In case you were wondering, Rochester in the winter still sucks.. :) Actually, while cold and windy, it is pretty nice out today… You can actually see blue… IN THE SKY!
We’ve just been meeting up with people here yesterday and today… Went to a party last night that was fun, although I was pretty tired from waking up at 6:30am.. :P Today met up with most of the same people and more at DiBellas and then walked around campus checking it out.
This weekend was hectic! I left Saturday at 5pm with Jon Whitney to go down to Manhattan for the midnight Meat Beat Manifesto show at BB King’s in Times Square. Jon hosts the official MBM website over at Brainwashed, so we had VIP passes which was cool. We rolled into town and met up with
We got to the show just as the doors were opening, god it was cold in NYC… Went backstage to say hi to Jack, but I don’t get off on the whole backstage thing, so I just said hi and then went back out to the room to catch the opening act, Dalek. I guess they split with their DJ (whose name was “Still”). To be honest, without Still I just wasn’t interested in the band.. It’s a shame, because they are really nice guys and I’ve really enjoyed them the other times I’ve seen them… This time I was just waiting for them to leave the stage. When Jack and crew got on stage, though, it was like magic. I saw them back in June and it was amazing, and this was no different… Similar setlist, but the crowd was much larger at this show so the whole room just had more energy… The venue sucked (would have been great for old white people listening to Jazz or Blues), but the show was out of control… After the show we said thanks to Jack and Jon got a live CD for Luke as a thanks for his hospitality and we rolled back to Luke’s place at like 3:30am..
Sunday morning we caught breakfast with Luke a few blocks from his place and then parted ways with him… I’ve got to get down there more often to visit my friends in (or, in Kyle’s case, near) the city.. When I go back to NJ I usually plan on making it into NYC but because I am having so much fun with my friends and family there that I usually don’t make it. I think the plan needs to be seperate trips for NJ and NYC, because otherwise it’s too hectic. That way
Corinna and I immediately turned around to go to the film club to see Kairo (Pulse), which is the original Japanese movie that the upcoming (disaster) Pulse was based on. Oh my god was it terrible… It never felt like it went anywhere, and there were so many unresolved or unexplained plot points.. It seems like they were constantly rewriting the script.. So many things were never paid off… And christ, shouldn’t a horror film be at least SOMEWHAT scary? At some point Corinna gave up grabbing my arm when tension was building just because she realized that nothing was actually going to happen.. But even though the movie was shitty we had a great group of people show up last night, including a few new faces. We’re getting more regulars and semi-regulars coming, which is awesome because it means I’m not scaring people off anymore. ;)
This weekend was a grand ol’ time…
Anyway, after Nick’s I went back to the hotel to sleep, and Saturday was predictably filled with DiBella’s, DinoBBQ, and FUMN. There was also an Alumni Storytelling thing at 2pm on floor… I am not so into them, but organizing them was always a pain in the ass when I was House History director, so I decided to attend just to support my old committee. It turned out to be a fun time… FUMN was a rousing success, I presented 4 films this time, and one of them was rather short (at 45 minutes), so we ended the night “early” at 2am. To be honest, this was probably a good thing, because we still had a really large crowd at 2am, and normally by the end of the night we are down to stragglers, so perhaps I will aim for 2am as the “sweet spot”, but who knows… Anyway, the lineup was:
Going to be grabbing lunch at the Henrietta Dibella’s at noon, for anyone interested!
Had a fairly laid back weekend…. Friday night I just stayed home with
Sunday we caught The Matador with the film club, which was pretty funny. A bunch of us are headed to Rochester after work on Friday for the first FUMN in ages… I’m really looking forward to that (but not particularly looking forward to the drive…).
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,
I also got to hang out with my other sister,
Friday night I dragged
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,
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..
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
| 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 |
Open request to Massachusetts: Fucking finish Route 3 already… The road is completely paved, the lines are painted, and the ramps have been renovated… What the shit are you still working on?
I’m finally shifting further into the “new stuff” here at work… My new cubicle is awesome… It’s a little bigger than usual (it’s at the end of a row, so I got the leftovers) and I’m in a row with all the CAD guys, so the lights above my cube are all turned off… I am not a big fan of fluorescent tubes, so this is a good thing… In addition to the lack of overhead light, this cave is in the middle of the building, so I get no windows either… I have mixed feelings about this… On one hand, I hate glare, OTOH, I have no idea what’s going on outside… There’s going to be a lot of upfront design and documentation to take care of before any code is written (or at least, any non-prototype code).
The aforementioned accident was no big deal… I tapped someone’s passenger side doors, nobody was hurt, and my car only got scraped up a bit… I was stopped at a stop sign, looked left and right, moved forward, and a car I didn’t see was moving in front of me from the left… I haven’t actually heard from the lady yet, she mentioned she was going to be out of town for awhile… Not sure if insurance is going to be involved, she said she would get an estimate first… It was a shitty way to start the Labor Day weekend, though… Other than the bad start, the trip was great… We didn’t hit traffic in either direction, and the weather was great.
CSH Welcome Back Weekend was a ton of fun… Met tons of new people and caught up with lots of old friends. Had far too much to drink Friday night (turns out I was correct to avoid Everclear all these years), enjoyed the picnic on Saturday once we finally figured out when it was, had great food all weekend, and perhaps signifying a trend, we didn’t encounter traffic in either direction. Even made it back in time for the Sunday Night Film Club’s screening of “Le Monde du Silence (The Silent World)”, which was surprisingly amazing… I was never into the Cousteau stuff when I was a kid, but this was really entertaining..
Ok, enough effluvia… This album (Busdriver’s “Fear of a Black Tangent”) is really good, you should check it out…
Oh Bloodhound Gang, why must your tour hit Boston on the Friday before Halloween, when I assume I will be in Ithaca? That is simply uncool. Complex mathematics are now required.
Further musings on Albuquerque:
Today I finally fixed the windowsill in the bathroom… There was this 1/2″ gap between the window itself and the sill which collected water and other nasties.. We have tried to fill it with various substances (spackle, grout, caulk) to no avail, so I hand-carved a small piece of wood to fit in there today to fill the gap, scraped all the paint, caulk, and other crap off of the sill and out of the gap, and repainted the whole thing with outdoor paint. Hopefully it won’t get so nasty anymore… I am skeptical, though.