Spaz

Don't let him fool you girls; he's an evil little bastard.

Over thought

So, we're going to Orlando this weekend to see My Morning Jacket at the Huse of Blues Saturday night (if you're in town, you should come by and check it out. Should be a good time) and tonite, Vicki was fretting over not knowing what to wear to the show. She actually asked me what I was going to wear. Um, it's just a show, so probably just a t-shirt and shorts. It's not the opera. She's still perplexed. Girls over-think everything.

NMT 50

Do all of your moms call right when you're about to eat? Vicki's mom is a champ at that.


Ok, so this week is the Democratic national convention with the Republican being next week. That's two weeks of a potentially higher national rate for colon cancer, what with all the smoke being blown up our asses. Just remember, both sides are going to tell you they're looking out for your best interests, but take it with a grain of salt. Bill O'Riley doesn't care about the folks, Keith Olbermann doesn't care about you. Don't believe me? Ask one of them if you can hold five dollars. I love KO's show, but I'm aware it's not 100% fair and balanced. It leans my way, so I like it. Just keep in mind:if it's talking to you on TV, it's probably full of shit.

Oh, and if it has breasts and drives a Mustang; it is high maintenance.

Our pick this week is related to the above. (the conventions, not the boobs and Mustang bit-though that is true. You can probably add red Neon's to that as well)

This is a new project from the front man of Rage Against the Machine. He's teamed up with the drummer from The Mars Volta (Mormon Girl is a big fan) and they put out an EP last month. I figured in honor of the political process reaching it's 18 month journey to "full swing", we'd take a listen. Keep in mind, most of it is bullshit, but try to accumulate as much information as you can.

From Los Angeles, CA:

One Day as a Lion - "Wild International":




Bonus Tracks:

A few years ago I said that now more than ever we needed Rage Against the Machine and they weren't there. Well, they came back and are playing protest concerts at both conventions. No side is innocent.

Rage Against the Machine - "Testify":




I Miss the 90's:

Oddly enough, noone I know owns or has hears this whole record, which is odd, because it followed up on e of the biggest albums of all time, but that may have been by design. Irrespective of that, everywhere I go, I find people who love this song. What's not to love: has personal lyrics, way fun to dance too and has hot girls in the video. It's Little Red Haired Girl's holy trinity.

George Michael - "Freedom 90":

Rain

Well, now that it stop raining. If you live here or used to live here or know someone who used to live here; The shore of Lake Ella is now Monroe street. The water is up to the parking lot and the street that runs around it is flooded. It's crazy. In an effort to keep sewage from backing up into people's homes, they have asked people to practice "if it's yellow, let it mellow" rule.

We all got lucky here. No damage. Jay and Amanda lost power a lot over Friday and Saturday, but that happens to them if someone in the neighborhood scratches his or her balls too hard. I lost power for about an hour Saturday, but it was ok. I opened the windows, watched it rain and cleaned off my table. Vicki, didn't lose power or even her Direct TV signal at all. So, you can tell those Comcast commercials are full of shit.

Now, we just wait for the clean up and this water to find a place to go and thank (insert religous Icon of choice here-God, Allah, Shiva, Baba, Joseph Smith, The Sun, Mola Ram, Joe Pesci, Crazy-Eyed guy at the bus station, etc) that every one is ok.

I think I may loot anyway.

Sage Like Wonderments

There a thousand sexy ways to take off your clothes.
There are none to put them back on.

NMT 49

Oh, it's that time of year again. Yes, It's Little Red Haired Girl's birthday. I know, I know, it seems like we just did this one year ago and in many ways, we did. So heap praise upon her and tell her you love her. More on this later.

Our pick this week is something I found while researching a local band. I saw a poster advertising a show at CDU on campus with Look Mexico and I wanted to see what they were about. Look Mexico has an album and a couple of EP's on iTunes and in the review it mention that they were heavily influenced by this band. Of course with the shortest distance between two points being a straight line in the opposite direction I went and checked them out and I kind of liked this song, so here we are.

The band's name is taken from an inside joke within the band about the show BJ and the Bear. I'll leave you to your own devices to figure it out. And if Mormon Girls gets it's first, I'll be very disappointed in the rest of you.

So, from Seattle, Wa (total coincidence I swear):

Minus the Bear - "Knights":




LRHG's Birthday:

Happy Birthday

Not paying you to talk boy. Just look pretty and sing:




This is just some really REALLY good advice. Only the first 2.15 min is applicable.

R.E.M. - "Redhead Walking":




I Miss the 90's:

I know these guys have been on here like 1000 times, but I was listening to this record the other day and I think this songs is overlooked in their catalog. Oh, and one of us saw this band this past weekend, though not on purpose. They were going to see the other band playing, which I won't even get into.


Live - "Waterboy":

Olympics

I was watching the women's 8 -(wo)man rowing competition. I've watched the other rowing races and I noticed that the 8-person ones are the only ones that have a person in the front (or is it the back, they go backwards so it's confusing) shouting out the stroke cadence to keep everyone in rhythm. Which is how that works, everyone one on the team rowing int he water at the same time. For some reason when i saw that it made me laugh, I was like oh crap they actually have a person doing that. I thought that was just in the movies. Lynn does this competitively, so she may be the only one to find this funny, but I would totally do that. You would know which boat I was on too. "Oh, which boat is Richard on. Oh, he's the one with the Viking hat on beating the giant drum."

