Wayne, UK Matches fan extraordinaire, at our acoustic show in SF last night with his pant leg hiked up for all to see the great Musburger in ink, sheepishly asked "What does it mean?" I had to laugh. Musburger is on our guitar picks, and keeps us safe from his perch on the rear view mirror in the van, and legend has it that he even pilots our bus after we all pass out. But like the holiday moral of the cliche Christmas stories, Musburger is about so much more.
So if we could all join hands and perhaps bow our tongues into our cheeks, I would like to go around the table and have everyone say what Musburger means to you...
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wow first comment? this never happens!
anyway...
musburger...where do i start...
*silence*
uh..yeah. ima just pass the torch to someone else who can get a little more creative with this.
(sidenote: that's a pretty boss tattoo..hahaha)
Edit:
Musburger looks like the tooth fairy i wish i had as a child. i bet he would've brought some sick gifts.
fo shizzz....
musburger is drawn on a wall in oakland in the chinatown area - i found out on sunday while exploring the area.
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Musburger would scare the shit out of me if he was my tooth fairy as a kid. I've actually always wondered how Musburger came to be. I mean, as The Matches' Deity. Sweet ink, either way. Haha.
when i see musburger, he reminds me that this band i like is totally crazy.
i think it may be the wand, the key necklace and, well, his posse that make the band a bit crazy. BUT that's definitely one of the many perks of loving the Matches...all the crazy.
and, can you just give me a yes or no answer, so i stop waiting and wondering...Toronto before 2009?
Musburger is what keeps us all going.
Musburger reminds me that there is Hope.
Musburger is the very definition of whimsy
Musburger is the lord himself.
He means more to me than the Dahli Lama himself.
it hurts me.
musburger means barbara the emo barbie will never have to be alone again. musburger also means that musblack and mustache will always have a drinking buddy. as long as there is musburger to worship, there will be matches music to fill my idle ears
haha I knew this was gonna be a blog.
picture credit: me
Is his leg bleeding in that picture? O.o
Musburger is more of a sign to me, that I'm among Comrades. :3
So my comrades, how about some virgin pina coladas and poking Shawn in the arm till he tells us the antidote to the poison he slipped us in our pinas without knowing? (Yes I need to start taking pills for the crazy)
'Musburger' sounds so funny in general. And I, am out of the loop! :|
ahhhh, Musburger...
a sign that everyone should fear for your sanity, but also fear that if we do, the cure might interfere with the genius.
Let's hope Musburger keeps that bus from crashing for many, many years.
He keeps me safe at night.
I Love him.
Musburger is
that thing that can be braided and twisted and forked with ease into standing for whatever you want it to stand for. And Musburger can stand for the opposite the next day. Musburger is a kid with low self esteem, and an intense crush on you.
He is a magician!!!
like Houdini or David Copperfield
i feeeeeeeell da maagggiiiicc all around meeeeee
So wait, I'm supposed to tell people this when they ask what the Hell that man-doll is doing on my leg? I was planning on just saying "Hey, I had $180 that I needed to get rid of, a Musburger tatt was the first thing that came to mind."
Butttt I could just say that Musburger is the St. Christopher for our generation. He looks after me whilst I'm hitch-hiking.
Okay?
Oh, and thanks for the water. Nudge nudge, wink wink.
Musburger means driving to Haight street with a new friend to get it branded on his body for all eternity.
He also means friendly shared water bottles, haha
Man, best tattoo ever. Go Wayne!
Musburger means to me...
Disturbingly high-pitched laughter with your best friend when you find a replica action figure hidden in the back corner of a local toystore...
A hand painted Musbirthday sitting on the adjacent amp at a Fillmore show...
A man who would probably shit bricks if he knew that his action figure was worshipped..
-A
Congratulations to Wayne, top bloke. He beat me to getting that done.
