Archive for July, 2004

Hunkered Down in Homer

Well, after a plane ride to Anchorage, then a car ride from Anchorage to Homer, we have settled down for some rest and relaxation. Patty and I are traveling with our friends Brina and Darin, who grew up in Homer.
In fact, we are staying in Homer with our friend Darin’s mom Carol. […]

Off to the 49th State in the Union

Patty and I are heading out for Alaska tomorrow. We are traveling with our friends Brina and Darin, who grew up in Homer, Alaska. They are going to show us the “sights”. Should be fun, and hopefully relaxing after a crazy summer so far.
It looks like it will be a little cooler […]

Time to install MT-Blacklist

Just finished cleaning up the “handjob” blog spam comments off the site.
Weirdest title of all the possible handjobs available was the “Mom Son Handjob”. What the hell?
Sigh.

the world according to The Cure - Richard’s View

I am going to concert with my friend. He posted a rather long comment on The Cure as a response to one of my post. Here it is in its entirety.
Disintegration is considered to be their best by many. It’s definitely a pivotal album for them; where they redefined their sound to […]

the world according to The Cure - Paris (1993)

Completely different live album. No longer hyper-focused on promoting or playing the songs from their latest album Wish, they branch out pulling in a variety of songs from a variety of albums. Looking at the list of songs, it seems much darker overall.
It starts out slower and darker with “The Figurehead” from […]

Surrealism and the Matrix Trilogy, Redux

Al said I actually had to pay $10 and listen to the talk on Integral Naked. So I signed up and listened to it. Hmmm.
It’s interesting discussion, although it sort of trails off into personal business at the end.
The Wachowski brothers are looking to avoid the fact that creator […]

Surrealism and the Matrix Trilogy

Al from work sent me an email last week that talked about the new Matrix box set that is coming out (at least I think that was the pretext for the blurbage)and how The Matrix trilogy is Surreal in that definitive interpretations have not been indicated by the Brothers, and the ending leaves a lot […]

the world according to The Cure - Show (1993)

A live album. One of two that they released in 1993.
It will be interesting to see how they sound live.
This appears to be from the Wish tour, as most of the songs are from that album. “Open” from Wish starts it out. Sounds much more fuzzy and raw, which I think makes their […]

the world according to The Cure - missing Entreat (1991)

I don’t have access to this live recording.
Next.

the world according to The Cure - Mixed Up (1990)

I’m a glutten for The Cure at the moment. Although I did get a number of listens to the new Hives cd, so I have been recharged a bit.
A remix album. Hmmmm.
The songs don’t seem to be radically different. Well, “Fascination Street (Extended Mix) does have a “Safety Dance” feel to it. […]