks on September 13, 2016 — 1 min read READ THIS DRIVEL-DIRTY WORDS FROM A DIRTY MIND: TONIGHT!!!! At 9:00 pm!! The TUESDAY MIRACLE happens. It happens at The Phantom Room in San Antonio! San Antonio, as you know, is called MIRACLE CITY. Making the miracle tonight will be Wayne E. Holtz, Fea, Michael Turnini (Music), and those horse whipping bastards, Chasca. Tuesday is... More
Did you all know that I wrote the shortest running musical to ever run on Broadway? By Seamus O'Sparks on December 31, 2014 — 1 min read Did you all know that I wrote the shortest running musical to ever run on Broadway? It was an opera based on The Lord of the Rings. It ran for 4 minutes. Then they pulled it. I thought it was awesome. Tell me what you think-here’s the lyrics to the first song: We are hobbits... More
Most critics would agree… By Seamus O'Sparks on February 19, 2014 — 1 min read Most critics would agree that a song about the complexity of “cross-cultural pollination” during the so called “Columbian exchange” particularly its impact on the spiritual core/cosmology of the Mexica people is indeed a fair subject for rock-n-roll. I mean, Zeppelin sang about Hobbits-right? More
What a weird first day of 2014 By Seamus O'Sparks on January 2, 2014 — 1 min read What a weird first day of 2014. So, I ran into Elijah Wood last night. He’s Frodo Baggins you know. I went over to him and picked him up and said, “Hey, they say if you catch a Leprechaun he has to give you a pot of gold. What do you get for catching a... More
Who would win a fight between The halflings of The Lord of the Rings and the half feral schoolboys from Lord of the Flies? By Seamus O'Sparks on July 31, 2013 — 1 min read Hello everyone, and two, and three. Ho Ho! Here is a question for your consideration. This question has been devised as part of our Chasca Promotes Literacy initiative. Literature. You know-books and stuff. QUESTION: Who would win a fight between The halflings of The Lord of the Rings and the half feral schoolboys from Lord... More
A dream is a wish your heart makes By Seamus O'Sparks on January 18, 2013 — 1 min read A dream is a wish your heart makes. I had a dream last night. I dreamt I went to the Land of Hobbits. They were happy little hobbits. Calculating hobbits. Roly Poly hobbits. These hobbits had bad habbits. And then I habituated their hobbit habbits. Those habituated hobbit habbits involved rabbits. Rabid rabbits. I had... More
Tomorrow night we play at The Red Eyed Fly in Austin By Seamus O'Sparks on July 26, 2012 — 1 min read Tomorrow night we play at The Red Eyed Fly in Austin. We had a band meeting last night. It went well. Very well. We decided that Merry and Pippin were not orcs. We decided that Superman and Robin Hood were still alive in Hollywood. We decided that we had it all, just like Bogey and... More
I was attacked by Hobbits By Seamus O'Sparks on July 14, 2011 — 1 min read I was attacked by Hobbits. They said they were Hobbits. It happened last night, downtown, around 9.6 of the little buggers came at me,wearing wee little fez caps, waving their wee little arms and gnashing their wee little teeth. Luckily I was able to fend them off with a riding crop and a can of... More