I want to thank everyone again who took the time to contribute to the Birthday Book for Dave.  Your comments to me about the book were so very nice and I really appreciate it. A lot of time, work & energy goes into creating the book, so thanks again.

Before I get into the finalists for the prize, I want to mention that there are now two new birthday books online that you can submit greetings to for Taylor Hawkins (Feb. 17 ) and Chris Shiflett (May 6).

Amanda is running the Birthday Book for Taylor.  Taylor’s birthday is Feb. 17, but the deadline for contributions is Feb. 12, 2012.  You can get all of the details by clicking on that link.

Liz is running the Birthday Book for Chris.  Chris’ birthday is May 6, but the deadline for contributions is May 4, 2012.  You can get all of the details by clicking on that link.

As for the contest here – I had two friends who were not part of the birthday book pick the finalists. I had nothing to do with any of the finalists just to keep it fair.  To be honest, I’m glad that I didn’t have to pick, because there were so many good ones. So I left it up to them and they came back with 15 that they liked.   Now the winner of the grand prize will be up to YOU.  I’m letting you vote for best entry.  Just a little information for you: There is one vote per person. PERIOD. There is no multiple voting so make sure you vote for the best one.  I know that sometimes there is a bit of a competition between countries, so sometimes people vote for an entry just because it’s from their specific country. I ask that you vote for the best entry regardless where it comes from.  The contest will run for two weeks.  You will not be able to see the results until the contest ends. That is when I will post them. I’m trying to keep this as fair as possible. Please understand.  Below are the finalists in a gallery so that you can get a better look at them, but you have to VOTE HERE.  Thanks and good luck to all!!!

 Good luck to everyone!

So you know what that means…. time for our annual Birthday Book! This year was the biggest year yet for the birthday book, so thank you to everyone that contributed.  You kept me quite busy, but it’s always so much fun to see what you create for Dave each year. Extra thanks to Elle in [...]

I’m getting a lot of  e mails in regards to the birthday book so I thought that I would take a moment to answer them here to ease your minds. First of all, I include everyone’s entries to the birthday book as long as they follow the rules. If you DID follow the rules, then [...]

Happy New Year, everyone! Not sure how 2012 will top 2011, but I have high hopes! Just wanted to update the website and mention that the deadline for your Birthday Book entries is Jan. 13 at 6pm, New York City time.  I will probably end up extending the deadline a little bit, but please don’t [...]

Hey there – I received an e mail from Sean at DeCapo Press here in Boston and Sean found out about our Birthday Book / Contest for Dave and offered up a copy of the US edition of THIS IS A CALL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DAVE GROHL by Paul Brannigan.  Very generous of [...]

It’s officially been two & 1/2 weeks since the Madison Square Garden show where Joan Jett showed up to play “Bad Reputation” with Foo Fighters, and I’m still in shock that I witnessed that.  It was so awesome that even Rolling Stone magazine has listed it as #1 on their playlist of their favorite songs, [...]