Oh golly, now everyone will know what I think about 90210, Paris Hilton and the fat chick from Wilson Phillips. Google's been hiding my diatribe blogs about it for so long. I'm glad yahoo will fix that.
On my dumb "blog" posts, google picks up matches pretty danged quick. I made a reference to "Phil the Fuck Wit" and it's number one on the charts. One out of one matches, when it's in parenthesis. Why is google watching me?
Actually I'm glad google is getting some competition. It'll make them better.
QA at a few of my last jobs were: "If we don't get complaints, you're doing great". Which is probably why one has almost gone under for years. A few months of walking up and thinking, "Well, there's cars in the parking lot" and "alright, the doors not padlocked shut". Any day now, we'd say, but I'm glad they're still in business even if I don't work for them.
That's how it works in Australia. South Park is played on normal teevee. I also saw The Trouble With Mary on teevee and was wondering what parts they'd cut. They didn't.
That was my line of thinking. Even after I almost died several times. Knowing people in their 20s and 30s getting cancer or dying from weird causes helped change my mind.
Then getting epilepsy from the last time I almost died really pushed me. I can't be killed, but I can be injured.
I might get hit by a bus this afternoon and I might live another 70 years.
You should give it a try instead of just thinking about it. It's a short life and you only get one chance (Hindus excepted).
I've read stories from people on sailboats who did it and loved it, and from people who did it and hated it. email me in 3 years and I'll give you my opinion if it's Good or Bad but since I'm not on a boat my opinion wouldn't count.
Australia has something like 7/10 of the most poisonous snakes and spiders. Plus there's crocodiles (both salt and fresh water), and jelly fish that can kill if you figure you'll just go swimming in the ocean. People die of the heat and dehydration in the outback. Driving at night angers the Kangaroo God so he smites your car with them. There's also a Cattle God, a Sheep God, a Wombat God and a Roadtrain God. None are happy.
Not to mention they eat things like Musk Flavored Lifesavers and Vegemite. The heat, combined with US and Europe hiding the ozone layer makes it hard on people so they age badly. Crocodile Dundee is only 22.
But it was a nice country with great people, and I'll be back to ride from Cape York to Uluru (Ayers Rock) to Tasmania.
It's always easy to bitch about someone doing something. There's plenty of stuff in the Guinness book that's not difficult. This one is more difficult then you realize.
Class action lawsuit means lawyers make money. This has happened to me on eBay but I never thought about bitching about it. They do a few other slimey things for me to think about this one.
Everyone will get an email from eBay saying they're eligible for a refund. 95% won't make it past most spam filters.
I'll be on both islands. First the south since my bike is getting shipped to Christchurch. I've "met" a few kiwis from a punk rock board and from myspace who've offered me places to stay in Wellington and Tambaurani (sp?). I've heard from everyone who's been there that it's a great place to be.
Just because he'd like to do a book about doesn't mean he actually will. Although, if he's a good writer, he could make it interesting. Writing a book about camping on a sidewalk for 5 months would be tough.
Nope, I haven't even heard of Old Boy. I'll take a look for it when I'm in Melbourne. I'll be there for 2 weeks while my bike is being shipped to Christchurch.
I was planning on looking for other Akashi Miike movies while I was there.
Luckily though, there's plenty of people like you who will cut him down for doing something. Sure, he's not curing cancer but even you're interested enough to read his story on slashdot.
I should write something about you on my "blog" but would that give you delusions of grandeur?
Nope, but I think they've been around even longer than we have -- we've been a band since 1993 I think. They also switched from being a Star Trek band, but they did it in a different way.
Play Inc. wanted us to play for them for their Internet Public Access show. They came, saw us play, got worried that we'd break their stuff, and changed their minds. Then when the dotcom bubble burst, they went under and figured they'd make millions from a Star Trek band since we aren't interested in the money making aspect. I really enjoy playing in a Star Trek band, but it's not some sort of "get rich quick" scheme for us. I mean, how many times a year does anyone want to see a themed band?
At first they were pretty nice. We played a show with them and their manager was demanding money for unreasonable things. One bit was, we went and got a PA since the club didn't have one, but he wanted to be paid for it. Then we started hearing from local press and clubs that they said we'd broken up. Which is pretty funny, but why would you want to deal with them after that?
So we where the only band in the movie that didn't want to be involved on the soundtrack because it's on their vanity label. You'd think the movie folks would be used to self-publicity but they take it seriously. They play up the "hit song on the radio" which played at the low powered Sac State station that's so low powered you can't hear it in the dorms because it won't go through the cement walls. I've got a quote of there's somewhere that they talk about ditching the Star Trek gimmick once they get famous. Yeah, I'm sure Weird Al has the same plans. It's a Sci-Fi themed band. I figured it would mean you could laugh at yourselves automatically.
