Coming
in 2008! THE PROBE MOVIE
Canadian filmaker Colin Burrowes will base
his next full length movie entirely on my writings in The Probe. I told him
that, as long as the guy who plays me in the movie is handsome and well hung,
he has my complete blessing. You can check out the web site at www.duramaterproductions.com
I don't sell records anymore. I've put them in
the hands of people who knowwhat they're doing. The Hickey CD has been repressed
by Steve at 1234 Go! Records in Oakland. The Your Mother CD has been repressed
by David at Very Small Records in Spokane WA. All of the other records on
Probe Records are in the capable hands of Rob at Vinehell Records in San Jose.
You can click on "store" to see what is sold out and if it's not
sold out Rob should have it for you.
April
27th 2006 So how's it going?
December
14th 2005 Scott Macchiano
December
14th 2005 Jim MacLean
December
31st 2004 Scotty
December
10th 2004 One
year in the waiting and all I have to talk about is food.
December
10th 2004 Thanks
brad.
October
29th 2003 Party,
Chinese food, book about beer, I am the Champion, Unscrewed.
August
27th 2003 36th
Birthday, looking back fondly on prior idiocies.
May
25th 2003 I
wrote this for Jessica's
parenthood column in MRR.
March
13th 2003 Don't
read this unless
you're really interested in my day to day life or if you believe in the the
cleansing power of nuclear energy.
Feb.
14th 2003 Show
reviewed.
Feb.
13th 2003 Some
quick and poorly written record reviews
Getting ready for the new season, Lydia and I at Fanfest 2003.
Jan.
13th 2003 Rockass
wrote this for
Probe #7, but there weren't any photos or graphics to go with it so it got
cut. This was New Year's Eve '97 I think. My brother's former roommate was
reading old Probe #7 articles on the computer and he told me this was his
favorite story. I thought that was ironic as it was one of only two that I
didn't print.
Jan.
7th 2003 Apparently
Trey Parker and Matt Stone were Probe readers during the Hap's
years.
Jan.
6th 2003 "Hey
Muentz, whatcha been up to?" This...
Nov
13th 2002 Brad & Stacy get married, Matty
Luv dies, Aaron Probe - not the brightest crayon in the box. Lydia talks to
me for the first time. My
life story.
July
10th 2002
Yes,
moron, I can drive a stick
shift.
March 11th 2002
Lydia Arminé Muentz has arrived, and we have
the first set of photos.
Clint throws out the first pitch for the Oakland A's in the
'73 World Series.
Feb 22nd 2002I
deleted most of the really old record reviews from this site. There were hundreds.
To take their place I compiled sort of a "best of" selection from
all of the promo CDs I wrote reviews for in the past two years. They are labeled
the good,
the bad,
and the ugly.
Feb 8th 2002
Aaron discusses dieting.
Couple new pics on the Friends
page.
Feb
7th 2002 Some pics from New Years Eve here.
Jan 28th 2002
At long last, Aaron & Keri's wedding
photos!
The
Wedding Story
More Wedding
Photos!
Jan. 25th 2002 I
just found this interview
- it's a couple years old, but it's short and sweet.
Jan. 8th 2002 Remember
when I stopped doing The Probe I said that there would be a new
zine called Apemen Cometh instead? Some of you may have noticed that Apemen
Cometh never came out. I did actually do some writing for it. The most
noteworthy was a long interview I did with Jim Goad while he was still in
prison. You can link to that here.
Other than that there was
also an interview with David Hayes of Very Small
Records, who also started Lookout Records, and a column I wrote about the
Vegas Shakedown. I sent those to Spank zine just before Spank zine decided
not to publish any more issues. They did post them on their website though.
http://www.spankzine.com/interviews/
http://www.spankzine.com/columns/
Jan.
7th 2002
New
Record
Reviews
Dec.
14th 2001
Tivo
rules and the Yankees suck!
OLD
NEWS
THE
PROBE IS DEAD.
I've
given the excuse in the past that I can not continue publishing The Probe
because of my continuing financial problems. This is quite true. However,
there is a lot more to it than that. I think The Probe was one of the most
entertaining fanzines around for several years. I was proud of each issue.
I did a thorough job of covering several aspects of the punk rock scene
and I had great fun at the same time. However, I can not say the same for
Probes #7 and #8. Reader response has also been much less enthusiastic.
For the last two issues I used the same winning formula of girls and booze
that worked with previous issues, but the content and the writing itself
was much less inspired. At the time I figured I was just going through a
slump and better times were ahead, but that was only my positive attitude
getting the best of me. The truth is that I'm well past my prime and too
old for the lifestyle that a good issue of The Probe requires. Four years
ago I could still get by on three or four hours of sleep a night, go to
work, stay out all night, and keep on top of things. I had several fantastic
drunken adventures every week. Back then I couldnąt wait to get home from
work so I could start writing and working on The Probe. These days I can't
wait to get home so I can sit my fat ass down and watch Tivo. Sadly, the
amount of alcohol I drink is no longer synonymous with how stupendous my
drunken adventures will be, but on how quickly I'll pass out and how debilitating
my hangover will be the next day. Not to be a defeatist, my life is better
than ever. I'll always have new interests. It's just the zine that I am
retiring.
RECORD
LABEL/PRESS PEOPLE
If you are writing to find out if I reviewed one of your releases then go
to the reviews page.
I will try to keep it updated.
STANDARD
STUFF
What
is The Probe magazine all about?
Besides naked people, getting loaded, and underground
Rock'n'Roll, I offer this.
What
is Probe Records all about?
To put out music that FUCKING ROCKS!
(For Aaron's full-length, boring, yet all-encompassing
answer, go here.)
What's
with all the naked people?
Ass sells records because Ass ROCKS!
Almost forgot. The Probe Store.
Aaron knows even
less about this webcrap than I do, so direct all you site suggestions/complaints/offerings
to me, Craigums.