Listology Summer 2014
Last movie watched: Guardians of the Galaxy
Last good movie watched: Guardians of the Galaxy
Upcoming movies that interests me?: Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Album playlist:
Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Pinata
Mastodon - Remission
Opeth - Still Life
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
Song playlist:
Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - High
Joy Division - Disorder
St. Vincent - Birth in Reverse
Madonna - Ray of Light
Mastodon - Crusher Destroyer
Last album purchase: St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Newest album, alphabetically: Rat King - So It Goes
Last book read: Hunger Games: Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins (the same sadly)
Currently reading: Girth Control: The Science of Fat Loss & Muscle Gain - Alan Aragon (the same sadly)
Last TV season watched: Parks & Recreation Season 3 (the same sadly)
Currently watching: Arrested Development Season 4 (the same sadly)
Last video game completed: Limbo (iOS) (the same sadly)
Currently playing: Nothing. Hopefully System Shock 2 soon.
Anticipated boxing matches:
Bernard Hopkins vs Sergey Kovalev
Anticipated MMA matches:
Jon Jones vs Daniel Cormier
Anthony Pettis vs Gilbert Melendez
Nick Diaz vs Anderson Silva
Last good fight?: Robbie Lawler vs Matt Brown
Last good beatdown? Anthony Johnson KO'ing Lil' Nog
Recent holy shit moment? Alexis Davis grappling Yves Lavigne
Last awful judge's decision? Deigo Sanchez vs Ross Pearson
Listology Spring 2014
Last movie watched: Captain America: The Winter Solider
Last good movie watched: Captain America: The Winter Solider
Upcoming movies that interests me?: X-Men: Days of Future Past
Album playlist:
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Camera Obscura - Desire Lines
El-P and Killer Mike - Run the Jewels
Frank Ocean - Nostaglia Ultra
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
Song playlist:
The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize?
Camera Obscura - Every Weekday
Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country
Camera Obscura - Troublemaker
St. Vincent - Cruel
Last album purchase: Camera Obscura - Underachievers Please Try Harder
Newest album, alphabetically: Camera Obscura - Desire Lines
Last book read: Hunger Games: Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
Currently reading: Girth Control: The Science of Fat Loss & Muscle Gain - Alan Aragon
Last TV season watched: Parks & Recreation Season 3
Currently watching: Arrested Development Season 4
Last video game completed: Limbo (iOS)
Currently playing: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (iOS)
Anticipated boxing matches:
Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Mike Alvarado
Canelo Alvarez vs. Erislandy Lara
Anticipated MMA matches:
Matt Brown vs Erik Silva
Rory Mcdonald vs Tyrone Woodley
Cub Swanson vs Jeremy Stephens
Chris Weidman vs Lyoto Machida
Last good fight?: Dan Henderson vs Shogun Rua 2
Last good beatdown? Fabricio Werdum vs Travis Browne
Recent holy shit moment? Dan Henderson coming back from the dead to drop the H-bomb on Shogun
Last awful judge's decision? There was some brutal scoring on the Bradley/Pacquiao 2 undercard
Spreading my wings
So I've become a bit more comfortable with posting on facebook. I have essentially finished writing and editing a piece about attitude that I would normally post on my normal blog, but now instead I will post on facebook. I've also seemed to develop a better handle on what material to write to generate "likes" because just like any other human, I need an ego boost.
I'm not sure what will happen in the future. My old xanga files have been related to the Network attached server. I suppose I could try manually copy and pasting all of my work from blogspot. Then shouldn't I do the same for my facebook postings? It's not like Facebook is guaranteed to exist until I'm an old man.
Fire at the arcade
After the Edinburgh concert, it was readily apparent that Arcade Fire had cinched the title of favorite band. Perhaps if I grew up in the 80's, my favorite group would've been U2, but alas it wasn't meant to be. Arcade Fire is so entrenched and entwined in my memories that it's going to be extremely difficult for another artist to unseat them. More so than any other band, a number of my personal thoughts, ideas and memories are invoked when I listen to certain songs.
Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) - Thinking about my youth
Wake Up - All time favorite, thoughts about youth, aging and fighting cynicism with optimism
Haiti - Invokes memories of struggling to get into Funeral, before this ethereal song spearheaded my 180 turnaround on the album and consequently the group.
