Ramblings.org http://ramblings.org Ramblings.org is a site devoted to the writing of one computer geek as he makes his way in the world. It will probably bore you. You've been warned. en-us Sat, 12 Mar 2011 16:57:41 EST http://ramblings.org/stuff/ramblings.xml RSS Writer 1.0 mreff@ramblings.org Jeff Mangum Redux http://ramblings.org/post.php?post=216 Well, it's going to happen. Jeff Mangum is going to tour again, and this intrepid writer will get to see him. Righteous.

]]> http://ramblings.org/post.php?post=216 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 16:03:41 EDT Jeff Mangum: Live at the Schoolhouse http://ramblings.org/post.php?post=215 Normally, I would post something like this on Facebook, but I'm increasingly finding that being "friends" with so many different people means that only a quarter of them will have any interest in what I might be excited about, and the other three quarters will just be annoyed. This quandary is why someone has a vanity project web site, though, right?

Anyway, Jeff Mangum, bard, genius, recluse, etc, played a very low key show in New York last night, and a kind soul has posted some recordings here.

The prospect that Mr. Mangum might be emerging back into the world of music has me all a twitter (but not on Twitter...err..). There are a lot of people out there who don't understand the fascination with him and don't particularly like the music. I don't understand what it is about him, but In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is one of those desert island discs for me.

And finally, if you can't get enough of live Jeff Mangum, go to Youtube!

*waves*

]]> http://ramblings.org/post.php?post=215 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:12:29 EDT Don't Change http://ramblings.org/post.php?post=214 I started listening to INXS when I was ten or eleven years old. I think I still have the tapes kicking around here...although, I don't have a tape deck to play them in. Lame.

The song that always stuck with me was "Don't Change," off Shabooh Shoobah. That was a powerful song for a depressed, melodramatic kid like me during the ages of eleven, twelve and thirteen. By the time X came out in 1990, my interest in the band had waned, but looking back, INXS was definitely one of the better parts of the 80's.

Please ignore the hair and the fashion. The synth marks this as a totally 80's sort of song, but damn it's good.

]]> http://ramblings.org/post.php?post=214 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:06:27 EDT Zooey Deschanel is ridiculously cute http://ramblings.org/post.php?post=213 Evidence:

]]> http://ramblings.org/post.php?post=213 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:03:19 EDT White Denim http://ramblings.org/post.php?post=212 The most fun show I went to last year, and I went to plenty of shows, featured White Denim. It was an hour and a half of non stop psychedelic, rolling, rocking, wailing, and carrying on. It was easily the most energized show I attended. I went there not knowing much about the band and left it one of the converted.

The bassist, in particular, was sort of a little guy, playing a gigantic looking Rickenbacker bass with an amazing level of intensity and skill. He was a lot of fun to watch and listen to, and really captured the core energy of the band.

Check 'em out:

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