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Queensryche Show
I was just thinking the other day about how good the Queensryche concert was last year when the wife and I took the Boy. We had a blast. That is the last concert I have been to and I am itching to get some concert tickets again and go see some live music even if it is a small show in a bar. There’s nothing to compare to a band that puts on a great show. You can tell almost immediately if they are a concert band, or if they are just putting out albums and touring to support their last bit of sales.
Failed 300 Auditions
Done Deal
Tuesday is my last day in my current store. Six months there. I am taking Wednesday off and picking up three stores in my general area on Thursday. It should be interesting. Out of the three managers that I will be getting, one has already given his notice and Tuesday is his last day, one of the other two is very shaky and in need of a lot of direction and tutelage and the other knows what he is going and will be the only thing keeping me from pulling out all of my hair.
The meeting didn’t last quite as long as I thought it would so I did manage to get home for awhile. The wife is napping and I have to be back at work around sevenish so I thought I would relax for awhile and post a couple of things.
My current boss is f’ing pissed off. Not necessarily at me, but they may be leaving her without a manager as well, so she is fit to be tied. It should be a fun four days with her before I check out of the store.
Technorati Favorites Tool
This is pretty cool. Engtech has come up with a program that you can use and will automatically add to your favorites anyone that has favorited any of your blogs. Since I have been trying to increase mine to where it shows up in the top 100 favorited list, that is a sweet deal, as being on the list helps to bring in more traffic. You can find the program and engtech’s blog here.
This has been cross-posted at Shadowscope, theapp.net, and Miles Business Blog.
It’s Time To Go..
It’s time to go…
I just wanna say no…
didn’t want to wake today…
it all seems so fucking gay…
if I hear one more thing about the race.
i’m going to punch you in the face…
Beautiful. It’ll sell millions. Perhaps you would like me to write your product jingle.
For the Bacon Lover In You…
How about some of these after dinner snacks. Yummy. Just a wafer thing mint.
* Photo courtesy of Archie McPhee.
Surfing Contest…
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21st Century Schizoid Man
The video sucks and is laggy, but it’s one of my favorite songs.
And here’s the song itself. http://www.shadowscope.com/files/01_-_21st_century_schizoid_man_including_mirrors.mp3
Knife Edge
I like Deep Purple but King Crimson, ELP, and Yes were my introduction to psychedelia. Here’s Emerson, Lake and Palmer doing Knife Edge circa 1970.
While not something that I listen to everyday, I have almost everything ELP has ever released including stuff from the last two decades where they have seen a few reunions and partial reunions. None of it is as good as their early stuff, but I do enjoy listening to it occasionally.