Too bad. I liked checking in with my stats every day or two. Now, the ‘scrobbling’ from my iPod is intermittent at best. It still tracks what’s being played on the computer (iTunes), but not the pod. I guess it’s for the best, though, because it was making the synch time go extra long. Now, it’s nice and quick.
I’ve got loops, I’ve got live guitar; I’ve got midi controller, I’m outta control!! The question is whether to just muck about, try to record one of my songs or if I’m going to start with guitar or start with lops or what. I’ve got four little projects going and I’ll post whatever gets done first. This is fun!
A bit of luck: just when I decide I’m sick of seeing Lindsey Bukingham’s forehead in my Last.FM artist quilt (see below left), they fix the album quilt to be more up-to-date and they spruce up the whole user interface. Nice! I’m not about to use it for social networking, but it’s fun to keep track of what I’ve been listening too. Also, it helps generate the below signature:
I want to start keeping up with music over here at mpomy.com. That means lots of ramblings about the connections between different artists and what order the guitar pedals should go. Not all of this will make sense.
My plan this morning was to listen to songs that were only in the thirty-minute neighborhood. I didn’t really follow through completely with that, but the album pictured above is a good place to start with the long songs – it has to in the 30’s, on in the 16’s and the obligatory ballad, which Neal Morse does remarkably well.
A quick shout to celebrate my return to the ‘Planet Cancer’ community. I’m not on facebook, myspace or any other socializing websites. Don’t get me wrong, I like Scrabble as much as the next puzzler, but I just don’t want to make the time commitment and I don’t want to see these folks from high school.
But then there’s Planet Cancer. It’s just for the young’uns (under-40-ish) and their supporters. Now I’m able to chime in with people from all over the country and the world about all the horse poo we’ve been going through. It just reinforces my fundamental belief, instilled in me from the earliest days of my youth, that its good to share!
Best. Band. Ever. These guys are in their mid 20’s and they play this insane pop-zappa-prog-blues-rock. AND they’re from Sweden, but the lyrics are (almost entirely) in english and they’re actually quite good. I’m shocked that I’ve found a band that’s so great and so young. And when I say ‘I found’, what I really mean is Dr. Starr found and told me to listen to. The new record is Sleeping In Traffic, Pt. 2. GO BUY IT NOW!!! This video is from 2006 and will give you some idea of the pure joy that is Beardfish!
This is also posted on the videos page. Is it really possible that we’re done with chemo? It’s been a pretty life-changing few months.
My need for approval is a bit appalling. I changed the search terms for my greenscreen video and the number of ‘views’ on Youtube jumped from about 30 to almost 600 in less than a day. You would think that would do the trick, but noooooooooo… Until I see that thing posted on colbertnation (link intentionally omitted!) I won’t be happy. AND, the worst part is that another video WAS posted today (my birthday) and I thought it was mine, but it just had a very similar title (McCain Rocking vs Rockin’ McCain). Oh, the injustice! Damn you, colbertnation!!!!!!
Is this the opportunity I’ve been waiting for? My greenscreen skills are pretty much non-existent, but I figured I’d have some fun editing and put on some good music. After looking at some of the submissions, I’m proud of what I’ve thrown together. This was the result of a few hours of work on Sunday, followed by just a bit of touching up today and yesterday.
Also available on the Videos page. Emily says this one is more impressionistic. It’s also a bit more concise at under 5:00 minutes. Please enjoy responsibly.