Wednesday, January 11, 2006

"Mellon Collie & The 60-Minute Sadness"

So I was asked to post lists n whatnot, more often...so here goes...

My friend, Tim, tried to start a little thing amongst our 'circle of friends' called The Babysitters Club...j/k...no, he wanted to have a little "compilation" camp of sorts....there were like 8 of us or so...Tim, his GF-Rebecca, D.C., Pat, Ginny, Andie, Pete, and Me...wow that is 8, good guestimation on my part....he had the 1st 'assignment' due at the end o'november/mid-december which was simply "grab-bag" where you get someone's name and you have to make a comp. of whatever you wanted--whether it be things you think they would like, or things that the DO like or things you wish you can do to them using song titles, whatever...my name chosen (out of a hat-literally) was Pat..i didn't know, seeing as i really haven't hung w/ him or talked music in some time--i opted to get creative and use song titles to spell his name:
Patrick Wayne Thomas.

I thought it came out pretty kick ass, but alas, nobody but Tim, Rebecca, and myself have handed anything in...and on top of which, i've already done the next 'assignment' and Tim feels bad b/c i'm making everyone look like chumps....well, that'll happen when all i do is spend time on ze puter and stay up till wee hours of the night.....i should get a 2nd job...(right w/ what fucking time??)

this 2nd 'assignment' i speak of is teh subject of the blog---take the legendary double-album "Melon Collie & The Infinate Sadness" by Smashing Pumpkins, and make it into a 60-minute endeavor...holy fun project, batman..i'm all-in!!!!

so here goes, the cd i handed in, aptly titled:

Melon Collie and the 60-Minute Sadness

Porcelina Of The Vast Oceans
Where Boys Fear To Tread
Jellybelly
X.Y.U.
To Forgive
Galopogos
Bodies
(Fuck You) An Ode To No One
Here Is No Why
Stumbeline
Muzzle
Thru The Eyes of Ruby
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This magnificent endeavor has a running time of: 59min/54sec. which blew Tim's socks off, and rocks the shit out of the donkey (which pretty much goes w/o saying).

so try this out, and see how you likey...

till the next time--happy trails.

I'm hungry, let's get some fuckin french toast!

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

2005: Year In Review

Top 20 Albums
20) Wednesday 13 Transylvania 90210
19) Louis XIV The Best Little Secrets Are Kept
18) Jack Johnson In Between Dreams
17) Kings Of Leon Aha Shake Heartbreak
16) Lagwagon
Resolve
15) Funeral For A Friend
Hours
14) Dredg Catch Without Arms
13) Chimaira
Chimaira
12) Clutch Robot Hive/Exodus
11) Bayside
Bayside
10) Shout Out Louds
Howl, Howl Gaff Gaff
9) Stellastarr*
Harmonies For the Haunted
8) Corrosion Of Conformity In The Arms Of God
7) Ash
Meltdown
6) ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Worlds Apart
5) Trivium
Ascendancy
4) Against Me! Searching For A Former Clarity
3) Queens Of The Stone Age Lullabies To Paralyze
2) Nine Inch Nails With Teeth
1) Avenged Sevenfold City Of Evil

Other great albums that didn't make it in the top 20:
Dane Cook
(Retaliation); Darkest Hour (Undoing Ruin); Hot Hot Heat (Elevator); Judas Priest (Angel of Retribution); Mars Volta (Frances The Mute); Nashville Pussy (Get Some); The (International) Noise Conspiracy (Armed Love); Beck (Guero); BRMC (Howl); Dark new Day (twelve Year silence); Eels (Blinking Lights and Other Revelations); Foo Fighters (In Your Honor);

Honorable Mention
311
(Don't Tread On Me); Alkaline Trio (Crimson); Coldplay (X&Y); Danko Jones (We Sweat Blood); Everytime I Die (Gutter Phenomenon); H.I.M. (Dark Light); Rolling Stones (A Bigger Bang); Sigur Ros (Takk...); Static-X (Start A War); System Of A Down (Mesmerize/Hypnotize); Team Sleep (Team Sleep)

Best Live Performances
Avenged Sevenfold
(11/10 Rave); C.O.C./Fu Manchu (7/21 HOB); Dimebag Benefit Show f/ Anthrax, Soil, Drowning Pool (2/23 Aragon); Disengage (2/6 Bottom Lounge); Dropkick Murphys (10/24 Rave); Goo Goo Dolls (12/8 LA); Green Day (8/10 Allstate Arena); H.I.M. (10/22 Riv); Head Automatica (6/21 Bottom Lounge); Jack's Mannequin (12/8 LA); Last Vegas (2/24ish Double Door); Lindsay Buckingham (12/8 LA); Motley Crue (8/27 Tweeter Center); Nashville Pussy (10/12 Double Door); New Order (5/3 Aragon); Nine Inch Nails (5/6 Congress Theatre); Ozzfest f/ Black Sabbath, Mastodon, Iron Maiden, Killswitch Engage, Rob Zombie, Trivium, Black Label Society, Shadows Fall, Mudvayne...(8/6 Alpine Valley); Q101 Block Party f/ Queens of the Stone Age, Rise Against, Sum 41, Hot Hot Heat (6/3 & 6/4); Queens of the Stone Age (4/5 Vic Theatre); Rise Against (2/20 Metro); Social Distortion (9/25 HOB); Sounds of the Underground f/ Lamb of God, Clutch, Gwar...(7/8 Tweeter); Static-x/Bloodsimple (7/26 HOB); Subliminal Verses Tour f/ Slipknot, Lamb of God, Shadows Fall (3/11 Allstate Arena); System of a Down/Mars Volta (9/30 Allstate Arena); Talib Kweli/Jean Grae (12/8 LA); Taste of Chaos f/ Killswitch Engage, My Chemical Romance, Underoath (3/9 Aragon); Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers/Black Crowes (7/15 Tweeter); ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead (4/22 Metro); Vans Warped Tour f/ Avenged Sevenfold, My Chemical Romance, Dropkick Murphys, Trasplants...(7/23 Tweeter); Snocore f/ Helmet and Chevelle (2/12 Congress Theatre)

Best cover Songs
Death or Glory(The Clash) as done by Social Distortion
Nervous Breakdown (Black Flag) as doen by Rise Against
Emerald (Thin Lizzy) as done by Mastodon, live at Ozzfest
Savory (Jawbox) as done by Deftones
Fortunate Son (Creedence Clearwater Revival) as done by Dropkick Murphys

Best Song Titles
Champagne For My Real Friends; Real Pain For My Sham Friends (Fall Out Boy)
Bulletproof Skin (Institute)

Forgot To Remember (Mudvayne)
Guitared And Feathered (Everytime I Die)
A Gunshot To The Head Of Trepidation (Trivium)
Pretendeavor (Norma Jean)
This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm On This Song (System Of A Down)
Unprotected Sex With Multiple Partners (Against Me!)
With A Thousand Words To Say But One (Darkest Hour)

Top 5 Things Learned
5. Many cds makes for a heavy box…and a 3-month moving process.
4. “Chapstick” is FAR superior (and better for the lips) to “Blistex”.
3. Fingerless gloves are very comfy, but not perfect.
2. (I can’t decide which is better, so it’s a tie for #2)
a. Some-to-many girls like a guy in black eyeliner
b. The softest skin has to be on the bottom of a girls wrist…try it.
1. Break spaghetti noodles in half before putting them into a pot so you don’t overcook them and make an ass of yourself in front of your date.