The People Want Alive 2007 on DVD

Boo to Daft Punk for killing the Alive 2007 DVD. I just got the CD and listening to it is amazing, but I need the visual component to complete the experience. Just knowing how much strobing lights and lasers and LCD screens were at the Keyspan Show, and all we get is one music video from that show on the second CD of the album just doesn't cut it. I want 2.5 hours of all those visuals, combined with the thumping beat mixing sounds and maybe just a trickle of how much energy was in the stadium that hot muggy August night. If Daft Punk somehow reads this, they need to know how much their fans need that experience on DVD.

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Now playing: Daft Punk - Around The World / Harder Better Faster Stronger
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Sigur Ros is Awesome - See This Film

I just got the new Sigur Ros film Heima for Christmas. It is a film documenting the band traveling around their native Iceland giving free concerts. It is quite surreal and there are amazing shots of the Icelandic landscape interspersed with concert footage and interviews.

Iceland is a must-see if you ever travel abroad. I had the privilege of going there for a week in 2006 (one of 4 countries I have been to outside the US and Canada in my life). The landscape is very sparse and desolate, but is so beautiful and peaceful. Glaciers and mountains can always be seen in the distance, and the geysers, waterfalls, and coastline are extraordinary. Here are some pics of my visit:











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Now playing: Sigur Rós - Hijomalind
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Let's Call it a Work In Progress....

Once it becomes a mountain-man beard, I shall pare it down into chops, fu-manchu, or just a plain ole' 70's porn-stache!

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Now playing: Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love
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A few from the archives...

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Now playing: Wham - Last Christmas
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It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

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Now playing: Michael Bolton - Walkin' In a Winter Wonderland
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Go Out and Buy This Now...

I Insist. This Bourbon is real nice. Very smooth and very drinkable and as some guy in some forum noted: "I tried some 1792 Ridgemont not too long ago at a bourbon bar. If I'm remembering correctly it has a pretty good nose on it, lots of vanilla and maple/brown suger. Fairly smooth going down with a nice tingle." He is spot on. Just don't mix it or shoot it, on the rocks for sippin' is the only way to go.

Elves are Awesome!

These elves have been spotted at the North Pole slacking on their toy-making duties and getting into a dance-a-thon

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is a day of eating, an activity that is quite enjoyable to say the least. Mixing the day with a little laziness and some booze is also quite nice. I think T-Day ranks as my 2nd favorite holiday (right behind Christmas). Here are some pictures of the fall foliage I took a couple weekends ago at a rest stop up in Danbury, CT and right outside our apartment. Pretty soon there will hopefully be snow on the ground and pictures to post of that momentous occasion.

Hello Again

It has been a while since I have even logged into this site. August 22 to be exact. That's like 2.5 months ago. Sorry to all (there's maybe 3 of you) that read this fantastic blog of mine. I will keep the word to a minimum but instead, capture the past few months with some pics that define the times. Njoy...


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Now playing: Jim James & Calexico - Goin' To Acapulco
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Need More Time?

Does anybody need more time in their day? I think I'm gonna invent a new time system that is based on the metric system. None of this 60/60/24/7/365 business. My time system is gonna be based on one number: 10. Motivations behind this new system include the following: I never have enough time in my day, there is too much time spent at work, not enough time spent on hobbies and exercise and such, and I always seem to be tired (mostly due to erratic schedule but hang with me here).

Oh, and also I have trouble reading a clock that has only hands. It requires thinking and interpreting and the like. I like a straight-up digital readout that plainly spells what time it is (actually for the sake of this post I made that argument, but I actually like the clocks with hands much better - they are classic and elegant)

My system won't be messing around with any of that AM/PM business, just what time you see is what time you get. There would be 100 seconds in a minute, 100 minutes in an hour, 10 hours in a day. 10 Days in a month, and awwww forget about it, this system takes way too much thought to think up. I make a motion to stick with the current system.

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Now playing: Neil Young - Helpless
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I Want A MacBook Pro

I really want one of these, bad.......

I feel that my life would be taken to another level (don't mistake this as me bitching about my current state of being - because it is quite splendid), but rather, this toy would be a hell-of-a-lotta fun. Music and photos and videos and webbing would be probably on the order of 1,000,000,000,000,000 times better with this machine than with any Windows-based PC (which are all seeming to be pieces of junk these days). Down with Bill Gates (I just want to see how long until this Dell crashes after dissing him, cause I know he's somehow watching and knowing. Bill - I know what that "critical security update" patch really was....)

But really - if someone wants to be generous and get me the 17" MacBook Pro, I would be eternally grateful.

