LilBear

Springtime...

Wow, such a beautiful day out here. About 80 degrees out most of the afternoon. Sitting at work with my window open feeling the nice breeze blowing through my office. Ah, how that made me wish I was home on my living room couch with the windows open, breeze blowing through, sleeping.

Of course that also does mean spring flowers start popping up around the yard. Some near my tree in the front yard. Some out near the base of my mail box. Those little purple bunches popping up all over the yard.

But that does mean warmer weather. Which I celebrated this evening by washing my black beauty. Getting all that winter and spring pollen and dust off of it. Making it look all nice and shiny like it deserves.

Now for those nice days and warm mornings, I will be ready to take the top off and drive. Even if it does mean driving into work, it will still be fun.

Music - IPod Update

I realized this evening while sorting through some new cds, I had not updated the ipod listing I have on my bio page. So, here, let me show you some things I have added recently. Well, as long as you consider recently the last 6 weeks since that appears to be when I last did an update to my list:

• Michelle Branch - Hotel Paper
• Michelle Branch - The Spirit Room
• One Republic - Dreaming Out Loud
• Nickelback - All The Right Reasons
• Elvis Costello - The Best Of - The First 10 Years
• Robert Plant & Allison Krauss -Raising Sand
• KT Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic
• Colbie Caillat - Coco
• Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - Under The Covers, Volume 1
• Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Once
• Cake - B-Sides & Rarities

A handful of these are purchased at your typical stores, Walmart, Best Buy, etc. But on the most part I have been a member of one of the big cd clubs which is where I tend to get alot of stuff that I may not have typically bought from the store. Stores cost you about $15 a cd (on average), and with the cd club I get deals and coupons that get me down to about $5 a cd. Sheesh, for $5 I will buy a cd where I may know only one or two songs.

So, here is just a random music post. :)

Music - Brian Setzer

Well, I guess for my first use of LiveWriter, I will do a little music post. Share some youtube videos of one of my favorite musicians Brian Setzer. Lead singer for The Stray Cats, leader of the Brian Setzer Orchestra, and a hell of a rock and roll guitarist.

Starting off with just a little clip of Brian goofing around during the making of an instructional video he did many years ago:

                          Brian Setzer - Goofing Off

We can follow that up with one of my favorite Stray Cats songs, Bring It Back Again:

                          Stray Cats - Bring It Back Again

From there he kind of popped back into the mainstream with the Brian Setzer Orchestra with his version of the old swing song Jump, Jive, and Wail, which was featured in either Gap or Old Navy Commercials:

                                       Brian Setzer Orchestra - Jump Jive and Wail

During his concerts with the orchestra, he tends to take a break and goes back to a short set of songs with a three piece (him on guitar, drums, and stand up bass). When I saw him a few years ago, this song Mystery Train, was my favorite that he did:

And then, back to the orchestra to wrap this post up with the Stray Cats song Stray Cat Strut:

                                       Brian Setzer Orchestra - Stray Cat Strut

So, if you like some good old fashioned rockabilly, enjoy.

St. Patricks Day - Music

Well, one of my favorite bands right now is Flogging Molly. And for St. Patricks Day, and the weekend, they are quite appropriate. So, let me share with you some videos of theirs off of youtube.

Laura - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lyuuv0Yygo

Drunken Lullabies - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JePJNCrxpcY

What's Left of the Flag - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlym4eLWHFA

If I Ever Leave This World Alive - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHT2xOpBHN0

Seven Deadly Sins - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqewyGMTZzc

Selfish Man - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f6GKi5hpxQ

The Likes Of You Again - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxKWF37OFMw

 Enjoy the music and have a few drinks.

St Patrick Day Cards

So, I would consider myself a regular reader of www.cracked.com, checking out their humor stories every day. Today is a bit odd since it is "If St. Patricks Day Had Greeting Cards", which it does now days. Like when did that become a greeting card holiday?

So anyways, I guess you could call this honset St.Patrick Days Cards. Go on over here to see the full article and more than just the ones I show here.

Any favorites anyone else has found?

OMG!!!! WTF???? ZOMBIES!!!!!

Ok, in my perusing the intertubes looking at movie trailers, I came across two upcoming movies that are zombie-centric, but a bit odd.

First off, ZOMBIE STRIPPERS:

http://filmdrunk.com/post.phtml?pk=1294

Yeah.....its zombies, at a strip club, that become zombie strippers. This couldn't possible be straight to dvd could it? :P

Secondly, DANCE OF THE DEAD:

http://danceofthedeadmovie.com/

GEEK STUFF: Odd Star Wars Items and Rejected Ideas

Well, when something like Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord Of The Rings, etc pops up that strikes a chord with the fans, weird things begin to happen. Beyond the typical toy tie ins, or collectible figures, things tend to take on a life of their own. People get imaginative. People put time and effort and money into things they care about. I certainly am not saying there is anything bad with this. Look at my bookshelf:

My scifi and fantasy books. A few lego Star Wars items. (Ok, a bunch of lego Star Wars items). Some Toy Story figures. Pinky and the Brain. Lt. Hicks from Aliens. Dr. Evil. This is one of four book shelves in my home. This is the most full, but trust me, they all look a bit like this one.

But, what brought me to write today was an article I came across of rejected Star Wars merchandising concepts. Who knows for what ever reason these were rejected, but I think some of them would of been pretty cool. So, as a lolcat would say, MY CONCEPTS, LET ME SHOW YOU THEM.

Here are a few more that I was not able to get the image to link properly to the blog:

Jabba The Hutt Bean Bag Chair: http://io9.com/photogallery/rejectedstarwars/1000714186

Jabba The Hutt Stress Squishie: http://io9.com/photogallery/rejectedstarwars/1000714114

Death Star Dart Board: http://io9.com/photogallery/rejectedstarwars/1000714154

Bantha Slippers: http://io9.com/photogallery/rejectedstarwars/1000714202

Of course, enterprising people with some skill, time and determination tend to find ways to enjoy their passions when licensed items are not available. This pretty much used to be reserved to people making models, props, or costumes. But, for some, that was not enough:

Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru action figures (this is a photoshop  job):

AT-AT Stroller:

The H-Wing CarFighter (I would be doing a disservice to the effor this guy put into his vehicle if I did not link to his site here if you want to see more)::

 (notice the R2 Unit on his rear deck hatch)

The Star Wars Home Theater:

You know, that is probably a good place to stop for now. So, hope everyone enjoyed this little piece of geekdom.