Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Big Bro Dave...
Tomorrow is my brother Dave's Birthday. Some of you know him; some of you don't. Since I'll be celebrating with him & The Ettes, I wanted to post something. It's starts back when I was a sophomore in high school. That's when I started getting away from Tremonton & spending the weekend at his & Doug's house. (I had to get away.) My first real concert; he was there. We saw The Ramones in August 1995. He called in sick to work to go. He's showed me how to listen to music. I listen a lot keener than I did at a young age. We've gone to a lot of shows together, all 3 Rocket from the Crypt shows, The Supersuckers, The Night Marchers, the Donnas @ DV8 Basement (RIP) & many more. He's been in a few bands: Surly, Tarn, The Protocol, The Switch, & Blackhole. I'm sure to be missing a few. I'm proud to say I've seen them all. Every time I went to SLC, we'd end up at DI. Doug, Chris, & he would look through records while I'd meander off. I eventually got the bug & started collecting myself. (Now, I've got 700 +.) He's been through some ups & downs. I've been through some ups & downs. But we've been there for each other. I can say I would be who I am with out him. Cheers, Dave. Happy Birthday.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Music of '08...
Here are five artist with new albums I dug...
The Night Marchers
See You in Magic
The Loved Ones
Build & Burn
The Ettes
Look at Life Again Soon
Teenage Bottlerocket
Warning Device
Rocket from the Crypt
All Systems Go, Vol. 3
Friday, January 2, 2009
52 Books in 52 Weeks...
One goal for '08 was to read 52 books for 52 weeks of the year. How close did I come? 42-1/2.
Here's the top 5 or so (no particular order):
Looking for Alaska
An Abundance of Katherines
Paper Towns
-by John Green
(Brilliant Young Adult Novels with a mysterious girl character, & the guy whose out to find them.)
Ranger's Apprentice Series:
The Ruins of Gorlan
The Burning Bridge
The Icebound Land
The Battle for Skandia (the 1/2)
-by John Flanagan
(Excellent Fantasy novels. Follows the adventures of young Will, the Ranger's Apprentice...)
Spud-The Madness Continues...
- by John van de Ruit
(I've raved about Spud, the first of this series. This, here, is the second. Seriously, laugh out loud funny. I busted a gut many times. Rain Man is hilarious, but all of Spud's cohorts are a scream. READ THESE! Nuff said.)
The Wednesday Wars
-Gary D. Shimdt
(Magnificent book about growing up.)
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-Mult. Authors
(Ten Authors collaborate on one novel. They each take a turn at writing from a different perspective. Really put together nicely.)
There's many more, but these are some of my favs. As you see there's a theme, Young Adult. Maybe, I'm trying to escape back to those times & see it from a different perspective. Maybe not. I do know I'm trying to escape. I don't know what from, but there's something...
PS... One thing (many) I didn't like were the Twilight books. Boo! Sorry ladies. (See earlier posts...)
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