You there! Yes you! It's been ages hasn't it! You haven't forgot about me have you? Oh thank goodness, I was afraid you had moved on (you probably should have). I'm so glad that we're both back! You must be curious about what I've been up to. No? Oh shush, I'm telling you anyways.
The Great Vinyl Adventure has officially become a utter (moo) failure. Why you ask? Well my needle arrived, but without a tip! The nerve of Ebay I tell you, the nerve! It has been quite distressing, Graceland and Abbey Road look to me desperately as a fine coat of dust has begun to coat them. "Ian you beast!" you exclaim, "How could you forsake your poor records!" I know, I know I've postponed this pet project twice now, and sometime in the future I will listen to them; cross my heart. But moving on! I can't think of such depressing topics any longer!
I will be seeing The Moody Blues (who?) this Wednesday and by golly, I'm going to give you a play by play of just how awesome it was. No need to thank me, I enjoy spoiling you so.
Going forward, I have a few niggling ideas for the future of this blog; I think maybe I'll start a Monty Python or Arrested Development feature, and quite possibly a random expose on whatever the heck I feel like (I'm so independent it's ridiculous) . So look for those in the future, and yeah, I don't have any sort of ending to this paragraph, so just look down. (awkward)
I've got another weekly roundup for you! You thought I would just leave you high and dry without any sort of sustenance, didn't you? How little you think of me, you rapscallion!
Random Thought(s) of the Week: I cannot wait to see 500 Days of Summer. I mean, Zooey Deschanel alone makes this movie worth seeing (Can you tell who my favorite actress is?), but Zooey Deschanel in a non-linear romantic comedy? Hell to the yes.
On a side note, it really depressed me to learn that you pronounce Zooey, "Zoo-y" Update: Wikipedia always saves me! Zooey is pronounced just like Zoey, phew!
So that's all that I've got for now. Till next time!
Hello again, my ever so faithful readers; how are you this wonderful holiday weekend? I'm fine, thanks for asking. Well, you might be hoping I'd have picked and listened to my first record by now, but I'm sorry to say I haven't been able to. "But Ian," you say, "you promised you would listen to a record this weekend!" I know, I know, my humblest apologies; but in my defense, I have a legitimate excuse! As I was setting up my dad's old record player, I discovered the ancient beast's needle was broken. Alas, my father had no replacements buried anywhere, so I had to drop $20 to buy a new one off Ebay. This unfortunate setback will last until sometime this week, probably Wednesday, and then I promise (again) I will listen to a record and let you know just what I think of it. My apologies.
But even though I don't have any real articles to speak of, I do have some tidbits I'd like to share with you, a weekly roundup (roundup always makes me think of weeds sadly), if you will.
Random Thought of the Week: I need to reread Harry Potter 6/7: 6 was amazing if I remember correctly and I need to read it before the new movie comes out! (dunno why I'm excited for that, they're mostly disappointments) And 7 because I don't really remember much of it, other than it was kind of a disappointment.
Well now that concludes today's ramblings, till next time!
You thought I wouldn't post again didn't you? Hah! Seems I've proved you wrong. Well here it is, my first real feature, "The Great Vinyl Adventure"! What is it you ask? Well let me take you back, back to yesterday...
My parents have always had a great taste in music, my dad was, and still is, a hard rock nut and is proud to have been to dozens of Led Zeppelin, Cream and Moody Blues concerts. My mum on the other hand is a little more singer-songwriterish; Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel etc. As a result, I've been raised on some pretty classy music. Over the years, I had heard about my parents "vinyl stash", but I had never had the gumbo to go digging for it. Enter summer boredom. Yesterday, after my second round of Cops reruns (I find it ironic how addicting that show is), I decided to find this mythical "stash". After about an hour of huffing and puffing I finally pulled out a beaten up cardboard box labeled "Vinyl". Hurrah! Inside were hundreds of vinyl records (no wai!) just ready for listening. After some dusting off and decision-making I picked 23 albums to listen to over the summer. In my infinite wisdom I thought, "Goodness wouldn't it be nice to share my experiences with my humble reader(s)?" And thus, "The Great Vinyl Adventure" was born!
So, each week whenever I feel like it, I'll share my thoughts with you about each one of these (mostly) classic albums and whether it sounds any better than the versions you can buy online. I'll probably start listening to one tomorrow, any suggestions on which album to start with? Here's the list of the 23 albums I picked:
Abbey Road - Beatles Back in Black - AC/DC Imagine - John Lennon Graceland - Paul Simon Led Zeppelin I - Led Zeppelin Live (Killers) - Queen The Best of Bread - Bread Don McLean - Don McLean The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin The Wall - Pink Floyd Heartbreak City - The Cars Beck, Bogert & Appice - Beck, Bogert & Appice One Trick Pony - Paul Simon Rio - Duran Duran Friend or Foe - Adam Ant Days of Future Passed - The Moody Blues Presence - Led Zeppelin Freeze Frame - The J. Geils Band Built For Speed - Stray Cats Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin Business as Usual - Men at Work Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens Greatest Hits - Queen (I had actual albums but they were still sealed so no go)
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