First off, say hi to our new backyard. It’s not big - quite the opposite really. Just a patch of concrete, a Weber grill, then forest - but it’s nice.
Secondly, with a gag purchase I’m now more then ever aware of my wedding, just 2 months away!
Pink & Black Bride & Groom Can Koozies
Thirdly, yesterday Mishka surprised me with my very own PSP: God of War edition! Yay!
PlayStation Portable: God of War Edition
And lastly - if you’d like to volunteer somewhere, the State Fair is a great place to do it. And the MN chapter of the ACLU is looking for people to staff their booth. I’ll be there, will you join me?
Today’s tune Tuesday features the adrenaline pumping prog-rock ballad by the English trio known as Muse.
Formed in 1994 as the “Rocket Baby Dolls”, Muse quickly went on to win a “Battle of the Bands” compeition at their local University. They entered as a protest, and destroyed their instruments during the show - when they won, they thought they might have something - and the rest is history.
I first heard them sometime in the late ’90s - probably ‘98 - ‘99. I was moderator for the MTV UK chat room and, besides learning a lot of weird British slang, picked up on a lot of wonderful music before it went stateside. These guys were one of those jewels that had me downloading on Napster and listening to religiously for several weeks in a row.
This week’s song is “Knights of Cydonia” , track 11 from their 4th and latest album “Black Holes & Revelations”. It’s a typical example of how they blend modern rock, progressive rock and electronica with interweavings of classical and Italian music. It starts slow, almost haunting - and quickly picks up the pace. It’s an excellent song for anything fast paced - running from the cops, realizing you’re a Deity, paying your mortgage, stalking JACC - whatever it might be.
Muse - Knights of Cydonia From Black Holes & Revelations
Come ride with me through the veils of history,
I’ll show you a God falls asleep on the job,
How can we win when fools can be kings?
Don’t waste your time or time will waste you
No-one’s going to take me alive
The time has come to make things right
You and I must fight for our rights
You and I must fight to survive
No-one’s going to take me alive
The time has come to make things right
You and I must fight for our rights
You and I must fight to survive
No-one’s going to take me alive
The time has come to make things right
You and I must fight for our rights
You and I must fight to survive
Anyway, there probably isn’t any way possible to abuse this, but there’s a website called HannahMontanaCalls.com. You click on ‘register’ and it asks for your name and phone number and your child’s name and phone number. You set a time, and a call type - you can choose from a wake up call, a “don’t forget to buy school supplies” message or one of a dozen different canned messages (My favorite is “Don’t forget today you have Cooking Club”).
Sounds fairly nice, until you realize it uses the number you used as your number as the originating number - meaning it shows up on the caller ID as calling from whatever number you entered. So if you were an asshole you could, for example, set a 3am or 4am wake up call to your boss, with the originating phone number the CEO of your company - or any equally high level exec that your boss is sure to have in their phone book.
