Toboggan: Still Loving You Forever

It's been awhile.

A lot has happened since Toboggan's last post... Michael Jackson died, Tiger Woods has fallen from grace, and- of course- Adam Lambert dropped his creepily covered 'For Your Entertainment' (sorry Adam, but you just can't pull this off). Yes, it seems as if things have been falling apart all around us- that a world without Toboggan is a dark and desolate place- but that's simply not true.

Toledo has a new Hockey team, Winter Wonderland is apparently still on, and Homage keeps producing those awesome Surf Ohio shirts (above). In fact, there's so much good news, Toboggan's Toledo offices have been seriously considering a comeback.

Let's see how much we can squeeze into one post, shall we....

I'm not sure who's involved with this, but looks like Toledo has it's own little Pop Up Shop. All the rage over in England for awhile now, I haven't seen any around these parts, so this is exciting (please correct me if I'm wrong).

The Museum has a Chihuly exhibit, a Graphic Novels exhibit, and an exhibition on children's book illustrations. We should never forget how fortunate we are to have this institution in our town- in fact Toboggan got pulled over last week and definitely tried to sell the cop a Museum membership (this is highly encouraged).

Been digging Fujiyama Mama (below), apparently Ernestine Allen was born in Illinois, but raised by her grandmother right here in Toledo (gotta love that), the song actually charted by Wanda Jackson




BGSU's annual record sale is this Friday, Dec. 11. I will be looking for the TeenWolf soundtrack (do you have any idea how hard that has been to track down?)

...and of course, the biggest news: Toledo Toboggan made a new post. Maybe we should keep our fingers crossed for tomorrow....

Free Music Without the Hassle of Spying Feds!

For those who missed his stop in Detroit at the end of January, hipster hero/dance machine Dan Deacon is offering all of his old albums for free! Such a refreshing announcement from a musician. For those who aren't familiar, you can watch Dan sing the oh so appropriate 'Ohio' above, or my personal favorite 'BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG' below.

Here's the link: http://www.dandeacon.com/mp3/

My Toledo's Butter than Your's

I've heard a lot of griping about the 'Most Livable City' award lately, so Toboggan has decided to set it's sights a little lower- how about the 'Most Livable City Named Toledo' award?

The beating starts in Toledo, Iowa, where a local woman has created a Barack Obama sculpture out of butter. Toledo, Ohio wins for two reasons here: our artists make Obama sculptures that don't melt. And with the abundance of nicotine fans in Ohio, we're smart enough to know that much butter is way dangerous for a guy like Obama. Smoking and high cholesterol only lead to one thing.

Stay tuned for future Toledo v Toledo matches, there's plenty more where that came from- I'm looking at you, Spain.

Go Ahead, Experiment