Justin Hoenke [honkey doorie]'s Blog (6)

RIP Mikey Welsh

This past Sunday, I woke up to the news that Mikey Welsh, the former bassist of my favorite all time band Weezer had passed away at the age of 40. I spent the rest of the day completely in shock, and thoughts of Mikey, life, and mortality were never far from my mind.

My story with Mikey Welsh goes back to around 1998-1999. When I first read about Mikey… Continue

Added by Justin Hoenke [honkey doorie] on October 11, 2011 at 8:26am — No Comments

MUSIC CAN MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD OR MUSIC CAN MAKE YOU FEEL BAD, AND THE REST IS BULLCRAP

The idea of music as a “life saver/life changer” is something ingrained in our culture. How many times have you heard the phrase “that song/album changed my life?” come out of someone’s mouth in your lifetime ? Countless times, no doubt. Recently, I’ve had the idea in my head that, after all those years of thinking that way, I may have totally had it wrong about music.

PINKERTON SAVED MY LIFE AND OTHER BULLCRAP THAT I SAID IN THE PAST

I’ve gushed about my…

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Added by Justin Hoenke [honkey doorie] on April 29, 2011 at 10:30am — No Comments

Weezer's moment of redemption: The Album 5 demos

I've talked about my love of Weezer many many times (click here to read about it again if you want to). The years between 2000-2002 were a particularly dark time for me as a Weezer fan. I wasn't 100% happy with the style that the band took on The Green Album and Maladroit. Looking back on things, I just realize that it was too big of a change musically that I didn't really connect with. Over… Continue

Added by Justin Hoenke [honkey doorie] on October 28, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

REVIEW: HURLEY (PART II)

One week later and I’ll say this…my first review was a bit off the mark. With about 20 listens, I can give you a better review.…

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Added by Justin Hoenke [honkey doorie] on September 16, 2010 at 8:46am — No Comments

REVIEW: HURLEY

Only one year after the poppy and…

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Added by Justin Hoenke [honkey doorie] on September 9, 2010 at 12:23pm — No Comments

My personal Top 5 Weezer moments

The Special Goodness visit my house in 1999.

Weezer.com/pat was the place to be for Weezer fans in 1998-1999. Pat gave us some of our only glimpses into the Weezer world at the time. It was pretty exciting. A picture here, a picture there. They mentioned the band Fu Manchu quite a bit. I didn't know what to make of it, but when Pat announced that the Special Goodness were going on tour and they…

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Added by Justin Hoenke [honkey doorie] on September 8, 2010 at 8:02am — 2 Comments