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Now playing: The Flaming Lips - Buggin' (Lips Mix)
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Flea Market was the Bomb!

We scored some goodies at the Flea Market this weekend! 4 LP's (Elton John, Allman Bros, Cat Stevens, Bob Dylan) for $15 and a huge mirror with wooden frame for $7. All the records are in great shape - they are getting fully listened to instead of being put in a frame on the wall, although they would all look quite nice on a wall of records.

Also had a campfire at Erin's Saturday night - the temp was in the high 50's and it was fantastic to be in front of a fire. We cannot wait for the fall to be in full effect (other than that we will be married on October 6 followed by Jamaica for 6 days). Wow, actually it's less than 7 weeks till the big day - rollin' like a freight train at full steam.

Back to the ROC this weekend

Naomi and I are going back to the ROC this weekend! Can't wait to be back home. I wanna hit up Lakeshore and/or Record Archive, go to Wegmans, Avon Flea Market, and so much more that I won't have time to do. Most of all, I wanna see family and friends which we plan to do plenty of.

A few more props to the sickest show on earth...

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Now playing: The Sea And Cake - Parasol
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Brance

He is Brance.....


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Now playing: Daft Punk - Digital Love
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Great Art

Been tipped off to some great art for very affordable... Can't wait to pick some up for the currently bare walls in the apartment.

Dobbs Ferry Waterfront

Finally went down to the waterfront (aside from getting on a train) and walked around a bit with Naomi and Bryce. You can see NYC to the south and the Tappan Zee to the north and there is a park with grills and benches and such, quite nice really. I feel that spending more time down there is a good thing.

Daft Punk @ Coney Island

There's nothing else I can say about this show except SIIIIIIICCCKKKKK!!!!!!!!! One of the best shows ever....

Oh wait, one more thing I can say about it...

Dinosaur BBQ in Harlem

What's real nice about NYC is the Dinosaur BBQ in Harlem. Naomi and I went into the city today to run an errand in Chinatown and then take a walk around Central Park. We came in the University Heights bridge and drove all the way down Broadway, through Harlem, stopping by to snap this picture for her dad (who hails from Syracuse, the home of Dinosaur BBQ). Parking anywhere near Central Park is a biznitch, it took 20 minutes to find a spot, but once inside the park, it's easy to forget you are in the middle of Manhattan.

Last.fm is broken

My Last.fm seems to be broken. The music I listen to seems to be scrobbling properly but when I check the website, the songs have not posted properly. I also updated my embedded player but the songs are not showing up. Oh magical mystery gnome of the interwebs, please fix this issue I beg of you....

Git-R-Done!

Where do they find these people?

Smashing Pumpkins

Spin magazine had a free "Myspace Tribute to the Smashing Pumpkins" CD with the July issue. I must put in my 2 cents here and declare that... There is NO substitute for the Smashing Pumpkins! In no way can they be altered, covered, mirrored, sliced, diced, chopped, minced, or scalloped and even come close to the original thing. No ifs, and, or butts about it. Siamese Dream through Mellon Collie is about as good as it gets. Having not listened to the Pumpkins in quite some thyme, I saw the mag on the rack at the airport and had to buy it. All these bands are great bands and do a good job covering, but my ears longed for Billy, Jimmy, D'arcy, and James.

I had a great discussion with T-Jo about them a couple weeks back and the merits of how loud the new album is, and how our old balls selves are into more mellow music these days. I wasn't such a fan of the later electronic-based stuff, but Gish, Siamese Dream, Pisces Iscariot, and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness certainly bring down the house.

Actually this tribute album is very good, just no substitute for the original.....

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Now playing: Ben Kweller - Today
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Daft Punk

1 Week away from Daft Punk. They throw down some sick beats but faces never to be seen.

Just Scored Tix

I just scored a set of tix to this concert - and I'm real jazzed about it. Good call to Naomi for going on the Jacket's website while I was outta town for work. Jim solo is gonna be the SHIZNIT!

This place rocks!

Check out this place we went to the other night. It's a rooftop bar in NYC with a sick view of the Empire State Building. Drinks were mad expensive but the view was worth it.

Out of Order

I'm going to make a post that is out of chronological order here. I went to the Yankees game in Baltimore my last week in DC. It was a hot-ass 93° mucho-muggy night and it was supposed to be Roger Clemens' 350th win. Yeah - that didn't happen. An entirely scoreless game with the exception of the O's putting up 4 runs in the 6th inning. Here are a few photos of that game.

It was still great to see the Yanks play at Camden Yards - always a great time at that stadium.