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Updated: Wednesday January 28, 2026.

There is a lot of stuff on this website: a blog about road trips, eight free music albums, art, a comic strip, a directory of awesome links, and a mini-blog (on this page). I restarted the site out of sheer boredom in 2020. I pulled together some of my favorite internet stuff from the 1990s and 2000s. I hope someone enjoys it as much as I do.

Road trips and adventures:

Ten most popular articles in 2025:

  1. CNJ railroad tracks in the woods (Atsion, NJ)
  2. New Jersey’s volcano (Rutan Hill) and mini-mountains that glow under UV blacklight
  3. Nothing but trouble in Centralia Pennsylvania
  4. Pasadena Terracotta Brick Factory
  5. The Gingerbread Castle in Hamburg, NJ
  6. The Abandoned Hofheimer Grotto in Warren, New Jersey
  7. Parlin Sayreville Amber and Pyrite Fields (Rockhound Zone)
  8. Photos from Asbury Park, New Jersey from the 2000s
  9. The Franklin Parker Preserve and abandoned railroad tracks
  10. Asbury Park Art Murals, Wooden Walls Project

Ten most recent articles:

  1. Orange Mountain Basalt in the Watchung Reservation
  2. Shopping for strange stuff and the Slatington Marketplace
  3. Canfield’s Phosphate Mine (1870-1881)
  4. New Jersey’s volcano (Rutan Hill) and mini-mountains that glow under UV blacklight
  5. The Giant Pie Lady of Frackville, Pennsylvania
  6. Stromatolites in Hamburg, New Jersey
  7. Asbury Park Art Murals, Wooden Walls Project
  8. Asbury Lanes (Asbury Park, NJ) The Best Years
  9. Photos from Asbury Park, New Jersey from the 2000s
  10. The Sterling Hill Mining Museum (Ogdensburg, NJ)

lava lamplogo from 1996

Mini "Link Blog"

The best link blog on the internet:

  1. I enjoy the sound of music played though an old solid state or tube (each has its own appeal) amplifier. YouTuber Shuksan Audio makes videos where he repairs classic amps. I envy people who have the knowledge and skills to replair old audio equipment. I envy people who have the time and the physical space to enjoy old musical equipment. Silence and peace, with the time and space to fill it with the sounds you like, is a gift and a privilege. 1/28.
  2. WFDU is going to start Replaying Uncle Floyd's "Garage Sale Music" radio show, Thursdays 4-7PM (January 29th will be the first show). I watched an interview with Floyd and he said his music collection is comprised of records that bands gave him when they played The Uncle Floyd Show and records he found at "junk stores" (thrift stores and the like). 1/26.
  3. Oogie just wants to hang out with chicks. 1/25.
  4. The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Playlist from February 20, 2019 features "Uncle Floyd" by David Bowie. 1/24.
  5. The Hour of Crap with Don-O Playlist from October 17, 2025 features "Cheerio Cherry Lips Cheerio" by Uncle Floyd. 1/24.
  6. Fool's Paradise with Rex March 14, 2020 playlist features the song "Deep in the Heart of Jersey" by Uncle Floyd/"Cowboy Charlie". 1/24.
  7. Todd-o-phonic Todd Playlist from April 6, 2019 features the Uncle Floyd song "Shaving Cream (punk lyrics)". Oogie makes an appearance. Features an interview with Floyd. 1/24.
  8. The Hour of Crap with Don-O Playlist from September 6, 2024 features the Uncle Floyd songs: "Oogie's Boogie", "The Dull Family", and "Shaving Cream". 1/24.
  9. Glenn Jones (WFMU) has a show featuring Uncle Floyd. Linked to from Favoriting Jonesville Station: Archives. Look for February 20, 2002 or February 17, 2003. 1/24.
  10. Krys O's Free-Form Roller Coaster's Tribute to Uncle Floyd. Listen, learn, love. 1/24.
  11. Rest in Peace, Uncle Floyd, king of New Jersey UHF television in the 1980s. Watch Clips of Uncle Floyd to see what undergroud entertainment was like before the internet and for people could not afford cable. 1/24.
  12. Every now and then I have to listen to The Legendary Pink Dots. 1/17.
  13. Eddie Van Halen: The Final Years is a retrospective on Eddie Van Halen's final years making music by the YouTube channel Guitar Meets Science. I enjoyed watching it, as I stopped paying attention to Van Halen around 1988, and it was good to catch up. Guitar Meets Science is great for detailed retrospectives of metal bands. I was not a huge metal fan as a teen -- a had a case worth of tapes, a denim jacket and a Sienfeld mullet. I owned (not stole) the first 6 Van Halen records, the first Guns n' Roses, the first 5 Metallica records, plus some Antrax, Twisted Sister, and Ratt tapes. I also listened to Eric Clapton, the Eagles, John Fogerty, Genesis, Robert Palmer, Sting, and Billy Idol. Definiely not a metal head -- more of a pop culture alloy. When I had money to spend, I bought gas, car insurance, Levis and Ocean Pacific shirts -- not accruing a vast music collection (that came later in life). Once I got to college each person I met introduced me to a new band or type of music. I eventually discovered more metal, but mostly I diversified my musical tastest to include classical, jazz, punk, hardcore, ska, rap, industrial, techno, indie, alternative, grunge, funk, r&b, fusion, prog, etc. I got a job at a record store. I made friends with DJs and people who work at indie record stories. I made friends with people who had bands. And my music collection grew and grew. Sometimes I had sell some of my collection for beer and gas money. Priorities. At the turn of the century MP3s made virtually every song available. Protools and trackers let virtually anyone produce their own music. Then Apple commercialised digital files, YouTube replaced MTV, and Spotify commercialised streaming, turing music into an all you can eat buffet. Now, AI is being used to create thousands (if not millions) of new songs every day. With unlimited choices, I returned to some tried and true favorites: all the music from a backup of my 2006 iPod, a few new bands like Henge and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, and classic favorites like Cracker (in June), DEVO and of course the first 6 Van Halen records. 1/17.
  14. Happy New Year!
  15. Visit the Mini-Blog archive for links from 2019-25.

Tura Satana easily breaks my arm like soft chalk:
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