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The personal blog of comedian and music artist Phil Johnson of Roadside Attraction. Including humor, road stories, theories on life, and entertainment business commentary.

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  • Carbon Fiber Athletic Cups on Nov 20, 2009 in Humor athletic cups comedy nuts

    I was reading that they now have carbon fiber athletic cups.  Carbon fiber is a new super-strong material that’s being used in everything from shoes to windmills to plane parts. To test the new athletic cup they hired a minor league ball playe...

  • Are the PROs Jerking Around Music Venues? on Nov 17, 2009 in Entertainment Business license fees pro

    I was just reading this article in the St Cloud Times about the constant battle between small music venues and performance rights societies.  http://www.sctimes.com/article/20091117/NEWS01/111170004/1009/Sounds-of-silence?-Fees-spur-venues-to-scrap-...

  • Amazing Things People Actually Buy… Truck Nuts on Nov 13, 2009 in Humor comedy truck nuts

    I’m constantly amazed at the things that people will spend their hard earned money on.  Truck nuts for instance.  Someone has to actually stand there looking at these things and make a conscious decision that this is a worthwhile investment o...

  • My Tour Of Disney Studios on Nov 10, 2009 in Disney Stuff disney studio tour

    One of my lifelong dreams has been to visit the Disney studio and I got my wish this past Saturday thanks to D23.  Now if D23 can fix it so I can write a song for a Disney film, I can knock another goal off the bucket list. Disney does not give to...

  • A Halloween Poem on Nov 6, 2009 in Humor Short Stories halloween

    Something that popped out of my head yesterday.  This was some kid’s Halloween this year.  It might be a song later.  I’m not sure yet… I’m prepared for a night of evil A night of debauchery A night of fun I’m prepared to bra...

  • Political correctness comes full circle to be insulting again on Nov 3, 2009 in Humor Theories On Life politically correct

    I knew it would happen eventually.  Political correctness would go so far with a term that it actually becomes insulting again. “Intellectually disabled” is a term I’ve been hearing a lot lately.  First of all, if you have a disab...

  • The Crazy Guy On The Corner Is Me on Oct 30, 2009 in Theories On Life confidence crazy

    A man stands on a milk crate on a street corner.  His tattered cardboard sign proclaims the end is near.  By the thousands, people walk by him, completely ignoring the his passion-filled speech.  He doesn’t want their money.  He’s onl...