13 posts from May 2008

Have you seen David Cook's new video?  Awesome!  He's gone from singing like he pulled his briefs over his face and greased himself from head to toe with somethin' made for a woman to singing about a little bit of reality for once.  Finally!  Forget that "The Time of My Life" dreck.  Wake up, people, our earth's dying and Mr. Cook's leading the revolution!

Thank you, thank you, thank you, David Cook!  My idol!  ANYONE FOR DOOMSDAY?

It's been a long day and a longer week, but I think we're getting a lot closer to being able to work with the new graphic files for bustawindow.com.

Although there's a lot of stuff going on in my brain, I just don't have the energy to turn the brain juices into words.

So, I thought I'd be completely narcissistic and list my personal mix for our iPod.  What the heck.

1. Airbourne -- Diamond in the Rough
2. Airbourne -- Heartbreaker
3. Bad Religion -- A Walk
4. Beyond Fear -- Scream Machine
5. Beyond Fear -- Words of Wisdom
6. Cataract -- War of Cultures
7. Coheed & Cambria -- The Suffering
8. Corrosion of Conformity -- Clean My Wounds
9. The Darkness -- Love on the Rocks with No Ice
10. The Darkness -- Get Your Hands off My Woman
11. Deep Purple -- Highway Star
12. Deliverance -- If You Will
13. Faith No More -- Cuckoo for Caca
14. Faith No More -- Ugly in the Morning
15. Faith No More -- Surprise!  You're Dead!
16. Flotsam and Jetsam -- It's on Me
17. Godsmack -- The Enemy
18. Halford -- Heart of a Lion
19. Hammerfall -- Let the Hammer Fall
20. Iron Maiden -- Lightning Strikes Twice
21. Kekal -- The Monsters Within
22. King's X -- Pray for Me
23. Metallica -- Astronomy
24. Molly Hatchet -- Fall of the Peacemakers
25. Muse -- Butterflies and Hurricanes

In honor of our troops everywhere (including our brother-in-law, Mical Crumbly, pictured below, who's currently serving in Afghanistan), I'm playing a ditty from Stryper.  This tune falls in the "Hetta Music" category because we went to see these guys together and she loved it.  Even more than me, and that's saying something.

If you believe in such things, say a prayer for the troops today when you think of it.

Yeah, that's right, I'm playing the Dixie Chicks.  If you're a metal fan who can't stand country (like I used to be), you'll have to wait a while.  This is the first installment in a series of "Hetta Music" selections, as promised.  I "made" Heather buy this CD when I discovered how badly she wanted it, and I've listened to it several times with her since she got it.  I gotta say, not bad.  And I admit that I hear a lot of Heather's soul in the music she likes, so I'm biased.

But hell, any bunch of ladies who can piss off enough moronic Texans so that they literally burn their CDs in protest like a bunch of Nazis over a comment one of the members of the group made about George Bush can't be half bad.  I mean, my wife could have made that comment, and I'd have been laughing myself silly.  Get over it, people of Texas.  Your former governor was missing a brain.  And a soul, from what I can tell.

Here's to the Dixie Chicks, dammit!

Anybody who spent one day in high school should watch this.  As many of you know, Strong Bad is one of my heroes, and alter-egos.  I've even got a Teen Girl Squad, gift-from-da-wife, bumper sticker on the right rear bumper of our 1991 Volkswagen Jetta, and a Strong Bad one on the left (and a cool skull-n-bones one from Navy Pier, and an Iced Earth one if it's still there).

Teen Girl Squad Episode 14.

A bit too busy and way too stressed.  Sorry, all.

Instead I'm posting this little video ditty of the Galactic Cowboys, one of my favorite bands that Hetta has also caught onto, which is always gratifying.  One of those bands that I really wish would get back together.

Three words to describe this band -- weird, insightful, harmony.

...that you'll never hear prayed in a church.

"What is man that you make so much of him, that you give him so much attention, that you examine him every morning and test him every moment?  Will you never look away from me, or let me alone even for an instant?  If I have sinned, what have I done to you, O watcher of men?  Why have you made me your target?  Have I become a burden to you?  Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins?  For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.

"Why then did you bring me out of the womb?  I wish I had died before any eye saw me.  If only I had never come into being, or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!  Are not my few days almost over?  Turn away from me so I can have a moment's joy before I go to the place of no return, to the land of gloom and deep shadow, to the land of deepest night, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness."

The Bible, Job 7:17-21, 10:18-22

Maybe I'm twisted, but stuff like this makes me smile in the morning.

There were a few of us involved in a discussion about Jimi Hendrix, so I thought I'd post a Hendrix cover.  It's performed by King's X, one of the more influential bands in my life, and at times, one of my favorites.  I did an entire series on this band some time ago.  Enjoy!

I've been tagged by The Doug to define my life in six words.  I'm then supposed to tag six more people, but I think I'll pass on that one, seeing that nobody responded last time I tagged some people.

My life in six words:           In dire need of a brain.

Eventually, I'm going to do a whole series on this guy.  His name is Tim "Ripper" Owens, and he was discovered by Judas Priest and eventually sang for them as well as Iced Earth, one of my very favorite bands of all time.  I've heard him interviewed, and he's an extremely down-to-earth fellow who speaks highly of being a father.

Anyway, the Ripper has got an unbelievable, colossal voice, and when I heard he had finally formed his own band, it was a must.  The entire album is a very good listen, and putting it on the player brings back memories of Wyoming.  We had it playing in the car nearly the entire trip.

I woke up this morning with "Scream Machine" in my head, and so I've decided to play it.  You should see Heather do her "troll dance" to it.  Wish I had a video camera.

Next week, I've decided to start a series on "Hetta Music".  Should be fun.