Motley Crue rocked the Bi Lo Center with fireworks and flames.  It was almost like going back to 1987.  They had the look-80’s big hair and leather.   It was kind of tough to watch grown up men in their 40’s and 50’s sing “Shout at the Devil.”  They are middle aged men with children.  Who are they rebelling against?  We hate rehab!!  George Bush isn’t the President anymore.  It is better when bands just play music and don’t get into religion and politics.  I know its just a show. The show was good for the most part.  I liked the fact that they still were in touch with their fans.  Everyone except for Mick came out to talk to the fans.  Mick was the best part of the show.  The quy is still amazing.  Mick can still shred a guitar even though he can’t move his torso.  

Hi all, not a whole lot happened this weekend, just stayed around the house and watched tv. Drank some beer Saturday night and pretty much didn’t move. I’m sure more exciting things will happen on down the road but until then, thats all I got. Be safe, drink in moderation, and Go Lakers.

FB.

Sweeeeeeeeeeeet!   Big fan of these guys, out of FL.   They have that story of the year sound to them!  We’ve had them in the studio a couple of times!  So I figured I would post one of the acoustics they did for us and a song of their new album,  “Homesick”  Check them out and tell me what you think!!

 I read an article about a woman with two husbands.  For me one is plenty.  It sounds cool at first to have two husbands. … “Big Love. ” Then,  I think of the reality two men snoring and farting in the bed.  Who would end up with the covers in the middle of the night? The toilet lid would never be set down.  Two guys stinking up a bathroom!!!  Maybe if I had two husbands the garbage would always be taken out.  The yard would look amazing.  Repairs would always be  done.  You would never be able to a watch chick flick.  I couldn’t watch ”Sex and the City ” reruns. Forget watching Amercian’s Top Model or Housewives of Orange County.  

Well, not really. I was going to do it during this morning’s show. Unfortunately, I never got further than the title because it gets busier in there than I think it does. I assume things like, “Oh, I will be able to blog during the show. Plenty of downtime.” and then I find out I was wrong. Every time.

Thanks to my buddy Rich and his love of Iron Maiden, I’ll get to see Cheech & Chong when they come to Charlotte in April. Rich had tickets, then found out he could go see Maiden in Ft. Lauderdale the same night so Rich’s Cheech & Chong tickets have become my Cheech & Chong tickets. Rich is a dude who knows the way to my heart and also knows where his excess tickets will be properly appreciated.
I got to see Tommy Chong a couple of years ago when The Comedy Zone was still in Charlotte. Maffew and I emceed the show that night and we met Tommy Chong in his dressing room, which was a 4×8 closet near the front door. Exciting. That and drinking Diet Coke on the Stone Sour tour bus shoot down so many of those rock star-ish thoughts. “So what’d you guys do when you met Corey Taylor? Did you nail all the furniture to the ceiling or sacrifice a goat or what?” “We drank Diet Coke and he talked about Playstation.” “Oh. Really? I sort of wish you’d never told me that because he used to seem so cool.” “Nope, sort of boring. Every bit as much as you and I.”  It’s unfortunate.

I got to finally go and get that new tattoo last Tuesday. B’dis. It is incredibly itchy for a third consecutive day but man it looks every bit as good as the cat’s cradle on my forearm. No color yet for the new one. The intricate line work took some time and I was wiggling involuntarily after a 45 minutes or so of covering up an old tattoo that was half scar tissue. They said tattoos on scar tissue hurt and I will say that is not a lie. If you get a tattoo on a scar, think about how you got the scar when you’re getting the tattoo there, then tell me the tattoo doesn’t hurt worse than the initial incident. Unless it’s a surgery scar because it doesn’t count if you’re being cut when they have you at that point where you have no idea what’s going on. You’re nearly dead at that point.
Oh, right. I’m going back for color either this week or next. I will take pictures from every possible angle once it’s finished.

