We were nearing the eve of Halloween and my wife calls me "Hey Dave, I'm at the costume store...what do you want? They have a pirate outfit and this Shocker costume thing." A SHOCKER COSTUME? I thought. This is going to be money. Before you read on you must know that I'm a pretty good dad. I quit playing music every weekend and traveling the country to be home more and I have generally put my son before me in every case. But I'm kind of sloppy. I like to drink. I really like to say F*ck. And …

Photo Linked to Source Here's what my wife does every single night. Even in the heat of the f@cking summertime. Puts our son to bed, brushes her teeth or possibly some combination including a shower, maybe grabs a snack or glass of wine, then she TURNS THE HEAT TO HELL . For those of you not following my reference, she cranks that shit to about 77 degrees. Why in the holy balls does 77 degrees outside feel great, but it feels like the god damn Gobi Desert indoors? I don't get it. I wake up at least 4 …

I drive a minivan. And yep, I was the dude that said I never would. If you're scoffing at me, then you're next in line to get one, I guarantee it. Don't believe me? We traded in a 2007 Lexus ES 350 for a 2006 Chevy Uplander and it was the best decision I've made in my life. Reasons below. THEY RUN LIKE A STRIPE'D ASS APE My dad used to say that all the time and I had no idea what he was talking about. I still don't know how a stripe'd ass ape runs but, one day I was pulling out onto the highway and I …

I always try and play a song for Howie right before his bedtime.  I believe this was a Friday or Saturday.  Guster melodies are perfect for kids.  I've been told that Freely melodies are as well.  If you have any video of kids singing Jakob Freely songs, I'd love you forever if you emailed them to info@jakobfreely.com

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I don't even know if that's how you spell that, but I have it in my garage.  In the form of mouse shit.  I've written before that I live in a hell hole and every day I stumble upon something else that confirms that I'm not being a drama queen about it. This was another one of those things. Does a mouse actually shit onto a pile?  Or maybe this was a rat and it had a ton of shit.  If so, when he finished, he went back to his buddies like "Damn...don't …

Below is a blog from a weekend on the road back in either 2006 or 2007, I can't remember.  We learned a lot on this trip.  Mainly that Dennis had the creepiest text rington ever and that you can survive off of hotel continental breakfast, even if you aren't staying there... Oh. It was a weekend of firsts. First time as Jakob Freely in Tennessee. First time sleeping in the car. First time taking a shower at a truckstop. We played a show on Thursday with our dudez One Less Distraction in Dayton, …

The following is a journal entry after a show in Morehead, KY back in 2005.  I'm going to be recycling these to transfer them over to this page.  I gotta tell you...I start most of these journal entries with things like "Oh" and "Man" and "Jesus" because it makes everything sound more dramatic and I guess kind of sets the tone for what I'm about to dramatize. But I'm for real this time. We played another show down in Morehead for the Delt and TEK Frats at a place …

The mice will play.  Is that what they say?  Down by the bay, while we eat some hay and watch our hair turn gray.  I just may...  As soon as I noticed that was going to rhyme I had to finish the Adam Sandler reference. Anyways, I don't much feel like a mouse.  More like some kind of god damn beast dragon hawk lion cow.  And I try to convince Howie of that now too because if he's gonna grow up and be a good person he needs to know that Dad is just nuts enough to do some …