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[01 Dec 2006|10:01pm] |
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I made myself a Gingerbread Cookie Milkshake. It rules the earth. Maybe it needs rum though.
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[29 Nov 2006|11:49pm] |
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"Blessings Upon the Throne of Tyranny" - Dimmu Borgir |
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If you wanna walk out the door with The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and play with Mothula's pussy in the Skull Palace, that's your call. But if your looking for some real action in the way of groundbreaking party-based RPG action, then you had best put that faggot shit down and pick up a copy of The Secret of Mana.
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[15 Nov 2006|11:52pm] |
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"X-Stream" - Voivod |
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I sold my soul to Guitar Hero 2.
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[02 Nov 2006|01:34am] |
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"No Heroes" - Converge |
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Going nowhere, slow.
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[06 Aug 2006|02:43am] |
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"All Over Your Face" - Cazwell |
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Remember when the Banana Cream Pie met up with the Mexican Platter at Tortilla Flats?
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[19 Jun 2006|01:29am] |
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"Timesteps" - Wendy Carlos |
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In the past week, I've been distracted a total of 5-7 times at work simply for trying to/successfully completing sneaking a peek.
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[17 May 2006|04:59pm] |
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"Don't Change" - AFI |
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Wanna hear some killer haikus about skiing?
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[07 May 2006|11:56pm] |
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"Alive With the Glory of Love" - Say Anything |
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A scary thought: At least one of your friends has masturbated to porn when chatting with you over AIM. I'm just sayin'.
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| The Order of the Serpentine welcomes you! |
[22 Apr 2006|10:54am] |
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"You Can Call Me Al" - Paul Simon |
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So, in my never ending quest to be clean - I purchased a bottle of that new Axe shower gel called "Snake Peel." Eager to use it, I hopped in the shower last night and took it for a test drive. It's an eye catching product - bright orange with sleek black tags on the front and back. When you first put it on your showering instrument (I prefer a facecloth - fuck a washcloth) you'll notice that there's some sort of sediment on it - alas, it is a shower "scrub" not a gel! To its credit, it really does get 'r done. The little sediment beads are actually pretty good in laying own some exfoliation. As for the scent - it's fairly unique to a bathroom product in that it smells nearly identical to a gin and tonic. So when you get out, you end up smelling vaguely like an Irishman coming out of a wake. Overall - a good idea, and a halfway decent product. The scent could definitely be improved.
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| 52 Pickup - Entry 8 |
[28 Mar 2006|11:13pm] |
They only had hit, but it was a fun one. "Let's Go All the Way" by Sly Fox tap-danced around genres: hip hop, new wave, disco, radio pop, and Latin. Sly Fox was headed by Gary "Muddbone" Cooper from Parliament Funkadelic (George Clinton's band) and studio vocalist Michael Camacho. Cooper's legendary funk status allowed it to get played on black stations and it's poppy nature got it played on the more mainstream ones. Like the last song I posted, it's distinctly 80's and reminds a lot of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" in terms of lyrical content. Both are bleak outlooks of current events and then-recent history, this one being less specific in terms of actually naming events and people. The much hated rap group Insane Clown Posse covered the song on their double album Bizzar/Bizaar and even got some MTV play out of it.
52 Pickup #8 - "Let's Go All the Way" - Sly Fox
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| 52 Pickup - Entry 7 |
[21 Mar 2006|07:54pm] |
Yesterday, I downloaded a compilation of 80's songs that was much different from any 80's collection that I had ever gotten before. usually, you get tons of one hit wonders and a song or two from an artist that transcended the decade and had a hit that was indicative of the decade it was released in. This one had those two, but it also had some songs by artists I've never heard before, as well as songs by artists that had never gotten popular for one reason or another. The very first song is "Road to Nowhere" by The Talking Heads. I had never heard of it before, so when I began the song I instantly recognized it as being the song that plays during the credits of "Little Monsters" one of my favorite childhood movies, starring current game show host and former Bobby's World star, Howie Mandel. It wasn't a classic film, but as a kid I found it to be great simply because the kids in the movie were so mischievous and reflective of my status as a little bastard. The song itself isn't reflective of their other body of work but I find it enjoyable nonetheless. It's definitely "Talking Heads For the 80's."
