:: Saturday, October 12, 2002
well.. managed to spend twice as much money as I should've last night..
so, once again.. I'm gonna be countin' the shrapnel tonight.. D'OH!
(hey, at least I wuzn't visited by the hangover van..)
:: Spoz 4:18 PM |
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IS THERE ANYTHING LEGO CAN'T DO?
the "poo" e-mailed me a link to this site and I thought it wuz so weird, it wuz worth mentioning here..
The Brick Testament
its the BIBLE... reinacted... in LEGO form!! yes, be afraid.. be VERY afraid.. seeing those little lego people gettin' nekkid n crazy, the sodomy, the violence.. the smiting of one's enemies.. innopropriate use of livestock.. all with little lego bricks?? wot will they think of NEXT??
things I'd like to see reinacted with lego..
"The Godfather Trilogy"
"Eyes Wide Shut"
"Apocalypse Now"
"Silence of the Lambs"
"Die Hard Trilogy"
The WW2 landing at Normandy
Instant Replay's in Sport.. done.. WITH LEGO!
Sex Education.. done.. WITH LEGO!!
this idiotic war Chimp W Bush wants with IRAQ?.. fight it out.. WITH LEGO!!
is there anything lego can't do? :-)
:: Spoz 5:06 AM |
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dunno how this happened.. but today wuz "APPRECIATE HIP-HOP DAY"
bought "BEASTIE BOYS anthology" on DVD.. went and saw "BEAT SMUGGLERS" at the Rhino Room.. (seriously funky live hiphop.. jumpin' n jiving around at the front like a beer fueled loon) bought the new "JURASSIC 5" album.. and all of this, organised purely by chance.. weird how stuff like that happens..
listenin' to JURASSIC 5 now.. and damn but is this a bouncin' night of lo-fi phat funk ;)
(yup, the weekend has landed.. and DAMN it feels good to be aliiiive!)
:: Spoz 4:29 AM |
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:: Friday, October 11, 2002
every now and then - I have one of those haaazy, mentally fog craazy kinda weeks..
this wuz just one of them..
where the hell wuz my brain most of this week?
felt like Ozzy Osbourne on valium.. whoaaaaaaaaaa...
mental note: when you spend an entire week doing repetive desktop publishing work, brain soon turns to lo-grade baby food mush.. (gotta get back in making music.. ooooh yeaaah!)
:: Spoz 4:37 PM |
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"blogspot".. now THAT's a cool name :-)
kind've wot you'd describe a sneeze with a mouth full of food.. and when bits of it hit a wall.. or a window, or a pc monitor.. it's a "blogspot"
here's another aimless tidbit - "her hair glistened like nasal hairs after a heavy sneeze".. hmmmmm.. (heard that on tv, at some random moment at 3AM.. )
:: Spoz 4:19 AM |
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idiotic bandname suggestion #1
- HERB CRUSTED FLATHEAD
(saw this on the blackboard menu tonight at the Prince Albert.. pissed meself laughing)
:: Spoz 2:29 AM |
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anywaze, I also went to a gig tonight.. Heidi wanted a gig review.. so, here goes..
WOKKA playing at the PRINCE ALBERT, Thurs Oct 10th 2002
note: despite the name of the venue.. "PRINCE ALBERT" isn't some building shaped like a giant penis, with a chunk of metal thru it.. just like the "SUPERMILD" isn't actually a nightclub shaped like a giant pack of low-menthol cigarettes..
so, I get there reasonably early (7:30PM) after ducking out of that music biz launch.. and grab some dinner (hmmm.. skewered prawns with sweet chilli sauce and rice.. niiiice!), WOKKA's the only dude playing on the night.. and for those of you who don't know.. here's a brief description of wot he does - imagine if you will.. an exceptionally stoner mellow hairy asian dude.. seemingly at peace with the universe.. getting behind the piano.. and proceeding to beat the living shit out've the mic + keyboard.. like some demented mix between (a) a Rottweiler / German Shepherd / Wolverine (b) Billy Corgan on a bad hair day (c) Trent Reznor (d) the Jerry Springer show during a feeding frenzy... yup, such an ANGRY voice, from such a MELLOW dude.. (where does he get the energy? some blame the extra strong "fishermen's friends" breathmints..)
so.. how wuz the gig? well.. he spent the first set of the night, attempting to dismantle a piano from the inside out.. (apparently the PRINCE ALBERT has a dusty old piano they usually keep tucked away in the alley between the 1st and 2nd entry doors to the men's toilet.. but, for this occassion.. they hosed it off.. banged the cockroaches out.. and let Wokka play on it).. not the best sound from it.. (it wuz kind've soft and out've tune), but still trippy to see him play an ACTUAL piano.. with all the "guts" of it exposed.. key hammers oscillating in and out've view.. strings flickering around like tiny screaming catterpillars.. (yup.. with descriptions like that.. the beer must've been good!)
2nd set, on his usual twin setup of silver and black keyboards.. otherwise nicknamed as "Lucifer" and "Nosferatu" (ok, yes.. I just made that up). not much to comment on this 2nd set it wuz just Wokka at his usual screaming painful best.. (and hey.. the cheap dark-ale wuz really starting to kick in at the time..), but.. still, overall.. not too bad for a lazy Thursday night.. (most of the night, wuz a bit of a blur.. coz, hey.. I didn't get my usual dose of coffee today.. damn? why did I go and do that to meself?)
:: Spoz 1:23 AM |
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weird day.. spent most of it and the night.. in some narcoleptic half conscious daze.. (hmm.. I wonder, can too much caffeine and no food, actually make you sleepy?)
