Clip of the Week

Texas Rangers Slip N Slide




Those Rangers like to have themselves some fun!

Two Entries, Two Places, Same idiot.

"I guess one thing is certain. Things do change. Time in an inconsistent consistency that I carry as an unbearable load on my shoulders. How does one plan for certain uncertainty? How does one change what will change itself? My mind cannot reason the need for myself in "ministry", or reason the need for life at all. As I look at the past 23 years of mistakes and accomplishments could they have not been switched and could I have not severely failed at what I accomplished and and accomplish what I failed and still be the same person who I am? Can you change who you are with the things you have and have not done? I think not. Self cannot be defined merely by what you do or don't, but who you are truly are as a whole. My misses or my hits, they are indifferent now to the character which was given to me at birth. Indifference. Such a wonderful word to describe what one does not become but one understands then accepts. I am indifferent to that which has become indifferent to me. Life." Sept 3, 2005

"What is it about a cool cafe that makes me feel smart? As if the book and cup of coffee or tea gives out that aura of satisfaction that I do not possess anywhere else. Perhaps I look like an intellectual poser hoping to have a deep conversation with another poser about god, or man's purpose, or another topic related to and held by the intellectuals only. "Look at me and my copy of 'Confessions'. I am deep and sophisticated and incredibly well read." I don't even own a copy of 'Confessions', but rather I remove the dust cover of my Purpose Driven Life book to seem more "real". What a joke! What an incredible joke image makes of us. Let me suck in my stomach and keep my eyes slightly shut to resemble in deep thought. What an attraction I must be for someone who can read minds. I would follow myself around gasping for air and clutching my sides for the deep bellowing laughter I would cause. I wish I knew the thoughts of everyone. What a wonderful event is probably taking place inside the minds of those around me now.

Someone just walked in and I sucked in my gut. It is completely involuntary reaction now. I wonder if I was to awake tomorrow with abs and a chiseled torso if I would innately suck in my belly without thought. Probably."- Nov 18, 2004

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Weezer is in my top five favorite bands. Not top five favorite bands of the nineties, or top five bands to listen to in the summertime or something. They are in my top five bands ever. It is for this reason, and the fact that they have a new record coming out, The Red Album (see photo - left), that I am dedicating this post to the weezingest band around.

First thing's first. We need to talk about the new record. I don't know anything about it, other than the fact that that cover art is supposedly the real deal. I really kind of hope it is, cause that's awesome. I have heard the new single, Pork and Beans (go here to listen), and it is less than impressive, it's kind of like another Beverly Hills. A track listing has been released, and it looks like this:

01 "Troublemaker"
02 "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)"
03 "Pork and Beans"
04 Heart Songs"
05 "Everybody Get Dangerous"
06 "Dreamin'"
07 "Thought I Knew"
08 "Cold Dark World"
09 "Automatic"
10 "The Angel and the One"

Bonus tracks for the Deluxe Edition:

11 "Miss Sweeney"
12 "Pig"
13 "The Spider"
14 "King"

Apparently the record is set for release (still on Geffen) on 6/24/08. I'll be picking it up.



Now it is time to get down to business. This is my list of all time, top ten Weezer songs. I hope you can dig it:

10. Jamie
9. O Girlfriend
8. Tired of Sex
7. Slob
6. Freak Me Out
5. Why Bother?
4. Undone: The Sweater Song
3. In the Garage
2. The Good Life
1. Say it Ain't So




Weezer - Buddy Holly


Weezer - Undone: The Sweater Song


Weezer - Say it Ain't So


Weezer - El Scorcho


Weezer - The Good Life


Weezer - Island in the Sun


Weezer - Photograph


Weezer - Dope Nose


Weezer - Hash Pipe


Weezer - Keep Fishin'


Weezer - Beverly Hills


Weezer - Perfect Situation


Weezer - We Are All on Drugs


Deftones - Say it Ain't So Cover


Weezer - Cover of Big Me by the Foo Fighters

- Jordan M.
Sulphur Springs, TX

Perhaps I should say something...

