I just saw that Keith Richards was hospitalized in New Zealand after suffering a mild concussion. You can read the article here.
The article said that Richards suffered the concussion after falling out of a palm tree while on vacation in Fiji. I guess my only thought about this is WHAT THE HELL IS KEITH RICHARDS DOING UP IN A PALM TREE?
275 year old people should not climb palm trees for any reason.
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Saturday Morning
It is a lovely Saturday morning. Yesterday was awesome as well. It was the first day that felt like Summer to me and despite my crippling back pain it felt great.
I had a good session with "House Music" last night. The music was pretty twisted and loud and I was able to play without too much difficulty.
I am glad to be getting the websites back up and running. Jackie has added some video of Harvey to her website. It's nice to finally be able to incorporate video into our websites which is something that we have wanted to do for awhile.
I am still trying to decide what I want to do with my website. I want the layout to be different than what it was but I'm not sure how I am going to go about it.
My good friend A.C. came over to the house last Sunday and we spent a couple of hours transferring a bunch of my CD's into his laptop so he could upload the music into his Ipod. We must have loaded at least 20 CD's of mine into Anthony's laptop. I burned 6 CD's from Anthony as well. The CD's I burned from him were
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles - Let It Be
The Beatles - The Beatles (Discs 1 & 2)
As most of you probably know The Beatles self titled album is commonly referred to as "The White Album". I burned Anthony's copy of "The White Album" because he had the American Stereo version of the album whereas I have the British Mono version. When "The White Album" was first released in Britain in 1968 it was available in both Mono and Stereo versions whereas it was only available in stereo in the U.S.
When I was a child I had the Stereo version on cassette but when I started collecting CD's I found a bootleg version of "The White Album" which contained the British Mono version plus a lot of demo's of the albums songs recorded by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison at Harrison's house. So for years the only version of the album that I heard was the Mono version.
Listening to the Stereo version that I burned from Anthony was awesome. It was the first time that I had heard the Stereo mixes of those songs in probably 20 years and they sounded wonderful. I guess the best way to describe it would be to imagine yourself reading a book with regular black text on white paper and then someone hands you that same book in a glossy, full color, "pop up" version. "The White Album" has always been my favorite Beatles album but it was like I was hearing again for the very first time. When I was a child The Beatles were always my favorite group (at least until I discoved The Who).
Anthony also gave me two DVD's to watch. The first was a collection of fishing shows called "Fishing With John". "Fishing With John" is some of the funniest stuff me and Jackie have ever seen. There are only 6 episodes but they are absolutely hysterical. The host John goes fishing in various locations with different celebrities. The celebrities on the six shows were Tom Waits, Jim Jaramusch, Matt Dillon, Willem Defoe, and Dennis Hopper (2 episodes). The half hour where Jack and I watched the episode where John and Willem Defoe go ice fishing in Maine was one of the most rewarding of my life.
The second DVD is a movie called "Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus". This film was playing down at the Detroit Institute Of Arts a couple of months ago. I have not seen much of it yet but it is a documentary of a musician who lives in the south (Texas I believe) and it seems very interesting.
I had a good session with "House Music" last night. The music was pretty twisted and loud and I was able to play without too much difficulty.
I am glad to be getting the websites back up and running. Jackie has added some video of Harvey to her website. It's nice to finally be able to incorporate video into our websites which is something that we have wanted to do for awhile.
I am still trying to decide what I want to do with my website. I want the layout to be different than what it was but I'm not sure how I am going to go about it.
My good friend A.C. came over to the house last Sunday and we spent a couple of hours transferring a bunch of my CD's into his laptop so he could upload the music into his Ipod. We must have loaded at least 20 CD's of mine into Anthony's laptop. I burned 6 CD's from Anthony as well. The CD's I burned from him were
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles - Let It Be
The Beatles - The Beatles (Discs 1 & 2)
As most of you probably know The Beatles self titled album is commonly referred to as "The White Album". I burned Anthony's copy of "The White Album" because he had the American Stereo version of the album whereas I have the British Mono version. When "The White Album" was first released in Britain in 1968 it was available in both Mono and Stereo versions whereas it was only available in stereo in the U.S.
When I was a child I had the Stereo version on cassette but when I started collecting CD's I found a bootleg version of "The White Album" which contained the British Mono version plus a lot of demo's of the albums songs recorded by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison at Harrison's house. So for years the only version of the album that I heard was the Mono version.
