Coffee at 1030pm = insomnia and youtube discoveries

This Club.

At first listen, I wasn't too impressed. They have almost a Dave Matthews like quality to their songs. All of the beginnings of their songs sound similar. But I listened to this one first, the whole song. Tell Your Mother. I was quite impressed with their vocal abilities, especially acoustically. The lyrics appear to be all over... it went from Telling your mother something, to doing shit early in the morning. I was slightly confused. But if you don't really pay attention to the lyrics, the music is okay.

I then listened to You Dont Have to Cry... which I wanted to do after listening to the song. Again, if you don't listen to the actual lyrics, the music is good. And their vocal talents are there, they just need lyrics that make sense. I had to stop after this song. While this song's lyrics made more sense, I just couldn't get into it.

I gave it the ol' college try though. I really did.

Now I'm going to tell your mother that you don't have to cry early in the morning cause I do shit then.

Little Scottish Kids Scare Me.

Proof
Epically awesome song, except for the creepy Scottish kids.

This rendition of the song is much less scary. And it's nice to see the drummer make use of kitchen utensils - egg shaker and whisk. #gogokitchengadgets

Random Fact Wednesday.

1. I LOVE even numbers.
2. I LOVE counting numbers, memorizing numbers...
3. I LOVE driving in traffic, the more traffic, the better.

Yes, I am fully aware that I am odd...

snake.

While I love this song, this is what I imagine a seizure is like. Or perhaps tripping on some bad acid. either way the video is creepy and headache inducing. but I love the song!

Why Does God Make it So Easy?

There are so many responses that I could give to this...a

@9modano Mike Modano

Whatever crawled up it bury it in there..

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I don't know which is funnier, him or Jose Canseco and his obsession with his stripper ex-girlfriend.

Top 5 Monday. Why not start the week off right?

Top 5 Current NHL players:
5.Roman Polak - STL aka The muscle from Ostrava
4. Chris Porter - STL
3. Mark Stuart WPG aka my musicsoulmate
2. JML - TOR
1. Brad Richards - NYR

Top 5 Songs on my iPhone:
5. Manchester Orchestra - I've Got Friends
4. Jason Aldean - Dirt Road Anthem
3. Frightened Rabbit - Modern Leper
2. Story of the Year - I'm Alive
1. Frightened Rabbit - Foot Shooter

My Top 5 People that I Like to See Tweet:
5. @thenyrangers
4. @jdb820 - purely for his American angst. and he's American.
3. @BRichards_1991 just cause he's Brad Richards.
2. @CaughtOffBase cause she's f'ing hysterical. PS: Watch her show.
1. @kassassination purely for the fact that he hates roosters. and kills them with Gnomes.


If you'd like to ask me a Top 5 question, leave a comment on here, email me, find me on Twitter. You can also find me on Facebook, and if you're stuck in the early 2000's I probably still have an active AIM account or MySpace somewhere in the interwebs.

RIP Common Sense

Seriously folks.

The ability to copy and paste should not be granted to those that lack common sense.

Really, if Facebook is going to start charging us to use it, don't you think it would have made NATIONAL news, since everyone and their mother (including my own mother) use Facebook?!

This is the original 'status update' that circulated the Facebook community to warn us of impeding charges:

IT IS OFFICIAL. IT WAS EVEN ON THE NEWS. FACEBOOK WILL START CHARGING DUE TO THE NEW PROFILE CHANGES. IF YOU COPY THIS ON YOUR WALL YOUR ICON WILL TURN BLUE AND FACEBOOK WILL BE FREE FOR YOU. PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE ON, IF NOT YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE DELETED IF YOU DO NOT PAY

Here is my 'slightly tweaked' version:

Facebook just released their new Membership charges - $9.99 for IDIOTS, $6.99 CROSS-EYED PEOPLE, $3.99 for special dribbly people, but it's free if you post a pic of yourself with a homemade foil hat and underwear on, goggles and most importantly swimming armbands (DO NOT FORGET THE ARMBANDS) by midnight tonight. When you sign in tomorrow, you will be prompted for your star sign. It is official, it was confirmed by my friend's, wife's, brother's cousin, who heard it from his nurse in the special hospital - also confirmed by the voices that speak to him personally! These charges are all due to the new changes. If you post your pic, your icon will turn blue (AS IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN), and FB will be free for you, and as a bonus you will also get a special jacket to hug yourself (choice of colors available, although I'm partial to the white padded ones). Please pass this message on, if not your account will never be the same again once the aliens have tampered with it! It's gotta be true. I read it on facebook ...

Really people.

The same with that damn AmberAlert. It's always the same format of a license plate, but with a differing state. Don't you think, that if it was a national AmberAlert, again, it would be on the national news?