There is a lot of Abraham Lincoln stuff going on lately. More than a normal President’s Day. The Lincoln Bible at Obama’s inauguration, the concert by the Lincoln Memorial, Lincoln all over my TV all weekend long and up until yesterday. Lots of Lincoln celebrating. I’d rather get back to 3-4 years ago when books were coming out about the supposed homosexuality of the 16th president. That was far more fun than seeing people celebrate the crap I was taught in 3rd grade history. Boo.

My roommate and I inherited a Wii over the weekend. Nothing much to say about that. If you’d been at my house a half hour ago, you would’ve seen Matt and I playing Smackdown Vs RAW 2009 like a couple of flailing idiots. It’s fun. Undeniably, hilariously fun. There’s a game called Wario’s Smooth Moves and man that game is like every acid tripping 70s kids show you can think of crammed into a truly interactive motion-sensing video game format. It’s like being in heaven, or epileptic hell.  As a matter of fact, I’m going to bowl a game as soon as I finish this and feel like putting in Wii Sports again.

All I can think about now is Wii bowling. I guess I am done with this already. Convenient, if nothing else.

Hey guyyyyyyys, b’dis good.

It’s Chapter 4 of “The Mind Of Maffew.” Speaking of that, I used to blog back in like Year 2 of TRG and the name of that blog was “Diary Of A Mattman.” Someone emailed me and said why not use that title, it was kinda catchy. The answer is very simple, Mattman is dead. Yeah, Matt is still here or Maffew as my Daddy used to call me and now half of Greenville. Mattman is dead for this reason. That was a nickname given to me that has absolutely no meaning and was only given to me for marketing reasons.  My thoughts are that our show is so good you could call it “The Old Fashion Runny Hockey Radio Hour” and it would still work. I don’t know it’s just weird – no one really called me that, it was always Matt or Maffew. In fact, usually the only people that called me Mattman was our big balled voice guy Ed or Va-Va Vince. Just wanted to point that all out.

Speaking of VINCE, Paige and I made an appearance at AT&T today in Spartanburg. And being the home of Vincent, he showed up with Valentine gifts for Paige.

He was also wearing a brand new jacket that I found to just be very ironic.

I took my 6 year old Grace for the appearance with Paige. Grace has been on the show a lot over the years. As a matter of fact, the show had only been on the air for 10 days when she was born. So she’s out there hanging with Paige and I and a few people asked us to sign things. T-shirts, stickers, CD’s, etc. Well, Grace was paying attention and started asking people if they wanted her autograph too. (She’s got an ego like her Daddy) So they did, she signed, and then I could see the wheels turning. She started getting paper plates and signing around 10 or so. She didn’t even ask anymore, she’d just pass out the signed plates to people.

Then P1 Plowed Again showed up. Grace asked him if he wanted her autograph and he said, “Sure how much?” Again, I could see the wheels turning. “Somebody will pay me to sign my name on a paper plate?” She thought about it and said, “I’ll take $5!” Paige and I busted out laughing. I’m sure we were both thinking “Grace we’re the stars here. If people are going to pay for anybody’s autograph it will be Matt’s.” (Yes, Paige was thinking that too) So, we laughed it off.

Yep, he paid her the $5 for her autograph. Now that I think about it, it was a good investment. I mean she is MY daughter, so yeah it was worth the $5.

It is Valentine’s Day. I didn’t get any cards, flowers, candy, or strip-a-grams. No, my Valentine is a restaurant apparently.

That’s my ham biscuit from Bojangle’s. For V-Day they made me a heart shaped biscuit. So BoJo, I got your message through the biscuit. You wanna boff me. Coo, I’m down. I want to eat your dirty rice too.

Me? I’m just blogging in the dark touching myself.

Time for DID YOU KNOW….. Did you know that the Next Of Mayor James “Nine” McDonald wears a pair of Strawberry Shortcake boxers handmade by his mom Moose?

And in closing it’s now time for Matt’s Fan Of The Week. I usually limit this to the ladies, but this guy seems like a pretty cool dude. Tommy is 60 years old, born in Canada he now resides in California. He listens to The Rise Guys online.

