I think it came out well!
And here is my second attempt...
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Now playing: Garbage - Vow
via FoxyTunes
Saturday, February 16, 2008
More Album Covers that Never Existed
This one is by my friend Keith...
I think it came out well!
And here is my second attempt...
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Now playing: Garbage - Vow
via FoxyTunes
I think it came out well!
And here is my second attempt...
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Now playing: Garbage - Vow
via FoxyTunes
Friday, February 15, 2008
Two Ton Boa
I recently found several Two Ton Boa videos on the net. Including this one from the show I saw!
And here is their video for "Cash Machine"
And a live version of "Porcelain Throne"
(I really like this song)
Yes, I have become somewhat obsessed!
(just a little...)
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Now playing: Two Ton Boa - Porcelain Throne
via FoxyTunes
Two Ton Boa - White Rabbit
[via FoxyTunes / Two Ton Boa]
And here is their video for "Cash Machine"
Two Ton Boa - Cash Machine
[via FoxyTunes / Two Ton Boa]
And a live version of "Porcelain Throne"
(I really like this song)
Two Ton Boa - Porcelain Throne
[via FoxyTunes / Two Ton Boa]
Yes, I have become somewhat obsessed!
(just a little...)
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Now playing: Two Ton Boa - Porcelain Throne
via FoxyTunes
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Albums That Never Existed...
This seems to be a fun game.
1 - Go to Wikipedia's random article page
The first article you get is the name of your band
2 - Go to the Random Quotations page
The last four words of the last quote is the album title
3 - Go to Flickr's Interesting photo page
Third picture, no matter what it is, is your album cover
Put it all together to make your album. Either crop it to CD cover size, or just use the raw image itself... the only rule is you're only allowed to add the album title and artist title.
I found this here, but it seems to have originated elsewhere...
My first Album:
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Now playing: Ozzy Osbourne - Shot in the Dark
via FoxyTunes
1 - Go to Wikipedia's random article page
The first article you get is the name of your band
2 - Go to the Random Quotations page
The last four words of the last quote is the album title
3 - Go to Flickr's Interesting photo page
Third picture, no matter what it is, is your album cover
Put it all together to make your album. Either crop it to CD cover size, or just use the raw image itself... the only rule is you're only allowed to add the album title and artist title.
I found this here, but it seems to have originated elsewhere...
My first Album:
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Now playing: Ozzy Osbourne - Shot in the Dark
via FoxyTunes
Friday, February 1, 2008
Blueophobia
I work at RadioShack, which you may say is bad enough... but wait! There's More!!
Beginning today blue is off the approved colors list. Previously employees of 'The Shack' could wear black, white, blue, or red shirts to work. Now for no reason whatsoever blue has been replaced on the list with (get this) the exciting and dynamic color: gray.
Why would anyone do this? Is gray a color that says; 'buy cellphones' did someone do a big marketing survey and find that blue was too threatening?
I just don't get it, I like blue, I have a lot of blue shirts. I have no gray shirts. (I bought some black shirts for this job) should I go and buy gray shirts? Or will they just change the rules on me again?
In 'protest' I wore only blue shirts for the past week and today I wore all black in mourning... just like Johnny Cash! I'm such a rebel.
I hate this job.
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Now playing: Johnny Cash - Hurt
via FoxyTunes
Beginning today blue is off the approved colors list. Previously employees of 'The Shack' could wear black, white, blue, or red shirts to work. Now for no reason whatsoever blue has been replaced on the list with (get this) the exciting and dynamic color: gray.
Why would anyone do this? Is gray a color that says; 'buy cellphones' did someone do a big marketing survey and find that blue was too threatening?
I just don't get it, I like blue, I have a lot of blue shirts. I have no gray shirts. (I bought some black shirts for this job) should I go and buy gray shirts? Or will they just change the rules on me again?
In 'protest' I wore only blue shirts for the past week and today I wore all black in mourning... just like Johnny Cash! I'm such a rebel.
I hate this job.
