Fishing - Sea Devil - August ‘05 - 2
Originally uploaded by sjwillis.
We had a great day fishing. Just a lousy day actually catching anything. I posted the photoset on flickr.
Monthly Archive for August, 2005
The Franklin Institute has an incredibly interesting article on the effects of stress on the brain. Yet another reason to make time to meditate!
It’s been a while since I’ve picked up anything new by Redman. I checked out Elastic a while back in a record store and wasn’t really blown away by it. His newest album, Momentum (Amazon|iTunesMusicStore), features the Elastic Band and it’s been one of the most satisfying new albums to land on my iPod in a while. What I liked about Redman’s first two albums was that everything sounded new to me but was still accessible and familiar. Momentum continues that trend. His blowing is insanely powerful and the grooves are all about pocket.
From Jazzonline.com:
The twelve-track album includes interpretations of songs by Sheryl Crow, Led Zeppelin, and Ornette Coleman—in addition to material composed by Redman and his Elastic Band counterparts—and features performances by drummer Jeff Ballard, vibraphonist Stefon Harris, trumpeter Nicholas Payton, and guitarists Jeff Parker, Eric Krasno, Kurt Rosenwinkel and Peter Bernstein. Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea plays on three of the album’s tracks, Michelle N’Degeocello plays bass on Redman’s composition “Greasy G,” and ?uestlove of The Roots joins Redman on drums for “Put It in Your Pocket.”
Here are a couple tracks for you to check out (they’ll be removed in about two weeks):
I’ve been raving about Flickr for a while now (and actually bought a Pro account for $25 per year a few weeks ago). The fact that they have a killer API is useful and I reap the benefits of that API every time I upload photos through one of a dozen different ways. But more importantly, the fact that they’ve got a kickass, open API is simply a good indicator that they’re a forward-thinking company that’s going to do great things. A few of those great things were recently announced on the flickr blog. The coolest feature is interestingness. The photos are amazing but the picture they paint taken together is even more amazing. (Think about aliens learning about our planet: the flickr interestingness calendar is a Berlitz tape for culture).
Now that the After School Special party is all over, and the last of the beer bottles has been recycled, I thought I might offer to our viewers just a glipse of what this year’s event was all about. For those of you unfamiliar with the theme, we try to capture the vibe of the year 1978, with mustaches, mulletts, jeans jackets, and rawk and roll… best summed up with the image of Scott Baio in one of those after school specials from our TV past, then throw in the mix of characters that you might find at the parking lot scene at a Steve Miller Band show.
This year’s event, which featured an outdoor screening of Led Zepplin’s “How the West Was Won”, a carnival style moon bounce, a live rock show by OneHandFree, and enough jello shots to put down a large moose, was (as you might imagine) a wild success. Thanks to the band for kicking out the .38 Special and Night Ranger covers to really tie it all together.
If this piques your interest, well, you’ll just have to show up next time for the full experience
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