It began today:  on my lunch break I scurried down to my local Best Buy and purchase David Gilmour’s new album, On An Island.  On first impression I was extremely please by the album’s packaging, an elegant hardback CD book, plus I got a bonus disc of the non-album track Island Jam with my purchase.  Opening the book I discovered that the inner art was all done on thick, construction-style, paper, another fancy plus! 

 But enough about the packaging, that is all frills and short-lived fun.  I popped the bonus disc in first, and as expected it was the instrumental that had been playing for the past couple of months when you go to Gilmore’s web page, and it is pretty good.  With some resemblance of Shine On, mostly because of the positive driving force that the song proclaims, but with a simple, laid back attitude.  In other words it is classic Gilmour fretwork.  Continue reading ‘And Their Off!’

It seems that 2006 is looking to bust out of the gates like a thundering heard!  Not only are the Chili Peppers, David Gilmour, AND GNR supposed to release albums during the coming three months, but Pearl Jam just announced today that their eighth studio album, self-titled, will be released on May 1.  The new single, World Wide Suicide, will be released on the radio next week, but you can catch a listen to it for free this week if you visit the band’s official web site.  For now though, here is a snippet: Listen In

I meant to post this message a week ago, but I will be on blogging hiatus for a few days until the move to my new place is complete and the fine people at Time Warner hook my internet back up.

I am sitting here today, waiting for some data to return (god only knows how long that may take) and I am pretty much just wasting away here.  Seriously, my ass feels like it is slowly melting into a large mass of BLAH!  I would dare to say that a good 70%, or more, of the time I find myself here at work is spent sitting at my desk, waiting, and then waiting some more, and then waiting on the waiting to be over as my eyes crust over from the mind-numbing boredom that I incur as I run data processes and queries.  I nearly have enough time at work to start up a new hobby, or read a book, but there are too many Nacy No Brainers here for me to do so.  It always seems that if you are ahead of the game and have all your work in order there is always some assmunch who is behind or just plain resentful of the fact that you can do your job well, that has to go around bitching and moaning about the free time that you have.  My personal favorite though are the people that bitch about you having free time, but then they bitch even more because they want an equal amount of free time as well!  But that one is easy enough to quail, JUST DO YOUR FUCKING JOB and free time will evolve from that.  Plus, if such people wouldn’t spend the majority of their time at work slowly fermenting their thumb within the crevasse of their ass then the situation would resolve itself all on its own (amazing isn’t it).  Continue reading ‘Mumble, mumble, mumble’

With the musical horizon of 2006 just around the corner, the year looks to be one of the most powerful in a long time, but as my friend Dana noted, “we may spend a couple of hundred dollars in music this year, and less than a hundred of it may be worth a shit.” Releases from Tool and the Red Hot Chili Peppers look promising, but aside from that most of the year’s releases to come appear rather questionable. Matt Sorum (Velvet Revolver drummer) was quoted as saying that Scott Weiland (singer) is wanting their new album more “danceable” and have since brought in the talents of Justin Timberlake’s production crew, so god only knows where such a path will lead the band.

Metallica has brought in producer Rick Rubin after a decade and a half of Bob Rock behind the boards, which is a promising move, as Rubin is notorious for reviving bands. Rubin’s healing abilities still all lean on Hetfield’s writing ability, which if you were subjected to the sonic rape of St. Anger you will know they are lackluster at best these days, so the water is still murky there. David Gilmour’s upcoming album should yield some incredible guitar performances, but without Roger Waters collaborating on lyrics and Rick Wright and Nick Mason sewing the music together none of their solo efforts will ever resemble the greatness that their combined forces once produced.

This then leads me to current matter at hand, Guns N’ Roses! Continue reading ‘The “New” State of the Musical Union?’

Disclaimer: I absolutely despise Valentine’s Day and pretty much all other holidays that are completely designed around the idea of support the finacial gain of the diamond industry, Hallmark or candy companies.

