It's been way too long! I have completely forgotten about this. It really seems like blogs are a thing of the past now. Maybe it's just me. Who knows? Wish I was in Fargo this weekend with Craig making trouble. Dang. Wish I was in Murderapolis with Toph and Dylan also. Who knows the sort of things we would get into!
Best album in a while: Arctic Monkeys Get Some
Best Song of the Week: Kanye West Heard Em Say ( old, yes, but relevant )
Facebook me! Or send me food! Or both!
I got tickets for St. Vincent Nov 3rd. Youtube her!
I had a dream the other night that I was chasing a boat, only to catch up when road construction was in season.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Year of the Black Rainbow
Here's a post from www.cobaltandcalcium.com. I can't wait!
Hey Everybody,
Happy Holidays and all that. We know you have been waiting patiently for Coheed info for 2010, so we hope this fills your hunger for now:
Our new album will be titled, “Year of the Black Rainbow,” and is set for release in April 2010 and will be followed by a headline tour of the US, and then on to Europe and the UK for festivals and such.
As most of you know, the new album will be the “Origin Story” or “The Prequel,” and likely the final story of the ongoing concept story of “The Amory Wars”
With “Year of the Black Rainbow,” we will be releasing a deluxe package that includes a NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME. Not a graphic novel, but a full 300+page prose novel, which will tell the origins of Coheed and Cambria, and much more. There will be no mystery to this story, you will be able to explore it like never before. Presales will start near the end of December, exact date and pricing to be announced soon.
Producing this record is:
Atticus Ross http://www.ninwiki.com/Atticus_Ross
And Joe Baressi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Barresi
They have helped us evolve our sound to be more powerful and dynamic than ever and we think it’s definitely our best work to date.
Some song titles are: “Here We are Juggernaut,” “The Broken,” “Pearl of the Stars,” and “Guns of Summer.”
Co-writing the book with Claudio is Peter David http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_David
The album will be released through Columbia Records/Sony in North America. For the rest of the world, Sony has licensed the rights to Roadrunner Records, who we feel will better make our music available in those territories, and opening up the potential for us to come to countries we rarely or never have been to before. We are very excited.
Can’t wait til you can experience it.
I also found a Best Buy today that is open 24 hours. Think of the possibilities. Changed my life today! I bought Harry Potter 6 and Lost season 5! Ah New York!
Hey Everybody,
Happy Holidays and all that. We know you have been waiting patiently for Coheed info for 2010, so we hope this fills your hunger for now:
Our new album will be titled, “Year of the Black Rainbow,” and is set for release in April 2010 and will be followed by a headline tour of the US, and then on to Europe and the UK for festivals and such.
As most of you know, the new album will be the “Origin Story” or “The Prequel,” and likely the final story of the ongoing concept story of “The Amory Wars”
With “Year of the Black Rainbow,” we will be releasing a deluxe package that includes a NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME. Not a graphic novel, but a full 300+page prose novel, which will tell the origins of Coheed and Cambria, and much more. There will be no mystery to this story, you will be able to explore it like never before. Presales will start near the end of December, exact date and pricing to be announced soon.
Producing this record is:
Atticus Ross http://www.ninwiki.com/Atticus_Ross
And Joe Baressi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Barresi
They have helped us evolve our sound to be more powerful and dynamic than ever and we think it’s definitely our best work to date.
Some song titles are: “Here We are Juggernaut,” “The Broken,” “Pearl of the Stars,” and “Guns of Summer.”
Co-writing the book with Claudio is Peter David http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_David
The album will be released through Columbia Records/Sony in North America. For the rest of the world, Sony has licensed the rights to Roadrunner Records, who we feel will better make our music available in those territories, and opening up the potential for us to come to countries we rarely or never have been to before. We are very excited.
Can’t wait til you can experience it.
I also found a Best Buy today that is open 24 hours. Think of the possibilities. Changed my life today! I bought Harry Potter 6 and Lost season 5! Ah New York!
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
First Day
I had my first day of work today at The Gramercy Park Hotel. It was great to have something to do. The size was really nothing compared to The Ramada, but it is really gorgeous. It was weird though because no one wears nagtags. Try learning names that way!
It was nearing on 4000 degrees today though. Talk about sweat. For about an hour, I steamed table cloths on a table for a party tonight. It was great meeting some new people. Renee had two different colored eyes and is from Ecuador. He's a crack up. It's gonna be fun working there.
I'll be back again tomorrow. O, by the way, the little supper for 22 people tonight was a $250 plate birthday function. O yeah. Do the math.
It was nearing on 4000 degrees today though. Talk about sweat. For about an hour, I steamed table cloths on a table for a party tonight. It was great meeting some new people. Renee had two different colored eyes and is from Ecuador. He's a crack up. It's gonna be fun working there.
I'll be back again tomorrow. O, by the way, the little supper for 22 people tonight was a $250 plate birthday function. O yeah. Do the math.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Coney Island Saturday
Okay here we go. So 3 weekends ago we went out to Coney Island to hang out for the day and go to a free concert!
Here is the view from one of the piers. We eventually walked out here to cool off. The concert was called the Siren Festival. It was a lot of indie bands and it was free, so you can't get much better than that. We really only want to see one band, Frightened Rabbit, and here they are.
Coney Island is a big circus/fair without clowns. I told Paige if a clown would have shown up, I would have left. I was serious. Coming out of the subway we walked in the main enterance area. This is where the Nathan's Famous is located. Home to the hotdog eating challenge and many others, Nathan's has been a staple in Coney Island for a long time. Part of the building was a Wall of Fame about all the past winners, which included their hotdog number eaten, and year. Here was the line to order.
After the concert, we started to move through thee number one attraction to Coney Island. I'm talking about the Flea Market tents. O yes. You couldn't imagine the junk the gypsies were selling! You had to keep your eyes peeled because a lot of them were the same, only spread out. I saw fruit and vegetable shaped fridge magnets at least four different times, and most were different prices. Here's what I mean.
Paige had found a Henna tattoo booth. She waited her turn and got a small flower design on her ankle. The stuff is neat. It's a greenish mud-like paste. You leave it on your skin until it's dry, then brush off the stuff, and your skin is stained. It only stays there about 2 weeks, so it's really temporary.
This next one is one of my favorites for the day. This girl kept hanging out next to the Henna tattoo lady all day. Her mom was selling stuff in the booth behind this one, and the girl would just stand and stare at her. She kept offering to give the girl a free one, but the girl wouldn't say a word to anyone except her mother. I don't know what I like about this picture more: the fact that her t-shirt was homemade and the back said, "The First Black President," the fact that her face was painted, o the fact that she would stare with her mouth open and say nothing. It cracks me up.
After this, we found some cold beer and just walked around the pier. It was nice and we both sort of got a mild sunburn. I happen to take a picture of people who were jumping off the pier. I like this one too.
Here's a good one too. We look pretty good you gotta admit that!
Here is the view from one of the piers. We eventually walked out here to cool off. The concert was called the Siren Festival. It was a lot of indie bands and it was free, so you can't get much better than that. We really only want to see one band, Frightened Rabbit, and here they are.
Coney Island is a big circus/fair without clowns. I told Paige if a clown would have shown up, I would have left. I was serious. Coming out of the subway we walked in the main enterance area. This is where the Nathan's Famous is located. Home to the hotdog eating challenge and many others, Nathan's has been a staple in Coney Island for a long time. Part of the building was a Wall of Fame about all the past winners, which included their hotdog number eaten, and year. Here was the line to order.
After the concert, we started to move through thee number one attraction to Coney Island. I'm talking about the Flea Market tents. O yes. You couldn't imagine the junk the gypsies were selling! You had to keep your eyes peeled because a lot of them were the same, only spread out. I saw fruit and vegetable shaped fridge magnets at least four different times, and most were different prices. Here's what I mean.
Paige had found a Henna tattoo booth. She waited her turn and got a small flower design on her ankle. The stuff is neat. It's a greenish mud-like paste. You leave it on your skin until it's dry, then brush off the stuff, and your skin is stained. It only stays there about 2 weeks, so it's really temporary.
This next one is one of my favorites for the day. This girl kept hanging out next to the Henna tattoo lady all day. Her mom was selling stuff in the booth behind this one, and the girl would just stand and stare at her. She kept offering to give the girl a free one, but the girl wouldn't say a word to anyone except her mother. I don't know what I like about this picture more: the fact that her t-shirt was homemade and the back said, "The First Black President," the fact that her face was painted, o the fact that she would stare with her mouth open and say nothing. It cracks me up.
After this, we found some cold beer and just walked around the pier. It was nice and we both sort of got a mild sunburn. I happen to take a picture of people who were jumping off the pier. I like this one too.
Here's a good one too. We look pretty good you gotta admit that!
Saturday, July 18, 2009
And I'm Back
Wow. It has really been a while, but I think I will start writing again. I will have some new and exciting stuff to publish (I hope). We had a fun day at Coney Island today. When I get up tomorrow, I'll add pictures and tell about everything!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Deer Hunting
Man I haven't written in a while. Sorry. Here is a picture of my deer mount from this year. I'll post more pictures later!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Not Soon Enough I Guess
Tenacious D plans to release another album - just don't hold your breath waiting for it.
Group member Kyle Gass tells Billboard.com that he and Jack Black, his partner in the irreverent rock duo, have begun work on their follow-up to the 2006 film project "The Pick Of Destiny." "It's very challenging," Gass says, revealing that "we probably only have one to one and a half songs right now, and we probably need 12 to 15. It might take the rest of our lives, but I think it'll be worth waiting for."
But Gass does say, in his own way, that he and Black are indeed serious about their goals for the album. "We'd like to do one final masterpiece, I think," he acknowledges. "I think we both know we're approaching death, as it were, and we'd like to have a lasting legacy. ('The Pick of Destiny') was kind of a soundtrack to the movie so we had to fulfill obligations that way. And now it's kind of opened up."
Gass says he's also like to finish an album that his side project, Trainwreck, has been working on for five years. "I think that I need to really work harder at completing some of these projects," he notes. I think that I've been living on my laurels. I've been lazy, but now I think it's time to kick ass." Or Gass? "There ya go..."
Group member Kyle Gass tells Billboard.com that he and Jack Black, his partner in the irreverent rock duo, have begun work on their follow-up to the 2006 film project "The Pick Of Destiny." "It's very challenging," Gass says, revealing that "we probably only have one to one and a half songs right now, and we probably need 12 to 15. It might take the rest of our lives, but I think it'll be worth waiting for."
But Gass does say, in his own way, that he and Black are indeed serious about their goals for the album. "We'd like to do one final masterpiece, I think," he acknowledges. "I think we both know we're approaching death, as it were, and we'd like to have a lasting legacy. ('The Pick of Destiny') was kind of a soundtrack to the movie so we had to fulfill obligations that way. And now it's kind of opened up."
Gass says he's also like to finish an album that his side project, Trainwreck, has been working on for five years. "I think that I need to really work harder at completing some of these projects," he notes. I think that I've been living on my laurels. I've been lazy, but now I think it's time to kick ass." Or Gass? "There ya go..."
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
I Thank Myself
So state/city elections were yesterday, and I give myself a pat on the back. My zone limits meant I went to the Fargo Civic Center and voted today around 5pm. The major issue: smoking. The smokers had a little bit of false advertising going on, and on measures 1,2,and 3, they tried to sneakily convince people to vote Yes, No, Yes.
If you wanted smoking banned completely in public establishments, such as bars, you should have voted No, Yes, No (which I did).
Measure 1 stated that a 'Yes' vote let city officials turn over rulings with a 2/3 voting without consent from the voting public. Unfortunately, this passed.
Measure 2 stated that a 'Yes' vote would completely ban smoking from public places. This passed and I'm so happy! I hate stinky bars. If you go to a smoking bar, you come home and smell like ashtray and nutsack. The clothes you wore are worthless until you do laundry. This will take effect on July 1st. Awesome!
Measure 3 stated that a 'Yes' vote would uphold city laws on preexisting smoking laws. This did not pass, so with the Yes,No voting on measures 2 and 3 respectively, smoking is illegal in bars on July 1st.
I couldn't be happier. I bet there are stinky old truck drivers beating their wives tonight over the choices of the smart public. I'm a little surprised this took this long. We have to thank Moorhead for starting this trend, where their bars have been smoke free since October. With the popular views of the public going completely green, I knew this was only a matter of time. There has been such a transformation in being green in the last 4 years. I'm glad we're starting to catch on. I only hope they let you keep drinking in bars.
