Unneccessary Pluralses

New Blog

2007-05-23T20:46:00.000-07:00

I'm abandoning this blog.
Not really feeling the whole talk-about-yourself thing anymore.
I just want to make music.

Music blog.
www.subparartistscollaborativeeffort.blogspot.com

List of musical equipment in my room

2007-05-14T21:18:00.000-07:00

I think this is for bragging and quick reference, mostly.

Casio PX-310 electric piano
Roland Juno-D synthesizer
Behringer 1222FX mixer
Behringer UB1202 Mixer
Behringer UB502 Minimixer
Behringer 60 Watt bass amp
Mexican Stratocaster knock-off guitar (white/cream)
Oscar Schmidt Delta Blues semihollow guitar (black)
Epiphone Les Paul special guitar (red)
Cort Les Paul knock off guitar (blonde)
Takamine Jasmine acoustic guitar (blonde)
Fender Squier Bass guitar (blue)
Korg KP-2 effects pad
Suzuki Omnichord
Boss LS-2 line selector pedal
Boss CS-3 compressor pedal
Boss SD-1 overdrive pedal
Boss RC-2 loop pedal
Electro-Harmonics Holy Grail reverb pedal
Digitech Digidelay pedal
Digitech Screamin' Blues pedal
Johnson SC-2 Chorus/Envelope filter pedal
Danelectro Hashbrowns flanger pedal
Danelectro FAB Chorus pedal
Danelectro FAB Echo pedal
Danelectro FAB Metal pedal
Rocktek Vibrator pedal
Dunlop Wah-Wah pedal
Behringer Chromatic Tuner pedal
Behringer VD distortion/sustainer pedal
Behringer VP phase shifter pedal
Xoom 1001 multieffect pedal
Shure SM-58 microphone
Behringer C-2 condenser mics (2)
Behringer C-1 condenser mic
Set of drum microphones (4)
bellset (glockenspiel)
Metronome
Boss DR-3 drum machine
set of blues harmonicas [plastic] (C D E F G A Bb)
Hohner harmonicas (C, E)
Hohner meisterklasse harmonica (Bb)
Claves
Sleigh bells
Egg shaker
Drum sticks

that's all i got for now.

almost died today

2007-05-12T10:12:00.000-07:00

Things I have done while driving:

Eaten
Shaved
Talked on the phone
Smoked Cigarettes
Changed CDs
Sang
Sang Loudly
Sang off key
Sang when I didn't know the lyrics
Sang loudly and off-key when I didn't know the lyrics
Listened to Drum Machines
Told people off
Learned how to use a drum machine (whoo that was a fun one- nearly ran my car into a guardrail)
Played Harmonica
Played Omnichord
Played Guitar
Played Keyboard
Drew
Read a user manual

This is what is on my bedside table.

2007-04-29T18:47:00.000-07:00

ashtray

lighter

Bottle with incense stick inside

Incense holder

votive holder full of guitar picks

lamp

metronome

alarm clock with CD player broken

Tums

Coffee maker

Incense

remote for computer

glass bowl

10 AA batteries, in blister pack

books:
- Dante's Divine Comedy (Inferno, Purgatory, Paradise)
- Dante's Inferno (older copy, for footnote/translation comparison)
- Vonnegut- Mother Night
- Salinger- Raise High the Roofbeams, Carpenters
- User's Manual for the Boss RC-2 Loop Pedal
- A collection of HG Wells fiction from borders
- the Collected Fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm

#1 fan?

2007-04-05T11:37:00.000-07:00

So I guess this past week I listened to 1,752 tracks by Radiohead, according to Last.fm, making me the top listener of Radiohead.

I guess I'm kind of a Radiohead nerd.

Spoetry

2007-03-28T09:49:00.001-07:00

poison is over. strength cat food. ponderously stop before an immense glass-walled building. A party of Tremearne reached to the holo projector and switched it on. A three- agency of a plastic dog, reeked of insincerity and equivocation. But puddle. He rose up, angrier than ever, balled his fists and came on turn over the alien artifact and reveal its secret- but I am going to gladhander at the gate tell us that there would be a market at dawn Money. This suited the leaders to perfection. I can only wish you best of luck-and look forward to meeting you again silencing the music with a swipe of his hand. Dropping into his chair the road; we slowed and stopped. Im all alone, small as needed to fit. Without damaging the circuits in any way. down the road and into a tunnel under a, row of buildings. One of the quizzically. He pointed quickly at his closed fist.

Cha Cha spamming

2007-03-27T16:22:00.000-07:00

so for those of you who haven't heard, ChaCha.com is this search engine right?
only you can search with a guide, and they help you out, right.
So searching for inane shit gives them stuff to do at their job to make it less shitty, less job like.
My searches today: High Fives

robert(78532): Welcome to ChaCha!
You: hi
robert(78532): hello
robert(78532): Please be more specific as to what you're looking for on this topic.
You: I just want someone to give me a high five
You: i'll be all
You: o/
robert(78532): lol
You: and they'll be all
You: \o
robert(78532): /b/
You: thanks bro

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Search: Rock Paper Scissors

Status: Connected to guide: Marie(42609)
Marie(42609): Welcome to ChaCha!
You: hiya
Marie(42609): Hello
Marie(42609): One moment for while I find those results.
You: i want to know if there's any sort of strategy to playing rock paper scissors
Marie(42609): Alright
You: see, my brother needs a kidney transplant, and my sister and I both match up
You: we're seeing who has to go under the knife
You: and I really don't want to
You: it's best two out of three, if that helps
Marie(42609): I will see if I can find you an answer.
You: swell, thanks
Marie(42609): There is your cheat.
You: rad
You: thanks
Marie(42609): Have a great day. Thanks for using cha cha. I have enjoyed searching for you.
You: hey how did you get this job i'll bet it's a pretty sweet gig
Marie(42609): Hope you don't get to go under the knife.
Marie(42609): Please RATE ME. Thanks for using ChaCha.

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Search: Badger Recipies

Status: Connected to guide: Amey(83509)
Amey(83509): Welcome to ChaCha!
Amey(83509): Hello
You: hiya
Amey(83509): Your looking for badger recipes?
You: i'm looking for good ways to prepare badger
You: yes
Amey(83509): Okay a few moments please
You: i spelled that wrong in the search but you seem pretty perceptive
You: you picked it up
You: I thought I had a rat problem so I put out some poison
You: but it was a badger
You: and now there's this dead badger next to my porch
Amey(83509): lol
You: and i didn't really want it to go to waste, you know?
Amey(83509): yep
You: also, is there a way to test whether or not it still has poison in its system?
You: that'd probably be a good thing to test for.
You: I just used cyanide pellets
Amey(83509): okay, ill look
You: thanks
Amey(83509): I'm actually having problems finding the recipes, which is unusual for me. I'm still looking though
You: cool
(waiting for like, five minutes)
(link)
Amey(83509): Do you think it would be like rabbit
You: Yea i don't really want to go through the trouble of cutting it and curing it
You: probably similar
Amey(83509): I keep finding alot of recipes with rabbit coming up
(link)
You: close to rabbit or raccoon
You: that red rice one looks promising
You: thanks!

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search: Batman Issue #66

Brandt(81601): Welcome to ChaCha!
Brandt(81601): Hello there
Brandt(81601): Hang on just a moment while I research your query...
You: Hiya
You: I'm actually looking for clarification into some of the verbiage they use in that issue
You: they toss around the word boner alot but i don't think it means what it does in today's parlance
Brandt(81601): !!!! WARNING !!!! abusive language by infoSeeker (they toss around the word boner alot but i don't think it means what it does in today's parlance)
You: i'm not joking either
You: i just want to know what they are using the word for
Brandt(81601): I'll see what I can find...
You: thanks
Brandt(81601): Which batman series?
You: the original, i think
You: it was from like, 1951 if i'm not mistaken
Brandt(81601): Thanks... that helps!
You: yep no problemo
Brandt(81601): Is this the one?
(link)
You: yea that's the right one
(link)
Brandt(81601): LOL... I see what you mean now!
Brandt(81601): Let me check something...
You: yea
(link)
You: oh
You: that certainly helps
Brandt(81601): The last link I sent you is from the dictionary... in this case, it would be 'blunder'
You: yea
Brandt(81601): Is there anything else I can help you with at this time?
You: nope that should do it
You: thanks brandt
Brandt(81601): Is there anything else I can help you with at this time?
Brandt(81601): Thank you and have a wonderful day!
Brandt(81601): Please RATE ME. Thanks for using ChaCha.
Status: Session ended.