52 Pickup #7 - "Road to Nowhere" - Talking Heads
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| 52 Pickup - Entry 6 |
[14 Mar 2006|03:54pm] |
Sorry for failing to update yesterday - I was very exhausted after a weekend venture into Montreal. This week's entry has a bit of a local flavor to it. About 5 years ago, Derek DuBois (a Cumberland teenager) wrote a song [Related Article] about a substitute high school English teacher to show his friends that he had musical talent after recording a terrible cover of Incubus' "Pardon Me." After he recorded the tune, he put the song up on Napster and soon it was shared around the world - and eventually it was discovered by the school administration. The song itself is rather bad, but it is a significant event in the early days of peer-to-peer filesharing, and showed everyone just how fast music can be shared throughout the world. Nowadays, filesharing (along with the internet itself) has become more advanced and information can leak to the masses in a much more rapid fashion - resulting in many things, both desireable and undesireable.
52 Pickup #6 - Derek DuBois - "Mrs. Dunn Song"
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| 52 Pickup - Entry 5 |
[06 Mar 2006|07:52pm] |
Number five is "Plowed" by Sponge. Drew Cordeiro has always extolled the virtues of putting songs attached with youth over songs that are critically praised, which is why I'll always like "Dammit" by Blink 182 more than any Tool or Opeth song because I remember liking it during a time when things were a lot simpler. "Plowed" is on the soundtrack to Empire Records, one of my favorite movies ever - probably the last stand of grunge when it came to movie soundtracks (Foxfire and later, Girl also had good soundtracks). The song plays when the record store is set to make their last ditch effort to save the place from a large corporation from taking it over. Sponge is one of those bands that only had a couple of hits but what they had will probably stick with you for a long time. One day I'd like to delve into their discography, but for now - I share with you "Plowed" from their debut, "Rotting Pinata."
52 Pickup #5 - "Plowed" - Sponge
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| 52 Pickup - Entry 4 |
[27 Feb 2006|04:02pm] |
This week's song comes with a little bit of a story. One night, Drew and I decided to go to Applebee's because we wanted nachos. After we sat down, we got a phone call from Matt Camp, who later joined us at the dinner table. We got even more company when Mike & Amy decided to get in on the 'noshing. During the dinner, "Your Love" by The Outfield began to play over the restaurant's PA. One of us said that we liked the song, and Matt Camp correctly identified the artist and title. Our waiter quickly came over and used his position as a part time DJ to correct Matt Camp, telling him it was performed by The Cars. We didn't want to argue with the waiter, but Mattie held his musical stance and insisted it was The Outfield. In the end, Matt Camp was right. So, it proves a valuable lesson - if it sounds like the Cars, it's probably the Outfield. That, and you can trust Matt Camp when it comes to distinguishing seminal rock bands from one hit wonders that sound like them.
52 Pickup #4 - "Your Love" - The Outfield
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| Oh shit |
[25 Feb 2006|05:01pm] |
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"Thunder Storm" - Masayoshi Takanaka |
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My t-shirt came in the mail today:
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| 52 Pickup - Entry 3 |
[20 Feb 2006|05:07pm] |
This week's musical choice comes from Gary Moore, someone who achieved a large amount of popularity in the UK but remains fairly unknown in the US. Moore was a former member of the British version of Skid Row with Phillip Parris Lynott, and later joined Thin Lizzy ("The Boys Are Back in Town" / "Jailbreak") with him in the 70's. When Thin Lizzy was dissolved (somewhat due to the failing health of Lynott), Moore struck out on his own. "Over the Hills and Far Away" is from the 1987 album "Wild Frontier." However, the song is not a cover of the Led Zeppelin tune. "Over the Hills and Far Away" is an old song popular with the British Army, who's lyrics have evolved over the years. Moore's version is his own interpretation - the same goes for Led Zeppelin. Moore's version was later covered by the Finnish band Nightwish.
52 Pickup #3 - "Over the Hills and Far Away" - Gary Moore
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| Gerry DeLuca: King of Blog |
[15 Feb 2006|10:57pm] |
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"Blood Red Summer" - Coheed & Cambria |
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I'll get right into it - the term blogging should begin and end at ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) gallianoparfait, the livejournal of Gerald DeLuca. Nearly every day before going to work, I wake up to find another awesome anecdote about a variety of topics, from Nutella to the scandalous Father Valentino, Polenta to Condom Entrances, Wieners to the battle of Drew Cordeiro v. Ludwig Von Beethoven. For a while, the Livejournal world had been old & busted, but ever since the beginning of January, it has, like a phoenix rising from the ashes come to life again with a tapestry of colorful readings. I credit Gerry D to giving me a new outlook on the blog, starting my own blog gimmick (The 52 Pickup). So, if you haven't done so, head on over to his blog and read. You'll definitely appreciate it.
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