Audioblog: Veggies a cool Gift?
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
posted by Chief Slacker @ 8:27 PM,
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Visual: Who Says Christmas is Over?
Time to unleash some of the backlog of pictures I know you are all clamoring to see!
As tradition since I have moved to Minnesota, I head back home to Madison, WI to visit the family for Christmas. I drive down chill out and enjoy the family time and then skip town with as much loot as possible ;O)
My family suffers from a disorder that seems to be fairly prevalent in society: C.S.S. or Christmas Splurge Syndrome. It's sad I know, but true :O) The foot of our tree is rarely chilly for long and at least one present must be purchased on Christmas eve.
Speaking of the tree:
Don't think about messing with it, there's an attack cat close at guard:
Me in my tradition gift opening spot, in front of my huge collection of snow globes (get one each year!):
Dad in his:
Gramma in hers:
And mom's picture was all fuzzy :O(
The stockings keeping watch:
Every year, gramma gets the newest Elmo toy, starting with Tickle Me and this year's was Chicken Dance Elmo. Which Kia, I'm pretty sure, wanted to rip the gizmos out of. Or snuggle with. She's unpredictable like that.
Someone got a Lump of Coal. Oh, Wait, that's kia in her present!
The seemingly cheesy gifts...:
(Note: The Mom, bought the veggies when I was just starting college so I would "Have My Veggies" but then managed to forget where she "hid" them for, oh, 6 years or so hehe)
...are hiding good ones!
And of course, on Christmas morning, those stockings are stocked!
Yes, Santa is good to our house, but hey, when I was a kid, we didn't put out no stinking milk and cookies. NO! Santa went home with a bottle of Korbel Brandy after dropping off our gifts!
Jolly indeed!
posted by Chief Slacker @ 7:43 PM,
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Audioblog: Hello Slackers!
Monday, February 27, 2006
posted by Chief Slacker @ 8:03 PM,
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Audio: 720° Wist with a Backflip
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Yup yup, it's Wednesday again so that means time for a Wednesday wist!
How do you participate in Wednesday Wist? You take whatever music player you use, put it on shuffle, grab the first 5 songs and write what that song makes you remember. If it's a new song...and you can't relate it to a memory....do you like it? Leave a comment if you do it on your site and if you don't have a site, comment your wist here! Oh...and feel free to comment about my songs as well!!!
Seal - Kiss from a Rose:
"There used to be a graying tower alone on the sea. You became the light on the dark side of me. Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill."
-Ahh yes, on of the love songs you know are supposed to be a love song even though a bunch of the lyrics really don't make much sense. Gotta love em. I remember this being a song that reminded me of whoever I was in love with at the time. Now it's just a cheesy classic ;O)
The Bangles - Going Down to Liverpool:
"Hey now, Where you going with that load of nothing in your hand? I said, hey now, All through this green and pleasant land. I'm going down to Liverpool to do nothing."
-For being on the Bangles Greatest Hits CD, this one really isn't all that great. Guess ya gotta get filler from somewhere. Must have been one of the band members favorites or something. heh.
Bryan Adams - This Time:
"This time everything is alright. No way she's gonna get away. This time everything is easy. Any day - I'm gonna make her mine"
-I swear there was a rash of stalker-esque songs and this really seems like one of em. There's a fine line between persistence and obsession... Bryan my man... watch yourself ;O)
Phil Collins - Dreaming While You Sleep:
"In and out of darkness, in and out of sleep, trying to keep my hands upon the wheel. Never saw the corner in the driving rain. I never saw her step into the street."
-I love the voice track in this song, they use the reverb and stuff to make it kinda haunting. Very cool. I've always wondered if he actually did something or if he just wrote this because of someone else... any of you happen to know?
Metal Church - Losers in the Game:
"The endless years and hard luck tales, and some that have just moved on. I guess it could be envy, when I wonder what's gone wrong. Fingers point at all the problems, but that won't change my mind. I must have been held back in hardknox school a few more times."