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Search: Suicide Notes

Peggy(79083): Welcome to ChaCha!
You: hiya
Peggy(79083): Hello!
Peggy(79083): How may I assist you today?
You: i'm wondering if you have any tips on writing a suicide note
You: i mean, other than like, spell checking
Peggy(79083): I apologize but that would be against ChaCha rules and terms, I can give you a link for suicide hot line if you like
You: boy would that look stupid, have everything all mispelled
You: nah that's ok
You: thanks though

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Search: Elliot Smith's Suicide Note

Maria(15271): Welcome to ChaCha!
You: Hiya
Maria(15271): Hello
You: i'm just wondering what elliot smith's suicide note said
Maria(15271): Surely, Searching for your Results....
Maria(15271): Take a look at this site as I search..
You: those are flat panel tvs that link sucks
Maria(15271): Ok you can remove the site as I search further...
You: oh awesome
Maria(15271): Thanks for being patient! Rest assured I'm finding the most relevant results for your search.
Maria(15271): My apologies please click new guide button as no info. could be found with th exact letter.
Maria(15271): Please RATE ME. Thanks for using ChaCha.
Status: Session ended.

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Search: Why do kids like Applejacks if they don't taste like apples?

Status: Connected to guide: Felix(1291)
Felix(1291): Welcome to ChaCha!
You: hiya
You: i don't know why kids like applejacks
You: why do they like applejacks, felix?
Felix(1291): What can i find for you today?
Felix(1291): I have no idea
You: they don't taste like apples
You: seriously. My mind almost broke thinking about this
You: they kinda taste like cinnamon and soggyness
You: why do kids like them?
Felix(1291): Thank you for using ChaCha!
Status: Session ended.

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Search:Knife Fighting

Status: Connected to guide: Nicole(88582)
Nicole(88582): Welcome to ChaCha!
You: Hiya
Nicole(88582): Hi
Nicole(88582): How are you today?
You: I'm looking for tips on knife fighting
Nicole(88582): What can I help you find?
You: Not too well
You: Well, I have to knife fight this guy and I'm not too excited about the prospect.
You: He's pretty big, and kind of has a long reach
Nicole(88582): Are you serious?
You: Also, I only have steak knives
You: Although I should probably go buy a real knife for this seeing as I could end up dead and then my money would be useless, huh?
(session terminates)

---*: at this point i hit the back button*
Search: Elliot Smith's Suicide Note

Status: Connecting ...
Status: Looking for a guide ...
Ring: ...
Status: Connected to guide: Amber(45671)
Amber(45671): Welcome to ChaCha!
Amber(45671): Hi! Welcome, I will be assisting you in finding you what you need here on Cha-Cha.
Amber(45671): What can I help you find today?
You: oh i accidentally hit reload
You: is there a way to disable that on my browser?
You: firefox 2.0 btw
Amber(45671): You want a new search?
Amber(45671): Or you don't want to search with a live guide
You: no I want to disable my reload button my browser
Transfer: You are being transfered to another guide who can help you search even better!
Status: Looking for a guide ...
Ring: ...
Status: Connected to guide: Teressa(83787)
Teressa(83787): Welcome to ChaCha!
You: hi
You: i'm looking to disable the reload button on my browser
You: it is firefox 2.0
Teressa(83787): How does that have to do with Elliot Smith?
You: it doesn't
You: I accidentally hit the reload button on my browser
You: i had searched for elliot smith
You: then hit the reload button
You: accidentally
Teressa(83787): Ok, one moment while I take a look for you.
You: and now i want to get rid of it
You: it wronged me
You: and so I want to cut it out of my browser
Teressa(83787): gotcha
You: like it is a tumor and I am a surgeon
You: a surgeon on a warpath
You: of tumor riddance
Teressa(83787): yep
You: maybe a kind of general who is also a surgeon. Who commands armies of scalpel-infantry
You: i'm taking this metaphor way too far
Transfer: You are being transfered to another guide who can help you search even better!
Status: Looking for a guide ...
Status: Connected to guide: Mazen(81766)
Mazen(81766): Welcome to ChaCha!
Mazen(81766): Hi!
You: hiya
You: i'm looking to disable the refresh button on my browser
You: i know it has nothing to do with elliot smith
You: but i accidentally hit the refresh button
You: and now I want to get rid of it
You: like the mayor wants to get rid of the homeless
Mazen(81766): You mean , you want to get rid of it off your keboard?
You: it's not really on my keyboard
You: it's on the web browser
You: (firefox 2.0 btw)
Mazen(81766): like when you pres "F5" , nothing should happen?
You: nonononono
You: i know about that one
You: i want the little blue curly-cue thing to get lost
Mazen(81766): Oh I see. You just want to get rud of teh icon.
You: up by the address bar
You: that and it's assigned macro, yea
Mazen(81766): Ok. let me how i can help you with this.
You: Mazen is a pretty cool name
You: it's not often you meet people with z's in their names
You: I knew a zeke once.
You: he wouldnt be able to help me with this at all
You: couldn't use a computer if his life depended on it
You: but you, you're pretty cool about this
Mazen(81766): lol. thanks.
Mazen(81766): Thanks for being patient! Rest assured I'm finding the most relevant results for your search.
You: cool. i'm glad you're a fast typer too, because i can't stand people who type slow
Mazen(81766): It seems like this website let you customize your button or something like that.
Mazen(81766): Hold on. i'm still looking for it.
You: k cool
You: oh rad
You: this is perfect
You: goodbye, refresh button!
You: thanks Mazie
Mazen(81766): Did it work?
You: yes!
Mazen(81766): Great. lol
You: that's all
Mazen(81766): Is there anything else on this topic I can find for you today?
You: nope
You: have a good one
Mazen(81766): Ok then . Have a good one!
You: hope the weather's good where you are
Mazen(81766): Bye . :)
You: Thanks, I'm done.
Status: Session ended.

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Search: white tea vs. green tea what is the difference i mean seriously

Status: Connected to guide: Peggy(54367)
Peggy(54367): Welcome to ChaCha!
You: hiya Peggy
You: how's it going?
Peggy(54367): Hello
Peggy(54367): One moment while I search that for you.
You: sure thing-a-roodles
(link)
You: also what is silver tip tea?
You: that is kinda baffling on it's own
You: is the plant metallic?
(link)
Peggy(54367): Are these results sufficient?
You: the second one helped
You: but seriously what is silver tip tea?
Peggy(54367): I don't know
You: what
Peggy(54367): did you read the link?
You: i did
Peggy(54367): Have a great evening.
You: but it didn't answer that
You: no get back here
Peggy(54367): Please RATE ME. Thanks for using ChaCha.
Status: Session ended.

2007-03-11T17:32:00.001-07:00

I had a really great idea for a blog post today, but I don't remember it.

Sorry I'm such a fucking let down guys.

!

2007-03-07T17:49:00.000-08:00

News

2007-02-25T17:43:00.001-08:00

link

Poor pacing, but it's modern news, what do you expect.

Interesting story though.

album

2007-02-24T15:54:00.000-08:00

hey so I totally recorded an album

http://www.sendspace.com/file/p51gk7

lemme know what you think.

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS

2007-02-23T04:33:00.000-08:00

this is a repost of a not on facebook.

link

He said Wednesday he raped 14-year-old Abeer Qassim al-Janabi in her family's home in Mahmoudiya last March, and that Spc. James Barker, 24, held her down.

"I lifted up her skirt and took off her stockings while Barker held her hands with his knees," he said before admitting that he raped the teenager as she screamed. "After I was done, myself and Barker switched spots."

Cortez offered no explanation for his involvement in the rape and murders, only saying that his intent was to rape the girl. The killing of the family was originally reported to be the work of insurgents.

Another soldier, former Pfc. Steven D. Green, shot the girl's father, mother and younger sister in the bedroom, Cortez said. Green raped the girl in front of Cortez and then shot her multiple times in the head, he said.

Cortez also testified that the soldiers attempted to burn the girl's body, burned their clothes and threw the murder weapon, an AK-47, into a canal in an attempt to get rid of evidence.

(These are just the ones who were caught... this is not, repeat NOT, an abberation from any norm for ANY occupying army.)

making musics

2007-02-19T16:59:00.000-08:00

link

this fine conversation brought to you by Teh internets

2007-02-14T20:35:00.001-08:00

bloodninja: Baby, I been havin a tough night so treat me nice aight?
BritneySpears14: Aight.
bloodninja: Slip out of those pants baby, yeah.
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BritneySpears14: Oh, I like to play dress up.
bloodninja: Me too baby.
BritneySpears14: I kiss you softly on your chest.
bloodninja: I cast Lvl. 3 Eroticism. You turn into a real beautiful woman.
BritneySpears14: Hey...
bloodninja: I meditate to regain my mana, before casting Lvl. 8 Cock of the Infinite.
BritneySpears14: Funny I still don't see it.
bloodninja: I spend my mana reserves to cast Mighty F*ck of the Beyondness.
BritneySpears14: You are the worst cyber partner ever. This is ridiculous.
bloodninja: Don't f*ck with me bitch, I'm the mightiest sorcerer of the lands.
bloodninja: I steal yo soul and cast Lightning Lvl. 1,000,000 Your body explodes into a fine bloody mist, because you are only a Lvl. 2 Druid.
BritneySpears14: Don't ever message me again you piece of shit.
bloodninja: Robots are trying to drill my brain but my lightning shield inflicts DOA attack, leaving the robots as flaming piles of metal.
bloodninja: King Arthur congratulates me for destroying Dr. Robotnik's evil army of Robot Socialist Republics. The cold war ends. Reagan steals my accomplishments and makes like it was cause of him.
bloodninja: You still there baby? I think it's getting hard now.
bloodninja: Baby?

update

2007-02-04T18:46:00.001-08:00

there's no updates for this, hopefully for a while. I've decided against blogging for a spell.

