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Non-Music Shit / Re: Movies I've been watching
« on: May 26, 2007, 06:38:54 PM »
Watched Red Dawn today for the first time in a few years. Wolverines!!!
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Non-Music Shit / Re: What race do you dislike the most?
« on: May 25, 2007, 06:29:35 PM »
Speaking of greyhounds - my little dog Pixie (a full-blooded, tiny-ass Boston Terrier) was recently knocked up by one. She was in heat, backed her little cootch up to the fenced-up greyhounds and one threw it in, through the square. Her puppies were too big to be had by normal means, so we had to get a C-section done. They were cute little bastards but are both now dead, sadly. One got run over and the other apparently ate some antifreeze or something because it went into convulsions one afternoon and had some seizures and died.
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Music Shit / Re: What song is stuck in your head now?
« on: May 24, 2007, 02:14:55 PM »
Muswell Hillbilly - the Kinks
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Music Shit / Re: What is everybody listening to? Part II
« on: May 10, 2007, 09:31:15 AM »
I've been listening to the Kinks a ton lately, too, but it's been more Muswell Hillbillies than anything else.
Also - lots of GBV (Bee Thousand, Alien Lanes, Vampire on Titus).
I was on a kick not too long ago where I was listening to that New Order lp a lot also, but for me the song on constant repeat was Leave Me Alone.
Also - lots of GBV (Bee Thousand, Alien Lanes, Vampire on Titus).
I was on a kick not too long ago where I was listening to that New Order lp a lot also, but for me the song on constant repeat was Leave Me Alone.
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Non-Music Shit / Re: Scars.
« on: May 08, 2007, 06:07:28 AM »
i gots a few...
two sports-related ones:
junior high football (can't remember if it was seventh or eighth grade). i'm back deep on a kickoff return alongside another kid (tandem-style) and the ball comes straight down the middle of the field. we both go to catch it, neither of us calling for it, and we run straight into each other. somehow the bottom of his facemask comes through the top of mine (i was a receiver and my facemask was kinda low) and hits me right in the dead center of the forehead. i didn't realize it until we were in the huddle and people were looking at me and freaking out. had to leave the game and go get stitches, etc. it bled like all hell.
high school football (sophomore year, i think) - little bastard hits me about chest high with his helmet and it slides up right into my chin, splitting it wide open. when one of the coaches took me into the locker room i looked at it in the mirror and i could see my chinbone. the scar's about an inch-and-a-half long or so.
there's one under my left eye from when i was about five or six years old, playing on the porch. i thought it would be wise to try to stand on the edge of my little red wagon and (of course) it flipped. my face smashed into the ledge under the window.
i've also got various scars on my arms and hands from work-related cuts and whatnot. one on my leg from when i crossed a barbed-wire fence in a hurry while chasing a coyote with a beer in one hand and my .223 in the other. should i feel like a hillbilly?
two sports-related ones:
junior high football (can't remember if it was seventh or eighth grade). i'm back deep on a kickoff return alongside another kid (tandem-style) and the ball comes straight down the middle of the field. we both go to catch it, neither of us calling for it, and we run straight into each other. somehow the bottom of his facemask comes through the top of mine (i was a receiver and my facemask was kinda low) and hits me right in the dead center of the forehead. i didn't realize it until we were in the huddle and people were looking at me and freaking out. had to leave the game and go get stitches, etc. it bled like all hell.
high school football (sophomore year, i think) - little bastard hits me about chest high with his helmet and it slides up right into my chin, splitting it wide open. when one of the coaches took me into the locker room i looked at it in the mirror and i could see my chinbone. the scar's about an inch-and-a-half long or so.
there's one under my left eye from when i was about five or six years old, playing on the porch. i thought it would be wise to try to stand on the edge of my little red wagon and (of course) it flipped. my face smashed into the ledge under the window.
i've also got various scars on my arms and hands from work-related cuts and whatnot. one on my leg from when i crossed a barbed-wire fence in a hurry while chasing a coyote with a beer in one hand and my .223 in the other. should i feel like a hillbilly?
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Non-Music Shit / Re: What's for lunch, bitches?
« on: May 02, 2007, 09:15:15 AM »
some kind of weird rib-meat looking stuff in the cafeteria...
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Music Shit / Re: Band name help
« on: May 02, 2007, 09:14:22 AM »
What does everybody think of Cold Lungs as a band name? I've had it in mind for months and can't decide if I like it or not.
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Music Shit / Re: What is everybody listening to? Part II
« on: May 01, 2007, 07:47:56 AM »
lots of Spacemen 3 and Sonic Youth lately. not too much else.
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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: Saturday, 4/21, Chicago: Tuff Bananas, Screaming Yellow Zonkers, Busy Signals
« on: April 24, 2007, 07:08:05 PM »
Please keep this thread going for a long, long time. Please.
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Music Shit / Re: Weird Performances...
« on: April 20, 2007, 07:17:32 PM »
Church-oriented shows are always weird. I can remember playing at some ridiculous Christian Biker Festival in Amarillo, Texas several years ago and in between songs the owner of my band's old label yelled at us as some random biker skank was walking by, "Hey! Tell that guy about Jesus!" or something equally ridiculous. We didn't pause in between songs any more after that.
And Daniel - sadly enough, I know the song you're talking about where the cartoon characters all get saved. It's terrible.
And Daniel - sadly enough, I know the song you're talking about where the cartoon characters all get saved. It's terrible.
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Music Shit / Weird Performances...
« on: April 19, 2007, 06:54:10 PM »
Does anyone ever find themselves playing/singing at weird/random/awkward social functions in their respective communities?
It came about somehow that I used to play in bands and whatnot in my younger years, and now I get asked to sing at weird little social events and church functions and whatnot here in my town. It's odd enough as is, but the fact that I barely even know or associate with the people who ask me makes it even weirder.
Anyway, tonight I sang some old country songs and other assorted 50's and 60's tunes for a grand total of 14 people (myself and wife included) at a Senior Citizens Center. The lady that asked me to come do it is the mother of one of my students, and I couldn't tell her no for whatever reason. It was surreal (not in an awe-inspiring way, obviously, but more like a weird dream-type sequence where you're not sure that you're actually doing what you're doing). It was just me and the ol' acoustic, a microphone that was attached to a podium (not a regular stand), forcing me to bend way over like a moron because I'm 6'6." Clapping after everything. Conversation with people I'd never met before. Strange.
I realize that this isn't too interesting of a story but I just wondered if anybody else ever gets roped into singing/playing at weird stuff like this. It happens to me much more frequently than I'd like, but I guess I have a hard time saying no to people.
It came about somehow that I used to play in bands and whatnot in my younger years, and now I get asked to sing at weird little social events and church functions and whatnot here in my town. It's odd enough as is, but the fact that I barely even know or associate with the people who ask me makes it even weirder.
Anyway, tonight I sang some old country songs and other assorted 50's and 60's tunes for a grand total of 14 people (myself and wife included) at a Senior Citizens Center. The lady that asked me to come do it is the mother of one of my students, and I couldn't tell her no for whatever reason. It was surreal (not in an awe-inspiring way, obviously, but more like a weird dream-type sequence where you're not sure that you're actually doing what you're doing). It was just me and the ol' acoustic, a microphone that was attached to a podium (not a regular stand), forcing me to bend way over like a moron because I'm 6'6." Clapping after everything. Conversation with people I'd never met before. Strange.
I realize that this isn't too interesting of a story but I just wondered if anybody else ever gets roped into singing/playing at weird stuff like this. It happens to me much more frequently than I'd like, but I guess I have a hard time saying no to people.
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Non-Music Shit / Re: New Standards in Efficiency
« on: April 17, 2007, 05:57:59 AM »
Cho Seung-Hui, 23, senior in the English Department, if you haven't already seen that somewhere else (I found out on MSN).
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Non-Music Shit / Re: Richard Adventure, What's your take on...
« on: April 15, 2007, 03:39:14 PM »
Clint Howard's greatest role is Ice Cream Man.
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Music Shit / Vinyl pressing...
« on: April 10, 2007, 02:48:06 PM »
I'm kicking around the idea of trying to put out a 7" or two and was just wondering roughly what the cost of doing it is going to be (small pressing - maybe 100 copies). Who do you guys use? How much does it entail? I was wondering if a person can just send mp3's of what they want pressed or if they need some sort of master tape or whatever. Basically, I know nothing about it and was just wanting kind of the gist of the whole thing. Any knowledge/info would be appreciated.
