So, not actually dead.
Just, exams and things, y'know.
But, alas, there is much news on all fronts:
Knitting Knews:
It's amazing, it's absolutely unbelievable: I only have two squares left to knit for my Stupidly Large Afghan before I get to the fun fun fun of blocking all 64 squares. UGH.
I have half a sweater sleeve. Woo!
I designed and knitted a pair of mittens for my amiga's birthday using the leftovers from my failed attempt at a mohawk hat for my brother. They are red and black and have a fair-isle design of the Mighty Boosh monkey on them. Each mitt has half a face so that when you put them together they make the whole face! I forgot to take pics but hopefully I can do that, and then I will post them as well as the pattern.
I finished my Ravenclaw guitar strap but...I didn't really turn out. So I stole my brothers. Some habits never die.
Next: To find some Eskimo, for a second (third?) attempt at the mohawk hat.
Writing News:
I am in the process of putting together my application for Film School. Unfortunately, I won't actually get to go until August of '09. Another long year of slogging through academia.
Wrock News:
The Violent Puffskiens have an amp! Songs are in production.
I have a new side-project! The first song up I did entirely on music software, and it is kind of electro-pop-y, but I intend to do all sorts of genres. I am particularly proud of the song though. It's called 'Tickle the Pear.'
In Other News, I have discovered that I really like the new Britney Spears song 'Piece of Me.' I cannot explain it. Sometimes, that is just life.
Showing posts with label wrock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wrock. Show all posts
April 19, 2008
April 1, 2008
My New Pal Teddy
Furthermore, sailors, I have decided to that now is the right time to discuss my new aquisition.
Cats and kittens, Alex and I are now one-half of a step further towards actually writing/recording anything for The Violent Puffskeins, because...
...
I bought my very first electric guitar!
His name is Teddy. Strat-style, three single coil pick-ups, lime and seafoam. Very classy. My mom made that quilt.
Unfortunately: Still lacking amplification. However, this should be remedied shortly. And once we are amped and ready to go, The Violent Puffskeins will be pumping out punk Wrock anthems for wizards and muggles alike!
Erm. That is, if anyone can teach me how to play Ramones-style punk guitar. Because yes, I am probably so inept that I will have great difficulty figuring it out myself. I am, after all, striving for adequacy.
So, there you have it folks. I am very nearly electric, and ready to Wrock.
(and yes, my new guitar is named Teddy, and yes, my acoustic guitar is named James, and yes, they may or may not be the names of next-gen characters. SO WHAT OKAY.)
Cats and kittens, Alex and I are now one-half of a step further towards actually writing/recording anything for The Violent Puffskeins, because...
...
I bought my very first electric guitar!
His name is Teddy. Strat-style, three single coil pick-ups, lime and seafoam. Very classy. My mom made that quilt.
Unfortunately: Still lacking amplification. However, this should be remedied shortly. And once we are amped and ready to go, The Violent Puffskeins will be pumping out punk Wrock anthems for wizards and muggles alike!
Erm. That is, if anyone can teach me how to play Ramones-style punk guitar. Because yes, I am probably so inept that I will have great difficulty figuring it out myself. I am, after all, striving for adequacy.
So, there you have it folks. I am very nearly electric, and ready to Wrock.
(and yes, my new guitar is named Teddy, and yes, my acoustic guitar is named James, and yes, they may or may not be the names of next-gen characters. SO WHAT OKAY.)
The bird! The bird! The bird is on fire!
Hello again, blogbuddies.
My writing class CD-Swap was a riotous success! Seriously, there was rioting. And now that it's over I am going to post my cover art/track listings. (Bonus: GoonMix)
I know, I know, not as cool as Meg's, but I had a lot of fun making them.
The first one I made was designed to be far far too upbeat and positive. I may or may not have achieved this, but hopefully it went over well with the recipient.
Overly positive: Hence, Unicorn crapping a rainbow.
And my second CD was a sampler of my favorite Wizard Rock, but of course.
1. Wizard Rock Twist - The Remus Lupins
Had I heard Dumbledore's "R U down w/OOTP" before I made this CD it TOTALLY would have been on there. It is amazing.
