lots gone on, but yet, the blog sits – untouched.
i'll see if i can do a re-cap soon of some of the highlights.
until then...
be great and create.
-k.
4.30.2009
10.30.2008
movies galore
i've been watching a lot of movies lately and there have been quite a few great ones. (trailers posted below)
finally got to see Saw V. i was pretty disappointed really. four was okay, and five just seemed like filler to me. it might mean the next one is going to be great b/c you have all this background, but . . . eh.
finally got to see Saw V. i was pretty disappointed really. four was okay, and five just seemed like filler to me. it might mean the next one is going to be great b/c you have all this background, but . . . eh.
maid of honor. yes, i know - totally chick flick, but it was good. kinda sent me into a whole whirlwind, but was still cute.
lets see, after that was bucket list. good movie. great concept, and to actors i love... but they didnt seem to mesh to me in the movie. maybe they weren't supposed to. i dunno. but definitely worth the rent. everyone has that list... dont wait until you're out of time to scratch things off.
i believe the next flick was shutter. I wanted to see this in theaters, but never made it. i wasn't in love with it. great concept, and i loved the cast.... just was missing something. if you can get it at redbox, cool - but not worth much more than the buck-a-roo.
next up was midnight movie. i got a facebook message from ball state alum that they were having a premier for midnight movie and i booked my seat right away. its a bigfoot entertainment film, which is where my cousin fills a ceo chair. had to check it out. after seeing saw and being let down, this was great! proud of ya kacy. screenings in theaters soon... its a great B horror flick that has great music in it.
tonight i redboxed the strangers. ive seen a lot of movies that are weird and whatnot... but this one freaked me out more than i think any movie has in decades. the score was great. acting was pretty believable. freaked me the frick right out. im good now... but its one of those movies you wont ever forget and it'll wake you up in the middle of the night. love it.
saw v
maid of honor
bucket list
shutter
midnight movie
the strangers
10.23.2008
Saw V... kind of.
one of the ads that i build each week is for great escape theaters. i received an email this morning wanting to ad a Saw V time to their listing for thursday night (early viewing) at ten o'clock. though it was too late to get it in their ad, i however was excited to see it!! let me just say i dread going to the theater. i used to kick and scream as a kid when we went – it makes me sick. HOWEVER... i can't wait to see this film.
tonight i buggied over the the theater, bought my ticket and chilled in the car for a bit. watched the high schoolers tailgait. amusement to say the least. i find a seat in the theater. watch the filler and previews and wha-lah... MOVIE! sweet. about fifteen minutes in, theres switch reel signal and then something is going on upside down and backwards. that rolls for about 5 minutes and they stop the film. [we sit.] up and running again (though we missed something cos it didnt make sense) for about ten minutes and there was literally a burn mark and then the film started melting. [we sit.] [we sit.] [we sit.] then they tell us they can't restart it and its time for us to go home. they did give our 8.75$ back.
STILL no clue how it ends :)
stay tuned... i WILL see it by the end of the weekend! lemme know if you wanna go with.
tonight i buggied over the the theater, bought my ticket and chilled in the car for a bit. watched the high schoolers tailgait. amusement to say the least. i find a seat in the theater. watch the filler and previews and wha-lah... MOVIE! sweet. about fifteen minutes in, theres switch reel signal and then something is going on upside down and backwards. that rolls for about 5 minutes and they stop the film. [we sit.] up and running again (though we missed something cos it didnt make sense) for about ten minutes and there was literally a burn mark and then the film started melting. [we sit.] [we sit.] [we sit.] then they tell us they can't restart it and its time for us to go home. they did give our 8.75$ back.
STILL no clue how it ends :)
stay tuned... i WILL see it by the end of the weekend! lemme know if you wanna go with.
9.27.2008
rebel run weekend - part 1
- friday -
BEAUTIFUL day. headed out to fairmont to catch the early in-flow of rides at the james dean run. more than i expected for early on a friday. caught some photos. trying to get a few for lounge. met some interesting characters, whom had rides with much more character. i'm still not able to pick out exact years, and its bugging the bajeebs outta me. (note to self.) after day one – this is what i have to say
(1) mercs are hit or miss... more on the miss.
