Cerebral Fluff

Cool Coming

2010-09-26T13:18:00.000-07:00

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This playlist is titled Cool Coming. It's the second of fall, and is a mid-tempo playlist for the daytime. When I put this playlist together, I pictured driving when you wanted to relax, but didn't want to become tired--maybe after work, or at lunch?

Things that might complement the experience: Wet Ground, Sunny Day, Crisp Air

Cool Coming
1) "So Contagious" - Acceptance - Phantoms - 2005
2) "Trouble With Dreams" - Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations - 2005
3) "Disconnect, Disconnect" - Osker - Idle Will Kill - 2001
4) "Crawl" - Alkaline Trio - From Here To Infirmary - 2001
5) "I Was Wrong" - Social Distortion - White Light White Heat White Trash - 1996
6) "In Bloom" - Nirvana - Nevermind - 1991
7) "Girls And Boys" - Blur - Parklife - 1994
8) "The Process" - My American Heart - The Meaning In Makeup - 2005
9) "Breaking The Broken" - Sparta - Porcelain - 2004
10) "Hey, Johnny Park!" - Foo Fighters - The Colour And The Shape - 1997
11) "The Pharmacist" - Hot Rod Circuit - Sorry About Tomorrow - 2002
12) "Crystal Baller" - Third Eye Blind - Out Of The Vein - 2003

Note: I do not own the rights to these songs. They are for sampling purposes only. Please go buy the music.

Please comment below and let me know what you think about the playlist. Write up your own Mid-Tempo playlist for the daytime in Fall.

The Harvest

2010-09-12T07:49:00.000-07:00

This playlist is titled The Harvest. It's the first one of Fall, and, as always, that means it's an energy playlist for the daytime. When I put this playlist together, I imagined driving to the first day of school, or exploring new areas of your city. You don't have to be doing those things though. Anything will work well, as long as it's daytime in fall, and you're looking for an energy playlist.

Things that might complement the experience: Driving, Apple Cider, Crisp air

The Harvest
1) "Zoku" - Kishidan - 族 - 2004
2) "Better Be Women" - Dwarves - Come Clean - 2000
3) "7 Minutes In Heaven (Ataval Halen)" - Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree - 2005
4) "I Want You To Want Me" - Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick Live at Budokan - 1979
5) "Rushing Elephants" - Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams - 2007
6) "Roots Radicals" - Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves - 1995
7) "Takes and Users" - The Business - No Mercy For You - 2001
8) "Coming Clean" - The Get Up Kids - Four Minute Mile - 1997
9) "A New Kind of Army" - Anti-Flag - A New kind of Army - 1999
10) "Got Ur Self A..." - Nas - Stillmatic - 2001
11) "The Grouch" - Green Day - Nimrod - 1997
12) "Normal Like You" - Everclear - So Much For The Afterglow - 1997

Note: I do not own the rights to these songs. They are for sampling purposes only. Please go buy the music.

Please comment below and let me know what you think about the playlist. Write up your own Energy playlist for the daytime in Fall.

Bad Girls Club

2010-09-02T05:19:00.000-07:00

I started watching this show a few weeks ago, and I think I'm hooked. I know it's bad for me, but I can't stop.

I suppose I should have started by saying that I both love and hate the show. I don't like any of the cast members, or think that they'd be cool to meet.

Basically, the show follows a pack of girls with issues go to clubs and get in fights with others, and amongst themselves. Every day one of the girls flips out and breaks stuff.

My favorite part of the show is the confessionals. Most of the girls are pretty funny, so that helps a lot. I'm not sure if they're trying to be, or what, but I'm on board. For instance, when the new girl, Kayleigh, moved in, the rest of the girls thought that it would be a good idea to lock her out of the house and ignore her. Once she got inside, Erica started talking to her discretely, and saying things like, "Hey, nice to meet you." Later, while Kayleigh was in her confessional, she told the story like, "So all the other girls are ignoring me, and then Erica comes in, and starts being all nice, and talking to me, so I'm like 'Hmm...she must be the weak one.'" I laughed for a while when I heard her say that, not only because she was correct in her assessment, but also because I found it funny that she thought the only person who wanted to hang out with her at the time was pretty much not worth hanging out with.

There's a lesbian (Brandi) in the house who's after another girl in the house (Lea). Brandi wants to sleep with Lea, but Lea's not a lesbian. After Brandi tries to sleep with her and gets shot down, she goes nuts, and winds up breaking a statue inside the house which creates a situation with a ton of glass on the floor. Naturally, she didn't clean up the mess.

One thing I don't get about the show is how it winds up on Oxygen. I think this show might represent women more poorly than any other show I can imagine. Every single negative stereotype about women shows up in full force in this show.

The point that I'm getting at is that you should be watching this show. It's a catastrophe. There are tons of fights in every episode, and everyone is crazy. I'd warn women not to watch since I think I'd be embarrassed if I were a woman, but I'm almost positive women make up the majority of the audience, so whatever, I guess.

Unhear It

2010-09-01T20:45:00.000-07:00

Do you ever find yourself with a song in your head that you can't get rid of? As luck would have it, there's a website that can help you out.

Unhear It is a website that was developed to help you "get that damn song out of your head." Their plan of attack is to play another catchy song. If you don't like that one, you can click the button reading new song, and a new song will play.

It's a really cool website, and it works well. However, I must admit, I've been using it as a music player, for the most part. Is that cheating?

Either way, go to the website. It's a lot of fun.

unhearit.com

A Spoonful Of Sugar Vol. II

2010-08-29T21:00:00.004-07:00

This playlist is titled A Spoonful Of Sugar Vol. II. Volume I can be seen/heard here. It's a playlist packed with the most sugary songs around. That means it's super fun, and super catchy. It's good for singing along and putting you in a good mood.