Last we have the mix I've made for the 5th SA Mix-CD Swap. This little baby is going to Tennessee, and I excitedly await my own. And yes, Scooty Puff Jr. is my SA username.
1. Autoclave - The Mountain Goats
In other WizRock news, I totally fell for the April Fools Day prank and had to be calmed down. I am also patiently awaiting the first shipment of the EP of the Month Club, and my Gred and Forge CD. Hoo-Ray!
Now I must fiendishly devise my Family Dinner mix-cd.
My writing class CD-Swap was a riotous success! Seriously, there was rioting. And now that it's over I am going to post my cover art/track listings. (Bonus: GoonMix)
I know, I know, not as cool as Meg's, but I had a lot of fun making them.
The first one I made was designed to be far far too upbeat and positive. I may or may not have achieved this, but hopefully it went over well with the recipient.
Overly positive: Hence, Unicorn crapping a rainbow.
3. Autoclave - The Mountain Goats
4. I'm a cuckoo - Belle and Sebastian
5. Sunken-Eyed Girl - Mike Doughty
6. Hotel Song - Regina Spektor
7. Sleep On Needles - Sondre Lerche
8. Your Ex-Lover Is Dead - Stars
8. Your Ex-Lover Is Dead - Stars
9. Intermission - Scissor Sisters
10. Photograph - Weezer
11. The Future Is Now - The Solids
12. I Can't Decide - Scissor Sisters
13. Slytherin Don't Dance - The Remus Lupins 14. Holland, 1945 - Neutral Milk Hotel
15. Flaming - Pink Floyd
16. Debaser - Rogue Wave
17. Eddie's Ragga - Spoon
18. Wave of Mutilation - The Pixies
19. D.O.A. - Foo Fighters (??)
20. Supersonic - Bad Religion
21. Rockaway Beach - The Ramones
22. Your Honor - Regina Spektor
23. Hot in Here - Jenny Owen Youngs
And my second CD was a sampler of my favorite Wizard Rock, but of course.
1. Wizard Rock Twist - The Remus Lupins
2. My Dad is Rich - Draco and the Malfoys
3. Cornelius Fudge is an Ass - Harry and the Potters
4. It's Not Half Bad - The Parselmouths
5. The Ballad of Neville and Luna - The Remus Lupins
6. Save the Quibbler - Gred and Forge
7. Who is Blaise Zabini - The Parselmouths
8. (not gonna put on) The Monkey Suit - Harry and the Potters
9. Final Breath - The Remus Lupins
10. Flesh, Blood and Bone - Harry and the Potters
11. Potions Yesterday - Draco and the Malfoys
12. Quidditch is my Favorite Sport - The Parselmouths
13. Looking for Trouble - The Remus Lupins
14. Your Family is Poor - Draco and the Malfoys
15. Save Ginny Weasley (From Dean Thomas) - Harry and the Potters
16. The 7th Horcrux - The Remus Lupins
17. Love Song for Professor Lupin - The Parselmouths
18. Slytherin Don't Dance - The Remus Lupins
19. Hermione's Birds and Boys - Harry and the Potters
20. Your Flying Car - Draco and the Malfoys
21. Proud - The Remus Lupins
22. These Days are Dark - Harry and the Potters
Had I heard Dumbledore's "R U down w/OOTP" before I made this CD it TOTALLY would have been on there. It is amazing.
Last we have the mix I've made for the 5th SA Mix-CD Swap. This little baby is going to Tennessee, and I excitedly await my own. And yes, Scooty Puff Jr. is my SA username.
1. Autoclave - The Mountain Goats
2. Small Change - Dispatch
3. I'm a Cuckoo - Belle and Sebastian
4. That Time - Regina Spektor
5. Wizard Rock Twist - The Remus Lupins
6. Debaser - Rogue Wave
7. Holland, 1945 - Neutral Milk Hotel
8. Monkey Gone to Heaven - The Pixies
9. Flaming - Pink Floyd
10. John the Revelator - Depeche Mode
11. The KKK Took My Baby Away - Ramones
12. Evangeline - Bad Religion
13. California Uber Alles - Dead Kennedys
14. Bone Machine - The Pixies
15. Your Honor - Regina Spektor
16. Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens
17. Devil Town - Bright Eyes
18. Hot in Herre - Jenny Owen Youngs
19. Still Alive - GLaDOS
In other WizRock news, I totally fell for the April Fools Day prank and had to be calmed down. I am also patiently awaiting the first shipment of the EP of the Month Club, and my Gred and Forge CD. Hoo-Ray!
