Sitting here @ Barns & Noble, browsing books, I can't help but feel like books are quickly becoming sort of inefficient. OK I'm talking mostly about books based on current issues or technology. Fiction and self help sort of stuff seem fine but all the others, a good chunk in Barns & Noble, I would never invest in. Like books about the music industry or art business. Yes there's good stuff there but a few months after these book come out they seem outdated. Things just change that fast these days. books about computers or any sort of technology, same thing. I find myself finding periodicals much more useful as I read about these things...and then there's the dark dungeons of the Internets.
Listening to: The Script...didn't I write about them already?
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
working out vs working outside
I've been going to this gym. Watching all these people working so hard to try and keep in shape. I can't help but think about how we are probably made to have active lives that are physically arduous in order to maintain ourselves healthy by just trying to survive or just live our lives. Not sure we were supposed to figure out a way to spend 2 hours trying to keep in shape. I don't know. Something about all these people sweating while running in place lifting things just to put them back down, and sweating just for the sake or sweating.
I think of this as I hear about some scientists that are working on a TV that can be installed on a contact lens. powered by our body heat and the remote control is the human voice. They also said some "Digital tattoos" could also be developed to allow wearers to literally feel the emotions that the director wants you to feel....I stopped listening @ that point. I'll pay attention more closely if I hear about it again but CRAAAZZYYYYY. Listening to: nothing, I'm watching TV I just said about the eye tv thing. Credit to whoever took the pic i didn't take it.
I think of this as I hear about some scientists that are working on a TV that can be installed on a contact lens. powered by our body heat and the remote control is the human voice. They also said some "Digital tattoos" could also be developed to allow wearers to literally feel the emotions that the director wants you to feel....I stopped listening @ that point. I'll pay attention more closely if I hear about it again but CRAAAZZYYYYY. Listening to: nothing, I'm watching TV I just said about the eye tv thing. Credit to whoever took the pic i didn't take it.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Changing with the times
I'm so tired of going day in and day out thinking about what to blog. By the time I get home the moment is gone and I end up not blogging. I also have this expectation on myself that I have to post a pic of some sort. I just like the idea a lot and I have so many pics...but then I can't decide. I truly make too much out of this mainly since only like 3 people end up reading these. Today's pics are not very super selections, they just go with what I'm saying, I think.
It amazes me how Ireland just builds upon it's own historic buildings. most of the historic buildings are still being used to official purposes. In one of the pics you can see and old chapel with a not so old building next to it and in the background a brand new building being built. The other pic is the Dublin Castle. The Record Tower was build in 1220s The Chapel Royal was built in 1760s and the rest of the building was finished 1960s. A bit crazy I thought. I chopped the pics a bit so you can see how it was built hopefully, well it makes sense to my brain.
Listening to: Iron Maiden, A Matter of Life and Death....they're huge in Ireland and I like them. Here's a band that has been able to make a very successful career without ever selling out in any way. That's no radio airplay or any kind and the only time their video was ever played on MTV (back when they actually played videos) was on a show that played from 12a to 3a on Sat. The only way their music has truly evolved is in the way that recordings and mixing styles has changed with the times.
See, here's the thing with "progressive rock" The style is known for the way it changes even within a song and...well progresses. So the style lends itself for a whole lot of exploration and evolution without ever sounding like they've departed from their actual root. Well the band members also do solo projects so they can explore further into other styles.
It amazes me how Ireland just builds upon it's own historic buildings. most of the historic buildings are still being used to official purposes. In one of the pics you can see and old chapel with a not so old building next to it and in the background a brand new building being built. The other pic is the Dublin Castle. The Record Tower was build in 1220s The Chapel Royal was built in 1760s and the rest of the building was finished 1960s. A bit crazy I thought. I chopped the pics a bit so you can see how it was built hopefully, well it makes sense to my brain.
Listening to: Iron Maiden, A Matter of Life and Death....they're huge in Ireland and I like them. Here's a band that has been able to make a very successful career without ever selling out in any way. That's no radio airplay or any kind and the only time their video was ever played on MTV (back when they actually played videos) was on a show that played from 12a to 3a on Sat. The only way their music has truly evolved is in the way that recordings and mixing styles has changed with the times.
See, here's the thing with "progressive rock" The style is known for the way it changes even within a song and...well progresses. So the style lends itself for a whole lot of exploration and evolution without ever sounding like they've departed from their actual root. Well the band members also do solo projects so they can explore further into other styles.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
SNL
ARG!! just saw Jason Mraz on SNL tonight. The guy is actually more amazing live than he is on CDs. I started by being mad that I missed him when he came to play in C-ville back in Oct, (yes, we're that cool) and then I was just mad that he was so good. He had an awesome band, played the classical guitar as needed and was vocally flawless, He even added some guts to the singing that is not in the original recording...
