Wednesday, January 30, 2008

The Mars Volta




and if it's long the rest here.

Guess this is what would have happen if The Santana Band in the 60's had taken a bunch of uppers instead of smoking pot. How is it possible to feel totally tired after only 2 and half minutes?

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

San Diego: Finally we're in the elite club of drunk little fuck ups...



So, far whatever the reasons, I just picked up a notebook that is old and new stuff and am going to transcribe the good parts....I'll leave out the history notes.

What is the difference between relagated and reduced?
sync to slides

It always seems so hard for me
I see the words on your face
but I just can't read
And a part of me takes over
Overthink how everything I say goes over
On you
Resist the urge to splurge
forget alot
Throw shit into the fan just to get a rise out of yr friends
News of a war
That's just on TV
Who's in control of the situation now?
Light up the Town

Oh no, here comes my 19th nervous breakdown

Remember a day
When we could play
In the rivers
And not have to bathe
Can't see the light of a live wire
Until it's too late
The stars will burn out one by one
No matter what crime you've committed
If you've got the dough you'll be aquitted
And if you're the killer of more than all
They'll build you a statue, make you tall
So much so, you'll play lawn darts with missles
You'll say, "This court has found you Guilty, Death Penalty"
You'd better stay on the path of a logical lier
No, you can't come in my house
You're a bad man, the word is out

aiknedaquk gaie boy watch the fagory fit
ajkned a mak fawee mar hawk na world I mun

I'm gonna move to the center of the galaxie
Times Square, Tokyo they're no good
I want to watch the world pass by
And if things don't happen for you in New York
come sit and watch with me
You won't even need to talk about it
Let's just get out again
Explode like a rose
Be afraid of the dark again
Our own private urban renewal trip
urban renewal, urban removal

Urban renewal and backwards relationships
I'm closest to those I know the least

You always sense my drab appearance
My dapper cloak goes unnoticed
You want to regain some friendlyness
I'd like to smash your head in
Faces in a circle, closing closer now
Then they have ever been
You've lost weight
You're unhealthy, but you're looking great
Some people love the things you do
But mostly they all hate you
You're recognized anywhere you go
Everything is free but unappealing
And you sleep with one eye open
I can wait forever, but forever's not much longer now

Picking up glasses After you leave
They're not cold anymore
So I know you don't want them anymore
I don't care who gets the girl
It happens so fast
You were the wrong girl
But now you're fucking up
You're with the wrong guy

Like the most perfect mermaid
You fell out of a fable
And the flag on the furniture store makes me wonder
Why're we sitting down at the table
Times were hard but times were grand
for getting on with myself in my room
I've got time on my hands and blood on my feet
Now you're asking me if I ever thought we would meet again
And the answer is yes, it took long enough
And to hell with it if you can't hear what I'm trying to say
I'll be selfish and alone

You only see
What I want you to see

I'm going to Hawaii to die with Julia
There are bugs all around my bed
I don't know which ones are good and which ones are bad
Silverfish, too big to fit
I know I won't rest easy
Beware anyone who knows the right thing to say

Shortness of breath
I'm losing it
Coming on strong too far gone
Did I just drop that?
I was so careful before
Once I was on a path that led to you
You were right there, and I turned
But only a short ways
I tried to come back
You were right there, I could see you
And I followed you across a bridge

I wanna go to minimum security prison
Am I really just like you?

I know you're gonna leave me,
But before you pack your bags and hit the road
At the risk of sounding greedy,
would you let me get my kicks before you go?

Everyday they take a train
to make pennies on the dollar

I found a skull in the water
And it was soaking wet

No one's gonna care till far too late
An I hate to state the obvious
But I don't think it can wait till you've got the time to sit down
And discuss what all the fuss is about
it's getting hotter, there's just no doubt
won't be much longer till the shouting drowns out yr jokes
left in a world where it's better to sink than float
Jockey for first position
But the vie Destroy the tie
Jockey for first position

What we know:
Song titles are not copyrightable

You're in love with the idea more than the act
Losing momentum cannot get it back
Legitimate frustrations, wanna change your occupation
You dream faster than I drive
and don't work enough to get by, but don't as why?!?!
Don't do nothin about it, just get sick
Ahh, it never sticks



Ok, that's the shit that's 50% crap that's hiding in the green notebook.
I can't type anymore, because there is a really, really bad smell in the kitchen.
Here is a video that is great:.... ok nevermind, I guess I don't know how do do that.