Now I must fiendishly devise my Family Dinner mix-cd.
March 30, 2008
Is it the size, or the shape?
Or the pounding bassline?
10 points if you know the episode.
Anyways, speaking of bassline, Alex and I were jammin last night, and we had this opening bassline stuck in our heads like
dundundundundundundundun dodododod dndndndn
And we could not remember for the life of us what song it was from, but we knew that it was something we had heard before, and many a time. So we sat for a good twenty minutes, she with her thinking cap on, and me going "It's a wrock song, I know it is! No maybe it's Weezer. No, the Pixies. No, it has to be wizard rock."
And while she eventually found that she had been thinking of The Kaiser Chiefs "When we were young" this did not wholly sate my curiosity.
But this morning I realized it was the opening baseline from Wizard Chess by Harry and the Potters.
Ha! Take that, world!
We also wrote the best/most obnoxious song ever. It is called "Saturday Service." It's about the bus.
I hope some day that I can post it for your listening displeasure.
10 points if you know the episode.
Anyways, speaking of bassline, Alex and I were jammin last night, and we had this opening bassline stuck in our heads like
dundundundundundundundun dodododod dndndndn
And we could not remember for the life of us what song it was from, but we knew that it was something we had heard before, and many a time. So we sat for a good twenty minutes, she with her thinking cap on, and me going "It's a wrock song, I know it is! No maybe it's Weezer. No, the Pixies. No, it has to be wizard rock."
And while she eventually found that she had been thinking of The Kaiser Chiefs "When we were young" this did not wholly sate my curiosity.
But this morning I realized it was the opening baseline from Wizard Chess by Harry and the Potters.
Ha! Take that, world!
We also wrote the best/most obnoxious song ever. It is called "Saturday Service." It's about the bus.
I hope some day that I can post it for your listening displeasure.
March 28, 2008
For the people who are still alive.
This is a Wrock post!
But first, allow me to briefly talk about sandwiches.
I have discovered the secret to making the finest grilled tuna sandwiches west of the Mississip. Prior to this discovery, I had a serious grilled tuna problem: It took a very short time for the cheese to melt, but quite a long time for the tuna to become entirely heated.
The solution?
Warm the tuna in the microwave for exactly 43.5 seconds prior to placement on the bread. Then, in a frying pan on medium-low heat, put the cheese side down first. Let the cheese melt and the bread get crispy-good, and then flip until bread is crispy on opposite side.
It is so simple I can't believe I didn't think of it before.
Today's sandwich:
-Whole Wheat Bread
-Tuna (mixed with mayo, cut up snow peas, dilly dip and feta cheese)
-Kraft singles (Oh you shudder, but this is heaven)
Lovingly grilled to perfection and served with chicken soup. Truly Alison Day is a day of Kings.
Now, on to the Wrock!
The band I attempted to start previous to The Violent Puffskeins was called "The Wet Blankets and One Very Lonely Marauder." This is, indeed, a Shoebox reference. The thing about the band was that I started writing songs after reading Shoebox, and they were all related in some way, to the events of Shoebox.
I got all excited about it, and then I scrapped the band for these reasons:
-It wasn't entirely canon. I didn't want to start some sort of horrible Paranthropus Wrock movement, where soon people would be creating bands based on their horrible Mary-Sues. I do not want to be responsible for that shit.
-Most of the songs I had written didn't really have that many canon references in them, which I find is a staple of Wrock music. They were mostly conceptual, and about feelings. Well, some songs had direct references to Shoebox in them, but not everyone considers that canon, so...
Anyways, I still like the songs I wrote, and I feel like it's a waste for them to sit around, so I thought I would post them here from time to time.
