Jesus *IS* Magic

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I finally was able to catch Jesus is Magic last night with the Sunday Night Film Club. As expected, I really enjoyed it.. People have been slagging the musical bits, but I thought they were rather funny. Was a slow night for the club last night, but with the holiday that was expected.

Went home late on Wednesday for Turkey Day and we didn’t really hit any traffic. We were staying in a hotel Wednesday and Thursday night because so many people were home for the holiday that the house was full. My kid sister, , and her boyfriend were leaving town on Friday, so we moved back into the house then. Actually, though, when they left on Friday they were no longer boyfriend/girlfriend, which is crazy. They are now fiancée/fiancée, as Ben proposed to Aimee Thursday morning. I wish I had gotten to see it, but apparently he put on his dress uniform and put on the full-on dog and pony show. Now that I think of it, I didn’t actually see any pictures of the event, I guess I will have to pester my family for them.

I also got to hang out with my other sister, , who is getting all fancy going out to night clubs and stuff. Now I feel even more like the “lame big brother”. =) Mom and Dad are well, and we all gorged on turkey and pie all weekend. and my father had a deathmatch showdown in Battle Pumpkin Pie. Chuck has made some stellar pies for years now, but this was my dad’s first entry into the pie-o-sphere. I could not pick a winner, both pies were fantastic, my dad’s trending a bit more pumpkin-y and Chuck’s a bit more spice-y. Mom waThe turkey was as awesome as always, and this year my parents prepped an extra turkey breast so we had even more leftovers than ever, which ruled.

Friday night I dragged with me and Chuck to a townie bar in Hopatcong where a bunch of people from High School were meeting in lieu of a 10-Year Reunion. They had tried to organize one but interest was low.. But it was good to see a bunch of people who I hadn’t see in a decade, and it was good to see that, at least out of the people that showed, pretty much everyone seemed to be doing well. NJ hasn’t banned smoking in bars yet, so as soon as Corinna and I got back to the house we took showers and changed our clothes. I did a load of laundry that night as I only had the one pair of jeans and they reeked.

catching up

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I’ve really been neglecting this here journal, haven’t I? Friday and I went to the Star Wars exhibit at the Museum of Science with Garrett and Steve from work. It was OK, but it was way lamer than I expected. I guess if I was a kid I probably would have enjoyed it more.

Saturday I mostly just hung out around the apartment although Corinna and I took a nice walk to get some lunch and run some errands. Later on I met up with , , , and Sue for some delicious Kelly’s Roast Beef! So, so good.

Tonight is “Walk the Line” with the Sunday Night Film Club. Tons of people have told me they are coming, so it should be a pretty big group tonight.. This has it’s pluses and minuses… It’s great the club is popular, but it’s also tough to manage that many people for the after-show discussion/food routine.

Last Temptation of Reid

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I forgot to mention that on Monday the Dresden Dolls opened the show with an amazing cover of “Science Fiction/Double Feature” from Rocky Horror… It was such a great choice to open a halloween show.

The past few days have been rather hectic for me… I will rehash it all soon, but I just don’t feel up to it yet and some of it needs to remain private for now…

I was listening to AC/DC on the way into work the other day and when “You Shook Me” came on I was instantly brought back to a Boy Scout meeting in an elementary school gym (probably Hudson Maxim or Durban Avenue) and Ramsay Reid belting that song out at the top of his lungs… I haven’t thought about that in ages…

Hooray for Everything!

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This weekend in Dryden at Sean & Kelly’s Halloween Bash was awesome… It was great to see everyone again and actually be able to spend some time with them… We (Me, , , , and ) rolled into town around midnight and there were already a bunch of people there… We hung out until like 4am and then drove down the street to the hotel.. The next few days were filled with tree felling (two this year, although I didn’t participate much as my anxiety took over), WiFi liberating, drunken singing and dancing, and cooking.. It was an awesome time.

Last night I caught The Dresden Dolls at Avalon.. I have been trying to see this band for years now, and every time I have had the opportunity it has been screwed up (one time I forgot about the show, a few times I’ve been travelling, etc). They did open for Nine Inch Nails earlier this year, but the sound was off and the crowd wasn’t that into them.. Plus it was a sit-down show, which was convienient at the time because I was on crutches, but a rock show shouldn’t have chairs.

Anyway, last night’s show was a blast, although I could have done without some of the opening acts…. The Dolls rocked the house, playing old and new material and a bunch of covers. Amanda even played drums while Brian played guitar for a cover of “I Love Rock & Roll” by Joan Jett. The new songs were great, and I’m looking forward to their new album, whenever that comes out. The highlight of the night, however, was their encore, when they came out dressed as The White Stripes.. Amanda was dressed as Jack White and Brian as Meg White and they played “My Doorbell”… It was hysterical… I left before the encores were done as it was getting close to last call on the subway, but it was a great night out..

