so lately i have been listening to this band called The Hush Sounds a lot. i really like their stuff, both lyrically and in terms of their musical talent. for a bunch or really young kids they seem to shown not only a great amount of musical talent but also a great deal of lyrical maturity whilst still remaining playfully youthful.
so color me impressed. i highly recommend you give their album “so sudden” a listen. i like the songs “the artist” and “echo” particularly much. their second album “like vines” doesn’t disappoint either.
things have been a little stressful at the job lately and i have been a jerk an making excuses about why i have not posted lately. so here are the updates:
my dad had open heart surgery: triple bypass and a heart valve replacement. the surgery, i am told, was grueling but extremely successful. he was sent home after a little over a week and is apparently doing fine. those of you who know my mother will understand that, while i was genuinely concerned about the welfare of my father, it was her health that i was really worried about. my father, as my brother so eloquently put, is as hard as nails. my mother on the other hand, well... let’s just say tofu would be an over statement when thinking of her fortitude... or maybe i’m wrong... i mean she did survive cancer and all so maybe i am mistaken. still all seems to be kosher in the old homestead right now so there.
i had a prior post all planned (the contents of which are mostly described below) when i found out about his condition and thus failed to post: so here’s the skinny...
through a series of completely random events, i have now become the owner of a Microsoft Zune; bg’s mythical ‘i-pod killer’ and i must say that, whilst i do, as always have some gripes, i am very happy with this nice little media player. there are some definitely well-thought out features that i have become quite attached to as well as something’s that really get my goat. am not gonna waste time with a review here as there are ample on the net. although i admit that most of them being skewed towards the negative puzzles me a little, i guess, i know the MS haters and Apple fanboys are gonna diss the player so i am not that surprised. i like it though, the sound quality is great, the larger screen quality is very impressive, the customization is excellent and the software is simple enough to use. the wifi is a nice feature but i think that it is being stifled by MS themselves. where’s my wireless syncing? my wireless streaming? my wireless downloading? i mean come on... we know the hardware is there to accomplish these tasks (802.11x compliant)... so what happened? sacrificed to the gods of DRM? i don’t know. maybe EMI announcing that they are allowing itunes users to purchase DRM-free content (at a small preimum) and MS stating that they are working with vendors to remove some more from their marketplace, maybe i'll see these features yet.
still a pretty sweet player.
also, Vincent is a short film by tim burton, his first, i believe. anyway it is being re-released together with The Nightmare Before Christmas in stereoscopic 3d in october. i really like this film so here it is:
