Saw this on p2pnet.com and it really sums up how it's gonna be.
Music Fan Manifesto: 2010
Jon Newton - p2pnet.net / a2f2a.com
1. P2P online music distribution is the solution, not the problem. And it’s here to stay.
2. Sharing is not stealing. With it, no money changes hands and no one has lost anything s/he used to own.
3. Copyright isn’t a right.
4. When someone pays good money for something, s/he owns it.
5. Once music is set free, it doesn’t belong to the creators. It belongs to the listeners.
6. Artists need to be paid, and fans want to see that happen. But it isn’t for music lovers to figure out how. It’s for fans to buy, share, enjoy and spread the word, just as they’ve always done.
7. Music is for everyone, not just a very few, relatively speaking, people with $1 (and more) to waste on grotesquely overpriced digital downloads manufactured by the Big 4 labels and their many direct and indirect offshoots, and associated and part-owned companies.
8. When conditions are reasonable and prices are fair, people can — and do, and in their millions — buy online music. The proof is the success of AllofMP3.com and the sites which sprang up in its wake, many of them selling by download size, not per ‘item’.
9. There are a lot more fans than artists, politicians and corporate music executives and for the first time, thanks to the net, they have a voice. A very loud voice. In Chuck Palahniuk’s book Fight Club the anti-hero, Tyler Durden, declares, "Remember this. The people you’re trying to step on, we’re everyone you depend on. We’re the people who do your laundry and cook your food and serve your dinner. We make your bed. We guard you while you’re asleep. We drive the ambulances. We direct your call. We are cooks and taxi drivers and we know everything about you. We process your insurance claims and credit card charges. We control every part of your life."
10. Music piracy is an artificial concept created by the corporate music industry.
11. There is, however, counterfeiting and illegal copying and distribution. Criminal counterfeiters and duplicators are always far more technically advanced than both the entertainment industry and the national police and enforcement units that cynically act for them.
12. Crooks use the billions of CDs and DVDs churned out by the music industry as customizable templates for illegal ‘product’.
13. Counterfeiters who depend largely on physical product will find it harder to operate when music lovers are buying fairly priced music from sites offering fully, instead of partially, opened catalogs.
14. When one ‘illegal’ site is shut down, two more spring up in its place.
15. There’s no such thing as DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) consumer control. Anything which can be seen and/or heard in any form can be copied by one analogue or digital means or another. "Digital files cannot be made uncopyable any more than water can be made not wet" ~ Bruce Schneier
16. There’s no such thing as Big Music. There’s only a handful of outdated and outclassed corporations whose dependency on outmoded business systems applicable only in the physical 20th century has condemned to them to die in the digital 21st century.
17. There’s no such thing as a corporate music trade organization — ie, RIAA, BPI, IFPI — acting in the interest of contracted artists. These ‘associations’ exist solely for, and are under the control of, the major record labels. They’ve become dumb weapons, and little else.
18. At present, there’s no such thing as a viable online corporate music market.
19. There’s no such thing as a music ‘consumer’ in the 20th century. Fans today are active participants in how, and by whom, music is distributed on- and offline. They’re in a brand-new economic territory in which they, and not the corporations, have power of control. It’s called freedom of choice. The days when people will buy whatever’s put in front of them, and pay whatever’s demanded, are gone forever.
20. We don’t owe the labels a living.
21. The corporate music industry depends absolutely on three (to it) essential elements: Bullshit; Lies; and, Confusion.
22. Suing isn’t wooing. If they want us, they have to make us want them.
23. Soon, the Big 4 will be competing instead of controlling. They’ll have no choice. And when that happens, all the doors will open.