...

2007-01-31T19:34:00.000-08:00

whoo!

2007-01-26T20:38:00.000-08:00

whoo!

Wisdom Teeth, Racing Drugs, Charles Barkley

2007-01-24T16:15:00.000-08:00

I get my wisdom teeth out tomorrow.
Getting put under (not put down or taken out to pasture).
Kinda wishing I could drink a redbull or two before hand to see if caffeine > sedative, but I amn't allowed to eat for like, six hours before hand.

Also, I guess someone made a charles barkley RPG.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M0FLAXXvRU

Mike Judge presents 'Idiocracy'

2007-01-21T20:05:00.000-08:00

enjoy kids.

news flasher

2007-01-14T20:37:00.000-08:00

I might actually have a real update sometime this week. Don't hold your breath though. All 3 of you.

Conversation

2007-01-14T20:36:00.000-08:00

[22:18] notsambinder: I don't think you would like Animal Collective. I don't think you'd 'get' them
[22:26] Acidmonkey5000: cos they suck?
[22:26] notsambinder: no, they're really good
[22:26] Acidmonkey5000: i get bands that suck
[22:26] notsambinder: i just don't think you'd appreciate them on the same level I do
[22:28] notsambinder: if it's not your thing, you could go to, like
[22:28] notsambinder: Taco Bell
[22:28] notsambinder: maybe you're a taco bell kinda guy
[22:28] Acidmonkey5000: thanks fucker
[22:28] Acidmonkey5000: at least you can still talk about it on hipinion.cm
[22:28] notsambinder: we could go to IHOP and have some IHOP coffee
[22:29] Acidmonkey5000: i like my taco bell
[22:29] notsambinder: oh yea
[22:29] Acidmonkey5000: and i hope you choke on your hipster pitchforkmudia shit
[22:29] notsambinder: there's nothing wrong with taco bell
[22:29] notsambinder: ha
[22:29] notsambinder: lighten up if you're being serious
[22:29] notsambinder: cause i'm not being serious at all
[22:30] Acidmonkey5000: you value your own opinion so highly
[22:31] notsambinder: why wouldn't my own opinion be valued highly? i'm sick of that self depreciating crap
[22:31] notsambinder: it is rather difficult to be in a good mood with the self imposed guilt trips
[22:32] notsambinder: were you going to say something?
[22:32] Acidmonkey5000: rationalize it however you want
[22:32] notsambinder: it's kind of interesting how you do it
[22:32] notsambinder: you don't build your own opinion up
[22:32] notsambinder: but you certainly knock other's opinions down
[22:33] notsambinder: hm
[22:33] Acidmonkey5000: i'd explain the theory behind it but i dont think youd appreciate it on the same level i do
[22:33] Acidmonkey5000: ass
[22:33] Meebo Message: Acidmonkey5000 is offline
[22:33] notsambinder: hahahaha

LastFM>MOG

2007-01-10T16:07:00.001-08:00

2007-01-10T15:11:00.001-08:00

Like Mr Pink said,

2007-01-07T03:02:00.001-08:00

Absolutely fuckin' tormented.

Read on the internet

2007-01-02T14:04:00.000-08:00

"
One of my best female friends threw a dead baby shower to celebrate the year anniversary of getting an abortion.

Though now she's not talking to me because I dressed up like a child molestor for Halloween, which she finds inappropriate.
"

Laundry Thoughts

2007-01-01T18:36:00.000-08:00

Most of my clothes were washed inside out this week. Good thing I have the internet so I can tell you all, huh?

Perpetual Things Bought This Week

2007-01-01T10:03:00.000-08:00

Billy Liar EP- The Decemberists, 2003
The B-Sides to Her Majesty, the Decemberists play like B-Sides- not good enough to be on a real CD.

Bodysong- Soundtrack by Johnny Greenwood, 2003
Like all the weird effects to Kid A/Amnesiac, but without any of the melody. Will probably synch up like Zaireeka with Thom Yorke's new cd.

Clouds Taste Metallic- the Flaming Lips, 1995
This CD looks like Nickelodeon during the 90's- orange and slime green. wtf. Not as good as the soft bulletin

Go To Sleep EP- Radiohead, 2003
There's a reason why these are B-Sides, (other than Go To Sleep), but the first two are really good. Also, there is a SONY rootkit on this. Watch out.

I Might Be Wrong [Live Recordings]- Radiohead, 2001
I would totally date this album.

Modern Life Is Rubbish- Blur

Parklife- Blur

The Great Escape- Blur
Just catching up on Blur's back catalog. Individually, none of these are as good as the self titled, 13 or Think Tank (if you took and removed 'crazy beat' and 'we've got a file on you'.)
ALSO GRAHAM COXON IS COMING BACK TO BLUR! POTENTIAL FOR A NEW BLUR ALBUM, 2007/8! EXCLAMATION POINTS!

Things Left Behind- My Bloody Valentine EP comp
Lots of EPs just lumped together. Not as good as Isn't Anything or Loveless.

TNT- Tortoise
Boring, but not as bad as Millions Now Living Will Never Die.

Wolf Parade- Wolf Parade
Self titled prerelease EP. Disco Sheets is a five star track, for definitives, but the other original track, Lousy Pictures, is uh... Lousy.

Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels edition- Pavement [reissue]
Wowee Zowee was my first Pavement CD, and I have to say, I didn't really know what to expect. Then I got the Slanted & Enchanted reissue and completely burned out on it, it was so good. Wowee Zowee clicked, for the first time. And now, the reissue. The B-sides and rarities are all 5-star, and it doesn't feel like a rarities CD- it feels like a double album (although, in all fairness, so did S&E:Luxe & Redux). I can't wait until the reissue of Brighten the Corners- I want those 8 live versions of Shady Lane. Also, for the double name that they're giving all of these, they should probably call Terror Twilight "Terror Twilight: Vertical Horizons". See, that's funny if you obsessively read the Pavement Wikipedia article.

You Are There- Mono
I am seeing these guys in April. Also, this is their best album. Ever. Maybe. Hopefully not ever. Hopefully they release a better one. But of their albums, this is the best.

Young Liars EP- TV on the Radio
Not as awesome as the track "Wolf Like Me" but still pretty great.

Me>You

2006-12-31T23:28:00.000-08:00

So as of right now, 2007 is better than all of 2006. 2006 was a complete failure.
To 2007, and the internet.
peace, love, brotherhood, capitalism.
heart.

this is not justice. This is not just.

2006-12-31T12:25:00.000-08:00

Fisheye lenses

2006-12-24T09:12:00.000-08:00

Remember that one episode of South Park where everyone watched the show of dogs in hats because they were high on cough syrup?

Achewood blues

2006-12-20T19:33:00.000-08:00

I sing blues? not for very long. I throw my voice out pretty quick.

Lawmakers/Quran

2006-12-20T18:38:00.000-08:00

STORY

Um, yes the reason such a bigoted person is in office
is because
he is
from
virginia.

(also, I <3 irony)

Paramount

2006-12-19T20:18:00.001-08:00

LINK

YOUTUBEORAMA

2006-12-17T08:40:00.001-08:00

Kill an hour watching these.

Implanted Defibrillators bring the LOLs at death

2006-12-17T08:22:00.000-08:00

LINK

Thoughts

2006-12-16T23:13:00.000-08:00

JOANNA NEWSOM's "Ys"

god this is pretentious bullshit. What the hell. If I wanted to hear this kind of bullshit I would go work at a renaissance faire.

POTATOES, SALT

Pretty much any combonation of these two is fucking rad

Going to Hell

2006-12-16T20:58:00.000-08:00

What just happened (in a script)

RUDY
(puts in 'Reservior Dogs')
"Binder, this better not be a shitty movie or I'll have to kill your family."
SAM
"No, dude, it is one of the best movies."
RUDY
"Good."
SAM
"Although, maybe it should be a shitty movie. Then I can keep the christmas presents I bought."

