tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21420868151380606072024-03-14T02:03:56.996-04:00Taargus TaargusJannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-28313838293947592392011-06-14T01:26:00.000-04:002011-06-14T01:27:42.804-04:00We have moved....to www.jannell.tumblr.comhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifJannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-40160194286878926272011-01-20T00:20:00.005-05:002011-01-20T00:42:10.784-05:00Crank it outI've been hanging stuff up every couple months at Savages Ale House for the First Thursday Artwalk here in Muncie. Savages is kind enough to let me display my art there for the month and, in exchange, I spend almost everything I make off art on beer/wine/food. I've been really blessed to have a rad venue to hang my stuff where all my buds work and hang out. I've been double blessed by selling Jannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-62637174543775322712010-12-18T21:23:00.009-05:002010-12-18T23:13:39.599-05:00Smoking by the dumpster in December.The worst part about working at the mall this winter has been smoking outside. Every 15-minute-break, I have to go to the back and suit up in winter gear, and then ride the elevator down. I maneuver through racks of clothes, still getting "excuse me, do you work here?" at least once each pass. Even in a black hoodie. Even with a hat on. When I get outside, I steel myself against the wind rollingJannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-5469853438830904792010-12-12T22:27:00.006-05:002010-12-15T20:56:57.425-05:00Hey Ladies.The female voice is a fickle thing when it comes to some kinds of music. I always used to say that I didn't like most female vocalist fronted bands "oh, except for Sonic Youth, and wait! Bikini Kill! Oh Oh and Kim Deal in The Pixies...." and that seems to go on and on. Because the truth is - the older I've gotten, it seems - I really enjoy a lot of bands fronted with ladies. It just doesn't Jannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-51766980471077899042010-11-18T23:11:00.002-05:002010-11-18T23:14:24.903-05:00My sentiments exactly.False Jesii Part 2by Pissed JeansI know there are things going on tonight, but I don't botherOnly ten minutes across town that's right, but I don't botherI could put on a tight black shirt, but I don't botherI could hit the gym so it looks real nice, but I don't botherI could tell a joke and make the whole room laugh, but I don't botherI could show up with the coldest six pack, but I don't Jannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-62671609650458238242010-10-06T18:19:00.000-04:002010-10-27T18:29:35.831-04:00Scare Trax!In this final week of October - I'm just now getting around to digging into the internet-Halloween craze. Every year lots of bloggers are posting killer Halloween comps - and I'm joining the ranks once again. Behold, one of the scariest comps out there. NSFW or children - this is in the true spook-spirit. Best listened to on headphones and/or in the dark. The first song is one I put together Jannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-47879227096572145152010-08-02T21:18:00.000-04:002010-08-02T22:32:35.126-04:00No one's alone with videophone.You may be one of those people who bitch and moan about the future (being now, 2010) is lame. You wanted a hover board and robot slaves. You wanted a machine that would dress you, shave you, and feed you breakfast. I may not have a hover board - and nothing shaves my legs for me - but I've got Skype.I came stumbling in right before dawn today after another sleazy night downtown. I plopped down onJannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-41450529461456751852010-07-09T02:16:00.000-04:002010-07-09T04:44:04.295-04:00Sticky summer bummers.The months are stacking up like a pile of well read books - stories and events running into each other. The summer is a sudden thing for me; no more winter blues - just sweaty blah. Nostalgia smells strong in this hot-breath air. And the warm air draws people out of hot-box apartments and into the bars, the streets. It has always felt electric and slightly sinister.* Walking home from the pub Jannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-58294953071096014722010-06-28T18:28:00.000-04:002010-09-04T22:27:33.111-04:00Fumbling for the trigger.Inspiration ebbs and flows. I will go through weeks and not be able to pick up a brush or pen or pair of scissors. And then there are the times when you can't tear me out of my studio, not even to go down to Savages Ale House. I can't decide when it's on or off; inspiration is a fickle thing.I look for muses - things or people I can't get out of my head. Friendship crushes make for pretty good Jannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-39232856994541133022010-06-15T22:44:00.001-04:002010-06-15T23:41:42.792-04:00The fries are salty with the tears of regret and the snot of stupidity.Partied out in 99'.That's right. Those little fried sticks of death are salted with crying eyes. Maybe not all of them - but at least a few batches.It's the dogged days of the working stiff. If my 15-year-old-self heard me complaining - I'd probably punch myself in the 'natch. In another reality I am 15 - hauling rancid kitchen trash from the Waffle House kitchen to the dumpster - sneaking a Jannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-40712094173073187842010-05-29T16:42:00.000-04:002010-05-29T17:23:32.519-04:00Flea market fun, bat blunders, and hot dog delightsAfter work today Jim and I had to rush out of the house. We spotted a bat. Jim stood outside, openly bummed that such a little monster could botch up such a pretty day. So I enlisted the neighbor kid to help get it out. Paid him $5 bucks and got this little guy on a stick. He's okay - just pissed.After that it was onto the flea market. This is my sanctuary and my favorite Saturday destination.YouJannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-2224938280888445312010-05-20T19:50:00.000-04:002010-05-20T22:56:15.780-04:00Tiny Little SevereIt is a fine evening. The windows are open wide. It is warm out with a dreary purple haze bringing down the sun. After tying one on pretty tight last night - it feels good to sit like a bump on a scrote, drinking Mt. Dew and smoking smokes. I am working on a drawing in a book that I want to send back and forth with my talented, yet far away friend, Josh. I have been so focused lately on producingJannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-30870672074828580352010-05-03T22:03:00.000-04:002010-05-03T22:30:54.582-04:00Mother #1In honor of (and to healthily cope with)Mother's day week - I'm going to do a post-a-day til Mother's day. I have an entire closet crammed with family photos (7 large totes) and am planning on starting to incorporate them into art of some sort; I want to use them as inspiration rather than a burden on space. I'm starting here.Teresa Lynn Summers Jan.31 1949 - June 9 2007You were a real doll. And Jannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-88481884625257475902010-04-30T23:06:00.000-04:002010-04-30T23:31:56.023-04:00A dump of pics to inspire: images stuck in my head like terrible radio music.Jannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-33894588797440928432010-04-18T23:04:00.000-04:002010-04-18T23:25:53.182-04:00CinemageddonCinemageddon.org is awesome. Great uploaders. And it's free leech week!Good luck with getting in though.Jannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-56004637620867792952010-04-14T00:37:00.000-04:002010-04-14T01:06:27.431-04:00You in reverse.My friend Artie snapped some pics of some stuff I have hanging at Savages until the next First Thursday. I don't absolutely love each piece but DO like the way they mix. I kind of wanted it to look like the walls I like at home, in my own space.I went to hang these on my own. That was a big deal since I have such a hard time executing even 2 out 5 things I like that I want to do any given day. Jannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-6258901516861931432010-03-18T23:28:00.000-04:002010-03-19T00:38:21.705-04:00Fresh and Fruity: New mix for SPRINGhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/bradley_loos/http://www.flickr.com/photos/obo-bobolina/ (Jens Lekam)http://www.flickr.com/photos/aftershow/I made my friend and other guitarist of Meat Coma, Judi, a spring mix to cheer her up today. We drove to the graveyard and strolled in the sun this afternoon. Threw rocks into strange holes with her son. Said funny names on the headstones out loud. "Squimple," "Jannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-9610088582181687112010-03-17T22:15:00.000-04:002010-03-17T22:36:38.949-04:00Taargus Taargus, meet taargustaargus.Here is a tumblr blog with the same name - and it kicks this blog's under-updated ass. Its almost entirely comprised of awesomely bizarre animated gifs found around lots of other cool sites. Kudos to a really rad collection - but people with crappy computers/connections, beware: LOTS of moving pictures. And they are all fucking radical!Picked out a few favorites for you to preview. You're Jannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-61201438872824442852010-03-05T19:37:00.000-05:002010-03-05T20:44:08.692-05:00A few good things produced by winterYeah yeah blogger cliche - I haven't posted in forever - blah blah blah. But I'm back with renewed blogging vigor and a shit ton of stuff I want to share. First of all, this winter has been complete bullshit. Today was the first sunny, bearable day in Muncie, IN. I spent it mostly indoors on Hydrochodone and coffee after having a gnarly tooth extraction yesterday.In between toothaches, blizzard Jannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-69044192378435241462009-11-18T15:21:00.000-05:002009-11-18T16:14:18.915-05:00Garagepunk.comI've been putting off this post because I wanted it to be perfect. I wanted to interview Kopper, the creator of the new podcast/social networking site Garagepunk.com. I wanted to draft it out, you know, really polish this post. But there is a reason I dropped out of college - I simply put off the hard stuff. And this shouldn't be hard, should it? Here is the link if you want allllll of the story.Jannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-38139653445605661042009-11-15T17:38:00.000-05:002009-11-15T18:20:48.272-05:00Sonic Reducer RadioI had a radio show at Ball State University a long time ago. It kinda sucked. Pete, my co-host, and I played awesome stuff but the time-slot was crappy and we just didn't really know what we were doing. Since then, I've pulled off one live podcast this past Halloween (albeit with some technical difficulties). It was tons and tons of fun and this time - I'm doing it from my dining room where I Jannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-18898516256573094602009-11-12T14:25:00.000-05:002009-11-12T11:26:07.751-05:00The Curse - Teenage MeatThis album is one of around a dozen albums I picked up on an epic teenage trip to the pawn shop downtown. Anderson, Indiana - like many great cities of the Midwest - was not regaled for its assortment of record shops. Some indie shops shot up and sank - leaving a few good records and tapes floating around. But this was back when - if I or someone I knew didn't physically own a copy of an album, Jannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-20910154763910514532009-09-07T01:10:00.000-04:002009-09-07T01:19:59.227-04:00Teeto and the Snotragz - Flamin Hot TeetosHere is an obscure throwback to the mid 90s punk "scene," in Anderson, Indiana. I can't tell if other people will hate it or not because I sort of grew up listening to this band. I hung around with the band Corky and the Retards (whose tape I DON'T have and would like...anyone?). And Corky and Teeto always played shows together. F.O.P, V.F.W, all the Eagles lodges...for being a couple of crappy Jannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-37162460844661046272009-07-25T18:48:00.001-04:002009-07-26T14:24:24.541-04:00Music to keep me from murder. Photo courtesy of my favorite Flickr friend SuperbombaI've been watching a lot of Dexter lately thanks to a renewed Netflix account and an antisocial sort of life. Not antisocial, just situational-socio-isolation. Whatever. But I'm really liking it. It is more intelligent than I thought - that name, Dexter, just threw me off. Anyhow, I really like the idea that he is supposedly "pretending," allJannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142086815138060607.post-14700732624825474922009-07-19T19:51:00.000-04:002009-07-19T20:18:07.546-04:00Man is the Bastard Here is another album dug out of my boxes of discarded teenage memorabilia. My boyfriend picked this one up years and years ago. Most of my CDs don't last very long (I HATE compact disc format). This one survived though - and I'm glad. I'm sure there aren't too many floating around.Man is the Bastard was a band that pioneered the Power Violence genre. This whole album is funny Jannell Sayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00830338836925618981noreply@blogger.com0