Keep the Car Running - Thoughts of travelling especially when driving
No Cars Go - All time favorite,
thoughts about optimism
My Body is a Cage - The song that should be played at my funeral
Sprawl II (Mountains beyond Mountains) - All time favorite. Currently one of two songs that accurately captures my life
I hate people
It is so nauseating listening to people dick ride Apple. As an owner of several Apple products, I can attest to the quality of these products, but to act as if Apple can do no wrong is beyond frustrating. Itunes is simply a slow and bloated joke while iOS7 is loaded with strange quirky bugs. Coverflow? Putting the camera right behind the click wheel on the ipod nano? Other not so brilliant ideas from Apple.
Listology Winter 2013
Last movie watched: Gravity
Last good movie watched: Gravity
Upcoming movies that interests me?: The new Coen Brothers film looks pretty good, Wolf of Wall Street
Album playlist:
Arcade Fire - Reflektor
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Camera Obscura - Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi
Death Grips - Government Plates
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Song playlist:
Arcade Fire - Reflektor
Camera Obscura - French Navy
Camera Obscura - If Looks Could Kill
Danny Brown - Dubstep
Frank Ocean - Pyramids
Last album purchase: Kayne West - 808s & Heartbreak
Newest album, alphabetically: Death Grips - Government Plates
Last book read: Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell (no change unfortunately)
Currently reading: What Everybody is Saying - Joe Navarro (no change unfortunately)
Last TV season watched: Seinfeld Season 3
Currently watching: Parks & Recreation Season 3, Louie Season 2
Last video game completed: Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360) (no change unfortunately)
Currently playing: Dota 2 (PC), Limbo (iOS)
Anticipated boxing matches:
Jhonny Gonzalez vs Abner Mares 2
Anticipated MMA matches:
Anderson Silva vs Chris Weidman 2
Dominick Cruz vs Renan Barao
Jose Aldo vs Ricardo Lamas
Benson Henderson vs Josh Thomson
Johny Hendricks vs Robbie Lawler
Last good fight?: Mark Hunt vs Bigfoot Silva
Last good beatdown? Gilbert Melendez vs Deigo Sanchez
Recent holy shit moment? Demetrious Johnson KTFO'ing Joesph Benvidez
Last awful judge's decision? GSP over Johny Hendricks
Listology Fall 2013
Last movie watched: The Spectacular Now
Last good movie watched: The Spectacular Now
Upcoming movies that interests me?: The new Coen Brothers film looks pretty good
Album playlist:
She & Him - Volume 3
Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country
Kayne West - Yeezus
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Song playlist:
She & Him - I've Got Your Number, Son
She & Him - Together
Camera Obscura - Lloyd I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
A$AP Rocky - Fuckin' Problems
Kendrick Lamar - Poetic Justice
Last album purchase: Mastodon - Remission
Newest album, alphabetically: A$AP Rocky - LongLiveA$AP
Last book read: Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
Currently reading: What Everybody is Saying - Joe Navarro (no change unfortunately)
Last TV season watched: Breaking Bad - Season 5 part one
Currently watching: Breaking Bad - Season 5 part two, Parks & Recreation Season 3, Seinfeld Season 3
Last video game completed: Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360)
Currently playing: Dota 2 (PC), Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword..sorta (wii)
Anticipated boxing matches: Canelo Alvarez vs Floyd Mayweather Jr, Manny Pacquiao vs Brandon Rios, Danny Garcia vs Lucas Matthysee, Juan Manuel Marquez vs Timothy Bradley, Nonito Donaire vs Vic Darchinyan 2
Anticipated MMA matches: Vitor Belfort vs Dan Henderson 2, Eddie Alvarez vs Mike Chandler 2, Anderson Silva vs Chris Weidman 2, Junior Dos Santos vs Cain Velasquez 3, Georges St Pierre vs Johny Hendricks, Jose Aldo vs Anthony Pettis
Last good fight?: Michael McDonald vs Brad Pickett
Last good beatdown? Chad Mendes dummying Clay Guida
Recent holy shit moment? Anthony Pettis quickly armbarring Benson Henderson in round 1
Last awful judge's decision? Phil Davis over Lyoto Machida
