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Thursday, June 14th, 2007
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2:24 am - Away
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Allo.
As usual, there has been a significant time lapse since my last entry. Quite a few things have happened since my last entry and I will probably not post them.
Entertainment Related List since last list posted, comprising everything I remembered to write down since August of 2006 until now. There is a good amount of stuff, but I was sick and getting worse, and now that I am recently (finally) on medication, I am able to leave the house more often and do things.
( 11 Month List )
current mood:  calm
current music: Emynd & Bo Bliz
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| Friday, August 25th, 2006
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10:45 pm - May '06-July '06 Entertainment Lists (A little Behind)
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I am a little behind schedule, but that is not unlike me. The * symbol denotes things I particularily enjoyed, with two * symbols meaning exceptional and that I highly recommend them.
=====May=====
Books
*House Of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Comics
Future Shock (Free Comic Book Day Image Book)
X-Men/Runaways (Free Comic Book Day Marvel Book)
Losers #31
DMZ #6-7
**Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1-6
Zombie World: Eat Your Heart Out #1
*Fables #48-49
Remains #1-5
Criminal Macabre #1-5
Wormwood: Leroy's Special Brew #1-2
Living With Zombies #6
Runaways: Vol. 2 #14-15
Goon #17
Doll and Creature #2
Y The Last Man #44
Jonah Hex: Vol. 2 #6-7
Exterminators #4
American Virgin #2-3
Hard Time: Season Two #5
Testament #5
Battle Pope Color #6
Invincible #31
Loveless #6
Desolation Jones #6
*B.P.R.D.: The Universal Machine #1
Edgar Allen Poe's Haunt Of Horror #1
Shaolin Cowboy #5
Shadowpact #1
Seaguy #1-3
Movies
Return Of The Living Dead 4: Necropolis (2005) (dvd)
*Sky High (2005) (dvd)
Bewitched (2005) (cable)
Bay Of Blood (1971) (dvd)
**Lords Of Dogtown (2005) (cable)
Kicking and Screaming (2005) (cable)
War Of The Worlds (2005) (cable)
**Ong Bak: Thai Warrior (2003) (cable)
Suspiria (1977) (dvd)
Something To Scream About (2003) (cable)
Mother Night (1996) (cable)
13 Moons (2002) (cable)
Aeon Flux (2005) (dvd)
Midnight in the Garden Of Good and Evil (1997) (cable)
The Da Vinci Code (2006) (theatre)
Barton Fink (1991) (dvd)
**Favela Rising (2005) (cable)
T.V. Shows
America's Next Top Model (1)
Camp Lazlo (2)
Criminal Minds (1)
CSI (2)
CSI: Miami (1)
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (1)
Grimm Adventures Of Billy and Mandy (1)
House (2)
My Name Is Earl (2)
Mythbusters (1)
NCIS (2)
Office (2)
Without A Trace (1)
Music
Balzac "Out Of The Grave and Into The Dark" (2005)
Bonnie Prince Billy "Summer In The Southeast" (2005)
Bonnie Prince Billy "The Brave And The Bold" (2006)
Coffinshakers "Dracula Has Risen From The Grave"
Goblin "Profondo Rosso" (1975)
Goblin "Suspiria" (1977)
*Goblin "Dawn Of The Dead" (1978)
Mad Sin "Amphigory" (1991)
Mad Sin "A Ticket Into Underworld" (1993)
Mad Sin "God Save The Sin" (2003)
*Mad Sin "Dead Moons Calling ( Ltd Edition)" (2005)
Meteors, The "Wreckin' Crew" (1991)
Red Elvises "Six String Samurai" (1998)
Reverend Horton Heat "Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em" (1991)
Reverend Horton Heat "Space Heater" (1998)
Reverend Horton Heat "Spend A Night In The Box" (2000)
Trey Parker "Team America Soundtrack" (2004)
Various Artists "Wig In A Box" (2003)
Will Oldham "Seafarers" (2004)
Video Games
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Books
Comics
*B.P.R.D.: The Universal Machine #2-3
