pandora is amazing. thank you.
sincerely,
reid
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Today, a new Co-Cathedral is dedicated. Laudate Dominum!
Photos from the Houston Chronicle's coverage of the building and dedication of St. Mary's Co-Cathedral
If I may be so bold, this reminds me of Santa Maria del Fiore, or the "Duomo Cathedral" in Florence. Not so much in architecture or scale, but in the "closeness" of the church to the community. In Florence, even though the Duomo is overwhelming in size, you still stumble upon it because it is buried deep within the city. You can get a sense that the Church was very much a part of the Florentine life, then and now, for better or for worse. The same seems to go for the brand new co-cathedral in houston. While completely apart from the rat race of downtown houston, these pictures illustrate that Sacred Heart is at the same time in the heart of the city. whew!
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Bush to be nominated for...a peace prize?
Nobel nomination for Bush and Blair
I'm on the fence as to whether this is an April Fool's joke or not. It's coming from the BBC, but I found the link posted on wonkette shortly after midnite this morning. We all know the internet is silly on april first. I guess it's real though, albeit strange. The timing of the headline is unfortunate. Stranger things have happened.
Monday, March 31, 2008
This is not a joke
The empire records soundtrack is one of the best albums ever made.
Empire records scored a mere 13% on rotten tomatoes. The movie is really good. To say otherwise would be to betray everything that I have ever come to know and love about nostalgia. Maybe the window is different for every individual in my generation, but there was a period roughly between 1994-1998 that everything i absorbed is amazing to me. Things that are punchlines now; silverchair and bush's first two albums, doug and boy meets world, independence day! This stuff formed me, no matter how hard I will ever try to deviate from it.
So the soundtrack. So 1995 that it hurts. I actually only bought it about a year ago. A reason i didn't buy it back in the day, ironically, is because bands like the gin blossoms and toad the wet sprocket were punchlines to me and my friends. Now the gin blossoms sound so dated that they are one of my "go-to" bands for mid 90's nostalgia. I suggest you revisit your own nostalgic window and rediscover the bands you used to make fun of as well. You might find that for whatever reasons, what used to not be cool to you is exactly what you crave now. the gin blossoms for me were "safe" alternative music, a little too much classic rock and not enough eccentricity . Now i am considering downloading their entire catalog simply to have something to play in the background while i read.
post your nostalgic guilty pleasures in my comments section.
Empire records scored a mere 13% on rotten tomatoes. The movie is really good. To say otherwise would be to betray everything that I have ever come to know and love about nostalgia. Maybe the window is different for every individual in my generation, but there was a period roughly between 1994-1998 that everything i absorbed is amazing to me. Things that are punchlines now; silverchair and bush's first two albums, doug and boy meets world, independence day! This stuff formed me, no matter how hard I will ever try to deviate from it.
So the soundtrack. So 1995 that it hurts. I actually only bought it about a year ago. A reason i didn't buy it back in the day, ironically, is because bands like the gin blossoms and toad the wet sprocket were punchlines to me and my friends. Now the gin blossoms sound so dated that they are one of my "go-to" bands for mid 90's nostalgia. I suggest you revisit your own nostalgic window and rediscover the bands you used to make fun of as well. You might find that for whatever reasons, what used to not be cool to you is exactly what you crave now. the gin blossoms for me were "safe" alternative music, a little too much classic rock and not enough eccentricity . Now i am considering downloading their entire catalog simply to have something to play in the background while i read.
post your nostalgic guilty pleasures in my comments section.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Friday, October 26, 2007
The $3.99 update
So the internet at my house completely disapparated, and I have resorted to having a cup of coffee at my friendly neighborhood barnes and nobles, along with an overpriced internet connection. I'm not cheap, in fact i waste my money on a lot of things. I draw the line with a household internet connection, though. My connection at home is gone, but it was never mine to begin with. i...stole it. My roommates and I decided long ago to opt for the free internet waves coming through our airspace instead. Now it's gone and this $3.99 not only pays for my internet, but i am also recieve a special bonus package that consists of:
-What I can only imagine is the Italian Pop Operatic Sensation, Il Divo, belting out an achingly earnest version of R.E.M.'s "EverybodyHurts".
-Eavesdropping. A woman with a kind old face and a pecan pie voice asking the lucky listener on the other end if they saw the space shuttle pass over us last night. Apparently it was a very beautiful sight. I'm sorry I missed it.
-Trash scattered about my table. I had to scramble to get this table next to the outlet right as the girls that were sitting here got up. They left their garbage, so now to the casual observer i look like I'm on my fourth cup of coffee. The more astute people watcher would notice that I am only typing about 35 wpm and grooving to the lush sound textures of Il Divo, a sharp contrast to the story that the trash on my table would dictate. But that's neither here nor there.
