iTunes TWiLiGHT ZONE
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transomwhiplassLet me start with a tale of yesterday...
It begin a few days ago in a presumably small library out in a small town in Texas. A young woman, just a stones throw past 18, was complaining pitifully, "Guys, I REALLY have to get out of Orchard. We need to do something soon, or the next time you see me I will be wearing coveralls and barefoot." It was followed by a call in town to a friend, myself, and then a plan was executed.
lmao, sorry - I'm so bored I had to make that a bit melodramatic.
Anyway, to get Steph out I organized a sort of Edwards-see-how-much-money-we-can-spend-in-4-hours adventure. It was all kind of orbiting the idea of mini-golf. There were several snafus. First of all, the only time Steph could get out here was at 8 AM before her mom went to work. People know that I don't usually stir from sleep until about 2. However, being the saintly awesome friend that I am, ::cough:: I agreed to wake up at 7 so I could wait for her. Plans were arranged and it all worked out pretty well.
I woke up on time. Wow. Steph came over bringing donuts which was really awesome of her but a Sarah-waking-before-noon call for a little bit grander celebration. We went to la Madeline for breakfast and saved the donuts for later. After we came back to the house, we kind of just lounged and looked for something to watch on TV. All along, storm clouds were forming hideously. Around noon, Mary and Niki arrived and by that time the sky had just let loose. Due to the rain and the craziness of my driveway, Niki parked all funkily and Mary ended up pulling across the lawn after the backing out method almost put us into my ditch. We went to Edwards and got the best parking space possible. We ran through the rain and came in pretty sopping.
Golf was really fun. We kept score and everything. Niki won, then Mary, I, & Steph came in the following places, respectivly. The darklight was pretty cool. We each had a bag and I couldn't keep score during my turn so Niki and I had this system down totally where we slipped 3 bags on and off eachother's arm and passed on the scorecard/pencil, and later my jacket. I would count Niki's strokes, vice versa; Mary would count Steph's. Haha.
We then kind of wandered into a few of the shops and had lunch at Red Robin. Our waiter was kind of a dunce, he kept bringing the wrong drinks and stuff. We went in a few more shops, and then burned the last $8 off my Jillian's card on "PUMP" - Korean ghetto DDR, air hockey, skee ball, a poker-chip like tetris game, and that "catch the light" game. Then it was back to my house for some laying around and Monopoly. Mary ended up winning, lol. Then everyone went home.
Now let me tell you this freaky side-story that happened to me:
When we were leaving Jillian's, there was this cool song playing and I knew that I'd heard it before but I could not remember for the life of me where. I knew it was only the second time, but I knew it wasn't from the radio because I haven't been listening to the radio, I haven't for weeks. It was hauntingly familiar and frankly kind of awesome. On the spot, I decided it had to be one of Straylight Run's songs because those are the only new things I've heard recently. I was doing some research on tonight's concert and downloaded some of the songs of their website. I inquired if anyone else had heard the song, and I didn't get any answer's in the positive so I decided it had to be. Another thing that made me believe it was SR was because it sounded like a fusion of other familiar bands' sounds. I went on my merry way and only kept it in the back of my mind to check the my few Straylight Run tracks to see if my guess was accurate. However, I kind of forgot the tune and just thought.. well maybe was one of these, I don't know.
Well, I was so tired after waking up at 7 am it was a huge push to even stay up as late as 12. I fell asleep after reading for an hour and just kind of drifted into deep sleep. Then, once during the night I woke up and it was raining really hard.. I don't know why I woke up, it just happened. I was really tired so it wasn't like a natural-clock thing. I went back to sleep and again woke up to the rain & a very dark sky (it was probably about 3 or 4 in the morning) but now, that song was playing in my head. I could remember light picks on the guitar and the this one selection in the melody. I went back to sleep and totally forgot about it until about an hour ago.