Grounded #6
Exterminators #5
Fear Agent #4
Testament #6
Hard Time: Season Two #6
Fell #5
*Last Christmas #1
Doll and Creature #3
Loaded Bible - Jesus VS Vampires
Local #5
*The Tourist GN
The Eaters #1
Walking Dead #28
Shadowpact #2
**Fables #50
Movies
House of the Dead 2 (2005) dvd
Wakko's Wish (1999) cable
Rosemary's Baby (1968) cable
Valiant (2005) cable
Stealth (2005) cable
Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2005) cable
Underworld: Evolution (2005) dvd
Flight of the Phoenix (2004) cable
The Village (2004) cable
Skeleton Key (2005) cable
Unleashed (2005) cable
Cube Zero (2004) cable
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) cable
The Hills Have Eyes (Unrated) (2006) dvd
**United States Of Leland (2003) cable
T.V. Shows
Absolutely Fabulous (4)
Boondocks (1)
B Side (1)
Daily Show with Jon Stewart (2)
Dirty Jobs (2)
Family Guy (2)
Fear Factor (1)
Just For Laughs (1)
*Korgoth (1)
My Family (2)
Office (6) dvd
**Spaced (2)
Teen Titans (1)
Tom Goes To The Mayor (1)
Venture Brothers (1)
Music
Bad Brains "Banned In D.C." (2003)
Clash "The Essential Clash" (2003)
Video Games
=====July=====
Books
Comics
Y The Last Man #46
*Last Christmas #2
**Hector Plasm OS
*B.P.R.D.: The Universal Machine #4
Shadowpact #3
Movies
The Ringer (2005) dvd
**3 Iron (2004) cable
Hide and Creep (2004) dvd
Ice Princess (2005) cable
Puddle Cruiser (1996) dvd
Wedding Crashers (2005) cable
*Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) (theatre)
**M.A.S.H. (1970) cable
**The Reckoning (2004)
Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events (2004) cable
Hoodwinked (2005) dvd
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004) dvd
**Kontroll (2003) cable
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) cable
*Monster House (2006) theatre
The Blacksmith (Buster Keaton) (1922) cable
The Balloonatic (Buster Keaton) (1923) cable
Cops (Buster Keaton) (1922) cable
Waiting (Unrated) (2005) dvd
*Be Cool (2005) cable
*A Love Song For Bobby Long (2004) cable
Sunnyside (Charlie Chaplin) (1919) cable
A Day's Pleasure (Charlie Chaplin) (1919) cable
The Cave (2005) cable
T.V. Shows
*Black Books (5)
Cartoon Alley (2)
Courage the Cowardly Dog (1)
Dirty Jobs (3)
Family Guy (1)
*Green Wing (1)
HBO One Night Stand (1)
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (2)
Morel Oral (1)
My Family (4)
Mythbusters (1)
Robot Chicken (1)
**Spaced (5)
Tom Goes To The Mayor (1)
Venture Brothers (2)
Music
Islands "Return To The Sea" (2006)
Destroyer "Rubies" (2006)
Robbers On High Street "Tree City" (2005)
*Danielson "Ships" (2006)
Hank Williams III "Risin' Outlaw" (1999)
**Hank Williams III "Straight To Hell" (2006)
Calexico "Garden Ruin" (2006)
**Johnny Cash "American V: A Hundred Highways" (2006)
Combatwoundedveteran "This Is Not An All Erect, All-Red Neon Body" (2005)
Tv On The Radio "Return To Cookie Mountain" (2006)
*The Long Winters "Putting the Days to Bed" (2006)
Placebo "Once More with Feeling, Singles 1996-2004 (Ltd Edition)" (2004)
Cee-Lo Green "Cee-Lo Green Is The Soul Machine" (2004)
Video Games
current mood:  awake
current music: Reanimator
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| Thursday, May 4th, 2006
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7:41 am - Pigbot
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| Thursday, April 13th, 2006
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4:59 am - March '06 Entertainment Crap List
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Allo to those of you who might read this. Late as usual, but here is the entertainment related list for March '06. I have decided to add a video game category even though it will be hardly used I assume.