In victory, I invite everyone to join me on June 30th. I want to go out and laugh at everyone smoking. I want to count down the seconds at midnight and then watch disgusting smokers try to fight the law (for which they were probably to lazy to go out and vote for because they were too busy smoking at the Nestor (a complete dump where if you walk in for 30 seconds, you smell like death) to give a rat's ass).
On a lighter note, I was promoted to Supervisor on Friday. My boss got fired because he is addicted to meth so I might become the first person to become Manager with working a day as Supervisor because my title transfer doesn't occur until the new pay period, which starts on the 16th. Funny old world, isn't it?
If you wanted smoking banned completely in public establishments, such as bars, you should have voted No, Yes, No (which I did).
Measure 1 stated that a 'Yes' vote let city officials turn over rulings with a 2/3 voting without consent from the voting public. Unfortunately, this passed.
Measure 2 stated that a 'Yes' vote would completely ban smoking from public places. This passed and I'm so happy! I hate stinky bars. If you go to a smoking bar, you come home and smell like ashtray and nutsack. The clothes you wore are worthless until you do laundry. This will take effect on July 1st. Awesome!
Measure 3 stated that a 'Yes' vote would uphold city laws on preexisting smoking laws. This did not pass, so with the Yes,No voting on measures 2 and 3 respectively, smoking is illegal in bars on July 1st.
I couldn't be happier. I bet there are stinky old truck drivers beating their wives tonight over the choices of the smart public. I'm a little surprised this took this long. We have to thank Moorhead for starting this trend, where their bars have been smoke free since October. With the popular views of the public going completely green, I knew this was only a matter of time. There has been such a transformation in being green in the last 4 years. I'm glad we're starting to catch on. I only hope they let you keep drinking in bars.
In victory, I invite everyone to join me on June 30th. I want to go out and laugh at everyone smoking. I want to count down the seconds at midnight and then watch disgusting smokers try to fight the law (for which they were probably to lazy to go out and vote for because they were too busy smoking at the Nestor (a complete dump where if you walk in for 30 seconds, you smell like death) to give a rat's ass).
On a lighter note, I was promoted to Supervisor on Friday. My boss got fired because he is addicted to meth so I might become the first person to become Manager with working a day as Supervisor because my title transfer doesn't occur until the new pay period, which starts on the 16th. Funny old world, isn't it?
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Coheed and Cambria Concert
Last night we went to Minneapolis and went to the concert. It was quite a great show. They wouldn't let me bring my camera in, but I made up for it after the show. We got to meet everyone so that was awesome.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
In My Book....
Yeah, it's here. Summer. Tonight was our first fast pitch softball game of the season. Of course we won. The score was 3-1, with our first W coming in with an amazing catch with bases loaded in the bottom of the 7th. Solid. This is our jersey and if you see #13 rounding the bases, one can only assume that I hit a solid and am just rounding the bases for fun.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
What I've Been Up To
So I watch way too much HGTV and I started thinking what I could do and this is what I came up with. Yeah I know. It's badass.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Something New
Well I've been terribly busy this last month and really haven't had any extra time to write on here. I will have plenty more now. I can't believe that I'm graduating college in a week. Holy shit. I didn't think college would go this fast. Now what do I do? That's just some of the things running through my head lately.
I was supposed to be shooting the movie today but Tony switched some days around and I got the day off. Look at me now. I've been so busy and wanting a day off that when I get one I hardly know what to do with myself.
There is a liquidation sale out at the fairgrounds and I might check that out to see what kind of wares all the gypsies have. I heard rumors of electronics!
I'll write more I promise!
I was supposed to be shooting the movie today but Tony switched some days around and I got the day off. Look at me now. I've been so busy and wanting a day off that when I get one I hardly know what to do with myself.
There is a liquidation sale out at the fairgrounds and I might check that out to see what kind of wares all the gypsies have. I heard rumors of electronics!
I'll write more I promise!
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
My Bracket 2
So I got 3 of the 4 teams right in the final four. That's not too bad, but my Midwest region is really terrible that it won't matter. I thought Duke might pull up their jocks for the tourney, but to no avail. I picked them to go to the final four. I have UNC beating Memphis in the final, so we'll see what happens.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
My Bracket
Well compared to last year, I doing a lot worse this year. I got 22 of 32 of the first round correct. Thursday, I picked a few upsets, and the higher seed prevailed. Friday, I picked the higher seed and there were a few upsets. I think I only had 8 wrong on my whole bracket last year, which was my personal best. I hope there aren't any more upsets only for the fact that I won't do as well. O well. I guess it's all part of the madness.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Brett Favre
It has finally come that Brett has made the decision to retire. I actually thought this would come later than sooner, with all the records he broke this season and how well the Packers did. Honestly, I really wouldn't care what jersey Favre wore, I would still love him for his playing style, determination, charisma, attitude, and commitment to the sport. He reminded us of the loyalty that once bonded a player to a team. He showed us what it meant to never give up. He gave us a new level of intensity and achievement to work towards. The league has lost one of the greats. I'm proud to say I was able to watch him perform live in my life time. I know many Vikings fans hated him, but I think they would have changed their tunes if he wore purple. We often learn the most from the people we hate. Although I didn't hate him, I feel better that I knew what he was all about. Green Bay and the world will miss Brett Favre. I anticipate that within 8 years he will be inducted into the Hall of Fame, which he above most, deserves to the highest. Congrats on a great career! I wish there was an 18th season to watch highlights from! We'll miss you.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
The Story of Sally Chickens and Flo Bananas Part 2
Well they knew need a bigger place to have crazy parties cause everyone wanted to come there, due to the craziness. So Sally Chickens had this great idea to maybe buy a bigger place. Flo Bananas was a little put off by this, but since they were such great friends and always played scratch games at seedy gas stations in their high-tops while being crazy with Jack Pickles, she said, "Sally Chickens you are amazing let's get a new house." Jack thought they were crazy, and he was right. They were crazy.
Well next door was a big office building that was touching the one wall. So they smoked the occasional joint, ate some fried Southern food, threw on some bibs and went next door to see what was really going on. They got thrown out cause they looked funny so they went to Starbucks for frappichinos and then went back the the office building. Flo said, "Computer front desk lady, Don't you know who we are?" She said, "No," and the big cops were going to escort them out when Jack Pickles said, "HANG ON THIS IS SALLY CHICKENS AND FLO BANANAS!" The cops let them go and asked for their autographs. That's just how amazingly popular these two ladies are. Cops just let them go. Sally and Flo did four jumping jacks with the computer lady, ate 3 dough nuts, and then gave Jack a high-five! Then they went up to see the big boss man.
The big boss man was a big boss man. He was about a million pounds and he was the owner of the company. Sally and Flo were singing disco songs in the elevator and Jack was pushing all the buttons, so that's why the elevator stopped. Just like that! So luckily Jack brought Twister with so they sat down and started playing. Flo was just plain crazy at this game. She always won by 3. Then the elevator started again!
So they got up to the big boss man's lair and had to pee cause they were laughing so crazy from the game. They stopped in the ladies room and Jack had to use the garbage can cause they didn't have a poodle bathroom. He was mad so he filled out a comment card and left some nasty opinions. Then they walked up to the the door and kept knocked until the big boss man answered. Sally Chickens never knocks once cause, "Well, if you keep knocking, they'll know your not just faking it!" "What in tarnation do you to want?" said the big boss man. Flo said, "Here is a fifty million dollar bill! We own the company now! Aren't you happy? I love salads! Pass the crazy cause we want more!" The big boss man had a heart attach and Jack revived him with his poodle magic and they got the company right then and there.
So then they went home and fed Jack some hickory sticks and then they steamed some salty sardines and everyone ate the great feast. After dinner, they smoked the occasional joint. Then they went back next door and told everyone they were fired and all had to move to Chile. They people cried, but Sally Chickens said, "We buried a bunch of Spanish gold there. You guys should follow these treasure maps." Everyone put their shoes back on and went to Chile. After everyone left, Flo said, "Why don't we go find that treasure? I want to find that treasure!" Jack Pickles was laughing when he said, "Those were fake. Those are Perkin's menus." "Son of a bitch I'm crazy," said Sally Chickens, and they all laughed as they sold all the office stuff online.
With the money they made on the stuff, they had some guys come make their two homes into one home. Now they had a huge building to have grand crazy parties! Awesome! So they invited pretty much everyone and said come on Saturday night. So everyone canceled everything they were doing and and bought big tuxes and came to their party. Sally Chickens and Flo Bananas were upstairs smoking the occasional joint and then they came downstairs and the crazy party really got started! It was so crazy, guess what happened? Stay tuned!
Well next door was a big office building that was touching the one wall. So they smoked the occasional joint, ate some fried Southern food, threw on some bibs and went next door to see what was really going on. They got thrown out cause they looked funny so they went to Starbucks for frappichinos and then went back the the office building. Flo said, "Computer front desk lady, Don't you know who we are?" She said, "No," and the big cops were going to escort them out when Jack Pickles said, "HANG ON THIS IS SALLY CHICKENS AND FLO BANANAS!" The cops let them go and asked for their autographs. That's just how amazingly popular these two ladies are. Cops just let them go. Sally and Flo did four jumping jacks with the computer lady, ate 3 dough nuts, and then gave Jack a high-five! Then they went up to see the big boss man.
The big boss man was a big boss man. He was about a million pounds and he was the owner of the company. Sally and Flo were singing disco songs in the elevator and Jack was pushing all the buttons, so that's why the elevator stopped. Just like that! So luckily Jack brought Twister with so they sat down and started playing. Flo was just plain crazy at this game. She always won by 3. Then the elevator started again!
So they got up to the big boss man's lair and had to pee cause they were laughing so crazy from the game. They stopped in the ladies room and Jack had to use the garbage can cause they didn't have a poodle bathroom. He was mad so he filled out a comment card and left some nasty opinions. Then they walked up to the the door and kept knocked until the big boss man answered. Sally Chickens never knocks once cause, "Well, if you keep knocking, they'll know your not just faking it!" "What in tarnation do you to want?" said the big boss man. Flo said, "Here is a fifty million dollar bill! We own the company now! Aren't you happy? I love salads! Pass the crazy cause we want more!" The big boss man had a heart attach and Jack revived him with his poodle magic and they got the company right then and there.
So then they went home and fed Jack some hickory sticks and then they steamed some salty sardines and everyone ate the great feast. After dinner, they smoked the occasional joint. Then they went back next door and told everyone they were fired and all had to move to Chile. They people cried, but Sally Chickens said, "We buried a bunch of Spanish gold there. You guys should follow these treasure maps." Everyone put their shoes back on and went to Chile. After everyone left, Flo said, "Why don't we go find that treasure? I want to find that treasure!" Jack Pickles was laughing when he said, "Those were fake. Those are Perkin's menus." "Son of a bitch I'm crazy," said Sally Chickens, and they all laughed as they sold all the office stuff online.
With the money they made on the stuff, they had some guys come make their two homes into one home. Now they had a huge building to have grand crazy parties! Awesome! So they invited pretty much everyone and said come on Saturday night. So everyone canceled everything they were doing and and bought big tuxes and came to their party. Sally Chickens and Flo Bananas were upstairs smoking the occasional joint and then they came downstairs and the crazy party really got started! It was so crazy, guess what happened? Stay tuned!
Thursday, February 21, 2008
The Story of Sally Chickens and Flo Bananas Part 1
Sally Chickens is a real person. She is about the craziest lady you will ever meet. She wears big glasses, long flowing dresses, gym shoes, tons of perfume, and LOVES to hang out with Flo Bananas. They are a great team. You could find them shopping and grabbing a quick bite to eat at Perkins. They live together in an apartment downtown and love it.
Sally Chickens and Flo Bananas met eighty years ago in parochial school. No one would sit with Sally Chickens. That was until she got to the seat where Flo Bananas was sitting. They hit it off immediately. The dynamic duo spent everyday sipping mocha lattes, rocking the etch-a-sketch, smoking the occasional joint, playing jovial pranks on the evil janitor, and enjoying summers at the lake. That was, until the accident.
As Sally Chickens and Flo Bananas became better friends, their families also became close and they would take trips together in their Winnebago. Well one day their parents were going skiing and they crashed the Winnebago and died. Sally and Flo were sad, but they stuck together and started working. Life was hard, but it was good.
Flo thought they should sell all their parents stuff, so they got a credit card and made an account online. They quickly made a disgusting profit and sold most of their parent's illegal things overseas. It was the best of times, it was the best of times. Then, they got a DOG!