Things that might complement the experience: Cotton Candy, Bubblegum, Driving Any Time of Day in Light Traffic

Spoonful Of Sugar Vol. II
1) "The Mixed Tape" - Jack's Mannequin - Everything In Transit - 2005
2) "Secret Identity" - Inspection 12 - In Recovery - 2001
3) "Everything to Everyone" - Everclear - So Much For The Afterglow - 1997
4) "Of Course We Will" - Ultimate Fakebook - This Will Be Laughing Week - 2000
5) "Grand Theft Autumn" - Fall Out Boy - Take This To Your Grave - 2003
6) "In Too Deep" - Sum 41 - All Killer No Filler - 2001
7) "Cannot Stop The World" - Home Grown - Kings Of Pop - 2002
8) "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" - My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge - 2004
9) "Take Me Away" - Plain White T's - All That We Needed - 2005
10) "Give It Up" - Midtown - Forget What You Know - 2004
11) "Generator" - Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left To Lose - 1999
12) "When You Were Young" - The Killers - Sam's Town - 2006

Note: I do not own the rights to these songs. They are for sampling purposes only. Please go buy the music.

Please comment below and let me know what you think about the playlist. Write up your own Spoonful Of Sugar playlist.

Norm MacDonald

2010-08-27T01:06:00.000-07:00

In this video Norm finds humor in a really dark situation. Genius.

Norm MacDonald might be the funniest person in the world. I've never witnessed anything with him in it that didn't make me laugh. What's truly remarkable is that he always catches me off guard, and, I suspect, that's why he always gets me to laugh. I think this collection of videos makes Norm's brilliance clear.

I wasn't sure to categorize this under interesting people or internet videos. I decided to go with interesting people because it's not just one video.

This video is one of my favorites. What I like about this one is that you're able to see how quick his mind works.

"Oh, lord God! I had sex with a fat, bearded guy!"

"Whoa, Mr. Homophobic...won't let a guy grind his ass into you."

Watch how Norm gets Conan O'Brien and Jim Gaffigan laughing. They are two other amazingly funny people, and Norm has them rolling.

This is one of the reasons that I love watching Norm. It seems like everything is for his own enjoyment.

Norm also does some great impressions. Here's one of them.

Here's another.

If you haven't seen these roasts before, then you might not be able to appreciate the brilliance of this. Basically, Norm does the exact opposite of what everyone else has done before him, and it's amazing. He was easily the most memorable part of the show, and, as always, it seemed like he did it for his own amusement.

COMBO by David Ellis and Blu

2010-08-24T18:10:00.001-07:00

I came across this video a few months ago and fell in love with it. I have a hard time wrapping my head around how difficult a process it must be to make these films. Stop-motion animation is hard enough, but they have to paint over their stuff each frame for it to work correctly. It's really impressive and inspiring to me to see these sorts of things.

Blu has a bunch more videos that can be found here.
You can go to his website here.

David Ellis has different stuff on his website which you can go to here.

I really love the imagination it took to create this. I wish there were more things like it.

Mark's Pizzeria

2010-08-23T01:20:00.000-07:00

This is something I wrote for Fat Kid Review which is a site that I work on with my buddy Q. Hopefully we'll be able to post these sort of things more frequently.

REGIONAL FLAVOR
NEW YORK (CENTRAL AND NORTHERN)
http://www.markspizzeria.com/

While going to school in Ithaca, I decided that my girlfriend and I should go on an adventure to Cortland (about a half an hour away), and find somewhere to eat. I’d driven through the town a few times, so I had a rough idea of where we might be able to find some places to eat.

As it happened, I was right (no surprise there). The street I was thinking of (Main Street) did indeed have a number of places to eat. The Mark’s Pizzeria sign seemed classy enough to suggest that they cared about how they were representing themselves, but wasn’t so flashy that it said, “We’re just bells and whistles, and we’ll be ringing buzzers and honking horns all evening to distract you from filth you’re shoveling into your mouths!” (Note: I’ve been known to read a lot into signs at restaurants.)

THE NIBBLE
We were able to smell the pizzas before we even opened the door. Predictably the smell was even more powerful once we walked inside. They had many awesome types of pizzas (more than even appear on their menu). You can buy by the slice, or as a whole. The pizza that sounded most intriguing to us was the Chicken Bacon Ranch, so that’s what we ordered. We decided to get a whole pizza to go because all of the seats were taken when we ordered. Otherwise, we probably would have stayed.

They were pretty busy, and the line was moving fast, so the atmosphere inside was a little intimidating since I’m someone who feels uncomfortable if I don’t know exactly how to do things. That’s often the case with certain local restaurants which have unfamiliar lingo. Luckily the cashier was really nice, and I didn’t need to know any special lingo (or anything like that) to order the pizza.

We waited inside while the pizza was made, and headed back to Ithaca once it was done. It smelled amazing in the car. My girlfriend and I had already commented on what a good idea it was to go there at that time. We had to catch ourselves given that we hadn’t actually tasted it yet.

Once we reached my apartment we opened it up, dished it out, and I reheated mine. I know, I know: I’m supposed to reheat it either in a pan or in the oven, but I was much too eager to try this, so I just popped it in the microwave for a few seconds. Remember I had to drive with it cooling in the car for 30 minutes.

On the first bite I realized that this pizza wasn’t constructed simply for consumption, but rather this was made to be appreciated—closer to art. It demanded to be admired. It was complex and simple at the same time. What I mean is that there weren’t a ton of ingredients, and each one pretty much tasted like you’d expect. They way they were combined, however, made both me and my girlfriend ooh and ahh. With each chew a new flavor rose to the forefront that was better than the last.

THE TASTE
The rest of the pizza was just as delicious as the first bite. In fact, it got better. Typically I enjoy a generous amount of sauce, and my girlfriend enjoys a light amount of sauce. Amazingly we both thought this had the right amount.

What really made the pizza work well was that nothing was overpowering or forgotten. You could taste every ingredient, but they all worked together in harmony. It's a peaceful pizza.

We ate most of the pizza that night, and reheated the rest of it the next morning. Unfortunately, it lacked the same magic that it had when it was fresh, but that’s not surprising. It was still very tasty.

THE VERDICT
Without trying to make too much of it, the Chicken Bacon Ranch pizza from Mark’s Pizzeria is the best Chicken Bacon Ranch pizza that I’ve ever had the joy of tasting.