====March====
Books
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle
Comics
Fables #46
Y The Last Man #42
Jonah Hex #4
The Goon #16
The Exterminators #2
DMZ #4
Testament #3
Loveless #4
Hard Time Season 2 #3
Hellboy: Makoma #1
Perhapanauts #3
Supermarket #1
Invincible #28
The Dreaming #50, 55
Tank Girl: Apocalypse #1-4
Channel Zero: Dupe
The Maxx #1-4
Dead Or Alive: A Cyberpunk Western #1-4
WE 3 TPB
Welcome Back To…The House Of Mystery #1
Shadowplay #1
Scatterbrain HC
Sin City: The Hard Goodbye TPB
Jonah Hex: Shadows West #1-3
Scurvy Dogs #2-5
Lone #1-6
Jonah Hex: Riders Of The Worm and Such #1-5
Midnight Mass #1-8
Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo #1-5
Global Frequency #1-12
Movies
King’s Ransom (2005) (cable)
Envy (2004) (cable)
A Cinderella Story (2004) (cable)
Saw II (2005) (dvd)
Battlefield Baseball (2003) (dvd)
Walking Tall (2004) (cable)
House By The Cemetery (1981) (dvd)
The Laramie Project (2002) (cable)
Because Of Winn-Dixie (2005) (cable)
Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire (2005) (dvd)
The Rainmaker (1956) (cable)
Awful Truth (1937) (cable)
Stateside (2004) (cable)
The Cookout (2004) (cable)
Jarhead (2005) (dvd)
Wing Commander (1999) (cable)
Man On Fire (2004) (cable)
Walk The Line (2005) (dvd)
Chicago (2002) (dvd)
Demons 2 (Unrated) (1986) (dvd)
T.V. Shows (most tele shows are viewed because others in the house are watching them, my own are noted with *)
*Boondocks (3)
Close To Home (1)
*Criminal Minds (2)
*CSI (4)
CSI: Miami (3)
CSI: NY (2)
*Dirty Jobs (w Mike Rowe) (3)
*Extreme Machines: Bicycles (1)
*Family Guy (2)
Ghost Whisperer (1)
House (1)
Medium (1)
*Moral Orel (1)
*My Name Is Earl (1)
*Mythbusters (3)
*NCIS (2)
*The Office (1)
*Scrubs (4) (dvd)
Survivor Man (1)
Without A Trace (1)
Music
Unfortunately now new music in March. I am really behind on music.
Video Games
Black
Burnout Revenge
God of War
Hot Shot Golf 3
Kingdom of Hearts II
Onimusha: Dawn Of Dreams
current mood: awake
current music: Alison Kraus and Gillian Welch
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| Thursday, March 2nd, 2006
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6:50 am - February 06 List
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Again, here is the list of new books and comics read, new movies and television shows watched, and new music heard. I didn't mention this last time, but all are in the order they were read or watched except music and television because those work out differently.
