I recently went fishing with Dean Ween which was, well, awesome. From Vice:

Since getting his captain’s license last summer, Mickey Melchiondo, better known as Dean Ween, has been leading fishing tours off Long Beach Island, New Jersey. He’s the kind of skipper who also kindly gives shelter to anglers when there’s room in his trailer the night before and books it all himself through the magic of a lo-fi internet information page, mickeysfishing.com.
Mickey also has his own online fishing series called the Brownie Troop Fishing Show that’s kind of like that old Fishing With John series hosted by actor and musician John Lurie, but without the irony. The Deaner is dead fucking serious about fishing.
“Lurie’s show was more about the guests,” Mickey told me. “Mine is about the fishing.”
So far Mickey’s posted 11 episodes on brownietroopfs.com, a site that also looks like a 16-year-old designed it in 1996. Go there to watch guests like Butthole Surfers’ own Gibby Haynes get blind drunk and say stuff like “I dunno where the fuckin’ stern is.”
Like the rest of the world, I’ve been a fan of Ween since the early 90s, so of course I had to sign up for a Mickey-helmed fishing trip. As a committed landlubber with wobbly sea legs, I was plenty OK when Mickey called and said he’d prefer to surfcast. He had just returned from tour and finds it more relaxing. But at $300 a whirl, you might want to consider making him hoist the anchor instead.

More over at Vice. And you can check out that Gibby Haynes video over at www.brownietroopfs.com.

Please, make Lieberman go away. I’ve got a new one up on Huffington Post satirizing the whole debacle.

Just hours after the nominations for the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced, Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut threatened to filibuster the ceremony should key concessions fail to be met.
“Unless Vince Vaughn gets a nod for his excellent work in Couples Retreat,” said Lieberman, “I just cannot support the nominations. Sure, the American people love George Clooney and he was great in Up in the Air,” continued Lieberman. “But if Vaughn is overlooked in the Best Actor category, I will have no choice but to filibuster.”

Read it all.

I’ve got a new piece over at The Huffington Post. Here’s a taste:

Determined to avoid mistakes made by previous administrations, Obama announced on Friday that he’d let Congress be responsible for the language used on the White House’s annual holiday card.
“War on Christmas reform is one of the most important issues facing our nation today,” said Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. “Should the president send out a card that says ‘Merry Christmas?’ Should it say ‘Happy Holidays?’ Does using an image of Frosty the Snowman on the cover become more inclusive if Frosty’s wearing a colorful Kwanzaa vest and lighting a Menorah? These are all important questions for Congress to consider,” said Gibbs. […]
Though the war on Christmas debate is far-reaching, the public’s attention has culminated around the White House card controversy. Fox News commentator Glenn Beck alleged that Obama is “passing the buck” about the card for religious reasons
“Wake up people, he’s a Muslim,” said Beck on Fox News, adorned in a hand-knit sweater with a large Santa stitched into its front (pictured).
“I don’t even know if they have Christmas in Kenya,” said Beck. “If Obama had his way, the White House card would read ‘Happy Ramadan’ and feature a picture of Santa driving a sleigh strapped with explosives.”

Read it all here.