24. More and more people are logging on with every passing hour. The balance is shifting and anything that can be digitized WILL be digitized and sold online. When that happens, many of the existing overheads — cash tied up in storage, print costs, enforcement, PR campaigns, etc — will be drastically lowered or cut altogether. This, in turn, will mean more and more people will be buying more and more reasonably priced product via the net. And they’ll be talking about what’s good and what’s bad in their blogs, in emails, IM, texting, and so on. There’ll be no way for manufacturers to escape the results of releasing shabby product, as they’re able to do until now. We fans — ‘consumers,’ as we’re still contemptuously known — will increasingly find and share our own news and information, completely by-passing lame-scream press corpse and the old marketing and sales religions.
25. The kids are alright and they’ll do right by artists, once the Big 4 are out of the way.
And finally, #26 — what it’s really all about, sharing is caring.
Music Fan Manifesto: 2010
Jon Newton - p2pnet.net / a2f2a.com
1. P2P online music distribution is the solution, not the problem. And it’s here to stay.
2. Sharing is not stealing. With it, no money changes hands and no one has lost anything s/he used to own.
3. Copyright isn’t a right.
4. When someone pays good money for something, s/he owns it.
5. Once music is set free, it doesn’t belong to the creators. It belongs to the listeners.
6. Artists need to be paid, and fans want to see that happen. But it isn’t for music lovers to figure out how. It’s for fans to buy, share, enjoy and spread the word, just as they’ve always done.
7. Music is for everyone, not just a very few, relatively speaking, people with $1 (and more) to waste on grotesquely overpriced digital downloads manufactured by the Big 4 labels and their many direct and indirect offshoots, and associated and part-owned companies.
8. When conditions are reasonable and prices are fair, people can — and do, and in their millions — buy online music. The proof is the success of AllofMP3.com and the sites which sprang up in its wake, many of them selling by download size, not per ‘item’.
9. There are a lot more fans than artists, politicians and corporate music executives and for the first time, thanks to the net, they have a voice. A very loud voice. In Chuck Palahniuk’s book Fight Club the anti-hero, Tyler Durden, declares, "Remember this. The people you’re trying to step on, we’re everyone you depend on. We’re the people who do your laundry and cook your food and serve your dinner. We make your bed. We guard you while you’re asleep. We drive the ambulances. We direct your call. We are cooks and taxi drivers and we know everything about you. We process your insurance claims and credit card charges. We control every part of your life."
10. Music piracy is an artificial concept created by the corporate music industry.
11. There is, however, counterfeiting and illegal copying and distribution. Criminal counterfeiters and duplicators are always far more technically advanced than both the entertainment industry and the national police and enforcement units that cynically act for them.
12. Crooks use the billions of CDs and DVDs churned out by the music industry as customizable templates for illegal ‘product’.
13. Counterfeiters who depend largely on physical product will find it harder to operate when music lovers are buying fairly priced music from sites offering fully, instead of partially, opened catalogs.
14. When one ‘illegal’ site is shut down, two more spring up in its place.
15. There’s no such thing as DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) consumer control. Anything which can be seen and/or heard in any form can be copied by one analogue or digital means or another. "Digital files cannot be made uncopyable any more than water can be made not wet" ~ Bruce Schneier
16. There’s no such thing as Big Music. There’s only a handful of outdated and outclassed corporations whose dependency on outmoded business systems applicable only in the physical 20th century has condemned to them to die in the digital 21st century.
17. There’s no such thing as a corporate music trade organization — ie, RIAA, BPI, IFPI — acting in the interest of contracted artists. These ‘associations’ exist solely for, and are under the control of, the major record labels. They’ve become dumb weapons, and little else.
18. At present, there’s no such thing as a viable online corporate music market.
19. There’s no such thing as a music ‘consumer’ in the 20th century. Fans today are active participants in how, and by whom, music is distributed on- and offline. They’re in a brand-new economic territory in which they, and not the corporations, have power of control. It’s called freedom of choice. The days when people will buy whatever’s put in front of them, and pay whatever’s demanded, are gone forever.
20. We don’t owe the labels a living.
21. The corporate music industry depends absolutely on three (to it) essential elements: Bullshit; Lies; and, Confusion.
22. Suing isn’t wooing. If they want us, they have to make us want them.
23. Soon, the Big 4 will be competing instead of controlling. They’ll have no choice. And when that happens, all the doors will open.
24. More and more people are logging on with every passing hour. The balance is shifting and anything that can be digitized WILL be digitized and sold online. When that happens, many of the existing overheads — cash tied up in storage, print costs, enforcement, PR campaigns, etc — will be drastically lowered or cut altogether. This, in turn, will mean more and more people will be buying more and more reasonably priced product via the net. And they’ll be talking about what’s good and what’s bad in their blogs, in emails, IM, texting, and so on. There’ll be no way for manufacturers to escape the results of releasing shabby product, as they’re able to do until now. We fans — ‘consumers,’ as we’re still contemptuously known — will increasingly find and share our own news and information, completely by-passing lame-scream press corpse and the old marketing and sales religions.
25. The kids are alright and they’ll do right by artists, once the Big 4 are out of the way.
And finally, #26 — what it’s really all about, sharing is caring.
People, please stop...
Jan. 13th, 2010 05:32 pmYou know, I REALLY wish people would stop bitching about NBC dumping Conan O'Brian and giving him all this undeserved praise. The guy is NOT FUNNY! He doesn't belong on the network. Please put Leno back on the Tonight Show, and let Conan fall into obscurity where he belongs.
My list of the best music of 2009
Dec. 18th, 2009 11:09 pmIn keeping with my annual tradition, I present my list for the best albums of the year. (Along with a few new categories)
( And the winners are... )
Coming later... my favourite albums of the decade...
( And the winners are... )
Coming later... my favourite albums of the decade...
In memory... 2009...
Dec. 13th, 2009 05:35 pmA tribute to those who've influenced us, brightened our lives, and some gone too soon
May we always remember them...
Walter Cronkite, 92 (Best newsman ever!)
Les Paul, 94 (Guitarist and inventor)
Ted Kennedy, 77 (Senator)
Richardo Montalban, 88 (Fantasy Island)
Bea Arthur, 86 (Maude, The Golden Girls)
Dom DeLuise, 75 (Comedian and Actor)
Patrick McGoohan, 80 (The Prisoner)
Billy Powell, 56 (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
David Carradine, 72 (Kung-Fu, Kill Bill)
Farrah Fawcett, 62 (Charlie's Angels)
Patrick Swayze, 57 (Dirty Dancing, Road House)
Karl Malden, 97 (Actor)
John Hughes, 59 (Director of Ferris Bueller's Day Off and others)
Berry Letts, 84 (Writer, producer and director of Doctor Who 1967-1981)
Larry Gelbart, 81 (Writer for M*A*S*H)
Soupy Sales, 83 (Comedian and Host)
Blossom Dearie, 82 (Singer for Schoolhouse Rock)
Ron Silver, 62 (Actor)
Natasha Richardson, 45 (Liam Neeson's wife)
Jade Goody, 27 (British reality personality and mother)
Dan Seals, 61 (Singer)
Marilyn Chambers, 56 (Porn actress)
"Playboy" Buddy Rose, 56 (Professional Wrestling great)
Koko Taylor, 80 (Blues musician)
Ed McMahon, 86 (The Tonight Show, Star Search)
Billy Mays, 50 (TV Pitchman)
Mollie Sugden, 86 (Are You Being Served)
Steve McNair, 36 (NFL Quarterback)
Henry Gibson, 73 (Laugh-In, Boston Legal)
Mary Travers, 72 (Peter, Paul & Mary)
Dickie Peterson, 63 (Singer for Blue Cheer)
Ken Ober, 52 (Host of Remote Control)
Edward Woodward, 79 (The Equalizer)
Captain Lou Albano, 76 (Wrestling manager and legend)
Eddie Fatu, 36 (WWE wrestler Umaga)
Paul Harvey, 90 (Radio personality)
Oscar G. Mayer, 95 (Founder of the Oscar Mayer company)
Jett Travolta, 16 (son of John Travolta)
May we always remember them...
