Wow. I got pretty lucky with this one. This morning when I woke up, I had "On the Bus Mall" in my head, so I played it. Ashley asked who sang that song, so I replied "The Decemberists." She said "Oh, hey, they have a concert coming up sometime soon." I was all like "around here" then she was like "ya, and Melissa's going." I asked her to find out more about it and get back to me. I saw her by chance when I was dismounting my bike @ school today and she told me that it was tonight at The Moon. I found out a little more, got my free FSU student ticket, rock.
After meeting up with her this morning at school, I realized that I didn't have my 9am class...it was canceled and I forgot. I was kinda pissed, because my next class was at 1:25 and I could have slept for a lot longer. Upon reflection, however, I might not have known about the concert had I remembered that I could sleep in.
Anywho, I picked Ashley up and we met Melissa et al. at the show. BTW, I saw E. Claire there with her friend Erin. The opening band was "My Brightest Diamond." The lead singer woman has a pretty incredible voice. Kinda weird music. It didn't grab me enough to make me buy a CD.
The Decemberists opened with The Crane Wife Part 3, just like the new album. They are good live. All skilled musicians who can play all kinds of instruments. They had a bunch of music-making-things there that I'd never seen before. All of the special effect sounds were made with actual instruments (occasionally through some distortion pedals). Their set started around 10 and they said that they would play the last song at 10:55. That last song (which nobody seemed to recognize) lasted until 11:15. They walked off stage, came back for an encore, played some song I didn't know, then closed the night with the Mariner's Revenge Song. Talk about badass...they had a whale costume thing that came out on stage. It was evil looking with red glowing eyes.
They played a lot off the new album (as is to be expected at concerts, huh?). I haven't listened to the Crane Wife so much. Older stuff played included: "The Infanta" and "The Legionnaire's Lament." Both of those songs were really high energy.
I would DEFINITELY go see them again if they come anywhere near close.
What a great, unanticipated birthday present.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Pick #19
Nas - Hip Hop is Dead, the title track off his latest album. I'm normally not too big on Nas, but this is a pretty good album.
Saturday, April 7, 2007
Church on Easter (and Christmas)
So, if I was forced to go to 50 weekly church services out of the year, I would skip Easter and Christmas. Some people only go then...in fact, there are so many of those people that churches get super crowded on those days. I wonder why that's when people choose to go. I mean, those 2 services are the same year after year. You already know what's going to be said before you even get there.
I've heard the Easter story and the Christmas story many more times than I've heard about Daniel in the lion's den. All 3 of them are good stories, but I'm probably a little rusty on the details of that last one.
I guess it's not the right attitude to have, but I don't really like all the interlopers that show up on those two days to my church. I haven't been going to church in T-town, so I'm surely not going to start on an outsider overload day.
I've heard the Easter story and the Christmas story many more times than I've heard about Daniel in the lion's den. All 3 of them are good stories, but I'm probably a little rusty on the details of that last one.
I guess it's not the right attitude to have, but I don't really like all the interlopers that show up on those two days to my church. I haven't been going to church in T-town, so I'm surely not going to start on an outsider overload day.
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Dosage diario de hierro
Escrito el 1 de junio, 2005 en Riobamba, Ecuador
Esta noche estaba comiendo la cena en un restaurante italiano con todo el grupo cuando mordí en algo duro. Pensé que era un hueso en mi manicotti (tenía queso, pasta y jamón). De hecho, fue...¡un tornillo! No mordí muy fuerte, no rompí los dientes ni nada...todo estaba bien. Mostramos el camerero quien dijo el jefe quien vinió para darme "mil disculpas." Aparentemente investigaron como llegó el tornillo en mi comida...era de un sartén...me muestró el sartén...luego me dio una botella de vino.
Como no me herí, no tuve un problema. Reí mucho y saqué fotos. Era un evento que pudiera pasar en cualpuier parte. No pienso que es así en el Ecuador porque es un país sucio o nada de eso. Comí el resto de mi plato.