=====February=====
Books
A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Holidays On Ice by David Sedaris
American Skin by Don De Grazia
Comics
Fables #45
Hard Time Season Two #2
The Exterminators #1
DMZ #3
Jonah Hex #3
Walking Dead #25
Testament #1-2
Local #3
Day Of Vengeance Special #1
Maus I GN
Maus II GN
Fell #3
Freak Show HC
Demo #1-4, 6-7
Y The Last Man #37-41
B.P.R.D.: The Black Flame #4-6
Sea of Red #7-8
Tank Girl: The Odyssey #1-4
Channel Zero #3-5
Movies
Haggard: The Movie (2003) (dvd)
Corpse Bride (2005) (dvd)
Suicide Club (2002) (dvd)
Employee of the Month (2004) (cable)
Shall We Dance (2004) (cable)
Rory O’Shea Was Here (2004) (cable)
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (dvd)
Bad Taste (1988) (dvd)
History of The World: Part 1 (1981) (dvd)
Wild Zero (1999) (dvd)
Demons (1985) (dvd)
Mirrormask (2005) (dvd)
Are We There Yet? (2005) (cable)
Without A Paddle (2004) (cable)
Regarding Henrey (1991) (cable)
The Picture Of Dorian Gray (1945) (cable)
Madagascar (2005) (dvd)
T.V. Shows(most tele shows are viewed because others in the house are watching them, my own are noted with *)
*American Dad (1)
Bones (1)
*Boondocks (1)
Close To Home (1)
*CSI (2)
CSI Miami (3)
CSI NY (1)
*Family Guy (1)
Fear Factor (1)
Grey's Anatomy (1)
*Hollow Men (3)
*Moral Orel (1)
*My Name Is Earl (2)
*Mythbusters (1)
*NCIS (1)
*The Office (2)
*Robot Chicken (1)
*Scrubs (18) (dvd)
Skating With The Stars (1)
Music
Adult "Gimme Trouble" (2005)
Converge "When Forever Comes Crashing" (2005)
Frou Frou "Details" (2002)
Gossip, The "Arkansas Heat" (2000)
Hellbillys "Land Of Demons" (1995)
Hillbilly Hellcats "Rev It Up With Taz" (2003)
Kanye West "Late Registration" (2005)
Mad Sin "Break the Rules" (1993)
Neko Case & Her Boyfriends "The Virginian" (1998)
Neko Case & Her Boyfriends "Furnace Room Lullaby" (2002)
Neko Case "The Tigers Have Spoken (Live)" (2004)
Nekromantix "Return of The Loving Dead" (2002)
Nekromantix "Curse of the Coffin" (2003)
Nekromantix "Demons Are a Girl’s Best Friend" (2003)
Nekromantix "Dead Girls Don’t Cry" (2004)
Reverend Horton Heat "Holy Roller" (1999)
Savath & Savalas "Apropa’t" (2004)
Sleater-Kinney "The Woods" (2005)
current mood:  Busy
current music: The Business "Best Of The Business"
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| Monday, February 20th, 2006
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2:11 pm - January 06 List
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Well see, I like lists and so this year I decided to try and make lists of all the new entertainment related things I do in a month. By this I mean that I am trying to keep track of all the books and comic books I read, all the new movies and televeision shows that I watch, and all of the new musical albums I hear. Boring to most, but it is something I enjoy doing. I will be posting one a month. Todays is for January but it is coming late because I have been procrastinating.
=====January=====
Books
The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
How We Are Hungry by Dave Eggers
Cash by Johnny Cash
Comics
Fables #44 (Dc/Vertigo)
Penny Arcade: 25 Cent One Shot (Dark Horse)
The Perhapanauts #2 (Dark Horse)
Solo #8 (Dc)
Goon #15 (Dark Horse)
Hard Time: Season 2 #1 (Dc)
Bad Planet #1 (Image)
DMZ #2 (Dc/Vertigo)
Loveless #3 (Dc/Vertigo)
Local #2 (Oni)
Jonah Hex #2 (Dc)
Image First TPB (Walking Dead #1, Sea Of Red #1, Strange Girl #1, Girls #1) (Image)
Image Holiday Special 2005 (Image)
Grounded #4 (Image)
Hero @ Large #1 (Speakeasy)
Desolation Jones #2-5 (Dc/Wildstorm)
The Losers #7-30 (Dc/Vertigo)
Y The Last Man #26-36 (Dc/Vertigo)
Night Mary #2-5 (Idw)
Ojo #1-5 (Oni)
Movies (I try to watch anything I haven't seen before, even if it is crap)
The Brothers Grimm (2005) (dvd)
Serenity (2005) (dvd)
Seed Of Chucky (2004) (cable)
Blade Trinity (2004) (cable)
Unforgiven (1992) (cable)
Darkness (2002) (cable)
Bringing Up Baby (1938) (dvd)
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason (2004) (cable)
Buffalo Bill and The Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976) (cable)
Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin The Untold Story (2005) (dvd)
The Aviator (2004) (cable)
