The Red Haze in Your Eyes

I don't have a lot of time today to write but I want to get back in the habit. I spent the majority of my lunch time taking part in an online chat/video with my children's lit class. all i can say about my classes so far is a lot of reading and group projects. I hate group projects what use are they except giving the teacher less things to grade?

A New Look Continues

Well not much time to write but I must get back in the habit. I've been playing with the lay out of my blog in hopes to make it feel more like mine. I have a few more ideas but they will have to wait until later.

I am now a proud owner of three cats and two rats. Wow where did time go? I have a strong hope that the two extra cats will be enough fodder for Tabasco our hell kitten. I'm tired of looking like a near sighted suicide.

Only five more days until school starts back up. I am luckily always ready for school to start the organized chaos and stress really makes time fly and the quicker the better then I can begin my personal education. The older I get the more things I find I want to learn about. I have also began to realize there is no better teacher then I.

Enjoy My New Links

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Water Heaters and Kittens

Over the weekend our water heater started leaking a lot of water we attempted to find a guy that worked over the weekend to come and fix it for us, but due to the low temp there was a large volume of pipes that froze and then burst over the weekend so the soonest we could get someone was on Monday. Well after talking to my Dad while visiting with my grandmother I found out that he had replaced two in the past so he said he'd show me how. I always take the opportunity to be more manly so after only two hours of grunting and groaning and a lot of new smells and liquids We installed a new one in the old house. It was half the price of getting some dude to come in and do it and now I know how to do it. I feel that much closer to being a man.

The other news is that Tabasco is about to get a new brother and sister. Both gray tabbies. One is coming from the pound and the other from a development rescue. I just hope all three enjoy each other and have a long happy life together.

This is my last week of freedom before school starts again.

The New Bangs Loudly

So I've updated my blog and Hell was unleashed as I've lost certain items and I'm trying to add new ones. Changes is often unwanted but needed.
I'm sorry I haven't written more, but I have only a few weeks of freedom from school and I am laping them up like a greedy dog. Never
fear that you're forgotten.

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Paper Whistle

An Update. I've finished the regular school year and now I've entered the finals stage. I have two that I start on tomorrow and then the last one I don't start working on until the 17th. Then I get to have a couple of weeks off. I have also figured out my schedule for next year but until I get my grades back I won't know if I need to retake a class or not.

My vacation at work is about to come to an end. Someone is coming back that ruffles my tail feathers and so that will give me plenty to write about I'm sure.

Tabasco (my kitten) has been a lot of fun to have he cuddles a lot more then my hermit crabs did or even more then my rats which I still have. They are both curious about the other but thankfully haven't had any major issues. I've cleaned the cage twice now since getting the cat and as they roam the house freely Tabasco is extremely curious about them and smells them and even attempts to swat at them but I can tell he is far more scared of them then they are of him.



This is The Decemberists, a new band that I have to say I really enjoy listening to. They remind me of a mixture of Shout Out Louds/Kate Rusby/and Nick Drake. They have a young energy to them which surprised me that they have so many recordings. I've got the The Wife Crane
Just a really good band if you haven't listened to them. But be warned they are very catchy and you might be singing them out loud while you do your thing.

What I Listened to While Driving to Work on my iPod
1. like you crazy- Mates of State
2. I Wanted to Be Wrong- R.E.M.
3. Daddy- Pearl Jam
4. I Love You Because- Elvis Presley
5. Burned- Neil Young
6. Send Her Back- Mike Ness
7. You Know What You Are- Nine Inch Nails
8. Lumberjack Song- Blue Sage
9. Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd
10. Can't Help Falling in Love- Pearl Jam
11. Our First Drunkdream- Pinetop Seven
12. Whipping- Pearl Jam

The Snow Came Like a Scorpion in a Boot

To get one and all caught up in my daily root gathering I must first say the life is on the up and up. I bought a new car a Meteorite metallic Yaris. It’s a cool little bubble of a car, with great gas mileage. We got a loan directly through the Toyota dealership; thankfully we got a little KY in the interest rate.
I can’t remember if I’ve also mentioned that we got a small kitten from my aunt, we named him Tabasco, due to his fiery personality. Yes I have asthma and allergies and often awake with watery eyes and tight lungs, but when I walk down the hall half asleep and my ankle takes a surprise attack from behind with needle like teeth I smile and scream.
I got word that I got an A on the last assignment from my Hades Class, which makes my average at this point an 87.5 so now all I have to do is the final at an appropriate level to pass the class.
Last note to mention is the snow as finally come to the gathering stage, and performed a might play…