Don’t get me wrong, I love to give and get gifts just as much, if not more, than any other person in the world, and to be honest most of the rant is the result of seeing a diamond commercial tonight, but I hate shit like this.  The basic premise of the commercial was that on Valentine’s Day some guys buy fancy cards, some guys take their significant other out for a nice dinner, some guys buy diamonds and then there are other guys who buy all three.  Now that is sweet and dandy if someone goes all out for another person on a holiday like Valentine’s Day, but we all know the purpose of the commercial was not to remind people of the upcoming holiday, rather to lay a guilt trip out for self-conscience people to confuse the monetary value of their gift with the intrinsic value of giving.

Just want to give a shout out to Nathan for finally dropping this past weekend.  Too bad he had to dash back to his life of extravigance, but cest la vi, and anyhow, one day of Nathan is worth a week of nearly anyone else’s company!  After a successful trial of visiting Loft 1523 I think that I may have found a new lounge to chill at on the weekends.  Nestled over near the Visualite Theater and NoFo, the Loft has a dressy, yet laid back atmosphere.  The drinks were a bit pricey, but they serve no food, so I guess they have to make up for that behind the bar.

It is Sunday afternoon now, and I think I feel my body telling me to keep indoors for a while.  My liver feels like it has been through seven rounds with Tyson, so I am going to call it quits here on the ol internet for now and veg out in the living room.

So, I am sitting here at 9:34AM on Tuesday and I am officially bored out of my mind.  All of my work here at the office is pretty much complete, no one seems to be pushing for any ad hoc projects, and all is quiet on the Western Front.  I did find the answers to a movie quiz that I was fooling around with last night that is pretty tough, and to be honest I am not too disappointed with myself for searching for the answers, especially after Chris had to help me get more than half of them last night and of the 3 that we didn’t know I came to discover that they are foreign films which I have never even heard of.  

The Police are blasting away on my headphones right now (that’s right, it looks as if you may get a play-by-play today from the office, because I am that bored).  

 WOW, an unforeseen burst of excitement has just occurred as I just received an e-mail from someone I have never heard of before.  After a little investigation it turns out that the e-mail author is actually replying to an message that I sent out here at the office eons ago.  Ho-hum…..damn it people, I may be insane…clinically….if I don’t find something to do today.

Moo ha ha!!!  The day has finally arrived, I know have complete control of Comhrá at all times of the day, from any location on the face of the earth!  Thanks to the wonderful WordPress upgrade that Dylan implemented for me, as I am sure many of you have already been privy too, I now have all the power that I can handle!

…if not I am pretty much fucked for now!
Okay, I’ll start out with the good things that one can say about G Dub’s speech tonight, cause I would hate to grumble about anyone without giving them a chance.  First, let’s all give Bush a standing O for not speaking about steroids tonight: somehow McGuire and Palmero were such HUGE figures in how America functions last year, that we needed to focus on why steroids were bad (and believe it or not, cigarettes may not be healthy for ya!).  Thankfully Bush was able to keep his speech centered around matters that are actually significant to every American, so that in itself is a miracle!  Also, let’s all give George a pat on the back for talking about the environment in a manner that actually appeared to convey some concern….but let’s do no more than that, as the truth behind Bush’s interest in ethanol can clearly are clearly reflected in his 2005 $50 million cut to Sec. 9006 (Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Systems Grants/Loans program) and Sec. 6401 (Value-Add program which also provides grants to farmers and rural businesses).  So I guess that he looses points for being a bald face liar there…oops!

Next we move to the economy, does anyone out there really think that America is in danger of becoming a “second rate economy” as Bush put it tonight?  I mean, I know that Greenspan stepped down today, but seriously, we’re a superpower in the world.  Continue reading ‘Will I-95 Take Me All The Way To Canada?’

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How appropriate, and awesome, is it for my 200th blog to be about the Gov’t Mule? Well, amidst all my giddy school girl banter I have just learned that the Gov’t Mule are heading back into the studio! I mean, how fucking kool is 2006 going to be? Warren is already down in Texas writing with a producer and the band will join him at Willie Nelson’s personal studio on January 18th to start recording. I mean DAMN…more Audioslave, more Velvet Revolver, more Pearl Fucking Jam, more Red Hot Chili Peppers, more (maybe) Metallica, more (doubtful) G’n'F’nR, more Tool…and now more mutha fuckin MULE!!!!!

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