Come on! If you saw a boat with some jackass in full Viking horns (which, by all historical accounts they didn't actually wear) beating on a drum, you'd laugh your ass off and you would watch every race that boat was in.

Someone needs to hire me to come up with things like this. Like for Arena football; played in hockey arenas on carpet. So, like in hockey when they hit the ice with the Zamboni between periods, come out between quarters in Arena football games with a riding vacuum cleaner. Get it sponsored by Hoover or something, all stickered up NASCAR style. Good times.

Just Wrong

This picture is vulgar, exploitative, and frankly, gross.


I'm sure you all agree with me, right?

Just so you know

Just in case you were planning on voting Republican, and I know at least one of you does:


Speaking to reporters about the situation in Georgia, Sen. John McCain denounced the aggressive posture of Russia by claiming that:"in the 21st century nations don't invade other nations."


I'll leave you to make your own decision, but just so you know, he voted to invade Iraq.

NMT 48

Watching the Olympics Saturday whilst waiting to go do Good Boyfriend duties of hanging with the family in town for her sisters graduation. Women's indoor volleyball was on, USA vs. Japan.
Lynn, where did they find that many six foot Japanese women?

Our pick this week is for the tech-geeks. Ok, there's probably just the one, but it's cool none the less. There were no cameras used to shoot this video. It was shot using "3D video acquisition systems from Geometric Informatics, and 64-element, 360-degree LIDAR from Velodyne, the band was able to create a clip that eschews traditional video recording for haunting, complex data visualizations." Whatever the hell that means. Apparently you can download the data and make a video of your own.

This band has it figured out. They've sold records without a record company and they do things like this, giving their fans a chance to participate. They released a single a few months ago and made each instrument track available so you could do your own remixes. Nine Inch Nails has done something similar and they have sites you can post your versions on.

That's punk rock. That's the attitude of separating the barrier between fan and band. Let's all participate.

Oh and the song is really good too.

So, from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England:


Radiohead - "House of Cards":




Bonus Tracks:

Thank you Isaac.



I Miss the 90's:

I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that.....

Not my favorite, but still good

Someone brought Krispy Kreme. Someone is awesome.

Someone already ate the one with rainbow jimmies. Someone is an asshole.

NMT 47

Man was not meant to live in this much heat. Not this hot in Seattle.

(Gets kind of long, may not be suitable for work consumption. Unless you work at the League, in which case you can't watch the videos anyway cause your workplace sucks. HAHAHA!)

Our pick this week was a $5 buy on Amazon this weekend (too late now, but still only $8.99). These guys opened for Pearl Jam on the Vote for Change Tour and they were pretty good. I like his voice and he's written some lyrics that I've been able to apply to some situations and feelings I've had. Nothing major, just, you know, stuff.

And yes, I think all the good names were taken when they picked theirs.

From Bellingham, WA (89 miles north of Seattle):

Death Cab for Cutie - "I will possess your heart":



Bonus tracks:

OK, so Lynn a couple of days ago, made the erroneous decision to mock and question our King and his royal court. Bad move. Do not question our King. She made mention of the fact that the they had a suspect in the Anthrax attacks (you remember when all that white powder was getting mailed to people and the King and his trumpeters (Fox News) tried to imply it came from Iraq or some such place of Non-Christians when the FBI knew from the beginning it was weapons grade and it was a US strain.) and then suddenly he died. Read it here. Personally, I would never watch such Liberally biased, hate mongering program (I get the audio of the previous nights broadcast on a podcast and listen to it at work). How does this all fit in? Hark:

Someone made a comment to her post that now she was on a list (well, you're half-Asian and don't attend Church. I'm sure you were already on a list somewhere). So, now she keeps hearing "police" helicopters over her house. Those ain't police choppers honey.

Soul Coughing - "Unmarked Helicopters":




I Miss the 90's:

It happens very rarely and even more rarely in our time, but sometimes and band puts together a record that is almost flawless. A record you come back to again and again even thought they may not have been your favorite band or you may not even know any of their other material, but you know this one record. Again, it doesn't happen often and it not everyone agrees and they have their own selection. The Cure's Disintegration was one for me. It is one of the greatest records ever made. People our age who are into this kind of music know it. Most people have been to a wedding where the cornball-ass DJ plays "Lovesong" (totally appropriate, but kind of obvious and something a monkey could pick). When my friends and I first heard it we knew it something great right away and we still list it as one of the greats. It's also good to um, you know, read the bible too (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) as odd as that sounds. Odd because most of the lyrics (all but one) are about pain and heartbreak and loss, but aurally (that might be the wrong word) it creates a vibe that is perfect. If you're paying attention to the lyrics while you've doing that then you and/ or your partner(s) are doing something horribly wrong.

Ok, so it's a great record and if you don't have it, then get it (you musical retard). If you have it, break it out again. Maybe the next time you um, read the bible or if you're married and don't want to wait that long, just for fun. I am also aware that this was released in 1989, but close enough. It's the London Calling rule. London Calling was the best Clash Album and hailed as one of the best albums of the 80's. Joe Strummer has a famous quote about that, "I thought it was released in 1979". Technically: yes, but in December and then only in England. It wasn't released in the States until January of 1980. (I didn't even have to look any of that up. That sucks.)

The Cure - "Fascination Street":