I woke up about 1, despite the early hour of my bedtime and we got lunch. I came home and remembered that I heard the song, but again, I couldn't remember what it sounded like. My memory freaking sucks. I went on an iTunes mission like I did maybe a week ago to find out what OZMA sounded like, per Joyce's suggestion. I decided to check the most downloaded songs and found Franz Ferdinand - I listened to the free clip of "Take Me Out" and it almost sounded right. They are actually pretty good, I think I might have to buy that CD. I kind of wondered if possibly it was them. I thought I might have listened to their clips when I was on the OZMA hunt, that could have been the first time I heard them.. thus triggering the memory at Edwards. By then I just decided that was it. Then I saw the Modest Mouse link, I KNEW I had listened to a few of their clips and really liked them, but I couldn't remember what they sounded like - all I knew is I liked what I heard. Again, shit memory. Well, to refresh my memory.. I clicked the "Float On" clip. Lo and behold, it was totally the mystery song. I knew it instantly. It was the freakiest thing. Anyway, yes.. I live in a hole, I don't discover anything new until after everyone else.
But, yes. Modest Mouse came to me in a dream. Totally bizarre, but pretty fucking awesome.
Rant - GODDAMN HOUSTON RADIO STATIONS WHO PLAY NOTHING BUT SHIT ALL THE TIME. I had to stop listening because I knew if I heard "The Reason" being played one more time on 94.5, right after 104.1, right after, 96.5 AND HALF THE OTHER FUCKING STATIONS.. I would snap. Yes, it was an ok song when it came on during the OC commercial but now it feels like a cue to blow my fucking brains out. The sad thing is the Buzz actually has their play list on their webpage, and its not abbreviated (I don't think) because I don't know if I've ever heard anything on their station that wasn't on that play list. The only reason they don't get to die is because they play "Maps," yes, only once in a blue moon - but that is more than anyone else plays it. However, now they play half of what 104 usually plays. 104 has become more rap than pop. Nothing new will ever be heard again. Suddenly, I'm glad I'm leaving this stupid place. Eugene is supposed to have a really good music scene, I'm so sick of being the last to hear about everything cool because I don't go to great lengths to find anything new. Houston is so uncultured. The only thing diverse we have is restaurants but there is nothing else to see or do. Texas is the worst place ever, EVAR - case-in-point: Clear Channel Communications HQ, Houston, & Dub-yah. Ugh.. I'm tired now. Fin.
It begin a few days ago in a presumably small library out in a small town in Texas. A young woman, just a stones throw past 18, was complaining pitifully, "Guys, I REALLY have to get out of Orchard. We need to do something soon, or the next time you see me I will be wearing coveralls and barefoot." It was followed by a call in town to a friend, myself, and then a plan was executed.
lmao, sorry - I'm so bored I had to make that a bit melodramatic.
Anyway, to get Steph out I organized a sort of Edwards-see-how-much-money-we-can-spend-in-4-hours adventure. It was all kind of orbiting the idea of mini-golf. There were several snafus. First of all, the only time Steph could get out here was at 8 AM before her mom went to work. People know that I don't usually stir from sleep until about 2. However, being the saintly awesome friend that I am, ::cough:: I agreed to wake up at 7 so I could wait for her. Plans were arranged and it all worked out pretty well.
I woke up on time. Wow. Steph came over bringing donuts which was really awesome of her but a Sarah-waking-before-noon call for a little bit grander celebration. We went to la Madeline for breakfast and saved the donuts for later. After we came back to the house, we kind of just lounged and looked for something to watch on TV. All along, storm clouds were forming hideously. Around noon, Mary and Niki arrived and by that time the sky had just let loose. Due to the rain and the craziness of my driveway, Niki parked all funkily and Mary ended up pulling across the lawn after the backing out method almost put us into my ditch. We went to Edwards and got the best parking space possible. We ran through the rain and came in pretty sopping.
Golf was really fun. We kept score and everything. Niki won, then Mary, I, & Steph came in the following places, respectivly. The darklight was pretty cool. We each had a bag and I couldn't keep score during my turn so Niki and I had this system down totally where we slipped 3 bags on and off eachother's arm and passed on the scorecard/pencil, and later my jacket. I would count Niki's strokes, vice versa; Mary would count Steph's. Haha.
