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Outdoorsy

November 10th, 2008

Normal blogging to resume shortly, last week’s torrent of 15 posts was pretty taxing.

Over the weekend, went “up north” with the wife & dog to visit her family, beat my six-year-old nephew at archery, let the dog run wild in the woods, had some good burgers, pancakes, cheese dip, chili, and whiskey (not for the same meal!), beat the father-in-law at euchre, walked the back 40, played with a chipmunk-rifle, etc.

In the meantime, if Obama takes away all the guns, I’m covered:

me being all outdoorsy.

Now, if only I could figure out how to hit anything other than the broad side of a barn…

No, in all seriousness, I was much better with a bow than I was the last time I shot one, which was probably summer camp circa 1993. I could hit a my target at 25 yards with about every third arrow, and the misses were close.

For the most part.

Death Magnetic

September 7th, 2008

Lars Ulrich would be pissed: I’ve acquired a copy of Metallica’s forthcoming album, Death Magnetic. The rest of you can buy your copy of the album on September 12 or something like that.

For any fan of the old (pre-1992) Metallica, I’d strongly recommend giving this album a listen, it’s like Metallica re-remembered how to play decent tunes.

Music Bleg

June 18th, 2008

I’ve been running out of good music to listen to lately. I downloaded the new Nine Inch Nails album, which is decent, from the bands website for free when it came out, but that’s more of “mowing the lawn music” than everyday listening.

I’m a fan of Bad Religion’s latest, including Requiem for Dissent:

The sanctimonious minions how they grovel at the feet
Authority is populist deceit

Also, really digging Chiodos’ (somewhat) new Bone Palace Ballet which was just alright until I got to the second half of the disc. Really, the last few songs, especially The Undertaker’s Thirst For Revenge Is Unquenchable make it a great album. One of my favorites is the oldie-but-goodie, The Words ‘Best Friend’ Become Redefined:

Still listening to a lot of Anti-Flag, like, I don’t Believe

if we’re so fucking free why don’t we even get a choice? i never choose to be a citizen, there was no choice given to make

Anti-Flag’s recent For Blood and Empire is on like permanent rotation for the morning drive.

I really do like some other music, electronic music, house/techno really can fit a variety of situations and moods. Classical does the same thing for me, and for a long road trip, there’s nothing like some old delta blues like Robert Johnson. But I get in these ruts where I listen to the same 4 or 5 albums, non-stop. Right now, in addition to those noted above, I’ve also got Tiesto’s Elements of Life, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s compilation album, Ten Days Out.

Any suggestions for something new?

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