The Jacket (2005) (cable)
The Fog (2005) (dvd)
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987) (cable)
All Souls Day: Dia De Los Muertos (2005) (dvd)
T.V. Shows (most tele shows are viewed because others in the house are watching them, my own are noted with *)
*Aqua Teen Hunger Force (1)
*Ben 10 (2)
*Boondocks (2)
*Bottom (12) (dvd)
*Creature Comforts (3) (dvd)
Criminal Minds (1)
CSI (1)
CSI Miami (1)
*Dirty Jobs (with Mike Rowe) (3)
Fear Factor (3)
House (1)
Lost (2)
*Moral Oral (2)
*My Name Is Earl (3)
*Mythbusters (3)
NCIS (1)
*Office, The (3)
*Teen Titans (2)
Without A Trace (1)
Music
Unfortunately no new music in January.
It has been a while since I posted and this is all I put up. Hmmph.
current mood:  Smelly
current music: A Silver Mt Zion
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| Monday, January 9th, 2006
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10:45 am - Cold Fingers
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Allo,
I wonder if anyone else has ever had a crush on Martha Plimpton. I don't quite understand why I even did, but I did and it lasted for only one of her movies.
I despised her in The Goonies, and was annoyed by her in Beautiful Girls, but had a huge crush for her in Running On Empty (I also had a huge crush on her co-star River Phoeinx).
I could not figure out the crush. I had dreams with her as her character from that movie for a few weeks even. It was a very short lived crush, but it was there none the less. I don't recall how old I was then, but I was still fairly young I am sure.
I think that this crush at an early age more or less shaped my tastes in women. I tend to like the tomboy, homebody, book nerd type of girl above the rest when it comes to my personal life, and I think Martha Plimpton is at the source of it all.
odd.
By the way, I love all three of those films. The Goonies is just all around great, Beautiful Girls is just a plain old good movie and has many actors and actresses I enjoy (including a young Natalie Portman that makes me feel dirty for loving her so much in the film), and of course Running On Empty with a cute young River Phoenix, an apparently life altering Martha Plimpton, and a fun Judd Hersch.
I hope everyone has a good holiday season, gets either a good number of presents or at least a few they really enjoy, and that everyone makes it through alive and well, (my girlfriend has now lost three people in three years during this season, a grandmother, and two friends both under twenty).
Cheers, Brian Scott.
current mood: amused
current music: Rjd2/Jay-z "December 4th (Cannibal Ox -F Word Remx)"
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| Tuesday, November 29th, 2005
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3:16 am - Books
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Allo,
I have been reading. When I was little, I used to read often and well. Then in my later years my brain revolted and I could not read well at all (keep in mind, I have never said I write well and this journal and my others are a testament to that). Reading was a painful source of headaches, eye strain, and nervous episodes. I tried to read aloud as a kid would do but this was the time that my stutter came to me (from the same brain revolt no doubt). It was a lost cause. I quit books, magazines, and comics all together.
Nearly five years later I found something that made me want to try again. I came upon mister Kurt Vonnegut Jr. I do not remember anymore who or what introduced me to him (besides the slight mention of him in the movie Just One Of The Guys when the main character's younger brother is justifying his walls being plastered with pornographic pin ups and states that one of them reads Vonnegut in the bubble bath). I started with Slaughterhouse Five and after a month and a half, maybe two, I finally finished the book. It was not an easy triumph but his writing impressed me and I picked up another book and then another. I just kept struggling through each book until my brain was forced to quit it's revolt against the written word. My stuttering got worse both inside my head and out, but I was able to read again and I loved it.