I give the CBR pizza my highest recommendation. I ate the pizza as often as I could while I was living there, and it’s one of the things I miss most. If you’re in the area, give it a try. You won’t be sorry.

In addition to making great pizza, Mark’s Pizzeria also offers plenty of coupons online. All you have to do is print them out! You can find the coupons here to help lower their already reasonable prices.

5/5 Against pizzas of the same price
5/5 Against all pizzas
3.5/5 When Reheated

CHRIS’ TOP CHOICE
CHICKEN BACON RANCH PIZZA

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Jordan, Jesse, Go!

2010-08-21T21:00:00.000-07:00

Jordan, Jesse, Go! is one of my favorite podcasts. Its light, easy-going nature is something that really connects with me. Often it’s the absurdity that I really enjoy. For example, they’ve ran bracketed competitions about what is the “Best Zoo Animal.” During the competitions listeners are encouraged to call in and explain why one animal is better than its opponent.

The podcast is hosted by Jesse Thorn “America’s Radio Sweetheart,” and co-hosted by Jordan Morris “Boy Detective.” Those are self-given nicknames, and that happens to be another fun feature of the show. They allow the guests to give themselves nicknames too. I really enjoy that part of the show because it allows the listener a chance to see a different part of the guest than you’d normally see. Some of my favorite nicknames are: Explodo, Sprinkles, Junior Bible Salesman, etc.

Here are the boys interacting with one another after their appearance on the Adam Carolla Podcast.

Aside from hosting JJGO!, Jesse also hosts The Sound of Young America which is a radio show he started in college alongside Jordan that eventually became a nationally syndicated radio program. He also runs maximumfun.org which hosts a number of amazing podcasts including both JJGO! and TSOYA.

Jordan Morris is a correspondent for Fuel TV. He’s often supposed to make an ass of himself on the red carpet for a laugh.

Fuel TV is an action sports network, and Jordan doesn’t do any action sports. That’s often a topic of discussion. We talked about him getting punched in the face by Travis Pastrana for a few weeks.

It starts at 1:40.

There are almost always great guests, and that’s a real delight since I’m often unfamiliar with the guest before they come to the show. One thing that I really like about the show is that it makes it really easy to tell which guests are cool, and which aren’t.

There are a lot of inside jokes with the podcast, but they’re really easy to catch onto, and don’t take away from anything while you’re catching on. Some of the frequent topics are: baseball and Jordan’s lack of interest, video games and Jesse’s lack of interest, secret sex parties, donks, naming things, etc.

They play would you rather too! They don’t play it exactly the way I prefer, but it’s fun regardless, and Jim Real “The Master of Would You Rather” always comes up with great questions.

It’s well worth listening too. It’s really light-hearted and fun. So if those are things that you like, then you’d be wise to give them your ears for a few episodes.

You can subscribe to the podcast on itunes by going to the store and searching for Jordan, Jesse, Go! It's completely free. If you don't want to do that, you can click here and listen to the show on their webpage. Either way it's a good decision.

GG Allin

2010-08-21T02:17:00.002-07:00

This is another post about someone I think is really interesting. He's definitely the most extreme person that I've read about involved in music. I guess that's my way of warning you about reading more--you'll probably be grossed out.

The first memory I have of him was from people who wore patches of his name. The first time I heard his music was when I heard a local band cover the song, "Bite It, You Scum." I wasn't impressed. My opinion didn't change after hearing the original. I don't find GG Allin to be very impressive musically. I find his life and on-stage antics to be much more innovative and interesting.

I first became interested in his life after researching another band with interesting on-stage antics on wikipedia. GG was cited as an influence, so I followed a link to the GG Allin page. What I read, I found remarkable. I'm going to copy and paste what I find to be the most interesting excerpts. Coloring up the language at all would make it unreadable.

- From Wikipedia -
GG Allin was born Jesus Christ Allin at Weeks Memorial Hospital in Lancaster, New Hampshire, the second and youngest son born to Merle Colby Allin, Sr. and Arleta Gunther.[1] He was given this messianic name because his father, then 33 years old and a fanatical Christian, told his wife, then 20 years old, that Jesus Christ himself had visited him and told him that his newborn son would be a great and all powerful man in the vein of the Messiah.

His older brother Merle Colby Allin, Jr. was unable to pronounce "Jesus" properly and kept calling him "Jeje", which became "GG". The family lived in a log cabin with no water or electricity in northern New Hampshire. Allin's father, who forbade all conversation in the home after dark, was a religious fanatic and an antisocial man, and was physically abusive towards his wife and children, though GG himself never used this as an excuse for any of his personal troubles. At age 12, Allin contracted Lyme disease and claimed to have never fully recovered from the effects of having the disease at such a young age.
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By the mid to late 1980s, Allin was addicted to heroin and alcohol and generally abused any intoxicants provided to him, sometimes taking pills without even asking what they were. His hygiene was atrocious and he rarely bathed. At this point, Allin also began eating laxatives before performances - as defecation was becoming a regular stage act. Allin described himself as "the last true rock and roller". By this, he meant that rock and roll music itself had started as an embodiment of danger, anti-authoritarianism, rebelliousness but had become largely taken over by corporations and business concerns. Allin's music and performances were thus meant to return rock and roll to what he saw as its roots, reclaiming it from the corporate system.
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Allin was also fascinated with serial killers. He wrote to and visited John Wayne Gacy in prison a number of times and Gacy painted a portrait of Allin, which became the album cover to the soundtrack of the film, Hated: GG Allin And The Murder Junkies (see murderabilia). When asked about Allin, Gacy said: "G. G., Great kid - love'em to death - but if he doesn't stink like the worst pissy-ass wino."

By this point, Allin's performances, which often resulted in considerable damage to venues and sound equipment, were regularly stopped after only a few songs by police or venue owners. Allin was charged with assault and battery or indecent exposure a number of times. His constant touring was only stopped by jail time or by long hospital stays for broken bones, blood poisoning, and other physical trauma.