La gente del restaurante era muy simpática. Ahora tengo el tornillo y voy a guardarlo como un recuerdo del viaje y esto [sic] aventura en particular.
Esta noche estaba comiendo la cena en un restaurante italiano con todo el grupo cuando mordí en algo duro. Pensé que era un hueso en mi manicotti (tenía queso, pasta y jamón). De hecho, fue...¡un tornillo! No mordí muy fuerte, no rompí los dientes ni nada...todo estaba bien. Mostramos el camerero quien dijo el jefe quien vinió para darme "mil disculpas." Aparentemente investigaron como llegó el tornillo en mi comida...era de un sartén...me muestró el sartén...luego me dio una botella de vino.
Como no me herí, no tuve un problema. Reí mucho y saqué fotos. Era un evento que pudiera pasar en cualpuier parte. No pienso que es así en el Ecuador porque es un país sucio o nada de eso. Comí el resto de mi plato.
La gente del restaurante era muy simpática. Ahora tengo el tornillo y voy a guardarlo como un recuerdo del viaje y esto [sic] aventura en particular.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
The Music Genome Project
No, it's not the name of a band...It's actually an attempt to break down songs into their constituent elements, much like biologists can do with proteins. Check it out at Discover Music.
There is an associated internet radio site, http://pandora.com which will create and play custom radio stations for you (I haven't heard a commercial yet). All you do is give it a "seed" of an artist or a song. It uses information about that artist/song and other songs in its database to play "similar" songs in that radio station. It has awesome fast-forward & pause features when compared to other internet radio sites.
You should check it out.
There is an associated internet radio site, http://pandora.com which will create and play custom radio stations for you (I haven't heard a commercial yet). All you do is give it a "seed" of an artist or a song. It uses information about that artist/song and other songs in its database to play "similar" songs in that radio station. It has awesome fast-forward & pause features when compared to other internet radio sites.
You should check it out.
Monday, April 2, 2007
Nasty Smokers
I hate it when smokers throw their butts on the ground. I was walking behind a smoking dude today and he was right next to a trash can and opted to throw the remaining portion of his fag on the ground instead of in the waste receptacle.
Seems like smokers don't care about their trash. They'll just flick a butt anywhere. On the sidewalk or the grass, out their car window, out of a building's window, in the toilet... Have you ever done a beach cleanup? Notice how about half of the crap you pick up is related to cigs? Likewise check the HC courtyard. Every once in a while, there'll be a beer can or a bottle cap. Sometimes a napkin or a to-go box. But there's ALWAYS cigarette butts. Sometimes smokers dispose of their butts in other people's yards or in green spaces. They'll even do it if there's a trash can (one of the ones designed for cigs) within 5 feet!
Nasty, nasty smokers. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Not only are you paying good money to destroy your health and mine, but you display blatant disregard for cleanliness.
P.S. I appreciate those exceptions to the smoker rule...the ones who go out of their way not to litter. They have pocket ash trays or they use a bottle or can at a party to dispose of their butts instead of throwing them on the ground.
Seems like smokers don't care about their trash. They'll just flick a butt anywhere. On the sidewalk or the grass, out their car window, out of a building's window, in the toilet... Have you ever done a beach cleanup? Notice how about half of the crap you pick up is related to cigs? Likewise check the HC courtyard. Every once in a while, there'll be a beer can or a bottle cap. Sometimes a napkin or a to-go box. But there's ALWAYS cigarette butts. Sometimes smokers dispose of their butts in other people's yards or in green spaces. They'll even do it if there's a trash can (one of the ones designed for cigs) within 5 feet!
Nasty, nasty smokers. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Not only are you paying good money to destroy your health and mine, but you display blatant disregard for cleanliness.
P.S. I appreciate those exceptions to the smoker rule...the ones who go out of their way not to litter. They have pocket ash trays or they use a bottle or can at a party to dispose of their butts instead of throwing them on the ground.
Sunday, April 1, 2007
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