Tommy writes:

“Dear Matt,

Man, I really enjoy listening to your show especially you man. You’re one funny dude, man. My wife wanted me to ask you if you’re related to that George Clooney dude. Yeah my wife, man she’s totally hot for you man. Me, I’m a comedian, man. I act a little too. But you, man, you are like a radio God. I’m one jealous man, man. I’ve done a few things in my career but I gotta say the best thing I ever experienced was meeting you and that Nine kid in Charlotte several years ago, man. I actually met Nine first because we burned a wheel together out back before I met you man. Anyway, here’s a picture to help you remind you. Thanks for being so awesome, man.

-T. Chong (P1 Glass Pipe)

Thanks Mr. Tommy Chong. That picture kinda looks familiar but again I meet so many people. Good luck with that comedy thing. And to answer your sweet wife’s question, no I am of no relation to George Clooney. To quote the great Jeff Spicolli from Fast Times At Ridgemont High – “That guy’s a **g!”

Ladies if you too would like to receive the spotlight and be Maffew’s Fan Of The Week. Email me at  wm933 at aol.com and include a recent picture and tell me why you like me so much and how I have changed your life.

I’ll be back next week with Chapter 5. Until then, F**KS MY CAR? and God Bless the Shamwow guy!

-Maffew

 wm933 at aol.com – email

864-907-9334 – cell

https://twitter.com/maffew933

Hey guyyyyyys-

The Mind Of Maffew is back. As usual, I’ll go over some things and then spotlight one of my many female fans.

First off, thanks to the Pittsburgh Steelers. I know I picked the Cardinals to win, but when I bet I had Arizona +7. The Steelers won 27-23, so I win. We have a lot of Steeler fans in the Upstate. I was behind one of them on the way to lunch at Hooters…

Hey look! It’s a fan of the PITTSBURG Steelers! I bet they live in SPARTANBURGH.

Me? I’m just sitting here doing my blog in 3D.

I got my glasses from seeing “My Bloody Valentine 3D.”

My friend and yours, James Alan “Nine” McDonald frequently talks smizack about people texting going down the road. Well, check out this pic that the Mattarazzi snapped on Friday.

Check out the cigarette and BOTH hands texting. Citizens arrest, pissy! Also, notice that cute NOtee that Jimmy is growing on his chinny chin chin.

Speaking off hotties, we’re looking for new additions to the Rise Girls. So, if you’re a model or an aspiring model send us pics to  TheRiseGirls at gmail.com.

Many times people say to me, we want to know about the behind the scenes antics of TRG. Matt, are you related to Brad Pitt? Are Paige’s hoo-ha’s in fact really just another set of arms? Is it true Fatboy wears crotchless sweatpants on Wednesdays? How does Nine put on his shoes? Well, it’s time for Uncle Maffew to pull back the curtain of TRG and let you in on some of the magic.

And in closing it’s time for Matt’s Fan Of The Week. Meet P1 Sexy Nerd (real name Karen). She’s 25 years old and currently lives in Asheville, NC – originally from New York, NY.

Karen writes:

“Hey Maffew I’m your biggest fan. You’re definitely the most handsome on the show and while that’s not saying much I would venture to say you are the hottest guy I’ve ever met. Remember? We met at Oyster’s At The West End (which I understand you guys will be back there in March for the TRG P1 St. Patty’s Day Party.) Thanks for being you and stay sweet!

Love,

Karen

Thanks Karen, that’s very sweet of you. I love your picture especially how you’re giving me The People’s Eyebrow. I have said on the show before when asked IF I HAD TO BE GAY, I would be gay for The Rock of WWE fame. He’s doing Disney movies now. Pissy. Anyway, thanks for the note.

Ladies if you too would like to receive the spotlight and be Maffew’s Fan Of The Week. Email me at  wm933 at aol.com and include a recent picture and tell me why you like me so much and how I have changed your life.