I now am able to read quite well again and have since returned to books, comics, and magazines with little trouble. This is old news, but I don't think anyone really knew how bad some of the side effects of my brain revolt were. This was one of the worst ones for me, even though it was by far the least physical of the side effects.
Last few books read:
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Life After God by Douglas Coupland
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
(and every Neil Gaiman book I could get my hands on)
Last few comic books read:
Sea Of Red #2-6
Hero Camp #1-4
Grounded #1-3
Y The Last Man #11-26
Watchmen TPB
I am so grateful for winning back reading. Something so simple, but it helps so much to keep me happier than I was in those years I was without the ability.
current mood: content
current music: Johnny Cash "Long Black Veil"
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| Saturday, October 29th, 2005
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2:57 pm - Video
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| Friday, October 21st, 2005
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11:54 am - News
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Allo,
Finally some good news. I was given a certain percent rate of permanence of my knee surgery a while back. It was a very small percent and I was told to expect a few hundred dollars from the insurance company to make things right. Well, I was woken up today by a check for two thousand dollars being waved in my face.
I need this so bad, now all the bill collectors can get off of my ass.
Yes!
current mood: cheerful
current music: Lifter Puller
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| Monday, October 17th, 2005
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2:49 pm - Cavelight
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Allo,
This entry is just to put up a few links related to good instrumental hip hop.
First up is a link to a short quicktime promo video for Blockhead's new album.
His first solo release last year is pretty much considered a modern classic for the still young genre of instrumental hip hop. This new album sounds good.
The video is kind of an introduction to Blockhead, a little recap of music from the first album, a promo for the new album, and of course just part music video (pigeons stricken down with lightning flashes...you know).
http://www.ninjatune.net/qtvideos/epks/blockhead_epk.mov
Here is a six minute sample from Dj Shadow's tour release Funky Skunk. It is a real one presentation clip and takes no time to download and takes up no room on your hard drive.
http://www.hiphopsite.com/audio/real/funkyskunk.ram
Here is a link to a snippet from the dvd that comes with the rerelease of Sixtoo's "Duration". This was originally called the "Duration project" and was supposed to be a triple threat of instrumental hip hop, graphitti work, and theft. Due to funds it originally just got released as an incredible album. Now you can see it as it was intended. It is just a short quicktime sample.
http://www.endemikmusic.com/SIX2/dur-trailor.mov
Hopefully some of you out there enjoy instrumental hip hop or at least good beats and have art appreciation.
Cheers.
current mood:  blank
current music: Mountain Goats "Dilaudid Ep"
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| Sunday, October 16th, 2005
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11:58 pm - Out
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Allo,
I hate how I use this just for throwing up bad news, but that is all I ever find worth mentioning. Sorry all.
I have bit my tongue on most things that have happened in the past four months though, and that is why I am on here so sparsely. I got some stuff out of the way in the last entry and now I will just try to update about mundane normal things.
Saturday Allie and I made the long trek down to Jacob's house in Salem for his housewarming/halloween party. It is a great big house that is incredible. Matt, Jenny, and Sarah had all gone before we arrived, but there were still a few faces I recognized and Allie and I both had a good time. Everyone enjoyed Allie's costume.
The night ended with six of us (Jacob, Beth, Brant, Kim, Allie, and myself) in Jacob's bedroom watching John Carpenter's The Thing. It was better than I remembered it from when I was a kid. Like any other movie viewing with friends, there was an awful lot of commentary and just as many laughs. A good time had by all. I need it too.
Cheers, Brian Scott.
current mood: blank
current music: Xiu Xiu
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| Friday, October 14th, 2005
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12:52 pm - Splinters and Scars
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Allo,
I have been gone working two jobs along the way leading me to the life of sleeping and working only.
For a good long time my only interaction with folks was over drinks at assorted places or homes, but then I began to have horrible pains whenever I drank and I was even occasionally puking up blood. That situation left me without connections to most of my friends.
