Todays High Lights

Today in history:

• # 1649 - King Charles I of England is beheaded.
• # 1661 -Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is formally executed - after having been dead for two years
• # 1820 - Edward Bransfield lands on the Antarctic mainland.
• # 1933 - Adolf Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.
• # 1948 - Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist.
• # 1948 - 1948 Winter Olympics open in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
• # 1968 - The album White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground is released. It reaches 199 on the Billboard Top 200.
• # 1968 - Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive begins when Viet Cong forces launch series of a surprise attacks in South Vietnam.
• # 1969 - The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
• #1994 - The Dallas Cowboys win their fourth Super Bowl title, 30-13 over the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVIII.
• #2003 - Belgium legally recognizes same-sex marriage.

Ten bands that have changed my life or whatever

Ten bands that have changed my life or whatever
1. Pearl Jam
2. Social Distortion
3. Joy Division
4. Nirvana
5. The Clash
6. Frank Zappa
7. Elvis Costello
8. The Replacements
9. Ryan Adams
10. Bad Religion

Not necessarily my ten favorite or desert Island or anything, but the ten that I can say since I have listened to their music my life has changed in some way.

radio station

I am thinking about sending in a sample playlist to little radio because they have a couple open slots for shows. It would be pretty cool to have my own radio show, esp. because the radio station is an indepent station and I can play just about whatever I want. Yah, actually nevermind I just realized how dumb that sounds. Maybe I willd o it in college? Also today in 1924 the first winter olympics happened in Chamonix, France.

A short playlist

Lootpac - When I'm on da mic
Eyedea and abilities - Big Shot
Jurassic 5 - Concrete School yard
Felt - Employees of the year
Aesop Rock - Tap Dance for Scratch
RjD2 - True Confessions
Massive Attack - Angel
Chemical Brothers - Block Rocking Beats
Gwen Stefani - Hollabakc Girl[Dancehall remix]
Toots and Maytals - 54-56 was my number
Sympria - Skinhead Moonstop
The Specials - Little Bitch
English Beat - Twist and Crawl
New Order - The Village
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
The Jam - A town Called Malice

Goals in life....Hemingway style

1. Get wicked freakin drunk
2. Fight a Bull
3. Fight a War
4. Own a bar and get drunk in it
5. Write a book
6. Have sex with many many women
7. Write a good book
8. Fight the Poet laureate
9. Drink Many People under the table
10. Tell Rival Author that he has a small Penis
11. Attack every poet I meet
12. Kill a zebra
13. Catch a Marlin
14. Go Big Game hunting
15. GO deep sea fishing
16. Survive a plane crash
17. Have a manly and tough beard
18. Create a genre of fiction that is appealing to men and completely hated by women
19. Have it
20. Kill myself, when I realize I have lost it

Comics

I love comics. At least well written and interesting comics. I am a serious fan of Doonesbury and Boondocks for thier social critques. Calvin and Hobbes is better than 3/4 of all books written. I will admit that I love X-Men and Batman, I guess it is from watching all those shows and collecting the action figures. I even like some of the online comics like Nothing Nice to Say.

top 5
1. My Bloody Valentine - sometimes
2. The Who - I can see for Miles
3. Oasis - Roll with it
4. The jam - the modern world
5. pulp - Like a Friend

Stuff

I have been getting sick now for the past couple days, thus I am sick of going to school and dealing with stuff. But the problem is, I like school and I need to be in school, so I have a bit of a dilemma. Anyway, this alito businesss is really heating up. Which is a good thing since I am afraid of what is going to happen if he is voted in. I wonder what the average house costs in Canada?

Then there is this which is pretty sad,
But this is good since I know people with AIDS
and this is also good news.

So that should give ya'll some stuff to think about.

Oh and today's chapel was very good. It was quite moving, since I am white boy that prefers Malcolm X and W.E.B Dubois to Dr. King. And I was rendered speechless.

Top 10
1. Interpol - PDA
2. The Clash - Revolution Rock
3. Elvis Costello - Accidents Will happen
4. Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools
5. The Jam - That's Entertainment
6. Social Distortion - Telling Them
7. Billy Bragg and Wilco - All You Fascists
8. Bad Religion - Big Bang
9. Sid Vicious - My Way
10. Betty Everett - It's in his Kiss

Some News For Ya

House of Freaks Murder

and

Jon Stewart

Two things to keep you entertained

Moshing, Photos, and Girl Trouble

So this week was fun because I turned 18. That was ok but what was cool was I got to go to Social Distortion. It was one of the best concerts, if not the best, of my life. I went with my friend Trent and we saw the opening band who were very good and then Social D who played a great set and did some amazing covers. I had my first ever crowd surfer, which was pretty fun. Later in he week I presented my photo project which was good. It was kinda bizarre since my images did not correspond literally to the song but what I felt the artist would have wanted if he was looking at my pictures. It was of course a Bright Eyes song because I am artsy like that. Basketball won tonight against Whitney. I am having trouble with a girl and her personality. I am hoping to chalk it up to simply she does not know me well and is a sophomore and is expecting something else because I am a senior. But really who knows?

top 5
1. The blood Brothers - Ambulance vs. Ambulance
2. Social Distortion - Mommys Little Monster
3. The smithereens - Behind The Wall of Sleep
4. The Smiths - Shoplifters of the World Unite
5. Aesop Rock - Daylight

Blogs, Bright Eyes and Sam

Apparently I write too much. At least that is what Taylor cdub told me last night when we looked at SMES blogs. She was really happy to see that D.Clem has a blog and hopes that he writes about his students. I told her that I think he writes about his student but in an indirect manner. So from now on I will write shorter blogs and D.Clem should write about students using names.

For the two really long blogs:
Punishment park is a good movie you all should see it.
Extreme right wing politics are rising in Europe and it needs to be stopped.

top 5 songs:
Bright Eyes - Lover I Don't Have to Love
Bright Eyes - I Believe In Symmetry
Bright Eyes - A Scale, A Mirror And Those Indifferent Clocks
Bright Eyes - Drunk Kid Catholic
Cursive - The Recluse

I listened to a lot of saddlecreek today when I took photos for my slideshow project
and I talked for a very long time with Sam