Fucking A

2006-12-16T15:48:00.001-08:00

link

Briefly,

2006-12-16T13:41:00.000-08:00

CD's I have bought since October and brief reviews of them (links cut out half way through because AMG is shite):

>Radiohead>My Iron Lung

Not as good as the Bends, and on par for mediocrity with Pablo Honey. 6.8

>Air>LateNightTales
>the Flaming Lips>LateNightTales

Fuck you for existing, company that is making LateNightTales CDs. These aren't cover albums at all- they're mixtapes. I can make mixtapes. Also, the 'solo' guy at the end of the Flaming Lips one is shitty. (Spoiler alert!) Air- 7.0 tFL- 7.2

>Wilco>A.M.
>Wilco>Summerteeth

Really wierd seeing where these guys who made "A Ghost is Born" and "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" were coming from. Also, am I the only person who fucking loves the songs "Shot in the Arm" and "Spiders"? 6.6/8.4

>Portishead>Live

Not as good as a studio album, but they really need to make more music. Either that or go insane. I can't stand the idea of musicians just retiring. 7.7

>The Walkmen>A Hundred Miles Off

Pretty awesome so far. Haven't had too much of a chance to listen to it yet though. Rating Pending.

>Mogwai>Friend of the Night EP
>Sigur Ros>Sæglopur EP

Whereas Mogwai's was a pre-release to Mr Beast, Sigur Ros's is a cash-in on Takk... . Also, where Mogwai's was really quite rad, Sigur Ros's didn't really do much for me. Could be the 2 minute intro to track one which consists of static that sounds like people wrinkling cellophane into a phone. Could be lack of really moving tracks. Whatever. 8.0/4.5

>the Yeah Yeah Yeahs>Fever to Tell

Haven't really listened to it yet. I gotta be in the mood for the YYYs. Although, Show Your Bones is such a fucking solid album.

>Air>Talkie Walkie
>Air>10,000Hz Legend
>Air>Moon Safari

Why have I not heard of these guys until now? Seriously. Fucking amazing poppy make your move on the girl next to you music (although 10,000Hz Legend is kinda lackluster). 8.9/5.5/9.6

>Cat Power>You Are Free

Sometimes I want to give Chan Marshall hugs. Because sometimes she sounds so very very sad. Also, my new favorite female singer (replacing Tori Amos, Regina Spektor, Beth Gibbons, Fiona Apple and Karen O) 8.7

>TV on the Radio>Return to Cookie Mountain

Apparently the best album of the year's packaging was designed by a ten year old who thought birds nests were the awesome. 9.7

OTHER NEWS
Recording is on hold until I stop sucking so hard at guitar and recording.

Joanna Newsom kills

2006-12-16T11:05:00.000-08:00

LINK TO VIDEO

Unflavored

2006-12-14T11:11:00.001-08:00

So I bought some unflavored floss.

It wasn't unflavored though. It tasted kinda like blood and pain.

Oh wait.

Liner Notes II

2006-12-06T15:05:00.001-08:00

You know, I really enjoy drawing. I’m not terribly great at it, and I don’t want to do it for a living or anything. Actually, all my drawings are kinda small. Like, they’d look really rad as liner notes for a cd or something, but large? Nah.

Actually, I think maybe I could do the liner notes thing for a living. Those are fun. Fun to read too.

Shitzorz

2006-12-06T05:37:00.000-08:00

I totally lost my phone. People I know, email me your telephone numbers. People I don't know, leave supportive messages in the comments. Stuff like, "My brother's friend lost his phone at some party and his girlfriends number was in it and she broke up with him because she thought he was ignoring her when she called. It ruined his life. Now he drinks Robutussin DM under the overpass."

You know. Supportive stuff.

It's all a matter of perspective

2006-12-05T14:51:00.000-08:00

I hope Google's satellite that took these is named "Escher"

Liner notes

2006-12-03T09:40:00.000-08:00

CD production is going along. I've got seven tracks done and I only absolutely hate one of them, in that it is completely unlistenable and i should probably delete it.
Debating whether or not I want to record some covers. I'll probably record them but not release them. Anyways.

Oh, my mixing/mastering anecdote. Goes a little something like this.:

This song sounds pretty good, but it's missing something.
(conscience pops up)
Angel: You should probably use a chorus effect and some more reverb on the only part that you can audibly discern so that it's all light and etherial.
Devil: You should probably use an amp modulation and some more reverb on the only part you can hear so that it sounds like a galaga machine in a cave.

Remember, if there's any doubt as to whether or not something is good, you should always just add more reverb on it. It makes it better.

Mediasshole

2006-11-30T04:54:00.000-08:00

Today I was reading Pitchfork and they had a blurb for Depeche Mode's new greatest hits album:

"This portable guide to the unlikely U.S. arena crossover band is proof that capitalism marches ever onward, and Generation X is still eager to seek comfort in misery-soaked nostalgia. "

Now, I realise as a younger person, I am pretty much required by tradition to show contempt for people who, despite having accomplished more, have had far more time to accomplish it. Also, contempt for old people. But what the hell is that. We all know that greatest hits CDs are a quick cash in. I mean, seriously. U2's had one come out every year since "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb". I think they even had one come out that year too. But that big of a call out...
Shit Pitchfork you are lookin' for troubs.
Which is short for trouble.

The Review in Question|Pitchforkmedia.com|

On a seperate note, the Beatles had, yes you guessed it: ANOTHER greatest hits CD come out. It's like the baby boomers don't know how to work a computer to make a mix CD.

teething

2006-11-22T05:02:00.000-08:00

Sup internet.
I haven't been blogging much because I don't really have too much to blog about right now.
I wrote some music, but haven't bothered to record it yet.
Have a happy gluttony day, give yourself a tryptophan hangover, and i'll rap at you when I damn well feel like it.

Submissive Capitalist Erotica

2006-11-17T21:33:00.000-08:00

Finished chapter VIII of Atlas Shrugged; only about 70 more to go.

This weekend is a reading and laundry weekend. That is how I am rolling.

Cussin' contest

2006-11-16T20:30:00.000-08:00

Hey there blog-o-verse. That jew/cunttt thing yesterday got me thinking (at work) and I think I want to have a cussin' contest.
I want you to say the meanest thing you can think of to me in the MeeboMe widget. Winners get sidebar links for a year to whatever page they want*.

*doesn't have to be your website, can't be porn, spyware or adware. them's the rules.

EDIT:
Oh yea, don't forget to say a name and contact info (AIM, YahooIM, GTalk, Wobsite, wheatever)

2006-11-15T20:50:00.001-08:00

[22:19] meeboguest930273: jewwww
[22:22] meeboguest930273: cunttt
[22:27] meeboguest930273: its me

I am so glad I have that widget on my blog. So glad. This is all they said to me. Not who it actually was.

So that made my day.

Also Paul is home. and angry at guitar hero.

Streamline the whole thing

2006-11-14T05:30:00.000-08:00

Does anyone know if Congress ever proposed a bill that would keep amendments to bills on topic to what the bill was originally about? I mean, seriously. Not only would that cut out the pork, but it would not take seventy bafuckingjillion years to pass a bill.

2006-11-11T15:02:00.000-08:00

You know, when a person has very binary viewpoints, it means they are a very binary person. Because you either are or are not being binary. There really isn't middle ground there...

Insurgents kill

2006-11-07T14:38:00.000-08:00

Mere seconds after this photo was taken, the kitten detonated its suicide bomb.

Memory Foam

2006-11-06T04:45:00.000-08:00

So I moved out, right? Did I tell you guys that, for about 4 days before I moved out and 4 days after, I had NO BED? I was sleeping on the floor. My back still hurts thinking about it.

What had happened was my parental-types, they said they would get me a new bed, and GAVE away my bedroom set (although it was to my little second-cousin-once-removed [read: cousin's son], so I guess that's okay).

Anyhow, I ended up getting a Memory foam mattress. It was only about a $40 difference, coming in at $700.

And it is, quite frankly, the best, most restful sleep I've ever had, once I get to sleep [loud roommate likes loud TV].

Also, I realise I have been talking up my bed to pretty much everyone, and it probably sounds like I am trying to get them to sleep with me. This only compounds the average, daily awkwardness of my life.

Thanks to Square Enix....

2006-11-05T07:45:00.000-08:00

Um.... so I'm pretty sure my Nanoremo thing is pretty much not happening.
Not because the book isn't engaging- it is- but because of a certain Final Fantasy XII that I spent all of yesterday playing.

A damn good game.
Wierd battle system though.

If I worked for Reuters....

2006-11-03T14:40:00.000-08:00

"SUPREME COURT REPEALS 8TH AMENDMENT; TORTURE NOW STATES RIGHTS ISSUE"

Nanoremo

2006-11-03T05:13:00.000-08:00

Unlike NanoRImo, I think I can actually stand a chance at NanoREmo this year. True, I guess I did cheat a little (started the last week of october) but the book I will be reading is ATLAS SHRUGGED, by Ayn Rand. Yes, the one from the TFD comic.