Another attraction to Allin performances was his continual threats of suicide. In 1988, Allin wrote to Maximum RocknRoll stating that he would commit suicide on stage on Halloween 1989. However, he was in jail when that day came. He continued his threat each following year but ended up imprisoned each following Halloween. When asked why he does not follow through with his threats, or sometimes his on-stage defecations, Allin stated, "With GG, you don't get what you expect—you get what you deserve." He also stated that suicide should only be done when one had reached his peak, meeting the afterlife at his strongest point and not at his weakest.

In late 1989, Allin was arrested and charged with rape and torture of a female acquaintance in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

In a psychological evaluation made as part of the trial, Allin was judged as having at least average intelligence, and was described as "courteous, cooperative and candid". The unnamed evaluator noted Allin did not appear psychotic, and seemed comfortable with his unorthodox lifestyle. However, the evaluator asserted Allin did have behaviors consistent with masochism and narcissism, and displayed symptoms of borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder.
Allin initially denied the charges, claiming the woman was a willing participant in sexual activities with him, only later changing her account of events. According to Allin, he cut her, burned her, and drank her blood, however she did the same thing to him. Allin also claimed inconsistencies in the woman's statements to authorities supported his assertions, and the judge in the case agreed there were substantial inconsistencies in the woman's account. Ultimately, however, Allin plea bargained to reduced felony assault charges, and he was imprisoned from December 20, 1989 to March 26, 1991.

It was during this time in prison that Allin began feeling re-energized about his life and "mission", as he put it. He wrote and published The GG Allin Manifesto (1990) during this period.

Allin's growing notoriety led to appearances on Geraldo, The Jerry Springer Show and The Jane Whitney Show. He was cheered and booed by fans and enemies at the same time. Merle appeared in the audience during a show, prompting Geraldo Riviera to comment, "That's a great mustache" (in reference to his Chaplin-style "toothbrush" facial hair).

Allin died of a heroin overdose in Manhattan on June 28, 1993, in the Manhattan apartment of John Handley Hurt and Dwanna Yount, three days after attending the premiere of the documentary Hated, whose director gives an account of Allin's attendance in Bizarre magazine. He was found lying in an acquaintance's apartment on the night of the 29th but had actually died the previous night in his sleep. He was 36 years old. His last show was at a small club called "The Gas Station" (which was inside of a former gas station), located across the street from Hurt and Yount's apartment. Video footage of the soundcheck, concert, and aftermath is appended to the DVD release of Hated. During the show's second song the power went out, after which he trashed the venue, walked across the street entirely naked, and then continued on (now wearing shorts, but still covered in blood and feces) through the neighborhood, followed by a large group of fans whom he both discouraged and openly embraced.

On VH1's Freakiest Concert Moments, Allin's final show ranked at number four.

During the night at the apartment, Allin snorted the large amounts of heroin (and some cocaine) which killed him (contrary to legend, Allin was not injecting that night). Those in the apartment posed for photos with Allin around 2 a.m., not knowing that he was already in the early stages of respiratory failure (one later told police that he was snoring at the time the pictures were taken, so he could have been mistaken for having fallen asleep).[15] The next morning, some noticed that Allin still lay motionless in the same place where they had left him and called for an ambulance. Allin was pronounced dead at the scene.[16][15]

There were two wakes for GG, one was a traditional Irish wake and the other was his rock and roll wake, according to GG's mother Arleta. [17] At his funeral, Allin's bloated, discolored corpse was dressed in his black leather jacket and trademark jock strap. He had a bottle of Jim Beam beside him in his casket, per his wishes (openly stated in his self-penned acoustic country ballad, "When I Die").

As part of his brother's request, the mortician was instructed not to wash the corpse (which smelled strongly of feces), or apply any makeup. The funeral became a wild party. Friends posed with the corpse, placing drugs and whiskey into its mouth. As the funeral ended, his brother put a pair of headphones on Allin. The headphones were plugged into a portable cassette player, in which was loaded a copy of The Suicide Sessions. The video of his funeral is widely available for purchase, and is an extra feature on the Hated DVD and some bootleg VHS tapes.[16] Allin was buried in mother Arleta's plot beside his grandparents.

His grave is frequently vandalized with urine, cigarette butts, feces and alcohol by fans,[18] an act that is greatly discouraged by GG's mother Arleta.

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I'm not totally sure what to make of him. It sure does sound like he put on the wildest shows I could imagine, and I think that would be something to see. However, I'm not going to try and stand behind raping or unnecessary violence. I do think that at our cores most people have some sort of fantasy about living as freely as GG did. I'm not saying that they'd do the same things, but he did whatever he wanted, and that definitely takes some balls.

Elephant Larry Presents: The WOW

2010-08-20T03:47:00.002-07:00

It's been a while since I've posted another internet video that I really enjoyed. Sorry about that. This one's great though. The video is like one of those things that they show before movies at theaters. It's kind of like a TV show, but not. They'll show some trailers, but not real ones; usually they're for TV shows. They'll have commercials, and maybe some behind the scenes stuff too. This is a fake one of those.

The first trailer is about a made for TV movie titled Sweet Wittle Voice: The Henwy Taywow Stowy. It's about a man overcoming the struggles of having a rhotacism. That's basically an inability or difficulty pronouncing the letter R. It's for the Wifetime Channel.

Check it out. It's nonstop funny. I don't want to spoil anything.

To find out more on Elephant Larry go here.

Invented Romance

2010-08-15T21:00:00.005-07:00

This playlist is titled Invented Romance. It's a playlist for Summer at Night. It's Laid-Back. It's good for general relaxing at night in the summer. I picture hanging out with a loved on on the beach at night when I hear this playlist.

