Marc
And for most of that time, wisdom has had to work in secret, whispering her words, moving like a spy through the humble places of the world while the courts and palaces are occupied by her enemies. -- from The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
One. Hey Mercedes' Loses Control is damn good. Scoot prompted me to give it a second (read: different) listen than the one I'd been giving it, and he was right - it is straight up solid from start to finish. I especially enjoy how much it rocks ... if that makes any sense. That's kind of a superficial way of saying, "I like how HeyMay has decided to go the rock route while their contemporaries (ie - Get Up Kids, Promise Ring/Maritime, etc) seem to all be slowing down in that Stillwater/Almost Famous sense." This album gets a thumbs-up.
Two. The Gospel According to Tolkien. I should've known that I was going to be annoyed by the guy that wrote this book. I attended a lecture he gave tonight here in Normal, and was thoroughly unimpressed with his answer to this question - "Who is the 'Lord' in Lord of the Rings? ... God!" Man, fuck that. God?! You've got to be shitting me. God?! What a cop-out. Any fucking moron can say 'God' as the answer to any question (ever) and most people will simply say, "Makes sense to me" - which most of the crowd said to themselves tonight. God? Jesus Christ. Idiot.
Three. I watched Making the Video: Blink-182 today, and am completely mortified by that new song they've put out. Rick IM'ed me earlier today, asking me if I'd heard it, and was saying that he thought Tom Delonge sounded like Chris Broach. And all I could think of while I was watching that damned song was, "What the hell were they thinking when they recorded this?" It seriously sounds like a trio of (talentless) high school dudes got together, picked up (out of tune) instruments and started banging away, all the while thinking, "Dude! A song about how much we hate high school and about how much we love taking girls' tops off would be totally rad, wouldn't it?" No, brah. Not at all. I'm so not feelin' it.
Four. If you haven't done this already, go to Splendid and read Zach's Cubs list. It is, hands down, the single greatest thing written about the Cubs to come out within the past week. Even better than the story on Cubs.com about how Corey Patterson is doing well with his re-hab. Nice work, Zach. (Editor's Note: Notice how you rip on me and I give you praise? It's my new thing. From now on I'll be answering any desparaging words directed at my person with encouraging words directed at the person who feels they need to insult me. Cheers. Smooches, Marc.)
Up Next: Loses Control by Hey Mercedes; In Reverie by Saves the Day; and, anything by that Andre3000 dude from Outkast.
Tomorrow: Stuff.
And for most of that time, wisdom has had to work in secret, whispering her words, moving like a spy through the humble places of the world while the courts and palaces are occupied by her enemies. -- from The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
One. Hey Mercedes' Loses Control is damn good. Scoot prompted me to give it a second (read: different) listen than the one I'd been giving it, and he was right - it is straight up solid from start to finish. I especially enjoy how much it rocks ... if that makes any sense. That's kind of a superficial way of saying, "I like how HeyMay has decided to go the rock route while their contemporaries (ie - Get Up Kids, Promise Ring/Maritime, etc) seem to all be slowing down in that Stillwater/Almost Famous sense." This album gets a thumbs-up.
Two. The Gospel According to Tolkien. I should've known that I was going to be annoyed by the guy that wrote this book. I attended a lecture he gave tonight here in Normal, and was thoroughly unimpressed with his answer to this question - "Who is the 'Lord' in Lord of the Rings? ... God!" Man, fuck that. God?! You've got to be shitting me. God?! What a cop-out. Any fucking moron can say 'God' as the answer to any question (ever) and most people will simply say, "Makes sense to me" - which most of the crowd said to themselves tonight. God? Jesus Christ. Idiot.
Three. I watched Making the Video: Blink-182 today, and am completely mortified by that new song they've put out. Rick IM'ed me earlier today, asking me if I'd heard it, and was saying that he thought Tom Delonge sounded like Chris Broach. And all I could think of while I was watching that damned song was, "What the hell were they thinking when they recorded this?" It seriously sounds like a trio of (talentless) high school dudes got together, picked up (out of tune) instruments and started banging away, all the while thinking, "Dude! A song about how much we hate high school and about how much we love taking girls' tops off would be totally rad, wouldn't it?" No, brah. Not at all. I'm so not feelin' it.
Four. If you haven't done this already, go to Splendid and read Zach's Cubs list. It is, hands down, the single greatest thing written about the Cubs to come out within the past week. Even better than the story on Cubs.com about how Corey Patterson is doing well with his re-hab. Nice work, Zach. (Editor's Note: Notice how you rip on me and I give you praise? It's my new thing. From now on I'll be answering any desparaging words directed at my person with encouraging words directed at the person who feels they need to insult me. Cheers. Smooches, Marc.)
Up Next: Loses Control by Hey Mercedes; In Reverie by Saves the Day; and, anything by that Andre3000 dude from Outkast.
Tomorrow: Stuff.
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