First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once at the number three, being the third number be reached, then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.
KEXP.org did a great thing the other day. They went through a countdown of the best opening tracks voted by the listeners. I had nothing to do with the voting process but I definitely enjoyed quite a few tracks. I blipped some, listened to others on the way to work, and looked at the stuff I didn't know.
The ones in bold print are some of my favorites:
Rank
Opening Track
Band
Album
110
Caribou
Pixies
Come On Pilgrim
109
Is There A Ghost
Band of Horses
Cease to Begin
108
It Was There That I Saw You: Source Tags and Codes
Ever since the Blue Album, I have been a fan of Weezer. I admit I lean to the older stuff than the newer, but the new stuff is just as good in their own right.
Their latest song "(If you're wondering if I want you to) I want you to," is pretty high up in the charts. I was attempting to get the music video for it as of the date of this blog, but there doesn't seem to be any. It's alright, the song is on their website and it's getting a lot of radio airplay.
I've always noticed how Weezer straddles that line between pop and alternative. You can very well say they are pop since they are "pop"ular, but there is a degree of playfulness around that idea. From the Red Album, "Pork and Beans" had a music video showing some of the more popular viral videos out there; again popular but there is a geek tendency to that. We're a little hard pressed to bring geek and popular together, but there it is.
Even early on there was that geek factor that made Weezer all the more awesome. From the Blue Album I listened to "In the garage," where Rivers sings, "I've got a Dungeon Masters Guide, Ive got a 12-sided die," resonating my own D&D days. Many years later, I got to see them with Tenacious D in concert. It was a very popular show, but also very geeky in who came to see it, I saw many people sporting the same glasses Rivers wears.
Through the years, Weezer just keeps churning out the hits. Each album had a successful song or two, and from there the albums, in my opinion, would get better through age. Pinkerton, which was given a rather dismal review early on, seem to have gained strength in opinion, after so many years. For a while, the emo-kids were calling it their favorite album.
That riff heavy sound and catchy lyric formula that Weezer employs is still evident in "I Want you to" so I can see their seventh album Raditude, making a very strong showing when it finally comes out in November. Now I'm just wondering when they will come out with their next Weezer album that is a color. Blue, Green, and Red are now done, what will be next?
For some reason, Ive always had this romantic view of hostels. I think it goes hand-in-hand with my vision of backpacking through Europe. I know there are hostels in the US but it doesn't have the same feel. However, it seems there is an increase in hostels for Seattle.
Two years after Hostelling International's 130-bed building near Pike Place Market closed and became apartments, Seattle is seeing a boom in affordable lodging for budget-minded travelers.
The cost: About $35 per night per person for both young and old.
Way better than over $100 a night at a hotel. Those that are opening or have been opened recently are all being renovated to appeal to the traveler. Maybe the romantic notion can come to the US now.
I was suffering from the Mondays earlier today, but during lunch I caught this view outside the break room window. I see this everyday, but I especially needed this today; the sunshine and fall colors that are happening just brightened my mood.
Devil Ducky has aspirations. He got to this point because of patience, tenacity, work-ethic, and a little help. He likes what he does but always believes he could do more. After all, Devil Ducky can only do so much before he feels like he's doing the same thing over and over. It does get a bit mundane after a while. However, Devil Ducky can be a bit over-cautious sometimes. He likes to make sure he is doing things right and don't want to go into anything unknown without a little research. Unfortunately, it can cause him to stall. It would be great to do more, but what if he can't handle it? Can he go back? He kinda gets what would happen, but the fear of unknown still makes him leary. Maybe he should tackle something a little more manageable first, then move on to bigger better things.