Take note: these songs won't make too much sense if you haven't read shoebox. Or Harry Potter for that matter.
This song takes place in the summer of 1976, (Part Thirteen) while Remus is keeping his dream diary, and trying to figure out his shit. That's mostly what the song is about. That and Sirius.
If it sounds kind of twangy, it's because I suck at guitar, and if the singing is bad, that's only because I'm bad at singing. Enjoy!
This is Not Rational but Oh Well
And for those who don't want to hear about fictional boy-love in the 1970's, here is that song about burning all my files to CD because my hard drive died. IT'S SAD OKAY.
300 Gigabytes
(And I urge everyone to download the Portal soundtrack and to listen to "Still Alive.")
But first, allow me to briefly talk about sandwiches.
I have discovered the secret to making the finest grilled tuna sandwiches west of the Mississip. Prior to this discovery, I had a serious grilled tuna problem: It took a very short time for the cheese to melt, but quite a long time for the tuna to become entirely heated.
The solution?
Warm the tuna in the microwave for exactly 43.5 seconds prior to placement on the bread. Then, in a frying pan on medium-low heat, put the cheese side down first. Let the cheese melt and the bread get crispy-good, and then flip until bread is crispy on opposite side.
It is so simple I can't believe I didn't think of it before.
Today's sandwich:
-Whole Wheat Bread
-Tuna (mixed with mayo, cut up snow peas, dilly dip and feta cheese)
-Kraft singles (Oh you shudder, but this is heaven)
Lovingly grilled to perfection and served with chicken soup. Truly Alison Day is a day of Kings.
Now, on to the Wrock!
The band I attempted to start previous to The Violent Puffskeins was called "The Wet Blankets and One Very Lonely Marauder." This is, indeed, a Shoebox reference. The thing about the band was that I started writing songs after reading Shoebox, and they were all related in some way, to the events of Shoebox.
I got all excited about it, and then I scrapped the band for these reasons:
-It wasn't entirely canon. I didn't want to start some sort of horrible Paranthropus Wrock movement, where soon people would be creating bands based on their horrible Mary-Sues. I do not want to be responsible for that shit.
-Most of the songs I had written didn't really have that many canon references in them, which I find is a staple of Wrock music. They were mostly conceptual, and about feelings. Well, some songs had direct references to Shoebox in them, but not everyone considers that canon, so...
Anyways, I still like the songs I wrote, and I feel like it's a waste for them to sit around, so I thought I would post them here from time to time.
Take note: these songs won't make too much sense if you haven't read shoebox. Or Harry Potter for that matter.
This song takes place in the summer of 1976, (Part Thirteen) while Remus is keeping his dream diary, and trying to figure out his shit. That's mostly what the song is about. That and Sirius.
If it sounds kind of twangy, it's because I suck at guitar, and if the singing is bad, that's only because I'm bad at singing. Enjoy!
This is Not Rational but Oh Well
And for those who don't want to hear about fictional boy-love in the 1970's, here is that song about burning all my files to CD because my hard drive died. IT'S SAD OKAY.
300 Gigabytes
(And I urge everyone to download the Portal soundtrack and to listen to "Still Alive.")
March 14, 2008
The Violent Puffskeins
Howdy. Two posts in one day. My my, I am a-bloggin'.
I just thought I should point out where I currently stand in the wide world of Wizard Rock.
After several failed bands and poorly-thought out concepts, I am now one-half of Punk-Wrock band 'The Violent Puffskeins.'
We play loud, we wrock hard, and we tear up the establishment. Our music is inspired mostly by The Ramones. If one is curious about the mostly-false history of the band, it can be found at Alex's blog.
However, it is unfortunate that before we can truly delve into the great wealth of Pottery that awaits us, there are several important things I must do:
-Purchase an electric guitar. I am told that one can buy a reasonably priced Epiphone at Long and McQuade, and I am also told that I want to buy an Epiphone so damn, I will have to get on that. If anyone has any advice for my Guitar-Buyery, please do chime in.
-Learn to play Ramones-style punk guitar. Currently can only do passable folk guitar. This must change. Especially if our wrock cover of 'Rockaway Beach' is ever to properly take off.