The Who

They came to the Delta Center on the !3th of November. They made me turn into a little prepubescent girl screaming my head off. It's an experience that measures on indescribable. The set list was amazing and if you'd like to see what they played check out the link to 'None More Black' to the left of the screen the lucky Hoss got a real live set list from the stage. The majority of their set was hits with a little break in the middle for their mini opera which can be found on their newest album. I really liked it myself. The moment of climax for me was Baba O' Riley that being my most favorite flavors of the Who. It's hard to describe the motion of Pete and Roger while they perform. Two giants among musicians. I was lucky enough to be in the cheapest of seats at the very top far corner of the stage on Pete's side. I say lucky because I was able to see the action from a top down perspective and it was amazing to be able to focus on the men as they played. At any other seat I don't think I would have been able to focus on both they have too much presence. The last thing I'll mention about the show is the movies/visual art they played behind them was amazing and breathe taking. If you still have a single cell in your body breathing you must see them live!

Vegoose Festival in Las Vegas October 28, 2006

This was a spur of the moment kind of trip we decided to go on the 26th and so we could only go for one day, we picked the first day of the festival it had the best bands playing that day. This was the first music festival I've been to outside of the locale music festivals. It was a surreal experience, because it was held the weekend before Halloween 57% of the crowd was in Halloween costumes. Some really cool ones and a lot of girls turning normal costumes into slutty costumes.
The music was great they had four stages and for the majority of the day we stayed at the 'Snake Eyes' stage and we also visited the 'Jokers Wild' stage and the end of the night was devoted to the main stage.
We got there very early due to the time difference that we forgot about so we saw a few of the smaller bands both were good but I don't remember what their names are. A lot of high hippies doing there thing in the crowd. The first Band I was excited to see was Cat Power. I've also heard a lot about her live they say you have a 50/50 chance of a good show or a crappy show. From what I understand Chan gets stage fright luckily she was in a great mood and was an amazing show.

She did a lot of dancing and a lot of hand sighs and movement that matched her lyrics which made it very unique. She played with the Memphis Rhythm Band. They backed her last album.
Here is her setlist:
1.Intro from the Memphis band
2.The Greatest
3.Living Proof
4.Lived in Bars
5.Could We
6.EMpty Shell
7.Willie
8.The Moon
9.Naked if I want to*
10.Satisfaction#
11.Where is My Love
12.$
notes:
* a Moby Graper cover
# a Rolling Stones cover
$ I don't know this song and I couldn't find anything about it so if anyone knows let me know. There were two lines that were recurring and they were, "It's good to see you swell, and I'll give you anything but love". If anyone knows then let me know thank you kindly.



The next band at the show that I saw was the Raconteurs. This is the first time for me with this band and a funny side note. My wife and I stayed at this stage after we saw Cat Power while everyone else went to see the other band perform at the stage next to us while the roadies unloaded the stage and got it ready for the next band. We did this so we could be at the front for both Cat Power and The Raconteurs. Right before the guys came out to play a college girl came up to use from across the fence she had a press pass and she was making a documentary about fans that have to see a band on the front row. Interesting concept. She asked if she could interview myself and a guy to our left, we both agreed and she asked us a few questions off camera and then filmed our answers. It was hard to come up with answers that didn't make you sound like white trash after a tornado. I'm just glad I didn't have to answer the who's in the band question because all I knew was Jack White, So the other guy looked like the idiot. Long story short if anyone ever sees the film let me know if I acted like a shmuck.
The band was great they had a great sound together and they really complimented each other's style. It didn't feel like it was Jack's band it was a real four piece band that held equal rights over the music. I'd recommend anyone to see their shows they were great live.
Here's their setlist:
1.Intimate Secretary
2.Level
3.Steady as She goes
4.Together
5.Store Bought Bones
6.It Ain't Easy*
7.Broken Boy soldier
8.Blue Veins
9.Yellow Sun
note * a David Bowie cover.