It is my nature to be nervous in general, but because of work and the great drop in human interaction, my nervousness nearly doubled if not tripled. This happened before but I could counter act it with a little bit of alcohol to loosen my nerves, but with this rejection of alcohol by my body made that impossible and I was left with no aid. In high school I was able to hide in my headphones, but that does not seem to work to well now.
There are a few times that are driven by things more important than me that let me socialize and drink without problems, but they are few and far between. One such event recently though was Spud and Lyndsay's wedding. I managed to mind my nerves and I was able to drink for most of the night without problems. I did at the end of the night end up in pain, but it was worth it because it was nice to see Spud and Lyndsay dance and to play drunken darts and bowling with Drew, Jacob, and Catherine.
My great aunt died shortly after that though and now my nerves are a wreck again. I was not close to her, but my father was when he was younger and I felt for him. Also, this was my grnadmother's last living relative and so she not only lost a sister, she lost the last surviving memeber ofthe immediate family she grew up with. That really killed me. I was a pallbearer, marking my third go at this job. This is the fourth family funeral I have been to (two gradnfathers, one great aunt, and one adopted cousin).
So, if you have not seen or heard from me and possibly was angry with me or just simply wondered what has happened to me, that is pretty much what has been going and what I am fighting with currently. I usually have a more natural ease in fall, so I am hoping that this fall will be the same and that I will again be able to see people and to continue to learn from them.
Cheers, Brian Scott.
current mood: blank
current music: Cool Calm Pete "Lost"
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| Monday, August 15th, 2005
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3:41 am
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I just broke one of my toes.
It indeed hurts, but it is completely bearable most of the time.
It is more annoying than anything.
It was sticking straight out to the side of my foot.
I pushed as hard as I could to put it back where it belonged once I noticed it's odd placement.
No go. The swelling had already begun and would not allow any movement.
It is currently taped to my other toes and is throbbing.
I will have to miss work tomorrow.
I can't really afford to miss work.
If it were not for my father being able to pay from the last job I helped him on, Allison and I would be foodless and with a single packet of kool aid to share between us.
Fun stuff.
current mood: amused
current music: The Holy Mountain
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| Monday, June 27th, 2005
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2:50 am
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Allo.
I am still healing up from my knee surgery, but I am nearing the end of the therapy sessions. There is still a lot of pain randomly, but far less frequently now. This has been a bothersome healing process. I have made it out of the house for two semi successful friend get togethers, but they were both contained within West Bend. I have not been Milwaukee way in quite some time. I hope to change that soon if I can set up a meeting with peoples.
I saw Batman Begins and Land Of The Dead this past week. Pretty pleased with both films.
Not much to say right now, just noticed my complete lack of usage of this here journal lately.
Oh yeah, here is what I have been listening to lately:
Why? "Sanddollars, the e.p."
Odd Nosdam "Burner"
Lyrics Born "Same Shit Different Day"
Perceptionists, The "Black Dialogue"
Hanzo Steel "Kill Bill Remixes Vol. 1"
Glue "Seconds Away"
Stephen Malkmus "Face The Truth"
Various Artists "The Found 7 inch"
Decemberists "Instant Live 5/5/05 Philly, PA"
Quakes, The "Last Of The Human Beings"
Tommy Guerrero "A Little Bit OF Somethin'"
Jagga JAzzist "What We Must"
and a thousand or so real one presentation samples from Turntable Lab.
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| Wednesday, June 1st, 2005
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10:32 am
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Allo,
I just remembered that The Hold Steady play at Onopa again soon and of course this time around I am stuck in a basement.
I may try and get a friend to pick me up a shirt or something this time at least, as it appears I will never see them.
Poops.
current mood: calm
current music: Quasimoto "Closer (w/Madvillain)"
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| Tuesday, May 31st, 2005
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1:29 pm
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Allo,
I am healing up well (I guess). I can bend my leg a little bit now, but I have problems putting it straight (actually I can't).