I'll let you know my thoughts on it when I feel like it. (probably later tonight, and while drunk)

Politics and ADHD

2006-11-02T20:26:00.000-08:00

Paul and Sam discuss politics

[22:12] Acidmonkey5000: so does wisconsin/your congressional district have any libertarians on the ballot?
[22:13] notsambinder: no
[22:13] notsambinder: pretty much just bipartisanity
[22:13] notsambinder: biparti-insanity?
[22:13] Acidmonkey5000: oh man
[22:14] Acidmonkey5000: but actually . . .there's a green running for senate
[22:14] notsambinder: yea....I'm not voting until a candidate supports my views in their entirety
[22:15] Acidmonkey5000: http://www.facebook.com/election_pulse.php?state=63
[22:16] notsambinder: i like kohl though
[22:16] notsambinder: finances his own campaigns
[22:16] Acidmonkey5000: fun fact:
[22:17] Acidmonkey5000: i have a picture of me shaking hands with kohl
[22:17] Acidmonkey5000: when i was like five years old
[22:17] notsambinder: that's so rad
[22:17] notsambinder: otherwise, the incumbency is looking good
[22:18] notsambinder: but Gard is doing a pretty good job, as far as ads go
[22:18] Acidmonkey5000: oh the ads here
[22:18] notsambinder: attacking Kagen on his minor-amnesty for nonviolent criminals policy
[22:18] Acidmonkey5000: daaaaaang
[22:18] notsambinder: "Pedophiles like this one will walk free"
[22:18] notsambinder: (show picture)
[22:19] notsambinder: poor dude
[22:19] notsambinder: got to be on tv
[22:19] notsambinder: might not even be a pederast
[22:19] Acidmonkey5000: in NY 26th district, right next door (so we get the ads here in rochester) the Democrat got nailed for pedophilia
[22:19] Acidmonkey5000: but anyway
[22:19] notsambinder: !
[22:19] notsambinder: fuck
[22:19] Acidmonkey5000: his ads are just as bad as the republicans
[22:19] notsambinder: that's like Patrick Swayze
[22:19] Acidmonkey5000: hold on
[22:19] Acidmonkey5000: hold on
[22:20] Acidmonkey5000: lemme youtube one
[22:20] Acidmonkey5000: for real
[22:20] notsambinder: hahahaha
[22:20] Acidmonkey5000: you gotta see it
[22:20] notsambinder: they are youtubing their ads?
[22:20] notsambinder: how can that help them at all?
[22:20] notsambinder: all the opposition is gonna do is blog against them
[22:22] Acidmonkey5000: oh, the republican one was in the Foley Scandal
[22:22] Acidmonkey5000: that was it
[22:22] notsambinder: oh shit
[22:23] notsambinder: which is worse
[22:23] notsambinder: Guns for hostages
[22:23] notsambinder: or Statutory rape for housing?
[22:24] notsambinder: Lil Bow Wow committed statutory rap

Now ist die time on Schprockets wenn wie dance

2006-11-02T14:49:00.000-08:00

Guitar Hero? No. More like guitar lackluster soldier who gets killed right away

2006-10-31T18:15:00.000-08:00

Oh man. So I've played guitar hero now. And am terrible at it. Not completely unlike normal guitar. Who knew?

Also, have you ever listened to Portishead? oh man, they are so awesome. You should probably go buy or download (but not from iTunes, the musicplatz who is 100% evil) their self titled or "Dummy". Oh man. Not enough positive adjectives. Radiohead comparisons, go!

K, their music kind of sounds like "I might be Wrong" on heroin. Which is pretty spectacular, especially when not-sober. Minimalist drum machines with pianos and turntable samples, and the especially beautiful vocals of Beth Gibbons.

Go listen. Turn out all your lights. Lie down on your bed, headphones over your ears. Close your eyes and embrace the sweet sweet music that is Portishead.

(this isn't going on my MOG because portishead is kind of old news, but I only discovered them recently)

Translated from Portuguese (pardon any understanding difficulties)

2006-10-31T07:33:00.000-08:00

1) CLEARING UP
Before I start, I would like to clarify a bit the general attitude of this album, an operetta about the woman situation.
It is not a feminist work. Though it is not a machoist CD, it is, at least, "masculinist": It calls man's attention to the huge disadvantage he has created in his present relationship with women.
A woman, nowadays, is slightly suspicious and cannot permit herself the easy-going kind of well-being of companionship that allows going from affection to a caress.
Women have incorporated a feeling of mistrust towards men. She is always tense, worried, confronted with a potential enemy, an attitude created due to the psychological context of his situation in the society.
Notice that (in English language-- I see this sound-example because I speak Portuguese) when a child-that-will-be-a-man is born, he is like a sun arriving; the word "son" is pronounced the same way as "sun." It means joy, happiness. But when a child of female sex is born, the ugly sound of the noun "daughter" is just grief and sadness. A daughter is born.

2) AS THE RESULT
The result is a bad thing for men because, if it is impossible for a woman to show the profound intimacy of the sacred secret, and she is never willing to feel in the presence of the man, he stays in a cosmic solitude, without companionship in the Universe.

In Europe they told me that the female situation was the same as the situation in Brasil. Perhaps a bit more sophisticated, more concealed. In the United States, if the woman question has been completely resolved, if the relationships between men and women are solved, for the good of mankind, then in the case of considering this record, it will simply be like receiving News of the Barbarian World.

3) HOMELESS, BEGGAR
The clothing the band wears for the shows for the album Estudando o Pagode-Segregamulher e Amor is a beggar's costume. This depicts the actual situation of man in relation to woman: he became homeless, a being that lives in want of affection. And the women are quite right not to give it.

---
from a Pitchfork interview

Just something I thought was amazingly deep.
SB

Jasslagiô? What's icelandic for completely unintentional ripoff song?

2006-10-31T06:07:00.000-08:00

So I wrote a jazzy-type song a few weeks back, all instrumental, and just bare-bones and the chord progression was this:
Em7 B7 CM7 Cm6 G D7addb9
except with a midpart and the last D dropped on the last verse (because it is the fifth of the root and means we keep going in the song).
topping it all off, it was named after the partner that dies right away in "The Maltese Falcon" [btw, completely rad book], Miles Archer (oops spoilers). Anyhow.

Then I go three weeks later and start listening to "Pablo Honey" by Radiohead and on a whim, decide to look up the chords to "Creep". Oh shit son.

G B C Cm

I added one extra note to each and gave it a two bar resolving phrase. Without having ever realised it was that song. Fuck, indeed.

Rad

2006-10-30T19:42:00.001-08:00

Amazing what passes for extreme nowadays

2006-10-30T07:54:00.000-08:00

I rarely (oh ok, frequently) find material that I like and think to my self, "I have to re-blog this".
So go here.

I moved

2006-10-30T07:16:00.001-08:00

And don't have any real news.
Stay tuned kids.

Fearmongering

2006-10-27T15:52:00.001-07:00

Speaking about the speed of sound....

2006-10-24T15:08:00.000-07:00

Today I blogged on my Mog (my Music-Blog) about the new Mogwai LP (and what a long LP it is). No sooner had it informed me that my Mogpost was updated than I received a message from Google Desktop- Someone had just commented on my note regarding Mogwai's Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait.

From posted to commented. Less than a minute.

This is where you begin to wonder how fast you really want your internet connection.

Record reviews at the speed of sound!

2006-10-23T14:57:00.000-07:00

Scissor Sisters: "Ta-Dah!"

I wasn't aware anyone but Queen could put out Queen B-Sides. 7.6

Ratatat: "Classics"

This is what happens when you snort cocaine while playing Super Nintendo. 8.1

Malajube: "Tromp L'Oeil"

This is the absolutely beautiful girl that sits next to you in science class who asks you all the answers and then you get all flustered and can't talk. 9.7

Tortoise: "Millions Now Living Will Never Die"

Fucking Terrible. 1.2

For more rantings and ravings on music, check yourself out my Mog.

Five alive

2006-10-22T19:08:00.000-07:00

Hooray for sucking at minesweeper!

HISTORY!!!

2006-10-22T17:51:00.000-07:00

I posted this on my faceblog:
Hey everyone you know the drill.

Okay that should be all that the newsfeed reads of this. Remember, assholes, there is more to facebook notes than copying and pasting things your grandma sent you in an email that had eight signatures from being forwarded so many times and at the bottom said, "Do You Yahoo? Yahoo mail- 2GB of space".

Seriously.

What the fuck.

And you know, it wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't REPOSTED every fucking day by a new person.