We then kind of wandered into a few of the shops and had lunch at Red Robin. Our waiter was kind of a dunce, he kept bringing the wrong drinks and stuff. We went in a few more shops, and then burned the last $8 off my Jillian's card on "PUMP" - Korean ghetto DDR, air hockey, skee ball, a poker-chip like tetris game, and that "catch the light" game. Then it was back to my house for some laying around and Monopoly. Mary ended up winning, lol. Then everyone went home.
Now let me tell you this freaky side-story that happened to me:
When we were leaving Jillian's, there was this cool song playing and I knew that I'd heard it before but I could not remember for the life of me where. I knew it was only the second time, but I knew it wasn't from the radio because I haven't been listening to the radio, I haven't for weeks. It was hauntingly familiar and frankly kind of awesome. On the spot, I decided it had to be one of Straylight Run's songs because those are the only new things I've heard recently. I was doing some research on tonight's concert and downloaded some of the songs of their website. I inquired if anyone else had heard the song, and I didn't get any answer's in the positive so I decided it had to be. Another thing that made me believe it was SR was because it sounded like a fusion of other familiar bands' sounds. I went on my merry way and only kept it in the back of my mind to check the my few Straylight Run tracks to see if my guess was accurate. However, I kind of forgot the tune and just thought.. well maybe was one of these, I don't know.
Well, I was so tired after waking up at 7 am it was a huge push to even stay up as late as 12. I fell asleep after reading for an hour and just kind of drifted into deep sleep. Then, once during the night I woke up and it was raining really hard.. I don't know why I woke up, it just happened. I was really tired so it wasn't like a natural-clock thing. I went back to sleep and again woke up to the rain & a very dark sky (it was probably about 3 or 4 in the morning) but now, that song was playing in my head. I could remember light picks on the guitar and the this one selection in the melody. I went back to sleep and totally forgot about it until about an hour ago.
I woke up about 1, despite the early hour of my bedtime and we got lunch. I came home and remembered that I heard the song, but again, I couldn't remember what it sounded like. My memory freaking sucks. I went on an iTunes mission like I did maybe a week ago to find out what OZMA sounded like, per Joyce's suggestion. I decided to check the most downloaded songs and found Franz Ferdinand - I listened to the free clip of "Take Me Out" and it almost sounded right. They are actually pretty good, I think I might have to buy that CD. I kind of wondered if possibly it was them. I thought I might have listened to their clips when I was on the OZMA hunt, that could have been the first time I heard them.. thus triggering the memory at Edwards. By then I just decided that was it. Then I saw the Modest Mouse link, I KNEW I had listened to a few of their clips and really liked them, but I couldn't remember what they sounded like - all I knew is I liked what I heard. Again, shit memory. Well, to refresh my memory.. I clicked the "Float On" clip. Lo and behold, it was totally the mystery song. I knew it instantly. It was the freakiest thing. Anyway, yes.. I live in a hole, I don't discover anything new until after everyone else.
But, yes. Modest Mouse came to me in a dream. Totally bizarre, but pretty fucking awesome.
Rant - GODDAMN HOUSTON RADIO STATIONS WHO PLAY NOTHING BUT SHIT ALL THE TIME. I had to stop listening because I knew if I heard "The Reason" being played one more time on 94.5, right after 104.1, right after, 96.5 AND HALF THE OTHER FUCKING STATIONS.. I would snap. Yes, it was an ok song when it came on during the OC commercial but now it feels like a cue to blow my fucking brains out. The sad thing is the Buzz actually has their play list on their webpage, and its not abbreviated (I don't think) because I don't know if I've ever heard anything on their station that wasn't on that play list. The only reason they don't get to die is because they play "Maps," yes, only once in a blue moon - but that is more than anyone else plays it. However, now they play half of what 104 usually plays. 104 has become more rap than pop. Nothing new will ever be heard again. Suddenly, I'm glad I'm leaving this stupid place. Eugene is supposed to have a really good music scene, I'm so sick of being the last to hear about everything cool because I don't go to great lengths to find anything new. Houston is so uncultured. The only thing diverse we have is restaurants but there is nothing else to see or do. Texas is the worst place ever, EVAR - case-in-point: Clear Channel Communications HQ, Houston, & Dub-yah. Ugh.. I'm tired now. Fin.