The rest of the day was devoted to eating and resting in the shade it was a hot clear day. After the sun went down we saw the Killers and Tom Petty and the heartbreakers, both of them were amazing. I didn't write the setlists down due to no light. I wore my sunglasses and left my regular glasses in the car so once the sun went down I was blind unless I was looking directly at the stage. They played their hits and nothing that stood out at enough to make an imprint. Tom was great my first time to see him live and all I wanted to hear was I Won't Back Down and he played it! Truly a legend. All in all I'd say it was a very cool festival that I hope to visit again next year if there's a good line up.

Fiona Apple at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City

I was a little nervous to see Fiona Apple play live, on her own. I have heard a lot of bad rumors of her stage personality. I first saw her live when she opened for Coldplay in Tampa, FL and she was amazing. Things started off pretty intense she was screaming and convulsing during songs and did a lot of wandering around on stage for the first half of the show. We kept expecting her to walk off any minute but thankfully she didn't and she seemed to calm down as the night went on. She even talked and joked with the audience. The night was amazing with high energy; it was also great fun to watch her dance to the faster songs. I would highly recommend seeing her if you can.

Here is the setlist:

October 25 2006
1.Get Him back
2.To Your Love
3.Shadowboxer
4.The Way Things Are
5.I Know
6.Sleep to Dream
7.Limp
8.Paper Bag
9.Tymps(sick in the head song)
10.Oh Well
11.On the Bound
12.Red Red Red
13.Not About Love
14.Better Version of Me
15.Get Gone
16.Fast as you can
Encore
17.Extraordinary Machine
18.Criminal

MRI/Graduate Studies

My MRI came back normal which is a good and bad thing. I'm not dying but I don't know why I get headaches. Frustration seems to be the Olympus, of my life right now. My health is queerer then a 3 holed binocular and my graduate teacher is failing me because I can't make sense of her babbling. My car died on the way home this weekend and it looks like the bank won't give me a loan because I have too many student loans!!!!!! It is times like this that make me want to take a quick shot to the head from any firearm and then learn to play my harp.

Where is My Mind?

where is my mind... sit on your head and spin it right watch as the little fish keep swim n swim n the moment I give in I give up and I keep asking the water to lower and the man at the facet keeps turning it higher and higher. have I done something to deserve your hatred painted red like Santa’s hat but not the one you'd find on a bobcat, no no no not that one my love you have said it and I have replied and now again and a again I am one and only the statement hurts as it burns down the stub of my throat causeing a train wreck of emotions to teeter off the bridge in my chest hairs, damn I’m hot is it because I’m fat and hairy or the hell the personal hell rising up inside me I don't believe in that anymore I’m good that is to say I haven't slipped today. Shiny new plastic toys sing your mantras and jingles. I will buy whatever you are selling if only you'd stay stay don't go but then again I need this alone time this feeling of abandonment it's an issue to bring up to my care-bear heart support group clinic trial that doesn't at this time support my network system but I’m not a system I am a man that sits alone in the dark wishing for time to play with my toys and read my comic books damn the pain in my head and that reoccurring neck spasm. if it weren't for that constant ringing in my head I’d fall asleep right now but the frequency keeps changing and I can't turn it into white noise the kind of noise the dead use to talk back at us and let us know the coupon I’ve been holding on to get into heaven has expired or required at time of purchase instead of my pocket the one little tinny pocket above the right pocket the one that can only hold a quarter and that isn't much not enough for a phone call or rain coat damn the man as one and forever.

David Sedaris at the Capital

Tuesday the 24 of October at the Capital Theater I enjoyed my first encounter with David Sedaris. We arrived around 7:30 pm and David was at the end of a table full of books and Audio books. I bought a copy of Me Talk Pretty one Day and stood in line to have it signed. Once it was my turn David asked me, “If you were to going to sign a book what would you put in it?" Little did he know I had already thought about it and was prepared to answer, "A Haiku." That stumped him, he thought a little and began to write on the book next to the word DAY he added a TONA next to it so that it could be read as Me Talk Pretty one Daytona. He then said well I can't write poetry so he wrote the word Hi KU and then said he'd be reading a poem tonight. I then went in to sit at row Z chairs 111, and 113. He began at 8 pm and read a poem that will be featured on NPR this Saturday. It was a funny story about morgues. He then read a story about baby sitting. Then he read a story about gayness and drug use. All great stories I laughed a lot and enjoyed myself. David then began to read entries from a journal that were very small and funny, I looked at it like trying out new material. He then began to promote the Philippines, and an Indian Politian. He then read an excerpt from Is There No Place For Me Here? by Susan Sheehan. It's about a schizophrenic. He also mentioned that if anyone could read protégées they could have a personal copy of a protégées copy of one of his books. He then sold us on Tokyo. It's his favorite new place to visit and is thinking about moving there for a few months. He then took a few questions to end the evening. He bowed as he left the stage and the night was over. I have a great deal of appreciation for the man and enjoyed myself terribly.

