not that anyone reads this thing, but ill humor myself and write a list of songs that i plan on playing next wednesday when i pay a visit to the radio station at A&M.
romantic rights (phone lovers remix) - death from above 1979 the day no one needed to remember - moneen wildcat - ratatat phantom - justice homezone - digitalism time to waste - alkaline trio
im still open to suggestions, but theres no real rhyme or reason to the list of music i have planned for the show. wir wurde im deutsche mit einanderer sprechen, und auch im italien! my borat impersonation might also come out (by request, im not that obnoxious.)
knee slapper of the day a neutron walks into a bar, orders a drink and finishes it. when the neutron asks the bartender, "hey barkeep, how much do i owe ya?" the bartender responds, "for you, no charge."
i really just dont care about english class anymore. im quite confident in my ability to speak english and in my ability to comment on literature that i will forget about as soon as im done commenting on it.
in other news, i might be making an appearance in texas a&m's radio station soon. a friend of mine wants me to come down for a show and it sounds like it could be a lot of fun to disappear for a wednesday night and magically reappear in dallas at 5 in the morning. but why would i mention this? this is your chance to suggest music to play on becca's segment of the show. she asked for no mainstream (what college radio station plays mainstream mu...oh, UD did for a while...) and thats pretty much the only limitation she put on my musical freedom. so comment!
knee-slapper of the day
Q: if pei wei were a mexican restaurant, what would it be called? A: ay wey!
i have been obsessed with the "slam dunk contest" in nba live 2005 lately. not only is it motivating me to play basketball on a somewhat regular basis, but it is making me want to talk about dunks.
first, a little controversy. in 2006, nate robinson took the stage and called spud webb out onto the court, and had him stand near the basket. nate robinson handed him the ball, had him alley oop it to him over his head, and nate robinson cleared spud webb completely for the jam. nate robinson is 5'6. a lot of people complain about this dunk, saying that iguodala had the better dunk (alley oop from behind the glass to a windmill underneath) but when you look at how they score these contests, you look for a little showmanship, i think. this is why i think nate's dunk was better (did i mention that hes shorter than me? did i mention i can only touch net?)
you be the judge.
knee slapper of the day: a frenchman walks into a bar with a parrot on his shoulder. the bartender says, "hey thats cool, whered you get that?" the parrot responds, "france. theres millions of them."
im gonna make this a more daily blog. funny videos, funny happenings...just things going on in general. ill throw in a deep post occasionally, but ill keep it up with stuff to tickle your fancy.
knee-slapper of the day how many women did einstein date when he was younger? a relatively decent amount.
maybe the world CAN be in harmony one day.
short post but ill be going to south padre tomorrow for 4 days. perhaps a mobile post?
so my roommate, for whatever reason, was watching the view. he comes in, laughing his ass off, to my room and tells me to come outside to watch what he caught on DVR. here is what i heard:
whoopi: "if hillary clinton was a man, would you vote for her?" star: "well, if she was a man, then i would probably vote for obama." whoopi: "wait, what? why?" star: "um...probably because obama is black."
and these people who do nothing but sit at a table in front of a camera are revered for their insight and lauded for their words. yep.
ive asked myself this question many times, and i'm sure its already been answered, so this post is merely a way of finding out for myself (either through your comments or me suddenly discovering the answer in a secondary way)
how does music affect your brain? your psyche? your attitude? rather...does it even do that?
i don't think theres any denying that it does affect you in one way or another. in the most elementary way, we can say that music is best at triggering memories (one of the five senses just so happens to be hearing). hearing a song may make you mad or happy based on an event associated with those feelings. for instance, if you heard tom petty during your first kiss with a girl, youll get a little happier than most when you hear him on the radio (or sad, depending on your current relationship with said girl). likewise goes for a vice versa situation. thats just a basic example, but i want my question to veer away from memory. i want to know if music has such an effect on you when hearing something for the first time.
obviously you can be amazed at how good a song sounds and, for most, good music washes over a persons mind and gives them a shortened sense of bliss, because good music makes them happy. but can hearing an amazing song make you uncontrollably sad if youve never even heard it before? further, can it make you as low as youve ever been, and you dont even understand the lyrics? its safe to say we can take lyrics from any song and relate our own experiences to them, thus triggering memories, but can the music alone put you on a completely different plateau?
in honor of my blog name, please just close your eyes and listen to the song accompanying this video:
i dont know about you, but i almost started crying the first time i ever heard this song. for all i know, it may just be me, but this song makes me feel like ambience and power mixed together in their own way can even go so far as to weaken your muscles and make you weak at the knees. the other experience i have with this is when i was at a concert for my favorite band, and one song made my legs start to shake. however, i had heard this song, and i knew it was coming. that being said, i think its difficult to align the two feelings, because in the latter instance, i knew what was coming and i was mentally prepared for it (despite not knowing i would go weak at the knees.)
im looking forward to your comments on this. please enlighten me on how you feel.
im at a point in my life where i feel like i need to etch my innermost thoughts out on a piece of paper. however, we all know paper is so 1993...or 1995...whatever. blogs are the way to go.
the intent is that the posts will be very deep and introspective, and more often than not, way over everyone's (including my own) head. i want to stay as far away from my personal life on this as possible. if youre dying to know who im hanging out with and what theyre saying, just ask me in person, or send me a personal email if you just can't resist. however. experiences in my personal life will surely affect what is written in here so...we will see.
tell your friends to tell your friends...so that they can tell their friends.