Jack Pickles was the first poodle they bought. They bought it from a bum who thought it was a cloud and wanted some rain. The poodle was about the coolest you could find. He loved to go and live with Sally Chickens and Flo Bananas. Once Jack Pickles got to their house, he asked them to move downtown cause he hated the country and loved the city. Sally and Flo said yes. So they sold their parents land and moved to the big city and got a high rise apartment near the waterfront. It was amazing! Everyone had such a great time and they would stay up late every night eating marshmallows and smoking the occasional joint. Life just got better and better. Then, they got news that Princess Diana had died. They cried all day and all night and the next day too. Then Jack Pickles said, "Hey, it's gonna be alright." So then they were fine. Do you know what these two crazy ladies did then? Then smoked the occasional joint, and went shopping! They grabbed their shoes and went to the big mall. They spent close to eighty thousand dollars that day! Looks like Ramen noodles for a few weeks!
Sally Chickens and Flo Bananas were best friends ever. They do everything together like sledding, making mud pies, typing term papers at the last minute, and feeding Jack Pickles all the good dog food. Life was going great until Sally started wanting another dog. This made Jack Pickles quite jealous so he packed his things in a bandanna, put a stick through it like a hobo, and left in the middle of the night singing show tunes, mainly the sad ones. Sally and Flo were both tired as ever from shopping, so they were sleeping and didn't hear poor Jack Pickles leave. He didn't want to leave but Sally was out of her god damn mind! Another dog? Jack thought he was the only dog they needed so he left.
When Sally Chickens and Flo Bananas woke up, they immediately knew something was wrong. They walked around the corner and Jack was gone! Son of a bitch! They started to cry and Flo said, "I told you so," and Sally said, "I'm sorry." Sally knew she messed up. Flo said, "Lets go get Jack back."
Meanwhile, Jack had knifed a postal clerk and scrapped enough change together to get a bus ticket. He said, "Get me to France." So then he went to France. Meanwhile, Sally and Flo got out their metal detectors and got on the trail. Jack had a metal hip from a while back when he got in a poodle accident. It was special metal for dogs so they could track it much like a homing device. Sure enough, they turned it out and it said, "Jack. Is. In. In. France. Jack Pickles. France." "Oh my oh goodness he's in France!" said Flo, and Sally said, "I know. I heard it too," to which Flo replied, "We are so crazy!" which was totally true. They went and got out their passports, inflated their zeppelin, smoked the occasional joint, and flew to France.
This was a whole new experience for the crazy ladies. France is, in fact, not in America, so they were a little weirded out until Flo said, "Hey lets get some ice cream and shoes!" "Okay," said Sally. So they did that. Then they remembered about Jack. In the meantime, Jack Pickles had gotten a job at a restaurant cooking the French soup. You wouldn't believe it but he was really good at it. Best soup in France. Sally was walking and singing opera and heard some French political activist talking about this soup he had by the famous J. Pickles, and she knew it was Jack Pickles cause it was so obvious. So Flo flagged down a scooter and they made their way to the restaurant. They ran in the kitchen crying and said, "Come home Jack Pickles we miss you we love you!" Jack said, "Only on one condition: don't get another dog." They both screamed, "PLEASE COME HOME WE'RE SORRY! WE'LL JUST HAVE YOU!" So then Jack Pickles agreed and told the manager to hire somebody else cause he had to go home with the crazy Sally Chickens and Flo Bananas! The manager was totally cool cause he took one at Sally and Flo and knew Jack had a good thing going. Then they flew home.
Sally and Flo are about the craziest ladies you'll ever meet. They never stop having fun, cause they are just fun people. Everybody wants to come to their holiday parties, but their loft can't hold the whole town. So what did they do? You'll find out soon!
Sally Chickens and Flo Bananas met eighty years ago in parochial school. No one would sit with Sally Chickens. That was until she got to the seat where Flo Bananas was sitting. They hit it off immediately. The dynamic duo spent everyday sipping mocha lattes, rocking the etch-a-sketch, smoking the occasional joint, playing jovial pranks on the evil janitor, and enjoying summers at the lake. That was, until the accident.
As Sally Chickens and Flo Bananas became better friends, their families also became close and they would take trips together in their Winnebago. Well one day their parents were going skiing and they crashed the Winnebago and died. Sally and Flo were sad, but they stuck together and started working. Life was hard, but it was good.
Flo thought they should sell all their parents stuff, so they got a credit card and made an account online. They quickly made a disgusting profit and sold most of their parent's illegal things overseas. It was the best of times, it was the best of times. Then, they got a DOG!
Jack Pickles was the first poodle they bought. They bought it from a bum who thought it was a cloud and wanted some rain. The poodle was about the coolest you could find. He loved to go and live with Sally Chickens and Flo Bananas. Once Jack Pickles got to their house, he asked them to move downtown cause he hated the country and loved the city. Sally and Flo said yes. So they sold their parents land and moved to the big city and got a high rise apartment near the waterfront. It was amazing! Everyone had such a great time and they would stay up late every night eating marshmallows and smoking the occasional joint. Life just got better and better. Then, they got news that Princess Diana had died. They cried all day and all night and the next day too. Then Jack Pickles said, "Hey, it's gonna be alright." So then they were fine. Do you know what these two crazy ladies did then? Then smoked the occasional joint, and went shopping! They grabbed their shoes and went to the big mall. They spent close to eighty thousand dollars that day! Looks like Ramen noodles for a few weeks!
Sally Chickens and Flo Bananas were best friends ever. They do everything together like sledding, making mud pies, typing term papers at the last minute, and feeding Jack Pickles all the good dog food. Life was going great until Sally started wanting another dog. This made Jack Pickles quite jealous so he packed his things in a bandanna, put a stick through it like a hobo, and left in the middle of the night singing show tunes, mainly the sad ones. Sally and Flo were both tired as ever from shopping, so they were sleeping and didn't hear poor Jack Pickles leave. He didn't want to leave but Sally was out of her god damn mind! Another dog? Jack thought he was the only dog they needed so he left.
When Sally Chickens and Flo Bananas woke up, they immediately knew something was wrong. They walked around the corner and Jack was gone! Son of a bitch! They started to cry and Flo said, "I told you so," and Sally said, "I'm sorry." Sally knew she messed up. Flo said, "Lets go get Jack back."
Meanwhile, Jack had knifed a postal clerk and scrapped enough change together to get a bus ticket. He said, "Get me to France." So then he went to France. Meanwhile, Sally and Flo got out their metal detectors and got on the trail. Jack had a metal hip from a while back when he got in a poodle accident. It was special metal for dogs so they could track it much like a homing device. Sure enough, they turned it out and it said, "Jack. Is. In. In. France. Jack Pickles. France." "Oh my oh goodness he's in France!" said Flo, and Sally said, "I know. I heard it too," to which Flo replied, "We are so crazy!" which was totally true. They went and got out their passports, inflated their zeppelin, smoked the occasional joint, and flew to France.
This was a whole new experience for the crazy ladies. France is, in fact, not in America, so they were a little weirded out until Flo said, "Hey lets get some ice cream and shoes!" "Okay," said Sally. So they did that. Then they remembered about Jack. In the meantime, Jack Pickles had gotten a job at a restaurant cooking the French soup. You wouldn't believe it but he was really good at it. Best soup in France. Sally was walking and singing opera and heard some French political activist talking about this soup he had by the famous J. Pickles, and she knew it was Jack Pickles cause it was so obvious. So Flo flagged down a scooter and they made their way to the restaurant. They ran in the kitchen crying and said, "Come home Jack Pickles we miss you we love you!" Jack said, "Only on one condition: don't get another dog." They both screamed, "PLEASE COME HOME WE'RE SORRY! WE'LL JUST HAVE YOU!" So then Jack Pickles agreed and told the manager to hire somebody else cause he had to go home with the crazy Sally Chickens and Flo Bananas! The manager was totally cool cause he took one at Sally and Flo and knew Jack had a good thing going. Then they flew home.
Sally and Flo are about the craziest ladies you'll ever meet. They never stop having fun, cause they are just fun people. Everybody wants to come to their holiday parties, but their loft can't hold the whole town. So what did they do? You'll find out soon!
Monday, February 18, 2008
Welcome Back To Scranton
I guess it didn't sink in, but now that the Writers have ended their strike, we will be going back to Scranton, Pennsylvania. If you don't know what I reffering to, it means on April 10th we will have all new episodes of The Office, my favorite tv show. I'm so excited! I had heard rumors that the series was going to be scrapped completely, so I'm glad that's false. We'll see more Dwight, Jim, Michael, and the gang.
"I love inside jokes. I would just love, to, be, apart of one someday."
~Michael Scott
"I love inside jokes. I would just love, to, be, apart of one someday."
~Michael Scott
A Glorious Prank.
If you haven't heard this or seen this yet, it's going to be hillarious. Read the set up first, then watch the video. This is quite amazing.
This Phillies prank on Kyle Kendrick works on so many levels
There are still eight months left in the 2008 season, but the rest of the 29 teams are going to need the time if they're going to top the prank the Phillies played on young Kyle Kendrick over the weekend.
If you haven't seen it yet, the setup went like this: Manager Charlie Manuel called the 23-year-old pitcher into his office and told him he had been traded to the Yomiuri Giants for a player named "Kobayashi Iwamura." The ruse, expertly orchestrated by Brett Myers (who else?), worked so well that Kendrick was shocked into silence for most of the trick. Couldn't even stop to realize that MLB and Japanese teams never swap players.
So many things went into staging this that it's hard to pick just one favorite aspect.
Among the contenders:
• The sheer number of people who were complicit in bringing Kendrick to the verge of tears. From the team's traveling secretary to the Comcast cameraman to the PR people and writers who helped stage a fake news conference, it was a fine reminder of how much downtime there can be at spring training.
• The fake trade papers/travel arrangements. If Kendrick doesn't know not to sign anything without talking to his agent first, then I have a few business proposals I'd like to discuss with him. (If anyone else is interested most of the ideas have to do with either hot plasma TVs or slippers for housecats.)
• Manuel's weird sadist glee over the whole incident. "I would have loved to see him fly to Japan and get off the plane," the Phillies manager said afterward. "That would have been the best. As a matter of fact, I would have paid his fare." Quick show of hands: Who else is glad that Weird Ol' Chuck isn't their boss?
• How fast the prank has already spread. Kendrick's Baseball Reference page has already been bought by a sponsor who left "Good luck in Japan Kyle!" as a message. "Good luck living this down!" might have been a more appropriate tag.
• The howling Phillies clubhouse. Because it's always fun to laugh at the young'un. Did that scene remind anyone else of the Goodfellas clip where all the gangsters bust on Henry Hill after Pesci's "funny, how?" bit?
This Phillies prank on Kyle Kendrick works on so many levels
There are still eight months left in the 2008 season, but the rest of the 29 teams are going to need the time if they're going to top the prank the Phillies played on young Kyle Kendrick over the weekend.
If you haven't seen it yet, the setup went like this: Manager Charlie Manuel called the 23-year-old pitcher into his office and told him he had been traded to the Yomiuri Giants for a player named "Kobayashi Iwamura." The ruse, expertly orchestrated by Brett Myers (who else?), worked so well that Kendrick was shocked into silence for most of the trick. Couldn't even stop to realize that MLB and Japanese teams never swap players.
So many things went into staging this that it's hard to pick just one favorite aspect.
Among the contenders:
• The sheer number of people who were complicit in bringing Kendrick to the verge of tears. From the team's traveling secretary to the Comcast cameraman to the PR people and writers who helped stage a fake news conference, it was a fine reminder of how much downtime there can be at spring training.
• The fake trade papers/travel arrangements. If Kendrick doesn't know not to sign anything without talking to his agent first, then I have a few business proposals I'd like to discuss with him. (If anyone else is interested most of the ideas have to do with either hot plasma TVs or slippers for housecats.)
• Manuel's weird sadist glee over the whole incident. "I would have loved to see him fly to Japan and get off the plane," the Phillies manager said afterward. "That would have been the best. As a matter of fact, I would have paid his fare." Quick show of hands: Who else is glad that Weird Ol' Chuck isn't their boss?
• How fast the prank has already spread. Kendrick's Baseball Reference page has already been bought by a sponsor who left "Good luck in Japan Kyle!" as a message. "Good luck living this down!" might have been a more appropriate tag.