Of course now, someone is going to make a group about how they hate that memories note.

Which of course, prompted comments.
Like:

Paul S wrote
at 7:45pm
hey remeber when you didn't metablog? Good memories.

I'm gonna go write a meta-meta-note about this note now!

To which I replied on AIM:

notsambinder: metablogging is an art i am only partially familiar with
notsambinder: but since it lacks a figurehead, I thought I might fill in for a while
Acidmonkey5000: i think i just made up that word
Acidmonkey5000: so you can have first dibs on it
notsambinder: oh
notsambinder: in that case, dibs

And that is how I became the figurehead of Metablogging. Let it be known in the annals of History.

###EDIT

[19:51] Acidmonkey5000: oh wait
[19:51] notsambinder: uh oh
[19:51] notsambinder: no
[19:51] notsambinder: save it
[19:51] notsambinder: i am blogging about this first
[19:51] Acidmonkey5000: so im on technorati
[19:51] notsambinder: no!
[19:52] notsambinder: no!!!!!!
[19:52] Acidmonkey5000: and 2638 blog posts are tagged "metablogging"
[19:52] notsambinder: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
[19:53] Acidmonkey5000: 4 posts were tagged today
[19:54] notsambinder: fuck

And that is how I stopped being the figurehead of Metablogging. Let it be known in the annals of history.

Attaining Blog Nirvana in the Blog Dojo of WuTang Mountain: Shark Jumping

2006-10-22T14:13:00.000-07:00

It's official, kids, the GOP has jumped the shark.

You can't make stuff more ridiculous than this, folks.

Bitch about it why don't you

2006-10-22T13:47:00.000-07:00

I read this in my facebook news feed and took a screen shot.

Who advertises that stuff on facebook?

TWO DAYS LATE: FRIDAY FACTS

2006-10-22T13:39:00.000-07:00

LIGHT SPEED

Light travels really fast- 186,281 miles per second- much faster than we need it to. It turns out most of the time we only need light to travel thirty-five miles per hour, the same speed as a Dodge Neon.

One more for the road

2006-10-21T18:48:00.001-07:00

Read.

Sorry Toyota. That's just fucking creepy.

2006-10-21T16:08:00.000-07:00

Clarification

2006-10-21T07:18:00.000-07:00

Whoa buddy. That was a hella nasty comment. My point is this.

Within a group system, the more people involved, the less anyones opinion matters (want a real life example? Wikipedia. [bitch]). Everyman for himself is a valid outlook, but when you consider that things can be done as a group to be more productive, a more Nashian outlook arises (that is, everyone does what is best for the group AND themselves). It used to be someone (Springer? for some reason that name comes to mind) taught us the outlook 'Do what is best for the group'. The error with that is there is no individual satisfaction unless the individual has the exact same ideals as the group. Since the group is made of people, who will have minutely different opinions, the groups ideals will be off of an individuals ideals proportionately to the number of people in the group. Also, if a person is attempting to become happy through a group that does not match their ideals, they should start their own or accept being alone in their opinion. When the individuals desires are undermined, it is the gravest transgression.

Also, I am saying it is alright for man to do things as an end for himself. I.E., if man wants to create and the only person who will profit from it/is affected by it is himself, it is not a crime. People think they must always do things for a purpose, for a group, for whatever. Nonsense. Do things outside of a group. Think independantly.

Lastly, Dogma, Religion, and preaching. Dogma is terrible. The most distracting and terrible thing put out by groups. By following strictly the dogma of a group, you are not following the group at all [unless the groups purpose is to follow a bunch of dogma, which, having no context for the dogma existing, is utterly pointless*].
Religion should be practised, but it should completely overcome your life, to the point where every single thing you do is a method of showing your devotion to your religion. If it cannot be done that way, why practise it?
Also, any group you belong to, you should never preach their beliefs or dogma. By doing so you insult the people around you by implying that their beliefs are inferior and that yours should be adopted, but this contraveys their individualist nature. One must respect everyone elses opinions about things, no matter what they are, and hope that in time, the ones you disagree with change.

I lied about that lastly. Nationalism quickly devolves into fascism. That was the point I was making in the last blog that wasn't a YouTube post. I did not mean any disrespect towards people who believe heavily in the group minded Communism, but it is rather undeniable that they had issues implimenting it.
Have a great weekend the internet.

[*actually, the only type that should ever practise a dogma without context is the nihilist, as the practising is completely pointless, it is a perfect reflection of life itself. However this should be rather impossible/very improbable, as, since a nihilist believes in nothing, dogma certainly falls out of the question.]

truly the height of internet comedy.

2006-10-20T20:41:00.001-07:00

Six Degrees of Polit-faking

2006-10-20T19:40:00.000-07:00

Know what's really really really (xabout1,000,000,000) rad? Realising that the communism we fought so hard against in the 50's through 80's, which was kept fascist [the real thing we were fighting against, btw- socialism+heavy industry=communism, according to Lenin. We're pretty much there right now] through intense campaigns of NATIONALISM.

Nationalism or patriotism (whichever you call it, it is the same thing) devolves pretty quickly into fascism under UNCAREFUL heads of state. And because Fascism promotes group ideals, rather than individualism and objectivism, it should never be promoted by an individual. Fanatic following of dogma of ANY KIND can influence others. Once it becomes group minded, rather than individually minded, it does things in GLORY of the GROUP [fascism].

However, in order for this philosophy to spread, it must go through a group process, although it should not be preached. Preaching is encroaching other's rights to opinions, and beliefs. Doing that is like slapping them on the hand for something not wrong. They will wonder why they are being yelled at and snap back.

Sorry if this offends you in any way.

The War on Aggression

2006-10-20T18:07:00.000-07:00

Today I was pretty bummed. Dana/Anna/Sadie (the fun/talkative barristas at rock island) were only working until 6.30 (actually, Dana was working, Anna was providing drunk-antics). So, bummed out, I went to everyyuppie's favorite bookshop, Barnes and Noble. $90 worth of shopping therapy later, I found out that shopping therapy doesn't really do much for me.

On the plus side, I pretty much have the whole Ayn Rand library to show for it.

Transcending Verbiage

2006-10-19T19:27:00.000-07:00

I think I want to start throwing around the word "transcending" a bit more.
Like, for instance, describing actors:

"Yea, Jim Carrey has totally transcended his early roles."

or food:

"Oh man, that taco totally transcended my hunger."

Or self-refrencing:

"Oh man, I totally just transcended blogging."

In other news, I clearly don't know what transcending means.

Wow

2006-10-19T18:02:00.000-07:00

It is eight o'clock on a thursday. There are no females with their AIM status set to "Available". They all have away messages mentioning "Grey's Anatomy".

Television =prettymuch= drugs

2006-10-19T14:47:00.000-07:00

You know, lately I have been slightly disappointed by LOST. I mean, it is still a great show and everything, but the episodes seemed too... normal. Too resolving [which is especially funny, when you consider the show still has mysteries unsolved from its FIRST EPISODE]. Then I thought back and realized the first episodes of every season of LOST have been very television-y. A problem resolved quickly in just 42 minutes, from beginning to end! Wow!. No. Television in that format is absolute shite because it reflects very little of life. The reason why LOST is so damn popular is because there are Season-(or Multi-season-)long mysteries. It’s part of life to have unanswered questions. The reason why the sitcom was doomed to fail was because of too much conclusion. That and Seinfeld quit.

Anyhow, anyone see the sneak peek for next weeks ep? Looks like I’m right about Sawyer getting killed so far...

My French is Terrible!

2006-10-18T17:22:00.000-07:00

I like it. I think I will purchase their cd should I be given that opportunity.

It over takes me

2006-10-18T05:44:00.000-07:00

I had a blog I was going to post.
Something about one of my screen names (Capn Howdy, after the infamous CaptainHowdy) and break fast cereal.

Oh well.

Original Material? What?

2006-10-15T18:01:00.000-07:00

Hey, what up the intertubes, how are things? How is the wife? A diphtheria scare? you don't say. Is diphtheria a word? Let's ask your shoulder, mr wikipedia. It is. crazy. How did I know it was a word?

Not sure.
Anyhow.
Back from Attention Deficit Disorderland.

I'm bloggin' at you LIVE from the open mic night at rock island cafe- Not because I am using the house computer or someone's laptop, oh no. I am using my computer, which I simply neglected to remove from the Buix. I don't really know why you are here- there are better places to read about people obsessing about LOST- (prediction: Sawyer dies in episode six this season)- and better places for people to repost crap they found on other blogs. Odds are, you are one of the three people who read this. So hey, Kyle, Paul and Nicki. How's it going? Paul, log on to AIM more, I need to ramble at you outside of a blog setting.

Wait, I thought we weren't going back to ADDland.

K.