Halloween Party 2005 Trip Playlist

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Here’s what we listened to on the trip to and from Dryden, NY this weekend. We assembled this on the iPod in the car.. I selected most of the songs, and when I was driving on the last leg of the return trip took over (His choices start with “Paul Revere”)..

Track Name Artist Album Length
Vanilla Ice Cream Stephen Lynch The Craig Machine 3:10
Baby Stephen Lynch The Craig Machine 3:30
Halloween Stephen Lynch The Craig Machine 2:46
Love Song Stephen Lynch The Craig Machine 1:23
Craig Stephen Lynch The Craig Machine 3:33
Beelz Stephen Lynch The Craig Machine 2:54
Albino Stephen Lynch The Craig Machine 1:52
Mixer At Delta Chi Stephen Lynch The Craig Machine 2:06
Little Tiny Moustache Stephen Lynch The Craig Machine 3:40
Pierre Stephen Lynch The Craig Machine 2:01
Whittlin’ Man Stephen Lynch The Craig Machine 2:51
Classic Rock Tune Stephen Lynch The Craig Machine 2:12
Not Home Stephen Lynch The Craig Machine 1:15
Voice In My Head Stephen Lynch The Craig Machine 4:09
D&D Stephen Lynch The Craig Machine 4:26
Dr. Stephen Stephen Lynch Superhero 2:11
Talk To Me Stephen Lynch Live at the El Ray 3:44
Grandfather Stephen Lynch Live at the El Ray 2:50
She Gotta Smile Stephen Lynch Live at the El Ray 4:15
Best Friends Song Stephen Lynch Live at the El Ray 2:26
Lullaby (Live) Stephen Lynch Superhero 8:21
Walken III Stephen Lynch A Little Bit Special 0:45
Breakfast Club (Feat. Murs & Supernatural) DJ Z-Trip Shifting Gears (Advance) 4:53
The Humpty Dance Digital Underground Sex Packets 6:30
Oh Word? The Beastie Boys To The 5 Boroughs 2:59
Latch Key Kids Bad Religion 80-85 1:43
54 Cymru Beats Aphex Twin drukqs (Disc 2) 6:06
Casting Out the Nines Dub Trio Exploring the Dangers Of 5:44
Acid Again Meat Beat Manifesto Actual Sounds + Voices 5:47
Closer (Precursor) Nine Inch Nails Closer – Further Away 7:15
GhettoMusick Outkast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below 3:56
Mr. Grieves Pixies, The Doolittle 2:05
Rebel Without a Pause Public Enemy Power to the People and the Beats – Public Enemy’s Greatest Hits 4:18
The Power of Equality Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik 4:02
Beers, Steers + Queers Revolting Cocks Beers Steers + Queers 6:03
My Adidas Run D.M.C. Raising Hell 2:47
Rockaway Beach The Ramones Anthology (Disc 1) 2:08
There is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths Amy’s Mix 4:03
Come On My Selector Squarepusher Big Loada 3:27
Rock and Roll Creation Spinal Tap This Is Spinal Tap 4:08
Tribute Tenacious D Tenacious D 4:08
American Girl Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Greatest Hits 3:32
Pork Roll Egg and Cheese Ween Live in Chicago 2:30
Vertigo U2 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb 3:16
Christiansands Tricky Pre-Millennium Tension 3:51
Laredo Tomahawk Tomahawk 4:16
Jerk-Off Tool Opiate 4:24
The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) Tom Waits Small Change 3:40
Rocky Raccoon The Beatles The White Album (Disc 1) 3:32
GHETTOCHIP MALFUNCTION (Hell Yes) Beck Hell Yes – EP 2:42
Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo Bloodhound Gang Foxtrot – Single 2:52
Unemployed Black Astronaut Busdriver Fear of a Black Tangent 4:00
Take The Skinheads Bowling Camper Van Beethoven Telephone Free Landslide Victory 2:32
Let’s Push Things Forward The Streets Original Pirate Material 3:49
Squeeze Me Macaroni Mr. Bungle Mr. Bungle 5:38
Stagger Lee Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Murder Ballads 5:15
Ramble On Led Zeppelin Box Set Disc I 4:23
Peggy Sue Buddy Holly Buddy Holly 2:32
This Is Radio Clash The Clash The Story Of The Clash, Volume 1, Disc 1 4:10
Life On Mars? David Bowie Hunky Dory 3:54
Me Myself And I De La Soul 3 Feet High And Rising 3:50
It’s Oh So Quiet Björk Post 3:38
Stuart Dead Milkmen Beelzebubba 2:20
Good Beat Deee-Lite WORLD CLIQUE 4:39
Armageddon It Def Leppard Hysteria 5:24
Radio Radio Elvis Costello & The Attractions The Very Best of… 3:08
My Red Hot Car Squarepusher Go Plastic 4:42
808 State – Flow Coma (120 bpm) AFX 2 Remixes by AFX 4:59
Debra Beck Midnite Vultures 13:46
You’re On Fire Grand Buffet Sparkle Classic 3:25
This Fire Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand 4:14
Everything’s Ruined Faith No More Angel Dust 4:33
Unsung Helmet Meantime 3:57
