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Music Monday – The Phenomenauts

One simply cannot be in a bad mood and listen to psychobilly rock at the same time. It just doesn’t work that way. Fast riffs, upright bass, lyrics about hotrods, space ships, or even psychobilly girls, are just thing to take the edge off what ails.

I had the pleasure to see The Phenomenauts when they opened for The Epoxies at the Middle East in Boston on June 6th, 2006 (06/06/06). Great show, and a great bunch of guys.

Music… Friday?

This band has been stuck in my head all week. The Mary Onettes are quickly becoming a favourite of mine. With guitar riffs reminiscent of New Order and Cure-esque synths, fans of the better parts of the 80s will find them a refreshing change from the filler that clogs the radio waves.

Luke Clothing – Clanger Knit in Bark

Luke 1977 Mens Hooded Cardigan. Chunky knit with hood and chain detail. button placket and large horn style buttons. Buttoned detail hip pockets with one of them with the lion’s crest. Small strap detail on back.

Whipping Floyd Current Collection

In the sphere of pop culture WF find their inspiration and in this latest collection it stems from the early gaming culture. I’ve collected Floyd tees for some time now and particularly from their football/Soccer collection. Check out their site for agents and distributors if you like the looks.

Waste Office Paper to Toilet Paper… really ?

Just had one of those… ‘now why didn’t I think of that’ moments. While many environmentalists hope that we can eventually have a paperless office, one company in Japan has developed a machine that shreds paper and then converts the waste into readily usable toilet paper.

This Is Our Moment – Clean Energy Legislation

Whether you hold the view that global warming is some kind of hoax or if you swing to the other extreme, it doesn’t matter. This is one of the most important pieces of legislation of our time and left and right sides should not play a part. View this as job creation without major investment or increasing national debt. It just makes sense and its the way forward for the US.

Vote Yes to the Bill

There is simply no reason for America to lag behind EU and Asian countries when it comes to new energy innovation. With a population of over 300 million America should be the worlds leader in clean alternative energy but this bill needs to be passed first. This is the start so please make it happen.

Growing up in Ireland I always expected America to come up with the ‘firsts’ no matter what it was. The first non-petrol car, the first cure for cancer, the first hover board & well you get the drift. So now it seems that we expect the most cutting edge innovation to come from Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore with European countries such as Switzerland, Finland and Ireland all making giant leaps. America needs to take a leap and become a world leader again. Please check out this appeal with information on how to get involved. Its easy people, just contact your local Senator and tell them to vote Yes on clean energy jobs for America.

Yet Another Watch For The Collection

I admit that I am a watch snob. I haven’t worn a quartz watch for several years, instead rotating through a collection of vintage Soviet mechanicals, and *ahem* high end Swiss watches. No, not that Swiss brand. The other one. Vacations, game consoles and cars for some… watches for others.

My new job is bit more hands on than the last. The idea of bringing something nice to the lab only to have it caked with goo and stained with industrial strength cleaner did not sit well.

So, my eyes have tuned to a Casio G-Shock. I admire their tough, no bullshit approach to watchmaking. They offer several functions I could find useful in my line of work, as well as a few others that would just be fun. Plus, they look damn cool. If I’m going to wear a quartz “beater”, it might as well be one of theirs. Right now, the Classic GW7900B-1 has my interest. Black, lots of functions, and tough as nails.

Image by Casio. Used under fair use.

Music Monday – Bitter:Sweet

Ever feel like making a vodka (or gin) martini, putting on some really groovy tunes, and get a little naughty with your significant someone? Bitter:Sweet’s The Mating Game album fits that bill quite nicely. I just picked this CD up after discovering the band a year ago, and I can say that it’s seen some serious time in my stereo. I wonder if they made a pressing of this in vinyl? Hmm…
Ex-Supreme Beings of Leisure’s Kiran Shahani, and Shana Halligan together make some wonderfully sexy, haunting, and catchy music. Dim the lights, mix come cocktails, and get your groove on.

Y Not by Ringo Starr – New Album

‘Y Not’ Ringo ? More like ‘Y’ !

Ringo Starr - The Other Side Of Liverpool

I’m sorry, I’m a huge Beatles fan but when I hear people say that Ringo was underrated and was also a huge talent it just annoys me. No really, I mean Ringo can play the drums…. just. Well he did enough and that’s all that was needed for The Beatles. It was a perfect style for the super-group who made the entire planet blow up with their outrageously brilliant song writing.

The reason for this post is simple. I watched a re-run of a Late Night with Jimmy Fallon episode with Ringo as guest and musical performer. It was bad. I was tapping my foot and just loving ‘I wanna Be Your Man’ with guest performer Ben Harper but then Ringo performed a track from his new album ‘Y Not’ called ‘The Other Side Of Liverpool’ and I was cringing. It was horrible from the predictable limited lyrics to the drab monotone voice of Starr.

The opening line is ‘The other side of Liverpool is cold and damp, only way out of there… drums, guitar & amp’. Sometimes a song written simply can be great but not in this case. Its just really half arsed and pretty lame. I scanned through the album on lala.com to see if anything stood out but I’m afraid not. Its all shite. Sorry Ringo but keep up the fight for world peace and don’t ever enter the studio again… please.

Here is a video shot by an audience member… not great quality. The video isn’t great either !

Name That Celeb – Where They Are Now

Okay so this is not something I’d usually blog about but I thought just this once I’d get your brains going on trying to work out who the celebrity is. These photos are of some well known child actors today. You just try to work out who they are and which movie/TV show made them famous as a child. Its worth noting that these movies/TV shows were all very successful so there should be no ‘never heard of it’ excuses.

All you have to do is post a comment with as many as you can get. Enjoy….