Walter Cronkite, 92 (Best newsman ever!)
Les Paul, 94 (Guitarist and inventor)
Ted Kennedy, 77 (Senator)
Richardo Montalban, 88 (Fantasy Island)
Bea Arthur, 86 (Maude, The Golden Girls)
Dom DeLuise, 75 (Comedian and Actor)
Patrick McGoohan, 80 (The Prisoner)
Billy Powell, 56 (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
David Carradine, 72 (Kung-Fu, Kill Bill)
Farrah Fawcett, 62 (Charlie's Angels)
Patrick Swayze, 57 (Dirty Dancing, Road House)
Karl Malden, 97 (Actor)
John Hughes, 59 (Director of Ferris Bueller's Day Off and others)
Berry Letts, 84 (Writer, producer and director of Doctor Who 1967-1981)
Larry Gelbart, 81 (Writer for M*A*S*H)
Soupy Sales, 83 (Comedian and Host)
Blossom Dearie, 82 (Singer for Schoolhouse Rock)
Ron Silver, 62 (Actor)
Natasha Richardson, 45 (Liam Neeson's wife)
Jade Goody, 27 (British reality personality and mother)
Dan Seals, 61 (Singer)
Marilyn Chambers, 56 (Porn actress)
"Playboy" Buddy Rose, 56 (Professional Wrestling great)
Koko Taylor, 80 (Blues musician)
Ed McMahon, 86 (The Tonight Show, Star Search)
Billy Mays, 50 (TV Pitchman)
Mollie Sugden, 86 (Are You Being Served)
Steve McNair, 36 (NFL Quarterback)
Henry Gibson, 73 (Laugh-In, Boston Legal)
Mary Travers, 72 (Peter, Paul & Mary)
Dickie Peterson, 63 (Singer for Blue Cheer)
Ken Ober, 52 (Host of Remote Control)
Edward Woodward, 79 (The Equalizer)
Captain Lou Albano, 76 (Wrestling manager and legend)
Eddie Fatu, 36 (WWE wrestler Umaga)
Paul Harvey, 90 (Radio personality)
Oscar G. Mayer, 95 (Founder of the Oscar Mayer company)
Jett Travolta, 16 (son of John Travolta)
Song of the Day - 12/08/2009
Dec. 8th, 2009 10:34 pmWithin Temptation - "The Howling (Live with orchestra)"
We've been seeing what you wanted, got us cornered right now
Fallen asleep from our vanity, might cost us our lives
I hear they're getting closer
Their howls are sending chills down my spine
And time is running out now
They're coming down the hills from behind
When we start killing
It's all coming down right now
From the nightmare we've created,
I want to be awakened somehow
When we start killing it all will be falling down
From the Hell that we're in
All we are is fading away
When we start killing...
We've been searching all night long but there's no trace to be found
It's like they all have just vanished but I know they're around
I feel they're getting closer
Their howls are sending chills down my spine
And time is running out now
They're coming down the hills from behind
When we start killing
It's all coming down right now
From the nightmare we've created
I want to be awakened somehow
When we start killing it all will be falling down
From the Hell that we're in
All we are is fading away
When we start killing...
When we start killing...
I feel they're getting closer
Their howls are sending chills down my spine
And time is running out now
They're coming down the hills from behind
The sun is rising
The screams have gone
Too many have fallen
Few still stand tall
Is this the ending of what we've begun?
Will we remember what we've done wrong?
When we start killing
It's all coming down right now
From the nightmare we've created
I want to be awakened somehow
When we start killing it all will be falling down
From the Hell that we're in
All we are is fading away
When we start killing...
When we start killing...
When we start killing...