-So here's a band I'm sure most of you have never heard of. I got a hold of this CD in High School and still like it quite a bit for some reason. Definitely not one of the best metal bands of all time but they have some tunes I really like on this disc. I remember listening to this while playing Nintendo and on my first Discman. Good times, good times :O)
-So here's a band I'm sure most of you have never heard of. I got a hold of this CD in High School and still like it quite a bit for some reason. Definitely not one of the best metal bands of all time but they have some tunes I really like on this disc. I remember listening to this while playing Nintendo and on my first Discman. Good times, good times :O)
Ok, so there's a little more music for ya, hope you enjoyed! You may now resume you regularly schedule slacking. yup.
posted by Chief Slacker @ 6:13 PM,
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Audio: Holy Wist Batman!
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Hey all! Sorry about the delay with the Wist, I was sick yesterday and did a whole lot of nothing. but her it is all ready for your enjoyment! :O)
How do you participate in Wednesday Wist? You take whatever music player you use, put it on shuffle, grab the first 5 songs and write what that song makes you remember. If it's a new song...and you can't relate it to a memory....do you like it? Leave a comment if you do it on your site and if you don't have a site, comment your wist here! Oh...and feel free to comment about my songs as well!!!
I now have 1600 songs from all of my CDs in my playlist so this will probably start being rather eclectic, my music tastes are freakishly broad...
1. Michael Jackson (With Janet) - Scream:
"With such confusions don't it make you wanna scream. Your bash abusin' victimize within the scheme. You try to cope with every lie they scrutinize. Somebody please have mercy 'cause i just can't take it."
-He might have more issues than National Geographic, but he does have some good music. Another line from the song is "Stop Pressurin' me, you make me wanna scream." Now who hasn't felt like that before? heh
"With such confusions don't it make you wanna scream. Your bash abusin' victimize within the scheme. You try to cope with every lie they scrutinize. Somebody please have mercy 'cause i just can't take it."
-He might have more issues than National Geographic, but he does have some good music. Another line from the song is "Stop Pressurin' me, you make me wanna scream." Now who hasn't felt like that before? heh
2. Trapt - Still Frame:
"A small reflection on when we were younger. We had it all figured 'cause we had everything covered. Now we're older it's getting harder to see, What this future will hold for us, what the fuck are we going to be?"
-Ahh, the partial life crisis. I've definitely been feeling a good deal of that lately. Go from having all the dreams and seeing so much of the future when I was younger to now not really being able to se much more than a year out. It's kinda crazy. This is definitely a goos theme song for me right now, just need to unstick the picture and break out into something new!
-Ahh, the partial life crisis. I've definitely been feeling a good deal of that lately. Go from having all the dreams and seeing so much of the future when I was younger to now not really being able to se much more than a year out. It's kinda crazy. This is definitely a goos theme song for me right now, just need to unstick the picture and break out into something new!
*Short Offspring track omitted because it's not actually a song*
3. 3 Doors Down - By My Side:
"Sober mind time now is gone, they carved my body not of stone. A pretty maze emptiness, I’ve said the hell with all the rest."
-I don't really know this song, it's one of the hitchhikers with the songs I do like from 3DD. Although I do find it to be a poignant take on the fragility of man. Heh, ok, maybe not, I jsut felt like using big words :O) Oh and cool 3 Doors Down was song #3 hehe
-I don't really know this song, it's one of the hitchhikers with the songs I do like from 3DD. Although I do find it to be a poignant take on the fragility of man. Heh, ok, maybe not, I jsut felt like using big words :O) Oh and cool 3 Doors Down was song #3 hehe
4. Megadeth - Youthanasia:
"Who'd believe with the way things are here, We'd be going anywhere telling people how to live? Who'd believe we'd spend more shippin' drugs and guns, than to educate our sons? Sorry but that's what they did."
-For a good while Megadeth was probably my favorite band. I do have about 5 of their CDs. Now if gotten a lot more diversified and would be hard pressed to pick a favorite. I love the guitar riff in the background of this song though, very cool.
-For a good while Megadeth was probably my favorite band. I do have about 5 of their CDs. Now if gotten a lot more diversified and would be hard pressed to pick a favorite. I love the guitar riff in the background of this song though, very cool.
5. The Offspring - Staring at the Sun:
"If I seem bleak, Well you'd be correct. And if I don't speak, It's cause I can't disconnect. But I won't be burned by the reflection, Of the fire in your eyes, As you're staring at the sun, As you're staring at the sun."