Musburger, well, I look up to him, from his invisble wire that holds him from above. He teaches me to be graceful and to not care what other people think of me. Though I think the latter is starting to go into disarray.
if you told them to get a tattoo of a piece of Poo, they would probably do that too...
sorta sad
Shawn didn't tell anyone to get a musburger tattoo. Ben did.
musbuger means to me...
musburger means me and my bestiee loving/obsessing about the matches and finding anything to do with them fascinating, especially musburger; and not rele knowing 100% who or wat musburger was until asking my dad, and said dad thinking his daughter was slightly nuts for emphatically idolizing musburger...
musburger is the celebration of love life and FUN :)
-Ray Ray
"if you told them to get a tattoo of a piece of Poo, they would probably do that too...
sorta sad"
You're rather pathetic and rude. Stay out the blogs, and if you don't have nothing nice to say, don't say it at all.
It means that green pick that was thrown at me at Knitting Factory Hollywood was in the hands of greatness. And I will forever be connected to a band that I love.
And he's pretty darn radtastic!
i heard that Musburger slapped chuck norris in the face and lived to tell the tale, also Musburger is the one and only true ninja living in america's suburbs. they say at night you can hear him wailing on a double neck gutair like a badass
^ I heard those rumours are true. Haha.
And kudos to Wayne! Finally someone bold enough to get the almighty inked. Do tell if the physical permanence has bestowed any sort of magical power upon you.
Voodoo style.
a musky piece of cardboard meat
the fairynator is the new ronald mcdonald
Musburger is the love child of two fallen angels. He is a torch burning bright in the infinite darkness of a decaying generation. Musburger is sex, sweat, and cigarettes. He is the man we have all, at some point, wished to be (or do). Musburger knows no moral codes nor societal constraints. He lives life with plastic arms flung wide open in defiant affability. He faces each new day with the possibility of death at the forefront of his mind, and the hunt for a satisfying one night stand at the top of his to do list.
Musburger is everything, is nothing.
Musburger is perfection.
patriotism.
patriotism.
I've thought long and hard on this one...
Musburger means so much to me.
My friends think I'm crazy but when I think of Musburger, I pray one day I could get one of those shirt one day. And thats where it starts. *hint hint*
SERIOUSLY.
Musburger means a deep connection between my friends that are also fans of The Matches.
He means a good laugh at something my parents don't understand.
He is that special feeling you get at a concert, especially a The Matches show. ESPECIALLY a The Matches show at Warped Tour.
He is a reminder to check back to Heavy Breeding for a new post.
He means screaming lyrics at the top of your lungs no matter where you are because you CAN even though you probably shouldn't.
He is the impulse to dance in random places just because you hear a catchy tune.
He means showing off your artistic style without being considered a show off or being cocky.
He means freedom.
Musburger is a deep spiritual thing, such as Nirvana (not the band...) or Heaven.
Musburger is everything and nothing all wrapped into one amazing little man.
=^]
hmm...
musburger is synonymous with licking the salty sweat off your upper lip just for the taste.
and musburger is buying an old CD, whose creators have been disbanded since before your birth, from a mom and pop record store.
musburger is making up a story and telling all your friends a different version because it might give them hope that mystical things do happen.
and musburger probably means other useless and interesting situations/ideas.
have a nice day.
musburger is the christ and the antichrist
he is a coke-cherry-peach icee after two hours at the beach
he is $55 of worth gas money in coins
he is cigarette smoke smell on a wool vest in a rainstorm and he is sitting for 35 minutes waiting for a freight train to pass
musburger is fight club quotes, overeating at a midnight village inn and not feeling guilty, he is CD swaps with a total stranger and the means to an end
Musburger just looks like a jerk with a wand...
Or some derranged man thinking he's papa funk...in which he's not.
musburger is a little guardian angel on the back of a pick which hangs around my neck.
he has been watching over me since june 14, 2008, the day i adopted him at the fillmore.
musburger makes me hungry,
where's the relish?
Musburger represents The Matches, keeps em safe as the legend goes. To explain what he means for me I’m going to have to use quite a few words. And here they are. ..