Listening to the Stereo version that I burned from Anthony was awesome. It was the first time that I had heard the Stereo mixes of those songs in probably 20 years and they sounded wonderful. I guess the best way to describe it would be to imagine yourself reading a book with regular black text on white paper and then someone hands you that same book in a glossy, full color, "pop up" version. "The White Album" has always been my favorite Beatles album but it was like I was hearing again for the very first time. When I was a child The Beatles were always my favorite group (at least until I discoved The Who).
Anthony also gave me two DVD's to watch. The first was a collection of fishing shows called "Fishing With John". "Fishing With John" is some of the funniest stuff me and Jackie have ever seen. There are only 6 episodes but they are absolutely hysterical. The host John goes fishing in various locations with different celebrities. The celebrities on the six shows were Tom Waits, Jim Jaramusch, Matt Dillon, Willem Defoe, and Dennis Hopper (2 episodes). The half hour where Jack and I watched the episode where John and Willem Defoe go ice fishing in Maine was one of the most rewarding of my life.
The second DVD is a movie called "Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus". This film was playing down at the Detroit Institute Of Arts a couple of months ago. I have not seen much of it yet but it is a documentary of a musician who lives in the south (Texas I believe) and it seems very interesting.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Websites Are Back
I received the copy of Microsoft Front Page 2003 that I ordered yesterday. After doing some re-configuring I have gotten mine and Jack's websites back up and running. Jackie will probably be updating her site tonight. I am contemplating a re-design of my website as I was kind of tired of the old format. I'm not sure what kind of website I will be creating but I hope to have something up soon. In the meantime on my site you can see a picture of my wonderful nephews.
Sunday, April 09, 2006
Black Helicopters Aren't Just For The Sky Anymore
Just when I was secure in the thought that cattle mutilations were caused by extraterrestrials I read this.
Friday, April 07, 2006
Websites Back Soon
I ordered a copy of Front Page from Microsoft yesterday so mine and Jack's websites should be back up and running within the month. I am hoping that we will be able to start work on our webpages right where we left off at since I saved the files before I wiped our computer. As the copy of Front Page I bought yesterday is a newer version that what we were using previously I'm hoping the files will transfer without problem. If they don't then we will have to redo our webpages which is ok with me but I don't think Jack would be very happy. I have been thinking about redoing mine anyway.
I re-aggravated my back getting into my Jeep to get the second steroid injection Wednesday morning so I have been in agony ever since then. I took it pretty easy yesterday and watched some DVD's and took my beloved painkillers. I also recorded a new piece for the "Northville" project.
I re-aggravated my back getting into my Jeep to get the second steroid injection Wednesday morning so I have been in agony ever since then. I took it pretty easy yesterday and watched some DVD's and took my beloved painkillers. I also recorded a new piece for the "Northville" project.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Steroid Injections Pt.2 and other nice things
I received my second steroid injection this morning. Because the herniated disc that I have is the lowest disc on my spine the doctor must administer these injections in the top of my ass crack. In case you weren't sure that injections in the top of your ass crack are a bad thing let me reassure you, injections in the top of your ass crack ARE a bad thing. However I did learn that I have lost 9 pounds since last Monday.
The building of the modular synth is progressing slowly but surely. I have included a few pictures below of the completed oscillator section.
The guitar effects manufacturer "Effector 13" is going to feature some of the music from the "A Beautiful Morning" album on their website. "A Beautiful Morning" was recorded using a Effector 13 pedal called the "Truly Beautiful Disaster". I sent a copy of the album to the owner of the company yesterday so it will probably be a little while before its up on the website. I will let everyone know when they can check it out. Anyway I'm pretty excited about it.
That's all I have for now.
The building of the modular synth is progressing slowly but surely. I have included a few pictures below of the completed oscillator section.
The guitar effects manufacturer "Effector 13" is going to feature some of the music from the "A Beautiful Morning" album on their website. "A Beautiful Morning" was recorded using a Effector 13 pedal called the "Truly Beautiful Disaster". I sent a copy of the album to the owner of the company yesterday so it will probably be a little while before its up on the website. I will let everyone know when they can check it out. Anyway I'm pretty excited about it.
That's all I have for now.
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