We've been seeing what you wanted, got us cornered right now
Fallen asleep from our vanity, might cost us our lives
I hear they're getting closer
Their howls are sending chills down my spine
And time is running out now
They're coming down the hills from behind
When we start killing
It's all coming down right now
From the nightmare we've created,
I want to be awakened somehow
When we start killing it all will be falling down
From the Hell that we're in
All we are is fading away
When we start killing...
We've been searching all night long but there's no trace to be found
It's like they all have just vanished but I know they're around
I feel they're getting closer
Their howls are sending chills down my spine
And time is running out now
They're coming down the hills from behind
When we start killing
It's all coming down right now
From the nightmare we've created
I want to be awakened somehow
When we start killing it all will be falling down
From the Hell that we're in
All we are is fading away
When we start killing...
When we start killing...
I feel they're getting closer
Their howls are sending chills down my spine
And time is running out now
They're coming down the hills from behind
The sun is rising
The screams have gone
Too many have fallen
Few still stand tall
Is this the ending of what we've begun?
Will we remember what we've done wrong?
When we start killing
It's all coming down right now
From the nightmare we've created
I want to be awakened somehow
When we start killing it all will be falling down
From the Hell that we're in
All we are is fading away
When we start killing...
When we start killing...
When we start killing...
A belated birthday
Dec. 1st, 2009 05:04 pmIt was 30 years ago yesterday that one of the greatest and most popular double albums of all time was released. Pink Floyd's second masterpiece 'The Wall' was released in time for the Xmas season on November 30th, 1979. It is one of the band's most successful albums, and THE most successful double album of all time, selling over 30 million copies worldwide since its release. It is also one of the few double albums to have a #1 single taken from it, in this case "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2".
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Song of the day - 10-19-2009
Nov. 19th, 2009 09:25 pmWithin Temptation - "Somewhere (featuring Anneke van Giersbergen and orchestra)"
Lost in the darkness
Hoping for a sign
Instead there's only silence
Can't you hear my screams?
Never stop hoping
Need to know where you are
But one thing's for sure
You're always in my heart
I'll find you somewhere
I'll keep on trying
Until my dying day
I just need to know
Whatever has happened
The truth will free my soul
Lost in the darkness
Tried to find your way home
I want to embrace you
And never let you go
Almost hope you're in heaven
So no one can hurt your soul
Living in agony
Cause I just do not know
Where you are
Wherever you are
I won't stop searching
Whatever it takes me to know
Lost in the darkness
Hoping for a sign
Instead there's only silence
Can't you hear my screams?
Never stop hoping
Need to know where you are
But one thing's for sure
You're always in my heart
I'll find you somewhere
I'll keep on trying
Until my dying day
I just need to know
Whatever has happened
The truth will free my soul
Lost in the darkness
Tried to find your way home
I want to embrace you
And never let you go
Almost hope you're in heaven
So no one can hurt your soul
Living in agony
Cause I just do not know
Where you are
Wherever you are
I won't stop searching
Whatever it takes me to know
Twilight is #1 on Cracked.com's "6 Most Unintentionally Creepy Movie Romances".
The Romance:
When Bella Swan first sees Edward Cullen, she knows she's doomed to love him forever. Emphasis on "doomed." And how could she not with those pouty lips, that perfect bone structure and the hair that makes it look like he hasn't showered in weeks?
Fortunately for the spastic Bella, the feeling is mutual, as Edward becomes her number-one stalker and repeatedly sneaks into her bedroom to watch her sleep, which is in no way creepy at all. Of course when we tried this, all we got to show for it was a restraining order, which is just further proof that you should take movies with a grain of salt.
Wait, Something's Not Right Here...
Bella is a 17-year-old girl. Edward is a 108-year-old man.
What in the hell could they possibly have in common, besides the fact that they both go to high school? And, now that we mention it, why is this man STILL GOING TO FUCKING HIGH SCHOOL?!?! What could he possibly be getting out of the experience?
