tedfoo » Music http://tedfoo.net Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:42:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Future Primitive Again http://tedfoo.net/2009/09/01/future-primitive-again/ http://tedfoo.net/2009/09/01/future-primitive-again/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:02:33 +0000 Teddy http://tedfoo.net/?p=725 About a week of skateboarding and this is what I have learned (again):

Don’t over tighten your wheels. Tighter wheels means harder pushing, harder pushing leads to a sore ankle. Wheels need a little bit of play on the truck. Enough to hear a light ‘clack’  when moved back and forth by hand.

Board slides on finished parking stops are fast. Very very fast. Be ready for it otherwise you’ll end up on your back. I challenge anyone to fall as gracefully as I did.

You will sweat profusely if you skate all out on your lunch break. Bring deodorant if you do.

Skating in the morning sucks. Night time is the right time.

Be very impressed  by anyone in their 40s doing rail slides like this one:

SICK SICK SICK! SERIOUSLY! ACK! POETRY IN MOTION!

LIST OR DIE!

California, Rogue Wave

On the Bus Mall, Decemberists

The Wind Cries Mary, Jimi Hendrix

My Murmuring Darling, Snowden

World Town, M.I.A.

Yea, Yeah, Matt and Kim

Still Ill, The Smiths

Close to Me, The Cure

]]> http://tedfoo.net/2009/09/01/future-primitive-again/feed/ 1 Rejoice! We are at the halfway point (repeat, infinity) http://tedfoo.net/2009/07/29/rejoice-we-are-at-the-half-way-point-repeat-infinity/ http://tedfoo.net/2009/07/29/rejoice-we-are-at-the-half-way-point-repeat-infinity/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:01:45 +0000 Teddy http://tedfoo.net/?p=698 It’s Wednesday. “Hump Day” – which is I wish was more literal.

Real Estate Listings:

I’ll Fly Away, Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch

I Ain’t Got Nothin’ But Time, Hank Williams

Willie the Weeper, Louis Armstrong

Paris 2004, Peter Bjorn and John

I Feel So Good, Richard Thompson

Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle, The Mountain Goats and Kaki King

Apple Blossom, The White Stripes

I Miss the War, John Vanderslice

Are You On My Side, Rogue Wave

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]]> http://tedfoo.net/2009/07/29/rejoice-we-are-at-the-half-way-point-repeat-infinity/feed/ 0 Big fun http://tedfoo.net/2009/06/17/big-fun/ http://tedfoo.net/2009/06/17/big-fun/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:20:40 +0000 Teddy http://tedfoo.net/?p=689 Experimenting with film cameras as of late – mostly 35mm. I’ve been using a Polaroid 210, Minolta x-700 and the school’s Pentax. Also picked up a bunch of expired bulk film which of course needs a bulk film loader, happily purchased for $5 on eBay. The Minolta (50mm lens) is loaded with Portra 160 NC. It’s a C-41 color negative film which I’m excited to use because any photo lab should be able to develop as oppposed to the obsolete E6 process for slide film that you have to send to KANSAS.  Jeez. Anyway, enough big fun film nerdery. Here’s the list:

Laura, Charlie Parker

Kate, Ben Folds Five

Styrofoam Plates, Death Cab for Cutie

Jambalaya (on the bayou), Hank Williams

Fly Me to the Moon, Frank Sinatra

Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk, Rufus Wainwright

I Know, Kevin Long

]]> http://tedfoo.net/2009/06/17/big-fun/feed/ 3 I have another duty, a higher duty to peform… http://tedfoo.net/2009/05/03/i-have-another-duty-a-higher-duty-to-peform/ http://tedfoo.net/2009/05/03/i-have-another-duty-a-higher-duty-to-peform/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 00:45:54 +0000 Teddy http://tedfoo.net/?p=682 Felt so bad cutting down our Cherry Blossom tree today. A frickin’ crime against nature. It caught some sort of blight last spring and it wasted away. Dead all the way through. The bark falling off. We should have called a naturalist or my dad. I’m of the opinion that Coonhound killed it. The tree was his own personal toilet. The rest of today’s lawn work involved picking up Autumn’s leaves and scratching the ground for new grass seed.

