anyone happen to catch bill gates on the daily show last evening? i was quite suprised on how awkward the whole interview went down. one would think that if an individual was planning on going onto either the daily show or colbert, they would either a. have some kind of sense or humour or b. be quick witted. bill gates was neither of these, but i guess when you are bill gates you dont have to be. still, it was quite odd especially when he bolted off stage while they were still on camera. there are a few early reviews in on vista, some good, some bad, some indifferent. i played with it a bit at bestbuy the other day, and my initial reaction was “so what?” granted thats a pretty sophmoric reaction, but there was truly nothing outside of the animated wallpaper that would make me want to upgrade. although, if i had an intel mac i would maybe invest in it.? check out this post over at gizmodo.? it piqued my interest quite a bit.
it took about 6 months and a shit load of convincing from kyle over there at more cowbell to make me a believer in the arcade fire. i listened the hell outta funeral to little personal fanfare during that estimated time frame. i dont know when, specifically, i started diggin on funeral but i can almost say with 90% certaintity that my new found appreciation was fueled by either a. beer or b. vodka. the most excellent things in my life have been discovered under the influence of the above liquids, see my wife and child for evidence. while i would like to consider myself a mid-size arcade fire fan, i have yet to listen to any of the leaked tracks off of the yet to be released disc. i’ll get around to it one of these days, i am sure of it.
here they are playing at first avenue in minneapolis on 9.29.05 - great recording, btw.
1. neighborhood #1
2. crown of love
3. headlights look like diamonds
4. no cars go
5. haiti
6. neighborhood #2
7. i’m sleeping in a submarine
8. five years bowie cover
9. neighborhood #4
10. neighborhood #3
11. wake up
out of all the records i own, my most listened to over the past 15 years is quite possibly the san diego based overwhelming colorfast’s power pop masterpiece two words. if its not, its only second behind crooked rain, well shit maybe behind bee thousand too. but still, thats still saying alot about the greatness of two words. front man bob reed, and really the only permanent member, never met a hook he didnt like. two words is one big freakin hook-a-thon, from beginning to end. its much like copper blue but only with its feet firmly planted more in pop. sadly, i dont know what mr reed is up to these days. there is a brief 3 song clip on youtube that apparently was part some kind of reunion show that took place in august of the 06.
both sides
roy orbinson
how can it be
i dont know how many tech geeks are in the audience, but there has been alot of cool shit coming out at the CES. i have been following engadget almost minute by minute for updates from the show. one that i have been following is the rumoured release of the apple phone. according to the wallstreet journal, cingular is going to be releasing this piece of technological porn. fuckin cingular!!!!!
if any company wants to send a wii my direction for a full, hardcore week long review, please feel free to contact me. unfortunately, i wasnt invited to participate in the zune/your favorite blogger festivities but thats cool the wii is where its at. i look forward to not hearing from you.
i dont got much time to get into a whole bunch of stuff today but here is a bunch of stuff from various artists that i deem worthy to grace these pages. i have a pretty cool public enemy show that i am going to be posting either tonite or tomorrow. until then…
jeremy warmsley
dirty blue jeans
i promise
the inner banks
acoustic
glittering sky
siberia
scott solter plays pattern is movement
witkin dub
maple
outrageous cherry
memphis stereo
paranoid world
i stole this photo from engadget, which as i have stated before is the best site, technology or otherwise on the net. one of the many things that i love about engadget is that the staffs collective writing style is very conversational, and they dont get too technical just to prove they can - see boring as hell and really quite pompus. the past weeks visits to engadget have ben a bit painful though. with all the ps3, wii and zune it made me realize that my pocketbook doesnt match my technological aspirations/wants. regarding the zune, i dont want one but i still would love to play with it. i found this tid bit of information pretty funny. in order to install the zune you must register it first - which is totally insane if you ask me. i dont believe that apple requires this, do they? apparently, a zune was purchased a couple of days early at some mega retailer and when they went to install it they kept getting errors. as it turns out in order to install the software it must connect to the zune servers/database which are not up yet because the zune has yet to be officially released. i think that its a fair assumption that the zune is going to bomb.