Things that might complement the experience: Warm Night, Significant Other, Beach, Desire to Stay Awake Though Tired

Invented Romance
1) "Cold Brains" - Beck - Mutations - 1998
2) "California Stars" - Billy Bragg and Wilco - Mermaid Avenue - 1998
3) "Half Right" - Jimmy Eat World - Stay On My Side Tonight - 2005
4) "Blue And Yellow" - The Used - The Used - 2002
5) "To Live And Die In LA" - 2Pac - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory - 1996
6) "It's All Over But The Crying" - Garbage - Bleed Like Me - 2005
7) "Walking After You" - Foo Fighters - The Colour And The Shape - 1997
8) "Back Where I Started" - The Derek Trucks Band - Already Free - 2009
9) "Me Vs. Maradona Vs. Elvis" - Brand New - Deja Entendu - 2003
10) "Freak Me Out" - Weezer - Make Believe - 2005
11) "Cast No Shadow" - Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? - 1995
12) "Is There A Way Out" - The Get Up Kids - Guilt Show - 2004

Note: I do not own the rights to these songs. They are for sampling purposes only. Please go buy the music.

Please comment below and let me know what you think about the playlist. Write up your own Laid-Back Summer playlist for Night.

Beach Bonfire

2010-08-01T21:00:00.006-07:00

This playlist is titled Beach Bonfire. It's a playlist for Summer at Night. It's a Mid-Tempo playlist, so it's versatile, and could fit a lot of different nighttime summer situations.

Things that might complement the experience: Going On A Drive At Night During The Summer, A Bonfire

Beach Bonfire
1) "San Simeon" - Goldfinger - Stomping Ground - 2000
2) "One Hundred Stories" - Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning - 2003
3) "Rockstar" - Jimmy Eat World - Static Prevails - 2000
4) "The Taste Of Ink" - The Used - The Used - 2002
5) "Please Please Please (Young Hollywood)" - Head Automatica - Decadence - 2004
6) "Drain The Blood" - The Distillers - Coral Fang - 2003
7) "Analog Boy" - RX Bandits - Progress - 2001
8) "Threesome" - Fenix TX - Lechuza - 2001
9) "Family Affair" - Mary J. Blige - No More Drama - 2001
10) "The Sound Of Settling" - Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism - 2003
11) "Los Angeles" - Sugarcult - Lights Out - 2006
12) "Your Petty Pretty Things" - The Get Up Kids - Simple Science (Simple Science) - 2010

Note: I do not own the rights to these songs. They are for sampling purposes only. Please go buy the music.

Please comment below and let me know what you think about the playlist. Write up your own Mid-Tempo Summer playlist for Night.

Sparkler

2010-07-18T21:00:00.007-07:00

This playlist is titled Sparkler. It's a playlist for Summer at Night. It's energetic, so it would be a good playlist on your way to something fun, whatever you think that is.

Things that might complement the experience: Friends, Warm Night, Laughter, Fireworks

Sparkler
1) "Too Fast For A U-Turn" - Lit - Lit - 2004
2) "Rhythms" - Sum 41 - All Killer No Filler - 2001
3) "Summer Shudder" - AFI - Decemberunderground - 2006
4) "Little Know It All" - Iggy Pop - Skull Ring - 2003
5) "Who Am I (What's My Name)?" - Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle - 1993
6) "Wasted" - Zebrahead - Playmate Of The Year - 2000
7) "Private Eye" - Alkaline Trio - From Here To Infirmary - 2001
8) "I Shot William H. Macy" - Head Automatica - Decadence - 2004
9) "Hit Or Miss" - A New Found Glory - New Found Glory - 2000
10) "My Favorite Accident" - Motion City Soundtrack - I Am The Movie - 2003
11) "Song 2" - Blur - Blur - 1997
12) "Cash Machine" - Hard-Fi - Stars Of CCTV - 2006

Note: I do not own the rights to these songs. They are for sampling purposes only. Please go buy the music.

Please comment below and let me know what you think about the playlist. Write up your own Nightime Energy playlist for Summer.

Hammocks and Lemonade

2010-07-04T21:00:00.005-07:00

This playlist is titled Hammocks and Lemonade. It's a playlist for the Daytime in Summer. It's Laid Back, and so it's good for relaxing in lots of places--a hammock? by the pool? on the beach? indoors after mowing the lawn?

Things that might complement the experience: Lemonade, Hammock (or somewhere else relaxing), Sunny Day, Being Near Water

Hammocks and Lemonade
1) "Sink, Florida, Sink" - Against Me! - As The Eternal Cowboy - 2003
2) "Surfer Girl" - The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl - 1963
3) "Don't Know Why" - Norah Jones - Come Away With Me - 2002
4) "Valerie" - Amy Winehouse - Back To Black - 2007
5) "Jack-Ass" - Beck - Odelay - 1996
6) "Testament" - Fingers Cut Megamachine - Fingers Cut Megamachine - 2005
7) "Out Of My Head" - Fastball - All The Pain Money Can Buy - 1999
8) "Easy" - Commodores - Commodores - 1977
9) "Transport Is Arranged" - Pavement - Brighten The Corners - 1997
10) "Under The Boardwalk" - The Drifters - Under The Boardwalk - 1964
11) "Scar Tissue" - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication - 1999
12) "New Slang" - The Shins - Oh, Inverted World - 2001

Note: I do not own the rights to these songs. They are for sampling purposes only. Please go buy the music.

Please comment below and let me know what you think about the playlist. Write up your own Laid-Back Summer playlist for Daytime.

Heat From The Beach

2010-06-20T21:00:00.008-07:00

This playlist is titled Heat From The Beach. It's a playlist for the daytime in Summer. It's a mid-tempo playlist, so it's more versatile than the laid back, or energy playlists. You could listen to this at any point in the day and not have it feel too out of place. I think it's at its best after you've finished doing something, and might be headed to something else...probably afternoon/evening time.

Things that might complement the experience: Warm Weather, Spending Time At The Beach, Driving to and from Activities, Iced Tea

Heat From The Beach
1) "Four" - Lit - A Place In The Sun - 1999
2) "The Zephyr Song" - Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way - 2006
3) "Some Might Say" - Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? - 1995
4) "A Little More Time" - The Early November - The Mother, The Mechanic, And The Path - 2006
5) "Coffee And TV" - Blur - 13 - 1999
6) "Happy Now?" - No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom - 1995
7) "Beverly Kills" - Dance Hall Crashers - Purr - 2005
8) "Cool Kids" - Screeching Weasel - Bark Like A Dog - 1996
9) "Que Onda Guero" - Beck - Guero - 2005
10) "Short Skirt Long Jacket" - Cake - Comfort Eagle - 2001
11) "Amazing" (Feat. Young Jeezy) - Kanye West - 808's And Heartbreaks - 2008
12) "You Oughta Know" - Das Racist - Shut Up, Dude - 2010

Note: I do not own the rights to these songs. They are for sampling purposes only. Please go buy the music.