Mr. Brownstone Guns N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction 3:48
Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here 5:40
Highway ’61 Revisited PJ Harvey Rid of Me 2:57
(New Wave) Polly Nirvana Incesticide 1:48
You Are My Sunshine Mose Allison The Mose Chronicles – Live in London, Vol. 1 3:17
Strange Powers The Magnetic Fields Holiday 2:41
Citysong Luscious Jackson Natural Ingredients 4:21
Sound of Da Police KRS-One A Restrospective 4:18
catstep/my kitten/catnip vatstep dsp remix by hrvatski kid606 down with the scene 6:00
What a Wonderful World Joey Ramone Don’t Worry About Me 2:23
Mountain Song Jane’s Addiction Nothing’s Shocking 4:03
Things Can Only Get Better Howard Jones Howard Jones: Best Of 3:57
High Fidelity Elvis Costello & The Attractions The Very Best of… 2:29
Bitchin’ Camaro Dead Milkmen Big Lizard In My Backyard 3:01
Ashes To Ashes David Bowie Changesbowie 4:25
Nazi Punks Fuck Off Dead Kennedys Plastic Surgery Disasters · In God We Trust Inc. 1:03
Policy of Truth Depeche Mode Violator 4:55
Boyz in the Hood Dynamite Hack 3:02
Coin- Operated Boy The Dresden Dolls The Dresden Dolls 4:46
Car Song Elastica Elastica 2:24
No Secrets No Surprises Jack Dangers Variaciones Espectrales 4:58
A Drug Against War KMFDM Angst 3:43
Book of the Month Lovage Music To Make Love To You Old Lady By 4:28
Rock with You Michael Jackson Number Ones 3:40
Everyone I Have Ever Slept With Momus The Little Red Songbook 2:42
Shoplifters of the World Unite The Smiths Amy’s Mix 2:58
For the Ladies Stephen Lynch Superhero 1:24
The House Is Rockin’ Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Greatest Hits 2:24
Love -> Building On Fire Talking Heads The Name of This Band is Talking Heads (Disc 1) 3:47
America, Fuck Yeah Team America Team America – World Police 2:07
I Play It Off Legit Ween Pure Guava 3:20
Blue Orchid White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan 2:37
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da The Police Every Breath You Take – The Classics 4:07
No Business Negativland No Business 4:13
Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond Brother Love’s Traveling Salva 3:19
Pleasant Valley Sunday (single version) Monkees, The Greatest Hits 3:11
Ich Bin Ein Auslander Pop Will Eat Itself Dos Dedos Mis Amigos 3:59
Debaser Pixies, The Doolittle 2:53
Supernaut (Trent Reznor Vocal Version) 1000 Homo DJs WaxTrax! Black Box: The First 13 Years (Disc 1) 6:39
Them Bones Alice in Chains Music Bank 2:29
The Ballad of Chasey Lain Bloodhound Gang Hooray for Boobies 2:21
Time After Time Cyndi Lauper Twelve Deadly Cyns …And Then Some 4:01
Moosebumps Dr. Octagon Instrumentalyst 1:47
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John Elton John: Greatest Hits 3:14
Pocket Calculator Kraftwerk Computer World 4:58
Paul Revere Beastie Boys Licensed To Ill 3:41
Naked Eye Luscious Jackson Fever In Fever Out 4:40
Another One Bites The Dust Queen Greatest Hits 3:37
Santeria Sublime My Best of Sublime 3:03
No One Else Weezer Weezer 3:04
Breaking the Girl Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik 4:55
About A Girl Nirvana Unplugged in New York 3:37
If You Live Mose Allison Greatest Hits 2:34
Been Caught Stealing Jane’s Addiction Ritual De Lo Habitual 3:34
Sweet Child o’ Mine Guns N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction 5:56
Possibly Maybe Björk Post 5:06
La La Love You Pixies, The Doolittle 2:43
Toll Booth Willie Adam Sandler They’re All Gonna Laugh At You 3:48
At The Heart Of It All (Aphex Twin remix) Nine Inch Nails Further Down The Spiral 7:14
Enjoy the Silence Depeche Mode Violator 6:12
Human Behavior Björk Debut 4:12
Let’s Dance David Bowie Changesbowie 4:10

Necessarily

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I was listening to This Week In Tech on the way into work this morning and they had Lawrence Lessig on the show this week. He was talking up Creative Commons and at one point he used the word “necessarily”. It made me realize that I almost never hear that word in the positive.. People often say things like “Well it’s not necessarily that way”, but until hearing Lawrence talk today I am now not sure if I have ever heard someone use it in the positive (“But you [read a book] on a digital network, it necessarily produces a copy, it necessarily triggers copyright laws…”).

Am I crazy?