my wife and i have been together for almost 9 years, and in that time there has not been a week that has gone by that i have not listened to a pavement record in her presence. it has not been until recently that she has finally started sharing my love, of pavement that is. dont know what the hell changed in her brain, but damn bitches be crazy.
this can now be found here
here is a pavement bbc radio show from 99
1. the hexx
2. you are the light
3. here
4. cream of gold
5. ann dont cry
6. stereo
7. father to a sister of thought
8. carrot rope
9. cut your hair
10. trigger cut
11. shady lane
ok, here is a question i am posing to your dear person(s) i have heard some rumblings that its a pain in the ass to download each individual track especially when a post contains more than 10 tracks.? would you prefer that i provide a link to a .rar file that contains all the tracks? keep in mind that i am fairly lazy, so maybe what i will do then is only provide a couple of track direct links, but the also provide the .rar file. let me know if you care.
chicago’s middle child, riviera and glorious noise are throwin a par-tay and I am sure it is going to be a grand affair - see the above poster for details or visit glono for more info.? riviera’s got a new record, capital, coming out, and this gathering is in honor of said release.? these ears have been blessed by the sounds of capital, which doesnt make me very special cause you can listen to it as well by clicking here.
revolution blues
the weathermen
your american past
also on the bill is an interesting bunch of dudes that go by the name of quasar wut wut.? their record taro sound is quite an interesting listen. its all over the damn place but doesnt sound a hot mess, which is hard to do.
the tramps of taro sound
ass kissin lips
anyone try out ie7 yet? holy shit it is bad.? not that i was expecting much but wow its even worse than i had expected.? speaking of browsers, am i the only one having massive issues with firefox lately?? so given the fact that is has been so unstable as of late i have resorted to opera, which i am finding very much to my liking.
it will be tomorrow until i post the remainder of the daniel lanois show.? my desktop pc has decided to take a nose dive right into the shitter.? so, i am going to let it “rest” for the remainder of the evening.
last night i had a dream about the early 80’s playskool companion, my buddy.? you know the doll that some parents groups demanded be pulled from the?shelves because they feared that it would turn their sons?into flaming homosexuals.? yep, thats?the one.? i dont know what the dream was about or?why my buddy felt the need to make an appearance.? i am sure some dime store dr freud could have a field day this one.? i would be worried if me and lil buddy were holding hands or telling each other our deepest?secrets in hushed tones or over glasses of red wine, but luckily for me he just walked past never to be seen again.? i never?personally owned a my buddy doll, but me thinks my younger, non gay brother did.? i know he did have a blow up et punching bag, which oddly enough made him very sick.? pussy.
the greatest site on the web, engadget, is currently running contests, to correspond with their recent relaunch,?to win a?slingbox or the much hyped, often hated?zune.?
my man jennings over at rbally has a cat power from germany recorded in 98.?
the drummer for?rogue wave, pat spurgeon, is in dire need of a kidney.? so, on sept 30 in san fran there is going to be a benefit concert to help?get that damn kidney.??if you cant make it but would like to donate you can do so by visiting the rogue wave website.???
if anyone is interested here is an awesome e-card to promote brooke hogan’s debut record.? below is the single “about us”?in the oh so convenient m3u format.??
about us
here are a bunch of random afghan whigs live recordings.?
rot
i keep coming back
tonight
mr superlove
dark end of the street
little girl blue
what jail is like
now you know
my world is empty
revenge
easily persuaded
ready
my curse
apparently it is somewhat official that the new ps3 will not be debuting here until novemeber sometime.? at a starting price of 425, i have a feeling its going to bomb.? sure its got blu-ray capabilities, but i dont know if that many game developers are prepared to create games that would utilize the blu-ray technology.? seems very labor intensive and i just dont think the payoff would be worth it.