Please comment below and let me know what you think about the playlist. Write up your own Mid-Tempo Summer playlist for Daytime.

Crazy Knees

2010-06-15T21:00:00.004-07:00

To combat boredom while in class, my friends and I would invent games every now and then. Every game that we created was named “Crazy (something).” Many of these never got past the idea stage. This is about Crazy Knees, and it’s another one that Matt helped me create.

Number of Players: 2
Others Needed: 0
Time Limit: None
Injury Risk (1-10): 9
Penalty for Losing: None

How To Play
- Both players must stand and face one another.
- Players will line up their right legs, or their left legs.* This will put the players off center from one another.
- Players grab the foot/ankle of the leg they lined up with their opponent. For example, if the players lined up their right legs, they would bring their right foot behind them and grab their right ankle with their right hand. It’s the same idea as a quadriceps stretch (see: above photo).
- Players must ask one another if they are ready.
- Once each player is ready, they count to three. With each count, the players swing their knees back and forth to a point where they almost meet.
- On what would be the count of four, the players bash their knees together.

Rules
- Players cannot grab their opponent.
- Players cannot grab anything for support.
- If a player needs medical attention, it is the opponent’s responsibility to get it.

When Is The Game Over?
- The game is over after the players have bashed their knees together.
- The winner will be obvious.

To my knowledge, there has only been one game of Crazy Knees played in history. It was between me and Matt. Matt went early, and I wound up catching his knee in my thigh. It really felt like a foreign knee cap was buried in there. I tried to walk and collapsed. I fell laughing and swearing at Matt. I was fine after a few days, but it really hurt.

*You could line up opposite legs, but that’s not how we created the game. Plus, it seems as though that would only increase the chance of injury in an already dangerous game.

All Apologies

2010-06-08T21:00:00.004-07:00

From the blog of Dr. Cocktopus.

My brain has been itchy lately. I understand that it must happen to everyone on occasion, but it’s happening much sooner than last year—it’s well off of my cycle. Most years it happens every other Sunday for two months starting on the second Sunday of November. Outside of that, the only thing that’s really made it flare up is if my mom drinks more than two glasses of extra-pulp orange juice after 5:00 PM EST on a major holiday. I know that’s not the case this time because I spoke with her on yesterday’s midnight, and she said that she’d only been drinking apple raspberry at the moment. I handle her drinking apple raspberry juice well. The only thing that ever happened when my mom drank apple raspberry juice is that my hair looked better parted to the left rather than the right, like usual.

It’s obvious that something else is afoot. The itchiness feels less like the gentle brush of a feather and more like an insect dancing or crawling. My nose has only bled once. I’ve tried taking a Q-Tip to the problem area, but it’s too dull, and if I sharpen it, it’s too short.

I’m sure you all think that I’m an idiot— Yes, I know that getting a foot massage from a gypsy could relieve the itch, but I only have two pitching wedges. Besides, I think Bounty is the quicker picker upper, and I don’t feel like rehashing the well chronicled Bounty vs. Brawny debate again this year. I’d rather have an itchy brain.

In all honesty, I am sort a little concerned about what I should do. All of the doctors that I’ve explained the problem don’t have any answers. I tried to find information about triggers and potential cures online, but it turned out that I was searching on a graham cracker, not a computer. It was crunchy and delicious, but not helpful at all in my quest for information.
I once heard that irregular itchy brains can be a sign that the soul of an unborn twin is trapped inside your head. I considered searing the sassafras to facilitate a safe passage from my head, but each pocketful is one money. A little bruising would be fine, I guess. It’s rare anyway though, so that doesn’t seem like a possibility.
extra meatballs.

Hello,

That Nostradamus was full of cabbage, I think. If you look at images of him it really seemed like he was stuffed with a little green and red.

I recently learned that He-Man actually rubbed Oreo filling across his teeth every half hour so no one could see the distinction between his teeth.

He also did it for snacking purposes.

Red Bull Roller Coaster

2010-06-06T21:00:00.006-07:00

This playlist is titled Red Bull Roller Coaster. It's a playlist for Summer. It's energetic, and is supposed to represent the feeling that you'd have if you woke up, had a Red Bull, and then headed to an amusement park. Basically, it's a Summer Energy Playlist for the daytime.

Things that might complement the experience: Red Bull (or any energy drink, really), Amusement Parks, Sunshine, Friends, Laughter, Anticipation

Red Bull Roller Coaster
1) "Sexx Laws" - Beck - Midnight Vultures - 1999
2) "Sunshine" - Twista - Kamikaze - 2004
3) "The Mayfly" - Millencolin - Pennybridge Pioneers - 1999
4) "The Razor" - Head Automatica - Decadence - 2004
5) "Tightrope" (Feat. Big Boi) - Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid - 2010
6) "Fuck N Spend" - The High Speed Scene - The Neptunes Present...Clones - 2003
7) "Enfilade" - At The Drive-In - Relationship of Command - 2000
8) "500 Channels" - Choking Victim - No Gods, No Managers - 1999
9) "The Frightening Reality..." - Moneen - The Red Tree - 2006
10) "Waggy" - Blink-182 - Dude Ranch - 1997
11) "Blind" - Face To Face - Face To Face - 1996
12) "Monkey Wrench" - Foo Fighters - The Colour And The Shape - 1997

Note: I do not own the rights to these songs. They are for sampling purposes only. Please go buy the music.

Please comment below and let me know what you think about the playlist. Write up your own Daytime Energy playlist for Summer.

Diner Tunes Vol. II

2010-04-21T01:07:00.000-07:00

This playlist is titled Diner Tunes Vol. II. It's sort of different than normal since this is the first time I've put up a second volume. It's pretty much the same idea as the first Diner Tunes. That means it's a collection of oldies songs that I'd like to hear in a diner, or that would be playing in a diner.