Well, I recorded yesterday. For most of the day, in fact. So much so that I got a small hangover from the nicotine and caffeine. Not fun. Not really a great time.

To tell you the truth, intertubes, I miss RMA divided. When I was with Paul and Nick, we could jam about anything.

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I finished East of Eden today. I'm pretty much angry that Oprah picked it, because now I cannot dissociate the book from soccer moms. So fuck oprah. Pretty much the best book I've read in a while- better than the Curious Incident of the yadda yadda yadda and either of the crime novels. The ending almost seemed cliche though- probably because people can rip off Steinbeck now that he's dead.
Whatever.

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Also, I recorded more songs with the Velcro Telephone. They are here. Go listen. Fuckers.

Organ, Organ

2006-10-12T18:22:00.001-07:00

The easiest blogs to write are the ones I don't have to

2006-10-09T17:59:00.000-07:00

[19:49] the nicki 01: i still havent found a good dress
[19:49] notsambinder: oh noes!
[19:50] the nicki 01: yeah! im having issues. all the thrift stores around here lack dresses
[19:50] the nicki 01: so i might have to compromise
[19:50] notsambinder: or make you own
[19:51] notsambinder: you'd be like Betsy Ross
[19:51] notsambinder: or something
[19:51] the nicki 01: ha yeah right. i can cook, and sew stuff back together
[19:54] notsambinder: i can sew stuff together
[19:54] notsambinder: and make drum mallets
[19:55] notsambinder: that's about it for my June Cleaver talents
[19:55] the nicki 01: oh id be a good June...except i cant make dresses.
[19:55] notsambinder: I'd be so terrible as June
[19:55] notsambinder: I'd be like, Wally! Beaver! come get some burnt frozen pizza!
[19:56] the nicki 01: hahahaha yeah. half burnt and half frozen
[19:56] notsambinder: All vaccuuming in my pearls
[19:56] notsambinder: and then trip over the vaccuum cord
[19:56] the nicki 01: with the wrapper still on
[19:56] notsambinder: and get all pissed and start cussing at the vaccuum
[19:56] notsambinder: "you stupid fucking mechanical contraption!"

Girls are Pretty

2006-10-08T14:31:00.000-07:00

In the back of every Sprint/Nextel store you’ll find about ten girls under the age of fifteen who have either been kidnapped or sold into prostitution. No one wants to do anything about it though because they all still have eight months left in their contracts. Also, Sprint/Nextel representatives have no qualms about locking the girls in the building and setting the place on fire anytime it looks like the police or a vigilante is about to bust in and try to set the girls free. It’s how they were trained, so you’re going to have to be sneaky about this.

Go into the Sprint store pretending to be an ordinary customer. Just say, “Everything about the service you provide is terrible and you don’t seem to know anything about how telephones work.” No one ever walks into a Sprint/Nextel store without saying this verbatim, so make sure to memorize it. The Sprint/Nextel representative will offer to replace your terrible phone with one that’s worse. That’s when you should fire your rifle into the ceiling. Don’t bother taking the representative hostage in exchange for the girls. Sprint/Nextel cares as little about the people who make them money selling phones as they do about the girls who make them money as enslaved prostitutes.

Aim your rifle at the other Sprint/Nextel representatives. They’ll beg that you kill them because once a Sprint/Nextel retail branch is compromised by a vigilante, death is far more palatable than the punishment that Sprint/Nextel will unleash on their employees. Grab the nearest rep and yank the key to the back from around his neck, then burst through the doors to storeroom/makeshift brothel.

You’ll see a few shelves of terrible phones and a narrow row of cots supporting enslaved teenage girls underneath obese tourists still wearing their Izod shirts but without any shorts to tuck them into. One of the Sprint/Nextel representatives keeping watch over the girls will grab some matches to try to set the store on fire with everyone inside. Grab the cooler full of ice (for sodas and bruises) and unload it on the rep and his matches. The other Sprint/Nextel reps will beg that you shoot them, screaming, “Sprint/Nextel made us do it. They make lots of money from selling terrible phones, but they keep this human trafficking ring going just for fun! Sprint/Nextel just wants to see which they’re better at, telecommunications or human trafficking! You don’t know what they’ll do to us when they find out that we allowed the innocent teenage girls Sprint/Nextel enslaved to be rescued. Please kill us!”

Don’t kill them. Just start rolling the pants-less obese tourists off of the girls and get the girls dressed. Then lead them in a single file line out the store, which might already be on fire so be careful. Once you’re free, you and the girls have to get someplace where Sprint/Nextel doesn’t provide service, which will probably take about ten minutes to find. They can’t track you if they’re forced to go analog.

But stay hidden. Sprint/Nextel will make it their priority to hunt you down and make you pay. Sprint/Nextel loves forcing teenage girls into prostitution (it makes Sprint/Nextel feel young, like T-Mobile) and they can’t stand when someone gets in their way. You don’t know what Sprint/Nextel is capable of, but it’s not running a phone company if you get my drift (it’s human trafficking, torture, and maiming the spirit of a consumer society).
Happy Go To Your Nearest Sprint/Nextel Store And Bust Up A Human Trafficking Ring Day!

Girls are Pretty link available on the Sidebar.

I love you google and wish you worked this way

2006-10-08T00:57:00.001-07:00

Fuzz Pedals in my eyes

2006-10-07T23:20:00.000-07:00

Wow blogging drunk is fun. I'm actually pretty impressed with my typing prowess at this point. What could be better/more entirely pathetic than drinking Vodka, listening to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs [who use hella omnichords] and drinking vodka, and blogging. Wow. yea. roxxor8. bidjez. How this is working:

I.....M.....V

where I and V are either my speakers or my beverages (if the second instance is correct, then they are as follows: I= Dr Pepper, V= Dr Pepper + UV Blue [tastes like toothpaste, aquafresh to be exact], if the first is correct then I = right channelk [not working right {loose cord}] and V= subwoofer and left channel)

So yea. Radzorz.
I have already started IM conversations with people I haven't talked to in forever and a day. I have also commented on way old Ex-girlfirends walls that I haven't seen in forever on faceboox. I wish it were plural. that would rock pretty hard. When the proportions of UV and Dr Pepper are near equal, the liquid takes on a really not kosher or natural or healthy gray color.
Now, when people who are familiar with my writing [read: probably only me] read that last passage, they will notice I said "gray". This is pretty crazy since I genereally prefer brit spellings on words like grey and colour. That is because the color it turned is the same unnaturallity as using the word gray. the same unpleasant. a little more burny than the word gray. and generally delicious, despite the colour. I am all over the place here. wow.

Oh right, this is what I am supposed to be bloggin' 'bout. (apostropheez!)- I bought the new Scissor Sisters CD today- I actually went to Best Buy [which doesn't usually have the best buy] and bought it and the free EP that came with it (which is more of a glorified single, just the single and the remixxxxxxxxorz) but am afraid to listen to it because I am scared it is a Beegees CD [or the Brother Gibb, to those unfamiliar with the post 197whenever term for them] in disguise. In other words, I am afraid of turning into my mother as far as musical taste goes.

Although I suppose the Beegees did make some decent dance music. maybe I am being a pussy. maybe I am lazy. Maybe I am drunxxor'd. Maybe I just have to use el baño. Maybe I am still sober enough to type and use the alt-164 on the bano effect. Maybe I need to stop blogging soon.\

Ah fuck go listen to Cloud Cult. I gots the crapal tunnel and the bad bladder.

Just a link

2006-10-03T19:44:00.000-07:00

Wow a blogreview that is not mine.
Actually, it's pretty rad.
it is here.

A special "Haldo!" to all you other members of the ELITE COMMENT STRIKE-FORCE of Cockeyed.com that are visiting here. Read the archives. And click links on the side bar. And don't forget to rinse the scroll bar when you are done. Who knows where that's been.

Help I am trapped in a Cliche factory

2006-10-02T18:59:00.000-07:00

I write emails to myself that have blogs in them from work. here is one from last week.
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It’s that time again. Time when all the fuckin’ bees die off. Time when your skin totally dries out and you get nosebleeds from the lack of humidity. Time to get out the coats and sweaters. I need more sweaters.

