Tomorrow I'll be up and leaving to Oklahoma for a night to visit my cousin, brother, and grandfather. Sorry for missing the Holiday Bowl. But I'll be back with plenty of time left before the big New Year's Eve party. Werd.
It's been a good one after all. The weather's nice and almost close to thinking about being wintry, I talked to my old man, and after 20 minutes of his presence, my grandfather has driven my mom completely insane. But I made out pretty darn well, I say. Here's the obligatory booty list:
Yamaha FG413SL left-hand acoustic guitar
TKL case (it's really nice), Takamine strings, bag of medium picks
$20 to Starbucks
$25 to Best Buy
$200 cash
Tom Clancy's Teeth of the Tiger
The Pythons' Autobiography (as in Monty Python)
Eddie Izzard's Dress to Kill on DVD The BB certificate's getting my Gamecube broadband adapter (bring on the hacking!) and the cash is going into a PS2 modchip and probably a new HD for my little box, which means every part is brand spankin' new. Oh, I could probably use some new clothes while I'm at it. Merry Christmas, you materialistic bastards!
TKL case (it's really nice), Takamine strings, bag of medium picks
$20 to Starbucks
$25 to Best Buy
$200 cash
Tom Clancy's Teeth of the Tiger
The Pythons' Autobiography (as in Monty Python)
Eddie Izzard's Dress to Kill on DVD The BB certificate's getting my Gamecube broadband adapter (bring on the hacking!) and the cash is going into a PS2 modchip and probably a new HD for my little box, which means every part is brand spankin' new. Oh, I could probably use some new clothes while I'm at it. Merry Christmas, you materialistic bastards!
So I've gotten re-acquainted with my lovely little PowerShot S200 after unpacking it from the trip home. The first victim was my trip to Southlake a couple nights ago (love Mi Cocina) and I got a couple sweet pictures in the Town Square. Check files.snagger.org (linked at right) for the new photography section.
That 'Chinese food' has successfully moved from the dislike section of my sidebar to the like section. Thank you, Chinese food, for all the joys you have brought me.
Here's an article that was new to me: The Problem With Music by Steve Albini. Albini isn't a household name unless you're a hardcore 90s grungehead. Basically, he writes the classic argument that record companies make tons of money and get bands trapped in vicious cycles. Of course, he throws in the mathematical bunch of additions and subtractions that show that bands lose money while they think they've got it made.
I link to this because Steve Albini isn't some random scrub. He was the producer of Nirvana's In Utero, an album that came after Nirvana hit critical mass with Nevermind. The band had it made for real, and so did Albini, and he still went and wrote this article. edit: I haven't found a date anywhere on this article, but I'm going to assume it was written after 1993 (the year of release of In Utero).
From this, I conclude that paying for CDs does not stop artists from getting hurt - every album, every signed contract, and every tour can and does pull bands down into debt.
And since it's the holiday season, Don't get someone a CD for Christmas.