Happy Halloween!

Carving pumpkins for the first time in a few years made me feel nostalgic. I miss pumpkin carving and trick-or-treating and all the stuff that made Halloween so great as a kid. These days, I can hardly muster up the energy to throw together a costume. Tonight I'll be seeing Torche and Coliseum (two bands appropriate for Halloween, I think) at El Corazon and then either hitting up some bars or a house party with some friends. Either way, should be a good time, although I won't be gorging on any candy and scaring little kids like years past.

Oh, and in the photo above, my pumpkin is on the right (Chris on the left, Lauren center). I intended it to be a Mario pumpkin but the top of it caved in. So I spun it around and let my arm guide the knife, resulting in what you see above.

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Guitar Hero: World Tour

I spent much of my evening at my Nate and Molly's place playing the new Guitar Hero game on the Wii. The drums feel so much more solid than the Rock Band ones. It takes a little while to get used to having six drums on the screen to follow, but soon it starts working out better once you get used to it and the game provides a much more realistic drumming experience than Rock Band. The bass drum pedal isn't nearly as tiring as it is in Rock Band (just like real-life cheap pedals) and the kit feels much more sturdy all around. In fact, the whole experience is much more comfortable.

My only problem so far is the new way to execute star power on the guitar. Instead of tilting the guitar, there is a button near where you strum that activates it. It was pretty awkward and I kept trying to tilt it. We didn't get to try bass or sing (you need a wiimote for every player - BOO!) so I can't speak about those, but it's probably safe to say it's better than Rock Band. Plus, and this is a major plus for me, I got to play "One Armed Scissor" by at the drive-in. They are one of my all-time favorites, so that was rad.
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Larrabee State Park

I love a beautiful fall day like today. Kayser and I decided to go for a drive on Chuckanut and visit Larrabee State Park. We decided to abandon the trail on our way back and ended up on the railroad tracks on the wrong side of the fence from the park. Kayser ended up cutting himself up pretty bad jumping the fence. Hopefully he won't get lockjaw.
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Björk's Homogenic LP

I am currently immensely enjoying Björk's Homogenic on 200 gram vinyl. The volume is set just about as loud as my ears can comfortably take it with my headphones, and I don't really give a shit. It's pressed with Direct Metal Mastering, meaning the groove is cut directly in copper metal and results in a better detail resolution and a lower noise ratio. It was also pressed using the original master tapes. All that shit aside; it sounds INCREDIBLE. The album easily fits in my top 5 of all time. $35 for this on vinyl was a steal.

Watch these; the videos of Homogenic:

Bachelorette:


Alarm Call:


All is Full of Love:


Jóga:


Hunter:


Pluto (live):


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Gettin' Crunk

Getting crunk in Bellingham at The Grand. The Pavement songs I have coming up on the digital jukebox behind us are taking WAY too long to start playing.
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