Things that might complement the experience: Going out on a Saturday night, and eating in a diner with your best girl by your side.

Diner Tunes Vol. II
1) "Runaround Sue" - Dion - Runaround Sue - 1961
2) "Nowhere to Run" - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Dance Party - 1965
3) "The Twist" - Chubby Checker - The Twist - 1960
4) "Be My Baby" - The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes - 1963
5) "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" - The Shirelles - Tonight's The Night - 1960
6) "Big Girls Don't Cry" - The Four Seasons - Sherry & 11 Others - 1962
7) "Sugar Sugar" - The Archies - Everything's Archie - 1969
8) "I'm Into Something Good" - Herman's Hermits - Herman's Hermits - 1964
9) "Build Me Up Buttercup" - The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup - 1968
10) "Little Deuce Coupe" - The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl - 1963
11) "Baby Love" - The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go - 1964
12) "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" - The Temptations - Gettin' Ready - 1966

Note: I do not own the rights to these songs. They are for sampling purposes only. Please go buy the music.

Please comment below and let me know what you think about the playlist. Write up your own Diner Tunes playlist.

Heal Skin or Speak to the Dead

2010-04-15T21:42:00.000-07:00

This is the eighth episode in the first series of would you rathers.

Choice 1
Heal Skin

About:
-Heal scars, scrapes, cuts, diseases, rashes, etc.
-You heal the skin by hovering over the damaged area with your hand and concentrating.
-Healing the skin is tiresome. Healing one scraped knee is as tiring as running a mile.
-Like with running, you can build up your endurance.

Rules or Restrictions:
-You can only heal the skin.
-If the skin is removed entirely, you can replace it, but only if there was skin initially. (ex. You could replace a burn victim's skin, but you couldn't create skin on teeth or anything like that. I'm not sure why you'd want to anyway, but you can't.)

Choice 2
Speak to the Dead

About:
-For one hour every month, you can speak to the dead.
-It is as though you are talking with them at the last moment they were alive. They have all the knowledge of the things that happened in their life, but they can't communicate anything about the afterlife.
-It is set up as though you were talking to them via satellite. They appear on a TV, or laptop, or something like that.
-You can record the conversation.
-They have the ability to speak your language.

Rules or Restrictions:
-You can only speak to one person a month.
-They cannot communicate anything regarding the afterlife.

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Janelle Monae

2010-04-13T17:54:00.001-07:00

I first heard about Janelle Monae today. That's right. I think she's so good, I had to post about her immediately.

The video above is of a song from her upcoming album: The ArchAndroid. That should be out on May 18th.

What I think makes Janelle so great is that she's got everything that a performer should have. I really can't take my eyes off of her. She's got a great voice, she dances well, she's not afraid to try a weird idea, she sounds super nice and smart in interviews, and she's pretty. It almost doesn't seem fair that she has so much going for her. I guess we should all feel lucky though that we get to watch her.

The video directly above is from her first EP. It was supposed to be a series of four: Metropolis Suite I-IV. The song is from Metropolis Suite I of IV: The Chase. It was originally meant to just be available online, but through Myspace, P. Diddy stumbled across it and went nuts over it. Long story short, he put it out as a real album. Pretty cool, I think. He's right on the money with this pick. Much closer to finding another B.I.G than another Chopper.

This is B.I.G. with Diddy.

This is Chopper.

The video directly above is from a concert with No Doubt and Paramore. Both bands have dynamic leading ladies: Gwen Stefani and Hayley Williams. I posted this to show that Janelle really holds her own when performing with the two, and, in my opinion, steals the show. She's the one really belting out the notes. She's just got amazing stage presence. Definitely check her out.

Denny's Slamburger

2010-04-10T15:41:00.000-07:00

Curious Cravings
The Denny's Slamburger

Above: The Denny's Slamburger and Smothered Cheese Fries

This is a post I wrote for Fat Kid Review, a site that I work on with my friend Q. We'll be posting more and more often on the site once summer comes.

After watching a movie with my girlfriend a few nights ago we decided to get something to eat. It was late, so we decided to go to Denny’s, since we knew it would be open. We went to the Denny’s in Rome, NY. Outside the restaurant, a police car was waiting. My girlfriend told me that was typical—I guess a guy got stabbed there a little while back. Seemingly unconcerned with any potential danger, my girlfriend headed into the restaurant; nervously, I followed.

We were seated quickly amongst the rowdy crowd of fellow late-night face-stuffers. Before long an older group of four was met by the police officer. The group was seated diagonally from us. The group was yelling at the officer, and he was yelling back, threatening to take them to jail, etc. I was fascinated. Then our waitress came. I was trying to watch what was going down as I ordered a drink, but wound up missing a good chunk of it. The waitress told us that we should have visited the night before when someone tried to fight her.

After the waitress left, I managed to catch the police officer taking a member of the group outside. A different member of the group went along, but was not actually being escorted out like his friend. The remaining two members muttered curses at the officer.

THE NIBBLE
I opened the menu, and started to browse. It was the late-night menu, which was not only more limited than the daytime menu, but also featured different items. One of these late-night items was the Slamburger. I’d never heard of it before.

“Have you ever heard of this Slamburger before?” I asked my girlfriend.
“Oh yeah, it’s really good,” she said.

The menu described the item as “A burger topped with crispy hash browns, an egg cooked to order, then covered with cheese sauce.” I love eggs on burgers. That put it over the top for me. I was getting it. I ordered the egg over hard.

As we waited for our food, I imagined how I would respond if another knife-wielding maniac entered the restaurant. I assumed that the officer wouldn’t be all that close, so I would have to take matters into my own hands. The coffee pots were too far away to realistically consider using them as weapons, so I focused on what was at the table. Obviously I could use the silverware, but there were also the salt and pepper shakers. I thought that I might be able to use the thing that holds the sugar packets, but that was made out of plastic, and wasn’t ceramic like I had initially thought. I felt like I had a reasonable chance of subduing the imaginary maniac.

