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20080729
Things I Like Vol. 2
So today being erroneously bored I decided to figure out what I enjoy, so I can do said thing.
1. I like listening to music, but more so with other people. When listening is a group effort it's better (only if the group is on the same level musically however, frustration ensues for everyone involved otherwise)
2. I like playing Wii. Who doesn't.
3. I like making stuff. Which probably stems from the whole music thing but "creating" things is fun. I dunno why. When we're kids we play with Legos. Then some of graduate to making tables and other things we enjoy. I can make pasta art...
4. I like to dislike things. Let's face it, it makes you feel cooler even when you're not. Especially if you're around someone else who dislikes the same things as you. In my opinion disliking the same things is more important in human interaction than liking the same things.
ex.
Subject 1: "I like Mr. Deeds."
Subject 2: "Me too."
vs
Subject 1: "I hate country music."
Subject 2: "Me too, I hate the way all the songs are about the same things."
The reasoning behind disliking something is much more interesting than the reason you like something.
5. I like stuff animals. No really, I do. Actually to clarify, I like the giant stuffed animals like the monstrous plush creatures found at the Disney Store parents buy for their children than, if Mickey were to topple onto Junior, the kid would be history. Those things are awesome.
Of course, that's not really an action, I just felt like putting that in there. I like being spontaneous like that.
1. I like listening to music, but more so with other people. When listening is a group effort it's better (only if the group is on the same level musically however, frustration ensues for everyone involved otherwise)
2. I like playing Wii. Who doesn't.
3. I like making stuff. Which probably stems from the whole music thing but "creating" things is fun. I dunno why. When we're kids we play with Legos. Then some of graduate to making tables and other things we enjoy. I can make pasta art...
4. I like to dislike things. Let's face it, it makes you feel cooler even when you're not. Especially if you're around someone else who dislikes the same things as you. In my opinion disliking the same things is more important in human interaction than liking the same things.
ex.
Subject 1: "I like Mr. Deeds."
Subject 2: "Me too."
vs
Subject 1: "I hate country music."
Subject 2: "Me too, I hate the way all the songs are about the same things."
The reasoning behind disliking something is much more interesting than the reason you like something.
5. I like stuff animals. No really, I do. Actually to clarify, I like the giant stuffed animals like the monstrous plush creatures found at the Disney Store parents buy for their children than, if Mickey were to topple onto Junior, the kid would be history. Those things are awesome.
Of course, that's not really an action, I just felt like putting that in there. I like being spontaneous like that.
20080628
Things I Like Vol. 1
These are pretty much my top 5 favorite song lyrics ever.
And oh, I've been dumb
I've been perfectly beautiful,
lain on my back buying lovers with stealth.
But I'm sick of you all,
I'm sick of opinions,
I'm sick of this war I wage on myself
-Nerina Pallot, "Idaho"
Maybe nothing lasts forever,
Even when we stay together,
I don't need forever after,
It's your laughter won't let me go
So I'm holding on this way.
-Sheryl Crow, "My Favorite Mistake"
No one I think is in my tree,
I mean it must be high or low.
That is you can't you know tune in but it's alright.
That is I think it's not too bad.
-The Beatles, "Strawberry Fields"
Sometimes I just can't help but cry
When I think of what we've become.
Like a stranger lost in the night,
Forgetting all where he has come from.
-Burlap to Cashmere, "Eileen's Song"
Can't think of a fifth one. I'll have to come back to that later.
And oh, I've been dumb
I've been perfectly beautiful,
lain on my back buying lovers with stealth.
But I'm sick of you all,
I'm sick of opinions,
I'm sick of this war I wage on myself
-Nerina Pallot, "Idaho"
Maybe nothing lasts forever,
Even when we stay together,
I don't need forever after,
It's your laughter won't let me go
So I'm holding on this way.
-Sheryl Crow, "My Favorite Mistake"
No one I think is in my tree,
I mean it must be high or low.
That is you can't you know tune in but it's alright.
That is I think it's not too bad.
-The Beatles, "Strawberry Fields"
Sometimes I just can't help but cry
When I think of what we've become.
Like a stranger lost in the night,
Forgetting all where he has come from.
-Burlap to Cashmere, "Eileen's Song"
Can't think of a fifth one. I'll have to come back to that later.
20080602
The True Meaning of Summer
I've officially caught up on sleep. Last night I went to bed around 2ish. I woke up around 4 this afternoon. Ya...I slept for 14 hours straight. Not only did I not do anything yesterday worthy of that much sleep I got a perfectly reasonable amount of sleep the night before. I blame this really bizzare dream I had probably around 12ish. I was running around this Guitar Hero looking dungeon that strangely enough was attached to a shopping mall. After running around for a bit this little door opened up and the people I was with plus me went inside and got sucked down into some secret chamber. For the next week or so we kept trying to escape from this nefarious suspiciously Guitar Hero themed dude who was called the Reaper or something, kinda looked like Gene Simmons with the face paint. Anyways it came down to where we were in this video game and he had built his stats up and we were just little dude running around and him chasing us and hopelessly dying. Finally he tried to capture another couple but they discovered a way out and got out. So when all my friends and I tried to escape through the same door we ended up in some strange mini-game of Dance Dance Revolution like button pressing. I pressed a combo of buttons which ended up erasing all the data to the game and the dream ended with the nefarious dude sulking out the back door. -WEIRD-
20080529
Watermelon Are Squared?
