I am just curious enough to hear what this 70’s brittish glam-rock band sounds like that has my last name in the band name (found by testing live.com searching for myself without quotes) that it was worth buying it used w/ amazon one-click.
I can only find this blurb from the label re-releaseing them and don’t know if I should expect Bowie, early Floyd, Captain Beefheart, or utter shit.
I also can’t find any mention of why they have Stavely (or Makepeace) in the band name.
Http://www.grantandamanda.com/
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Aziz: we might actually start having a democracy Aziz: :) Aziz: read away Aziz: http://ideas.4brad.com/node/433 Grant: ¡viva la republic! Aziz: si senior Aziz: have you heard about that Grant:  Aziz: well, getting an interesting conversation with you this morning is like pulling teeth. do i need to come out there and open a can of Moroccan whoop ass on you? Grant: lol Aziz: BTW, here is a good subject to start on your blog Grant: I know almost nothing about the electoral college other than absolute basics Grant: I’m not bothered that a popular winner could lose in the electoral college, convince me that that is a problem and I’ll worry about tricks to get out from under it Aziz: oh, its how democracy gets put down and basically by paying off 2 reps of each state you can swing the vote Aziz: that was funny Grant: it’s whack-a-mole Grant: i don’t see that corruption any easier stopped than general corruption of the populace – all you are doing is taking the number of people to keep an eye on for corruption from a few hundred to a few hundred thousand Grant: to play devil’s advocate Aziz: indeed but its harder to pay a few hundred of thousands so there is a chance of a qualified win :). also note that i guess its just my opinion that if Wyoming throws a vote with hundred thousand people in the entire state how is that fair to CA, NY, IL….. which are the states that run the economy Aziz: come you fuckin liberal, lets open the discussion on the blog and see what kind of bites we get Aziz: :) Grant: lol it’ll be my assclown friends that dont’ know anything siding with you Grant: but sure I’ll post it Aziz: hey, i don’t mind if they are siding with me
Amanda asked me what this was all about. Aziz likes to argue that the electoral college system should be replaced with a direct popular vote. Thoughts? Btw, I didn’t really call all of you assclowns, I was mis-quoted. I swear.
Well, Parkville, I guess.
Amanda and I will save more in monthly rent by getting out of DC than Ben and I paid per month for our last apartment together in Maryland.
That is a show.
I move in about two weeks. I will miss the Nova + beltway Maryland density of decent Pho and Thai places. 😦
Amanda and I are planning a May '07 wedding. FYI.
(Amanda is planning
(omg she just asked me if I am going to surprise her w/ a ring. HOW?!?)
We must all be protected from the vicious guitar strings.
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Broadcast message from root (pts/0) (Mon Jul 17 07:44:53 2006):
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> The system is going DOWN for reboot in 20160 minutes!Translation for non-nerds: I quit my wildly successful and lucrative consulting job last Monday.
I start my new job as a Security Analyst in Owings Mills on the 1st of August, 2006.
Reeves Gabrels is releasing a new CD as a two-piece w/ drummer Stefan Svensson. They call themselves Protecto.
Reeves Gabrels- Normal & Abnormal Guitars, Fretless Bass, Delayloops Stefan “Big Swede” Svensson- Drums, Perc, Samples, Loops, Keys
I’m pre-ordering it of course.
Unrelated to that project, here is the latest from Reeve’s himself on what’s happening in his life lately. It is somewhat old news but I’m seeing it for the first time - looks like 2005 was an absolutely shitty year for Reeves - morgellon’s, lyme disease and boureliosis, a divorce, car accident, stolen gear, work getting shelved by labels or poorly released, and more.
The samples on their site are pretty ass kicking (Reevz.net has better sound quality mp3’s - scrolll down) - I am interested to discover what this Stefan Svensson fellow is doing, adding samples and breaks to kit drum recording and rock music. The track “Charango D’Amour” sounds the most normal, if that’s what you are looking for.
(Prediction: myspace.com will get it’s own TLD and they will replace the social security system identification system. Internet, rite guys?)
Sasha and I lacked the foresight to have enough clean and ready bottles prepped for our last batch - my double IPA and his Hefeweizen.
I cleaned about 80 bottles at once - some from my trash bin, some from a case Sasha had under his stairs for some unknown length of time. Sasha’s case, I found, had managed to trap a family of crickets, many dead in the bottles.
I lack a bottle brush.
See where this is going?
I’ve been drinking the double IPA’s this week and hold each up to a can halogen in our kitchen, spinning the bottle to examine the bottom. So far, I’ve seen one full cricket leg, and a few bits that were questionable enough that I put the bottles unopened in the trash.
This is especially fun when having a beer with dinner and something gets stuck in my teeth.
I’ve planned better for our next batch and have two and a half cases ready and de-labled.
I read this essay on dead trees this weekend while waiting in the alley for prospective buyers to walk through the condo I’m renting.
The Lessons of Lucasfilm’s Habitat discusses the creation and evolution of what has evolved into games like Everquest and World of Warcraft. Neat stuff.