So we said hell no about releasing our songs, but figured since we aren't expecting them to pay us, who cares? The movie guys wanted us to do it, other bands asked us, so we said screw it and signed the contract.
There are free copies of the soundtrack floating around the internet that weren't released by us. I'm honest when I say we didn't put them out. I did a quick check for movie pirates and saw a copy of the soundtrack along with the movie. I didn't download either so I don't know if the compression ratio is good. But the soundtrack is a good thing because since they aren't paying the bands, why should I care if anyone can hear it for free? The movie was put out by small guys under the Paramount name and they didn't get much of a choice with it. Hell, Paramount probably just financed it because it was cheaper than paying Activision for doing such a crappy job with the Star Trek stuff that Activision sued them because it was costing them money.
Anyway, we put out our songs for free. We need to get our lawyer to check out the contract and see if we can put out the songs we recorded on our site. Besides making some sort of secret folder called nokilli.com/mp3 and dumping them there. Not that they're there, because I don't have the time to dick around with some label with no common sense.
I've been in bands on several labels not dealing with the RIAA and have been treated fair. I've also been with other labels and have been ripped off.
For instance, right now the Star Trek band I'm in, is on a compilation for Trekkies 2. That label's payment seems to be 6 CDs marked "FOR PROMO USE ONLY". Not a surprise for us -- we expected it -- but some of the other bands on that comp have been bitching.
Not only do the bands not get paid, but they were told to buy copies of the CD from amazon because the label WON'T sell copies to bands. That's a nice step of sleaziness that I haven't heard of before. Ensuring that the bands can't even get beer money selling CDs at shows, and trying to get them to boost the amazon rating for a CD that 99.99999999999 of the population wouldn't listen to even if it was free.
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Well that ain't American.
Oh golly, now everyone will know what I think about 90210, Paris Hilton and the fat chick from Wilson Phillips. Google's been hiding my diatribe blogs about it for so long. I'm glad yahoo will fix that.
On my dumb "blog" posts, google picks up matches pretty danged quick. I made a reference to "Phil the Fuck Wit" and it's number one on the charts. One out of one matches, when it's in parenthesis. Why is google watching me?
Actually I'm glad google is getting some competition. It'll make them better.
QA at a few of my last jobs were: "If we don't get complaints, you're doing great". Which is probably why one has almost gone under for years. A few months of walking up and thinking, "Well, there's cars in the parking lot" and "alright, the doors not padlocked shut". Any day now, we'd say, but I'm glad they're still in business even if I don't work for them.
"The sun is by far the hottest-st planet in the solar system and it would burn you if you tried to eat it."
--Chris Elliot, Get A Life.
That's how it works in Australia. South Park is played on normal teevee. I also saw The Trouble With Mary on teevee and was wondering what parts they'd cut. They didn't.
It's crazy! Teaching people to act like adults!
That was my line of thinking. Even after I almost died several times. Knowing people in their 20s and 30s getting cancer or dying from weird causes helped change my mind.
Then getting epilepsy from the last time I almost died really pushed me. I can't be killed, but I can be injured.
I might get hit by a bus this afternoon and I might live another 70 years.
You're right, I'll use a wet suit and a giant snorkle.
You should give it a try instead of just thinking about it. It's a short life and you only get one chance (Hindus excepted).
I've read stories from people on sailboats who did it and loved it, and from people who did it and hated it. email me in 3 years and I'll give you my opinion if it's Good or Bad but since I'm not on a boat my opinion wouldn't count.
The paradise island is New Zealand.
Australia has something like 7/10 of the most poisonous snakes and spiders. Plus there's crocodiles (both salt and fresh water), and jelly fish that can kill if you figure you'll just go swimming in the ocean. People die of the heat and dehydration in the outback. Driving at night angers the Kangaroo God so he smites your car with them. There's also a Cattle God, a Sheep God, a Wombat God and a Roadtrain God. None are happy.
Not to mention they eat things like Musk Flavored Lifesavers and Vegemite. The heat, combined with US and Europe hiding the ozone layer makes it hard on people so they age badly. Crocodile Dundee is only 22.
But it was a nice country with great people, and I'll be back to ride from Cape York to Uluru (Ayers Rock) to Tasmania.
It's always easy to bitch about someone doing something. There's plenty of stuff in the Guinness book that's not difficult. This one is more difficult then you realize.
Why is it important to show ID to board a plane? So you can't sell your ticket instead of flying?
I'm from the government and I'm here to help you.
Class action lawsuit means lawyers make money. This has happened to me on eBay but I never thought about bitching about it. They do a few other slimey things for me to think about this one.
Everyone will get an email from eBay saying they're eligible for a refund. 95% won't make it past most spam filters.