You have to wonder: How many high schools has Edward attended? How many high school girls have mooned over him? And here's the real question that we've been dancing around: How many Bellas have there been? After all, a man doesn't go to high school for 90 years without dating.
We're guessing that this guy has the creepiest scrapbook ever.
Definitely a different way of looking at it.
The Romance:
When Bella Swan first sees Edward Cullen, she knows she's doomed to love him forever. Emphasis on "doomed." And how could she not with those pouty lips, that perfect bone structure and the hair that makes it look like he hasn't showered in weeks?
Fortunately for the spastic Bella, the feeling is mutual, as Edward becomes her number-one stalker and repeatedly sneaks into her bedroom to watch her sleep, which is in no way creepy at all. Of course when we tried this, all we got to show for it was a restraining order, which is just further proof that you should take movies with a grain of salt.
Wait, Something's Not Right Here...
Bella is a 17-year-old girl. Edward is a 108-year-old man.
What in the hell could they possibly have in common, besides the fact that they both go to high school? And, now that we mention it, why is this man STILL GOING TO FUCKING HIGH SCHOOL?!?! What could he possibly be getting out of the experience?
You have to wonder: How many high schools has Edward attended? How many high school girls have mooned over him? And here's the real question that we've been dancing around: How many Bellas have there been? After all, a man doesn't go to high school for 90 years without dating.
We're guessing that this guy has the creepiest scrapbook ever.
Definitely a different way of looking at it.
Song of the day - 11/11/2009
Nov. 11th, 2009 09:20 pmTesla - "Stealin"
Originally recorded by Uriah Heep in 1973.
Take me across the water 'cause I need some place to hide
I done the rancher's daughter and I sure did hurt his pride aha
Oo..ooo Ooooo Ah ah ah
Oo..ooo Ooooo Ah ah ah
Well there's a hundred miles of desert lies between his hide and mine
I don't need no food and no water, Lord, 'cause I'm running out of time
Fightin', killin', wine and women, gonna put me to my grave
Runnin', hidin', losin', cryin', nothing left to save
But my life
Oo..ooo Ooooo Ah ah ah
Oo..ooo Ooooo Ah ah ah
Stood on a ridge and shunned religion thinking the world was mine
I made my break and a big mistake stealin' when I should've been buyin'
All that fightin', killin', wine and those women, gonna put me to an early grave
Runnin', hidin', losin', cryin', nothing left to save
But my life, life, life, life, life, life, life, life, life,
So I stood on a ridge and shunned religion thinking the world was mine
I made my break and a big mistake stealin' when I should've been buyin'
I was stealin' when I should've been buyin'
I was stealin' when I should've been buyin' yeah
Stealin' when I should've been buyin'
Originally recorded by Uriah Heep in 1973.
Take me across the water 'cause I need some place to hide
I done the rancher's daughter and I sure did hurt his pride aha
Oo..ooo Ooooo Ah ah ah
Oo..ooo Ooooo Ah ah ah
Well there's a hundred miles of desert lies between his hide and mine
I don't need no food and no water, Lord, 'cause I'm running out of time
Fightin', killin', wine and women, gonna put me to my grave
Runnin', hidin', losin', cryin', nothing left to save
But my life
Oo..ooo Ooooo Ah ah ah
Oo..ooo Ooooo Ah ah ah
Stood on a ridge and shunned religion thinking the world was mine
I made my break and a big mistake stealin' when I should've been buyin'
All that fightin', killin', wine and those women, gonna put me to an early grave
Runnin', hidin', losin', cryin', nothing left to save
But my life, life, life, life, life, life, life, life, life,
So I stood on a ridge and shunned religion thinking the world was mine
I made my break and a big mistake stealin' when I should've been buyin'
I was stealin' when I should've been buyin'
I was stealin' when I should've been buyin' yeah
Stealin' when I should've been buyin'
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Song of the day - 10-13-2009
Oct. 13th, 2009 08:33 pmGreen Day - "Last Night on Earth"
Green Day channels The Beatles... with great results!