(2) fords had a sexy quality about tham that is so not there anymore
(3) a truck done right is stunning
(4) flat finish adds character
(5) be smart about your stripes
(6) 55 chevy is still one of my favorites
(7) converts still dont do much for me
(8) historic is cool, custom is captivating
(9) don't effin' touch the car doof
(10) i caught slim to none useable photos today
on another note - hope to catch voodoo kings tomorrow in gas city.
its going to beautiful this weekend. hop on I69 and check out the show.
BEAUTIFUL day. headed out to fairmont to catch the early in-flow of rides at the james dean run. more than i expected for early on a friday. caught some photos. trying to get a few for lounge. met some interesting characters, whom had rides with much more character. i'm still not able to pick out exact years, and its bugging the bajeebs outta me. (note to self.) after day one – this is what i have to say
(1) mercs are hit or miss... more on the miss.
(2) fords had a sexy quality about tham that is so not there anymore
(3) a truck done right is stunning
(4) flat finish adds character
(5) be smart about your stripes
(6) 55 chevy is still one of my favorites
(7) converts still dont do much for me
(8) historic is cool, custom is captivating
(9) don't effin' touch the car doof
(10) i caught slim to none useable photos today
on another note - hope to catch voodoo kings tomorrow in gas city.
its going to beautiful this weekend. hop on I69 and check out the show.
9.22.2008
9.21.2008
a few random music thoughts
thought i'd take the lead from rock the planet this morning.
00. death magnetic. – had mentioned eariler in my blog the album. that i thought i had a frightening observation about metallica that i wasn't ready to share. i'm glad i didnt. all thoughts of that are gone.... tremendous album. captivating lyrics. dark chonky riffs. snare buzz. ...bass. the growl. chicago 2009 baby!
01. i miss good live djs on the radio. voice tracking is both obvious and causes preset flippage
02. classic.
03. after hearing the news of the plane crash that injured travis barker and dj am friday night, my first thought was that we lose too many people in plane crashes. however, that was quickly wiped away when 104.1's Amanda Rollen babbles on and says - right out loud - that she doesn't know who perry ferrell is. ...am i just old??
04. theres some intelligent hip hop goin' down in indy as of late. check it.
05. ac/dc. lets round up. $100... seriously??? i'll spin their vinyl collection for free at my house. c'mon over. i'll only charge $25 cover :)
06. dusting off old albums. is a re-experience. try it. im not a fan of greatest hits albums, but the cars greatest hits keeps getting spun.
07. fellow blogger cwade makes mention of this article, and i thought it was worth mentioning. 'America Isn't Very Rock 'N' Roll Anymore' - Duff McKagen
i said a few! :) more to come.
00. death magnetic. – had mentioned eariler in my blog the album. that i thought i had a frightening observation about metallica that i wasn't ready to share. i'm glad i didnt. all thoughts of that are gone.... tremendous album. captivating lyrics. dark chonky riffs. snare buzz. ...bass. the growl. chicago 2009 baby!
01. i miss good live djs on the radio. voice tracking is both obvious and causes preset flippage
02. classic.
03. after hearing the news of the plane crash that injured travis barker and dj am friday night, my first thought was that we lose too many people in plane crashes. however, that was quickly wiped away when 104.1's Amanda Rollen babbles on and says - right out loud - that she doesn't know who perry ferrell is.
04. theres some intelligent hip hop goin' down in indy as of late. check it.
05. ac/dc. lets round up. $100... seriously??? i'll spin their vinyl collection for free at my house. c'mon over. i'll only charge $25 cover :)
06. dusting off old albums. is a re-experience. try it. im not a fan of greatest hits albums, but the cars greatest hits keeps getting spun.
07. fellow blogger cwade makes mention of this article, and i thought it was worth mentioning. 'America Isn't Very Rock 'N' Roll Anymore' - Duff McKagen
i said a few! :) more to come.
9.10.2008
9.02.2008
new release babble
i'm not saying that i'm the worlds biggest fan, and i'm not saying that i dont give a shit. what i am saying is that i'm excited for September 12th. yes, i've heard a lot of it, and no, i do not own anymore of it than i got from paying my metallica club dues. today they released the video for the first single. i got chills at one point of it about 2/3 of the way thru and you would have thought i was sitting on the bus, scrunched down with my headphones on listening to puppets back in the day. why the chills? i realized that even though im thirty-something, i'm still overly psyched to go to the record store, the day of release, and purchase the newly distributed album. i wish more people were the same way. sometimes the new technology we have available both amazes and pisses me off at the same time. everyone wants to be the first, everyone has to have it. i can see where the hunt of getting it first may be the same as my anticipation of the purchase... its probably the goody-goody in me, i dunno. (there was one release earlier this year that i was psyched to have and passed on when i got it – but have since deleted it and wont hear it again until i purchase it.... if it ever gets released. saying that, i guess i'm a bit of a goody-goody hypocrite.) i guess its just different ways of looking at things and levels of interpretation. enough soapboxing. just wanted to basically say that i'm excited for the album and disappointed in a lot of people.