Romance AD

When patrons come into the library needing to use the computer they have to come to the front desk and give us their name and we sign them up. A little game I enjoy playing involves me as the matchmaker. I'll put boys and girls next to each other in hopes that they might find true love. I don't know if anything has come of my meddling but one can always hope...

Beard Season

It's beard season and I'm growing it out baby! I've been into beards for about 5-6 years now and I'm happy to say they look better each year. I started to do it as my revolt against shaving I hate it! I have very sensitive skin so I can't use a razor. If I do I look like a 16 year old working at Burger King. That means I have to shave with an electric razor and frankly they all suck I've tried em. What I found to work is a beard trimmer, that way I can get close to the skin but never baby face smooth. I don't have to shave every day thankfully only about 3 times a week if I were diligent which I'm not.

By the time October hits I've gotten sick of shaving and throw in the towel. So Here comes the beard.

If you'd like to learn more about beards go to this site.

www.beards.org

Headaches and MRI's

It's been a bit so forgive one and all. I went to my doctor's office last Thursday about my nasty headaches. I've had headaches since puberty and they've been getting worse the older I get. I've been on a lot of different medicines to try and fix things, but haven't had a lot of success. I went in to see if we could try something new with my medication or such and he wants me to get an MRI done to see if I have a rare defect were the Cerebral part of my brain is too big and is being forced down into my spinal cord. He also wants me to go cold turkey off of all pain medicines, because if you take too many too often your body gets addicted to the stuff and gives you headaches. He said it could be a rough couple of days and it was I was in a daze for about 3-4 days. He also said it would take a couple of weeks before I started feeling better. I've been trying a bunch of hippie medicine and herbal stuff as well as meditation. It helps for the smaller headaches but hasn't done anything for the big ones. I don't get my MRI until November. I'll let you know how it turns out. I almost hope that's what I have just so I don't have to keep wondering what's wrong with my head.

School is going next week is midterms so time is flying. Still disappointed with the classes this semester. Next semester I have one required class left and then I can start taking more specialized classes. If anyone’s got a recommendation let me know.

One last thing I’m a fat ass.
I got on the scales and I weigh 211.8 which is 9lbs heavier then I have ever been in my life. I’m on my oatmeal diet breakfast and lunch I eat a bowl of oatmeal. My goal is to loose 40lbs and be at 171.8 by June 2007. So I’ll let you know how I do.

Klaus Fuchs is Not in the Poem

A Cold War Spy, A Long Way from Home

Cloudy pressure in my head
better knock off
for the day. Wake
up gray. Grain
in film,
Your eyes scratched.
You really feel this way,
am I a pass time,
an amusement. I play
chicken.
When the true
end comes
to hell and all. The false
blood donor cards I present
to you take.
All I do is
take.

Alger Hiss.
A cold war spy,
a nervous beauty
stumbles by.
I see it all before
me. The news,
the bold face font,
frowning before face.
Reel, forward catching the lost,
key home.

Jim Gaffigan Sat Sep 30 SLC, UT

Alright this was my first live comedian show thing a ma jig. It was great! I laughed and laughed. So much so that I think I pissed off the guy next to me who seemed to shave his legs seriously they were smooth. The opening comedian was very funny a guy from the south and made some great jokes.
Jim came on screaming EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE for like five minutes and it was funny. I laughed I cried I nearly passed out from laughing it was defiantly better than CATS. I didn't make a setlist of his jokes but I did buy one of his CD's. I'm defiantly going to more live comedy shows.