-Apparently The Offspring really wanted to make it into the wist this week! They snuck their little intro track in and now they a real song mentioned as well. I think I first heard The offspring in late high school or maybe early college and loved their music. I think just about every one of their songs makes me laugh. And the songs that didn't make me laugh were still cool enough to like!
Well, there you all go, another glimpse at what I'm listening to. Hope you enjoyed! make sure you check out the updates to the Slacker Music Library to see all the music I have!
posted by Chief Slacker @ 6:12 PM,
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Audio: 10,000 Wists in the Air
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Ok, so there won't actually be 10,000 wists today, I just listened to the new Disturbed CD and blatantly stole the title from that. Deal with it ;O) Anyway, now that I'm done with that, it's time to click random and let the wist begin!
How do you participate in Wednesday Wist? You take whatever music player you use, put it on shuffle, grab the first 5 songs and write what that song makes you remember. If it's a new song...and you can't relate it to a memory....do you like it? Leave a comment if you do it on your site and if you don't have a site, comment your wist here! Oh...and feel free to comment about my songs as well!!!
Disturbed - Fear:
"Reject, Are you no one? Fear you nothing? You know I'll bet you think, You have a good reason to be living, In the limelight of the fortunate ones."
-OK I just finish one Disturbed CD and the first random song it decides to give me a is a song off of one of their older albums. I even made sure it was random heh. Anyway, good music to start the morning with, get the energy moving a little bit. Though, since I still do have to work with Idiot Boss, I probably need to be careful that I don't get too pumped up and want to kick his ass :O)
Aerosmith - Come Together:
"Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly. He got joo-joo eyeball he one holy roller. He got hair down to his knee. Got to be a joker he just do what he please."
-The original is always the best, but this is one of those songs that's pretty good no matter who does it. I think through all of my CDs I have this song done by four different bands. Good song but it really doesn't bring anything to mind...
Clint Black - Put Yourself in My Shoes:
"Put yourself in my shoes, Walk a mile for me. I'll put myself in your shoes, Maybe then we'd see. That if you put yourself in my shoes, You'd have some sympathy. And if I could only put myself in your shoes, I'd walk right back to me."
-Pretty typical Country :O) It's the plea of the desperate, see things from their perspective. We've all been there. The problem is that if they left, they probably never saw things they way you did anyway and they're probably not going to start or they're just not going to try.
Prince (Well, o(+> or something like that at the time) - Love to the 9's:
"Don't use that magical, mysterious, Intoxicating joy, fantastic, fascinating Word called love Unless u love me 2 the 9's. This is the only kind of love That I've been dreaming of The kind of love that takes away. Ur body, mind, and soul. Love 2 the 9's, baby. I wanna b loved 2 the 9's."
-I have met the guy a couple times and despite the fact he's one of the littlest men I've ever met he's pretty cool. I was pissed at him for a while because he was going to be filming a new years special at his recording studio here in the Twin Cities and have fans be the ones dancing around, but left hundreds of his fans out in the freezing cold with no explanation. And no apologizing until way after the fact as well. Turns out it was because Lenny Kravitz decided to come 5-6 hours late. Hey Lenny, You suck.
*House of Pain - Jump around was previously Wisted, being skipped*
Rednex - Hittin' the Hay:
"You better hold on tight when we go hittin the hay, You better hold on tight and pray. You better hold on tight cause we go hittin the hay, or darling better run cause I won't hold back my horses"
-Mix banjo hoe down country music with techno and mix in some funny ass lyrics and you get Rednex. I found this group in High School after one of their songs "Cotton Eye Joe" was all popular. Come to find out, the other songs were just about as good, yet even more funny. this was another CD I would crank on the stereo system that cost more than the car it was in... hehe
-Mix banjo hoe down country music with techno and mix in some funny ass lyrics and you get Rednex. I found this group in High School after one of their songs "Cotton Eye Joe" was all popular. Come to find out, the other songs were just about as good, yet even more funny. this was another CD I would crank on the stereo system that cost more than the car it was in... hehe
Ok! There you all go, another Wist in the books, I hope you enjoyed it! Lemme know what you think!
posted by Chief Slacker @ 6:11 PM,
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