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Jul 1, 2003

You don't have to care, because it's a blog, but I finished my first mix of the summer today. I'm sure you don't care about what's on it, but because of the inherently stupid nature of the blog, this post will stay at the top no matter how little interest anyone shows. So, ha!

Mind the gap! (Because I have no idea how to get rid of it)

1. Zwan - Honestly	If you don't think this song rocks, I'm not your friend anymore.
2. The Beatles - Back in the USSR	Nothing beats the Beatles at their beach-buoyant best.
3. Creed - Six Feet from the Edge	I know none of my blog-readers are likely to enjoy Creed, but fuck 'em.
4. The White Stripes - Elephant	See below: all the current STOMPE is on this mix.
5. Linkin Park - Faint	I love this kind of music, and no amount of pooh-poohing will change that.
6. Prodigy - Firestarter	This song was in Full Throttle and it made me remember that I had it.
7. Nine Inch Nails - Perfect Drug	Yes! My summer music is angry! This song is trippy, but way cool.
8. Radiohead - Go to Sleep	I've never understood how this lullaby title involved so much happening over Thom Yorke's dead body, but the day I start understanding Radiohead lyrics is the day I choose to die.
9. Bowling for Soup - The Only Bowling for Soup Song that Anyone Ever Puts on Their Mixes, Duh!	Yeah. What more is there to say? It's actually called "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" but I like my title better.
10. Strong Bad - Everybody to the Limit	If you don't get it, you aren't a Homestar fan and deserve to die. The link is on my sidebar. Bastard.
11. Blue Man Group - Rods and Cones	Blue Man Group has got to be the coolest band ever. The music's not bad, either.
12. Macy Gray - My Nutmeg Phantasy	I don't even have the excuse of the Tom Morello remix. Sigh.
13. Fat Boy Slim - Weapon of Choice	Lighthearted summer groove music.
14. Propellerheads - Dive!	I'm not even sure if this is really the Propellerheads, because as far as I know they haven't released it on a CD. Not that I would ever search for pirate MP3s. No siree Bob.
15. Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You	Have I mentioned that every time I type this band's name, my fingers want to hit "Warholes"?
16. Radiohead - Planet Telex	I bet you thought I'd forgotten, didn't you? Actually, I bet you haven't even read this far. But if you had, you'd think I mixed up my Radiohead and forgot the song from STOMPE, when actually I was cleverly saving it for last.

That's my mix. And some extraneous commentary, of course, because that is my bag, baby. Yeah!
Nick ::: 2:51 PM ::: 0 comments

Nothing beats family for really pissing you off.

This weekend I got to hang out with my sister for a little while before heading for my dad's patriotic concert. We were having a real conversation, without her banging out riffs on the guitar or me edging toward my room, which was a nice change. We were also eating crepes, which are always awesome. I was in a very pleasant mood and feeling generally kindly disposed toward the world. I felt like I was actually connecting with my sister when we started talking about religion; she feels, as I do, that heartfelt spirituality is vastly more important than being constantly entertained à la Northpoint Community every Sunday. We started talking about all sorts of things, including crummy people giving religion a bad name - a topic significant to this story.

When she mentioned her annoyance at being associated with churchy jerks, I felt emboldened enough to mention Caroline's and my mockery of that dufus e-mail on Throw a Dollar - as the Spleen so eloquently put it, "Big! Mistake!" It seems that my sister and I part ways on the issue of Christians being judgmental bastards as pertaining to gays. While she continued to maintain that she hated the idea of religion as an excuse to judge and persecute, she simultaneously described homosexuals as "despicable in the eyes of God." I kid you not, this is a direct quote - "I would never judge anyone, but they are despicable in the eyes of God." She used that particularly indelicate turn of phrase at least three times.

I got pissed. I shot down the Romans evidence, because that was the stuff in the e-mail. She insisted that her passage wasn't from Romans (although she conveniently forgot where it actually was), so I gave the standard Leviticus counter. Dad, brilliant and unbiased arbitrator that he is (*snort*), jumped in with the Sodom and Gomorrah shit. I also shot that down, although I was getting a little emotionally carried away by this point. I wanted to scream, "Who gives a fuck what some old crazy dead asshole says is despicable in the eyes of God? Anyone who blames their prejudices and hatred on a fictitious higher power is despicable in the eyes of me!"

But of course, you can't say things like that in a family. You have to pretend to be all nice and civil, no matter what a bunch of pig-headed neanderthals you happen to be related to.
Nick ::: 4:32 AM ::: 0 comments

Jun 30, 2003

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle was even dumber than the first, and even more fun. I love these movies! Yay for all the celebrity cameos, yay for Demi Moore, boo for what they did to Crispin. Also a big yay for turning what looked like a cheeseball ending into something funny and cool.
Nick ::: 12:44 PM ::: 0 comments

STOMPE Update!

I bet you thought it would never happen again, didn't you? Well, maybe you hoped it would never happen again, but too frickin' bad! The Sound Track of My Pathetic Existence is back!

Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
This song rocks. The Dandy Warhols rock. Driving at night also rocks. Listening to the Dandy Warhols play this song while driving at night rocks cubed.

Radiohead - Planet Telex
Radiohead at their melodic, anthemic, grungy best. I love this song. I worship Radiohead. I need Hail to the Thief. Peace out.

The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
Three verses. Two musicians. One riff. Zero competition.

Macy Gray - My Nutmeg Phantasy
My guilty pleasure song. It's so bubblegum! But it's so good!
Nick ::: 12:16 AM ::: 0 comments