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Now playing: Johnny Cash - Hurt
via FoxyTunes
Monday, January 14, 2008
Concert Series
Speaking of other pursuits...
I went with my friend Keith to a concert at the NORVA on Sunday night. The headliner band was "The Dresden Dolls" who put on a great show very powerful duo, the Dolls. The guy on the drums is a frenetic wizard and the girl does keyboards and vocals. She's got a really powerful voice and can really belt out a song! They are a band you really have to be in a mood for though, as all the songs they played (except the covers of other bands) were real downers... Not that thats bad, it's just something you have to be in the mood for.
The opening band was "Two Ton Boa", I liked this band a lot! The singer, Sherry Fraser, 'has some pipes', as Keith puts it, there are a couple of tracks where she gets up to some serious vocal acrobatics (notably 'Porcelain Throne'), and it's all good.
As a personal note to other bands out there; a good cover of 'White Rabbit' is a sure way to get on my good side... The bands bass player is extremely energetic and puts on something of a show all on his own. A really fine performance all around.
During the encore both groups (assisted by some on-stage pantomime from audience members) combined to give a rendition of "Immigrant Song". It was truly something to see!
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Now playing: Two Ton Boa - Cyanide
via FoxyTunes
I went with my friend Keith to a concert at the NORVA on Sunday night. The headliner band was "The Dresden Dolls" who put on a great show very powerful duo, the Dolls. The guy on the drums is a frenetic wizard and the girl does keyboards and vocals. She's got a really powerful voice and can really belt out a song! They are a band you really have to be in a mood for though, as all the songs they played (except the covers of other bands) were real downers... Not that thats bad, it's just something you have to be in the mood for.
The opening band was "Two Ton Boa", I liked this band a lot! The singer, Sherry Fraser, 'has some pipes', as Keith puts it, there are a couple of tracks where she gets up to some serious vocal acrobatics (notably 'Porcelain Throne'), and it's all good.
As a personal note to other bands out there; a good cover of 'White Rabbit' is a sure way to get on my good side... The bands bass player is extremely energetic and puts on something of a show all on his own. A really fine performance all around.
During the encore both groups (assisted by some on-stage pantomime from audience members) combined to give a rendition of "Immigrant Song". It was truly something to see!
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Now playing: Two Ton Boa - Cyanide
via FoxyTunes
The Call...
...of Duty!
Ever been sucked into a video game?
It has happened to me, I have become obsessed with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. I play it every chance I get, I have begun resenting any activities witch curtail my access to playing this game. I play it for several hours after work until I am forced to go to sleep, then I wake up and play for an hour or so before work... It has become ridiculous!
So I've consciously decided to take a break from it. This break has afforded me some time to play a Role Playing Game with a friend of mine and even to go to a concert (which I usually never do). I still enjoy the game and will probably still play it a great deal, but I am making room for other pursuits in my life.
...like the internet (and blog entries).
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Now playing: Joe Walsh - Take a Look Around
via FoxyTunes
Ever been sucked into a video game?
It has happened to me, I have become obsessed with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. I play it every chance I get, I have begun resenting any activities witch curtail my access to playing this game. I play it for several hours after work until I am forced to go to sleep, then I wake up and play for an hour or so before work... It has become ridiculous!
So I've consciously decided to take a break from it. This break has afforded me some time to play a Role Playing Game with a friend of mine and even to go to a concert (which I usually never do). I still enjoy the game and will probably still play it a great deal, but I am making room for other pursuits in my life.
...like the internet (and blog entries).
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Now playing: Joe Walsh - Take a Look Around
via FoxyTunes
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Incidentally...
According to the NerdTests website I'm going to live for a long while yet...
And I'm something of a nerd...
And I'm something of a nerd...
New Post
Sorry, it's been two months since my last post.
I have no real reason for this, time just been getting away from me.
On the assumption that anyone is still reading this (if, indeed, anyone ever really was), I will try to bring you up to date.
I have a new job! I am a Radioshack Sales Associate. It sucks, but no more than any other retail job. And I get to watch TV when it gets slow. I just hate having to push the damn cellphones so much.
