papa was a rolling stone
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asimplechord♥ I know there's been a bunch of noise about the sound quality of Death Magnetic. It's fascinating to me, the difference between the album version and the Guitar Hero version of the songs. I play the CD in lab, where music has to compete with the hum of the freezers and fridge and power supplies and air-handlers, so the nuance is lost. But I do see the difference when I listen via earbuds. *shrug* I think there's a general change in the way music has been mastered over the last decade when it's been designed to be listened to as an MP3 on a computer rather than on a vinyl album, and Metallica is not alone in the loss of amplitude variation in the waveforms. I'm curious to see if they bow to consumer pressure and re-release the CD with the game versions of the songs.
♥ I am flailing again over Chris Cornell, who appeared in this week's issue of Entertainment (I have no idea how I got a subscription to this magazine - I don't think I solicited it, but it began appearing in our mailbox a couple of months ago. Yesterday was a good mail day: this month's RS, with Metallica on the cover, and this week's EW, with the article about CC.). I didn't realize that Timbaland was his collaborator on Scream. I know some songs leaked a month ago or so, but I have not gone looking for them. I think I want to hear the album in its entirety before I pass judgment. Dunno. The new stuff he performed at Projekt Revolution was good. Different from any of his previous solo stuff or the stuff with Audioslave and Soundgarden, more pop, with some hip-hop beat. Which makes sense, now that I know that Timbaland is involved. I'm not sure why there's been some negative "oh, do the old stuff again" complaining - he's always written his own lyrics, but having all the writing responsibility clearly didn't work particularly well on his previous solo efforts.
Also? On Louder Than Love. I hear sounds that remind me so much of early Pearl Jam. (I'm at work right now, and the CD is at home, or I'd upload some to share. Remind me later if you're curious, and I'll do it then.)
♥ I noticed when we were in San Antonio that the cable news stations were focused on Galveston. There was out and out destruction there, so I get that it's more newsworthy than flooded homes and downed powerlines and trees. But there wasn't much about Houston proper, where people were (and still are) without power, without running water, in shelters, waiting in line for food and water. There's so much concern for property damage, and it seems like there's not so much worry about people in the national media. And you know what I'm seeing? A reminder that a significant portion of the population who are ignored, who look like they're doing okay, are really living paycheck to paycheck, barely making ends meet, and the loss of work hours, even if they didn't lose their homes, has a significant impact. We are lucky, so very lucky, not to be in that situation.
I'm feeling sort of ambivalent about Galveston residents who want to rebuild their million dollar homes on the beach and are bitching about beach reclamation. YOU BUILT YOUR HOME ON A BARRIER ISLAND. DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND HOW BARRIER ISLANDS ARE FORMED, DEFORMED, AND ERODED?
♥ I am at work on Sunday. Blech. The thing about working weekends is that I hate when the experiment doesn't work, because it's like I wasted a day off for nothing. But I'm going to be gone on Friday, and we essentially lost a week of work because of Ike, so the end of the month goal for writing and submitting the next manuscript is fast approaching. Actually, I think we'll be lucky to get this out by mid-October.
♥ Yesterday we played hosts to the electric-less. I can't even guess the last time (other than a holiday meal or stuff thrown on the grill for a cook-out) I cooked a meal for more than two people, so it was unbelievably jarring to make an entire soup-pot of pasta with peppers and artichoke hearts (chicken optional) and have zero leftovers. Plus, I can't imagine doing that plus the clean-up every night, but that's what my mom and grandma did every night. *is lazy*
♥ While we were in San Antonio, Step-Mom found out I like Supernatural, and decided that I should watch Angel, because I'd like the humor. It's a Joss Whedon product, so she's probably correct. Even though I never watched Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I am now in possession of her copies of all five seasons of Angel. Guess what I'm going to be watching while MrIris is out of town on business? (After I review Faith and Houses Of The Holy again, and think about Dean, Sam, faith, and word of god.)
♥ It Might Get Loud? NRGH. PLEASE TO BE PLAYING ON A SCREEN IN HOUSTON SOMETIME SOON.
♥ I am working on the drabbles - half of them are finished, and I will post them all together. From a not-work computer. :)
♥ I am flailing again over Chris Cornell, who appeared in this week's issue of Entertainment (I have no idea how I got a subscription to this magazine - I don't think I solicited it, but it began appearing in our mailbox a couple of months ago. Yesterday was a good mail day: this month's RS, with Metallica on the cover, and this week's EW, with the article about CC.). I didn't realize that Timbaland was his collaborator on Scream. I know some songs leaked a month ago or so, but I have not gone looking for them. I think I want to hear the album in its entirety before I pass judgment. Dunno. The new stuff he performed at Projekt Revolution was good. Different from any of his previous solo stuff or the stuff with Audioslave and Soundgarden, more pop, with some hip-hop beat. Which makes sense, now that I know that Timbaland is involved. I'm not sure why there's been some negative "oh, do the old stuff again" complaining - he's always written his own lyrics, but having all the writing responsibility clearly didn't work particularly well on his previous solo efforts.