I thinks he's a pretty good singer and an excellent songwriter. One of the very, very few artists that has blown me away overall in the last bunch of years, @ least he's just alright with the guitar.
Listening to :Steve martin (still SNL) I think he might've played the second song instead of Mraz. it was funny but...really? WTF?..ok I was wrong. Jason played lucky, pretty awesome 2 songs. I've never taken the time to youtube this guy, why??
I thinks he's a pretty good singer and an excellent songwriter. One of the very, very few artists that has blown me away overall in the last bunch of years, @ least he's just alright with the guitar.
Listening to :Steve martin (still SNL) I think he might've played the second song instead of Mraz. it was funny but...really? WTF?..ok I was wrong. Jason played lucky, pretty awesome 2 songs. I've never taken the time to youtube this guy, why??
Friday, January 30, 2009
Sun-day best
Ireland is known for random rains and storms. A couple of days before I arrived there back in Oct one of my favorite people said this on her awesome, always inspiring blog "Sun is at it's best when it shares the sky with a storm." These words managed to stay with me while I was walking the streets of Dublin, and how could they not when the Sun kept reminding me with it's shining, and, and it's making things look awesome and stuff.
It was cool because she had some cool pics of the countryside with cows and trees and sun and clouds but here I was, in the city, and I could not agree with her more.
It was cool because she had some cool pics of the countryside with cows and trees and sun and clouds but here I was, in the city, and I could not agree with her more.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
London 2 Dublin
...So Where was I? Alright so 2 of these pics are sort of abstract. Spent the night @ the London Airport. While I was there I felt like it was a life changing moment in my life. So much going through my mind, hmm, I still think it was. We arrived in the middle of the night from Granada and a bunch of people were sleeping on the floor, There were guards walking with these huge M85 Assault Rifle. So we found a corner, Nita went to sleep and I just listened to music and got into my hole, like I often do on my late nights. Something profound about seeing all these people from all over the world @ such a big airport just trying to sleep the night away. And there I was, wide awake, living.
Our flight to Dublin left early in the Am. lots of clouds and much to my amazement the short flight was timely enough to get me above the clouds, and fly just long enough for me to see the Sunrise, The light was breathtakingly beautiful yet everyone still slept. I had a hand held camera and so I snapped away...I should've gotten my Nikon out.
Listening to Tantric: After We go (2005). This is Post Grunge sort of progressive sound. Nice and clean-ish. Notto much to them, just what happened to be playing while I wrote this.
Our flight to Dublin left early in the Am. lots of clouds and much to my amazement the short flight was timely enough to get me above the clouds, and fly just long enough for me to see the Sunrise, The light was breathtakingly beautiful yet everyone still slept. I had a hand held camera and so I snapped away...I should've gotten my Nikon out.
Listening to Tantric: After We go (2005). This is Post Grunge sort of progressive sound. Nice and clean-ish. Notto much to them, just what happened to be playing while I wrote this.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
A new song
It´s been a while but I think it´s time to do the song writing thing and, well, write songs. I have several ideas as to where I want to go but I´m wanting to explore a little of that Spanish awesomeness (as in from Spain) and see where I end up. What´s not so awesome about it is that Flamenco-ish songs in English feel sort of...umm, weak. I guess it can be done, anything can be done but the soul of Flamenco speaks Spanish. It´s literally like the blues in Spanish or Chinese, it can be done but somehow it´d sound a bit off.
Here's 3 more Granada pics. I was going to move on to Some Irish pics but it seemed like the topic fit better with these. Alhambra window overlooking la ciudad antigua, some sweet graffiti in town and the awesomest flamenco show inside a cueva (cave) that has been turned into a restaurant. The place is owned by the artist who hire the cooks and they've been playing and performing there for generations.
Listening to: Chambao- Pokito a Poko..The style is called Nuevo Flamenco and it's very close to what I'm thinking about stylewise. I need to get my brain a bit more used to the style. I love their melancholy mood, still very lively and latin but a bit of a chill mood.
Here's 3 more Granada pics. I was going to move on to Some Irish pics but it seemed like the topic fit better with these. Alhambra window overlooking la ciudad antigua, some sweet graffiti in town and the awesomest flamenco show inside a cueva (cave) that has been turned into a restaurant. The place is owned by the artist who hire the cooks and they've been playing and performing there for generations.
Listening to: Chambao- Pokito a Poko..The style is called Nuevo Flamenco and it's very close to what I'm thinking about stylewise. I need to get my brain a bit more used to the style. I love their melancholy mood, still very lively and latin but a bit of a chill mood.
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