My friends and I haven't been doing any Role-playing games lately, you gotta budget time for those and we just can't seem to get together regularly. We have been substituting online sessions of HALO 3 late at night. (it's not the same.)
Sadly there is nothing else of note just now; I go to work, play video games, spend too much money on semi-frivolous things, eat, sleep... and wait for death.
(that sounds more morbid that I meant it to.)
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Now playing: Akira Ifukube - Godzilla's Rampage [From Godzilla 1954]
via FoxyTunes
I have no real reason for this, time just been getting away from me.
On the assumption that anyone is still reading this (if, indeed, anyone ever really was), I will try to bring you up to date.
I have a new job! I am a Radioshack Sales Associate. It sucks, but no more than any other retail job. And I get to watch TV when it gets slow. I just hate having to push the damn cellphones so much.
My friends and I haven't been doing any Role-playing games lately, you gotta budget time for those and we just can't seem to get together regularly. We have been substituting online sessions of HALO 3 late at night. (it's not the same.)
Sadly there is nothing else of note just now; I go to work, play video games, spend too much money on semi-frivolous things, eat, sleep... and wait for death.
(that sounds more morbid that I meant it to.)
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Now playing: Akira Ifukube - Godzilla's Rampage [From Godzilla 1954]
via FoxyTunes
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Theresa Duncan
I never met Theresa Duncan.
My entire personal contact with her was a single comment on her blog, to the effect that I liked her writing. And, of course, regularly reading that blog.
I still find myself emotionally impacted by news of her death. Especially learning that it was apparently a suicide, followed closely by the suicide of her longtime boyfriend.
I wish I had answers to all the regular questions suicide raises, but I am resigned to never learning them.
I do not know why I am personally affected by this, other authors I liked to read have died in the past. Artists of all sorts have committed suicide. But the fact remains that I have been on the verge of tears over this news, and I have no adequate explanation for it.
My entire personal contact with her was a single comment on her blog, to the effect that I liked her writing. And, of course, regularly reading that blog.
I still find myself emotionally impacted by news of her death. Especially learning that it was apparently a suicide, followed closely by the suicide of her longtime boyfriend.
I wish I had answers to all the regular questions suicide raises, but I am resigned to never learning them.
I do not know why I am personally affected by this, other authors I liked to read have died in the past. Artists of all sorts have committed suicide. But the fact remains that I have been on the verge of tears over this news, and I have no adequate explanation for it.
Sunday, August 5, 2007
What's the deal with hot water?
Everybody loves a nice glass of ice water. But I have never encountered a person who likes hot (or even warm) water.
Why does hot water taste bad? Is the taste actually different? (supposedly water has no taste) We drink it hot if it's flavored... Coffee, Tea, Cocoa, whatever...
But even in the winter cold, I wouldn't think of drinking a mug of plain hot water.
Is there a reason for this? I don't know.
Even tepid water is no good, unless you are really really hot... Maybe the water just needs to be significantly cooler than your current core temperature?
Aren't we supposed to be warm blooded creatures? Regulating our own body temperature tells me that we should have a preference for things that are our same temperature (to save on energy from fluctuations caused by significantly cooler or hotter foodstuffs)
And furthermore, why do I care about this stuff?
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Now playing: Origa - Rise
via FoxyTunes
Why does hot water taste bad? Is the taste actually different? (supposedly water has no taste) We drink it hot if it's flavored... Coffee, Tea, Cocoa, whatever...
But even in the winter cold, I wouldn't think of drinking a mug of plain hot water.
Is there a reason for this? I don't know.
Even tepid water is no good, unless you are really really hot... Maybe the water just needs to be significantly cooler than your current core temperature?
Aren't we supposed to be warm blooded creatures? Regulating our own body temperature tells me that we should have a preference for things that are our same temperature (to save on energy from fluctuations caused by significantly cooler or hotter foodstuffs)
And furthermore, why do I care about this stuff?
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Now playing: Origa - Rise
via FoxyTunes
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