• The howling Phillies clubhouse. Because it's always fun to laugh at the young'un. Did that scene remind anyone else of the Goodfellas clip where all the gangsters bust on Henry Hill after Pesci's "funny, how?" bit?
Friday, February 8, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Blind, 92-year-old golfer scores hole-in-one in Florida
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) -- Hitting a hole-in-one is hard enough. Now consider that Leo Fiyalko is 92 years old and blind.
"I was just trying to put the ball on the green," he said.
Fiyalko, who has macular degeneration and has been golfing for 60 years, scored the ace with a 5-iron on the 110-yard fifth hole at Cove Cay Country Club on Jan. 10.
Fiyalko tees off every Thursday with a group of golfers ranging in age from 70 to more than 90. He used to have a 7 handicap, but now needs help lining up shots and finding golf balls because he has peripheral vision only in his right eye.
Jean Gehring was in Fiyalko's foursome and watched his swing on the hole-in-one.
"I could tell it went on the green," Gehring said. "When we got up there I didn't see it. I looked in the hole and there it was."
Gehring said Fiyalko was modest about the shot and had to be prodded to tell his wife about it after the round. Fiyalko's friends at the club presented him with a plaque last week to commemorate the feat.
"I was just trying to put the ball on the green," he said.
Fiyalko, who has macular degeneration and has been golfing for 60 years, scored the ace with a 5-iron on the 110-yard fifth hole at Cove Cay Country Club on Jan. 10.
Fiyalko tees off every Thursday with a group of golfers ranging in age from 70 to more than 90. He used to have a 7 handicap, but now needs help lining up shots and finding golf balls because he has peripheral vision only in his right eye.
Jean Gehring was in Fiyalko's foursome and watched his swing on the hole-in-one.
"I could tell it went on the green," Gehring said. "When we got up there I didn't see it. I looked in the hole and there it was."
Gehring said Fiyalko was modest about the shot and had to be prodded to tell his wife about it after the round. Fiyalko's friends at the club presented him with a plaque last week to commemorate the feat.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Politics
I haven't spoken about this at all really, but since everyone won't shut up, I might as well speak too. First off, I think caucauses don't matter. We don't have one and when Nov. 5th rolls around, we have 2 maybe 3 choices- Republican, Democrat, or a Third Party. You can't really pick a candidate who lost now! Get over it! That being said, I don't know who I'll vote for, but I would say I'm 70% sure American voters (sadly between 30% and 40% of the population) will elect a Democrat on the basis of party lines alone.
I was watching The Colbert Report today and he brought up some relevant news headlines. John Edwards has pulled out of the Democrat race, and SC said before his campaign end, there were two worlds: the first liked Edwards because they were scared of Hillary, and the second liked Edwards because they were afraid of Obama!
I think Third Parties are the most important party in the American governmental system. It's not that they get the majority of the vote, it's that they draw votes away from the major party headliners. Elections are decided by Third Parties. Which doesn't make sense since most run on a platform that isn't very PC or user friendly.
How should politics be? I think it should be like one of the Democratic debate not long ago. Stage right we have Hillary, center stage we have Obama, and stage left we have Edwards. Pretty soon, Hillary and Obama start bringing up each others past mistakes, failures, and shady deals! This was awesome! This was politics! I wish I could have been there just to see them stew. The best part? Edwards sat down, had a drink, and watched the debauchle like an NFL game! Awesome! When he finally got to speak, he reminded the audience there were three people in the debate! Politics.
I think this will be a topic I will be returning to frequently. Since I'll be done with school, I think I'll purchase a keg for election night and we'll celebrate Guy Fawkes Day. Oh, wait? Wrong holiday! Or come the 5th, will it be?
I was watching The Colbert Report today and he brought up some relevant news headlines. John Edwards has pulled out of the Democrat race, and SC said before his campaign end, there were two worlds: the first liked Edwards because they were scared of Hillary, and the second liked Edwards because they were afraid of Obama!
I think Third Parties are the most important party in the American governmental system. It's not that they get the majority of the vote, it's that they draw votes away from the major party headliners. Elections are decided by Third Parties. Which doesn't make sense since most run on a platform that isn't very PC or user friendly.
How should politics be? I think it should be like one of the Democratic debate not long ago. Stage right we have Hillary, center stage we have Obama, and stage left we have Edwards. Pretty soon, Hillary and Obama start bringing up each others past mistakes, failures, and shady deals! This was awesome! This was politics! I wish I could have been there just to see them stew. The best part? Edwards sat down, had a drink, and watched the debauchle like an NFL game! Awesome! When he finally got to speak, he reminded the audience there were three people in the debate! Politics.
I think this will be a topic I will be returning to frequently. Since I'll be done with school, I think I'll purchase a keg for election night and we'll celebrate Guy Fawkes Day. Oh, wait? Wrong holiday! Or come the 5th, will it be?
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Big Stink
So I went grocery shopping with Topher last night and found a jar of pickled turkey gizzards. ABSOLUTE SCORE! I opened it but spilled some of the pickeling agent and my kitchen reeks. OOPS! Topher is going to kill me.
The Mars Volta: The Bedlam in Goliath- Releases Today!
The genesis of The Mars Volta's new album The Bedlam in Goliath is a tale of long-buried murder victims and their otherworldly influence, of strife and near collapse, of the long hard fight to push "the record that did not want to be born" out into the world. Omar was in a curio shop in Jerusalem when he found the Soothsayer, an archaic Ouija-style "talking board." Had he known at that moment that the board's history stretched far beyond its novelty appearance, that its very fibers were soaked through with something terribly other, that the choral death and desire of a multi-headed Goliath was waiting behind its gates... well, he might have left it at rest there on the dusty shelves. The Upside of That Choice: No bad mojo unleashed. Erase the madness that followed. Erase the bizarre connection to a love/lust/murder triangle that threatened to spill out into the present every time the band let its fingers drift over the board. The Downside: No Soothsayer means The Bedlam in Goliath never would have existed. And it turns out that this demented spiritual black hole of a muse has driven The Mars Volta to produce a crowning moment in their already stellar career. The band names this Ouija board "The Soothsayer", as it offers them a story: It's always about a man, a woman, and her mother. About the lust floating between them. About seduction and infidelity. And pain. And eventually, murder. Entrails and absence and curses and oblivion. To understand the full story....listen to "The Bedlam in Goliath."
Here's an article for the new album from amazon.com. It short- BADASS ROCK RETURNS!!
10am. Bestbuy. Here. I. Come. Did I mention $10 for the CD PLUS DVD? Deal.
Here's an article for the new album from amazon.com. It short- BADASS ROCK RETURNS!!
10am. Bestbuy. Here. I. Come. Did I mention $10 for the CD PLUS DVD? Deal.
Monday, January 21, 2008
KCACTF So Far
So we have had the first day of Irene Ryan Scholarship Audition. We did our scene thee best that we have done it so far, but due to complete bullshit judges, we got the proverbial shaft and were forced to become, the audience. The rules are so weird and off that I won't even go into details here.
On a more fun note, I am in a room with 6 other guys and we have 'The Alpha Male' room. We have three huge rooms and everyone wants to be here, just like America.
We are blantanly skipping stuff and getting drunk. Our bus driver was nice enough to take us to Walmart. Did you know they have booze in Walmart in isle 14? Yeah buddy.
On a more fun note, I am in a room with 6 other guys and we have 'The Alpha Male' room. We have three huge rooms and everyone wants to be here, just like America.
We are blantanly skipping stuff and getting drunk. Our bus driver was nice enough to take us to Walmart. Did you know they have booze in Walmart in isle 14? Yeah buddy.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Don't Send In The Clowns- Kill Them
LONDON (Reuters) - Bad news for Coco and Blinko -- children don't like clowns and even older kids are scared of them.
The news that will no doubt have clowns shedding tears was revealed in a poll of youngsters by researchers from the University of Sheffield who were examining how to improve the decor of hospital children's wards.
The study, reported in the Nursing Standard magazine, found all the 250 patients aged between four and 16 they quizzed disliked the use of clowns, with even the older ones finding them scary.
"As adults we make assumptions about what works for children," said Penny Curtis, a senior lecturer in research at the university.
"We found that clowns are universally disliked by children. Some found them quite frightening and unknowable."
I found this article on Yahoo today. SEE I'M NOT THE ONLY NORMAL PERSON WHO HATES CLOWNS!!! It seems like almost everyone does. So today- go hate a clown!
The news that will no doubt have clowns shedding tears was revealed in a poll of youngsters by researchers from the University of Sheffield who were examining how to improve the decor of hospital children's wards.
The study, reported in the Nursing Standard magazine, found all the 250 patients aged between four and 16 they quizzed disliked the use of clowns, with even the older ones finding them scary.
"As adults we make assumptions about what works for children," said Penny Curtis, a senior lecturer in research at the university.
"We found that clowns are universally disliked by children. Some found them quite frightening and unknowable."
I found this article on Yahoo today. SEE I'M NOT THE ONLY NORMAL PERSON WHO HATES CLOWNS!!! It seems like almost everyone does. So today- go hate a clown!
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Words To Live By
The Hokey Pokey. So I was at work and heard the hokey pokey being played in the next room. Have you ever heard the lyrics to this song? Most of the phrases end with, "...and that's what it's all about." The actions involve one putting part of their body 'in' the center of the circle, and shaking it 'all about'. I just wish that this was what life was actually all about. Wouldn't it be grand just singing and putting our arms and legs in the circle and shaking them? I want to live my life in a way that shows how and what life 'is all about'.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Mars Volta: Album Source
The always odd duo that makes up The Mars Volta recently spoke to MTV about their upcoming album. Apparently, the band's new "concept" record is derived from lyrics and ideas given to the band by an archaic occult item not unlike a Ouija board. Cedric Bixler-Zavala explained: "We kind of stumbled across our own version of Captain Howdy.
"We were being contacted by at least three people on the board that would come up as one person. We wrote down a lot of the messages they gave us, and we used it in the lyrics, and we also tried to fasten the lyrics into sort of like a good-luck charm, by putting positive elements into it.
"Because such a strange impact was left by using the board, we decided to make a record based on the stories we were getting from the things or spirits we were contacting."
The new record is titled The Bedlam In Goliath and is due out January 29, 2008. It is the follow-up to Amputechture which was released in 2006.
"We were being contacted by at least three people on the board that would come up as one person. We wrote down a lot of the messages they gave us, and we used it in the lyrics, and we also tried to fasten the lyrics into sort of like a good-luck charm, by putting positive elements into it.
"Because such a strange impact was left by using the board, we decided to make a record based on the stories we were getting from the things or spirits we were contacting."
The new record is titled The Bedlam In Goliath and is due out January 29, 2008. It is the follow-up to Amputechture which was released in 2006.
Monday, November 5, 2007
MY FAULT!
I've been so busy these past few weeks, I have not found time to write on here. As Dave Letterman would say, I wouldn't give his problems to a monkey on a rock. I will be writing, hopefully, more in the next couple weeks. I promise the following:
1. A complete song-by-song review of No World For Tomorrow
2. Some more photos from opening pheasant weekend
3. A little history/update on how my Senior 450 project is coming
4. Details from our deer hunting trip this weekend, with video and pictures
I hope it'll be worth the wait!
1. A complete song-by-song review of No World For Tomorrow
2. Some more photos from opening pheasant weekend
3. A little history/update on how my Senior 450 project is coming
4. Details from our deer hunting trip this weekend, with video and pictures
I hope it'll be worth the wait!
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Great News
The Mars Volta has set a Jan. 29, 2008, release date for "The Bedlam in Goliath," which was produced by Omar Rodriguez Lopez. The 12-track set is the follow-up to 2006's "Amputechture," which has sold 148,000 copies in the United States.
A video set to the track "Wax Simulacra" can be streamed from the band's Web site. Among the guests on the album is Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante, a frequent contributor on past efforts.
Prior to a 2008 tour, the Mars Volta will play a New Year's Eve bash at San Francisco's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, with costumes "required."
Here is the track list for "The Bedlam in Goliath":
1. Aberinkula
2. Metatron
3. Ilyena
4. Wax Simulacra
5. Goliath
6. Tourniquet Man
7. Cavalettas
8. Agadez
9. Askepios
10. Ouroboros
11. Soothsayer
12. Conjugal Burns
A video set to the track "Wax Simulacra" can be streamed from the band's Web site. Among the guests on the album is Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante, a frequent contributor on past efforts.
Prior to a 2008 tour, the Mars Volta will play a New Year's Eve bash at San Francisco's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, with costumes "required."