I forgot to put my condom on.
Sincerely,
Your Father
I'll be on both islands. First the south since my bike is getting shipped to Christchurch. I've "met" a few kiwis from a punk rock board and from myspace who've offered me places to stay in Wellington and Tambaurani (sp?). I've heard from everyone who's been there that it's a great place to be.
Just because he'd like to do a book about doesn't mean he actually will. Although, if he's a good writer, he could make it interesting. Writing a book about camping on a sidewalk for 5 months would be tough.
Nope, I haven't even heard of Old Boy. I'll take a look for it when I'm in Melbourne. I'll be there for 2 weeks while my bike is being shipped to Christchurch.
I was planning on looking for other Akashi Miike movies while I was there.
Luckily though, there's plenty of people like you who will cut him down for doing something. Sure, he's not curing cancer but even you're interested enough to read his story on slashdot.
I should write something about you on my "blog" but would that give you delusions of grandeur?
Banned, eh? Well luckily there's broadband. I've only seen about 4 or 5 of his movies and neither was Katakuris or Dead or Alive.
Any film festivals in Feb or March? I'll be in New Zealand then.
How does the lobby feel about Peter Jackson's early stuff?
If you like the weird stuff, try hunting down Visitor Q or other movies down by Takashi Miike. Truly wonderful.
At least the Gorn has a lower slashdot number than Old Man Nygard. I wish I could remember my account with the 30,??? number though.
I'm in Australia, Roger and I've seen a fake you. He didn't crush my hand, so that's how I knew he was fake.
Nope, but I think they've been around even longer than we have -- we've been a band since 1993 I think. They also switched from being a Star Trek band, but they did it in a different way.
Play Inc. wanted us to play for them for their Internet Public Access show. They came, saw us play, got worried that we'd break their stuff, and changed their minds. Then when the dotcom bubble burst, they went under and figured they'd make millions from a Star Trek band since we aren't interested in the money making aspect. I really enjoy playing in a Star Trek band, but it's not some sort of "get rich quick" scheme for us. I mean, how many times a year does anyone want to see a themed band?
At first they were pretty nice. We played a show with them and their manager was demanding money for unreasonable things. One bit was, we went and got a PA since the club didn't have one, but he wanted to be paid for it. Then we started hearing from local press and clubs that they said we'd broken up. Which is pretty funny, but why would you want to deal with them after that?
So we where the only band in the movie that didn't want to be involved on the soundtrack because it's on their vanity label. You'd think the movie folks would be used to self-publicity but they take it seriously. They play up the "hit song on the radio" which played at the low powered Sac State station that's so low powered you can't hear it in the dorms because it won't go through the cement walls. I've got a quote of there's somewhere that they talk about ditching the Star Trek gimmick once they get famous. Yeah, I'm sure Weird Al has the same plans. It's a Sci-Fi themed band. I figured it would mean you could laugh at yourselves automatically.
So we said hell no about releasing our songs, but figured since we aren't expecting them to pay us, who cares? The movie guys wanted us to do it, other bands asked us, so we said screw it and signed the contract.
There are free copies of the soundtrack floating around the internet that weren't released by us. I'm honest when I say we didn't put them out. I did a quick check for movie pirates and saw a copy of the soundtrack along with the movie. I didn't download either so I don't know if the compression ratio is good. But the soundtrack is a good thing because since they aren't paying the bands, why should I care if anyone can hear it for free? The movie was put out by small guys under the Paramount name and they didn't get much of a choice with it. Hell, Paramount probably just financed it because it was cheaper than paying Activision for doing such a crappy job with the Star Trek stuff that Activision sued them because it was costing them money.
Anyway, we put out our songs for free. We need to get our lawyer to check out the contract and see if we can put out the songs we recorded on our site. Besides making some sort of secret folder called nokilli.com/mp3 and dumping them there. Not that they're there, because I don't have the time to dick around with some label with no common sense.
Around the world in 4 years is my plan.
I've been in bands on several labels not dealing with the RIAA and have been treated fair. I've also been with other labels and have been ripped off.
For instance, right now the Star Trek band I'm in, is on a compilation for Trekkies 2. That label's payment seems to be 6 CDs marked "FOR PROMO USE ONLY". Not a surprise for us -- we expected it -- but some of the other bands on that comp have been bitching.
Not only do the bands not get paid, but they were told to buy copies of the CD from amazon because the label WON'T sell copies to bands. That's a nice step of sleaziness that I haven't heard of before. Ensuring that the bands can't even get beer money selling CDs at shows, and trying to get them to boost the amazon rating for a CD that 99.99999999999 of the population wouldn't listen to even if it was free.
Sheesh.
Ack! Thanks for the warning. I'll avoid making that joke again. Goatse though, can't be killed.