Play My Cards Right

I am extremely pleased with the new episode of Luke and His Dad.  It is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend listening.

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As I was jamming to the new Shins’ album this morning, I reminisced about hearing certain albums for the first time.  When I was in high school and consuming as much music as possible, I remember picking up Slanted and Enchanted, Vampire on Titus, watching a Sebadoh song (off of Bakesale) on 120 Minutes and borrowing the first Velvet Underground album from a friend.  Why do I remember them so distinctly?  Because with each one, the first time I heard these albums they seemed incredibly weird, and actually kind of bad, to me.  S&E     had a tinniness to it that drove me away.  VoT was (it is still in many ways far from my favorite GBV).  Skull too seemed too scrappy, like a half a song.  I simply could not process the VU.  The relatively low fidelity, the viola, Nico.  It was another world. Why did the Shins bring this up in me? They seemed utterly underwhelming to me until I really *listened* to them.

Coming from a background of hip-hop, relatively well known thrash metal and…Rush, it took me quite some time to finally understand these records.  How did I acclimate?  Repeated listening?  Why did I listen to these things that didn’t sound good to me?  Because I’d read they were good?  They were so odd that I stayed intrigued?  I think in some ways tuning into the indie rock of that era was harder for me than picking up on jazz and experimental music, because at least with those I was able to place myself into a context where I had no preconceived notions of what they should sound like, whereas with indie rock, I was still expecting…rock.  And of course in some cases context is literally all you can bring to a music.  Not that that makes it good music, or that it is a good way to evaluate music.

Now there are some records where the listening evolution simply does not occur. Ear candy as it were. Frequently these are albums that lean heavily on pop structure and melody, though there are also types of music that at this point, seem to be “mine”- music that defined my interest for so long and so strongly I automatically gravitate towards it. Ear candy could include anything from the new Deerhoof to practically anything that drones (or whooshes).

I guess the bottom line is that you can like music for a variety of reasons, and hear it for a variety of ways. Any larger conclusion? Not yet.

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This is how it works:

Last year, in a thread on the “oddboard“, I happened upon this:
I find this image absolutely hilarious and have been sending it around here and there for a while now. When it came time to discuss 24 on the January 15th episode of Luke and His Dad, I decided to link to it in the show notes.

Upon seeing his image linked from Luke and His Dad, Jason Feifer of happyscrappy.com left a message regarding our disparaging of 24. Ok, I admit it, Jack Bauer kicks ass and I really do hope that the last episode of 24 features Jack kicking Satan’s ass.

Happy to receive a comment from a new listener, we included a robovoice-recording of Jason’s comment on the January 22nd episode of LaHd. To which Jason commented by posting about the episode on his blog, and also asking his readers to participate in a similar project, except instead of robo-voicing comments, he was going to play them through his didgeridoo. Of course I had to leave a comment.
Which brings me to the finale of this grand conversation:

I love the internets.

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Despite the occasional sugary setback, I have hit 20lbs lost.

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600mg calcium tablet (1)
1000mg vitamin c tablet (1)
Red Juice Plus Pills (2)
Green Juice Plus Pills
Shot of Orange/Tangerine Juice (1)
Cup of Coffee (no cream, no sugar) (3)
Glass of Water (8)
1/4 Apple Cranberry Gorgonzola Salad
1/4 Chicken Cannelloni
Fried Chicken Breast (1/2)
Baby Carrots (8)
Birthday Cake (1/2)

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For better or worse, I have rejoined the Blood Team. Once I get my spreadsheet set up I’ll be chronicling my eating habits there, rather than annoying everyone on my blog.

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600mg calcium tablet (1)
1000mg vitamin c tablet (1)
Red Juice Plus Pills (2)
Green Juice Plus Pills (2)
Shot of Orange/Tangerine Juice (1)
Cup of Coffee (no cream, no sugar) (4)
Glass of Water (8)
3/8 Apple Cranberry Gorgonzola Salad
1/8 Garlic Bread
1/4 Chicken Cannelloni
Glass of Unsweetened Iced Tea (2)
Piece of Hershey’s Chocolate
Birthday cake (1/4)

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Bowl of Frosted Wheats with 1 cup milk
Red Juice Plus Pills (2)
600mg calcium tablet (1)
1000mg vitamin c tablet (1)
Shot of Orange/Tangerine Juice (1)
Glass water (8)
Cup of Coffee (unsweetend, no sugar) (4)
Piece of Hoagie Roll
Lunch Meats from said hoagie roll
1/4 piece fried chicken breast
Birthday Cake (1.5) <- too much
Pizza Slice (2) <– too much
Bread stick (1) <– too much
Salad
Too much Saturday, but I’ve lost 19lbs. This is day 16.

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600mg calcium tablet (1)
1000mg vitamin c tablet (1)
Red Juice Plus Pills (2)
Green Juice Plus Pills (2)
Shot of Orange/Tangerine Juice (1)
Cup of Coffee (no cream, no sugar) (3)
Glass of Water (8)
Salad w/ tomatoes, carrots, cucumber
1 slice each cheddar, provolone and deli turkey
Oatmeal Raisin Cookie (1)
Boca de Beppo:

• 1/4 Apple Cranberry Gorgonzola Salad
• 1/4 Garlic Bread
• 1/4 Chicken Cannelloni

Starbucks White Mocha (with whip, whole milk- I asked for non-fat, no-whip and they fucked it up as usual, so I cut my portion to 1/2)

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600mg calcium tablet (1)
1000mg vitamin c tablet (1)
Red Juice Plus Pills (2)
Green Juice Plus Pills (2)
Shot of Orange/Tangerine Juice (1)
Cup of Coffee (no cream, no sugar) (3)
Glass of Water (6)
Apple/Pear Green Tea (1)
Caesar salad w/ croutons & parmesan cheese (no dressing)
Chicken Tenders (2.5)
Unsweetened Iced Tea (2)
Carrot Muffin (1/2)
1pc Hershey’s Chocolate

Clothes that I haven’t worn in years are now loose fitting.

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