Humble Thyself To The King Of The Kids

You hipsters have nothing on dear old dad. Dads Are The Original Hipsters

Since the federal government nixed the Death Star proposal, I guess this hotel will have to do. From TYWKIWDBI. Hotel's Solar "Death Ray"

Looking for new music? This online doodad may be able to help you find stuff you'd like. Music Plasma: Visual Music Search Engine

That about sums it up. Humor Train: The Internet Is A Lot Like Ancient Egypt

She's Coming In 12:30 Flight

A friend of a friend is currently on a mission trip in South Africa, and is having quite the experience during her stay. Check out Jess In South Africa for details as she records and recounts her experience.

Turn On The Turntable And-A Turn Me Loose

Recently I decided that I needed something better to listen to my records on than the simple mono portable player I received as a Christmas present when I was in my teens. So I did a little bit of looking around and decided on this Pyle turntable, recommended by the Turntable Doctor at Jerry's Records in Squirrel Hill. When I finally got a chance to check it out, the first record I played was the Pale Bride picture sleeve 7" by the Von Bondies, shown below.

This photo is a reenactment. 

As an aside, I had never before heard the song that makes up the B-side, 'Falling In Love'. It's just as good, and I don't entirely see why it wasn't on the VBs' last album along with the A-side. 

I'm not much into collecting singles, unless I get a good deal or find something that was lost to me a long time ago (or more likely, both at the same time). But I have to say I've made a nice beginner's collection of picture sleeves so far. I've got the aforementioned Von Bondies 7", a sleeve but no disc for 'Hey Hey My My' by Neil Young, The Cars' 'You Are The Girl' (I had the single, and my friend Jeremy later stumbled on the matching sleeve as we were looking for the Neil sleeve), 'Every Breath You Take' from The Police (and the B-side, 'Murder By Numbers' is brilliant), and I'm on the lookout for XTC's 'Making Plans For Nigel' and need to go back to Jerry's to pick up the Weird Al Yankovic 'Like A Surgeon' sleeve I found, but couldn't take home with me. 

I had also started to convert my grandfather's old country records to digital, to make CD's for him, but after a few tests it seems that I could really use a pre-amp. The blasted thing is supposed to have one built in, but it only seems to work on the USB output. I'm not using the USB output because the computer I'm plugging it into has a multitude of issues, and USB connectivity may be one of them. I'll probably still need a pre-amp for setting it up with speakers. 

Words That Never Were True

Have you ever written something that sounds reasonable in your own head, but as soon as you ship it off to the intended recipient you begin to think 'I bet they hate me now'? I think I just did. Don't read it at work.

Take The Skinheads Bowling

More random playlist goodness.

No Consent Or King

It's one hell of a photograph! You'll understand why they titled it as such when you see this. This Is A Photograph, Not A Painting

What the hell? I hope she has a layout big enough to run that thing on... Stolen train crashes into building in Sweden

If you like graphical representations of your music, here is the Flickr group for you. Flickr: The Song Chart Pool

On the 'What the hell did I just watch?' list:

'Western Spaghetti' by PES

On Such A Winter's Day

The quiet that a snowfall brings is almost supernaturally psychedelic. The snow had stopped by the time I ventured outside, but the light was there for the taking.

I Went Down To The Sacred Store

A'ight. Here's what I'm looking for on new vinyl, in descending order of importance. Self-titled releases are in all caps.

WILD FLAG
I Bet On Sky - Dinosaur Jr.
Give You The Ghost - Poliça
DJANGO DJANGO
Up From Below - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Psychedelic Pill - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Tempest - Bob Dylan
Wrecking Ball - Bruce Springsteen
Port Of Morrow - The Shins
Clockwork Angels - Rush
Dandelion Gum - Black Moth Super Rainbow
Parrot Flies - Algernon Cadwallader

This is as much for your amusement as it is for me to remember. I think I did forget something though.