The lack of common sense, and the ability to copy and paste, and the ability to use SNOPES.com (bookmark it people and use it before copying and pasting shit) or GOOGLE.com baffles me.

Now that you have read this, I am the deposed princess of Nigeria and I have come across a large sum of money from the untimely death of my dear father, the king of Attawambu, a small seaside village in the Sahara Desert. I do not have a bank account in the US, and therefore would like to have you wire the funds to your account. The total sum is 5millions Idiobuc which is roughly 0.05 of your american dollars. You may keep 0.0001% for your troubles. I hope to here your speedy reply.

Bandstand Busking

They were awesome enough to have Frightened Rabbit perform acoustic, and FR is AWESOME. So I figured I'd check out some of their other videos. Curiosity killed the cat.

Or did it?

I found Chief.

They have an odd, circa 1970'sish sound to them. They remind me of what my mom used to listen to on the radio. Folky-bluesy type music. And they look like hippies from California. They're a pretty laid-back sound.

I couldn't find much info on them, other than they are signed by Domino Records and are from Santa Monica. I've thoroughly enjoyed their song Nice People.

So, take a listen...

Because everything should be this awesome.

When I say I admire Brad Richards, its not just for his looks or his teeth(That's a bonus, a good looking bonus). I admire him for being a standout player, a mentor to the younger guys, an unselfish player, and a guy who gives back. For more info on his foundation, go here.

Seriously folks, google 'Brad Richards Charity' (for you lazy folks, here's the link to the search). There are countless articles about him giving back. Heck, a mere 4 days after signing with the Rangers, he was taking part in the Garden of Dreams skating event.

Photo from Blueshirts United

The guy is a class act. And a great addition to NY.

Welcome home Brad Richards. Welcome Home.

Proof that Acoustic is Awesome

Story of the Year come in a super close second to Frightened Rabbit when it comes to acoustic songs. I'm talking nanometers close. Nanometers people. Nanometers.

Dan Marshall's voice is amazingly rough, and the fact that Philip Sneed can play guitar and sing and match Dan's voice is epically amazing.

Take a listen and judge for yourself... and this one too

Manchester Orchestra. 'nuff said

So this was a band that was suggested to me by Mark Stuart of the Winnipeg Jets. He's flipping amazing and my #musicsoulmate and is sadly, no longer on TWITTER. :(

Their songs are amazing. If you listen to the lyrics, they're genius. Simple Math was the first song I came across. It's such a well written song, and the lyrics are awesome. Questions that we've all have asked ourselves at one point or another.

Being that my OCDness revolves around numbers and math, it's pretty obvious that I would love this song.

What if I've been trying to get to where I've always been?
What if we've been trying to get to where we've always been?
Simple math, believe me, all is brilliant
What if we've been trying to kill the noise and silence?

A Monkey. In a tuxedo. In a Porsche.

It sounds like a bad start to a really bad joke.

But alas, it's not. It's reality. And I have witnesses and a crappy cell phone photo.



If you notice, in the rear window is said monkey, in a tux. He was playing with a spare license plate. And the back plate on the Porsche was a vanity plate, reading PRIME8.

as @kassassination confirmed, this is a #shinslist maker. For lame advertising.

Oh, we also got to see a prostitute get busted in Roswell while eating dinner out. #dinnerandashow!

B-Rad Richards

Photo (c) LisaGanskyPhotography

Pure awesomeness.

I'd LOVE to thank my dear friend Lisa G for this amazing photo. Please-respect the copyright.

The Namesake.

I found them via Google. I was looking for new music in 2008. I googled The 100 Best Tracks of 2008 and found Modern Leper, by Frightened Rabbit. As soon as I listened to it, I knew I found genius. I then listened to Old Old Fashioned, and My Backwards Walk and knew I was in love with this group. I then Youtube'd them, finding all sorts of awesomeness. Head Rolls Off was my favourite... that was until 2010 when this song came around.

Foot Shooter

As a veteran 'foot shooter' this song was me. It was awesome. I could listen to this song repeatedly. As a matter of fact, I'm listening to it now. Amazing.

Scott has a knack for writing lyrics that are amazingly descriptive. His acoustic talents are bar-none (Story of the Year is a close second. A very close second.).

I was stoked to see @BRichards_1991 recommend them on twitter (make sure to follow me too)

So, go on and take a listen to Frightened Rabbit. You wont be sorry.

Hold on to your thumbs, tighten your eyelids
Lock up your ears, my dear, I'm verbal when I am loaded
Duck under that desk, cover your neck
Thicken your skin as I begin to shoot myself in the foot again