Channel 12 (in the hotel) has a kids show when I get home from work. There's this dude that is dressed in an old outfit and walks around by himself doing weird things in a funny stance and with really odd inflection. I thought he was just being loony for the kids ( Read more... )

I haven't shuffled my entire metal playlist (4712 tracks... and I haven't updated it for several months...) for a while...

1. Apocalyptica -- Plays Metallica by Four Cellos -- Master of Puppets (7:15)
2. Nightingale -- I -- Still in the Dark (3:12)
3. Incantation -- Blasphemy -- Crown of Decayed Salvation (5:41)
4. Agarthi -- At the Burning Horizon -- ( Read more... )

I'd be so poor if I did.  Besides the higher cost of everything else, the CDs are the worst.  Just bought a 2 disc set from Therion for the low, low price of about $29 ( Read more... )

I'm an idiot.  When I got to the ticket counter at O'Hare, I realized that I needed paper tickets for the second portion of my flight, Tokyo to Oita.  And I hadn't picked them up the previous day like I was supposed to.  No problem, I just hop in my car, and go to the travel agent.... oh wait, I dropped my car off.  Nuts.  Fortunately, a quick call ( Read more... )

The lyrics are a bit depressing, but the song is written with such an uplifting melody and structure.  It's amazing how the two mingle. But, even musically you can feel the sorrow. Kinda like the musical equivalent of an Escher drawing. Completely different depending on how you look at it.

The Drowning Years by While Heaven WeptThese empty ( Read more... )

I've seen ads for this "Day after Tomorrow."  Totally confusing to me.  Thank god for IMDB.  Overnight global warming my ass.

Anyway, I also noticed that Shrek 2 comes out next weekend as well.  Snazzy.  Looked at the cast.  Julie Andrews!  John Cleese.  Larry King!  Antonio Banderas.  huh.

And the angel of the Lord came unto me, snatching me up from my place of slumber. And took me on high, and higher still until we moved to the spaces betwixt the air itself. And he brought me into a vast farmlands of our own midwest. And as we descended, cries of impending doom rose from the soil. One thousand, nay a million voices full of fear. And ( Read more... )

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Being a documentary, there isn't a whole lot to say, but it was quite good ( Read more... )

film detailsThis was different from what I expected.  Normally a good thing, unless you're seeing a movie because you expect a certain feel ( Read more... )

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This movie completely baffled me ( Read more... )