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Good musics is few and far between these days. But I was able to salvage a few tunes out of the late 2009 that caught my ear. So, without further ado, here lies some sort of top 10-ish type list:
10-Them Crooked Vultures-Elephants
9-The Shock of the Lightning-Oasis
8-Never Ending Summer-311
7-All Secrets Known-Alice in Chains
6-Jars-Chevelle
5-Uprising-Muse
4-Let It Die-Foo Fighters
3-Wolfmother-Sundial
2-Kings and Queens-30 Seconds to Mars
1-Amongst the Waves-Pearl Jam
Showing posts with label Pearl Jam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pearl Jam. Show all posts
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Do people really take this guy seriously?
Ugh... I guess it takes a Planet Fitness viewing of the Glen Beck show to bring me back from a week long blog hiatus. Because the TV receiver at the machine I was using produced a horrible squeal while I was trying to listen to ESPN, I was forced to look for alternative entertainment. Against my better judgment, I decided to tune in to my good pal Beck and see what was grinding his gears today.
I've noticed that Beck has a tendency to take two unrelated topics, force them to so
und like they are similar, and move on as if this is the truth. He basically centers each episode on false assumptions. When he was in the middle of the ACORN diatribe, after he reached the conclusion of the whole pimp & prostitute scandal, he went on to say how these employees were "community organizers". He then jumped from that to how we didn't know what community organizers really do, but now we do. So, luckily for us, Beck assisted us in determining that Obama's time as a community planner involved cheating taxes, prostitution, smuggling foreign under-age girls for said prostitution, drugs, and murder. He does this without missing a beat.
Yesterday he was focused on everyone's favorite current events topic: health care. He brought on... some guy. He might have been a CIA dude or not, I can't recall. His area of "expertise" was hostage situations. Beck had him explain the traits of a hostage takeover. Dude gleefully described situations as quick and violent. Beck then went on for the entire segment to associate the health care reform efforts to a terrorist hostage situation. I couldn't believe it.
Actually, let me correct myself. Beck initially said that he didn't want to jump to any conclusions and compare the two. Having made that disclaimer, he then went on to jump to conclusions and compared the two.
First, how long has health care reform been a goal of the Democratic Party??? 20... 40... 50 years? This is not a surprise!!! This is not a sneak rushed attack against the American people!!! Everyone knew this was coming. Show me a piece of legislation that either party has not said needed to be "signed quickly". You know why both parties do this? Because as sure as shit the other party is going to do it's best to slow down the process in hopes that it stalls forever.
The Republicans keep saying publicly that they want to slow down the workings on this reform. I would have a much easier time of believing that if it weren't for the fact that in multiple instances word has leaked out that they want it to go so slow that it ultimately dies. At least be honest enough and say, "we have no intention of passing any sort of health reform. You might as well forget about even working with us." That, I would respect. Each side has it's own agenda. If the Republicans had any intention of doing something like this they would have addressed it during their 6 years of dominance.
Second, Beck seemingly tentatively asks his "expert" if violence could be interpreted as vocal violence rather than physical. When dude, again gleefully, says "yes", Beck begins to build the case that the poor teabaggers are being treated oh so harshly by their critics. The poor teabaggers and townhall disruptors are being "shouted down". I almost laughed myself off the stairmaster at that point. This Beck guy, he's serious, right? Is he a satire like Stephen Colbert? The fact that he is applying the label of "terrorist" to people shouting down a group of people who are themselves shouting down and slowing down the democratic process... I don't even know how to handle that.
He piles it even thicker by saying that he and his ilk are not encouraging violent behavior. All he is doing is allowing these poor people to "blow off some steam". So, the conclusion is that when Beck and his people are doing their thing, it's therapeutic. When others do, they're terrorists.
Again, who the fuck is the guy and why the fuck do people think he's relevant?
At that point, I had had enough and powered up the Ipod to let Mike Mcready do his thang, as only he can...
I've noticed that Beck has a tendency to take two unrelated topics, force them to so
und like they are similar, and move on as if this is the truth. He basically centers each episode on false assumptions. When he was in the middle of the ACORN diatribe, after he reached the conclusion of the whole pimp & prostitute scandal, he went on to say how these employees were "community organizers". He then jumped from that to how we didn't know what community organizers really do, but now we do. So, luckily for us, Beck assisted us in determining that Obama's time as a community planner involved cheating taxes, prostitution, smuggling foreign under-age girls for said prostitution, drugs, and murder. He does this without missing a beat.Yesterday he was focused on everyone's favorite current events topic: health care. He brought on... some guy. He might have been a CIA dude or not, I can't recall. His area of "expertise" was hostage situations. Beck had him explain the traits of a hostage takeover. Dude gleefully described situations as quick and violent. Beck then went on for the entire segment to associate the health care reform efforts to a terrorist hostage situation. I couldn't believe it.
Actually, let me correct myself. Beck initially said that he didn't want to jump to any conclusions and compare the two. Having made that disclaimer, he then went on to jump to conclusions and compared the two.
First, how long has health care reform been a goal of the Democratic Party??? 20... 40... 50 years? This is not a surprise!!! This is not a sneak rushed attack against the American people!!! Everyone knew this was coming. Show me a piece of legislation that either party has not said needed to be "signed quickly". You know why both parties do this? Because as sure as shit the other party is going to do it's best to slow down the process in hopes that it stalls forever.