Here is the track list for "The Bedlam in Goliath":
1. Aberinkula
2. Metatron
3. Ilyena
4. Wax Simulacra
5. Goliath
6. Tourniquet Man
7. Cavalettas
8. Agadez
9. Askepios
10. Ouroboros
11. Soothsayer
12. Conjugal Burns
Friday, October 19, 2007
Jawdropping Brilliance
This is unheard of! As of yesterday at 4:30pm, Coheed and Cambria placed THEIR ENTIRE NEW ALBUM ON MYSPACE! That's all 13 songs. This is insane. Worth the hype and wait? Surpasses everything. I can't wait to physically hold the CD, but until then, my internet will run continuously.
http://www.myspace.com/coheedandcambria
http://www.myspace.com/coheedandcambria
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Willing Well 4
We're getting further into these. This one is really interesting. If you look close on the girl's book, you can see the dragonfly logo. This one really makes you wonder where the guy is going to come from. Really cool ending with the guitar solo. I'm guessing some work from the album.
http://www.ugo.com/the-willing-well/
http://www.ugo.com/the-willing-well/
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Weekend Fun
We had a great hunting weekend! I'll blog the whole thing later, but for now I'll put up my favorite picture from the weekend. Just a random that turned out amazing.
I'm not sure here, but do I smell the new logo picture for The Rural Bus Route, Jay?
Friday, October 12, 2007
Willing Well 3
Another video here and in accordance with previous fashion. You can really see this one coming from a ways out if you look close. We actually get a look at his face in this one, if only for a brief second. Still creepy
http://www.ugo.com/the-willing-well/
http://www.ugo.com/the-willing-well/
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Update and Song
Coheed and Cambria has update their site again, and it looks like the same will happen on Thursday. This song is like the hardest kick a mother feels just days away from going into labor and birthing a beautiful child: in this case, an album. Here is another kick!
Gravemakers and Gunslingers
http://www.myspace.com/coheedandcambria
Here is where I would tell everyone to enjoy, but I really don't think I have to.
Gravemakers and Gunslingers
http://www.myspace.com/coheedandcambria
Here is where I would tell everyone to enjoy, but I really don't think I have to.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Put Patience In Bold
Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace
I think you'll be glad I waited to review this album. Foo Fighters. I think the name speaks for itself, but IF you've been under a rock camping out, I suggest you pull your head out and buy this album.
First of all, The FF have been relatively dormant since their In Your Honor double album. They only released some B-Sides songs via a live album (which was perfect), but nonetheless quite. I know now that they have been making some noise in privacy. This album was quite beyond my expectations.
Frist off, I had high hopes for In Your Honor, and I really stuck with the first dics, which was hard rock. Of that, I skipped about 3 songs, making that experience diminished somewhat. There were only about 3 songs on the acoustic dics I enjoyed, so that really was left in the closet. Thank god that is not th case here.
ESPG, really blew IYH1&2 out of the water. From hard hitting beginning to unnoticed but kick ass end. Here are my track 2 track reivews.
1. The Pretender-the first single and the obvious choice. Quite an ass kicker and holds true to FF style. I wish more albums by other artists stared like this. The video alone redems this song from the non-existent grave it never crawled out of.- 8/10
2. Let It Die- typical FF style. In recent years, the FF have kind of gone with a slow then kick you in the chin fast style. Line for line, word for word here. The fast parts save the song. 8/10
3. Erase/Replace- this one has a different verse and structure. I like the progression, but hate the lyrics. Could have spent a little more time here.- 6/10
4. Long Road To Ruin- Very There is Nothing Left To Lose feeling, which I feel is their best album. Has melody, beat, solo, great vocals, and the buring FF style. -8/10
5. Come Alive- One of my 'underdogs' for this album. If you listen to this and skip this slow beginning, you will surely miss the best bridge/chorus/rockin part of any song on this album. The last minute and a half are worth ten buck alone. Without this part, the album might not have been reviewed.- 9/10
6. Stranger Things Have Happened- Acoustic but not quite. Vocals carry this one by meters (whatever the fuck meters are). I bit melancholy, but nonetheless badass. I speak volumes for solos in this album. They boost the musicianship to whole new levels.- 7/10
7. Cheer Up Boys Your Makeup Is Running- Oldschool and ready for tomorrow. The title is just making fun of emo kids, but adds so much depth. The upbeath rhythm keeps you interested throughout, and reminds you of the life and times of The Color and The Shape.- 8/10
8. Summer's End- First impression? Worst track. After a few tries, worthy of FF's standard. A little bland until you just focus on the lyrics and melody. The solo totally lifts this little fucker like botox.- 7/10
9. The Ballad of The Beaconsfield Minners- This one is awesome. The actual backstory is that some miners got trapped in a mine and survived by listening to Foo Fighters songs. Dave Grohl felt so touched by this, that he wrote an acoustic song to those brave men stuck down in the mine. He also offered them FREE LIFETIME tickets to any FF show forever. Not a bad deal. This one really pays honor to Led Zeppelin and kees the speed going.- 9/10
10. Statues- So so for the most part. I'm obliged to think the chorus was a remake of another artist, but I can't tell. This track is very jam-like and holds true to that FF open ended arena.
- 6/10
11. But Honestly- Did you think this would shortchange you? Not in the least! Probably my favorote track, if I had to pick one. Starts acousticly with rhythm, and ends rockingly with kickass. This song starts with that feeling that something harder and faster is coming, and does.
-10/10
12. Home- Every album has that acoustic and touchy song, and this is it. Usually press next on my iPod, but still a heartfelt song, nonetheless. Overall analogy, so so.- 5/10
13. Once and For All- Thank the Rock Gods here. This one pretty much kicks your nose and expects you to wipe up the blood. A great way to wrap up a sweet album. This one is cousins with New Way Home and you'll know what I mean once you listen. Great building.- 9/10
Overall impression: 8.5/10. Am I satisfied? Yes. I am so sad to say that the quality of overall albums is crumbling. I remember a time when Rock would stop your heart. Im still waiting for my second heart attack. This album comes so close to perfection. I just needed another punch-you-in-the-face song and we would have been golden. Overall, great job FFs. Thank you for holding down the fort.
Everyone but this and support the fully ordained fighters of foo!
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Co&Ca: The Hound of Blood and Rank
So my itching was too strong tonight. I started searching. Searching like someone who had a mission. A mission with a timeclock. I found something. O yes! Found something I did. Song #3- The Hound (Of Blood And Rank). I downloaded the song from this foreign site, and I'm melancholy about the results. I found this song to be an authentic copy. I traced it via lyrics to: http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/coheedandcambria/thehoundofbloodandrank.html ,and it confirms my superstition of truth.
I have the #3 song from the new album. Analysis? Fucking brillance without exceptions! Coheed and Cambria won Kerrang's "Album of the Year" last year with Good Apollo Volume 1. My heart skipped a beat with this new song. I have monumental hopes for this album. In accordance with earlier reviews, I believe that this will be the album to birth a new generation of rock, the album to bring definition to an era of misguidance, and the album to regenerate new life in the "rock" genre. All hopes now lie on October 23rd and "No World For Tomorrow." I believe this title makes sense. If failure occurs, there truly is no world for tomorrow.
Chance of disappointment, you say? I believe there is no chance. What-so-ever. Reasons? Only 3 songs. I have 3 songs off the new album. #5, "The Running Free," is the actual version, and has been confirmed times over. Greatness. #6, "Mother Superior," is an acoustic cover, and it could stand alone as is, let alone having instrumentalization and supplementation added. #3 "The Hound (Of Blood and Rank) is believed to be a direct version, and falls short in no catagory.
Now is the time character. Now is the time of patience. Honor is lost in stealing, in getting the album too soon. Don't short change yourself. Part of me feels bad for hearing this song right now. I can't forgive the past. I can direct the future. After this night, NO COHEED AND CAMBRIA. Here are my rules.
NO CO&CA until Oct 20th.
OCT 20th- Second Stage Turbine Blade Day
OCT 21st- In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3 Day
OCT 22nd- Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Volume 1 From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness Day
OCT 23rd- Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Volume 2 No World For Tomorrow Day
If you uphold any values at all, you will observe this holiday with me.
Based on these 3 songs, I have no interest at all to pursue illegal or early copies of this album. Here, integrity wins. Honors wins. Respect wins. Be man enough to wait. Be man enough to purchase songs you have waited for. In all honesty, the wait is the best part. This goes for anything. Anticipation makes the tongue water. It makes the heart beat. It makes the mind think. I makes you thankful for tomorrow, which has no world to look forward to.
I have the #3 song from the new album. Analysis? Fucking brillance without exceptions! Coheed and Cambria won Kerrang's "Album of the Year" last year with Good Apollo Volume 1. My heart skipped a beat with this new song. I have monumental hopes for this album. In accordance with earlier reviews, I believe that this will be the album to birth a new generation of rock, the album to bring definition to an era of misguidance, and the album to regenerate new life in the "rock" genre. All hopes now lie on October 23rd and "No World For Tomorrow." I believe this title makes sense. If failure occurs, there truly is no world for tomorrow.
Chance of disappointment, you say? I believe there is no chance. What-so-ever. Reasons? Only 3 songs. I have 3 songs off the new album. #5, "The Running Free," is the actual version, and has been confirmed times over. Greatness. #6, "Mother Superior," is an acoustic cover, and it could stand alone as is, let alone having instrumentalization and supplementation added. #3 "The Hound (Of Blood and Rank) is believed to be a direct version, and falls short in no catagory.
Now is the time character. Now is the time of patience. Honor is lost in stealing, in getting the album too soon. Don't short change yourself. Part of me feels bad for hearing this song right now. I can't forgive the past. I can direct the future. After this night, NO COHEED AND CAMBRIA. Here are my rules.
NO CO&CA until Oct 20th.
OCT 20th- Second Stage Turbine Blade Day
OCT 21st- In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3 Day
OCT 22nd- Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Volume 1 From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness Day
OCT 23rd- Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Volume 2 No World For Tomorrow Day
If you uphold any values at all, you will observe this holiday with me.
Based on these 3 songs, I have no interest at all to pursue illegal or early copies of this album. Here, integrity wins. Honors wins. Respect wins. Be man enough to wait. Be man enough to purchase songs you have waited for. In all honesty, the wait is the best part. This goes for anything. Anticipation makes the tongue water. It makes the heart beat. It makes the mind think. I makes you thankful for tomorrow, which has no world to look forward to.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Willing Well 2
Here is another Co&Ca update. I think they are coming out a little quicker than once a week now. I don't know if this is the right way to say this, but I think this one is even more creepy than last week.
http://www.ugo.com/the-willing-well/
http://www.ugo.com/the-willing-well/
Guitar Hero 3 Tracklist
Here it is. Just confirmed. I am pretty excited and I think you can tell why just by reading on.
