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Song(s) of the Day... Office Space Edition

So it's Thursday, and one thing that I've come to find out about the real world is... unfortunately ,Thursday is the new Friday. I say unfortunately because, while Friday is basically now a half day (in most respects), Thursday has now enveloped the stress and workload of two days into one.


It is with that in mind that I present today's music. I had this idea while stuck in traffic, so we'll start there. No, I'm not gonna post songs from the soundtrack to Office Space... if you're like me, you've heard those a million times). I'm gonna try and keep the music upbeat to help get you through the day.

The drive to work, stuck in traffic for an hour:
The Clash - Straight to Hell
Office Space - Gridlock

note: you may have heard this guitar riff sampled in the M.I.A song, Paper Planes

Walking in late, avoiding the "8 bosses":
The Thermals - Pillar of Salt


Getting to your pile of work, trying to pound it all out by the end of the day:
MGMT - Time to Pretend


TPS reports -- you didn't get that memo?
CSS - Rat is Dead


Get your shit done!! Time to go home and:
A.) Let off some steam with your boys:
Lil Wayne - Ride For My Niggas


B.) Get some alone time with your way-too-hot-for-your-dorky-ass girlfriend!:
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges



Happy Thursday people!!

Radiohead - All I Need

Song of the day, brought to you by...

NBA Journeyman Detlef Schrempf.

In honor of the ongoing NBA playoff's and one of my new favorite bands, here is:
Band of Horses - Detlef Schrempf

"You call him Dr. Jones lady"

So Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls... SUCKS! Don't go see it.

Harrison Ford was good and Shia LeBouf was ok, everything else blew.

How I spent my Stimulus Check

So there's a blog site that let's people post how they spent their stimulus check.

This is my favorite one: http://www.howispentmystimulus.com/posts/view/289

Gotta see this one...

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f3e_1211255241&p=1

Video: Radiohead in Dallas

This was from a particularly cool moment at the concert.


YOU AND WHOSE ARMY? from Victoria Sum on Vimeo.

Game 7: Spurs at Hornets

This is the biggest game in New Orleans basketball history!! The Hornets are defending their home court against the Spurs, who are defending their championship. This ought to be quite a game, as bloody as this series has been.

Go Hornets!!

Hornets news wrap-up

radiohead :: live in dallas

I was there!!! And it was incredible! We had some really good seats in the 1st section.
Read a full description of the show HERE by GorillaVsBear(radiohead :: live in dallas)

The best song of the night:

Texas Oil Tycoon gets it right

So what would expect a Texas Oil-ionaire named T. Boone Pickens to do with $2 Billion??
Maybe something crazy/eccentric like clone himself...
Maybe pay a pack of brilliant scientists to build some robot-legs...
Maybe build a gold plated oil-rig with a likeness of himself... riding it.
Maybe... I don't know, those are the things that pop into my mind.

Well, guess what T. Boone Pickens ACTUALLY did? He built the world's large Wind Turbine Farm... and has 3 more "farms" on order. Once his turbine farms are complete, he'll be supplying GE with enough electricity to run 1.2 million homes in the Great State.



Good job T. Boone. We salute you!

MUTO = crazy + weird + awesome

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

1 more game

The Hornets are up 3 games to 2 on the defending champ Spurs. The next game is in SA on Thursday and I'm gonna do my best to get tickets.

I think I have found my lucky charm (I can't tell you exactly what, or *she* might lose the lucky streak ;)

This guy seems to have found one:

CP3 > Kobe

So my team, the Hornets are playing the defending NBA champs, the Spurs, tonight in San Antonio... a mere 80 miles from where I sit right now. They are up 2-0, and have a chance to all but seal the deal with a road win.

This is town is mostly comprised of Spurs fans, and if you don't know, Spurs fans are as hardcore as they are eccentric. So it's been great this week, seeing people wearing they're Duncan jerseys... looking like they need a hug just as bad as the real deal... People talking in line at Freebird's about how amazing Chris Paul is and how great it would be to have a player like that on "their team".

Which is even more reason Chris Paul, THE BEST PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE, should have won the MVP award. Instead, Kobe won the popular vote, in a season filled with drama, but lacking a clear cut superstar performance from a perennial big name player...

What bullshit!! Chris Paul's season has been amazing, both to watch and by the numbers. But you don't have to take my word for it: http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=8557

Counting the Cliches

So I had a three day weekend since I've pulled a lot of overtime at work over the last few weeks. I had the privilege of spending those three days on the road, playing some rock 'n roll with Squint in the middle Southeast Texas.



Friday, we drove to Montgomery, Tx (just outside of Conroe) where we played at the Lava Lounge. It was an all ages club, which is always interesting, especially in this small of a town. The place was really cool, the people were really nice... just wish there would have been more of them.




That night we stayed at a Day's Inn in Conroe. This place... was pretty ghetto, yet it seemed to be the local high school hangout. Nearly every room was open with a couple younger people hanging out, drinking. Even better, there was a bar attached to the hotel called Malone's. Naturally, we all went to the bar, drank and played pool 'til it closed. Good times.



The next morning, we woke up... hit up the illustrious continental breakfast (stale donuts and cereal) and hit the road. The next night, we were in Tomball, Tx, playing at Gary's Spot (or, the G-Spot to the regulars... yea, THAT kind of vibe). We played with 3 really good bands, (I believe) all from Austin: the Killer Crocs of Uganda, the Banner Year, and She Craves. Another interesting night but at the complete opposite end of the spectrum. We got back to the hotel and crashed around 5am.



The drive home the next day, sucked! Everything was going smooth until we hit the tiny town of Giddings, Tx, roughly 50 miles from home... where the van (a 1990 Chevy Glaval Gladiator conversion van) broke down. We called up our friends in She Craves and luckily they were about 20 minutes behind us. They stopped and picked up Tote so he could get back to study for a final.



Meanwhile, Dane, Matt, Beeker and I were stuck on the side of the road, in BFE f'ing Texas for around 4 hours. We had some 'issues' with AAA not liking the fact that we had the trailer, that delayed the process. Finally we got it figured out and our tow truck guy arrived. He was cool as hell, and hooked us up big time and, finally, we made it home.



The good news is that Dane had already lined up a new van the day we left. So Monday, he and Matt went and picked it up (will post pics soon). It's the same make, model, year, everything... only it's in WAY better condition.


P.S.
So over the course of this random, crazy, rock'n'roll-cliche-filled weekend, I managed to get a sunburn from hell... on my feet ($5 flip flops from Krogers were a bad choice).

Do what now?? part 2

Somebody's doing it already... and they're referring to it as "pixie" dust.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7354458.stm

Now I'm going with zombie-lizard-people. Get your blunt objects ready, and go HERE if you're bored at work and wanna hone your zombie killing skills.