The Strokes Friday Sep 29 2006 In the Venue SLC,UT

The Strokes are getting better each time I see them. This is number three for me, once every album. The first time the band was visibly nervous and barely moved around on the stage. The second time there was a little more moving around and talking between band and audience. But this last time was a huge difference, the band was about on the stage shaking their money makers and Julian Casablancas was dancing and talking and even joking with the pit. It was great. The music was crisp and jumping. I haven't seen a mosh pit move like it should in a long time. They paced themselves well and showed their appreciation to the crowd by playing a request. It was a night to remember and made me feel young again. Here's the setlist enjoy.

1. You Only Live Once
2. Heart in A Cage
3. Juicebox
4. Modern Age
5. Red Light
6. Is This It
7. Ize of the World
8. Killing Lies
9. Last Nite
10.Hard to Explain
11.Ask Me Anything
12.Vision of Division
13.Reptilia
Encore
14.New York City Cops
15.Someday*
16.Walk on the Wild Side^
17.Take it or Leave it

*request from the pit that Julian was only to happy to supply
^A Lou Reed cover they made a joke about Marky Mark never played this live, but then quickly took the statement back not wanting to make themselves sound like idiots if they were wrong.

Sorry I don't have any photos of the show, the security confiscated a lot, I seriously had to sneak my pen in to write down the setlist. I won't tell where I hide it.

9 Crimes

I'm very excited to say that Damien Rice has announced his new single 9Crimes is coming out in November, and the album is coming out later this year. I've been waiting a long time for his second album to come out and after listening to the new single. (click on the blog title to follow the link to hear it yourself) I got chills Lisa has such a great voice I can't wait. So look for and buy the new album '9' when it comes out.

Sunday

It's my first sunday of the year and i've been fruitful and yet not that busy?
my one and only garden gnome broke over the weekend and so i might have to replace him or mend him.
i need to bath my rats

Music Fest

by dyd09

Here's a photo of one of the four musical groups that came to our library to play. They are the Ogden Buddhist Taiko Group, amazing performers and just a great sound comes from all of those drums. The drummers range from a 10 year old boy to a 89 year old lady. Just a great energy. Plus the photo turned out pretty good.

School has Started

I know I said many things I have now not lived up to, but isn't that life? Living down the dreams we create? I'm enjoying the school year not a lot of big projects but a lot of small ones which is better? I had big hopes of exercising and writing this semester but so far I've gone out walking once and I've only finished my outline up to chapter 18 I think. Yeah not everything I'd hoped for but it's still early in the semester. Problem is I usually find free time spares and when I have it I veg out for an hour. Focus Man Focus.
Career wise I'm doing well and taking on more responsibility, matter of fact I need to make a call excuse me....They put me on hold....hmm I guess I can still type...Sorry I'm back now.
My dreams of world domination are taking a lot longer than I had first thought but I'm the one that picked becoming a Radical Militant Librarian that would slowly build up a following of young minds and mold them into my war pawns, sending them out to do my will and well I shouldn't tell you all my plans now then you could easily avoid them.
I have a few true nemesis, that I have to be care what I say around Yes that means you Deborah! Call me sensitive will you you'll be the first to.. I almost did it again telling my plan before it actually happens...

Things I Don't Understand

I believe in a Supreme Being, God, A Glowing Mist whatever you might call it. So I believe everything has a purpose and order. One of the things I haven't come to understand yet is Butt Hair; why is it there, and why doesn't everyone have it? Is this some small sign that we came from apes? I'm one of the few people that believe in Darwinism and God I'll expound on that in a future time. Why does butt hair exist? I can't understand it. Frankly all it seems to do is get in the way. It's also not very attractive to look at. It's also odd that there isn't a whole lot of rhyme or reason as to who might have it. Can you go to a laser removal company and spread your cheeks and say "thank you please"? Or would they kick you out of the joint? And even if they were willing to zap your butt hairs who would have the guts to do it? Women would but would a guy willingly go in and have it done, not unless he was married and his wife made him. Man women can be down right evil sometimes.

If anyone is willing to spend time thinking about this let me know your thoughts...

The Summer of George is Over

Well I've been ignoring my postings since being out of school. I can't say that I've missed writing but it's also nice getting back to it to. I've finished my history in music and well on my way to volume seven.
This fall semester is going to be busy but I like being busy it makes time go by fast and I frankly can't wait to be done with school. I'm not a big school fan, it's never been a high point in my life. I've always enjoyed self-education more but you can't get the jobs with that so once again the man is keeping me down.

Damn the Man!