The Republicans keep saying publicly that they want to slow down the workings on this reform. I would have a much easier time of believing that if it weren't for the fact that in multiple instances word has leaked out that they want it to go so slow that it ultimately dies. At least be honest enough and say, "we have no intention of passing any sort of health reform. You might as well forget about even working with us." That, I would respect. Each side has it's own agenda. If the Republicans had any intention of doing something like this they would have addressed it during their 6 years of dominance.
Second, Beck seemingly tentatively asks his "expert" if violence could be interpreted as vocal violence rather than physical. When dude, again gleefully, says "yes", Beck begins to build the case that the poor teabaggers are being treated oh so harshly by their critics. The poor teabaggers and townhall disruptors are being "shouted down". I almost laughed myself off the stairmaster at that point. This Beck guy, he's serious, right? Is he a satire like Stephen Colbert? The fact that he is applying the label of "terrorist" to people shouting down a group of people who are themselves shouting down and slowing down the democratic process... I don't even know how to handle that.
He piles it even thicker by saying that he and his ilk are not encouraging violent behavior. All he is doing is allowing these poor people to "blow off some steam". So, the conclusion is that when Beck and his people are doing their thing, it's therapeutic. When others do, they're terrorists.
Again, who the fuck is the guy and why the fuck do people think he's relevant?
At that point, I had had enough and powered up the Ipod to let Mike Mcready do his thang, as only he can...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Spinning the favorites!
...continuing a tradition that started with two young scholars at a fine Syracuse institution...
Pearl Jam - Brother (remix)
Three Dog Night - Shambala
311 - Daisy Cutter
Pearl Jam - Brother (remix)
Three Dog Night - Shambala
311 - Daisy Cutter
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
"I'll wait up in the dark/ For you to speak to me..."
Mornin! I'm trying to start the day off right despite another Yankees loss and my Red Wings running in to the wall known as Jonas Hiller. By the way, Niedermayer, you're a bitch. If you're going to go after Datsyuk (not exactly known as a bruiser), do it like a man instead of throwing a cheap elbow. I might be biased a bit but it looked to me like Anaheim decided that winning wasn't enough and needed to start scrapping with all of Detroit's best players. Not to mention the fact that they have been constantly crying to the refs. You stay classy, Ducks.
But I'm getting off point. So, on my hour long ride in to work I knew I was going to hear nothing but talk about Roger Clemens and the NBA, which I stopped paying attention to about 10 years ago. Luckily, I had Pearl Jam's reissue of Ten handy. I have mixed feelings about bands kicking out greatest hits and reissues and all that junk when they feel like making a buck. And lets be honest, the addition of this album to the collection for your average loyal Pearl Jam fan means that you now have about 50 versions of "Evenflow" to choose from on itunes. But you know what, I don't even care. The differences between this cd and the one that was released almost 20 years ago are subtle but it's still the kick ass collection of songs that can still get me amped all this time later. "Once" is just as a good an opening tune as it's always been and "Release" still brings it to the perfect close. And I don't care how many times I've heard "Evenflow". I will still mumble along with Eddie. Underrated "Deep" and "Garden" are still better than almost all the crap that passes for rock being released these days. They tack on some extras at the end of the cd, which is nice, but most of it seems like filler. They have live or demo versions of "Breath" and "State of Love and Trust" but neither are nearly as good as what you get listening to the Singles soundtrack. The best of the extras is probably "Brother" which adds vocals to what was a pretty nice instrumental song on Lost Dogs. Also, "2,000 Mile Blues" is a step out of the comfort zone, but seriously Eddie, you don't really have the pipes for a blues tune. McCready steals the show on that one.
All told, it's good enough to tide me over until their upcoming album and it also polishes up what was already one of the best albums ever released.
And Niedermayer is still a bitch.
But I'm getting off point. So, on my hour long ride in to work I knew I was going to hear nothing but talk about Roger Clemens and the NBA, which I stopped paying attention to about 10 years ago. Luckily, I had Pearl Jam's reissue of Ten handy. I have mixed feelings about bands kicking out greatest hits and reissues and all that junk when they feel like making a buck. And lets be honest, the addition of this album to the collection for your average loyal Pearl Jam fan means that you now have about 50 versions of "Evenflow" to choose from on itunes. But you know what, I don't even care. The differences between this cd and the one that was released almost 20 years ago are subtle but it's still the kick ass collection of songs that can still get me amped all this time later. "Once" is just as a good an opening tune as it's always been and "Release" still brings it to the perfect close. And I don't care how many times I've heard "Evenflow". I will still mumble along with Eddie. Underrated "Deep" and "Garden" are still better than almost all the crap that passes for rock being released these days. They tack on some extras at the end of the cd, which is nice, but most of it seems like filler. They have live or demo versions of "Breath" and "State of Love and Trust" but neither are nearly as good as what you get listening to the Singles soundtrack. The best of the extras is probably "Brother" which adds vocals to what was a pretty nice instrumental song on Lost Dogs. Also, "2,000 Mile Blues" is a step out of the comfort zone, but seriously Eddie, you don't really have the pipes for a blues tune. McCready steals the show on that one.
All told, it's good enough to tide me over until their upcoming album and it also polishes up what was already one of the best albums ever released.
And Niedermayer is still a bitch.
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