-k.
-k.
8.22.2008
the album.
i miss them.
not only do i miss the large, vivid artwork, i miss the process of putting on an album on the first track, doin' your thang and loving damn near everything until it ceases in spinning. it seems that we're getting back to the days of the single.... yet artists still rushing up a full albums worth of material to meet some deadline set by the business to make goal for the quarter.... possibly not allowing the artist do the damn thing their way, at their speed, with the quality that they're happy with. so you get some good tracks with a lot of filler before, after and in between. maybe its that some people only have one or two great tunes... and thats cool. the past is full of some classic one-hit-wonders. but it seems like theres not much depth to what we've got out right now. a song here or there... a follow up that might rock.... but not much to identify this time with music.
this brings me to the new metallica album coming out. i've heard the live version of cyanide and the day that never comes was released yesterday. everyone knows i'm a metallica lifer, and i'll find the good in most of the tracks they lay down. they're working with rick on this one and i'm psyched to see how it is. yesterday i had a frightening observation, that i think i'm going to keep to myself until i hear the album as a whole, but i'm excited, curious, and skeptical at the same time.
another thing i'm excited for... WADAPLU by the mudkids.
so... start to finish... complete albums.
what can your recommend for people to check out?
-k.
be great and create.
not only do i miss the large, vivid artwork, i miss the process of putting on an album on the first track, doin' your thang and loving damn near everything until it ceases in spinning. it seems that we're getting back to the days of the single.... yet artists still rushing up a full albums worth of material to meet some deadline set by the business to make goal for the quarter.... possibly not allowing the artist do the damn thing their way, at their speed, with the quality that they're happy with. so you get some good tracks with a lot of filler before, after and in between. maybe its that some people only have one or two great tunes... and thats cool. the past is full of some classic one-hit-wonders. but it seems like theres not much depth to what we've got out right now. a song here or there... a follow up that might rock.... but not much to identify this time with music.
this brings me to the new metallica album coming out. i've heard the live version of cyanide and the day that never comes was released yesterday. everyone knows i'm a metallica lifer, and i'll find the good in most of the tracks they lay down. they're working with rick on this one and i'm psyched to see how it is. yesterday i had a frightening observation, that i think i'm going to keep to myself until i hear the album as a whole, but i'm excited, curious, and skeptical at the same time.
another thing i'm excited for... WADAPLU by the mudkids.
so... start to finish... complete albums.
what can your recommend for people to check out?
-k.
be great and create.
8.21.2008
music is good
most enjoyable six shows of all time?
a. prince
b. metallica
c. poison
d. neil diamond
e. james brown
f. beastie boys
last local show you caught?
pretty sure it was a mudkids at spin
best place to see a local show in your town?
i dont see many... i like spin and radio radio is kinda snazzed.
first concert tshirt you bought?
billy joel - stormfront
favorite concert-goin' buddy?
depends what city im in. jesse, deb, erin...
general admission or seated gig?
love ga shows, but my tolerance for fights and crowd surfing is thinning. if im seeing a show more than once, i ga it the first show and seat it the rest
worst band you've seen live?
karma to burn. people actually threw their cds back at them
band you'd hop in the car and drive hours to see?
several. if its good, i'll drive. secret resistance in nyc was the last one i believe
do you listen to the radio still?
i do. hoping there will be something amazing on.... stiiiiilll hoping.
do you still make (for lack of better word) mixedtapes?
maaan i miss the cassette player in the truck! ive got all sorts of jumbled up cds that get tossed in now of older stuff and rusty radio.
what about vinyl - still spinnin' it?
oh hecky yeah.
do you hit up the merch table in the back of the room?
rarely. not since echobrain at the galaxy a few years back
favorite place ever to catch a live show?
the intersection in grand rapids
who do you wish you would have caught live that isnt still touring?
