Quoted by the Silvermen

The bassist for the band the Silvermen contacted me about how I talked about them in my September 2003 update and wants to use what I said as a quote to promote their band and new album at their site. You can preview/buy their new album, Incendiary Luminary, at IncendiaryLuminary.com. As I explained in that update, I thought their opening show for the Reverend Horton Heat rawked. I ended up buying their CD at the end of the night and it made a worthwhile addition to my growing rockabilly collection. It's been my soundtrack to those two weeks I spent in Missouri after coming back from deployment and what I call the "Missouri experience." Their music is something that I found memorable, something that when I hear it I can recall a specific time or place. Not all music is like that. Only the lasting music is like that. There is some music in my collection that is just fodder. Other music defines a portion of my life and when I think of that time I can recall that music and vice versa. I think that's something for a musician to be proud of and the Silvermen fit that bill. Without trying to sound like a grandiose music critic, I love their music. Their live show is teeming with energy. I've never seen an opening band with as much enthusiasm as the Silvermen. When a new band goes on stage, I'm thinking, impress me. Do something that will make me notice. And, they did. Highly recommended.



This is big news for me. For the first time since this site has been up, someone has contacted me about my site that I didn't know personally. Which means I'm at least on the Internet radar somewhere. It also means that someone else is reading this stuff, so I better make it good.

BLOG?

I decided to try out the "blog" idea for quick and easy publishing to the Internet, even after I said I wasn't going to.
For those of you that don't know, a blog or weblog is defined as: [from the Blogger site] a web page made up of usually short, frequently updated posts that are arranged chronologically—like a what's new page or a journal. The content and purposes of blogs varies greatly—from links and commentary about other web sites, to news about a company/person/idea, to diaries, photos, poetry, mini-essays, project updates, even fiction.

I tried this because it's a little easier than going in and using my website publishing program on my computer at home. I can have information published to the Internet very quickly through Blogger. Not that it took that long using Dreamweaver, but this is quicker. The problem is that I don't know how to use the html codes that go with it, and I really want to change the font and some other stuff, but I'll get to that later. For now, this is the deal.

Salam Pax

Part of the reason that I wanted to start a Blog was to be able to post from remote locations, like work or if I was on vacation, but I don't think that's necessary. I got this idea last night from the story of Salam Pax. Salam Pax is perhaps the most famous Blogger yet to hit the Internet. His blog was watched internationally during the war with Iraq, as he was an "ordinary Iraqi" posting from Baghdad. I'm surprised he did this, because if the regime would have found out, he would have been killed. He still posts on there, and the reason that I'm putting this on my site is because I found his book at Barnes and Noble last night and started reading it. I first read about him from the William Gibson blog while I was in the Persian Gulf during the war, and it interested me immediately, as this was fast becoming an Internet phenomenon. I read the introduction last night, and I'm anxious to get into the rest of it. For now, I'm still reading Kiss Me Judas by Will Christopher Baer, but I will be getting to Salam's book soon enough.

Vanished

From a message board on a website I frequent:
"Am I the only one left here? Jeez, I know it's nearly Xmas but this seems to be the worst year yet for people 'vanishing' from the internet."
I think it's true. Almost all of the non-news websites I visit seem to have shut down for a few weeks. Only about one update a week or less, from what I can tell. I'm no different. Even people that post updates daily have slowed down or even stopped. My message board has been vacant for almost a week now. I just haven't been up to writing anything. I think the majority of it is just too much consumption, period. People drink more, eat more, sit around more, watch movies more, and just in general, don't feel very creative. At least that's what's happened with me. My most creative times are when I'm not thinking about doing other things, like buying Christmas gifts or figuring out a way to send them home. Don't worry, this website isn't the only thing I've neglected. I haven't done my laundry yet, either.

STATISTICS SHOW SHOWERHEADS POPULAR AMONG WOMEN OF ALL AGES

I've noticed lately that when I go to Target, there are an awful lot of women taking a gander at the latest models of shower heads. True story.