So check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzQv7hAZtww

Monday, January 28, 2008

William Alexander describes the finer points in happiness



Multitouch computing scares the shit out of me

It's pretty simple in concept, and it doesn't threaten like some monstrous unknown soul stealer, but seeing videos in action of it unleashes some reactionary deep seated fear of technology despite the fact that i love it. Maybe too Jetsons too quick, I don't know. Then again, if cars suddenly did start flying, I fear for us all at the hands of people that can't even drive a normal car.

Do you really need your dining room table to play Hi-Res Porn while you eat waffles before work?

Multitouch



and if it's long the rest here.

Saturday, January 26, 2008

I like how weed makes me self-conscious enough to know better than to talk to people.

by YOur ROck Of LOve



And then I tell myself that's not really true. I have been smoking a lot, though. And I can't say that it's had a completely positive effect on my social skills. It helps to ignore people that I want nothing to do with, but it may also do the same with all the rest of the people as well. I suppose that it would be harder to control if I had a problem with cocaine and pills and heroin and crack and turd fumes and the lot... define problem...

Today was really the first day of "digging my heels in" at my new job. Waking up at 9:30. Making phone calls. Making sure wires are, well, wired. Pleasantly suprised that my boss pretty much agreed with my rationale for wanting to eliminate like twenty five percent of our menu. I accidentally phoned one of our food distributors and asked him why he gave us a sign about lead paint.

"Hey, Wayne?"
"Yeah, this is Wayne."
"This is Danger Duck, from Humphrey Bogart's Steakhouse and Clubroom. We met a couple days ago."
"We met this afternoon. At about twelve."
"Jesus, was that today? I thought that was a couple days ago, or at least yesterday. Well, I haven't waken up this early since 2007 so.....Anyway, I was calling about that Prop. 65 sign. Is that something specific to our glassware? Or does every
restuarant have to hang one?"
"That's for every restaurant."
"Thanks."
"Anytime."

The guy must have thought I was fucking nuts. I was reading the wrong card. I've had several new numbers fly at me in card form in the past couple days. I just dialed the one on top. I called the right one when I realized my mistake. He told me that he gave me that poster on accident. That it's only for Bud-Light glasses, which apparently have lead in them. The relief washed over me and I was slowly sliding into a warm bath. I called back Wayne and told him it was all a mixup. That I wasn't a kook, just a little scatterbrianed. We had a laugh. We're in good hands here. There's a small group of well-heeled restauranturs in a room trying to prepare for a grand-opening, and then me running around bitching to anyone who will listen about this sign that warns people about the lead paint on our glassware. It seemed like a big deal to me. I wouldn't drink out of a glass that was in the same building as that sign. I set it on fire before anyone could change their minds. The place stunk for hours.
I really had to take a shit while this computer guy tried to explain things in words that were easy to understand but mostly useless. Cables severed during remodeling. An hour later, I get to a useable toilet in a coffee shop. Not the best B.M., but up there.
Stayed till six trying to comprehends scheduling. Came home, ate burrito, went to drink beers at art show. Saw some really cool colages. Hard to describe. Dinosaurs and terrain and humans digging. Birds peeling forward time and reviling some dark shadow of humanity. Saw that I recognized some of the names of the artists that I am friendly with, and was pleased that I really liked it before I saw the name attached to it. I almost wish that I hadn't look. I am a really awkward complimenter. Two girls (one dressed as Mozart, the other presumably as The Medicine Man) played organ and harmonium and a pair of floor toms. It was an interesting soundscape they were creating. What's really neat is that Mozart was playing a Hammond S-6. The same model chord-organ that I had left to fend for itself in a dank South Carolina storage locker. Like a flood, the glow of fifty six transister tubes can take you back to those times.
I stepped outside for a smoke between bands. Everyone was smoking inside and drinking outside. I kept the opposite pattern, because right across the street from this racous party/art show was my bar. I had to be there to work security in about twenty minutes.
I made it early. It was a strange night. There was a man from the city who, as part of an investigation of the bar, was taking photographs of the bartenders each time they were pouring a drink. If that doesn't make you feel uneasy, it's because you've never worked in drugs. Alcohol is drugs and we are doctors. Imagine the feeling of driving after a few drinks with a cop behind you. You're not wasted, and you don't think you've done anything wrong.....Or did you?
Walked home.
Is it worth it? If I could save up five grand, this is how I would blow it in a day:





That last one I just want the outfit, not the piano.

Which should I save up for if I had to choose one?



Wednesday, January 23, 2008

It's no Shorpy for sure, but a nice little portion of a larger site for musings on the design history of random things. Everything from architecture, to floppy disks, to denim. Nerd out if you're bored.
DesignBoom

Check out an early sketchy rollercoaster pioneer, Harry G. Traver



and if it's long the rest here.

Sunday, January 20, 2008

jesse's vertipod is out of the shop




good news guys...jesse refinaced his house so he could pay off all that work he had done on his vertipod. we took it out for a spin this weekend and let's just say it gets UP there. plus that new exhaust sounds fucking sweet...he's been regining red terror all over town this weekend.

i'll be honest with you all though, i'm a little worried. last night he stalled out over my apartment complex and i had to pull his ass out of my pool. turns out there was a half drunk can of PBR stuck in his blower motor. i confronted him about it and he told me "no dude, it's cool." apparently he's dumping all of his beer into plastic baggies now b/c it's lighter and he can get better altitude. my fear is he's going to get one of those baggies wrapped around his gyroscope and go into a wild, terminal dive.

needless to say, i have my hands full.




Thursday, January 17, 2008

I'm so so so so sorry. You don't even know.

I'm so so so so sorry. You don't even know.

ok. So after breaking it down, the trip for me, and most of this is similiar for pete, looks like this:

$400 dollar cruise
$120 passport expenses
$250 plane ticket (minimum cost, looking like more at this point)
$450 for lost wages (they'll let me out of work but won't let me get paid for it)
$500 spending money and I'm told this is being thrifty
$50 minimum share of gas money for drive to and from Miami
$150 for food, necessities for four days (two before and after cruise fly/drive days)
=
$1920 minimum

Realistically, every penny spent would be worth it for the fun, but coinciding with everything else going on and maintaining progrees, I can't justify spending that amount of money when there are tons of other trips/things we can get together for at a fraction of that cost.

I'm sorry. I wanted this to go down just as much as everyone, but it just doesn't work for me.

I'm sorry V. Your hard work trying to put together this package for all of us is not unnoticed, and I feel horribly guilty for having to drop out on you.

After the disappointment subsides, lets start getting busy on legit alternatives. We all want to get together and have a good time, lets use the momentum to find something badass a little farther in the future.

Everyone, I'm sorry.

Monday, January 14, 2008

Critics Raise Their Glasses To No Surprise

Although the Golden Globes are a no-go due to the seemingly indefinite writer's strike, Hollywood did gather last week to award their deserving colleages at the Critics Choice Awards.



A couple of winners I thought should be brought to light were the following:

"No Country For Old Men" won Best Picture, Best Director (The Coen Brothers), and Best Supporting Actor (
Javier Bardem),

Jonny Greenwood won Best Soundtrack for "There Will Be Blood"

Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for "There Will Be Blood" (Sure to be repeat offender at the Oscars if they happen)


The one I was most impressed with was Jonny Greenwood's win for Best Composer for "There Will Be Blood" - as he was up against some titans in the field.

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Bad News Cruise: Part B

The wheels are coming off my baby. Possible cancellation of the Cruise. sad

Other options for the Crew to get together:

Beach house party
Slumber party at Chunk T's
Trip to San Diego

Any other idears??