I text a postcard sent to you
Did it go through?
Sending all my love to you
You are the moonlight of my life every night
Giving all my love to you
My beating heart belongs to you
I walked for miles til I found you
I'm here to honor you
If I lose everything in the fire
I'm sending all my love to you
With every breath that I'm worth here on Earth
I'm sending all my love to you
So if you dare to second guess you can rest assured
That all my love's all for you
My beating heart belongs to you
I walked for miles til I found you
I'm here to honor you
If I lose everything in the fire
I'm sending all my love to you
My beating heart belongs to you
I walked for miles til I found you
I'm here to honor you
If I lose everything in the fire
Did I ever make it through?
Green Day channels The Beatles... with great results!
I text a postcard sent to you
Did it go through?
Sending all my love to you
You are the moonlight of my life every night
Giving all my love to you
My beating heart belongs to you
I walked for miles til I found you
I'm here to honor you
If I lose everything in the fire
I'm sending all my love to you
With every breath that I'm worth here on Earth
I'm sending all my love to you
So if you dare to second guess you can rest assured
That all my love's all for you
My beating heart belongs to you
I walked for miles til I found you
I'm here to honor you
If I lose everything in the fire
I'm sending all my love to you
My beating heart belongs to you
I walked for miles til I found you
I'm here to honor you
If I lose everything in the fire
Did I ever make it through?
Man, anniversaries sneak up on me!
Oct. 5th, 2009 01:22 pmHappy anniversary, ![[personal profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
coffee_n_cocoa!!
Seven years... who ever thought we would make it this far?
Since I'm working today and have plasma donation tomorrow, lunch on Wednesday. Sound good?
coffee_n_cocoa!!Seven years... who ever thought we would make it this far?
Since I'm working today and have plasma donation tomorrow, lunch on Wednesday. Sound good?
A great day
Sep. 29th, 2009 12:18 amToday was one of those rare days where nothing went wrong for a change. I love days like this and hope to have more.
I took out for her birthday. With Bean in tow, we went to Logan's Steakhouse, which is a very cool place. (Any restaurant that plays the Rolling Stones and Stevie Ray Vaughan is cool.) We each had an appetizer (mozzarella sticks), a steak (she had the ribeye, I had sirloin), and dessert. Bean had her usual chicken fingers, and everyone left full.
Went to the mall to find a certain store, but it was not there. So we went to Barnes and Noble (the wife's favourite 'toy store'), and she looked around while Bean played in the children's section. They didn't have the book the wife wanted, but they do on Amazon, which I will order on Thursday when I get paid. :D
After going home for a rest, I left for the Australian Pink Floyd Show concert at the Uptown Theater. These guys sound so much like the original band, it's scary. (David Gilmour and Roger Waters have endorsed them). The sets were very well done.
Set 1:
Speak To Me/Breathe
On The Run
Time
The Great Gig In The Sky
Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts 1-5
Welcome To The Machine
Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Sheep
Set 2:
Astronomy Domine
Learning To Fly
High Hopes
Us & Them
Take It Back
The Fletcher Memorial Home
Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2
Wish You Were Here
One Of These Days
Hey You
Comfortably Numb
Encore: Run Like Hell
A good show, but a little stripped down. No lazers, and no mirror ball during Comfortably Numb. And to my surprise, they did not play Money, Floyd's biggest hit. But really, I had no complaints. This is the third year in a row I've seen them, and they're always good.
Now... to relax and get ready for tomorrow.
I took
Went to the mall to find a certain store, but it was not there. So we went to Barnes and Noble (the wife's favourite 'toy store'), and she looked around while Bean played in the children's section. They didn't have the book the wife wanted, but they do on Amazon, which I will order on Thursday when I get paid. :D
After going home for a rest, I left for the Australian Pink Floyd Show concert at the Uptown Theater. These guys sound so much like the original band, it's scary. (David Gilmour and Roger Waters have endorsed them). The sets were very well done.
