THE HILLS ARE ALIVE...
It's been a pain downloading all of that Chicago concert, but I've only got one more file left. It's so funny listening to how this band has evolved the way they play some of their songs over the years. The concert is chock-full of all those wierd funny synth effects that EVERYONE thought was so cool back then (Including YOU, if you listened to any music at all in the 80s...
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
MORE WinMX EXPLOITS
I've got more than half of a 1987 Chicago concert at the Concord Pavillion. Man, I can't remember the last time they played a set of songs from a new album (Chicago 18 in this case). It's also funny hearing all these 80s synth effects that they (and every other band at the time) used....
ALWAYS KNEW I HAD IT IN ME
If I were a Dead Russian Composer, I would be Igor Stravinsky.Known as a true son of the new 20th Century, my music started out melodic and folky but slowly got more dissonant and bizzare as I aged. I am a traveler and a neat freak, and very much hated those rotten eggs thrown at me...
MOVIE NIGHT
Unsatisfied with Hulk, I rented a flick which I just got around to watching tonight, The Transporter. As good as it is, I think I may take it off my wish list now. It was basically a hodge-podge of movies. Whether intentional on the director's part or not, I saw blatant references to Shaft, Enter the Dragon, Game of Death, and possibly a few others.
Good martial arts stuff thanks...
Monday, June 23, 2003
BAH! PUNY HUMANS!
Yes, I caught a showing of Hulk this afternoon. As a movie, it was ok. It was definitely Crouching Tiger-style filmmaking. What I mean is that once again Ang Lee tries to take characters and drama with some degree of depth and disguise it as something else, be it a kung fu movie or a comic book film. I think the problem was that it worked almost too well. I think that's why...
Thursday, June 19, 2003
LATE NIGHT WITH WinMX
Current Music: Tenacious Boogie and The Last One by Howland, Laug, Morrison & Pinnick
Yes, that is Keith Howland, currently the guitarist for Chicago and Chris Pinnick, former lead guitarist for Chicago. It's just sad that music this good (along with The Howland-Imboden Project referenced a few entries back) will never see the light of day in a record store. Check out...
Wednesday, June 18, 2003
ROUND AND ROUND THEY GO
The way they switch around the schedule willy-nilly on Adult Swim is giving me a headache. They have now bumped Trigun in favor of REIGN: The Conqueror and put Lupin the 3rd in place of Cowboy Bebop. And, they started Lupin at the beginning of the 1971 series.
It took awhile to grow on me, but I think I'm beginning to understand the appeal of Rurouni Kensh...
Monday, June 16, 2003
20 MINUTES INTO THE FUTURE
I love technology, but I've never felt the need to have the newest, latest thing out there. True story: My first computer was a 486 with Windows 3.1 on it. I didn't get Windows 95 for it until the day after Windows 98 is released. I've got a new computer since then -- still running Windows 98. I long for the speed of Windows 95. Heck, I didn't own a CD player or any...
Sunday, June 15, 2003
You've seen the personality quizzes. You've read the deep introspection. You've heard the whining. You know what "Current Music" I'm playing.
Now, prepare for...
THE CD REVIEW
I guess we could go song by song through The Trouble With Being Myself, but I'm too tired. I'll just make these brief points in this preliminary review. As always, all opinions are subject to change.
THE GOOD:
This...
Saturday, June 14, 2003
MY OWN PERSONALITY QUIZ
This is one by me, for me.You found out today that June 10 was the international release date for Macy Gray's third album The Trouble with Being Myself. And, you found it out as you were about to shell out $22.99 at the Virgin Megastore for a copy of the CD and didn't think twice about it until you got to the cash register where you asked about the price and was told it was...
Friday, June 13, 2003
KNOWLEDGE OF THE ARCANE
A few entries back, I posted a quote from the show NewsRadio. I always liked that show; it's probably the closest that American TV will ever come to something as smart and witty as The Kids in the Hall -- and that's only because it had Dave Foley in it.
I didn't know about one cool tidbit concerning the episode titles until I read epguide.com's NewsRadio Titles and Air...