-Public places. I love public places. always have.
I could have easily just played at school and gone up to the internet lab there, but I didn't. Who knows why i do the things i do?
-What I can only imagine is the Italian Pop Operatic Sensation, Il Divo, belting out an achingly earnest version of R.E.M.'s "EverybodyHurts".
-Eavesdropping. A woman with a kind old face and a pecan pie voice asking the lucky listener on the other end if they saw the space shuttle pass over us last night. Apparently it was a very beautiful sight. I'm sorry I missed it.
-Trash scattered about my table. I had to scramble to get this table next to the outlet right as the girls that were sitting here got up. They left their garbage, so now to the casual observer i look like I'm on my fourth cup of coffee. The more astute people watcher would notice that I am only typing about 35 wpm and grooving to the lush sound textures of Il Divo, a sharp contrast to the story that the trash on my table would dictate. But that's neither here nor there.
-Public places. I love public places. always have.
I could have easily just played at school and gone up to the internet lab there, but I didn't. Who knows why i do the things i do?
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
and this just feeeeels liiike...spinnnnnnnnnnningg plaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaates!!
the internet blew up today. 10/10/07. i thought i was the only one that was calling it radiohead day, but turns out several online articles i've read along with all of my internet radiohead cronies are calling today that.
if you're on the internet then you aren't far from many of the thumbnail headline type things on google and npr.com or whatever you have your homepage set too and you probably already know about this new radiohead album the kids are all calling "in rainbows". it's good, but it's more about the record industry than the music that it will probably be remembered for. look it up. (in brief, this album was announced a mere 10 days ago with the catch that it would not as of now be released in stores or by a record label, but instead would be a download you could decide the price of, if any, to pay online. the download code was e-mailed this morning to those who took the band up on this offer.)
but really, the internet is absolutely chock full of radiohead fans or else i've just got a very one-tracked mind today. it seems like this album is everywhere. good news for music fans, because i haven't seen this kind of mass hysteria over an album since the mid-90's and boyz II men.
The music's good, but if you aren't predisposed to liking a band like RH (and i believe whole-heartedly that it takes a certain personality to like RH), why start now? There's no middle ground for deciding if you are going to download this album. it is very good though. Starts off with a jumpy first two tracks that make you think that it's going to be a rocker like the old stuff then goes into the dense and haunting territory of their (thier? i never know.) newer albums: kid a, amnesiac and hail to the thief. really after 4 or 5 listens, i'd describe the music as a smoother take on HTTT. the lyrics seem more straightforward than i've heard from thom in a long time. most of the tracks flow into eachother until maybe one of the most heartbreaking songs in thier catalogue. the last track does end on a nice note though..
"No matter what happens now
You shouldn't be afraid
Because I know today has been the most perfect day I've ever seen."
now how do i get people to read this? i'll learn more tricks like italics and bells and whistles later.
if you're on the internet then you aren't far from many of the thumbnail headline type things on google and npr.com or whatever you have your homepage set too and you probably already know about this new radiohead album the kids are all calling "in rainbows". it's good, but it's more about the record industry than the music that it will probably be remembered for. look it up. (in brief, this album was announced a mere 10 days ago with the catch that it would not as of now be released in stores or by a record label, but instead would be a download you could decide the price of, if any, to pay online. the download code was e-mailed this morning to those who took the band up on this offer.)
but really, the internet is absolutely chock full of radiohead fans or else i've just got a very one-tracked mind today. it seems like this album is everywhere. good news for music fans, because i haven't seen this kind of mass hysteria over an album since the mid-90's and boyz II men.
The music's good, but if you aren't predisposed to liking a band like RH (and i believe whole-heartedly that it takes a certain personality to like RH), why start now? There's no middle ground for deciding if you are going to download this album. it is very good though. Starts off with a jumpy first two tracks that make you think that it's going to be a rocker like the old stuff then goes into the dense and haunting territory of their (thier? i never know.) newer albums: kid a, amnesiac and hail to the thief. really after 4 or 5 listens, i'd describe the music as a smoother take on HTTT. the lyrics seem more straightforward than i've heard from thom in a long time. most of the tracks flow into eachother until maybe one of the most heartbreaking songs in thier catalogue. the last track does end on a nice note though..
"No matter what happens now
You shouldn't be afraid
Because I know today has been the most perfect day I've ever seen."
now how do i get people to read this? i'll learn more tricks like italics and bells and whistles later.
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