Friday, January 11, 2008

Davy Jones' Locker and other stupid references

Calling all danger crew. Serious pow wow. Smoke signals coming from a burning carcass at the resting place of well laid plans...





We're literally two weeks away from due date. Laura can't make it. Lee's out. The wind is bringing me whispers of Chunk's hesitancy brought on by a number of factors, with begrudging acceptance that the west coast contingent's involvement is what his decision is riding on.
All hearsay, and hearsay is heresy, but that's i'll i've got to work with.

Where i'm coming from: I made the decision to go, damn the consequences. Work has politely obliged my request to enjoy slightly over a week of unbridled fun with a group of friends that rarely gets together without the pull of work, drama, or the occasional bought of syphilis.

I feel that if we don't make this happen, it will never happen. There is always a money constraint, alway s obligations to uphold, always a "better time in the future". Now is the time godamnit.

I know coming from the second half of a decade at this point of us all cohabitating portions of brainspace that it will never be the right time. We just need to do this, and deal with the complications later. That's how we always worked, that's how it needs to go down.

We are looking at a grand adventure, that in some regards makes no sense due to circumstance, with an end result being exponential fun and something to talk about forever. I know money is rough, but in the long run we're all gonna blow far more on shit we didn't need and will never remember what we spent it on.

i'm not bashing anyone, i understand the logistics of life. if you truly cannot make it, you will be there in spirit, and we'll talk some shit about you, and we'll all have a chuckle at the expense of some shit we're all guilty of, and we'll have fun.

remember fun? remember adventure? sell a kidney for all i care. throw down what you're really thinking so we can all come to a consensus. at this point, with great defeat, i'm almost viewing this as a last hurrah in a way. despite our best efforts, we're all settling into complacency, or finding further away adventures, or just second guessing.

i've come to realize that thinking was not our strong point as a group. in fact it was doing for the sake of doing and enjoying the outcome. stop thinking about the surrounding bullshit, and start planning on putting your ass on a boat and having a week of craziness, alienating a tremendous amount of strangers, and getting banned altogether from whatever cruise line we'll be on for life.

one of us is gonna die eventually, and we need an off color story about a danger cruise to upset the family at the funeral.

seriously.

p.s. fuck you in advance rick for any comment about long windedness. this one is important you indigent cocksucker.

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Band of Brothers



Top Family Musical Acts










1.kings of leon- 3 brothers and a cousin everybody in this group in related. Ulitmate family troop.

2.the beach boys- 3 brothers and a cousin, KOL learned their moves right hear. However, as family members died they had to be replace by none relatives. Oh yeah and brain Wilson is kind of genius.

3.Oasis- two brothers who hate each other. One is good looking the other is talented: let the fighting ensue. Guess nobody got it all.

4.ac/dc- twin guitar brothers. Angus is the famous one but he & malcom write all the songs together.

5.stone temple pilots- 2 bro’s who play bass and guitar. Together they wrote all the music and about %30 of the lyrics.

6.van halen- eddie is the one with all the talent. But alex has the same last name so their. In the current lineup Eddie’s kid is on bass making it even more van halen.

7.radiohead- Johnny’s got the flash but colin’s has the mean grooves ex: national anthem.

8.the black crowes- two hippie brothers out of touch with their time. One writes the music and plays guitar, the other the words and sings. Great combinations.

9.credence Clearwater revival- perhaps the most one sided brother team up. John writes the songs, the music, plays lead guitar, produces the records. While tom rides the coat tails hard.

10.the kinks- two brothers who both sing an write songs. It’s just ray was a lot better at it. They also hated each other with a passion.

11.the allman brothers band- they named the group after themselves. Gregg kept the name even after duane died (gross and weird)!

12.heart- the only female team up. They were sexy business back in the day. What would it be like if Robert plant had tits? Now we know.

