Opinions on Music, Culture and the goings on at our music company
Saturday, July 31, 2010
F1
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Good days
F1 ,and NASCAR next, YAY!
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Friday, July 30, 2010
Ramblin' Stan Baker
Our Lineup on the tune so far is thus
Producers: Stu Vinyl, Yrgal Tidge
Engineers: Diggy Tall
Front Man: Yrgal Tidge
Vocals: Yrgal Tidge, Stu Vinyl, Quiglar the Bobarian
Percussion: Quiglar the Bobarian, Buster Apocalypse
Guitars: Stu Vinyl, Ooda Yaw, Ramblin’ Stan Baker, Ferris Oxhide
Bass: Yrgal Tidge
Keys: Glu
So, to take this on the road, we need Yrgal, Stu, Quiglar, Ooda, Buster, Glu, and Stan. It's not likely that Ferris would be seen live so we'd have to do without him.
Amazing, and Scary
Bottom line, except for the small amount of cash I received, all I did was transfer a bunch of numbers, that should scare anyone, after all they could restrict/deny you access to your "money" at any time and there ain't shit you can do about it,
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Virtual Navigation (barely worth the read)
If you understand Window's directories and the different Explorer views work you know how Windows is inherently about this Forward, Backward, Downward, and Upward motion.
The Google Toolbar will give you an "Up" button if you want.
I guess this whole rant is because I thought the "pureness" of the navigation at this site was cool. I've linked to a point in the site where you can go Back, Forward, or Up.
http://www.elrelojdesol.com/leonardo-da-vinci/gallery-english/pages/08_The_Last_Supper.htm
It's really just the nav for the picture viewer built into the site, and nothing new, but it was refreshing to have so clear a way to get "up"
So that is way enough about this...
Final Guitar for That's Right
Haven't listened yet, but I think I got some good stuff.
Maybe a little more background vocals, a recorded cymbal roll and a couple crashes, a little mixing, and it should be "DONE"
PREVIEW
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Firefox
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Monday, July 26, 2010
We like AC/DC
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Sunday, July 25, 2010
Dethklok RULES!
Remember when you thought South Park was just foul kid's stuff?
Remember when you realized there are genius comedic minds behind these shows?
Take it a step farther...What if the imaginary world of core metal-heads was real?
The BLT boys have discovered, thanks to Q, that, not only are there genius comedic minds behind the, 4 season old, Cartoon Network Adult Swim Flash-animation comedy Metalocalypse, but, if you're in the mood for death-metal, you can't beat Dethklok!
BRUTAL!
lol- Google "deth" see what's suggested by your search bar :o)
Maintenance sucks!
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Friday, July 23, 2010
Meg Whitman Una Nueva California
Making money and gaining power come easy to those who have zero honor.
Maybe her and Jerry will both contract a severe case of facial herpes and be forced to withdraw and we can try our luck with another two.....NEXT!!
Are grandpas metal?
Even though I'm gonna be a grandpa soon, I still am just astonished when I'm reminded, by a pic like this, that my daughter's a grownup. She'll be older than me soon.....
Hey, Yrgal, let's go play with our toy airplanes!
Grand(kids)
(sung as a punk tune)
Kids are something,you really should have,
they love their mom and they love their dad,
They make messes and they're happy all day,
they shit in a diaper and you throw it away, Yea!
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One more peace of info to read before you die
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books that changed my life
I also would add Titan by John Varley,
Hayeks The Road to Serfdom
John Stuart Mill On Liberty
The Lord of the Rings
Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged (MUST READ!)
Milton Friedman Free to choose
The New Testament
any thing by Jerry Pournelle
or Ben Bova
Heinline Starship troopers, (the book not the movie, although I like shlock SciFi movies)
I'm sure there are more
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Eric is on spot again
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Books that changed how I think
Tao te Ching
Frankenstein
Candide
1984
Defence of Duffer's Drift
Horton Hears a Who
Un-weaving the Rainbow
A Canticle for Lebowitz
Helliconia
Be Dangerous on Rock Guitar
City
The Long Walk
The First Men in the Moon
Climbing Olympus
Lord of the Flies
A Yankee in King Arthur's Court
The Hobbit
Integral Trees
The Mote in God's Eye
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Light of Other Days
Titan (by Steven Baxter -- Ben Bova's Titan was as good a read but Baxter changed how I think...)
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (by the great Dale Carnegie - also by Dale is a book I haven't read yet, but intend to - Lincoln the Unknown -- I have heard life changing reviews about this book as well...)
I believe Yrgal would add the Constitution of the United States (I haven't read it but I've heard it kicks ass!)
...more coming.... :o)
Tweaking
Tweaking website colors and the ending to "That's Right" tonight.
Stick to the basics....brews and buds!
My Space is down
Well, Blister hosts with GoDaddy...reliable webhosting and HOT chicks! (hot, race-car driving, chicks...)
