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“Roger Waters and David Gilmour perform charity show together last night.”
Wow. Just. Wow.
And Gilmour’s going to show up at one of Waters’ “The Wall” tour dates. Amazing. It’s like Coke and Pepsi holding hands and making out on the ferris wheel.
Miller High Life Overhaul - Brand New
Love it, even if I don’t love the beer. But I do know a pair a fellas (Don, Cowboy) who do, even if one has already given a thumbs down.
Clever Counterprotest of the Day: San Diego Comic-Con patrons take on the hateful Westboro Baptist Church, who are in town to harangue attendees for false idol worship (seriously).
God bless geeks.
“What do we want?”
“Gay sex!”
“When do we want it?”
“Now!”
Man, and the church’s signs aren’t nearly as fun.
Oil spill in Dalian, China - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Makes me want to be an oilman.
Christina made this poster and she also made equally minimal and sophisticated illustrations for the book.
Gorgeous. Can’t wait for the new season.
But the perfect moments always allude us. Big Contrarian → Pictures. And I’d agree, which is why I try to take the un-posed shots as often as possible, because those are the fun ones.
Mike’s right up there with Chris Cornell as one of my favorite rock voices. Ever.
Here’s the evidence.
The weight of stars
There are three albums I would call favorites - a kind of musical trinity that includes Smashing Pumpkins’ “Siamese Dream,” KMFDM’s “Nihil,” and Type O Negative’s “October Rust.”
All three classics. All three born in the mid ’90s. And I can never determine which one is my absolute, king-hell, ranking favorite.
But what if I added the relative star weights of their iTunes ranking? Add up all the stars I’ve assigned to the album tracks, and see what comes out on top.
Here’s how it went:
- Smashing Pumpkins, “Siamese Dream” - 35 stars
- Type O Negative, “October Rust” - 33 stars
- KMFDM “Nihil” - 26 stars
Now what about actual play counts? How many times, combined, have I played each albums songs? Pretty stunning: “October Rust” ranks first with 70 total song plays, “Nihil” in second with 43, and Pumpkins take the rear with 38 total song plays. This is not a clear indication of favoritism, however, since I’m much more prone to take the actual CD and play it as opposed to grabbing it on my iPod or through iTunes (and I’m not sure that iPod plays get counted in iTunes play counts - it doesn’t seem like it).
If I were to add up the song stars and the play count, for some jumbo super score, Type O wins by a big margin. “October Rust” is on near-constant rotation, especially in the morning when I wake up for work. “Love You to Death” alone has 13 plays listed.
The other thing is, my star rankings change from time to time. A song will come on and I’ll think, “Golly, did I rate that high enough?” The above examples are just snapshots in time.
Historically, I would say “Siamese Dream” was a high school favorite, definitely. As I was graduating, “October Rust” took its place well into college, while “Nihil” has been consistently played through and through. It’s also a favorite of mine when I’m driving, especially on long trips.
But when I think about it, I still can’t place one above the other two. They’re a set. They go together. They get played depending on my mood, or whatever band’s catalog I’ve been cycling through (I go in phases where I want to hear a certain band, and I’ll play all their albums in random succession).
So the album trinity remains.


