vol. 5

• steelers' tailgates are always a good time -- steelers' tailgates held on a friday in tucc's driveway are that much better, though...
• pretty cool to talk to people about what they hear when they listen to music... interesting to hear steve mention last night that there are times that he doesn't even hear the words being sung in a song... i'm pretty much the opposite -- the words almost always come first for me...if you're not sure exactly what you hear, try this -- listen to this song by nick drake -- what do you hear? (it's called one of these things first, and i know it gets cut off, but you'll get the point, i hope...)
• case in point... my favorite opening lines from a song, for the longest time, were from beck's loser... in the time of chimpanzees i was a monkey...this was the case until this morning when i heard bitch went nuts by ben folds for the first time... the bitch went nuts/she stabbed my basketball...
• i've often struggled with my like/dislike of "the classics" -- there are tons that i love (atlas shrugged, gatsby...) and others that i just can't take (naked lunch, howl...) this goes for music, also...
  
• beck, loved the cd -- but you should have known better than to think you were going to get the band past me! see the bullet above for my opinion on up on cripple creek -- i bet you can guess which category it falls under...
  
• for a better example of robbie robertson's passion, in my opinion, check out this song called showdown at big sky (scroll down a little and press the red button...and that would be the bodeans singing background on the song...)
• if you have never seen the movie the money pit, you should -- especially if you own your own home... i always loved this movie, but now i truly understand it -- the looks on tom hanks' face as he is running up the staircase that is falling down is worth watching this movie in itself... (the link i've provided will take you to a clip of some of the better parts of the movie...)
• i invented the houdini...