Things I have heard or seen in the last week (give or take):

• A bunch of crazy and awesome people with whom I lived senior year at Wes, and some that I didn't but still love.
• Avatar. (I want more!)
• A (surprisingly faithful) cover of the song "Fame" by the power metal band Adagio. (this of course made me think of Karaoke Revolution in the Grotto)
• Half ( Read more... )

What do you get when you take 90% of the technical talent of Dream Theater, give it to people who aren't uninspired douches, and who listen to a lot of Queensryche and Symphony X? Fates Warning. I'm not going to claim they're my new favorite band, but they're certainly nice to listen to if you like any of the other artists I mentioned above, or ( Read more... )

Whether in mockery or in reinforcement of the situation at hand, the last song that played on my iPod before I went to bed last night was "Teardrop" by Massive Attack, also known as the theme to House.

I really doubt I'm that sick....

Things that have been entertaining and/or amusing lately:

• Michelle Branch apparently does a cover of "Heart-Shaped Box." Yes, the Nirvana song. Yes, she does it well. Incongruous!
• Jay. In specific, essentially splitting a boat of sushi (and then some) with him (a few others helped a bit, but not much). Copious! East coast, you are lucky to ( Read more... )

Oh. My. Gods. VAST is amazing live. Even in a small venue with limited light show capacity, they did some really nice synaesthetic shit (Visual Audio Sensory Theater is their name, after all), and they have great stage presence. One of the fundamental building blocks of a good concert, as judged by me, is that not only are the performers having ( Read more... )

Julie, Crystal, and probably others, knowing my friends list: Allow me to inform you that you are jealous of me. Why? I'm going to see VAST on Thursday. For < $15. And < 20 min. away from my house.

Anyone in the Madison area: care to join me?

But windows open, then close; that's just how it goes.

Don't it feel like sunshine, after all?
The world we loved, forever gone.
We're only just as happy as everyone else seems to think we are.

My new iPod came yesterday. Unlike my old iPod, it: is not broken, holds all my music (it's not even half-full, and there are nearly 10,000 tracks on there), and displays in color. I decided to go with silver to match my car, my cat, and my Sound Dock. Interesting bug that I plan to report if it continues: when on my Sound Dock, the new iPod ( Read more... )

Thank you, psychic iPod. I needed to hear Into the Woods just now. I needed that beauty, those messages.

No one is alone.

Wishes come true, not free.

Jill was in Madison last night, so she and her friend who was traveling with her and Jay and I hung out. We went to the Karaoke Kid, and I must say, it was entertaining. Drunk people were annoying, except for the girls who might have been hitting on me (drunk goggles even make me look good, I guess). I sang "Drive," "All You Wanted" (yeah, I ( Read more... )