Set 1:
Speak To Me/Breathe
On The Run
Time
The Great Gig In The Sky
Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts 1-5
Welcome To The Machine
Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Sheep
Set 2:
Astronomy Domine
Learning To Fly
High Hopes
Us & Them
Take It Back
The Fletcher Memorial Home
Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2
Wish You Were Here
One Of These Days
Hey You
Comfortably Numb
Encore: Run Like Hell
A good show, but a little stripped down. No lazers, and no mirror ball during Comfortably Numb. And to my surprise, they did not play Money, Floyd's biggest hit. But really, I had no complaints. This is the third year in a row I've seen them, and they're always good.
Now... to relax and get ready for tomorrow.
Another wacky weekend
Sep. 27th, 2009 01:21 pmWeekends for a me are not like everyone else's, mostly because I work and deal with the crazy party crowds. This weekend, so far, has brought the usual - busy Friday, not as busy but still loaded Saturday.
Last night was also a bit prolonged. Our overnight guy called in an hour and a half before shift was due to start, so there was a scramble to find someone to work. And while we did find someone, she was at her other job in Overland Park. (We're in Independence, MO, which is about a 45 minute drive.) So I had to work an extra 30 minutes. Nice for the extra money, but not when you've been there for 10 hours already and your feet are killing you. However, I did sleep well and have made a nice recovery for today.
Then there is today. I wake up and find out that my baby girl is sick. Been throwing up and cuddly all day. (Just like me when I get sick.) I would call in, but it's too late in the day to do that.
Plus, I already switched with someone so I could get tomorrow off. Monday iscoffee_n_cocoa's birthday. It's also the night that The Australian Pink Floyd show comes back to town. I bought my ticket not realizing this fact, and I had a feeling she would kill me. However, I am taking her out for a nice lunch and then to do some shopping. She liked the idea, so evidently I have been forgiven for my oversight.
Well... time to work. Just gotta get through today...
Last night was also a bit prolonged. Our overnight guy called in an hour and a half before shift was due to start, so there was a scramble to find someone to work. And while we did find someone, she was at her other job in Overland Park. (We're in Independence, MO, which is about a 45 minute drive.) So I had to work an extra 30 minutes. Nice for the extra money, but not when you've been there for 10 hours already and your feet are killing you. However, I did sleep well and have made a nice recovery for today.
Then there is today. I wake up and find out that my baby girl is sick. Been throwing up and cuddly all day. (Just like me when I get sick.) I would call in, but it's too late in the day to do that.
Plus, I already switched with someone so I could get tomorrow off. Monday is
coffee_n_cocoa's birthday. It's also the night that The Australian Pink Floyd show comes back to town. I bought my ticket not realizing this fact, and I had a feeling she would kill me. However, I am taking her out for a nice lunch and then to do some shopping. She liked the idea, so evidently I have been forgiven for my oversight.Well... time to work. Just gotta get through today...
Song of the day - 9/23/2009
Sep. 23rd, 2009 09:40 pmPorcupine Tree - "Black Dahlia"
You have no interest in the past
Where you came from, or where you're going to
There's a cliché in your eye
File the edges down, soon be underground
There's nothing here for you under the sun
There's nothing new to do, it's all been done
So put your faith in another place
Never seem to get away from this
It's all falling into an abyss
So put your foot on the pedal, boy
All you know is second hand
The bullet passed through the cage inside you
You stole the only thing you love
So unfaithful, the drop is fatal
You have no interest in the past
Where you came from, or where you're going to
There's a cliché in your eye
File the edges down, soon be underground
There's nothing here for you under the sun
There's nothing new to do, it's all been done
So put your faith in another place
Never seem to get away from this
It's all falling into an abyss
So put your foot on the pedal, boy
All you know is second hand
The bullet passed through the cage inside you
You stole the only thing you love
So unfaithful, the drop is fatal