There's changes in the air here at the library. My boss is leaving to manage a different department and the girl I replaced is coming back to replace my boss. I like the girl but we've never connected before so I hope we can work well together. There's a lot I like about my current job but a lot that I don't. Being young and in a leadership position is hard because a lot of the people I'm over have issues with me being young and now that the person the person I'm replacing is coming back I think it's only going to make my job harder. I sometimes think I shouldn't worry about it so much, once I get my degree I'll be sent somewhere else and I won't have to deal with them anymore, but then again I might run into this in other places and it's a good idea to learn how to handle it now then saving it for later. The biggest problem is I don't know what to do to fix the problem. And I can't talk to my boss about it because they think everyone is great and perfect and I don't feel like being the one to tell them different especially if they don't believe me so I'm doing a lot of testing of theories right now. If anyone has a suggestion let me know...

My History in Music volume Six; Now that it's the End, What do we do now?

1.Mass Romantics; The New Pornographers- two memories follow this song wherever I go, my first trip to Seattle, and walking around the University of Utah campus singing out loud to this song.
2.Whatever I feel like
3.Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots;The Flaming Lips- This one brings the memory of being dressed in a giant green frog suit and dancing on stage with the flaming lips. Shinning lights into the crowd and at the very end of the set going out into the crowd and hugging everyone I could.
4.The Sound of settling; Death Cab for Cutie- College is over for a time. They came to perform for the end of the year. I love this song in particular because even when we settle we can be happy.
5.For What it's Worth; The Cardigans- I've had this female voice inside my head for years now and I've been trying to match it in different voices, this band comes close. It reminds me of the end of my last semester and right before we started looking for a house.
6.Wonderwall; Cat Power- Another attempt to quiet the voice. A great singer that brings raw emotion I don't hear very often. Her own stuff is amazing but this cover turned me on to her.
7.The Man Comes Around; Johnny Cash- The Last album Cash released before dyeing. It blew me away; I particularly like this song for the great intro and the chorus. It feeds my religious upbringing as well.
8.Float On; Modest Mouse- This one brings me back to moving to Sandy and walking to the Trax station on my way to downtown or school. I saw this guy live and actually got turned off by his personality and sold the three albums I owned but then this song came out and I feel in love with them again I just can see them live or I might hate him all over again.
9.Mr.Brightside; The Killers- This is one of those songs that Jacq turned me onto I didn't really care for them until I saw them live.
10.I Know I Know I Know; Tegan and Sara- the opening band for the Killers. Two small twin girls that can rock. I listened to their CD nostop while house hunting.
11.Cage Fighter
12.The Comeback; The Shout Out Louds- A great band from Sweden that blew me away when I saw them on the Letterman show. This was right after we moved to Layton. It's a great opener.
13.Hallaback Girl;Gwen Stefani- OK this isn't my typical flavor but it brings back memories of mario and Brett and the Main Library that I started working at. Good times with Good People.
14.Don't Phunk With My Heart; The Black Eyed Peas- One more for the road another library song that makes me want to dance dance dance.
15.Mistress;Inara George- I finally found that voice that filled my head. She was up on stage and and singing this song looking right at me, I felt powerless.
16.Do You Realize??;The Flaming Lips-I knew when I first heard this song I'd need to hear it again when my grandfather died. I've been waiting for ten years to say goodbye to him and when it did I wasn't ready.
17.Oh Well;Fiona Apple- This marks a high and low point in my life and the beginning of my marital problems in the newest version. It was after our Tampa trip and seeing fiona and coldplay live. Great show. This song also reminds me of my time cleaning toilets at the north branch early in the mornings I still miss it. I never thought I would but I do.
18.Swallowed in the Sea;Coldplay- This reminds me of shoveling snow at the north branch also I'd sing a long as happy as a frozen pig.
19.Wort Video
20.Story of My Life;Social Distortion- There is no was to better end my history then with this song. In a weird way it describes my life so far.
21.Life Wasted;Pearl Jam- My New life motto
22.Life Wasted Reprise;Pearl Jam- Reminds me of seeing them live in Los Angeles for two nights in a row such a great experience.
23.Happy Trails; Roy Roger- My way of saying thank you for reading and listening to these mixes
24.Appendix: You Are the Everything;R.E.M.- This song belongs on volume three I forgot to add it and since then I kept trying to decide to add it or not to and so finally I did. This is a song that reminds me of Georgia better than any photograph or poem or even smell.
25.That's all folks

Sad Days and Horny Rats

I've been busy these last few weeks finishing up school yesterday was the last day of my first semester, only three more to go yeah!