Before I had time to run through what I would do if zombies attacked our food came. It looked good. Nothing seemed to be sloppily placed or hurried. I was actually a little surprised by that given the number of customers.

I sank my teeth into the burger. The items were layered really well, so the bite was really satisfying. I wasn’t able to get any egg yolk in the first bite, but that didn’t take away from me enjoying the burger. The cheese sauce was better than I had anticipated.

Another view couldn't hurt, right? Maybe you can get a better view of the layers.

THE TASTE
The rest of the burger was tasty as well. My only qualm with the burger was that it wound up being rather messy, and I used all the napkins at the table. To be honest, I could have used even more.

I ordered the egg over hard because I wanted the yolk to run a little after I bit into it, but not so much that it was as messy as the cheese sauce. Looking back, I think that ordering over medium would have given me what I had wanted. However, ordering the egg over hard worked great because it wound up being a treat whenever I got a bite with yolk. That made eating the burger somewhat of a journey because the tastes were always changing. The tastes never clashed; they only complemented one another.

I wasn’t able to taste the hash browns much. It seemed that their main purpose was to add complexity to the texture of the burger. That was something that they definitely did, and that was enjoyable. However, I wouldn’t have minded if they were a little bit crispier, or a little bit more flavorful.

THE VERDICT
Perhaps it was the sweet satisfaction of exiting the Denny’s alive, or perhaps it was that the burger was truly as delicious as I found it to be. Whatever the reason was, I found myself feeling great about the decision to get the Slamburger.

So would I buy the Denny’s Slamburger again? Yes, absolutely. In fact, I’d go as far as to say that it’s the best burger at Denny’s. I’d say it’s a great burger for the price. If you’re at Denny’s and want a burger, get the Slamburger. It was really filling though, so if you’re in the mood for something lighter, pass on the Slamburger. However, if you’re at Denny’s and you find yourself in the mood for something lighter look around, and remind yourself that you’re in a Denny’s! That might not be the place for you.

If you’re at home and want the best burger possible, depending on where you are, you might want to try somewhere else...especially if you’re particularly concerned with your own well being (because of the confrontations at Denny’s, not because of the burger).

4.5/5 Against burgers of the same price.
3/5 Against all burgers.

Note: Even though the Slamburger only appears on the late-night menu, you can order it at any time of the day. You just have to ask for it.

About Cerebral Fluff

2010-04-10T15:37:00.009-07:00

Hello reader,

My name is Chris Rozwod (pronounced like Raws-wood). I created Cerebral Fluff in 2009. I did so because I had a lot of things about which I wanted to write, and I needed a place for them all.

Initially I had an even larger list of categories. At its current state I write most about things that I think are cool (Cool Things): internet videos, podcasts, websites, etc. I write about them because I want to promote things that I think are awesome. I think far too much is written on the internet about things that aren't that awesome. I feel that that only gives undeserved attention to dumpy things.

Aside from that, I also really enjoy making playlists (Playlists) that correspond to seasons, moods, or specific eras. I try to post a new playlist every couple of weeks.

When I started the site, I focused it mainly on stories about my life. Since that time, however, I decided that the section really didn't fit with the rest of the site. They were the posts that I was most proud of. They were also the most difficult and time consuming to write. I'm still writing more, as well as journal entries. You can find them here: Stories and Journals.

The Games, Tips, and Thoughts are also all very fun to write, but, like the life stories, they're also much more time consuming to write. I post them when I can.

Since starting Cerebral Fluff, my goal has changed. Instead of being no more than a place to store my writings, I want it to be a place that generates fun, helps people, or inspires thought.

If you still want more information about Cerebral Fluff, you should probably check out the FAQ section.

Beat Up or Lay An Egg

2010-04-08T21:00:00.000-07:00

This is the seventh episode in the first series of would you rathers. It's a brand new one for the site.

Choice 1
Beat Up

About:
-Every day for the rest of your life you will encounter a very large, slightly overweight man in a leather bondage costume. He will have a mask with a zipper mouth opening, assless chaps, and a tight latex tank top. His body will be quite hairy and his chest will be covered in hair that is small, blond, and extremely curly.
-He will proceed to beat you uncontrollably for 5 minutes. Not much is off limits. He can break bones, throw you through windows, and slam your head in doors.
-The 5 minutes counts down only when you being beaten. Running away or avoiding him will not be counted toward the clock. The bondage man will pursue you relentlessly until the 5 minutes is up. Therefore, running is futile.
-Immediately after the beating, all wounds, clothes, broken furniture is miraculously back to normal and without damage. Physically, you end up feeling exactly as you had before the encounter. This excludes any mental trauma.
-The attack can happen at any time within the 24 hour timeframe of the day—the bondage man has no mercy for wedding days, job interviews, or time spent with loved ones or lovers.
-What motivates the bondage man’s actions is that he truly loves you and this is the only way he knows how to express it. He only grunts and moans during his encounters with you. However, no sexual actions can be taken toward you.
-The bondage man is practically immortal and will haunt you for the rest of your life.
-If bystanders or friends try to stop him from beating you, the bondage man will not directly hurt them. He will only use force to remove them from his trajectory toward you. It is possible that in the process friends may fall or get hurt while being pushed aside.

Rules or Restrictions:
-You cannot forewarn anyone about the bondage man or imply that this is a regular occurrence. If you do, you will die.

Choice 2
Lay An Egg

About:
-Every day for the rest of your life, you must lay an egg.
-The egg takes 1 hour to lay and requires a moderate level of concentration comparable to keeping your eyes on a tennis ball during a professional match.
-If you break your concentration at any point during the lay, the egg will retreat back to where it began and you will then have to start over.
-You may initiate the egg laying process at any time during the day.
-Anatomically speaking, the egg is ejected through the same orifice from which fecal matter is released and the egg is 1.5 times the size of a normal chicken egg.
-If you do not lay the egg by midnight each day, you die instantaneously.

Rules or Restrictions:
- You cannot use your egg laying ability as a means toward fame or fortune. Therefore, you cannot tell anyone about this ability. What you choose to do with the eggs is up to you. We suggest keeping around a few good omelet recipes.

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