lee_quillen

lee_quillen @ 2007-01-16T20:47:00

2007-01-17T01:48:36Z

From: DAVE WEBB
Date: 1/15/2007

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Name a song with "punk" in the title.

1) Fuzzco - Descendents "I'm Not A Punk"
2) Amy - Kenickie - "Punka"
3) Ev - Frightwig - "Punk Rock Jailbait"
4) Meredith - Dead Milkmen "Punk Rock Girl"
5) HamtramckMike-The Ramones "Sheena is a Punk Rocker"
6) Dave Webb~ Van Halen...Dude!" Atomic Punk"
7)KRAFTY....WARRIOR SOUL ..PUNK AND BELLIGERENT
8)joey drinktickets---- punk and disorderley comp...
9) Cr@!g Holloway---- SLAPSHOT - "Punk's Dead You're Next"
10) Shawna ---Oi Polloi - "Punx-n-Skins"
11) Lee ---Punk Song #2 - Silverchair

A trend?

2007-01-16T01:09:50Z

Last post was Dethklok.... thought I'd share antother band that deserves a little love and attention.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=94249565

Revolution Summer. A local band in the Wilnington area that formed within the last year.

The lead guitarist (Steve)had just started playing and I "think" this band is his first time putting his songs to music. I recall him mentioning in conversation that he was worried about how songs he was writing would sound and pleased to hear it sounded good once other instruments were added via other artists.

The Drummer (Missy?) just started playing recently as well. It's nice seeing someone who's been playing only a year and loves it so much they are progressing as fast as she has. One of their songs she does lead vocals on while playing. As any seasoned drummer will probably tell you... that's no walk in the park as a drummer. I'd imagine it's even harder when you're busy sounding like Joan Jett.

Rich, their bassist has been playing a while and really adds a lot to the band. Of course, I'm biased having always secretly wished I could play Bass.

Together they're pretty cool. I'd pin them for a "they sound like" but every song is very different from the next. One tune they have you thinking they are heavily influuenced by The Velvet Underground and the next toon they shatter that with something heavy and loud. Each member obviously has a lot of influence in the musical direction and it shows in the diversity of their songs.

I have enough bands I follow to maybe last 2 or 3 weeks sharing links. I'm always up for hearing new music, so if something I share reminds you of something else I might like *that has free and legal downloads) please share ;)

The Jingle that should not be:

2007-01-14T22:05:12Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIT7h-2obCA

Coffee will be metal.

Pink Floyd Laser Light Show

2007-01-14T03:28:30Z

Saw the Pink Floyd Laser show at a nearby Planetarium. I had been expecting Dark Side of the Moon for some reason but was pleasantly surprised to find it was actually "The Wall".

It ended up being just Gretchen and I which was fine for the show... but not quite as good for getting out of doing the driving (nearby in this case being a 45 minute drive).

I had been worried that the fun of laser shows I had remembered, like so many other things, would not have lasted the years. Old fun memories like walking 20 miles, running for 30 minutes, math, and dangling 50 feet in the air didn't hold up well when re-attempted in my late 30s. Fortunately my concern was unwarranted and the show was great.

As a side note, the souvenir shop was selling different varieties of smoked meat sticks in their science shop... namely Alligator, Ostrich, and Buffalo. Damn I love the south sometimes, between those chicken feet snacks and Cow Kidney there's a bunch of products I'd never have seen had I not moved here.

This is very cool

2007-01-09T23:51:27Z

http://www.ilrweb.com/viewILRPDF.asp?filename=umg_lindor_070102proposedorderwholesaleprice

It's lawyerspeak, but it isn't long.

It's a Court Order for the plaintiff (RIAA) to turn over information about downloads and pricing to their customers. If the defense is headed in the direction I think they are... that's an awesome idea. Of course, if they are headed in some other direction then I probably shouldn't be second guessing them as one would HOPE they have some better understanding of how the legal system works than I ;)

Lemmings and the mice who love them

2007-01-08T01:38:44Z

http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/lemmings.htm
http://www.wildlifenews.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlife_news.view_article&articles_id=56&issue_id=6

Urban Legends

We were talking about this and that Friday night at Port City Java and one of our friends mentioned the lemming phenomenon. I couldn't quite remember the references at the time, so I bit my lip and kept quiet. Well, here they are in their ugly phugly truth.

Lemmings don't actually mass suicide off the side of cliffs periodically. Yes there is a video... yes it was faked by Disney so they would have footage. The links above have further references to interviews, articles, and other much more reliable sources than yours truely.

It's too bad really, I was rather looking forward to one day stumbling upon a Horde of lemmings gunning for a 20 story drop. Guess I'll just have to stick with watchig groupies for now.

Pink Floyd Laser Light Show

2007-01-07T23:19:08Z

http://events.publicbroadcasting.net/whqr/events.eventsmain?action=showEvent&eventID=518872

I'm planning on a 6PM trip to Sunset Beach Saturday Jan 13th for the Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon Laser light show.

The more the merrier, so if you want to go let me know. It's been an eon since I last saw one of these set to good music so I'm really looking forward to it. Gretchen will be there as well, and I'm fairly certain this will be her first.

Good times, yes good times.

LiveJournal

2007-01-07T23:11:42Z

I'm going to give this thing a shot. I'm a notorious non-finisher... so wish me luck.