I got rid of Groucho because he kept trying to bite me and I didn't really care for that. I tried to break him of it by using the Dixie method but that didn't work(just kidding)so the pet store took him back and he's either in a new home or a pythons belly.

That leaves Woody and Marr in their ever bigger rat palace and they are now in the battle over dominance, or they've turned flaming gay. Either way it amusing to watch the first time I saw them going at each other I was a little scared that Woody might be a girl, but then he jumped on Marr and gave a good bump of his own.

The next two weeks should be heavenly I get to read things for fun! and not boring textbooks. I also plan on watching a few movies.

Mates of State/ Death Cab for Cutie

The night started with one of my all time favorite bands to see live. Mates of State, they're a husband and wife combo that play organ and drums and man can they really get the energy going. I loved seeing them in a big stadium nothing like wimbelton but bigger than the normal club that I've seen them in twice before. I think they've reached the status of traveling band(meaning I'm willing to travel to see them play live)
This is their setlist for the night:
Orem Ut 8-8-06
1.Think Long
2.Goods(all in your head)
3.Beautiful Dreamer
4.Fraud in the 80's
5.For the Actor
6.Like U Crazy/Crazy*/Like U Crazy
7.Ha Ha#
8.So Many Ways
9.Punchline$
10.Running Out
*this is Gnarles Barlkey's Hit Crazy they did a cover of half way through their song, I really enjoyed it more than the original.
#this song they dedicated to all the people who've seen them play at Kilby Court a great club in SLC. That's where I saw them the two times before so I liked this.
$this is either about or dedicated to their neighbor



This is my second time to see Death Cab for Cutie play live and I really like these guys. I got to hear the songs I wanted to hear and over all the show was great.
Here's what they played

1.405
2.Your Heart is an Empty Room
3.The New Year
4.We Laugh Indoors
5.Title and Registration
6.Crooked Teeth
7.Summer Skin
8.Photobooth
9.Company Calls
10.Company Calls Epilogue#
11.What Sarah Said
12.Amputationss
13.Soul Meets Body
14.A Movie Script Ending
15.Expo 86
16.We Look Like Giants
17.The Sound of Settling
Encore
18.I Will Follow You into the Dark
19.I'm Going Home*
20.Transatlanticism$
# dedicated to the Mates of State
*this is a cover of The Sonics a great song by the way
$Mates of State came on stage to play and sing with them on this song