Thursday, June 12, 2003
THE SECRET ORIGIN OF THIS BLOG
Well, aside from voracious reading of Fran Lebowitz, Dennis Miller, and anyone else who'd make cutting remarks about the world around them, Bruce Campbell's (yes, the Army of Darkness guy) was the seed that was planted in my brain that eventually drove me to put my rantings in blog form. Hey, that sort of sounds like a B-movie plot, doesn't it?
The things you rediscover...
Tuesday, June 10, 2003
PET PEEVE #624
Current Music: Inching Toward...? by The Howland Imboden Project
The blurb of this song reads:This song from the upcoming release from The Howland Imboden Project features Robert Lamm and James Pankow from the band Chicago as well as drummer Tris Imboden and guitarist Keith Howland. The tune weaves latin, jazz, and rock together in a melodic vehicle for the soloists to improvise over.
This...
ON A SAD NOTE
Once again, Adult Swim changes its rotation, and once again the show that gets the shaft is Lupin the 3rd. They could've at least let the new episodes run one more time. Eh, I'll give Kikaider a chance if for no other reason than it's followed by Inu Yasha and Trigun. I might like it -- who knows? The last time this happened, I was introduced to REIGN: The Conquer...
Monday, June 09, 2003
MUSIC OF THE DAY
DSL is getting to be a bad thing. I'm downloading way too much music that I really don't have the hard drive for. I intended to take a bit of time today to clean it out. And, I just downloaded more, though I may end up deleting most of it. It made for quite the interesting playlist:Africa and Rosanna by Toto
Kaze wa Mirai ni Fuku, the end theme to the Trigun anime series.
When...
Sunday, June 08, 2003
THE LITERARY AGENDA
Last week, I flipped briefly though the next book I intend to purchase and read, Mike Nelson's Mind over Matters, by, you guessed it, Michael J. Nelson, former head writer/host for Mystery Science Theater 3000 -- though, I always missed Joel.
And, on a side note, I'm completely addicted to The Real Folk Blues by Mai Yamane & The Seatbelts. Do a Google search and download...
Saturday, June 07, 2003
Friday, June 06, 2003
FREEDOM! (ALMOST)
Summertime and the livin' is easy
Summertime
by Heyward & Gershwin
Well, it's summertime, and I'm free from my primary job. Now, I get to subsist on my secondary job. But, provided I can scrape by, I've got my mornings free to do stuff like planning how to breakback into my social work, get my finances in order, and practice kung ...
WISDOM OF THE AGES
DAVE
Have you ever heard the expression, "When life give you lemons, make lemonade"?
BILL
Have you ever heard the expression, "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade and then toss it in the face of the person who gave you the lemons until they give you the oranges you asked for in the first place"?
from NewsRadio: Airport...
Wednesday, June 04, 2003
IDLE MUSINGS
These are the thoughts that kept me out of the really good schools.
-George Carlin
And, you thought Matrix Essays went too far.
ITEM ONE
I'm really digging all these "new" episodes of Lupin the 3rd that I'm seeing. I just have a few questions...
First off, he's supposed to be the grandson of the (fictional) French thief Arsene Lupin. Now, in all the episodes I've seen...
Tuesday, June 03, 2003
I CAVED
I'm now the proud (not) owner of The Very Best of Chris Botti. I feel so unclean. I truly felt like retching when I looked up the listing on Barnes and Noble's lookup thingy and saw that if I liked this artist, I'd also like Kenny G and Boney James. I hate Boney James even more than I hate Kenny G.
Thank God I had some Miles Davis CDs with me to listen to so I could cleanse myself....
Monday, June 02, 2003
Sunday, June 01, 2003
FIRST OF THE MONTH
No, I will not be getting any sort of check. Just a new month, and an old 1967 song lyric from the Spencer Davis Group to share with you.
Well, if I had my choice of matter I would rather be with cats
All engrossed in mental chatter showin' where our minds are at,
And relating to each other just how strong our will can be
In resisting all involvments with each groovy chick...
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