YARG!
Monday, July 19, 2010
Bruce Dickenson
Fuck yeah!
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GUNS RULE! (for a lot or reasons)
I Love living in a society that loves a no gun culture yet allows us to own guns. Only criminals brandish guns and they don't even know what to do when they whip em out, not really, and carefull what you wish for, example Stu's Wife is well trained with weapons and she's a Petite gal, Go Ahead, try her sometime.....
We are proud Gun Owners, and We defend your rights,All Of them,
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I like Space!
AfterBurner with Bill Whittle, Enjoy,
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Sunday, July 18, 2010
On The Other Hand......
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Saturday Recording a Wash
Soooo, no recording got done.
We're trying again today.
Anyone selling land in the badlands of Montana?....really.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Stupid Criminals
If someone were to ask you who the last person anyone should ever dare to mug is, what name would be your answer? This lister is betting on 80% or better of respondents answering, “Chuck Norris.”
Amazingly, astoundingly, two idiots managed to try just that. It happened in 1994. Norris mentions this whole thing in his autobiography, “Against All Odds.” And, by his testimony, this is what happened. Honest to God, it really happened.
In 1994, right at the beginning of his run as Walker, Texas Ranger, Norris was, and still is, living in Dallas, Texas, where the show was filmed. One day he was walking down the street by himself, no entourage, no fans following him, no bodyguards, not even his wife. He turned a commercial block in the downtown skyscraper area and saw two men a little bigger than he coming straight for him from the other end of the block.
They were staring right at him, and he figured they wanted autographs, which he enjoys signing. So he walked up to them and stopped with a smile, whereupon they stood in front of him, whipped out a couple of large pocketknives, and one of them demanded, “Give me your wallet, Chuck! Give it here!”
Norris actually opened his mouth wide and then asked, “Are you insane!?”
“No! We know who you are! And we know you got a lot of money! Now give it up, or you’re dead!”
Now before we go further, let us just go over a few of the particulars. All jokes aside, Chuck Norris truly does have the following black belts: 1st degree in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 8th Degree Grandmaster in Tae Kwon Do, 9th degree in Jeet Kune Do under Bruce Lee and Lee’s best student, Dan Inosanto, 10th degree in Shito Ryu Karate, 10th degree in Tang Soo Do, 11th degree in Chun Kuk Do.
Granted, the last art is his own concoction, a hybrid of all the best moves he has learned over the years, all blended for both self-defense and competition, and you are only allowed a 10th degree or better in anything when you found your own dojo. But suffice to say, the muggers didn’t even use guns. From a hundred feet away. They used knives within arm’s reach. What happened next was rather anti-climactic.
The police arrived about 4 minutes later, 3 officers in two cars, and were greeted by the scene of two men with SEVERELY broken arms (the bones had gone through the skin) sitting on the curb, two bloody knives in the gutter, and Chuck Norris, the Almighty Himself, leaning against the wall, wearing his beard, jeans, cowboy boots and a cowboy hat….he shrugged at them. The police started laughing so hard that they bent over, holding their sides, unable to put the handcuffs on the muggers. One of them managed to ask, “Did you not know who he was?!”
One of them said, “Yeah, we knew who he was! We figured all that crap on TV was fake!”
This comes from listverse.com always with the lists I tells ya!
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
What the Hell is Wrong with the Upland PD?
So....he broke his wrist recently (btw took 5 days to get the specialist necessary to set it properly...wonder if rich kids wait that long?) anyway, his wrist is recovering fine. His arm in a cast.
Next....he likes to skateboard...but he can't with his broken wrist...so he's sitting, watching the kids at the Upland skate park (near the hospital), when 3 (count 'em 3) cops come upon the scene. They decide it's best to give Adam a ticket. Not even sure for what, as far as Adam and his mother can tell, there are no posted rules against watching the skaters. Obviously there was nothing more important for these pricks to do. Our tax dollars at work. Adam was in tears when he got home.
What the hell is wrong with you, Upland PD? Three officers and not one of them is clear on "Right from Wrong". These people carry guns?
There will be angry emails sent, you revenue grabbing jerks!!
Serve and Protect!
A good laugh
I got to touch the grass, though. And I was able to explore the Bowels of the new stadium. Backstage is always exciting the first time, no matter where it is. You feel the thrill of seeing something most won’t, even if it’s just endless concrete corridors with huge pipes overhead – a few of which surely carry the ceaseless torrent of urine from the bathrooms. Think of it: a giant loading dock is built to bring in the beer; dozens of beer-dispensing points are built throughout the complex; wide long troughs are stationed at convenient intervals to receive the end product of the beer, and complex systems of pipes are installed to carry away the end product of the beer. It all depends on a crowd of thousands who will consume and strain the beer. The entire stadium is a machine built around the human kidney.