Listing songs:

The Love God, Martinibomb

Waltz, Fiona Apple

tcp d2 24 german lady irdial, The Conet Project

The Christmas Song, Vince Guaraldi Trio

Supernova Kiss, Nullsleep

Teenage Dirtbag, Wheatus

Closet Romantic, Damon Albarn

]]> http://tedfoo.net/2009/05/03/i-have-another-duty-a-higher-duty-to-peform/feed/ 0 My! This coffee is lovely. Yes, this is very lovely… http://tedfoo.net/2009/04/24/my-this-coffee-is-lovely-yes-this-is-very-lovely/ http://tedfoo.net/2009/04/24/my-this-coffee-is-lovely-yes-this-is-very-lovely/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:02:50 +0000 Teddy http://tedfoo.net/?p=680 The Coonhound (nervous!) woke me up early this morning because of a passing thunderstorm. He kept ramming the gate with his head and of course, it eventually woke me up. Coonhound is unpredictable (he’s a bit of an ass!) so we keep him downstairs at night in case Rhen decides to use the bathroom or come to our room.

Hey, but what am I talking about? It’s Friday! Sure can’t complain about that.

My list starts slow just like I did this morning:

Sometimes, My Bloody Valentine

This Charming Man, The Smiths

Love Me or Hate Me, Lady Sovereign

All of Me, Billie Holiday

We Will Rock You, Queen

Let’s Go Crazy, Prince

Lately, Greg Brown

]]> http://tedfoo.net/2009/04/24/my-this-coffee-is-lovely-yes-this-is-very-lovely/feed/ 0 The start of an early morning http://tedfoo.net/2009/04/20/the-start-of-an-early-morning/ http://tedfoo.net/2009/04/20/the-start-of-an-early-morning/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:58:56 +0000 Teddy http://tedfoo.net/?p=675 I think it is ridiculously good to wake up to the lyric “young youth, yo rockin’ the gold tooth” and then all of my thoughts blow in like a freight train rushing to a stop.

And Greg he writes letters and burns his CDs:

Af Samme Stof Som Stof, Under Byen

Some Beautiful Morning, Al Jolson

Tired of Being Alone, Al Green

Air, The Owls

Days of Elaine, The Decemberists

I Cover the Waterfront, Billie Holiday

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C_ and Rhen are still sleeping and the coffee is almost ready.

Listerine:

Mass Suicide Occult Figurines, John Vanderslice

You’re The Lucky Ones, Baby D Love

Sweet Jane, Cowboy Junkies

When It’s Sleepy Time Down South, Louie Armstrong

Alec Eiffel, Pixies

Run For Your Life, The Beatles

Sun In My Mouth, Bjork

]]> http://tedfoo.net/2009/04/09/668/feed/ 0 My inevitable downward spiral with Girl Talk http://tedfoo.net/2009/03/19/my-inevitable-downward-spiral-with-girl-talk/ http://tedfoo.net/2009/03/19/my-inevitable-downward-spiral-with-girl-talk/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:24:23 +0000 Teddy http://tedfoo.net/?p=654 It’s not even 6 AM I have Girl Talk‘s bootleg album, “Girl Talk Murders Seattle” playing on my laptop (yes, I have moved to the live bootleg stage of this musical connection – IT’S SERIOUS). I simply just can’t wait to put it all on and sit there with my mouth slightly open.

Girl Talk is Gregg Gillis of Pittsburg PA, a former bioengineer student turned full time musician. He mixes just about every style of music on a laptop and somehow it all beautifully works. In a slew of interview samples, it is described by Gillis and others as, “glitch, remix, sassy, abomination, sounds like digital error, going cha-cha-cha, happy up-tempo fun punky girl pop commercial fun.”

So his music is a lot of hip-hop, electronic dance beats and pop sampling and it’s wonderful. I have a hard time (getting better) placing a lot of the hip-hop artists but it’s fun to recognize the pop samples layered over it all.

Hard to explain too, here’s a video that sort of does (NSFW)

I don’t think it’s the best song by Girl Talk but it’s probably the least explicit and I don’t want to offend my mom because she reads my blog.  Safe for work and mom’s ears,  below is the Microsoft “I’m a PC” video that features Girl Talk:

In other news, I am the first person to make a sale on Getty Images brand spankin’ new Flickr collection. Check it out here. More information about the collection is here. And my stuff is here.

Oh and this is week four of quitting smoking for me. I’m so going to do this thing. The other day a co-worker said to me, “Wow. You really did quit smoking.” Hell yes, I DID!

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