I get home.. check me e-mails.. G man buzzes me on MSN - "hey you want free beer + food?" um.. HELL YEAH.. so, I shoot out.. and wind up gatecrashing some official "music biz adelaide" launch party.. with a bunch of dudes in suit's.. and the state premiere rocks up to do a speech (yawn)..
so, there we are downing free beers, surrounded by all the "important" people of the Adelaide music industry.. (note: do "MUSIC" and "INDUSTRY" really fit in the same sentence?), and I'm the dude looking like a sore thumb.. coz I'm the only guy who actually LOOKS like a musician.. ;)
(yes.. look, OVER THERE.. it's.. the HAIRY GUY! YAAAAY!)
still, I managed to recognise the DJ there.. "DJ TRiP".. cool dude.. does all his live stuff on an oldskool amiga + some vinyl decks.. I told him this funny story - when I had that car accident last year, I had his music playing in my portable CD player (for those who didn't hear the story.. I wuz riding a bike.. hit a car head-on taking a turn into a side street, went stunt-man over the roof, smashing the windscreen and hit the road landin' on me back.. the funny thing wuz, the CD player I had on me.. didn't skip a beat :-).. anywaze.. when I said I wuz playing his music at the time.. he wuz actually proud of that.. how odd?.. "things to be proud of - people choose YOUR music.. to have a near fatal experience with.. YAY!"
then again.. I almost DID get killed when I accidently decided to let me friend Stuckey play "SYSTEM of a DOWN" in his car stereo.. and it only took the 1st song for him to run a red light at 150 km/h with me screaming like a maniac.. "STTOOOOOOOOPPP!!!"
hmmmm.. perhaps I should have a top 10 list for that..
TOP 10 ALBUMS TO BARELY AVOID A NEAR FATAL ACCIDENT WITH
1. System of a Down - Toxicity
2. Nine Inch Nails - Broken
3. Nirvana - Bleach
4. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
5. Rage Against the Machine - Self Titled
6. Prodigy - Fat of the Land
7. Radiohead - Kid A
8. Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R
9. Faith No More - Angel Dust
10. DJ TRiP - Reyclise
:: Spoz 1:00 AM |
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:: Thursday, October 10, 2002
aaah.. nothing cures boredom, like a Kevin Smith movie.. :-)
in this case - "Mallrats".. (which, some people claim is his
weakest movie.. but, still.. it's Kevin Smith.. so, it's all good :-)
weird film tho'.. coz it had Shannon Doherty in it,
usually a dodgy thing.. but, then again.. she wuz also in "Heathers"..
also a piss funny movie (with Wynona Rider and Christian Slater in it..)
but, mostly unrecognised.. why is that?
speaking of Christian Slater.. anyone remember the movie "Pump up the Volume"?
weird movie.. reaaal weird.. something 'bout the late 80's / early 90's that
produced some seriously disturbing comedies / drama's..
(too many Tim Burton movies spring to mind..)
:: Spoz 4:38 AM |
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bored
bored
bored
bored..
yup.. bored..
oh so very bored..
where is everyone?
maybe they're bored?
wot do you call a group of people who're bored?
a yawn?
(hahahahaha)
ok.. that's just nuts..
dammit, still bored..
:: Spoz 2:08 AM |
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I wuz caught in one of those dead hours of tv watching tonight, cursed with nothing to watch.. and it makes me wonder, they're all these tv programs out there, seemingly popular.. because (somehow) they're still on air.. yet, I don't know ANYONE who watches 'em.. here's some on my list..
LAW and ORDER
LAW and ORDER (Special Victims Unit)
LAW and ORDER (Criminal Intent)
LAW and ORDER (Janitor Division... I mean.. shit, I never watched the original, I dont think ANYONE watches it, so.. why create all these demented spin-offs.. on wot is basically, the SAME dull 'ol grey show... where all we get to see is the same 'ol jaded twats in suits arresting people..? (at least "THE BILL" offers people in funny english accents arresting people.. and, NO.. I don't watch that either, but I at least KNOW that's popular.. coz, hey.. it's got the cool zippy theme music!)
THE GUARDIAN (sure, I know they hyped it to death.. but did ANYONE watch it? I mean.. c'mon.. REALLY?)
MCLEOD's DAUGHTERS (seriously.. ANYONE WATCH THIS? I sure as hell dont.. something about that show that makes me run screaming the other way..)
AUSTRALIAN SURVIVOR (wot's more boring than the 4th or 5th season of American survivor? seeing a bunch of unshaven and mangy locals scrounging around in Port Lincoln for 40 days.. sheeeesh..)
and wot kills me.. is every few weeks, there's another lunatic crack paramilitary backyard rennovation 24 hour garden show springing up.. there's at least 5 I'm aware of, and it's basically the same thing.. "hey.. lets break into someone's house while they're off on Holiday.. and screw around with their potplants.. and paint everything obnoxious bright colours.."
well.. I guess when there's nothing else to watch..? (yes.. dammit.. I need cable TV)
:: Spoz 12:07 AM |
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:: Wednesday, October 09, 2002
hiya peeps.. and welcome to SPOZ's RANT
why did I set this up you may ask? well.. it seems every other idiot has got his / her own idiotic rambling diary / journal site.. so I thought I'd contribute my own 2cents of worthless insight to an already overbloated cyberspace of self gushing inanity.. hey, if everyone else is jumping into this whole "website journal" bandwaggon right over that gaping chasm.. then why dont I? yup.. seems like a good idea at the time.. lets see if it actually ends up anywhere :-)
:: Spoz 7:11 PM |
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