AFI - "Miss Murder"
Aerosmith - "Same Old Song and Dance"
Alice Cooper - "School's Out"
Backyard Babies - "Minus Celsius"
Beastie Boys - "Sabotage"
Black Sabbath - "Paranoid"
Bloc Party - "Helicopter"
Blue Oyster Cult - "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll"
Bret Michaels Band - "Go That Far"
Charlie Daniels Band - "Devil Went Down to Georgia"
Cream - "Sunshine of Your Love"
Dead Kennedys - "Holiday in Cambodia"
Die Toten Hosen - "Hier Kommt Alex"
Disturbed - "Stricken"
DragonForce - "Through the Fire and Flames"
Eric Johnson - "Cliffs of Dover"
Foghat - "Slow Ride"
Gallows - "In the Belly of a Shark"
Guns N' Roses - "Welcome to the Jungle"
Heart - "Barracuda"
Heroes Del Silencio - "Avalancha"
In Flames - "Take This Life"
Iron Maiden - "The Number of the Beast"
Kaiser Chiefs - "Ruby"
Kiss - "Rock and Roll All Nite"
Lacuna Coil - "Closer"
Living Colour - "Cult of Personality"
Matchbook Romance - "Monsters"
Metallica - "One"
Mountain - "Mississippi Queen"
Muse - "Knights of Cydonia"
NAAST - "Mauvais Garcon"
Pat Benetar - "Hit Me with Your Best Shot"
Pearl Jam - "Even Flow"
Poison - "Talk Dirty to Me"
Priestess - "Lay Down"
Queens of the Stone Age - "3's and 7's"
Rage Against the Machine - "Bulls on Parade"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Suck My Kiss"
Revolverheld - "Generation Rock"
Santana - "Black Magic Woman"
Scorpions - "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
Slayer - "Raining Blood"
Slipknot - "Before I Forget"
Smashing Pumpkins - "Cherub Rock"
Social Distortion - "Story of My Life"
Sonic Youth - "Kool Thing"
Stevie Ray Vaughn - "Pride and Joy"
Superbus - "Radio Song"
Tenacious D - "The Metal"
The Hellacopters - "I'm in the Band"
The Killers - "When You Were Young"
The Rolling Stones - "Paint It, Black"
The Stone Roses - "She Bangs the Drums"
The Strokes - "Reptilia"
The Who - "The Seeker"
Velvet Revolver - "She Builds Quick Machines"
Weezer - "My Name Is Jonas"
White Zombie - "Black Sunshine"
ZZ Top - "La Grange"
AFI - "Miss Murder"
Aerosmith - "Same Old Song and Dance"
Alice Cooper - "School's Out"
Backyard Babies - "Minus Celsius"
Beastie Boys - "Sabotage"
Black Sabbath - "Paranoid"
Bloc Party - "Helicopter"
Blue Oyster Cult - "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll"
Bret Michaels Band - "Go That Far"
Charlie Daniels Band - "Devil Went Down to Georgia"
Cream - "Sunshine of Your Love"
Dead Kennedys - "Holiday in Cambodia"
Die Toten Hosen - "Hier Kommt Alex"
Disturbed - "Stricken"
DragonForce - "Through the Fire and Flames"
Eric Johnson - "Cliffs of Dover"
Foghat - "Slow Ride"
Gallows - "In the Belly of a Shark"
Guns N' Roses - "Welcome to the Jungle"
Heart - "Barracuda"
Heroes Del Silencio - "Avalancha"
In Flames - "Take This Life"
Iron Maiden - "The Number of the Beast"
Kaiser Chiefs - "Ruby"
Kiss - "Rock and Roll All Nite"
Lacuna Coil - "Closer"
Living Colour - "Cult of Personality"
Matchbook Romance - "Monsters"
Metallica - "One"
Mountain - "Mississippi Queen"
Muse - "Knights of Cydonia"
NAAST - "Mauvais Garcon"
Pat Benetar - "Hit Me with Your Best Shot"
Pearl Jam - "Even Flow"
Poison - "Talk Dirty to Me"
Priestess - "Lay Down"
Queens of the Stone Age - "3's and 7's"
Rage Against the Machine - "Bulls on Parade"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Suck My Kiss"
Revolverheld - "Generation Rock"
Santana - "Black Magic Woman"
Scorpions - "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
Slayer - "Raining Blood"
Slipknot - "Before I Forget"
Smashing Pumpkins - "Cherub Rock"
Social Distortion - "Story of My Life"
Sonic Youth - "Kool Thing"
Stevie Ray Vaughn - "Pride and Joy"
Superbus - "Radio Song"
Tenacious D - "The Metal"
The Hellacopters - "I'm in the Band"
The Killers - "When You Were Young"
The Rolling Stones - "Paint It, Black"
The Stone Roses - "She Bangs the Drums"
The Strokes - "Reptilia"
The Who - "The Seeker"
Velvet Revolver - "She Builds Quick Machines"
Weezer - "My Name Is Jonas"
White Zombie - "Black Sunshine"
ZZ Top - "La Grange"
Saturday, September 29, 2007
If It Were My Choice
Tonight I noticed something that most people haven't. The dual nature of certain tv entities. My example- The Enzyte Guy. We've all seen him. Never sad. Never unhappy. The only expression to grace his face is a smile. Pure. I have made up my mind. If I ever had depression, I want the Enzyte Guy as my therapist. Just think about it.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
My Spice Limit
So tonight after a dismal show, Paige, her mom, and I went to Buffalo Wild Wings. I thought to myself, "Let's take a chance. Test your tongue" Wow I'm dumb. BWW's (for those in the know), has about 15 different sauces ranging from sweet bbq to blazin'. I didn't think I'd try for blazin'. They have a 'Wall of Fame' for those select few who can eat 12 blazin' wings in 10 minutes, and needless to say there aren't many pictures on the wall. There is, however, one crazy bastard who did the challenge. Three times in a row in one night. So, I thought I'd try mango habenaro. This one is the 3rd hottest. Not smart. My nose was instantly cleared and dripping. My brow began to bead up and I had to use my napkin to remove sweat. I couldn't feel my tonuge. It felt like a ritual bonfire that had to be kept buring through the night was taking place on my sensitive tongue. I ordered other kinds of wings, and I used the medium ones to cool down the mango habenaro ones. Usually medium is fine for me, and here I am using it as a coolant. Now back at home, I feel sick. I think my stomach hates me.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Weekly CoCa Update
Here is a link to this week's new message from the band. This one is creepy and gave me chills.
http://www.ugo.com/the-willing-well/
http://www.ugo.com/the-willing-well/
Percents
Yeah we are doing awesome now, going on, I think, 5 for 5 on Mondays. OF COURSE, it is raining, and OF COURSE, I have softball. I'm loving this.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Rex Grossman
1) Always has grass stains on the back of his jersey from getting sacked.
2) Throws interceptions
3) Usually hears from his coaches, "We're only down by 1. Let's just take a knee. We don't want Grossman to lose it for us worse than we would have normally. I mean, this guy is pathetic. He might hang around the league for 10 years, but he will only be mediocre at best. What did you say? No I hate Green Mill. Let's go to Red Lobster. Yeah. The one by the mall. Okay. Don't tell Grossman cause we don't want him to come. He never picks up the check. Okay see you there.
4) Probably wets the bed during afternoon naps
2) Throws interceptions
3) Usually hears from his coaches, "We're only down by 1. Let's just take a knee. We don't want Grossman to lose it for us worse than we would have normally. I mean, this guy is pathetic. He might hang around the league for 10 years, but he will only be mediocre at best. What did you say? No I hate Green Mill. Let's go to Red Lobster. Yeah. The one by the mall. Okay. Don't tell Grossman cause we don't want him to come. He never picks up the check. Okay see you there.
4) Probably wets the bed during afternoon naps
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Torment For The Waiting
Okay some lucky dude got a copy of No World For Tomorrow, and here is his take on it. I could barely read it and not crap in my chair. This just makes the wait seem like forever.
NWFT First Impressions
So Claudio basically walked into the studio with all those stirring emotions he's mentioned in the interviews and let it wail. This is the hardest rocking, loudest, and most instrumentally intense Coheed record yet, and I think even darker than Good Apollo 1. No, they have not reverted back to Second Stage or In Keeping Secrets, but they have also not made a carbon copy of Apollo 1 with a different story. Though the tracking of the record is quite similar, this album will knock you on your ass with ten times the force of GA1.
Whereas you could hear the band trying to emulate specific influences on GA1 (a.k.a. Once Upon Your Dead Body) on GA2 it's pure rock n roll. There's roughly four songs which gave me GA1 vibes, but the rest is a whole new beast. Solos are back and sharper and the riffage is on fire, seriously I feel like it's burning a hole in my CD player, this record is hot, flaming fire. Upon hearing the record, the cover artwork works perfectly, because you really feel the weight of that shirtless character heading towards a world being torn to pieces - both his outer layer of revenge, anger, and blood lust as well as his inner emotional conscience get a voice here.
Claudio, as usual, gives a stellar vocal performance - sounding a little higher than GA1 but equally character driven in his vocal stylings. Please do not overthink "The Running Free" it's one of only two songs that I would even begin to think of the word "pop" (there really is very little pop this time). It sounds so much better in context and it's an awesome awesome song in my opinion. Please also stop listening to Mother Superior acoustic right now. (This is really hard to do). Like everything else on this record, it is not a cute acoustic song you can put in your pocket, it is LARGE and a different animal, but vocally note for note like the acoustic version.
The End Complete is just about as insane as you've imagined it, and because the first half of the record is a rockfest, it doesn't feel like a total 180 likethe Willing Wells. The records ends with dignity and of course it's a super epic. !! POSSIBLE SPOILERS !!- Read below if you want tiny hints. All in all it's a pretty perfect and justified end to the saga - a full progression of a band's sound. Coheed and Cambria were the saviors of rock and roll but now..... they fucking ARE rock and roll.
Track Notes:
1) 1:14 Reaping: is not an instrumental but an intro and a good one
2) 5:06 No World For Tomorrow: is an absolute rockfest, kicks so much ass. It's the Welcome Home or the IKS of the record. No musical flashback, but a moment or two for the fans here.
3) 4:38 The Hound: Some different orchestration, an awesome chorus, and a killer killer solo
4) 4:55 Feathers: has some "pop" to it, but in a classic way. Think "Our Love" by The Outfield, sweet sounding light as a feather. Claudio's voice is gorgeous, as is the slower paced bluesy solo. A vaguely Junesong sounding vocal melody in the bridge.
5) 4:13 The Running Free
6) 6:38 Mother Superior: expanded instrumentally. Strings and full band. But Claud still sings like a crooning angel. Much respect for this change - all acoustic would have killed the record's pace.
7) 4:21 Gravemakers and Gunslingers: well what did you expect? This song spits in your face, gives you a wedgy, and slams you into your locker. So bad-ass. Hard Adrenalin rush bridge, out of this world solo.
8) 4:28 Justice in Murder: Great sing-along chorus. Like Mother May I on GA1, you feel the imminence of something big and bad on the horizon.
The End Complete
9)1:04 The Fall of House Atlantic: Surprise, it's just an intro. Almost 3-like in apocalyptic style.
10) 4:54 Radio Bye Bye: Somewhat straight forward, very GA1 sounding.
11) 7:44 The End Complete: The chorus is a pretty new sound for Coheed, but appropriately large-scale. Almost 8 minutes. At 2:47 there is something all you Cobalt and Calciums will be thrilled to hear. It was missing on GA1. The song gets wild in a Willing Well/2113 way.
12) 3:35 The Road And the Damned: Also a new sound to it. Extremely heart rending, it should stir every bone in your body. Very moving in an epic way.
13) 7:09 On The Brink: Begins totally soulful almost 2113 esque. Vocally extraordinary. 7 minutes. It progresses epically from here, with an unexpected but crazy good ending. It's not a 20 minute medley of every Coheed song, nor is it just silence, but it is something you'll be happy to hear, and definitely a fitting closer.
NWFT First Impressions
So Claudio basically walked into the studio with all those stirring emotions he's mentioned in the interviews and let it wail. This is the hardest rocking, loudest, and most instrumentally intense Coheed record yet, and I think even darker than Good Apollo 1. No, they have not reverted back to Second Stage or In Keeping Secrets, but they have also not made a carbon copy of Apollo 1 with a different story. Though the tracking of the record is quite similar, this album will knock you on your ass with ten times the force of GA1.
Whereas you could hear the band trying to emulate specific influences on GA1 (a.k.a. Once Upon Your Dead Body) on GA2 it's pure rock n roll. There's roughly four songs which gave me GA1 vibes, but the rest is a whole new beast. Solos are back and sharper and the riffage is on fire, seriously I feel like it's burning a hole in my CD player, this record is hot, flaming fire. Upon hearing the record, the cover artwork works perfectly, because you really feel the weight of that shirtless character heading towards a world being torn to pieces - both his outer layer of revenge, anger, and blood lust as well as his inner emotional conscience get a voice here.
Claudio, as usual, gives a stellar vocal performance - sounding a little higher than GA1 but equally character driven in his vocal stylings. Please do not overthink "The Running Free" it's one of only two songs that I would even begin to think of the word "pop" (there really is very little pop this time). It sounds so much better in context and it's an awesome awesome song in my opinion. Please also stop listening to Mother Superior acoustic right now. (This is really hard to do). Like everything else on this record, it is not a cute acoustic song you can put in your pocket, it is LARGE and a different animal, but vocally note for note like the acoustic version.
The End Complete is just about as insane as you've imagined it, and because the first half of the record is a rockfest, it doesn't feel like a total 180 likethe Willing Wells. The records ends with dignity and of course it's a super epic. !! POSSIBLE SPOILERS !!- Read below if you want tiny hints. All in all it's a pretty perfect and justified end to the saga - a full progression of a band's sound. Coheed and Cambria were the saviors of rock and roll but now..... they fucking ARE rock and roll.
Track Notes:
1) 1:14 Reaping: is not an instrumental but an intro and a good one
2) 5:06 No World For Tomorrow: is an absolute rockfest, kicks so much ass. It's the Welcome Home or the IKS of the record. No musical flashback, but a moment or two for the fans here.