I’ll be back next week with Chapter 4. Until then, F**KS MY CAR? and God Bless Billy Mays!

 I hate it when they tease you soooooo fall out… The movie isn’t gonna be out till June 26, 09.

I can’t image how annoying it had to be to piece this together note by note!

That, friends, is a tattoo like none other. You wouldn’t have to worry about showing up somewhere and seeing someone else with it. Then again I’m just not too sure how many people want a tattoo of a dolphin in a worn out La-Z-Boy. Oh, the dolphin also has a tattoo.
I’m going for a new tattoo on Sunday. Eddie says it is going to take a while, too. I’ve never put in more than about 90 minutes on a single tattoo and I usually get antsy and bored near the end. Not sure how I’ll be able to handle what I figure will be 3-4 hours of tattooing but it’s going to be fun to find out. Luckily for Eddie, I am basically a big kid so he can just start waving a stuffed animal around to recapture my attention if it should come to that.
And yes, there will be pictures soon. It’s some Wall of Ink type stuff for sure. If you haven’t seen it yet, you will definitely be blown away or you will definitely think I am an idiot. Probably a 50/50 split on that one.

Other than tattoos, there isn’t a lot going on in the world, and when I say the world I mean my life because I’m self-centered. Really, though, I’ve been entirely boring the last couple of weeks and I don’t like it. Do you really want to read tales of me sitting on the couch watching TV with the likes of Chloe and Moike? Do you really care to find out how interesting it is when I go to lunch with Matt and Fatboy? That one actually is interesting, but most of what is discussed at lunch isn’t fit to be printed anywhere – even on the Internet. It’s too bad, really. I sort of feel bad for the people sitting around us at a place like Monterrey.

One interesting development is how much I’ve been called out around Greenville recently. I do enjoy it way more often than not and it seems like I can’t go anywhere without someone knowing who I am. What that means is this whole P1 Family thing is working because you guys are out spreading the word and your friends are listening and telling their friends who tell people you probably don’t even know. So thanks for that. It’s nice to have friends everywhere I go. I enjoy a nice conversation when I am getting coffee at the Spinx downtown. I also really love talking to people who know all about me while I know nothing about them. Someone reading this has probably experienced what I do. I always turn the conversation around to me asking them lots of questions and I seem to sketch people out doing this. It’s like they don’t expect me to start asking me all about what they do. A lot of people know everything about me from what I had for breakfast to what I think about the problems in the Gaza Strip so I want to know all about being an accountant or a construction worker or a taxi driver and what accountants and construction workers and taxi drivers eat for breakfast and think about the problems in the Gaza Strip. Then it degenerates to fart jokes because those are at the core of every positive interaction.

Oh yeah. Sports. There’s no fighting to talk about since I genuinely didn’t care about Georges St. Pierre-BJ Penn this past weekend. I should’ve. Didn’t. Too many good fights lately. The glut killed that fight for me.
That said, you’re expecting my thoughts on Michael Phelps smoking pot.
That said, I’m going to do a paragraph or so about how LeBron James is awesome.

52 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists. One of the most awesome statlines in the history of sports. The first 50-point triple-double since Kareem did it in 1975 – before the merger. Also the second player ever (Michael, obviously) to drop 50 as a visitor at Madison Square Garden. He also became the fastest player ever to 12,000 career points. Barely 24 years old. In a perfect world, we get another 12 years or so of LeBron being the best player in the NBA so here’s hoping the championships start coming in so people will get off Kobe (61 points, 0 rebounds, 2 assists) and realize the LeBrons and Dwight Howards of the world are more valuable assets who do with really poor supporting casts what Kobe could never do when he was the only all-star in Los Angeles.
The best example I can give is this: LeBron has a 39-9 team with Wally Szczerbiak playing a lot of minutes every night and Sasha Pavlovic starting. Who the hell is Sasha Pavlovic? One more reason LeBron is the most valuable player in the NBA now or since the end of Jordan, even if a dude named after steak gets the trophy.