Some things I had been doing to pass time while I was hold up in bed was watch dvds, tele shows, and read comic books.
Here is some stuff I have seen or read:
Kwaidan (Criterion Collection edition) DVD
Felt: True Tales Of Underground Hip Hop #1
Dead Enders #1,2
My Faith In Frankie #1-4
Shaolin Cowboy #1
Brazil DVD
Ginger Snaps Back DVD
Sebastian O #1-3
Destiny: A Chronicles Of Death Foretold #1-3
Elf (on Starz)
Around The World In 80 Days (on Starz)
Books Of Magic #1
Days Of Vengeance #2
Y The Last Man TPB #1,2
5 different Vertigo preview books
2 episodes of Green Wing (on BBC America)
and a whole bunch of cartoons, discovery channel, bbc america, and movies I already know and enjoy.
It is quite bothersome being stuck in bed. I see my doctor on Thursday to evaluate how well I am healing and to decide on my rehabilitation and therapy schedule. Fun. As long as I can leave the damn house.
I can't wait to be able to see people again. A few more weeks I think and things will be good.
I need to nibble some lucnh now.
Cheers.
current mood: blank
current music: Jagga Jazzist "I Have A Ghost Now What"
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| Thursday, May 26th, 2005
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2:57 pm
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Surgery is done. Now I am sore. I am in a very bad mood.
Everyone is getting on my nerves.
I am watching Brazil on dvd. It is good. I had only seen parts before.
Jim Mahfood did a comic called Felt and it is what it sounds like, a
comic book dealing with Murs and Slug. It is odd to see them in a
comic. MF Doom got a little panel even.
Bed rest is going to be hard if I don't shake this bad mood soon.
current mood: blank
current music: Blockhead
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| Monday, May 16th, 2005
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7:28 am
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Allo,
I am waiting nervously for the human resources lady from Metavante to call me back. I am suppose to be walking through the doors in about thirty minutes for orientation, but because of everything that is going on with my leg, the insurance company, and my other job, I never had a chance to finish and return certain bits of paperwork in the required time. I called at seven and left a phone message asking her if she could call me back and let me know if this will be a problem and that I shouldn't show up today or if it will be alright and something we can handle there. No reply yet.
I still need to get in contact with a lawyer (and I have no idea where to start with that or how to check qualifications) and I am still waiting to hear back from my doctor. All this business has my head in a swirl and I am making myself sick with worry. I wish I could control this stuff a little better, but I really never have been able to. I use music the best I can to calm, but again like everything else, it has it's limitations.
On a lighter note, I just finished Blankets by Craig Thompson. I had previously read Goodbye, Chunky Rice and enjoyed it, but this was far better. It was a beautifully drawn and well told story of growing up that I think most people can feel and enjoy. I am very happy that my brother lent it to me. In recent weeks he has also lent me Bone: The Complete Volume which also turned out to much better than I had heard of witnessed through the few single issues that I had read. Good writing accompanied by good art also works as a good distraction from my mind.
Cheers.
current mood:  sick
current music: My Grilfriend's Boyfriend (Broken Spindles Mx)
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| Thursday, May 12th, 2005
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10:42 am
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Damn!
I just got off the phone with the insurance company and now that surgery is involved they are contesting the fact that it is placed under workmans comp. I have been beeing treated for this sine Novemeber of last year and now if they decide it isn't workmans comp, I have to pay for all previous treatments (five doctors visits, four bottles of pills, four sets of x-rays, one MRI, a hospital visit, a month and a half of physical therapy), and now of course the surgery, the physical therapy after that and the crutch traning.
WTF! How am I going to be able to pay for all of this on my own. I can barely pay my goddmaned bills half the time, let alone all of this current and past medical stuff plus be out of work for three weeks to a month.
FUCK!
I don't think that they should acknowledge workmans comp, okay it, and then later when it gets expensive just say no we don't think so.
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