Danger DOOM “The Mouse and The MAsk.” I’ve always found that MF DOOM has been what hip hop should be. He’s fun, bright, and enjoyable. There are no social negatives to this type of hip hop. No ganster rap, no demeaning references to women. On this album , basically a promotion for Adult Swim, the collaboration brings about a wonderful treat to fans of any of the shows especially Aqua Teen Hunger Force. This cd is funny and to hear Meatwad rap at the end will make even the most dull of you laugh. The best songs are Sofa King, Vats of Wine, and Bada Bing. I remember when Cartoon Network released the Brak cd so many years ago. It was fun but apealled mainly to a niche audience. This cd, on the other hand is hip hop at it’s best and could easily be listened to on any drive through town.
But it helps if you like cartoons.

Winner of best picture way back in 1960, The Apartment is a great funny film starring Jack Lemmon before he was a grumpy old man about a man who lends his apartment to his bosses and their affairs. It’s funny how little has changed in that regard. Anyway Lemmon and Shirley Maclaine are great in this and even though it has the trappings of Late fifties film and a rather hollywood ending, it’s definetly worth your time.
A best picture oscar that still is great.

so many of you are always looking for new music. me too, but here’s fifty that have shaped my musical taste in no particular order. there are hundrends more but here’s fifty that come to mind right now.
*Rainer Maria* Ordination of Aaron* Indian Summer* The Promise Ring* Reversal of Man* Love Life* Party of Helicopters* MarkSchwaber* Ida* Braid* Hal El Shedad* Moonraker* Everyone Asked About You* face to face(early stuff) * spanakorzo* if it doesn’t kill you* Jen Wood* Hayden* behold the pale horse* the witchcraft season* xlovesickx * tiger mouth* joan of arc* texas is the reason* mineral* another sevenfold* bright eyes(i know)* christie front drive* urban legends* lush* secret stars* samuel* jejune* falling forward* sea and cake* crumb* william shatner* seven storey mountain*that dog* karate* sweep the leg johnny* air. * low* smashing pumpkins* pm dawn* bon jovi* jasmine*moby* of montreal* the faint*.
Like I said these are fifty out of many but maybe you’ll find something new to try in this list.

Wow, I guess metal is back, The Saviours out of Oakland, Ca opened the show with five long completely orchestrated metal songs. It was tight musically and yes very loud. Local band Humans follwed and they were bright happy jangly pop. Then the lords came on stage. I had heard so many good things about this band I wasn’t sure what to expect. They blast through their metal with insane speed and ambition and had me dancing for the first time in a while.

Finally Milemarker came on. I first saw Milemarker way back in chapel hill around 1998. They were a three piece then and they played your basic post hardcore stuff. I then later opened for them in 2000 at the greenville hardcore fest when they were a crazy 5-6 piece. They’ve retained that mass ensemble thing even though many of the members are different. Their set was good as they blasted through their anthems and they had two drummers playing pretty much in unison through the entire show. pretty neat stuff for the cold winter night.

do you think we leave echoes? I first thought about this when i was home visiting my family a couple of years ago and i was expecting my cat to come running down the stairs at any moment, even though i Knew she was back in Massachusettes. But since we had lived in that apartment before it just felt natural that she should be there. I keep thinking about people that I may never see again and I wonder if they have left an echo in my brain that certain sights and sounds can trigger. You know how sometimes there’s someone you pretty much forgotten and then one day out of the blue your smiling about a memory of them? It’s strange and eerie, because it’s almost like remebering someone who has passed away, even though these people aren’t dead. I wonder if I’ve left any echoes, any footprints on any of you, and if there good ones or bad ones? And what happens to those echoes that make you forget them as soon as your mind has wandered elsewhere?

we had our first full snow last night and i’m inside playing astro boy for the gameboy, and going to watch dawn of the dead(the remake) later. I’m ready to go out in the snow, but it’s easier to stay warm inside. And by the way I’m all for Al La Carte Cable. my chanel lineup would be the Espn networks(for college sports), comedy central(for jon stewart), scifi(battlestar Galactica), cartoon(aqua teen Hunger Force, toonami), and I’d get TLC for Jess. worse case scenario say thats five bucks a channel, id much rather pay 25 for that than 50 for all that crap i’ll never watch. Hope congress presses this issue, cause I want me some Cable!