Notes:
It smelled like Halloween
fake colors
personalities

My History in Music Volume Five; A New City, Same Old Pieces in Play

1.Shutting the Hell Up
2.Daysleeper; R.E.M.- This song has two memories for me, one remembering the early part of marriage working at both the 7-11 and Ramada, walking to work. It also reminds me of all the job's I've had over my life were I was working late at night while everyone else was asleep.
3.Amy Hit the Atmosphere; Counting Crows- A big part of my life was working at Starwood Hotels and Resorts, a call center that made reservations for people. I was either at school or at the call center working. I had several friends there one in particular was Adam Walker, I actually helped him meet his future wife, one of the few things I can look back at in my life and know I did something good. Adam got me into the Counting Crows, if you remember my traitor friend Joe liked them so I tried to not listen to them, but Adam gave me better memories. Plus they're great road trip band.
4.Actually it's Darkness;Idlewild- Napster was a wonderful thing that might not be totally legal or ethical, but I found some amazing bands through it. My favorite was idlewild; they gave me an energy that I was missing at the time.
5.Proof;Mates of State- My Second favorite napster band. I loving seeing this band live they have a great presence for just two people playing drums and organ. Great music to dance to.
6.Flowers in December;Mazzy Star- This is the beginning of the trouble, I began to realize my marriage wasn't everything I had hoped for, I began to feel alone and not sure if I loved my wife, I'd listen to Mazzy Star while I took showers in the dark.
7.Blue Train;John Coltrane- I continued my downward spiral to a very dark and lonely period of my life that didn't hit bottom until I separated from my wife and was living in a hotel/apt infested with cockroaches and sharing a single bathroom with an entire floor. I often pissed in my sink instead of going to the communal bathroom.
8.Waitin' for a Superman;The Flaming Lips- Something that has always been a solitary joy for me was going to the movies, and for about six months I would hear this song playing before the movie began. It was sad and hopeful and I needed that, it gave me courage.
9.Is This It?;The Strokes- I would listen to this song every morning for a full semester to get myself awake in the morning; it's a great morning song.
10.Seasame Street Assassin
11.Subterranean Homesick Blues;Bob Dylan- When I moved back in with my wife I started a discovery of older rock, and no journey can be started without Bob. I love most of his stuff so it's hard to pick one song but I love singing along to this one.
12.Baba O'Riley;The Who- Any lover of Pearl Jam will have to at some point discover and love the Who. This is one of those great songs, about journeying and fighting till the end. Pearl Jam does a kick ass cover of this song when they close a show.
13.Pink Moon;Nick Drake- I love this song at night; this album is the loudest album. I love listening to it alone.
14.Passenger;Iggy Pop- I seem to have a love for songs that deal with travel and voyeurism; I think it deals with my fears and stability of interaction. Plus this one is also great to sing along with.
15.Psycho Killer;Talking Heads- another fascination I have always had and feared was that of serial killers and what drives them. This song is about the Son of Sam. David does a great job of getting into the head of a killer. It also has a great beat.
16.What do you do here?
17.Where is my Mind?;The Pixies-the first time I heard this song was at the end of FIGHT CLUB. It was and still is the greatest ending of any movie with an appropriate song ever! It blew me away I just sat there and watched the credits roll.
18.The Middle;Jimmy Eat World-This song came around my ten year graduation and caused me to look back and try and better understand what had happened. This song had the same emotions I felt then, so it's one of those I went through hell and survived songs.
19.Seven Nation Army;The White Stripes- I began working security at the University Student housing, listening to music and looking into the shadows to try and find something that was never there. It was always strange. A great song to sing along to at 2am. I also later found out that Jack White thought as a child that the Salvation Army was called Seven Nation Army. I liked that because I still do that all the time.
20.Mad World;Michael Andrews- This song came from DONNIE DARKO a movie, worth watching by the way. Another reminder about how high school sucked and my suicide days.
21.Volcan0;Damien Rice- I love finding this guy, the whole album rocked my world and I love it, I can't get tired of it. Everything that was missing in music I found on this album. I hear it and remember the best time of my life and the saddest because I knew it would never last.
22.The District Sleeps Tonight;The Postal Service- This is one of the last bands I found before graduating, I enjoy the music and words it's just fun and meaningful. Another great band to listen to right after the sun sets and you’re driving with the window down.
23.Bert and Ernie

The Story Behind D.Y.D.

I've had a ton of people ask me over the years what D.Y.D. means and I've always been vague and never really told anyone what it truly means, so why should you be any different.

This is what I will tell:

I came up with the name for my new band in High School, I had just ended my friendship with Joe Nuss and I was pissed so I was thinking up names, Oh by the way our old band name was JFK it stood for Jerk For Kalifornia (we came up with that before the Brad Pitt movie). Back to the story- I was sitting in church not paying attention like normal and I came up with DYD, now I've always been drawn to band names that don't conjure up images that pigeon hole the band. Like R.E.M., or U2, or Idlewild. So I liked the name but I wanted it to stand for something so I came up with the name that I won't tell anyone, well that's a lie a few people over the years have either guessed it or I told, but the number is low like 5 to 8 and out of those people I only think about 3 even remember it still to this day I came up with the name in 1994 or 1995 so it's been around awhile. As soon as I came up with the name I knew I wouldn't be able to tell everyone what it meant so It grew into this evolving name, I had visions of naming each album with a different version like do you dream, or don't you die, or dance young disco, all kinds of names are out there. But my dreams of musical stardom are slowly fading and D.Y.D. has taken on a new meaning of anything I do that is an expression of myself I tag on the name, so my writing or art I'll use it. One day I'd like to license it or use it as the name for my copyrights. Who knows the sky is the limits.

Here's a something for the kiddies to do at night or for any crack whores coming down from a high. If you can come up with the original Title I'll send you a surprise. And if there is anyone I don't personally know that figures it out leave your email address with your answer so I can send it to you.