Drool
The internet is a funny place. I found this image (and started drooling) sometime early in the week, but haven't had a chance to post it until now. And then this morning, I found this link which leads to a guy lamenting that I got the ilb url before he did. Bro, the interweb moves fast these days, you gots to step up your game. Gracias for the props though.
The internets; it's a small cyberspace afterall.
Anyways, as his entry explains jPod is the "sort of sequal" to my third favorite book of all time, Microserfs, and is the inspiration for this site. One of the characters in Microserfs lists his job title as information leafblower. When I read that two word phrase, I thought it was the coolest thing I had ever heard. So when it came time to name my blog, I chose that since my first choice had already been taken. But I think it worked out for the best in the end. Although if the other url hadn't been taken, I might not have such a ridiculous DJ name. :)
My trusty iPod just cued up "Bittersweet Symphony" by The Verve, a song I told myself I was over long ago because it had reached the point of oversaturation and I was sick of it. But then I saw Richard Ashcroft perform it during Live 8 with that band of fookin' stoodents and it really blew me away. I got goosebumps bigtime. And not because the piano player writes shit on his hands. It was just so, so good to see Captain Rock back onstage, working the crowd, fronting a band and rocking out. Man, I miss The Verve. In the last year or so, I've actually come to really dig Ashcroft's first solo record (sure it has it's weaknesses, but there's alot to like), but I think his follow up was fairly subpar. But I digress...
Tom explains how the ear works and how it relates to sound at concerts. Good stuff.
Jay Williams plans to make an NBA roster this year. Holla at those Twolves Jay. I think I can beat out Sam Cassell at this point.
The writing's on the wall for Mark Bellhorn. At least, let's hope it is.
Stream the new Stellastarrrr**** single Sweet Troubled Soul. Anyone remember the great Grambo/Kegzies Stellastarrrr**** debate of '03? Didn't think so.
Stream the Jagz Kooner mix of Kasabian's new single L.S.F. in Quicktime or Windoze Media.
Don't forget to enter my M.I.A. and Gorillaz contests.
My plans for the weekend? Drinking and packing. Good times.
My best friend and I have an ongoing joke: eventually, she'll have to go out to buy "flat foods" to slide under my door when I have the nervous breakdown I've been waiting for all my life. Obviously, I have to give michael in Microserfs credit for that idea.
I recalll it.
I believe they both concluded the band sucked*
hearing/seeing Bittersweet Symphony at Live8 really made me miss the Verve. Their sound always seemed to come out of some far off place. Almost as if you couldn't believe that guys with guitars and drums could make this sound. Bittersweet Symphony was overexposed, and overplayed...but having it sit on the shelf for a while, and then bringing it back to light, I, just like you, was blown away at how 'big' it seemed. It was good to see Richard Ashcroft back on stage, being that incredible front man he was always destined to be. When his solo album came out in 2000 (?), I tried to not hold it against him that it wasn't the Verve (as almost everyone did). You know what, it really is a great album. Full of songs that while much different from the sonic landscapes of A Storm in Heaven, or the anthems on Urban Hymns, the album still delivers. It is his solo effort, not a Verve creation. Check it out and enjoy.