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Flying She Wolf
Flying She Wolf
We have videos put to our own music in the works!
So...if I edit this does it float to the top?
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
What's Up!!!
Once you get it, you can friend me and see what I'm listening to right now. It's finally getting warm here and I love the whine, it's so fine. Thanks to our friends who have congregated here and listen to our stuff,
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Monday, July 12, 2010
Groovy Sunday
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Behold the Power!
PC Mag.com has the details,
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New Site
THAT'S ALL HE DOES,AND HE WON'T STOP UNTIL YOU VISIT!! and Download some tracks,We're givin em away!
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Greg Gutfeld speaks
Greg is the host of a show called Redeye on FNC and he's pretty funny, today he celebrates a birthday by proving once again "SHUT UP AND SING!"
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So Ringo Starr turned 170 yesterday, and marked it by babbling.
He said we should all initiate our afternoons with a global “peace and love” moment. He says it would be fab for folks from all over the world (which I presume includes gentle souls hiding in the mountains of Afghanistan), to say such things at noon everyday – by any form of communication you have at hand.
Of course, there’s nothing wrong with this. It’s a nice sentiment from a semi-attractive grandmother.
Oh, I kid. Of course there’s something wrong with this. There’s everything wrong with this.
For that proclamation represents the reason why people die in this world.
They die because people listen to aging hippes like Ringo Starr. The idea that all the evil in the world will dissolve if we all chant peace and love is what enables evil in the world to flourish.
Threat of war, however, makes peace possible – not silly proclamations of hugs and kisses.
Of course, I’m probably picking on Ringo a bit too much here. But really, jackasses who spout peace, can only spout peace, if the more sensible folks around him are willing to wage war.
And the fact is, if these massive celebrities actually applied the notion of “peace and love” to their own personal lives, they’d be about as successful as Pete Best.
So my suggestion is to replace Ringo’s “peace and love” mantra with something like “God bless our troops,” or “The Beatles were a poor man’s Badfinger.” (true, that!)
Now some people might accuse me of harping on Ringo, because he didn’t return our calls when asked to do Red Eye. Of course, I’m not that sort of fellow. In fact, I wish Starr all the peace and love in the world – which will get him next to nothing in midtown at three a.m when I’m chasing him home with a broken champagne bottle and a copy of Caveman.
And if you disagree with me, you’re a racist homophobe who ripped off the Knack.
Penn Jillette: Mistrust of Government Is a Beautiful Thing
I don't agree with everything the man says, but he's sharp and honest, Go Penn,
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Friday, July 9, 2010
Holy Crap! part III
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
Quiglar Cometh!
Await ye here for future tales of tomatos and tunes.....
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Respect My Authoritahh
Sunday, July 4, 2010
A Poem for the dying and the heroes
have wakened from a dreamy slumber,
On a muggy night, with skeeters flying,
they knew in morn, that some were dying,
Loading guns with cap and ball,
they trod into the British wall,
They new there lives were much at risk,
and gladly gave their lives for this,
as soon as dawn begun to broke,
they blasted Hell at the British folk,
Professionals these, and amatuers those,
Back and forth and toe to toe,
the will for freedom, against the king,
no one knew what the day would bring,
Many fell our side and theirs,
Many lost and many heirs,
to what so many did not know,
and yet they stood there toe to toe,
Eight long years of battle still,
yet nothing broke those brothers will,
King George he quit,we Battle on,
America,so proud and strong,
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What am I doing?
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A note on sound
Earbuds! It seems to me in the last twenty years or so, the once ubiquitous stereo system has fallen by the wayside, to be replaced with PC speakers and earbuds. Now, I use headphones a lot, great for old Pink Floyd, Rush and bands that actually used panning in their music, etc. but while using these one must remember that sound, especially music needs Room. By that I mean whenever possible use your speakers to hear your music, and no Louder isn't always better, rather as Stu said previously, adjust volume based on the Type of music your listening to, and don't sit so darned close to your sound source.
Tone Controls
Tone controls are nothing more than volume knobs that adjust certain Frequencies, Highs, Lows, Mids and such, Too much of any volume will introduce Distortions which will make your tunes SUCK! so go easy on them there knobs and don't turn them to 11. Often you will get a weird sound you can't quite get rid of, try this, cut your midrange (or 1.6k for you multiband EQ users) back to about 4, which is actually a CUT in volume and a lot of the sound you hear will appear to smooth out, making your experience more enjoyable.
If you have the cash, invest in a decent set of headphones for your I-pod you won't be disappointed,
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Saturday, July 3, 2010
Bitchin' session today
Great sounds today.
Gonna do a little mixing tonight then tomorrow I should have time for some "loud" guitar!
That's Right is coming along great.
