Amoeba and the Beatles

I went with some pals to Amoeba Records (located on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood) to sell/trade some products that I no longer wanted to own (they were stinking up the house), which included a ton of Smiths & Morrissey CDs, DVDs, and Vinyl. All in all, it fetched me around $100 in store credit. Ha! Funny, I bought a vinyl Viva Hate from eBay for nine bucks and minutes later I saw it in a bin selling for twenty.
Bitchin.'

With that same store credit, I bought some Zepplin and Depeche Mode for my cousin, and Beatles vinyl and CDs for myself (tee-hee). I'm very happy about that. Happy as a warm gun.

And now to share the happiness:

The Beatles - Octopus's Garden
(yes, I know this isn't a White Album tune, but its still one of Ringo's finest!)
[UPDATE: Had to remove the song due to bandwith issues. I had it coming!]

Never heard the White Album? Shame on you. Buy it on Amazon.com!

WWE Summerslam 2005

I like wrestling. I can explain why: when I was a lad, I found American sports very unappealing. Especially the sport that require the use of a team, or teamwork. I loathed basketball, football, the real footol, softball, all of that crap. During the beginning of the 1990's, I fell in love with Pro Wrestling, especially the WWF (now WWE). Unlike traditional mat and Olympic wrestling, the WWF and other wrestling promotions would showcase their wrestlers as "Superstars" and would have their own gmmicks.

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has four huge Pay-Per-View events every year: Royal Rumble in January, Wrestlemania in April, Summerslam in August, and Survivor Series in November. The other RAW/Smackdown! PPVs are crap compared to the big four. This Sunday (tomorrow nite!) will be Summerslam, live from Washington D.C. Three meain-event matches are headlining this years: WWE Champion John Cena vs. Y2J Chris Jericho for the WWE Championship, World Heavywheight Champ Batista vs. the piece of crap JBL for thw World Heavyweight Title, and in an Lengend vs Icon match, the immortal Hulk Hogan will take on the showstopper, the Heart-Break Kid, Shawn Michaels. Today, we will look into the WWE Title match between Cena and Y2J, plus Hogan and HBK.

WWE Champ John Cena may not be a houslod name, but he's getting there. His title reign so far has been successful, although it would be a whole lot better if he wasn't fighting Carlito every week (dammit Creative, you can do better!). He defeated JBL for the WWE belt at Wrestlemania 21 in Los Angeles (I was there, natch) and soon after released a rap album. Did I mention that Cena's gimmick was that of a rapper? Oh, damn. Well, he is, and he's not that bad.

I don't think anyone who watches VH1 doesn't know who Chris Jericho is. If you don't watch RAW every monday nite at 9pm on USA, then you can catch Y2J every weekend on Best Week Ever. Yeah, that's him! He also has a metal band named Fozzy that sounds pretty sweet (free samples of Fozzy & Cena below!)

EDIT: On the August 22nd edition of Monday Night RAW, Chirs Jericho "was fired" aftre losing a WWE Championship rematch with John Cena. In reality, this was a work and Jericho needed some well-deserved time-off from wrestling. It is unkown when he will be back, but when he does, it will be with the WWE.

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John Cena - The Time Is Now
Purcase You Can't See Me mp3s at WWE.com
Purchase You Can't See Me CD at Amazon.com

Fozzy - Enemy (Chris Jericho's band)
Purchase All That Remains at Amazon.com

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Today was the day I remastered my Depeche Mode cds.Well, Kinda. My dMode cds are pretty bad shape, especially 81>86, which is a poor CD-R duplicate from the actual CD which was destroyed six years ago.

When I mean to say remastered, I mean to say that I extract each track at 44100 KHz 16bit WAV, then rework the equalization and adjust the volume if the original recording was "soft on the ears." I save the tracks as 192kbps mp3 files (as well as Variable).

One of these albums I worked on was 1997's Ultra, which I've owned since then and am proud to say that the disc has very minor scratches. It's really great to physically own theis album, not just for the sound, but for the wonderful photography of Anton Corbijn. Oh, and the songs are pretty good. Have a hear...


Listen for yourself! Get Depeche Mode's Ultra at Amazon.com today!

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One of my favorite Blur songs. That's all.

Blur - End of the Century
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P.S. Happy birthday, boy.

The Ground Beneath Her Feet

U2 are one of the most popular bands in the world. As musicans, their work is diverse, distinct, and overall incredible. Yet, the thought of their greatest work has been quite challenging. Here's my two cents: The Ground Beneath Her Feet is their best song. Never heard of it? It's not exactly popular as Vertigo, Beautiful Day, or With Or Without You, but you can find it in two formats: The first in the U2 - Best of 1990-2000 DVD, as it's a featured music video. The second, and just as common (at like Tower and the Warehouse) is the soundtrack to the 2000 film The Million Dollar Hotel. The film, co-written by Bono and directed by veteran filmmaker Wim Wenders, was not a box office hit, or even remotely successful whatsoever (I blame Mel Gibson). Be your own judge and make it a rental next time your out. The Ground Beneath Her Feet, written by Salman Rushdie, and performed by U2.


From the 2000 The Million Dollar Hotel soundtrack:

U2 - The Ground Beneath Her Feet
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