Scooter Chronicles

Collective Soul - “Collective Soul”

Tracks:

1. Simple
2. Untitled
3. The World I Know
4. Smashing Young Man
5. December
6. Where the River Flows
7. Gel
8. She Gathers Rain
9. When the Water Falls
10. Collection of Goods
11. Bleed
12. Reunion

This is the band’s second album, from 1994, but it was the single “Shine” from their debut album the year prior that brought Collective Soul into mine, and everyone else’s consciousness. I saw them twice for free before the release of this album. I liked what...

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We’re Back
We got back Monday afternoon from our visit to Michigan. It was a good trip, though too short as always. The ride home was pretty good considering it rained a good portion of the way, and we had a forced stop of 30 minutes waiting for an accident to clear. Marcia was sleeping at the time, and Nigel was watching a video, so I did a crossword puzzle while waiting.

Bookworm Carnival
The Bookworm Carnival that I am hosting has finally been put together. You can see the PAGE here on my site. The theme was urban / contemporary fantasy. A few books I have read were reviewed, but some good suggestions...

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Tuatara - “Cinemathique”

Tracks:

1. The Melting Sun
2. Love is a Calculated Risk
3. Pimpin’ for the Muse
4. Tumbleweeds
5. A Thin Gray Pickpocket
6. Action Thriller
7. Falling Pianos
8. The Hangover
9. In the Passing Lane
10. Walking in a Dead Man’s Shoes
11. Farewell to the Hero

I stumbled onto this band because of the drummer, Barrett Martin. Martin was the drummer for the Screaming Trees during their heyday in the early 90’s (Seattle grunge scene), and then more importantly to me, was part of the “super group” Mad Season. (The...

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Here are a few funny comics I saw this past weekend. The first is from the comic “In the Bleachers” by Steve Moore.

If it were only that easy.

The second is “Rubes” by Leigh Rubin.

Roger had POSTED his meme a few days ago. Here is mine.

Instructions: Open up your iTunes and fill out this survey, no matter how embarrassing the responses might be.

How many songs total: 5462
How many hours or days of music: 26.31 days

Most recently played: “Evil Ways” by Santana
Most played: “Continuum” by Zero One
Most recently added: “Boots of Fog” by Múm

Sort by song title:
First Song (by letters): “A.D.D.” by System of a Down
Last Song (by letters): “Zoo Station” by U2
First Song (by numbers):...

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Sometime last week I stumbled across Blender Magazine’s “50 Worst Things Ever to Happen to Music” list. I found one of them very amusing.

31. Jazz fusion
It’s a rule of thumb that any music that uses “jazz” as a prefix will make you want to saw your head off in boredom (see also: jazz-funk, jazz rap, jazz house). But none is as wearying as the genre that thought what rock really needed was month-long bass solos and time signatures Stephen Hawking wouldn’t understand.

Yes sir! Very funny. But I still like jazz fusion.

Truly, one of the worst songs in rock ‘n roll history. (”Lumberjack” by Jackyl, for those that need to know.)

The video is really bad, too. And speaking of bad videos, here is another one, “Lunatic Fringe” by Red Rider.