-Not listen to the Ramones when so I'm tired that, during the song "Glad to see you go" I do not mistake the line 'Gonna take a chance on her' for 'Gonna take a jizz on her.'
-Figure out how to create a decent bassline using music software. I've got drums down okay but the bass guitar still eludes me.
And those are things I must do. Woo!
In other news, this post seems unproductive, so here is a songy:
I made this up for a jam session with my brother and his roomies. It is about them, because they live in a loft, play RockBand, and sometimes seagulls poop on their skylight.
Loft Song for Loft-Livers
I would just like to preface (postface?) this, and any other music post, with the fact that I really enjoy playing music and making up ditties, though I am aware I am not very good.
I find that the way I enjoy my own music equates to how some people enjoy the smell of their own (if you'll excuse my crudeness) flatulence.
My head feels like a massive pulsating citrus fruit.
Adieu.
I just thought I should point out where I currently stand in the wide world of Wizard Rock.
After several failed bands and poorly-thought out concepts, I am now one-half of Punk-Wrock band 'The Violent Puffskeins.'
We play loud, we wrock hard, and we tear up the establishment. Our music is inspired mostly by The Ramones. If one is curious about the mostly-false history of the band, it can be found at Alex's blog.
However, it is unfortunate that before we can truly delve into the great wealth of Pottery that awaits us, there are several important things I must do:
-Purchase an electric guitar. I am told that one can buy a reasonably priced Epiphone at Long and McQuade, and I am also told that I want to buy an Epiphone so damn, I will have to get on that. If anyone has any advice for my Guitar-Buyery, please do chime in.
-Learn to play Ramones-style punk guitar. Currently can only do passable folk guitar. This must change. Especially if our wrock cover of 'Rockaway Beach' is ever to properly take off.
-Not listen to the Ramones when so I'm tired that, during the song "Glad to see you go" I do not mistake the line 'Gonna take a chance on her' for 'Gonna take a jizz on her.'
-Figure out how to create a decent bassline using music software. I've got drums down okay but the bass guitar still eludes me.
And those are things I must do. Woo!
In other news, this post seems unproductive, so here is a songy:
I made this up for a jam session with my brother and his roomies. It is about them, because they live in a loft, play RockBand, and sometimes seagulls poop on their skylight.
Loft Song for Loft-Livers
I would just like to preface (postface?) this, and any other music post, with the fact that I really enjoy playing music and making up ditties, though I am aware I am not very good.
I find that the way I enjoy my own music equates to how some people enjoy the smell of their own (if you'll excuse my crudeness) flatulence.
My head feels like a massive pulsating citrus fruit.
Adieu.
March 12, 2008
Mission Statement
I forgot to mention what I intend to do on my own little home in the blogosphere. For all intents and purposes, the intent and purpose of this blog is for me to:
-post some of my writing, and my adventures therein, my hopes, fears, relishes, mustards, &c. &c.
-write about my adventures in Wizard Rock: failed bands, current bands, opinions, possibly post bits of music.
-probably end up discussing television, and recommending my favorite shows.
-write about knitting! My current projects, past projects, most desired-to-be-doing projects, and to try to find something to do with my disasterously large stash. (Which I could never part with, no-way, no-how.)
So there you have it. In this cozy corner of the bloggable internet, one can find stories of my trials and tribulations in the fields of writing (for stage and screen), knitting (for myself and others) and wizard rockery (and possibly other less wizardly music.)
-post some of my writing, and my adventures therein, my hopes, fears, relishes, mustards, &c. &c.
-write about my adventures in Wizard Rock: failed bands, current bands, opinions, possibly post bits of music.
-probably end up discussing television, and recommending my favorite shows.
-write about knitting! My current projects, past projects, most desired-to-be-doing projects, and to try to find something to do with my disasterously large stash. (Which I could never part with, no-way, no-how.)
So there you have it. In this cozy corner of the bloggable internet, one can find stories of my trials and tribulations in the fields of writing (for stage and screen), knitting (for myself and others) and wizard rockery (and possibly other less wizardly music.)
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