13.the everly brothers
14.the stooges
15.collective soul
16.screaming trees
17.cranberries

Hall of shame
18.los lonely boys
19.bush
20.the righteous brothers
21.dire straits
22.the darkness

False advertising
1.the ramones- no one in the band is named ramone or related. But they are all still awesome.
2.the doobie brothers- no relation or weed in sight.
3.the chemical brothers- just two nerdy friends.
4.the dust brothers- great producers but in no way relatives.
5.the flying burrito brothers- their's a real lack of food or blood in this outfit.
6.sly &the family stone- sly’s real last name is Stewart and no of the band in his kin.
7.scissor sisters- cleary a joke, unless your not gay then its confusing.


Let me know any i forgot.

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Bad News Cruise

Yes, here is some bad news. Confusing news. According to our local Post Office we will, unfortunately, need passports. Every time I call I get a different answer, so here's the deal:

As of January 1st all methods of leaving the country will require you to have a passport. But the Post Office is backed up right now. So when I called some people told me do need a passport and some told me no.

I say we just get one and be done with it. So here is the site and form. Fill it out and take it to the Post Office with 2 recent pics of yourself. You will need 2 checks for $67 and $30.

Anything else just ask your neighborhood friendly Mike V

https://pptform.state.gov/DS11/MainDS11.aspx




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The Black Keys Reveal Danger Mouse-Produced Album






It seems like just yesterday when we were WTF-ing at rumors of a collaboration between the Black Keys, Danger Mouse, and the now late Ike Turner... until Keys drummer Patrick Carney confirmed it in an interview last year. Turner's passing seemingly put a damper on the project, but it turns out the songs the Keys were writing for him gave them the foundation for their own record, the follow-up to 2006's Magic Potion.

The result is the Danger Mouse-produced Attack & Release, the duo's fifth album-- but their first recorded in a proper studio. Alas, no Cee-Lo guest spot, but it does feature contributions from experimental guitarist Marc Ribot and multi-instrumentalist Ralph Carney (Patrick's uncle), both of whom have played in Tom Waits' band. There's also a pretty killer slow-burn duet between guitarist/singer Dan Auerbach and 18-year-old bluegrass/country singer Jessica Lea Mayfield on the closing track.

And while in theory, the thought of a Danger Mouse-produced Black Keys record brings to mind a bunch of electronic beats and sound pastiches slapped on stripped-down garage rawk, it's a credit to Danger Mouse as a producer that he manages mostly to stay out of the way of the jams, except for a few little flourishes here and there.

Nonesuch will release Release on April 1, no foolin', and the Black Keys will head out on tour in the spring in support of the album, starting with their appearance at South by Southwest.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

There Will Be Blood



Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Day Lewis,score by Johnny Greenwood. What the fuck is not to enjoy?



and if it's long the rest here.

Thursday, January 3, 2008

DANGER, get on the Cruise

Aight, I got a lot more information this time. Hopefully this will answer any and all questions you have and will make you throw money at me so we can all partake on this joyous adventure. More after the jump...



First off, here are the dates: April 28 - May 2. Monday through Friday. It's the Port of Miami. If you need an address just put Port of Miami in Map Quest or Google Maps and it will give you the directions.

Chris and Pete could either fly to Miami or here in Aiken however, we may need more then 1 driver. Girl is going but she can only ride 5 because of luggage.


Here is the room situation: This is going to get confusing so try to stick with me...

Cheap: two rooms with 4 people in them. So far I have 8 people that want to go so this works out wonderly.

Next, we have two choices.

1. The cheaper option
This option states that we have a room but there is no
guarantee where on the ship it will be or whether the two rooms will be next to each other. The price for these rooms...$345.61 per person.

2. Other option (smarter)
This is the opposite of the cheaper option. Our rooms will be guaranteed next to each other. So we can hang more and borrow clothes. Price per person...$375.61

Now just a side note, these rooms are really small. We won't be in them much so if the cheaper option is cool with everybody then that's what we will do.

Another thing, we will NOT need passports. Your ID and birth certificate is mandatory though, so make sure you bring them.

Lastly, if anyone wants there is an insurance policy that you can take out. For $39 it covers a lot of stuff that I don't feel like typing so if you want to more about it holla.

One more money thing: I need your cash by January 31st. Cool

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Flight of the Conchord

If you don't know now you know!