Trust me, it's worth the 7 minutes

I just discovered Wil Wheaton's blog, WWdN: In Exile, and I'm loving it. And I'm loving that I found it from a tweet from Neil Gaiman on Twitter. Ah, technology how I love thee. I've been surfing back through some of Wil's posts and had come across this, hit play and then kept reading. It's beautiful. Hit play and sit back and just listen. Her name is Zoe Keating and this is her website.



Taken directly from Mr. Wheaton himself.....
"See that MacBook next to her? She uses that to sample herself several times to build a rhythm, and then she plays over it, like a one-woman string quartet. Or quintet. Or awesometet. I didn't realize this the first time I heard her; I just thought her music was haunting and beautiful, but once I knew what she was doing, I was awestruck. In fact, knowing how she does it, I defy you to listen to it again and keep your jaw off the floor."

If I had the follow through

I want to write a story about a guy who is afraid of letting cab drivers know where he lives so he always has them drop him off 2 blocks away then waits till they leave before he heads home. This also makes it impossible for him to order delivery. And needless to say he doesn't have a lot of friends come over.

However I don't have anything else to go on but that. So for now it lives in the back of my brain. And maybe someday when I pretend I am a writer I will finish the thought.

12 minutes

I just got home from the gym. I spent the last half on those crazy elliptical machines. They kind of make me feel like I'm losing my mind but I seem to be able to hang on the longest on them so I've been using them more often. If I read it right I ellipticized for 3 miles in just under 34 minutes. And if my brain hasn't completely sweated out my ears I think that boils down to somewhere between an 11 and a 12 minute mile. That. Is. Awesome. For me at least. I'm going to go pass out now.

Post Happy V Day

I am a firm believer in avoiding at all costs the hallmark created culture of Valentine's Day. I find it obtrusive when I am in a relationship to have the outside world tell me (or my partner) how exactly we should love each other and when I'm single it's just fucking depressing to have it constantly thrown in my face. My one caveat is that while I do not expect or want flowers, chocolate, or gifts of any kind on February 14th, if you are dating me I do want it at some point. Preferably a random Tuesday at least 3 weeks away from any significant event. Just because I don't like V day doesn't mean I don't like being loved.

Lucky for me this year, I passed this past Saturday with someone who may dislike the holiday even more than me. We found this out about each other awhile ago which led to a nice stress free weekend. It also led to a conversation a while back about Horny Werewolf Day. One of his favorite writers, Warren Ellis, said at some point "Always remember: Valentine's Day is a Christian corruption of a pagan festival involving werewolves, blood and fucking. So wish people a happy Horny Werewolf Day and see what happens." I don't know the back story, or if there is much more, but after finding this out I struck a deal with the boy. No V Day acknowledgement from me but I definitely wanted a card that wished me a Happy Horny Werewolf Day!

So I reminded him every few weeks until the fateful night rolled around. Turns out he "commissioned" an artist friend of his and said friend liked it so much he used the idea for a flyer for his own website. I couldn't be mad. It was a kick ass flyer. And as soon as I get the images emailed to me I will post them here.

In true celebration of the day I went to a hardcore punk show Saturday night. By a band called Fucked Up. Yup. It's all about pushing your boundaries apparently. Did I love it? No. Did I hate it? No. So I guess that's something. I can say it got a whole hell of a lot better once I bought the earplugs for $1 from the bar.

Hope you and yours celebrated in whatever way you saw fit. Or didn't celebrate. Whichever works for you.

Bonnaroo

Bonnaroo is a 4 day music festival that takes place in Manchester, TN in the beginning of June. It's a camping thing with over 700 acres of land to spread out on. It's huge. And I'm going.

I've never been to one of these things before but after seeing this years line up I couldn't pass it up. The boy and the brother are also going and who knows who else will jump on board before June reaches us. You can check out the full website here, but I wanted to copy in the names of the bands announced to give a better idea of why I decided to spend a ridiculous amount of money to participate.

Oh, and by the way, this means I will be seeing The Boss twice in one month. Life, at least musically speaking, is all good.

The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival 2009 Lineup:

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Phish (2 Shows)
Beastie Boys
Nine Inch Nails
David Byrne
Wilco
Al Green
Snoop Dogg
Elvis Costello Solo
Erykah Badu
Paul Oakenfold
Ben Harper and Relentless7
The Mars Volta
TV on the Radio
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Gov’t Mule
Andrew Bird
Band Of Horses
Merle Haggard
MGMT
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The Decemberists
Girl Talk
Bon Iver
Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Galactic
The Del McCoury Bandof Montreal
Allen Toussaint
Coheed and Cambria
Booker T & the DBTs
David Grisman Quintet
Lucinda Williams
Animal Collective
Gomez
Neko Case
Down
Jenny Lewis
Santogold
Robert Earl Keen
Citizen Cope
Femi Kuti and the Positive Force
The Ting Tings
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Kaki King
Grizzly Bear
King Sunny Adé
Okkervil River
St. Vincent
Zac Brown Band
Raphael Saadiq
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Crystal Castles
Tift Merritt
Brett Dennen
Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue
Toubab Krewe
People Under the Stairs
Alejandro Escovedo
Vieux Farka Touré
Elvis Perkins In Dearland
Cherryholmes
Yeasayer
Todd Snider
Chairlift
Portugal. The Man.
The SteelDrivers
Midnite
The Knux
The Low Anthem
Delta Spirit
A.A. Bondy
The Lovell Sisters
Alberta Cross

MORE ARTISTS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON!

Ah, the joys of the internet

I made a promise to a friend, so here it is. The CatCam! (wouldn't fit in the side bar so had to make a post about it).

Webcam chat at Ustream

Enjoy.