Sound
As our site grows you will see that Yrgal and I play and listen to many different styles. Ya know, I like Johnny Cash, Marylin Manson, Snoop Dogg, Beastie Boys, SRV...ect...ect....
The thing I'm hoping to remind you about enjoying music is that you're mood makes a huge difference. If you hear a song and don't like it, give it another chance. When I first heard Crafty, by the Beasties, I literally HATED it. I heard it another time and thought, "this is kinda fun"...now I love it!...when I'm in the mood. On the other hand, when I first heard Johnny Cash's rendition of Trent Resnor's Hurt I thought it was the most incredible piece of art I had ever hear. I listened to it a few times that week and haven't been "in the mood" for months since. Still LOVE the song though. I disliked Zep and ZZ for many of my younger years. Now I consider them nothing short of geniuses. Don't box your tastes in.
I hope I'm not coming off as preachy here (it IS a blog though, I guess...), but this is stuff I used to ignore and I'm glad I'm more aware now.
Another thing to remember is that music (sound in general) has an actual physiological effect on humans. It really affects your body and therefore your chemicals and therefore your emotions. An important aspect of how a composer intends his/her music to impact the listener is volume. There are "official" terms used in music to dictate the volume(s) at which a piece of music is performed. Typically these instructions from the composer are not conveyed to the listener of a recording. It is, however, pretty easy to assume that much of the music of the past 50 years is meant to played "Forte" or "FORTISSIMO" (LOUD!) most of the time. Doesn't mean you need to injure your ears, but remember if you're listening to rock and roll, metal, punk, even country or reggae (like I said "much music") at a low volume, you may not be getting the intended effect. Try it, put on some AC/DC at a volume you could talk over. ehhh it's AC/DC...yea yea legendary band...yea. Now put on AC/DC CRANKED! If you're physical wreck like myself, you'll give yourself whiplash with the headbanging and you'll wonder why it's been so long since you cranked some AC/DC!
PEACE!
One of my favorite bands....
BTW If anyone can find me that album I'll....well, never mind what I'll do, but I'll be thankfull!
Have a Great Independence Day
gotta sleep now long flight home,nice to sleep in theUSA,
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Friday, July 2, 2010
Just got home
Grooveshark is a great repository of music, and if you have an account you can link to us Yippee!
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Holy Crap!
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
One more
PC! seee you next week,
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I'm off!
BTW anyone know if Uzbek chicks are hot? A picture is worth a thousand words, post some hotties so I know what to look for, I got a Sat phone so blogging won't change much(especially if I find Uzbek girls!),
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Circles of friends
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Warning Seriousness ahead!
Man, what a load! Sometimes this magazine is very difficult to take seriously.
Suppose that AGW is real. That doesn't tell us enough to do anything useful about it. We must have a reliable and non-controversial metric to evaluate it quantitatively. This would allow us to determine (1) if our "solutions" (whatever they might be) are doing the job, and (2) when we can stop crippling ourselves and our industrial economy in our efforts to stop whatever it is that's causing the change in the metric. Unfortunately the items so often quoted by Warmists are not reliable metrics. (Think tree-ring data - that obviously is no good.) In theory there is a good one but it's not terribly sensitive and there's probably a serious phase delay, but it's a good worldwide integrator and so much better than spot measurements at weather stations. I refer to sea level. Now like pretty much all other old MIT men world-wide, I take a lot of data just for the hell of it. One such data set I have been accumulating since the 1960s is sea level. My measurements show no noteworthy change. NONE. My tentative scientific conclusion is that there is no net warming, caused by human activity or any other factor. None. Reports to the contrary I must tentatively classify as hysteria or propaganda.
I might conjecture that the Warmists are not really interested in a reproducible metric. Lacking a metric, they can always claim that whatever we're doing to solve the problem isn't enough - we need to do more of it. How convenient - they can push us to destroy the modern economy and industrial civilization, with no good place to stop along the way. This should eventually satisfy the Greens and other Luddities. But it won't do the Earth much good, since we'll all be huddled around campfires by then. Campfires fueled by wood. Talk about a carbon footprint!
As scientific types know, you don't have to take anyone's word for this stuff. Get your own data. All sorts of important measurements can be done with simple equipment. Read Millikan's "The Electron" for some inspiration about measuring fundamental constants with simple stuff you probably have lying around your kitchen. Or, if that's too high-tech, look up early measurements of the gravitational constant. Shoot, this stuff is easy! (Some of it is, anyway.) If you are just picking between "authorities," though, you aren't doing science. That's fandom, or religion, but not science. This pitiful article is a case in point.
I guess that's why they call it "popular" science, hey if it's popular it must be science Right?Science Damn You!,
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Chitlins Con Carne
Might actually "listen" to it next (thinkin outta box I am)
Can't find vid of Kenny Burrel or SRV playing it, but plenty of other dudes.
Not planning on covering it, just want to know it. Cool stuff.