24.5.06

Maybe I'm not that bad at this after all...

Those who know me, may be aware of the fact that I dabble in the arcane arts of songwriting: that is, trying to come up with more or less meaningful words and somewhat catchy melodies and then desperately trying to cover up my mediocracies with tons of heavily processed loops and washy synthesizers. Ahem. Thankfully, T's around to help me clean up the mess before we post the results on ye' olde interweb.

"Thou art not a Scribe of Magnificence, fool!"

Now, why am I bothering you with this dreary tale of artistic ordeals, I hear you cry? Ah, yes. Yesterday I found this:
50 Cent named Songwriter of the Year at the 23rd Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards. Some of you might find that to be a good thing, some of you might find this to be a bad thing. Heck, some of you might even - like me - chuckle a little bit at this, and the general madness and hijinx that permeates the music business.

It should be know, I have never truly immersed myself in the lyrics of 50 Cent, but if lines such as "I'll take you to the candy shop, I'll let you lick the lollipop" qualify you as songwriter of the year with the ASCAP posse, then damn, my prowess as a lyricist suddenly made a quantum leap.

15.5.06

X3: Feel the Fury of Furry Frasier!

Now, seeing as I've reached the very start of my thirties with atleast a shred of dignity intact, I'll risk losing it all by once more demostrating what a complete X-Men fanboy I am: The extended clip of X3 over at the Dell site is nothing short of mouth-watering and spine-tingling, and left me crying for more:

X3 goodness right here, kids

Kelsey Grammar is nigh on perfect as Dr. McCoy, even if I had my doubts when I first saw him on the casting list. Damn.

Oh, and I'll start referring to people that are younger than me as "kids" from now on. It's so much fun, really.

No, really!

Hrmpf.

4.5.06

30 (Well, it's just twice as old as 15, really)

Alas, thus endeth my twenties; not with a bang, but with a whimper. But let us not mourn the things that be no more, but rejoice in the many, many wonderful things that enter their thirties the same year as I do!

So, here is my list of 30 great events from way back in 1976, which oddly enough is the year I was born. Go figure.

Music:


1. Kansas - "Leftoverture"
2. Eagles - "Hotel California"
3. Jean Michel Jarre - "Oxygene"
4. Kiss - "Destroyer"
5. Stevie Wonder - "Songs in the Key of Life"


Movies:

6. "Network"
7. "Taxi Driver"
8. "Rocky"

9. "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest"
10. "All the President's Men"
11. "Carrie"
12. "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (It turned me into a newt!)



Synthesizers:

13. The Yamaha CS-80
14. Roland System 700
15. The Arp Odyssey 3



Other noteworthy inventions:

16. The Inkjet printer
17. Atari's "Breakout"
18. The Cray-1 computer
19. The VHS tape



Events:

20. Viking 1 lands on Mars
21. Apple Computer founded!
22. First commercial flight of the Concorde
23. United States Bicentennial
24. Discovery of the Megamouth shark



People - Well, seems that there really weren't that many cool people born in '76, but here is a random selection anyway:

25. Dominic Monaghan
26. Ryan Reynolds
27. Melissa George
28. Fred Savage
29. Soleil Moon Frye
30. Colin Farrel

Coincidently, this appears to be my 60th blog post as well. Hah!


Ok, all together now: "Happy birthday to you..."