Also? On Louder Than Love. I hear sounds that remind me so much of early Pearl Jam. (I'm at work right now, and the CD is at home, or I'd upload some to share. Remind me later if you're curious, and I'll do it then.)
♥ I noticed when we were in San Antonio that the cable news stations were focused on Galveston. There was out and out destruction there, so I get that it's more newsworthy than flooded homes and downed powerlines and trees. But there wasn't much about Houston proper, where people were (and still are) without power, without running water, in shelters, waiting in line for food and water. There's so much concern for property damage, and it seems like there's not so much worry about people in the national media. And you know what I'm seeing? A reminder that a significant portion of the population who are ignored, who look like they're doing okay, are really living paycheck to paycheck, barely making ends meet, and the loss of work hours, even if they didn't lose their homes, has a significant impact. We are lucky, so very lucky, not to be in that situation.
I'm feeling sort of ambivalent about Galveston residents who want to rebuild their million dollar homes on the beach and are bitching about beach reclamation. YOU BUILT YOUR HOME ON A BARRIER ISLAND. DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND HOW BARRIER ISLANDS ARE FORMED, DEFORMED, AND ERODED?
♥ I am at work on Sunday. Blech. The thing about working weekends is that I hate when the experiment doesn't work, because it's like I wasted a day off for nothing. But I'm going to be gone on Friday, and we essentially lost a week of work because of Ike, so the end of the month goal for writing and submitting the next manuscript is fast approaching. Actually, I think we'll be lucky to get this out by mid-October.
♥ Yesterday we played hosts to the electric-less. I can't even guess the last time (other than a holiday meal or stuff thrown on the grill for a cook-out) I cooked a meal for more than two people, so it was unbelievably jarring to make an entire soup-pot of pasta with peppers and artichoke hearts (chicken optional) and have zero leftovers. Plus, I can't imagine doing that plus the clean-up every night, but that's what my mom and grandma did every night. *is lazy*
♥ While we were in San Antonio, Step-Mom found out I like Supernatural, and decided that I should watch Angel, because I'd like the humor. It's a Joss Whedon product, so she's probably correct. Even though I never watched Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I am now in possession of her copies of all five seasons of Angel. Guess what I'm going to be watching while MrIris is out of town on business? (After I review Faith and Houses Of The Holy again, and think about Dean, Sam, faith, and word of god.)
♥ It Might Get Loud? NRGH. PLEASE TO BE PLAYING ON A SCREEN IN HOUSTON SOMETIME SOON.
♥ I am working on the drabbles - half of them are finished, and I will post them all together. From a not-work computer. :)
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Date: 2008-09-22 12:40 am (UTC)I think I'd really like Angel, but I only saw the first season & random episodes after that. But I bet you'll like it.
Mom and I were talking about the people affected by the hurricane (or any disaster like that) the other night. Where we live at, we don't have much of a problem other than the occasional flood and the even more rare snowstorm, but we struggle to make it paycheck to paycheck. We don't have extra money saved up for anything, we're lucky to have gas to make it back and forth to work all week, and we stretch food to the limit to make sure the kids and Harley get fed. I know there are thousands of families that do the same thing, and I can't imagine what it's like for them. I mean, even if they still have a home to go to, there is still the possibility of having to do repairs, the possibility of having a freezer full of food gone (which doesn't seem like much unless that's all you have, y'know?), the lack of work hours. Missing one day of work is enough to make my paycheck look damn near impossible. I can't imagine being out of work for days or weeks or whatever. And the "human interest" stories on the media don't reflect any of that. (I'm a horrible person; I haven't actually watched the news in like two weeks. *fails*)
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Date: 2008-09-22 01:39 am (UTC)Growing up, we poor. Like, mom wouldn't eat some nights, we kept the thermostats low to afford electricity and fuel-oil, and I had a part-time job before I was legally old enough to work. I remember what it's like to juggle bills and rent, depending on how much is in the bank and whether that last check cleared, and I still worry that if one of us loses our job, we'll be in a world of hurt. But we were okay in this instance because our home didn't suffer significant damage, we could stay with my dad, and both of our employers felt that safety was more important so the days off were paid. Plenty of people who work via contractors for our employers, rather than as salaried employees, did not have that luxury, and they wanted to come back to work immediately, b/c they need that next paycheck.