ooo long list. queen, alice in chains, coltrane, dangerman, lionel hampton, max roach, boomtown rats...
what makes you say "that was a great show!" ?
too many factors... presence, venue, sound...
in the car - radio? mp3? cds? 8track?
short trip - radio
long trip - ipod
in a mood - cds
all-day festival show or regular show?
it takes a lot to drag me to a festival show now. by the end of the day, i can't deal with the heat-exhausted buffoons and trashed teenagers unless its a gig i reaaaally want to see
most you've spent on tickets? for what show?
metallica millennium show and woodstock '99 were both up there
in today's world - whats your ideal price for a concert ticket?
i like it simple. i just want to experience music. i can do with out all the flare and who-ha. i get that the crew gets paid. hm... shot in the dark - lets go forty. not the 80/90/over 100 that they are now for the big guns. .
guilty pleasure live show?
poison for sure.
are you that guy?
ha! gutter is a tool.
what shows have you seen over and over and over?
metallica, rob zombie, pfunk, godsmack, g.love, poison, bob seger
favorite music quotes?
a. "where words fail, music speaks" Hans Christian Andersen
b. "I always tell the girls, never take it seriously. If you never take it seriously, you never get hurt. You never get hurt, you always have fun. And if you ever get lonely, you just go to the record store and visit your friends." penny lane; almost famous
c. "A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence." Leopold Stokowski
two random not-so-well known songs you dig?
HA!
a. the hoodooin' of miss fannie deberry - kenny rogers
b. my boomerang won't come back - charlie drake
a. prince
b. metallica
c. poison
d. neil diamond
e. james brown
f. beastie boys
last local show you caught?
pretty sure it was a mudkids at spin
best place to see a local show in your town?
i dont see many... i like spin and radio radio is kinda snazzed.
first concert tshirt you bought?
billy joel - stormfront
favorite concert-goin' buddy?
depends what city im in. jesse, deb, erin...
general admission or seated gig?
love ga shows, but my tolerance for fights and crowd surfing is thinning. if im seeing a show more than once, i ga it the first show and seat it the rest
worst band you've seen live?
karma to burn. people actually threw their cds back at them
band you'd hop in the car and drive hours to see?
several. if its good, i'll drive. secret resistance in nyc was the last one i believe
do you listen to the radio still?
i do. hoping there will be something amazing on.... stiiiiilll hoping.
do you still make (for lack of better word) mixedtapes?
maaan i miss the cassette player in the truck! ive got all sorts of jumbled up cds that get tossed in now of older stuff and rusty radio.
what about vinyl - still spinnin' it?
oh hecky yeah.
do you hit up the merch table in the back of the room?
rarely. not since echobrain at the galaxy a few years back
favorite place ever to catch a live show?
the intersection in grand rapids
who do you wish you would have caught live that isnt still touring?
ooo long list. queen, alice in chains, coltrane, dangerman, lionel hampton, max roach, boomtown rats...
what makes you say "that was a great show!" ?
too many factors... presence, venue, sound...
in the car - radio? mp3? cds? 8track?
short trip - radio
long trip - ipod
in a mood - cds
all-day festival show or regular show?
it takes a lot to drag me to a festival show now. by the end of the day, i can't deal with the heat-exhausted buffoons and trashed teenagers unless its a gig i reaaaally want to see
most you've spent on tickets? for what show?
metallica millennium show and woodstock '99 were both up there
in today's world - whats your ideal price for a concert ticket?
i like it simple. i just want to experience music. i can do with out all the flare and who-ha. i get that the crew gets paid. hm... shot in the dark - lets go forty. not the 80/90/over 100 that they are now for the big guns. .
guilty pleasure live show?
poison for sure.
are you that guy?
ha! gutter is a tool.
what shows have you seen over and over and over?
metallica, rob zombie, pfunk, godsmack, g.love, poison, bob seger
favorite music quotes?
a. "where words fail, music speaks" Hans Christian Andersen
b. "I always tell the girls, never take it seriously. If you never take it seriously, you never get hurt. You never get hurt, you always have fun. And if you ever get lonely, you just go to the record store and visit your friends." penny lane; almost famous
c. "A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence." Leopold Stokowski
two random not-so-well known songs you dig?
HA!
a. the hoodooin' of miss fannie deberry - kenny rogers
b. my boomerang won't come back - charlie drake
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