Time to blog

Anyone watching the convention? Clinton was great, Kerry was great, Biden was great. I am going to VEGAS tomorrow night. Starting a new job in a week, turning forty in a week. Busy busy times. But not too busy to blog, not any more. I have been litening to a new album every day, but I don't have my ipod on me to tell you what the heck they have been. Oh also I finally finished the work on my back yard, i will post pictures of that as soon as I take some. We are gettign a table a bench and some chairs to put back there so we will be able to spend some time out there this fall and then hit it big time in spring.

I am still alive

The blogging is very sporadic I know, but life has been busy. I have a new job starting in September.

Large Hadron Rap

You must watch this.

Penguin Cafe Orchestra-Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Peanut Butter Wolf-My Vynil Weighs a Ton

Went to Governor's Island this weekend which I have been wanting to do since they opened it up. It was pretty great. There are all kinds of things going on on the island every weekend, and then you can have a nice picnic looking at lower Manhattan. The rest of the weekend was spent doing work around the house and watching the Olympics. The opening ceremonies were spectacular. I am not usually interested in the opening ceremonies, but I watched for a couple of minutes and got hooked. Really, really cool. Also the swimming relay from last night was really awesome. I am not necessarily rooting for the US, but the comeback was totally surprising and exciting.

Penguin Cafe Orchestra is modern space age pop, kind of like Air. It was pretty decent but did not blow me away. Peanut Butter Wolf is a hip hop producer, or something like that, from the Bay Area. His album was really good. 2.5 and 3.5 stars.

Look at me post! Paul Weller-22 Dreams

So John Edwards had an affair but his aide impregnated her. That is a little hard to swallow. I went to IKEA in brooklyn the other night. Just like any other IKEA, only closer, which makes a big difference. I may go back just to get batteries and hot dogs (50 cents). Wifey got a job at a school in brooklyn. I will officially be a Lizard in waiting next week.

Paul Weller. I never heard of the guy but I guess he has been around for years and years and years. The album was pretty good. I think I will try to give it another listen just to be sure. Right now I am listening to Spiritualized-Songs to Sing in A&E. It seems like this is also a pretty good album.

Going to Governer's Island this weekend I think, and also to a picnic in Prospect Park.

and also...

I have a t-shirt for sale:

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I am still alive

But can't bring myself to blog. Listened to a good Impressions album (The Young Mod's Forgotten Story), yesterday I heard Joe Henry-Tiny Voices, that wasn't to shabby, but no great shakes either. Before that Iron and Wine-The Shepard's Dog, which I enjoyed quite a bit, before that Brendan Canning-Something For All of Us, not so good, before that Sunny Sweeney-Heartbreakers Hall of Fame, pretty decent for new country and before that the 13th Floor Elevators-Bull of the Woods which was good not great.

Brett Favre is a Jet, Manny is a Dodger and I am a Lizard.