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Date: 2004-06-23 03:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-24 10:14 pm (UTC)who reads these essays??
i mean that last person commented on ur music, i bet they didnt even read that whole thing
then again they will probably read the whole thing and comment again just to make u feel better
oh my, dont they teach ppl to summarize stories in like... elementary school??
btw, the yeah yeah yeahs have as much talent as lil jon does making poetry
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Date: 2004-06-24 11:33 pm (UTC)I'm also sorry that I won't be taking composition lessons from someone too lazy to even spell out "you"s and "your"s or hit the shift key to form proper sentences.
Wow, but you live in Houston too and have Road Runner according to your IP address. I wonder if we know each other because that would kind of make you a stalker.
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Date: 2004-06-25 01:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-25 02:02 pm (UTC)And no, dear God, I would not read that whole droned-out POS writing. I would rather listen to a recording on repeat of carrottop's voice bitching about how preppy GAP is. I just saw you dissed Houston's most popular stations on account of one song. Like OMG, nice argument, masterdebater. You sound like you've had a horrible childhood, and compensate by PMSing 25/8.
Btw, your life sounds exciting too, with all the late nights and weekends you spent at home to make your LJ icon.
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Date: 2004-06-25 02:29 pm (UTC)If your goal is to upset me, then you are wasting your time. I don't put much stock in anonymous, hate comments. Exaggerating minor things, blaming my childhood, and taking small, cheap shots at my life are so typical; I have three siblings that can do it with a bit more zing.
The fact that you would check back here intrigues me to your personal choices on spending free time. Maybe you should take more interest in yours versus mine. For future reference, I don't care who you are and what you think. Though, if we know eachother, I'm really sorry that I pissed you off so bad to do this.
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Date: 2004-06-25 04:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-26 01:02 pm (UTC)Now, for the sad news. I've disabled anonymous commenting from now on. Not because I can no longer take your pathetic shots at my person, but because I want to remove the morally absent temptation of allowing you to waste anymore of your precious seconds worrying about my pathetic life. I hope that whatever joy you got out of trying to cause me pain is totally worth it in the long run. Honestly, upsetting me isn't worth spending your next life as a cockroach. It's been fun!
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Date: 2004-06-26 10:33 pm (UTC)As for mentioning "the Reason" being played too often on radio stations, I believe that she only used that song as an example. Those stations play very little of the music that either of us really like to listen to. Not only did they overplay "the Reason," but they also endlessly played "Hey Ya" and "Behind Blue Eyes," just to mention a few. I do not see how her dislike of these radio stations really should make you so angry.
And I am her friend (you know-one of those "losers in the courtyard"). And I care about what she has to say and about the fact that you are attacking her. This is obviously why I am responding to your comments. You can call me a loser if you think I am one. I'm afraid that we can't be liked by all people, and I have no desire to be liked by someone who searches out and attacks my friends.
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Date: 2004-06-27 06:34 pm (UTC)sammeh sammeh's sexy... sammeh sammeh's sexy. Anonymous is not... anonymous is not.
Anonymous said OMG in everyone one of her entries... yes yess she did... She also managed to sound even more stupid and say "like" unnecessarily.
Heey guess what. You said losers in the courtyard... HAHAHa that's funny! cuz.. uh. we don't hang out in the courtyard... noo noo we don't. nooo nooo we don't. Remember? we are cool and we graadumatated! gradumaTATED
I'm kinda drunkk/... i'm kinda drunk. nooo not really. iiiii had my parents wine... and brandy,,,, in coke... whick is gros..
Hey anonymous. I want your babies. are you a girl?? cuzzzz zi like the bitchy type. You and me shouuild go out sometime. hang oot whereever you hang ouot. and talk about boys. booys are stupid. giirls are sexy. sexy sexy sexy. I love you. insult me some more... i'll slap your ass and watch it jiggle. jiggle jiggle.