3) 4:38 The Hound: Some different orchestration, an awesome chorus, and a killer killer solo
4) 4:55 Feathers: has some "pop" to it, but in a classic way. Think "Our Love" by The Outfield, sweet sounding light as a feather. Claudio's voice is gorgeous, as is the slower paced bluesy solo. A vaguely Junesong sounding vocal melody in the bridge.
5) 4:13 The Running Free
6) 6:38 Mother Superior: expanded instrumentally. Strings and full band. But Claud still sings like a crooning angel. Much respect for this change - all acoustic would have killed the record's pace.
7) 4:21 Gravemakers and Gunslingers: well what did you expect? This song spits in your face, gives you a wedgy, and slams you into your locker. So bad-ass. Hard Adrenalin rush bridge, out of this world solo.
8) 4:28 Justice in Murder: Great sing-along chorus. Like Mother May I on GA1, you feel the imminence of something big and bad on the horizon.
The End Complete
9)1:04 The Fall of House Atlantic: Surprise, it's just an intro. Almost 3-like in apocalyptic style.
10) 4:54 Radio Bye Bye: Somewhat straight forward, very GA1 sounding.
11) 7:44 The End Complete: The chorus is a pretty new sound for Coheed, but appropriately large-scale. Almost 8 minutes. At 2:47 there is something all you Cobalt and Calciums will be thrilled to hear. It was missing on GA1. The song gets wild in a Willing Well/2113 way.
12) 3:35 The Road And the Damned: Also a new sound to it. Extremely heart rending, it should stir every bone in your body. Very moving in an epic way.
13) 7:09 On The Brink: Begins totally soulful almost 2113 esque. Vocally extraordinary. 7 minutes. It progresses epically from here, with an unexpected but crazy good ending. It's not a 20 minute medley of every Coheed song, nor is it just silence, but it is something you'll be happy to hear, and definitely a fitting closer.
There's A Day For That?
So according to legend, 2 American dudes set up a festival occuring on Sept, 19th. TLAPD. O, you didn't know? That stand for Talk Like a Pirate Day. Yeah. Read that again. I guess that people need to show their 'pirattitude' today. So, in honor of swashbuckling, I give you- The Pirate Convention!
GREAT NEWS!
So earlier today I was checking "my sites" for various news information, and one of them is about Harry Potter. This one was amazing. There was a headline about casting for movie six The Half Blood Prince. I had made an early prediction about how I thought the perfect choice for the character Horace Slughorn would be Jim Broadbent. Turns out, I was right! This is AMAZING news! If you haven't heard of him, you should have. His resume includes Art School Confidential, Longford, and last but not least- Moulin Rouge, which he stole the show. I can't wait to see this movie now.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Weather and Such
So for about the past month, every time I purposely schedule something that involves some kind of sport (fast-pitch softball, golf, tennis) it rains. I'm kinda getting sick of it. I really wish that a Monday night could be rain-free, just once. Even for an hour and a half. That's all it really takes to finish our games.
On a second note- O.J. Simpson. Can you honestly think this bastard is not guilty? Again? This time he is held without bail. This may be a second place throphy for those who wished to see him behind bars for murder in the most ridiculous trial ever. He actually did it. Both times. Maybe he'll fox his way out of this one too.
On a second note- O.J. Simpson. Can you honestly think this bastard is not guilty? Again? This time he is held without bail. This may be a second place throphy for those who wished to see him behind bars for murder in the most ridiculous trial ever. He actually did it. Both times. Maybe he'll fox his way out of this one too.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Weekly Complaints
I haven't actually written anything real in a while and I apologize. I've just been busy. In my little vacation, I have had plenty of time to think about things to bitch about. Here we go.
1. Eli Manning
Maybe I just can't get over the fact that this guy always looks like a big pussy. He seems like a breath away from crying and throwing a fit, which of the two, the latter he actually does on a regular basis. Maybe I have all this pent up agression from when he was acutally signed a couple years ago and had a tantrum until a better team picked him. I think they should bury his ass in the Meadowlands. Now let't talk fantasy football. This guy got hurt (tear, tear) last week and now he is going to start today. This is one reason I quit doing fantasy football online, because pussies like this can screw up your weekend. I only choose to do pro-football winners pick, where you pick the winners. It seems a little more realistic to me.
2. Dirt Merchants (aka Crop Seed Salesmen)
These cock-suckers are the worst at work. A- they are usually messy and leave seeds, dirt, wheat, and spitters everywhere. B- Most can't work a projector/laptop and you have to waste time "fixing the problem" C- They can't read diagrams and usually set their stuff up in the wrong spot. I have spent most of my morning at work trying to finish my stuff and stay out of their way in order to get done and get the hell out of here. Has it worked? No! Now King Dirt Merchant wants me to sit in on his hour long talk and run his laptop- (press 1 button to start a slideshow) which he obviously can't do and won't pay extra for my time. Some mornings you wish the alarm "wouldn't go off."
3. Barry Bonds
So as of Saturday night, the record-breaking 756th home run ball fetched $752,467 at an auction. A ball! We are talking about red tine and leather and stuffing. Almost the same thing you could buy at Walmart for 2-3 bucks. This, to me, is complete bullshit. Had I caught the ball, I would have somehow contacted Bonds and told him that I would give the ball back to him if he would buy me a new scooter, a golf cart, and a lobster dinner. Maybe cost him $5000 at the very most. This way, he could give his record ball to his steroid using son some day. The best part about all of this? The guy that sold the ball couldn't afford to keep the ball because it added so much to his estate that he couldn't afford to pay the taxes on it! That's funny. He saw a ton of money. I saw a scooter, golf cart, and a lobster dinner.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Sad News Good News
This week Luciano Pavarotti passed away at 71. He has been fighting cancer of the pancreas for some time. If you heard an opera song, you have probably heard him sing. He was thee face and voice of opera with his charcoal facial hair and beautiful tenor voice.
Dancing Days are here again, because the three surviving members of Led Zeppelin are finally getting back together! Incredibly, according to NME.com, frontman Robert Plant is in talks this week with fellow Led Zep legends Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones about a one-off Zeppelin gig that'll hopefully take place in London this November. Presumably late drummer John Bonham's son, Jason Bonham, will fill in behind the drumkit for the Zep trek. I wish I could go to London to see this.
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Titles and Dates
The tracklisting for No World For Tomorrow has just been made available. It's suitably strange, in that Coheed and Cambria way.
The tracklisting is:
1. The Reaping
2. No World for Tomorrow
3. The Hound of Blood and Rank
4. Feathers
5. The Running Free
6. Mother Superior
7. Gravemakers & Gunslingers
8. Justice in Murder
The End Complete:
9. I -The Fall of House Atlantic
10. II - Radio Bye Bye
11. III - The End Complete
12. IV - The Road and the Damned
13. V - On the Brink
Coheed and Cambria will embark on an extensive North American fall headline tour beginning Monday, October 29 in Toronto and winding up at Philadelphia's Electric Factory on Wednesday, November 28.
Support acts on the tour include rock veteran’s Clutch and The Fall of Troy. The Coheed and Cambria tour is in celebration of the release of the band's new Columbia Records album, "No World For Tomorrow," on Tuesday, October 23. "No World For Tomorrow" marks the apex and final chapter of "The Amory Wars," the conceptual, apocalyptic storyline which runs through the band's previous albums -- "The Second Stage Turbine Blade" (2002), "In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3" (2003), and "Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness" (2005) – and chronicles the the trials and tribulations of main characters Coheed and Cambria Kilgannon and their children as they fight to save civilization.
Tour dates are as follows:
10/19 - New York, NY, CMJ – Highline Ballroom
10/29 - Toronto, ON, Kool Haus
10/30 - Cleveland, OH, House of Blues
10/31 - Cleveland, OH, House of Blues
11/01 - Detroit, MI, State Theatre
11/02 - Chicago, IL, The Riviera- Probably going to skip a wedding for this one!
11/06 - Denver, CO, The Fillmore
11/07 - Salt Lake City, UT, Salt Air
11/09 - San Francisco, CA, Warfield
11/10 - San Diego, CA, SOMA
11/11 - Los Angeles, CA, Wiltern LG
11/13 - Phoenix, AZ, Marquee Theatre
11/15 - Dallas, TX, House of Blues
11/16 - Houston, TX, Wharehouse Live
11/17 - Austin, TX, Waterloo Park
11/19 - Orlando, FL, House of Blues
11/20 - Atlanta, GA, Tabernacle
11/21 - Myrtle Beach, SC, House of Blues
11/23 - Winston-Salem, NC, Millennium Center
11/24 - Norfolk, VA, NorVa
11/25 - Washington, DC, 9:30 Club
11/26 - Worcester, MA, Palladium
11/28 - Philadelphia, PA, Electric Factory
The tracklisting is:
1. The Reaping
2. No World for Tomorrow
3. The Hound of Blood and Rank
4. Feathers
5. The Running Free
6. Mother Superior
7. Gravemakers & Gunslingers
8. Justice in Murder
The End Complete:
9. I -The Fall of House Atlantic
10. II - Radio Bye Bye
11. III - The End Complete
12. IV - The Road and the Damned
13. V - On the Brink
Coheed and Cambria will embark on an extensive North American fall headline tour beginning Monday, October 29 in Toronto and winding up at Philadelphia's Electric Factory on Wednesday, November 28.Support acts on the tour include rock veteran’s Clutch and The Fall of Troy. The Coheed and Cambria tour is in celebration of the release of the band's new Columbia Records album, "No World For Tomorrow," on Tuesday, October 23. "No World For Tomorrow" marks the apex and final chapter of "The Amory Wars," the conceptual, apocalyptic storyline which runs through the band's previous albums -- "The Second Stage Turbine Blade" (2002), "In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3" (2003), and "Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness" (2005) – and chronicles the the trials and tribulations of main characters Coheed and Cambria Kilgannon and their children as they fight to save civilization.
Tour dates are as follows:
10/19 - New York, NY, CMJ – Highline Ballroom
10/29 - Toronto, ON, Kool Haus
10/30 - Cleveland, OH, House of Blues
10/31 - Cleveland, OH, House of Blues
11/01 - Detroit, MI, State Theatre
11/02 - Chicago, IL, The Riviera- Probably going to skip a wedding for this one!
11/06 - Denver, CO, The Fillmore
11/07 - Salt Lake City, UT, Salt Air
11/09 - San Francisco, CA, Warfield
11/10 - San Diego, CA, SOMA
11/11 - Los Angeles, CA, Wiltern LG
11/13 - Phoenix, AZ, Marquee Theatre
11/15 - Dallas, TX, House of Blues
11/16 - Houston, TX, Wharehouse Live
11/17 - Austin, TX, Waterloo Park
11/19 - Orlando, FL, House of Blues
11/20 - Atlanta, GA, Tabernacle
11/21 - Myrtle Beach, SC, House of Blues
11/23 - Winston-Salem, NC, Millennium Center
11/24 - Norfolk, VA, NorVa
11/25 - Washington, DC, 9:30 Club
11/26 - Worcester, MA, Palladium
11/28 - Philadelphia, PA, Electric Factory
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Amazing Hack
Not sure how this was done, but you can bet your ass I'm going to figure out how.
Behold a Coheed and Cambria song for Guitar Hero 2
Behold a Coheed and Cambria song for Guitar Hero 2
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
Winners Snort Their Daddies
We knew he was crazier than a crap house rat, but here is the proof.
The nominations for this year's Classic Rock awards have been revealed, and whilst Jimmy Page is set to receive the Living Legend Award, Keith Richards is nominated for his father snorting antics.
The magazine's third annual awards - which are due to be held at London's Landmark Hotel on November 5 - will see Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page honoured as the Living Legend on the Roll Of Honour.
But it is the Event Of The Year category - awarded to the greatest tour, reunion or 'dropped-me-bacon-sandwich-moment' of the past 12 months - which will be raising the most eyebrows.
Undoubtedly fitting into the 'bacon' category, Keith Richards has been nominated for his headline grabbing claim that he snorted his own father's ashes when interviewed earlier this year.
Despite what seemed to be an initial retraction of his comment Richards later told the NME that he did indeed snort his father's remains, but that he certainly didn't (heaven forbid) mix them with cocaine first. That's alright then.
