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There isn’t anything quite like a record, and yesterday I rekindled my interest in them. I went to a local record wholesale joint, and got myself a needle and spent hours browsing their wares.
There is something special about the analogue.It’s as if while that record is spinning you are taken to the place and time the record was recorded. Just yesterday I was listening to an Elvis presley album I own, in which he was playing a show in Vegas. I could feel the energy of the crowd, and the subtle echoes of time preserved on a 12 inch disc.
It could also be the fact that knowing you have a rare album makes you feel special in some way or form. Posessing an album which people may have never even heard of, and watching the record spin slowly round and round while the needle traces every imperfection.
There is hardly anything like it.
The tactile feel of the albums, and the tender care of Album cover design and inserts into the album are worth noting too. For example my copy of the Beatles white album still contains the poster and individual pictures of the band members as was included in its release. There is tender care in the included leaflets, and is awesome in its power to compel.
So I say a record spins slowly, and it gives you a window into a world unlike your own, albeit briefly, giving you glimpses of things you never would have considered before.
I’ve neglected my Washed Up duties over the past couple months, and it is just an hour shy of Wednesday, before my first day in college. I’ve had an inkling to rekindle this post so here goes.
First up we have the Youtube user VaDrum, he is an excellent drummer. Here he does his rendition of The Barber of Seville.
Second we have Greg Pattillo with a beatbox flute rendition of Peter and the Wolf.
Third I present to you Art Rodriguez with a metal cover of Mozart’s Turkish March.
Last but least to complete these modern day classics, Zack Kim plays Prelude No.2 in C minor, by J.S.Bach on two guitars at the same time.
I’ve hope you’ve enjoyed this, as always have a great day.
I’ve been sporing away and have some more video’s to share with you. As always you may visit my youtube account through the blogroll, and I’ll be adding my sporepedia page in the next few days to my blogroll.
This is a short story I wrote for a competition on the spore.com forums. It is about a bounty hunter named Grell. He can be found here, the Nurples here, and the Nurple Patriarch here. I hope you enjoy my story and let me know any comments/suggestions you may have.
The Valarian Project has been known to always pay of its debts. They have a proud reputation and have no indications of abandoning this creed. This level of integrity highly intrigues a certain bounty hunter, as he has had numerous debts squelched. If anyone had the honor of fulfilling payment, it would be the Valarian project.
I recently downloaded the Spore Creature Creator and have had fun making some new creatures. I’ll post my youtube account to my blogroll, as well as update this page periodically, if you like my creatures subscribe to my channel on youtube.
There may be thousands of other blogs, newspapers, and journalists as a whole covering this brilliant speech given by Senator Obama today; and though I may be late I still wish to share this profound moment in our history with the readers of this blog.
Never before have I seen a politician speak with such frankness, openness, respect, and courage all while maintaining a sense of compassion and understanding especially on an issue so tender as race. For many years, we as Americans have ignored and let fester the frustrations and anxieties that exist in each race living in this great country. We assumed that the situations our ancestors experienced and the pent up aggressions that could result from these experiences would not have a deep impact upon how our own lives were shaped, all the while letting the divide among us grow larger.
Senator Obama is correct, we do all struggle to provide a better life for our children and grandchildren. It is until we realize that though we may have taken different paths to come to where we are, we all as humans experience hardships and turmoil, happiness and excitement; that we will be able to make the correct strides towards an improved Health Care system, Education system, and other areas which affect the many not the few. It is necessary for all Americans of all races, creeds, and social status’s to realize this so we may come together to fix the problems that lie before us.
This speech may very well become one of the most famous and influential speeches in our American History simply for its candor, sincerity, and thoughtfulness all qualities for which I respect Senator Obama. It is a shame that this is an outlier to Presidential politics but we have a chance to vote a man with these and other endearing qualities into office, if we so choose. This level of honesty and sincerity in a politician has caught the attention of millions of Americans more than any other issue, and we owe it to this great country to give this man the opportunity to lead our country into a united future. As Lincoln said in his inaugural speech to the U.S. Senate, “A house divided against itself cannot stand” the same is also true for the people of this country.
There are many other facets of this speech for which I do not have the time to delve into. Assuredly though you can take the time to analyze the context and determine it’s overall value on your own. Thank you for your time and make certain everyone you knows witnesses this remarkable event.
I am sick and tired of all the ignorance, hate, and fear that Americans have. Are we all that fucking stupid? We will believe any fucking rumor that we hear, yet when told that China owns a great deal of our national debt that we will have to pay to them with interest their eyes glaze over and not for a second do they believe that. There are even some people who believe that there are WMD’s in Iraq or that Saddam was the conspirator of 9/11. How the fuck did we get so ignorant and stupid? Wait I know the American education system which is ranked lower than any other industrialized nation. When will we get a mother fucking clue… It doesn’t matter what a person looks like, what god they worship, what gender they are, what side of the political spectrum they fall on, or any other preconceived notions we have that only serve to perpetuate this sense of isolationism. What matters is the actions a person has taken and the merits they have earned through said actions, we are all humans dammit! Can’t we show some God Damned compassion for once in our fucking lives? Wake up! Form your own damned opinions and research shit for your own personal enjoyment and satisfaction rather than being spoon fed garbage. Excuse my profanity, but I am fed up with ignorance. Please share your thoughts so I may know that not all people are this apprehensive and ignorant.
And all this after a lengthy and thought provoking discussion on racism and discrimination on facebook…
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