I got six packages in the mail today. My roommates must be jealous. In those six packages were 14 new live shows. This is going to be quite an effort, listening to all this music. If anyone wants to help out, let me know.

Couch (1:43:43 AM): ok, out for real to do work, oh man, if I had an online journal, I would so write about how hot a trophy date I have coming up

Some people have the unfortunate disadvantage of not having any reason to get all dressed up to go to a lame social event since Senior Prom. Luckily for me and my skateboarding friend, fraternities such as mine afford us such opportunities.

I only wish there was a prom king and queen. Not that we'd get elected, or even be on the prom court, but they're easy targets of ridicule. We should just go with a crown and tierra and pretend we're the king and queen of the formal. HOLY SHIT! Chris, let's do that.

Anyway, thats the trophy date entry. tada!

Well, it turns out I was able to make the tape, although I didn't get it all figured out until 3 and didn't finish until after 5. Andrea enjoyed it greatly, and we listened to it on the way up to Baltimore to see Ani DiFranco. Ani was amazing. I am a newly converted fan. On the way back I mentioned that I was going to see Dan Bern on the 1st, and Andrea showed interest in going. (She liked the two Dan Bern songs I put on the tape) Hopefully if she comes she'll be converted, too.

Goddamn it. I'm making a mix tape for Andrea's birthday (today. she's 22) and for some reason my tape deck isn't recording.

I prefer mix tapes to CDs, although most people nowadays like it the other way around. I dunno, CDs just seem so... easy. It's hard to describe. With a tape you have to plan the music out so as to fill the whole tape perfectly, and I can record from CD's, tapes, and mp3s. It takes longer and is more work, but in the end the tapes are always seem special and more meaningful. Fortunately, Andrea needs a new tape, since she's had the same tapes in her car since high school. Unfortunately, I can't make it for her now for some reason. Dammit! This sums up my life lately.

There was supposed to be a coaches meeting today, but the W&M people couldn't make it up (gasp!) and the only person who doesn't know the games is Elise (gasp!). I try not to even think about it anymore, it just depresses me too much. It's written all over my planner this week, though, so it's hard not to. I'm so pissed. It would have been so much fuckin fun, and I would have gotten paid. Fuck. I was really looking forward to it. I just want this week to be over already so I can tear those pages out of my planner.

"Our position is that whatever grievances a nation may have, however objectionable it finds the status quo, aggressive warfare is an illegal means for settling those grievances or for altering those conditions."
--Surpreme Court Justice Robert Jackson, the American prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials, in his opening statement to the tribunal.

"All of us have heard this term 'preventive war' since the earliest days of Hitler. I recall that is about the first time I heard it. In this day and time...I don't believe there is such a thing; and, frankly, I wouldn't even listen to anyone seriously that came in and talked about such a thing."
--President Dwight Eisenhower

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Ladies and gentlemen, Tyler's profile.

What those songs were:
1. Poe- Haunted
2. Forest for the Trees- Dream
3. The Avalanches- Frontier Psychiatrist
4. 2 Skinnee J's- 718
5. Beastie Boys- Three Minute Rule
6. Mike Errico- Springtime
7. Carbon Leaf- Paloma
8. Keller Williams- Kidney in a Cooler
9. Soul Coughing- Janine
10. Sparklehorse- Chaos of the Universe/Happy Man
11. Beulah- Gene Autry
12. Vast- Touched
13. Jamiroquai- Canned Heat
14. Kula Shaker- Tattva
15. Trey Anastasio- Ether Sunday
16. Dan Bern- Alaska Highway
17. Rage Against the Machine- Testify
18. Radiohead- Idioteque
19. The Monkees- Daddy's Song
20. Phish- Walls of the Cave

I remember when I did that I made a list of artists then wrote the first lyric that came to mind for each, so really it's the artists that I was trying to promote, not necessarily that particular song, although all the songs listed are top notch.

The winner is Dan. He got them all but one. Dan will get something cool from me, but probably not until I fix my CD burner.

You know what I like? Live music. But when the show is over and your sweat has dried and you're doing your homework two nights later, that awesome concert is just a memory, doomed to fade.

No, I say. I will get my live music fix. I will find that show I was at. I won't let the music die. Enter phishhook.com. I don't remember how I stumbled across this music trading site, but within a couple hours I had a list set up and was already contacting people for B&P's. (That's blanks and postage, a way to start a music trading collection when you don't have anything to trade) Check out my list here. Right now it's pretty weak, but if you check out my incoming shows, you'll see that in a week or so I should have a pretty decent list. I've also added it to my links on the sidebar. I know there are other live music fan out there who have some shows and might dig on the trading scene *cough dan hodos cough*, and for those people I highly reccommend this site. And for the rest of you all, if you see a show you like and want a copy, just let me know.

(special thanks to Jossie for the following)

Last winter some dolt posted an on-line petition suggesting that the name "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" was intentionally offensive to the memory of 9/11. There were about 3600 signatures, of which about 2000 are sarcastic... below is the original petition, and just a smattering of some of the replies:

To: Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema
Those of us who have seen The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring know what an amazing director Peter Jackson is. When I learned that there apparently was to be a sequel, I was overjoyed.
However, Peter Jackson has decided to tastelessly name the sequel "The Two Towers". The title is clearly meant to refer to the attacks on the World Trade Center. In this post-September 11 world, it is unforgiveable that this should be allowed to happen. The idea is both offensive and morally repugnant. Hopefully, when Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema see the number of signatures on this petition, the title will be changed to something a little more sensitive.
Sincerely, The Undersigned

818. C. Hart
I think it would be best, in light of recent events, if the film was simply not shown at all. And by "recent events" I mean "that God-awful first Lord of the Rings film."

1076. Sigmund Wonder
Oh thank you so much for this. Those shameless moneymongers care for nothing but themselves. Could you please start a petition to stop those fascist police from using 911 as their phone number too? That is also something that bothers me.

1102. Paul
they have no sensitivity, i wont even let my twin kids stand next to each other out of respect for 9/11

1183. Lionel Hutz
I myself am a big Elvis fan, and if they name the third film after the book title "Return of the King" I will start my own petition....

1172. Joseph Minkock
How about changing it to: "Frodo's Hilarious Journey"?

1225. Hamm Hurabi
I demand that the number two no longer be used!

1346. burt convy's nipples
Yes, this exploitative Tolkien fellow should develop TV programs for Fox. I say change the next movie to *honor* the event: something like "Frodo, the Littlest Fireman."

1443. olly
I'll sign anything.

1434. William Shatner
I think Jackson's choice of title is shocking and offensive. Two new buildings were recently constructed in my home town, but we managed to have them demolished and the offenders removed from society.

1422. Ajax Cortina
While you're at it, let's ban the number 11. Everytime I see it, I cry.

1405. Pass
I believe Twins should be banned from entering Tower Records stores.

1387. Ashton Kushner
I think it should be renamed "Dude, where's my Precious?"