Interesting background design! Are you going to ad adsense in your site? I think they can blend very well with your site
You say interesting is that good or bad? - i done it like this as Daniel Letterle tends to do 'wacky', exciting movies and i hope it reflects in the design. - Yeh ill be doing google adsense in a couple of days.
I mean interesting as it's good It shows his personality throughout the design. (especially the color scheme).
Overall, I like the design but... one thing I would change, and this is just my opinion, I would soften the edges of the cutout photos in the header or slightly darken the background behind the cutouts (or both) just so the edges aren't so harsh. It would only take a couple minutes to do in photoshop to see if you like it or not. Again, it's just my opinion so take it for what it's worth (nothing much ).
very nice layout. However, I think the title (logo) of the site is a bit too simple compared to the overall design; I would do something in accordance with that "wacky" (i don't know that term) design. Also, though it's interesting to describe the purpose of the site in the header, I don't like the way you implemented "here you will find news, pictures..." in the header, but I really don't know what to suggest for that. Greta work done in that site!
Cboyce, I think the adsense would blend better if you use the same blue you have in the rest of the right column (the one you use for links) and the same green that you're using for the header.