The Matches are the first band that have claimed the spot as my favorite. For years when someone would ask me my favorite band I would tell them it was too hard to choose. Looking back I think it was more that there was nothing that I had stumbled across that really captivated me completely. Sure there were verses, songs and even albums but never a band that I inexplicably loved everything about. I love music don’t get me wrong but The Matches are the first band that really grabs me, something that makes my mind go um kyra I like the way those brains work, please feed us this stuff all the time.
You know how when you have some sort of inside joke with someone sometimes things that wouldn’t normally be funny are suddenly epically hilarious? And you laugh so hard it hurts while everyone is looking at you like, is she okay or is she possibly seizing,? But you couldn’t care less about the looks your getting because you are having a grand ol’ time.
That’s kind of how it is.
Some people think I’m obsessed.
But here’s what it is.
I am surrounded by people all the time that makes me cringe, shake my head, and sigh. Not necessarily at the same time but there are a lot of people who just don’t get it. I don’t understand them and they probably think I’m ridiculous. And that’s fine, that’s life, that’s diversity of the brain.
Like-mindedness can be hard to find, so when you find that with someone or something it’s exciting . The Matches are like that for me. Like-mindedness put to music, what more could I ask for?
Also in the background of that picture you can see the bottom half of me. Standing next to me is Mal. Who had it not been for you I would have never stumbled across. I have met quite a few great people because we all share a love for you. Musburger brings us together.
Thank You
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Black & Decker means to me...
too many drinks and not enough "wakes"
Musburger is More Than a Deity.
Kyra's line "Musburger brings us together." is the one that seems most meaningful...
I mean... If it wasn't for Musburger's magical presence with The Matches, my best friend and I may have never really had a conversation (because the first one started when she saw a photo of Shawn on my planner in 1st period French 3) and I may never have met some interesting people at shows and online.
...so that line totally wins my heart. =^]
Most entertaining comments ever :P
Musburger means never having to explain a tattoo.
does Musburger know Bob Dobbs?
The only thing more frustrating than trying to explain a tattoo, is trying to explain The Matches to someone who has not had the pure luck and joy of experiencing them first hand.
To me Musburger must be gluing plastic rhinestones on a cobalt blue glass that spell out SHAWN, having to walk around with said glass in my purse, and the sheer joy of having someone appreciate the CRUNK JUICE that he will always have in his PIMP CUP, given by two girls from Georgia...in Florida, who were blessed by the tittie fairy.
...and I wonder if he still drinks from our blessed chalice?
Musburger, to me, means high resolution.
...And maybe a really handsy inebriated British friend.
-V
Musburger scares my sister.
She doesn't understand why four grown men play with a "doll."
It's okay neither do I.
But we love you guys more for it.
I want to get my own Musburger... But then I'll feel lame and poser-ish... but cool?
Hahh.
Wow.
And damn, Wayne is... amazing?
(:
musburger to me is seeing you at warped tour last year with yellow paint all over your hands, and my pick that i got at the knitting factory.
every time i see that little piece of green plastic taped on the back of my bedroom door i think of the best weekend of my life. i think of asking for directions behind soma, transformers walkie-talkies, driving to hollywood and not being able to find the venue, it's crazy, that weekend i bonded with my brother and sister more that i ever thought possible.
musbuger brings my family together.
URGENT QUESTION
has justin ever been on the price is right?
because as it is in the hour of 10 am, me and my brother are watching tpir, and he just said he saw justin in the crowd! now, the season is over, so these are reruns, but if he'd come anytime this summer....my brother said he was wearing a red shirt.
Musburger stole my innocence. v_v
You know, it's questions such as these that makes my mind run off in endless jabbering. What started off as a simple comment in response to this entry soon grew way out of proportion to the point where it had morphed into a long line of reasoning about inside jokes. I saw no other choice but to give up on it as a comment for your blog and instead made it an entry for mine. Things doesn’t always go as planed, huh?
Musburger...is a mystery to me and I'd like to keep him that way. He is whimsical and wonderful. I respect the Matches and their religious views to the fullest. May he watch over you and your van with his star wand for the rest of time.
<3
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