weblar / kongbalong

Current Affairs

craig — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:27:16 +0000

I grabbed the new Beck CD yesterday. It’s good. Danger Mouse [the producer] is OK in my book… though he has not always been: In the beginning, I was both underwhelmed by “the Grey Album” and annoyed by his usurpation of a favorite cartoon character’s name. Thus-configured, I chose to ignore his musical contributions and silently resent his existence. Well, it turns out that Gnarls Barkley is pretty damn good. In fact, “the Odd Couple” is my favorite album of the year, thus far [critical note: I think I have heard 2 new albums this year, total].

Anyway, I would love to add this CD to my cd database, but I seem to have deleted the database and all of my maintenance tools, during a linux-related debacle [for the nerds: debian unstable to openSUSE 11]. A half-hearted attempt at recreating the database from that most recently generated report [linked mere sentences ago] is currently underway.

I have to leave now. The kids need drinks.

The End.

New CDs

craig — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:22:09 +0000

Hey, I just got these new cds:

“Bring Me the Workhorse” by My Brightest Diamond
“St. Elsewhere” and “The Odd Couple” by Gnarls Barkley.

I got the Flight of the Conchords album a few months ago, but it got destroyed so I didn’t want to mention it.

So far I have only listened to a few tracks on “bring me…” it’s pretty awesome — dramatic and somewhat bjorky.

Nein!

craig — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:17:40 +0000

I’m out of the nur ein contest. It’s been fun.. Good luck to those who remain!

The Blitz

craig — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:58:07 +0000

Here’s my entry for Round 3 of Nur Ein 3.

This time the non-optional challenge was “use of choral voices”.

Hope you like it.

Podcastic

craig — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:55:58 +0000

Hey, you should be able to subscribe to the rss feed in itunes now, and have my latest songs delivered automatically. Lucky you!

If for some reason the extra (non-enclosure) posts get in your way, you can subscribe directly to the projects category, which will include only the new song posts. That feed is here.

Unnatural Disaster

craig — Mon, 19 May 2008 01:28:24 +0000

The entry for Round 2 of nur ein.

The non-optional challenge was “use of backward recording”.

Sleepwalking

craig — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:12:17 +0000

For Round 1 of Nur Ein 3.. a songfight! sidefight.
Check it out here.

Contest rules obliged this song to have a crescendo.

Kick Start

craig — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:08:13 +0000

For Round 0 of this year’s “Nur Ein” .. a songfight side-fight.

The non-optional challenge was to include a significant name-drop of an actor or actress — hence the awkward line about Sylvester Stallone.

Information on past nur ein’s available here.

Anyone Can Fly a Blimp

craig — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:55:08 +0000

As a blimp enthusiast (or something), it is my duty to post this link.

Wordpress Update

craig — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:50:08 +0000

OK, I just upgraded wordpress. Considering the heavy hackery that my custom template employs, it’s looking pretty good. I’m sure *something* is broken, so let me know if you see any problems.