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happy birthday to andy bell!

It's a longstanding tradition within the Dickhouse family to present individuals celebrating their day of birth with a "Birthday Blue." The "Birthday Blue" is basically a tropical-ish alcohol-based concoction that one would typically find on the grim seafaring menu of a Red Lobster franchise. In fact, that's where this whole dumb tradition began, when a "Birthday Blue" was first purchased and presented to Earl Parker on his 21st birthday*. Since that time many a "Birthday Blue" has been merrily presented and ruefully accepted, mainly because it's a surefire hangover bullet to the head the next morning. I'm not exactly geographically-inclined to buy Andy Bell such a drink at the moment, but I do have this blue-ish memory of him to share from jackass 3D. Andy, too, was a victim of "The Blue Room", but unfortunately most all of the paint exploded up his backside and not up-the-nose-and-into-the-brain as Dave England's awesome experience went. Happy Birthday, Andy!

* In addition to his desired birthday entree of "Popcorn Shrimp".

(Photo by Sean Cliver; Agua Dulce, California 2010)

add a little nitro to your thanksgiving

Chances are you are either eating crow, talking turkey, or choking a chicken within your respective households at this very moment—none of which are relegated to residents of the U.S.A. today, mind you, so don't even think of playing that global "waaaaaaah" card. Everything is open to interpretation and need not be hot-boxed and stuffed into the fowl ass of a honey-glazed holiday carcass. So, with that in and out of mind, let's all give thanks to the Nitro Circus crew for giving it their all last year and turning an MIA third season into a full-length feature movie ... that you can now own on DVD and Blu-Ray! That's right, just click any of those colored words and be whisked away to a glorious land of commerce where you can celebrate capitalism at its very finest for nail bitin', ass clenchin' entertainment. America—fuck yeah!

If only the pilgrims could see the fruits of what their invasive seeds sowed centuries ago, right? Good thing for you second and third helpings can still be had with Nitro Circus Season 1 and Nitro Circus Season 2 on DVD, too.

(Photos by Sean Cliver; Utah 2009)

canadian redneck training with andy bell

This video was originally made to help promote Andy Bell's fight against Jason Ellis at the Ellismania #8. I had finished the video right before the fight was about to happen and that's when Andy dropped out of the event. I was left hanging with no real reason to put it online, but now that some time has passed I thought, What the hell. Let's put this video out so the fans can at least watch it. It's better than sitting in my computer and, who knows, maybe it will inspire the rematch to happen after all! —Rick Kosick