someone put it on youtube finally

here’s the performance of “crazy” by gnarls barkley at the grammy’s this year. enjoy!

i’m far too analytical

one of the cool things about this wordpress site is that it comes with a little feature that can tell you how many people per day are actually visiting your site. after being on this thing for like two months, i’ve noticed that no one really ever reads this. there’s the occasional spike in the graph when sporadically i’ll get upwards of 60 views in one day, but typically it hovers around the 2-5 person per day range. and those big numbers have happened maybe two or three times ever. at first, i really started to question my writing. maybe i’m just not a good writer. then i started looking at the more popular blogs on wordpress and realized that quality of writing doesn’t seem to be too big of an issue apparently. maybe my writing does suck, but at least it might not be the reason no one ever reads this.

so i’m wondering what to do about this. the way i figure it, i’ve got two options. the first is that i try to advertise myself more. how exactly i do this is a complete mystery to me, but it’s an option. the second option i have is looking slightly more appealing though. i think what i might end up doing is taking advantage of the fact that no one reads this and speaking my mind a little more openly about things; saying things that are maybe more controversial than i would otherwise. and i think i’m ok with that. in fact, i’m going to start that right now.

i hold the personal belief that christians should cuss more in front of other people. the rest of the world thinks we’re a joke anyway. at least this way, we might sound a little more believable.

song for the moment: “how to disappear completely” by radiohead

i feel a rant coming…

…but before i do, i would first like to say how amazing it was to watch the police play live last night at the grammy awards. never really thought it would happen in my lifetime and it was quite a sight. yes, they’re getting older and don’t look quite as cool as they did, but it was still amazing to see. for those who don’t know what i’m talking about, check this out:

second amazing performance of the night for me was gnarls barkley. i’ve heard the song “crazy” a lot, but that paticular rendition was quite the show stopper. unfortunately, i can’t find it on youtube or google video, but if i do ever i’m gonna post it here. but it was amazing, that’s all you need to know. on to the rant!

the dixie chicks. love em, hate em, whatever, doesn’t matter. they won a lot of awards last night including a couple of the biggest ones. the bottom line is, i really don’t think they deserved to win as much they did. in my personal opinion, gnarls barkley, justin timberlake, and john mayer all had better albums than the chicks did, but they still won. i was trying to figure it out all night and i couldn’t understand why they kept winning. then they started talking, and it hit me. i narrowed it down to two reasons why they won as much as they did: 1. rick rubin 2. politics. the first reason is self-explanatory if you click on that link. the second i feel like i should expand on. a few years back, the dixie chicks got into some hot water because of their outspoken political views; namely their criticism of the president. at one point in their acceptance speech last night, natatlie maines (who also needs to learn how to think before opening her mouth) said that “people really voted their freedom of speech tonight.” that’s when i realized that the people who voted on the grammys for them to win weren’t voting for their music; they were voting for the dixie chicks’ politics. in essence, the music industry voiced their mostly unified opinion of president bush. i’m just having a hard time grasping that. i’m all for the freedom of expression and all about encouraging that too. music is art and art is the tangible expression of the human experience. but to award a piece of art the highest honor possible for something as shallow as a political viewpoint just seems stupid to me. could they really find nothing else to reward?

song for the moment: the entire st. elsewhere album by gnarls barkley

i love accidental awesomeness

i was feeling like trying something different with my camera on concert night this weekend. i set it up behind my amp on a set piece and set the timer right before we started playing. much to my surprise it turned out pretty fantastical for a last minute decision. and yes, that’s actually me that’s just a shadow there.

song for the moment: “son et lumiere/inertiatic e.s.p.” by the mars volta. pretty amazing way to start an album

a health update

couple posts ago i mentioned how i had finally gotten sick doing camp. well as you can see, i’ve gotten better and am feeling about 98% better.

daley, however, is feeling about a million times worse.

song for the moment: “last goodbye” by jeff buckley. i was in the mood for a classic tonight