I mean, duh.
Monthly Archive for October, 2007
From travelandleisure.com
“Affordability is the area’s best quality.
The worst: its people.”
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Out of 25 cities, Dallas came in close to last in most categories.
I included some of my favorites.
Come visit me if you like BBQ and sports.
Otherwise, you may want to stay away.
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Live music - 24
Singles scene - 24
Characteristics (Overall) - 25
Ease of getting around/public transportation - 24
Environmental awareness - 24
People-watching - 25
Access to outdoors - 24
Cityscape (Overall) - 24
Pedestrian friendliness - 24
Public parks/spaces - 24
Skyline/views - 22
Architecture/notable buildings - 23
Underground arts scene - 22
Barbecue - 4
Coffee - 25
Ethnic food - 24
Athletic/active - 23
Attractive - 23
Diverse - 25
Fun - 24
Intelligent - 22
People (Overall) - 25
Worldly - 25
Active/adventure vacation - 24
Business trip (that’s secretly fun) - 25
Romantic escape - 25
Sophisticated getaway - 24
Sports fan’s vacation - 7
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Ok that’s it. I’m moving as soon as I can.
Apparently the keyboard sample for “Jump” was played back at 48K rather than 44.1K. The result was an atonal, dissonant mess despite EVH’s valiant efforts to bend his guitar notes into tune with the synth. This would prove to be impossible as the difference between notes played and the notes fed in by the sequencer was a matter of semitones.
It sounds so awful. I love that a majority of the audience does not seem to notice the effect.
Soulja Boy Tell Em “Crank That” - While I usually have a soft spot for retarded stuff, this is easily the most obnoxious shit I’ve ever heard. No, I’m not hyperbolizing. I cannot believe how prominent this song is. It is everywhere: blasting out of every car on the street, on every radio station a dozens times every hour, all over TV, the internet, etc, etc, etc. It’s a dance craze, you see. Kind of like the Electric Slide for the Idiocracy generation. Worse yet, it looks like my patience will be tried for a few more months, gauging by its unmitigated popularity. It’s nearly 4 minutes of shouted monotonous baby talk that currently sits at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Absolute garbage. Do not even attempt to defend it.
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The Of Montreal “Let’s Go Outback Tonight” Song - I was never really a fan of Of Montreal but I do enjoy a few of their songs. At any rate I am happy that Kevin Barnes is getting paid to play music. Artists deserve to make money and sadly this is not the norm. It sucks though, when the paycheck comes from a national chain steakhouse that plays their commercials over and over again on every station, network or cable.
I’ll admit I was excited (and apparently confused) the first time I heard his voice during said advertisement. In fact, I was still cool with it the next few times. But the 154th time was just too much. It sounds dirty now. “Let’s go outback tonight” can easily be interpreted as “let’s have butt sex.” Kevin’s tender delivery only adds to the uneasy feeling this evokes while watching Dancing With The Stars at my parents’ house.
“Life will still be there tomorrow.” Indeed Kevin, and the next day too, but damn, I know it’s not your fault buddy.
(edit: I originally thought this jingle was by Sam Prekop of The Sea and Cake. The post has since been corrected to complain about the correct person. Thanks to Julalmint for the heads up. And big apologies go out to my main man Sam for the undeserved blame for my pain.)
<<<Pardoned!
This morning it poured rain in Dallas.
When this happens the spillway at the southern tip of White Rock Lake escalates from a lazy trickle to these roaring rapids. I snapped a few pictures.
Listen to this.
Coming soon:
- Recordings that take longer than 2 minutes to create. Or not. We will see. I have very little patience when it comes to completing things so this could possibly be the best audio post I’ll ever do.
- While I’m on the subject of disappointment: I need a new phone in order to start calling many of my friends back. Sorry guys. I must say being off the radar for a while has been both awesome and terrible. But my God, HDTV is so nice. Almost as nice as you guys, but just almost.
- Hold on is this still a list? Eggs.
- My first official Dallas post. You know, about how Dallas is so ________. I’m serious, it’s really _______.
Finally, just to prove I’m not living in a cardboard box on Lower Wacker (that rumor & many worse have been circulating) here I am at Lake Cliff Park, just south of downtown Dallas.
