More Potter

On a tip from Stoppable, I found this:

The 7th and final cover of the Harry Potter series.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is out July 21st. Good Luck finding a copy, the book has already gone to reprint due to the volume of pre-orders. I plan to get my (or technically LES', I collect the paperback versions) pre-ordered copy that day and lock myself in my apartment with no communication with the outside world for the 2 days it'll probably take me to read it. If someone tells me how it ends before I read it for myself... there's going to be a murder. AVEDA KEDAVRA!!

...those who wait.

Everybody stand the hell back!! And maybe look into some ear plugs... Because this little nondescript metal box is going to SCREAM. (Yes, in a different way than the other ones on my board which granted, may sound similar to the untrained ear.) Its another Build Your Own Clone, this one is called the OctaFuzz. (OctaFUZZ not Octagon, Roscommon... lock it up.) What this effect does is sacrafice tone for overall signal saturation and sustain, by kicking up the signal an octave and distorting the freaking hell out of it. The best known example (aside from a TON of Hendrix) would probably be the very beginning of Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf or the intro of Homebrew LIVE by 311. Jack White LOVES this type of effect, think the solos to Ball & A Biscuit or Instinct Blues. Anytime the guitar sounds like a fucking AIRPLANE taking off and completely saturating the overall sound coming offstage. Also good for amp-shrieking controlled feedbacks like artsy Hendrix or Tim Mahoney's live show. RC is going to LOVE (n) this guy once I solder it into existence. I'm working on building my JM-esque relic strat, but that's gonna take a long, long time. I got it a SRV neck with a thick 'C' neck and jumbo frets topped by a classic headstock and amber finish. Gold hardware and mint green pickguard and knobs. All relic'd to perfection. I don't see this being done before Summer.
On the bright side, my work decided that the database I worked on last fall that the entire dept now uses every damn day is bonus-worthy. Of course, this was after I mentioned that I don't really get paid to build custom databases. So that's always good news to hear on a friday. Homebase, be glad I didn't buy 3 of these pedals!

St. Paddys Day Pick me up

This is "Shipping up to Boston" by the Dropkick Muphys. This song recently got popular on The Departed's soundtrack.

3/11

March Eleventh is a special day on many people's calendars.
"A cosmic connection of positivity. Play some music that day and know that every person is an equal link in the chain." -Nick HexumHappy 3/11 Day, faithful readers!

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HP5

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An idea I can get behind...

Roscommon recently got into the Jay-Z / Linkin Park collaboration, and I had been thinking about how cool just the concept of cross-genre music really was. Then I recently saw this. The idea/merch/theme party is called 'Alife' and cross-genre is basically what its all about.

Think Ink

I've been thinking alot about my next tattoo. (Sorry, mom & Roscommon, I know how you guys feel about that.) Regardless, they provide me a large amount of satifaction and confidence. I realize the stereotypes that go along with tattoo-ed people, but I feel that is beginning to fade. Besides, I enjoy people seeing my tattoos and then being obviously surprised at my demeanor and/or intelligence. I enjoy being distinct and different than everyone else, and in the end... I enjoy it, I want it, its my body, and that's all people really need to know.
However, this post wasn't intended to be preachy, everyone is going to feel differently about the topic. I want to use this post as a sort of sounding board for my ideas. I know WHERE I want it, but I'm not sure which design or idea I want to put there. Its going on my inner left forearm with as vivid colors as I can get. Here's what I'm thinking about so far...Yes, it is an adaptation of a tattoo that John Mayer has. No, I'm not in love with him. I do, however, really enjoy the 3 pane-idea with colors, so rather than directly copy it, I drew my own version. I felt the 'Earth' pane was a personal touch, rather than a mound of soil and tree which I had in my first draft, the fields have a more 'Iowan' feel to them.

Anti-Coulter

I don't hate many people in this world. There are people I dislike, such as the smoker next door who wakes me up several times a night with her foul cancer-stench filling the bedroom after several requests to stop. I ain't mad. You're getting evicted. And when you do, I plan on doing a dance.
But there is one person whom I loathe to the point of shame. Ann Coulter. I get that you are ultra-conservative, that's fine. But you are hateful, don't listen to the opposing arguments, and well... a bitch. Among her quotes include the fact that no normal looking americans should be checked at airports, only muslims. College liberals are traitors who deserve the DEATH PENALTY. And my favorite, that God gave us the planet to "rape." I'm not making any of these up. Refer to exhibition C for all her best quotes and references.
Exhibit A
Exhibit B
Exhibit C
The most recent comment being exhibit B; "I was going to have a few comments about the other Democratic nominee, John Edwards, but it turns out that you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot.'"
Wow. You need to get hit by a fucking TRUCK so I can send you hate mail while you cry yourself to sleep in physical therapy. (This is where the shame part comes in to play. Its seriously not healty for your soul to hate someone that much. But you wouldn't know about a soul, would you Ann.) Okay, lets not sink to her Junior High stereotypical I'm-pretty-so-I-can-be-as-mean-as-I-want-and-people-will-still-like-me level. Lets do this the adult way...
Is this the only defense you have against your critics and enemies? Attack their sexuality? Could you BE more juvenile? Just because you do it with multi-syllable words and a thesaurus doesn't make you any more credible. Do you have any actual evidence for ANY of the gay-slams you make? I'm guessing no, or you would have brought them up. My professional opinion (no less professional than hers, she's not a fucking shrink either) is that she is the one with questionable sexual orientation. A few too many homosexual jabs at her opponents show classic signs of projection. Plus, could you be any more butch? You're petite and blonde guise only holds up until you open your dominating, over-aggressive, hateful mouth. I'd rather become intimate with an open flame than you. (I know, I know, this means I'm obviously gay.) Keep talking, Ann. One of these days you're going to talk your way into a court room. And go look 'tact' up in a dictionary.
You're not a human. You're a sound-byte. At best. The only hope I have is that if I lead a good life and make it to the pearly gates, you sure as hell won't be there.

Sans Laces

If you know me really well, you know that I don't tie my shoes. Ever. If its not an 'at work' shoe, its laces haven't been tied in years; some even have NEVER been tied. Well, actually I tie them in a custom dual-slip knot that essentially just keeps the ends of the laces from flapping around. The shoe keeps the loose feel and slack in the laces. But mainly, its so I never have to tie the shoe again.
Now Converse is eliminating the middleman. The shoes don't even come with laces. Elastic bands on each side of the tongue give the same feel as barely-tied laces. These chucks even come pre-beat up, to avoid that awkward time where your perfectly white and black cons make you look like a nerd. No more purposefully scuffing on curbs and kicking every dirty mystery clump you walk by; these come prepped.
Either way, your Chucks will inevitably take on some of your personality the longer you have them. Look closer at a few chucks and their owners... you'll see what I mean.