The Long Winters

pahouk wrote:Personally I'm still holding out for the John Roderick Alaska Cruise. Someone needs to make this happen.

I'm totally with you here. That's a cruise I'd want to see!

JadeGordon wrote: For ages in the podcast and Cruise panels and such he'd talk about comics, and at some point said (I think at least twice) that he wanted a comic of his life, and that he wanted it to just magically appear in front of him. So. We made it happen!

Oh wow... great story, thanks for sharing! :)

Woww thank you so much for sharing this--totally made my day! Brilliant.

How much time did it take you to draw the comic?

JadeGordon wrote: I also illustrated something

Ha! Love it :)

It's that time of the year again... Happy Birthday, John!

Patr!ck wrote:http://i.imgur.com/4NOLU.jpg

Ooohhh how awesome is this?!
WANT.

Originally they were planning to break his jaw and reposition it. I know a guy who needed to have that procedure done on his upper and lower jaw. It's quite a drag because you are unable to eat/speak for weeks, but apparently it's much less complicated and painful than it sounds. Still, the idea of...

Ooooh this is even better!!

Haven't listened to it yet, but that guest list sounds promising!

http://www.popmyculturepodcast.com/2012 ... -roderick/

Unremarkable wrote:The second time I ever saw The Long Winters was when they opened for PUSA at Snoqualmie Pass at the foot of a ski slope (no joke).

That's still one of my favorite TLW bootlegs ever!

The Tall One's still for sale, right?

Soo. 2012 is here; the new TLW album isn't.

*grabs her chickens and flies them to safety*

Finally someone drew John's hair in all the epic-ness it deserves: http://twitter.com/#!/mattdoucette/stat ... 72/photo/1
Love the sword and the shorts.

Maybe someone could just ask John?

I'd love me some PJs, but with the shipping costs AND customs.... hmmm. I'll definitely order something tho.
*can't decide*

http://www.merlinmann.com/roderick/ep-03-the-viet-cong-can-smell-the-soap.html RIGHT. People with Salomon bindings are typically those who step on your skis waiting in line at the ski lift and then complain that you are ruining their coating. Also, you better not let them ride the t-bar lift alone. ...

So who's the dude destroying his guitar and then having a moment with his, uh, other guitar, and then with some crowdsurfing guy?....

From John's Twitter:
"Woke up in the middle of the night last night and all pillows had become owls. Giant white owls, standing sentry. All is well."
and then, via Jade Gordon,there is this:



Awesome. Love the blanket.

Aaaand again :)

Happy birthday to our rock musician.
hugs'n'kisses.

pahouk wrote: it would seem we all owe Hodgman thanks.

I was thinking exactly the same when listened to that bit of the podcast!
And of course I was wondering how we could further use Hodgman's power to our advantage. Hmmm....