In the past I carried a small journal with me. In fact, often I carried blank journals, and simply desired to write in them. Today, I picked up a small moleskin journal and placed it in my back pocket. It has been blank for a three weeks, since I found it at the bottom of my console in my car while searching desperately for a square. Coming home from shopping I was pulling keys and such out of my pockets and placing them on my night stand, and realized that I had again pulled out the empty journal and set it on my night stand. It is odd that I carry it. It was odd that I carried close to 15 journals. I know that it is close to 15 because I am looking at over half of them in front of me right this moment. Some leather, some nicely bound, and yet some are simply classgear composition books. Perhaps I should open them, and relive them with somebody. And nobody is better than you.

Journal- Black faded Classgear Composition book. Water damaged, and held together with a dried out rubberband. It broke when I took it off.

First Entry: "Ideas"

-An idea is the complex thought the mind dances with for a moment, be it long or short. The dance with "what could be" is the satisfying feeling of adventure left untouched, unscathed by the reality which is life. Ideas contain both images of creativity and imagination. Nothing short of mental inventions which far exceed the actual inventions of man-made constructions. Perhaps and idea is so grand it could not be one's abilities. Perhaps and idea is grand that its production or completion would cause such a change in the world its impossibility and absurdity cause its very nonexistence. But these ideas or not those ideas. These ideas are collections of "brain farts". The "fart" is such a misunderstood glorious creation of the body that is misviewed as vile. The miracles that occur in each person's body which produce the brief explosion are completely forgotten. Such as with the "brain fart" The miracles of the brain working in a way to create thought are completely discarded when these ideas are spoken. Here are some more ideas.

Logan

Clip of the Week

La Jetee

Well, I am back. Since last we met, I have moved to a new house, started grad school, and obtained a new job. Yes, the times they are a changin' for Jordan M., but don't think that I've matured any. No chance. I don't actually have a whole lot for you today, just a good ol' clip of the week.

Today's clip is a short film by the enigmatic French film-maker Chris Marker called La Jetee. It is comprised entirely of still shots. You may recognize some of it, but that's because this is the film that would, years later, inspire Terry Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys.



- Jordan M.
Sulphur Springs, TX

Clip of the Week

What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?

This is another of Scorsese's student films. Check it out:



- Jordan M.
Commerce, TX

Top Ten List of the Week

Top Ten "Comic Book" Movies

Ah, comic books and movies. Two things I love. But, sadly, the marriage between the two usually results in a dismal failure. But, today we are counting down the top ten best movies based on comics. This doesn't necessarily mean the best (as in, most accurate) adaptation, but the pictures that had comic books as source material that turned out the best:

10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

9. Sin City

8. The Crow

7. Spider-Man

6. Superman: The Movie

5. Road to Perdition

4. X2: X-Men United

3. Ghost World

2. A History of Violence

1. Batman

- Jordan M.
Commerce, TX

Clip of the Week

John Rambo

Sure to get your adrenaline pumpin' and your testosterone flowin', here's a little bit from the latest installment in the Rambo series.



- Jordan M.
Commerce, TX

Clip of the Week

Jack Kirby Interview

This is an interview from an OOP doco about the late, great Jack Kirby. Please, only watch if you fall into the category of "complete nerd", otherwise you may blackout.



- Jordan M.
Commerce, TX

Top Ten List

Top Ten Canadians

Yeah, that's right. Those crazy Canucks get a lot of crap, but there are some good ones, too! Let's take a look.

10. Ivan Reitman - Director of Ghost Busters, Stripes, and...umm...Kindergarten Cop!

9. Guy Maddin - Director of The Saddest Music in the World

8. Frederick Banting - He discovered insulin!

7. Leonard Cohen - Singer/Songwriter

6. Wayne Gretzky - The Great One

5. Phil Hartman - He is sorely missed

4. Ferguson Jenkins - Hall of Fame pitcher

3. Neil Young - Singer/Songwriter best known for being better than you

2. Wolverine - Weapon X

1. David Cronenberg - Director of The Brood, A History of Violence, and Videodrome

Sorry, Corey Hart just didn't make the cut.

- Jordan M.
Commerce, TX