via cnn.com
The number of times I must of watched "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "National Lampoons Vacation" is beyond me. I loved Loved LOVED these movies. It's sad to hear that he's gone. A weekend of John Hughes movies await me!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Well, that was un expected...
Hi, Joe Shockley.Lou Barlow (LouBarlow) is now following your tweets on Twitter. A little information about Lou Barlow:
You may follow Lou Barlow as well by clicking on the "follow" button on their profile.You may also block Lou Barlow if you don't want them to follow you. Only in this day and age can a fan make a random blog entry about a band one day and then next day be suprised like this when that band decides to follow you on Twitter. Cool. Hi Lou! -Joe |
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
New Music: Joakim - Watermelon Bubbilcious
Joakim has a new album on the way from SK7 called Milky Ways.
I'm a fan. I love how his way of meshing influences... Like Techno, Jazz and Krautrock.
This tune is blippy, all over the place and is available as a free MP3 when you visit http://www.joakim-milkyways.com
More samples of the album are available there as well.
Enjoy!
Watermelon Bubblicious by Joakim
Download now or listen on posterous
Watermelon_Bubblicious.mp3 (6783 KB) Download now or listen on posterous
-Joe
New Lou Barlow MP3 - Gravitate on RCRD LBL
via rcrdlbl.com
Lou Barlow was one of those guys who I always wished would just buy some decent recording gear. He finally did by 2005 and now he has a new record forthcoming on Merge in October entitled Goodnight Unknown. Simple, subtle and effective; reminds of his Folk Implosion vibe... but better recorded.
get some: recrd lbl link
-Joe
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Morning Links: Blender Defender
I'v a long day ahead of Car maintenance, studying File Maker and then helping a client set up their new office in Delray. All on a Saturday no less. Still I have found time this morning to select a few choice links.
New Tiny Robots Can Crawl Through Your Veins
The title says it all really. Israeli company Technion has developed a 1mm robot that is powered & controlled by external magnetic fields as it crawls through your veins. Creepy, but neat.
http://io9.com/5280536/
Students Need Mental Ammunition
Marsha Enright discusses Montessori School, the decline of knowledge and the focus on good citizenry in US Colleges and establishing a new College of the United States.
http://www.theatlasphere.com/columns/090605-enright-seminar.php
Blender Defendar
While many students many students are spending their college years perfecting the drinking skills, making their porn debut and learning less then their Grandparents did in High School, this smart cookie managed to use his noggin to hilariously teach his cats to stay off the counter.
http://www.plasma2002.com/blenderdefender/
Enjoy!
-Joe
New Tiny Robots Can Crawl Through Your Veins
The title says it all really. Israeli company Technion has developed a 1mm robot that is powered & controlled by external magnetic fields as it crawls through your veins. Creepy, but neat.
http://io9.com/5280536/
Students Need Mental Ammunition
Marsha Enright discusses Montessori School, the decline of knowledge and the focus on good citizenry in US Colleges and establishing a new College of the United States.
http://www.theatlasphere.com/columns/090605-enright-seminar.php
Blender Defendar
While many students many students are spending their college years perfecting the drinking skills, making their porn debut and learning less then their Grandparents did in High School, this smart cookie managed to use his noggin to hilariously teach his cats to stay off the counter.
http://www.plasma2002.com/blenderdefender/
Enjoy!
-Joe
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Hear US Struggle: Marqui Adora opens the door to the vault.
Taking a more open approach to writing and recording our songs John, Danny & my self have decided to release our works in progress, while still in progress.
As a Band, Marqui Adora has been rather prolific, as a finished recording and releasing entity we've been stagnant. We've managed to start the recording process on dozens of songs since we started as a group in 2004 but have only managed to finish and make available 15 songs in an almost 5 year period. This is not a good ratio for a band who at one time had two recording engineers as members, a studio full of recording equipment and each member of the group having multiple computers with top of the line recording software on them.
We have pretty busy non musical lives now and everyone is doing the best they can just to make money to pay the bills. All those boring details aside the real problem has come from holding on to songs & struggling to get them just right.
When we were Kids John and I recorded an entire album of 20+ songs on an 8 track in about a month. Granted it didn't sound all that great, but we did it and moved on to the next.
It's with that concept in mind that we've decided to release some of the songs that have been sitting a round for quite some time on a new website & podcast feed called Marqui Adora Rough Drafts which can be found Here.
The most recent song listed is called "Gloom", it's the 1st Marqui Adora song ever and it has been through many, many, many changes. Listen to the struggle and hear our work in progress.
-Joe
As a Band, Marqui Adora has been rather prolific, as a finished recording and releasing entity we've been stagnant. We've managed to start the recording process on dozens of songs since we started as a group in 2004 but have only managed to finish and make available 15 songs in an almost 5 year period. This is not a good ratio for a band who at one time had two recording engineers as members, a studio full of recording equipment and each member of the group having multiple computers with top of the line recording software on them.
We have pretty busy non musical lives now and everyone is doing the best they can just to make money to pay the bills. All those boring details aside the real problem has come from holding on to songs & struggling to get them just right.
When we were Kids John and I recorded an entire album of 20+ songs on an 8 track in about a month. Granted it didn't sound all that great, but we did it and moved on to the next.
It's with that concept in mind that we've decided to release some of the songs that have been sitting a round for quite some time on a new website & podcast feed called Marqui Adora Rough Drafts which can be found Here.
The most recent song listed is called "Gloom", it's the 1st Marqui Adora song ever and it has been through many, many, many changes. Listen to the struggle and hear our work in progress.
-Joe
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