Scott Rowley, Classic Rock editor in chief commented, "We came up with the Event Of The Year category after Pink Floyd closed the show at Live 8 in 2005 to cover those sort of dropped-me-bacon-sandwich moments. Keith Richards confessing to snorting his dad's ashes is more of a dropped-me-bacon-sandwich, trod on the cat and ate the carpet moment.
"Keith snorting his dad has totally upped the ante for bad boy rock star behaviour - and from a 64 year old, that's quite impressive. I'm sure that Ozzy Osbourne's sitting stewing in a corner right now, wondering how he can top it."
Here are the nominations, and I will pick my winners in italics.
Album Of The Year
Buckcherry '15'
Ian Hunter 'Shrunken Heads'
Porcupine Tree 'Fear Of A Black Planet'
Rush 'Snakes & Arrows'
Velvet Revolver 'Libertad'
The Who 'Endless Wire'
Band Of The Year
Aerosmith
Heaven & Hell
Muse
Rush
Velvet Revolver
Best Reissue
Def Leppard 'Hysteria Deluxe Edition'
Kiss 'Alive! 1975-2000'
Whitesnake '1987 20th Anniversary Edition'
Manic Street Preachers 'Everything Must Go 10th Anniversary Edition'
The Pretenders 'The Pretenders'
The Travelling Wilbury’s 'Deluxe Collector’s Edition'
DVD Of The Year
Bob Dylan 'Don’t Look Back'
Free 'Forever'
Metallica 'The Videos 1989-2004'
Man of the World 'The Peter Green Story'
The Police 'Everybody Stares'
Event Of The Year
Aerosmith at Hyde Park
Genesis reform
The Police reform
Lou Reed Berlin concert
Keith Richards snorts his Dad- There is no way he will lose!!
Saxon on Harvey Goldsmith
Best New Band
Black Stone Cherry
Damone
Priestess
Rose Hill Drive
The Trews
Living Legend Award
Jimmy Page
The nominations for this year's Classic Rock awards have been revealed, and whilst Jimmy Page is set to receive the Living Legend Award, Keith Richards is nominated for his father snorting antics.
The magazine's third annual awards - which are due to be held at London's Landmark Hotel on November 5 - will see Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page honoured as the Living Legend on the Roll Of Honour.
But it is the Event Of The Year category - awarded to the greatest tour, reunion or 'dropped-me-bacon-sandwich-moment' of the past 12 months - which will be raising the most eyebrows.
Undoubtedly fitting into the 'bacon' category, Keith Richards has been nominated for his headline grabbing claim that he snorted his own father's ashes when interviewed earlier this year.
Despite what seemed to be an initial retraction of his comment Richards later told the NME that he did indeed snort his father's remains, but that he certainly didn't (heaven forbid) mix them with cocaine first. That's alright then.
Scott Rowley, Classic Rock editor in chief commented, "We came up with the Event Of The Year category after Pink Floyd closed the show at Live 8 in 2005 to cover those sort of dropped-me-bacon-sandwich moments. Keith Richards confessing to snorting his dad's ashes is more of a dropped-me-bacon-sandwich, trod on the cat and ate the carpet moment.
"Keith snorting his dad has totally upped the ante for bad boy rock star behaviour - and from a 64 year old, that's quite impressive. I'm sure that Ozzy Osbourne's sitting stewing in a corner right now, wondering how he can top it."
Here are the nominations, and I will pick my winners in italics.
Album Of The Year
Buckcherry '15'
Ian Hunter 'Shrunken Heads'
Porcupine Tree 'Fear Of A Black Planet'
Rush 'Snakes & Arrows'
Velvet Revolver 'Libertad'
The Who 'Endless Wire'
Band Of The Year
Aerosmith
Heaven & Hell
Muse
Rush
Velvet Revolver
Best Reissue
Def Leppard 'Hysteria Deluxe Edition'
Kiss 'Alive! 1975-2000'
Whitesnake '1987 20th Anniversary Edition'
Manic Street Preachers 'Everything Must Go 10th Anniversary Edition'
The Pretenders 'The Pretenders'
The Travelling Wilbury’s 'Deluxe Collector’s Edition'
DVD Of The Year
Bob Dylan 'Don’t Look Back'
Free 'Forever'
Metallica 'The Videos 1989-2004'
Man of the World 'The Peter Green Story'
The Police 'Everybody Stares'
Event Of The Year
Aerosmith at Hyde Park
Genesis reform
The Police reform
Lou Reed Berlin concert
Keith Richards snorts his Dad- There is no way he will lose!!
Saxon on Harvey Goldsmith
Best New Band
Black Stone Cherry
Damone
Priestess
Rose Hill Drive
The Trews
Living Legend Award
Jimmy Page
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Back to Being Back
First week of school. Yuk. It was terribly busy and there was so much going on. Having taken a year long hiatus, I got a part in the second show this semester, The Cherry Orchard. We start rehearsals October 8th, so I have a little time to work and get adjusted to being back at school.
On another note, The Foo Fighters are getting ready to release their follow-up album to 2005's In Your Honor. The next album comes out September 23rd and is called Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace. Here is a video for their first single The Pretender.
http://www.mtvu.com/video/?name=mostviewed&id=1567142&vid=169364
On another note, The Foo Fighters are getting ready to release their follow-up album to 2005's In Your Honor. The next album comes out September 23rd and is called Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace. Here is a video for their first single The Pretender.
http://www.mtvu.com/video/?name=mostviewed&id=1567142&vid=169364
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Quite a Sunday
So last Sunday, Third Eye Blind was playing at The Venue in town. Anyone who knows me knows I hate this place. It is a festering whore house with horrible people screaming and dancing to shitty rap music. YUK! Nowhere near my cup of tea. The only time I go there is when they have a concert in The Venue, or in The House of Rock, which is a smaller stage in the bar part. I will only go to the Venue because they have an upstairs bar where you can get away from disgusting middle and high school girls who think all lyrics can be summed up with screaming. I really do prefer the smaller House of Rock stage, but I sometimes settle. So you're thinking Third Eye Blind? I know me too. I happen to rather enjoy their 3rd album called- "Out of The Vein"- which never had any hits, but nevertheless, that's what I think makes it better.
I was expecting a mild show that would be disappointing in the long run, but I was wrong. They played for 2 solid hours. I have never been to a show where one band played for so long. They damn near played their whole catalog. BUT- (yeah I know you're not suppose to start sentences this way but who gives a shit really?) - about 4 songs into the show, the lead singer starts telling everyone about how this is their last tour stop and they were only touring for a month. Then a bunch of camera crew guys came out and he said how they were filming THIS show for a live DVD and CD for something to hold fans over until he finished the lyrics to their fourth album. Kinda a cool experience.
So being Sunday night, I headed over to everyone waiting for me at BWW's. They were a little bit pissed I late, but we had a great time. After that, we walked next door to Big D's. We were seated in a booth and this lesbian behind me said, "Hey, Annie!" Now I start to wonder if she is talking about me, so I turn around and say, "Are you talking to me or your friend somewhere?"
She said it was her friend, but then confessed they were talking about me. So I, being nice (and thinking I wouldn't kill her there) sang the lyrics to "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow" They followed by laughing their heads off at me. I then turned around and laughed with them because I didn't know what was going on. So later, everyone told me what had happened and laughed even harder at me, so now I have a new nickname.
I was expecting a mild show that would be disappointing in the long run, but I was wrong. They played for 2 solid hours. I have never been to a show where one band played for so long. They damn near played their whole catalog. BUT- (yeah I know you're not suppose to start sentences this way but who gives a shit really?) - about 4 songs into the show, the lead singer starts telling everyone about how this is their last tour stop and they were only touring for a month. Then a bunch of camera crew guys came out and he said how they were filming THIS show for a live DVD and CD for something to hold fans over until he finished the lyrics to their fourth album. Kinda a cool experience.
So being Sunday night, I headed over to everyone waiting for me at BWW's. They were a little bit pissed I late, but we had a great time. After that, we walked next door to Big D's. We were seated in a booth and this lesbian behind me said, "Hey, Annie!" Now I start to wonder if she is talking about me, so I turn around and say, "Are you talking to me or your friend somewhere?"
She said it was her friend, but then confessed they were talking about me. So I, being nice (and thinking I wouldn't kill her there) sang the lyrics to "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow" They followed by laughing their heads off at me. I then turned around and laughed with them because I didn't know what was going on. So later, everyone told me what had happened and laughed even harder at me, so now I have a new nickname.
Friday, August 10, 2007
Here We Go Again
My name must not be worth shit when it comes to mail service. I ordered a pretty big poster online last week. It is about 4 feet by 5 feet. It cost me about $22 with shipping and all that jazz. I go to the post office to get it today. What did the postal worker bring me you ask? AN EMPTY TUBE WITH A PACKING SLIP!!! Somehow along the way from California some fucking asshole opened the tube and carefully stole my poster. Whoever packed the thing did such a shoddy job that they should be fired. A tiny plastic cap and one piece of packing tape. I know it was done poorly because I could see where they taped and by the looks of it they barely covered the end. Great. You know it is starting to really stop me from buying something that I can't even see before I go to the checkout.
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Updates
Well well. BIG news from Coheed. They have just put their new song "The Running Free" on MySpace and it is pretty cool. I was just a little disappointed with the vocal's on the verses, but it's growing on me. Check out the song here- http://myspace.com/coheedandcambria
Travis Stever of CoCa has, a little while ago, put out a album- "The English Panther" It is pretty good stuff, espically "Rusty Knives" and "Storms" so check out his page too.- http://www.myspace.com/theenglishpanther
We had the last softball game of the season on Tuesday night. I have offically learned how to score baseball games having done almost all of them all season. It is really quite fun and is something that can help pass the time at boring ass games. So I have my stats from the season:
Innings Played: 10
Hits: 0
Got on base: 2
Hit by Pitch: 2
Runs Scored: 1 (and the winning run that game)
RBI: 0
Balls Caught In Outfield (They stuck me out there): 0
Games Spent Sober: 0
Pretty fun way to spend my Tuesday Nights. Everyone cheered when I got hit and got on base! With friends like this, who needs enemies!
Travis Stever of CoCa has, a little while ago, put out a album- "The English Panther" It is pretty good stuff, espically "Rusty Knives" and "Storms" so check out his page too.- http://www.myspace.com/theenglishpanther
We had the last softball game of the season on Tuesday night. I have offically learned how to score baseball games having done almost all of them all season. It is really quite fun and is something that can help pass the time at boring ass games. So I have my stats from the season:
Innings Played: 10
Hits: 0
Got on base: 2
Hit by Pitch: 2
Runs Scored: 1 (and the winning run that game)
RBI: 0
Balls Caught In Outfield (They stuck me out there): 0
Games Spent Sober: 0
Pretty fun way to spend my Tuesday Nights. Everyone cheered when I got hit and got on base! With friends like this, who needs enemies!
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Slash: I'm No Guitar Hero
Shocking news from former Guns ‘n’ Roses man Slash today who says he isn’t the guitar god we all thought he was.
However, don’t throw your vintage t-shirts in the bin just yet as he wasn’t talking about being onstage but playing computer games, but playing computer games, reports GIGWise.
You see Slash stars on the latest edition of Guitar Hero but it seems he hasn’t quite conquered the games axe just yet.
He told Rolling Stone: “And a lot of that has to do with the fact that it’s hard for me to get rid of thirty years — whatever it is — twenty-some-odd years of playing in a certain way and then all of the sudden become accustomed to pressing some buttons and stuff.
“I have these little things that I’m so used to doing that when I’m playing Guitar Hero it sort of screws me up.”
HEY HACKER!-Looks like he can't handle plastic 5-button mayhem like us!
Study Why?
That's right everyone. It's a cheat sheet. Our teacher so graciously allowed us one side of a piece of paper to put any notes or hints for our test today. Me? I managed to put 30 pages of notes on one side, and most of that is word for word. She might as well have made the test open book. I couldn't help but feel like some one crafting an important document at the end of the 1700's. It also reminded me of the contract that all the kids sign in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with Gene Wilder. You could barely read the bottom part and no one knew what it said. That is kinda the same here.
But, I'm damn glad to be done with summer school. I couldn't help but feel like the kid in grade school who actually had to attend summer school because his grades the previous semester were absolute shit, and he could see all his friends playing together on the playground from his uncomfortable desk by the window that didn't open, and his friends were passing around cheap beer. It almost feels like I have a summer now.
I got a raise two days ago, but due to some BS, they could only bump people up 3%. So that means an extra $0.32/hour in my pocket. Whoopee
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