Sooo...I'll leave you with this disturbing image. This really exists, no hoax. Watermelons are grown in cubes in Japan to maximize efficience, also they can be stacked. Go figure.
You Know You're an Elitist When...
So there's some musical cliche's that must be addressed.
#1 Any references to cowbell. Seriously, everybody's heard it or read it on some T-shirt. It's to the point where you don't need to have seen the original SNL skit to know what it means. That just kinda defeats the purpose. That and people wishing to affix social kudos to themselves usually blurt it out at random times. Seriously, stop. We all know (for better or worse) what you're talking about and it's kinda lame.
#2 Placing Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters in your band influences (or any for that matter). Granted, this one is less so because of the lesser knowledge of this reference in regards to affluent popular culture but to anyone who has seen That Thing You Do several times it gets old very quickly seeing this fictional band being placed in every MySpace band influences. Seriously, if you're gonna be clever and still quote That Thing You Do put down Del Paxton. Now he's a real player.
#3 Making ANY sort of reference to turning ANYTHING up to 11 (this excludes quoting the actual line, any quote from Spinal Tap is in fact not only instantly relevant but also expected). It's incredible the number of musicians who are not familiar with Spinal Tap. Any self-loathing musician with any degree of decency has seen this movie and in fact can probably quote 70% of it. Due to it's once clever appearance in popular culture and the apparent elevation in stature to anyone who references 11 in conversation within musician circles suddenly everyone in the world has began to affix this connotation to virtually anything under the number ten. This isn't helped by the mere fact that Guitar Hero also makes much reference to this. This is probably one of the most heard quotes I hear and yet when I ask most of these people have absolutely no idea what it means let alone what movie it's from. Seriously, pod malfuctions and Big Bottoms win points with musicians, not tired references.
#4 Calling John Mayer a great guitarist. He's not. He's good. But he plays licks. And his time is terrible. Go cry now.
#5 Saying you hate the Beatles because they're popular. Usually people I meet who say this generally haven't given time to actually listen to the Beatles and form an opinion. They just hear people talk about how great the Beatles are and instantly, in an effort to indie-fy themselves staunchly say the Beatles are the worst thing that happened to music. Stop listening to Death Cab and get over the fact that your favorite musicians probably have just as much talent in playing their instrument and singing that the pop princesses with their Pro Tools and autotune do.
More to come, I'm really too tired to be angry. Which defeats the purpose.
#1 Any references to cowbell. Seriously, everybody's heard it or read it on some T-shirt. It's to the point where you don't need to have seen the original SNL skit to know what it means. That just kinda defeats the purpose. That and people wishing to affix social kudos to themselves usually blurt it out at random times. Seriously, stop. We all know (for better or worse) what you're talking about and it's kinda lame.
#2 Placing Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters in your band influences (or any for that matter). Granted, this one is less so because of the lesser knowledge of this reference in regards to affluent popular culture but to anyone who has seen That Thing You Do several times it gets old very quickly seeing this fictional band being placed in every MySpace band influences. Seriously, if you're gonna be clever and still quote That Thing You Do put down Del Paxton. Now he's a real player.
#3 Making ANY sort of reference to turning ANYTHING up to 11 (this excludes quoting the actual line, any quote from Spinal Tap is in fact not only instantly relevant but also expected). It's incredible the number of musicians who are not familiar with Spinal Tap. Any self-loathing musician with any degree of decency has seen this movie and in fact can probably quote 70% of it. Due to it's once clever appearance in popular culture and the apparent elevation in stature to anyone who references 11 in conversation within musician circles suddenly everyone in the world has began to affix this connotation to virtually anything under the number ten. This isn't helped by the mere fact that Guitar Hero also makes much reference to this. This is probably one of the most heard quotes I hear and yet when I ask most of these people have absolutely no idea what it means let alone what movie it's from. Seriously, pod malfuctions and Big Bottoms win points with musicians, not tired references.
#4 Calling John Mayer a great guitarist. He's not. He's good. But he plays licks. And his time is terrible. Go cry now.
#5 Saying you hate the Beatles because they're popular. Usually people I meet who say this generally haven't given time to actually listen to the Beatles and form an opinion. They just hear people talk about how great the Beatles are and instantly, in an effort to indie-fy themselves staunchly say the Beatles are the worst thing that happened to music. Stop listening to Death Cab and get over the fact that your favorite musicians probably have just as much talent in playing their instrument and singing that the pop princesses with their Pro Tools and autotune do.
More to come, I'm really too tired to be angry. Which defeats the purpose.
20080519
Summertime
So it's summer time and that means the return of blogging. Why do productive things when I can steal internet like some internet ninja and blog. I mean really. Right now it's 12:45 Central and I really still don't have any idea of what time it is. Two nights ago I was up for 23 hours driving back from Virginia and ended up sleeping nine hours starting in the 8am. Went to rehearsal then went back to bed for another 8 or 9 hours (normally 16 hours of sleep per day means you have a problem). I need caffeine. Watch this video while I'm out.
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