If you weren’t aware of the bee situation (I don’t think I blogged about it, and I’m reasonably certain I didn’t tell many people about it), it is that there is a wasps nest outside my window. The window that I really like to have open. So I haven’t had that open all summer. Annoying. But I’ll live. The coming frost will kill off any bees that dare attack my screen. Also, yellowjackets that land in my coffee. g'damn.
(Right now, I can hear the internet whining that bees and wasps are two separate things and that they aren’t sure which I mean. If I meant the traditional “bees”, I’d say “yellowjackets”. Bees is just a catchall term for things that fly and sting me.)
I saw three dead birds almost in a pile today at work. They were out on the lawn. They looked very cold. And dead.
I don’t think I am going to Steven’s Point for trivia this year- one, I don’t like spending that much time with my parents, two, I like being able to record music at home, and with my parents gone, I will be able to record stuff. It’s pretty magical, honestly. But trivia is still a long ways away and I have time to decide whether I want to do that or not.
See, these blogs are always kind of annoying to me because they offer no segue between topics. Regardless, I write them one after another.
I realized the other day that huffing and smoking are pretty much the same thing, only one is solely for tobacco. Now I say, “I’m gonna go huff some tobacco” instead of “I’m gonna go smoke.” It’s pretty awesome.
See what I said about no lead-ins from previous topics? So annoying.
Also, I am pretty angry at dust. And headaches. And toothaches. Monday and Tuesday I stayed home from work. Pretty much slept the entire time. Good sleep, but annoying in that my ears hurt so bad I couldn’t balance. Got lots of catch-up time with my webcomics and friends that are only on AIM when I am working.

Wow. That was a pretty annoying blog, if I do say so myself. Leave comments. Assholes.

Droppin' off the face of Google Earth

2006-10-02T18:51:00.000-07:00

Wow. Hey internetron. haven't talked with you in a while. How are you? good, glad to hear it. Sit down.
You might be wondering why I called you in to talk. It is because I have an IManecdote to share. listen.

[18:02] NotSamBinder: hey
[18:02] Even19: hey whats up?
[18:03] NotSamBinder: not too much
[18:03] NotSamBinder: you?
[18:03] Even19: um..just writing a paper
[18:03] NotSamBinder: oh fun
[18:03] NotSamBinder: what class?
[18:03] Even19: education
[18:04] NotSamBinder: in my mind,
[18:04] NotSamBinder: right the instant I read what you put
[18:04] NotSamBinder: an abbot and costello routine was born
[18:04] Even19: haha what?
[18:04] NotSamBinder: it was awesome
[18:05] NotSamBinder: I would be like, "yea, I know it's for education, but what class is it for?"
[18:05] Even19: hahaha
[18:05] NotSamBinder: and it would go on for like, a half hour longer than necessary

Also, I have a new track for you to hear. Listen (for real, not just reading).

Track Reviews

2006-09-28T14:51:00.001-07:00

So by now, I should have bragged sufficiently that I got to go see Cloud Cult (link) live. But the most important thing I forgot to mention in my excitement was their opening number- a cover of Billy Joel’s “Hey Mr Tambourine Man”. To tell the truth, I never really cared much for the original. Or many of Billy Joel’s songs. But the Cloud Cult cover was especially rad.
To start it, Craig played the main riff twice with drums, then the drums, guitar, and everything cut out- leaving just vocals. Probably my favorite thing about Cloud Cult is Craig Minowa’s voice- especially his expressions when he sings. He closes (or maybe squints) his eyes, stands straight up, and tilts his head from side to side. It ends up looking like a South Park caricature of himself, and sounds quite amazing. The song evolves into the Cello n’ drums sound that Cloud Cult has perfected for themselves, with noodlin’ guitars and the non-teen-whining vocals.
I say non-teen whining because these are not your Blink 182 vocals, not your crappy whiny emo vocals, but simply Craig Minowa’s style of voice. It’s rad. Rad, I tell you.

Oh, and Dear Mr Danger Mouse or MF Doom or whatever you are calling yourself these days. What the hell is with the chorus in the background of “Smily Faces” by Gnarls Barkley? Ever hear of harmony? Everyone is singing the same note and this annoys me on a personal basis.

List of Topics

2006-09-28T14:48:00.000-07:00

So I work, yes? Yea, sometimes, we have this pleasant little miracle called, “Jesus Christ there is no work.” So I figure, I may as well write emails to myself and blog in them. It’s pretty magical.
Actually, first I decided I wanted to write out a list of topics to blog about. Naturally, it is slightly recursive, the first item on the list being, “Blog about the list of things to blog about”. It is just how I roll.

Here is the rest:

Bees

Dead Birds (Thursday Morning)

Nosebleeds

Headaches

Wolf Parade- “Apologies from the Queen Mary” [review]

Hailstorms in midafternoon (Wednesday night)

“Lord of the Flies” [review]

“The Great Gatsby” [review]

“The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night-Time”- [review]

“The Gutter and the Grave” [review]

The Qur’an (thoughts)

Fototannerin “Pedals”

Wah-Form pote pedals

Mannerisms in the office- bosses

Coke versus Pepsi

The Pepsi Challenge- second operator bias

Blur & the concise, focused album

Soda, Pop, Wisconsin

Cloud Cult cover of “Mr Tambourine Man”

Huffing = Smoking

Trivia (I don’t think I’m going this year)

Dust

Why Dust sucks

Dust really sucks

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs- “Show Your Bones” [review]

Monopoly (and collectors versions- also Bilbopoly)- “Advance to Boardwalk”/”Free Parking

Switching Deodorant

Rock Island Café- (new couches) [review]

Why I am less likely to buy from a company after a rebranding if I knew about them before they rebranded

Recording thoughts- Self Chorusing either with multi-ics or dual outputs

Recording thoughts- Live Stereo

Recording thoughts- Surround Stage

Out Sick

Might seem a little A.D.D. right now- it happens- but it is just how I roll.

I also roll sideways, and downhill.

Aw Shit son, throw down!

2006-09-25T11:09:00.000-07:00

Chris Williams is a smarmy douchebag

Spoem (Spam+Poem): "Experienced Enough?"

2006-09-23T20:39:00.000-07:00

house yearns for man trapped in his hotel room
they've all offered to than that. This
hit. Dan took shot off you that one of
her sense of there in his bed
any of this, and ancestor, and Ammon, the Egyptian god he
her possessions out on the and resting during which he rubbed the
D- He broke off. this day to the ending of
years just for single? celled life? forms to recolonize nation of mankind! Abdikadir
just for the heck of it, he into steep-walled valleys and gorges

[[Edited for spacing, no grammar check. I get these emails once in a while, figured I'd share them. They are entertaining.]]

Bookstore Noteblog to Myself: Fire the Irony Missiles

2006-09-23T20:23:00.000-07:00

Today, when I went to the bookstore, I picked out 3 books. I sat down to read, and started with a book of poems by Charles Bukowski. I read the first poem, and closed the book.
"That's pretty pretentious." I thought to myself as I closed the book, shuffling my other books- a Qur'an and a copy of Milton's "Paradise Lost".

Rimshot, please.

Well, as Stephen Malkmus once said,

2006-09-23T20:21:00.000-07:00

Today I told a joke to the bookstore employee. I was checking out, and I asked him, "Do you know what the best part about reading Chaucer is?"

Now, the answer to this is something the Great Stephen Malkmus once said, and his answer is "So you can say, 'I've read more Chaucer than you'."

I liked the bookstore employee's answer better. His was, "It never gets old"

Noteblog

2006-09-21T19:35:00.000-07:00

I wrote this in my notebook today. I was in the coffeeshop, enjoying my book and listening to people talk far too loudly.

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Sept 21st
Today I started reading "the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time", mostly on Matthew Baldwin's glowing recommendation (link) [edit: reread that recommendation-- not as glowing as I remember it being]. Or, rather, will start reading it after I scribble in this notebook for a little bit. I really wish I know how to write in Arabic or Sanskrit. Not much I can do about that right now though. [edit/note: My Roman writing is often compared to arabic for its many loops and tails].
There's music on the boom box today. Sounds like if Andrew Bird sang over Stephen Malkmus's guitar work- nothing amazing, but divine in its mediocrity. The noisy people left. Oh wait. I've heard this whole album here before. It's an alright album, but more mediocre than divine. That's what you get when you can only play albums that aren't liscensed by ASCAP, I guess.
Oh wow. An alarmingly cute girl just walked in- apparantly she and Joe the barristo know eachother. Maybe they're dating. Too bad. She's cute. Then again, Anna tells me Joe is pretty good looking so I don't need to feel all annoyed that an ugly person of my sex and a pretty person of the fairer managed to hook up.
Does that sound shallow? I don't mean it to sound that way. I like to judge people's attractiveness probably the same way most people do- respective to how well I know them.

I just came from the book/tobacco store, which is pretty much a completely awesome combonation if you ask me. They have very nice employees, too. Today they gave me extra stamps on my frequent buyer card.

Literature Recommendation:
"Life Of Pi", by Yann Martel.
Man was I behind on getting to this one. My bad, the world. Go read it if you haven't.

Album Recommendation:
"You Forgot It In People", by Broken Social Scene.
Another one I was way behind on enjoying.

Artist Recommendation:
The Album Leaf
Like Mogwai? What about Sigur Ros? Broken Social Scene? Put them all in a blender and subtract a guitar or three and you get The Album Leaf. Listen.