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“Waking up is a strange way reason to die.” This...

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:19:11 -0400

“Waking up is a strange way reason to die.”

This edition of Auto-Tune the News might be the best one yet. Best one musically yet IMHO.

Auto-Tune the News #6: Michael Jackson. drugs. Palin. (via schmoyoho)

Turkey Sandwich

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:54:24 -0400

Kids are amazing. I’m especially intriqued by their thought process.

Evan and I were laying in bed last night talking and he said he wanted to start a band. With me. I’m all about that.

With no prompting from me, he laid out our career plans for our new band, which we decided will be named Turkey Sandwich.

1. Make a band
2. Write some songs and record them on the computer
3. Put them on the web
4. Play a concert in Cleveland or New York
5. Be Famous

So, after his last day at sports camp today, we’re going to write some songs and record. My job is to make the music as well as the website. I better get going on that.

Best. Side Project. Ever.

I want to learn how to play the drums just to play the part at...

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:41:48 -0400

I want to learn how to play the drums just to play the part at 3:25. What a fill.

Beau Ferchaud Playing To Led Zeppelin (via beau96080)

"I had a dream last night I had high-top Nikes I had diamonds in my mouth and diamonds on my mic."

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:51:49 -0400

“I had a dream last night
I had high-top Nikes
I had diamonds in my mouth
and diamonds on my mic.”

I stumbled on this file today. I made it 5 years ago (?!)...

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:25:18 -0400

I stumbled on this file today. I made it 5 years ago (?!) whilest trying to learn how to play the piano.

It was done in GarageBand, and I played all the instruments except the drum beats. I think they are stock ones in GB. In fact, you can download the Garageband file here.

I am crying in the bathroom.

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:23:19 -0400

astoryforsupper:

In the morning when you finally go,
And the nurse runs in with her head hung low,
And the cardinal hits the window.
In the morning in the winter shade,
on the first of March on the holiday,
I thought I saw you breathing.
Oh, the glory that the lord has made
and the complications when I see his face
in the morning in the window.
Oh, the glory when he took our place,
but he took my shoulders and he shook my face,
and he takes and he takes and he takes…

Another Pens playoff video. Even though the playoffs are over,...

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:49:24 -0400

Another Pens playoff video. Even though the playoffs are over, the parade is long gone, it was so magical I don’t want it to end.

Ox Productions- 2009 Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup Champions (via oxproduction01)

When I get my life figured out, this is going to be the first...

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:44:04 -0400

When I get my life figured out, this is going to be the first song I play.

syska:

The Impressions - I’m a Changed Man (Finally Got Myself Together)

A little smoke, got a little drink

Cut my hair back, so I couldn’t think

Outside Mellon Arena - Stanley Cup Finals (via flashpitt)

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:34:07 -0400

Outside Mellon Arena - Stanley Cup Finals (via flashpitt)

Beautiful opening video for the Stanley Cup Finals created by...

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:43:08 -0400

Beautiful opening video for the Stanley Cup Finals created by the CBC. Wow - it’s even more amazing on the eve of Game 7.

Up

Sun, 31 May 2009 23:16:00 -0400

Will Leitch hits the nail on the head here perfectly about UP, which I saw today.

He writes:

The first 15 minutes of Up are absolutely devastating. That’s no reason not to take a kid to it: You’ll be more disturbed by it than they will. We are talking about a mainstream Disney children’s movie which opens with a couple learning that they cannot have children, followed shortly by the death of a beloved spouse. It is never cheap, but it is certainly maximized for waterworks: Comparatively speaking, the pathos of About Schmidt, which began with a similar plotpoint (and in many odd ways is a similar movie), is understated. A kid might breeze by this — the montage of the Fredericksen marriage is nearly wordless — but you certainly won’t, and the message is clear: This is an animated movie about profound loss and grief.

Don’t tell anyone. I cried like a baby. At a Pixar film. Not just at the beginning, but in the end too. Our secret, ok?

I wonder if my 7-year-old took much away from that sequenceand from the film overall (he said he liked it a lot), but as a newly 33-year-old, married with children, it just seemed to hit home more then WALL-E, which I liked, and other Pixar films have, except maybe for Nemo, which addresses maybe my biggest fear as a parent - losing a child.

I very much liked this film. It was also the first recent film I’ve seen in 3-D, new to our local cineplex. The depth of the images was amazing, and they didn’t often milk the 3-D for cheap, wow-that-spear-is-in-my-face type moments. Definitely check this film out, just be warned, it’s not just a slap-stick kids movie.

Here’s something else - Pixar movies are beautiful to watch. So much thought must go into every single detail, and it shows. With each movie they make, the productions values get better and better and you feel part of the story.

Let the beat build. Awesome.

Mon, 25 May 2009 21:43:19 -0400

Let the beat build.

Awesome.

I love this sketch from this weekend’s SNL. It’s...

Tue, 19 May 2009 09:12:40 -0400

I love this sketch from this weekend’s SNL. It’s just so absurd.

Where else could you get Norm McDonald, Tom Hanks, Paul Rudd, Anne Hathaway, Artie Lange, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolf and Green Day together on a stage?

Locke vs. Jacob

Tue, 12 May 2009 10:04:18 -0400

Locke vs. Jacob

Elimin8

Mon, 11 May 2009 11:04:13 -0400

Elimin8

OT Winner. Pens lead the series 3-2. Game 6 Monday.

Sun, 10 May 2009 13:39:01 -0400

OT Winner.

Pens lead the series 3-2. Game 6 Monday.

via silhouettemasterpiecetheatre.com

Fri, 08 May 2009 09:14:51 -0400

via silhouettemasterpiecetheatre.com

Stunned.

Thu, 07 May 2009 09:36:56 -0400

Stunned.

Glen Hansard - What Happens When the Heart Just Stops (via...

Tue, 05 May 2009 09:43:37 -0400

Glen Hansard - What Happens When the Heart Just Stops (via chuxen)

Love this song

The Commander Thinks Aloud

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:48:12 -0400

Boys and girls in cars
Dogs and birds on lawns
From here I can touch the sun
Yeah yeah

Put your jackets on
I feel we’re being born
The Tropic of Capricorn is below
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

We stall above the pole
Still your face is young
As we feel our weight return
Yeah yeah

A trail of shooting stars
The horses call of storm
Because the air contains the charge
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

The radio is on
And Houston knows the score
Can you feel it?
We’re almost home
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

The crew compartment’s breaking up
The crew compartment’s breaking up
The crew compartment’s breaking up
The crew compartment’s breaking up
The crew compartment’s breaking up
The crew compartment’s breaking up
The crew compartment’s breaking up