DM Setlist November 29, 2005

From Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, the Raveonettes opened up. HEre is the DM setlist:

SET 1
> Intro
> A Pain That I'm Used To
> John The Revelator
> A Question Of Time
> Policy Of Truth
> Precious
> Walking In My Shoes
> Suffer Well
> Damaged People
> Home
> I Want It All
> The Sinner In Me
> I Feel You
> Behind The Wheel
> World In My Eyes
> Personal Jesus
> Enjoy The Silence
encore
>> Somebody
> Just Can't Get Enough
> Everything Counts
encore #2
> Never Let Me Down Again
> Goodnight Lovers

DM

Saw Depeche Mode last night, my favorite new song is "Precious". I love the words:

Precious and fragile things
Need special handling
My God what have we done to you
We always tried to share
The tenderest of care
Now look what we have put you through

Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give

Angels with silver wings
Shouldn't know suffering
I wish I could take the pain for you
If God has a master plan
That only He understands
I hope it's your eyes He's seeing through

Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give

I pray you learn to trust
Have faith in both of us
And keep room in your hearts for two

Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we'd manage
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give

Sherlock

This year is the 75th anniversary of the death of Conan Doyle, and the 65th of the Speckled Band. While Conan Doyle recedes in time, Sherlock Holmes does not. Since the master detective was ''created" in 1887 by the Scottish-born physician, interest in the 56 short tales and four novels has only intensified.

''The Hound of the Baskervilles," is surely as famous an English title as ''Moby-Dick." Memorable film or TV versions of Holmes include the 1930s and '40s classics starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce; the 1980s Masterpiece Theatre series, in 44 episodes, with Jeremy Brett and David Burke; and have continued right up to last month with a new Masterpiece Theatre movie (a composite of Holmes tales called ''Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking") starring Rupert Everett.

The oldest continuous society devoted to the man in the deerstalker hat with pipe and magnifying glass is the Baker Street Irregulars -- a reference to the street Holmes lived on -- founded in New York in 1934 by critic Christopher Morley. The Irregulars' quarterly, The Baker Street Journal (Bakerstreetjournal.com), has been published since 1946.

Typical

The top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee urged President George W. Bush on Sunday to go before the American public to explain his plan for the war in Iraq.


Virginia Sen. John Warner told NBC's "Meet the Press," said such a public address would be helpful to hold on to public support during the next six months while Iraq sets up its own government and gains the ability to maintain its security.
Bush, who has been out of public sight since he arrived on November 22 at his Crawford, Texas ranch for a Thanksgiving break, has been facing waning support for the war and the lowest job approval ratings of his presidency.
"I think it would be to Bush's advantage. It would bring him closer to the people, dispel some of the concern that, understandably, our people have about the loss of life and limb, the enormous cost of this war to the American public," Warner said.
"We have got to stay firm for the next six months. It is a critical period ... in this Iraqi situation, to restore full sovereignty in that country. And that enables them to have their own armed forces to maintain that sovereignty," he said.
Bush is to speak on immigration in Arizona on Monday and then will return to Washington on Tuesday and give a speech about the war on terror at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis on Wednesday.
Anti-war protesters, including Cindy Sheehan whose son died in Iraq last year and who became an icon for the peace movement after her 26-day vigil near Bush's ranch in the summer, gathered in the tiny central Texas town again, although in much smaller numbers. They vowed to come to Crawford every time Bush visits his ranch.
Warner was one of the authors of a Senate-passed resolution that called for Iraqis to start taking the lead in their own security next year to allow a phased withdrawal of U.S. troops.
CRITICAL SIX MONTHS
While the Senate rejected a Democrats' demand that Bush submit a plan and an estimated timetable to withdraw, Democratic Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware said on NBC it would be "virtually impossible" to sustain 150,000 American troops in Iraq for the next two years.
Although Biden said he did not believe the Iraq war was lost, he added: "I think we have a six-month window here to get it right. But I have to admit that I think the chances are not a lot better than 50-50."
Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Richard Lugar, said on "Fox News Sunday" that more pressure needs to be put on the Iraqis to take responsibility for their security.
"But the fact is that we are going to try to train them to perform, and the question is how well they do so, whether they mop up on each other or whether they have a unified country," the Indiana Republican said.
Iraq's national security adviser, Mowaffaq al-Rubaie, said the goal was to enable multinational forces to be drawn down to under 100,000 by 2007.
"Basically, we want to create the right conditions in the urban areas for the Iraqi security forces to assume the responsibility of security in these cities and towns," he said on CNN's "Late Edition."
U.S. defense officials said last week that the Pentagon plans to shrink the U.S. troop presence in Iraq, now at 155,000, to about 138,000 after the December 15 Iraqi elections and is considering dropping the number to 100,000 next summer if conditions allow. However, a variety of scenarios are being reviewed, including no troop cuts, based on political and security conditions in Iraq.
(Additional reporting Leslie Wroughton in Washington and Patricia Wilson in Crawford, Texas)

Quiet Sunday

Quiet today and I have little to say.

Josh Beckett

it will be cool to see this guy pitch in a Red Sox uniform next season!

This article is from the Boston Globe:


BOSTON -- Josh Beckett would love jersey No. 21, but the newest member of Boston's starting rotation knows the Red Sox might not hand over Roger Clemens' old number.

Josh Beckett
Starting Pitcher
Boston Red Sox

Profile
2005 SEASON STATISTICS
GM W L BB K ERA
29 15 8 58 166 3.38

"I'm going to wear whatever they give me," Beckett said when asked about his boyhood idol and fellow Texan. "It would definitely mean something to me."

Beckett, in a conference call Saturday from his offseason ranch, said he's "pumped" to be playing for a passionate fan base after coming from the Florida Marlins.

Boston acquired the hard-throwing 25-year-old in a seven-player deal that was completed on Thanksgiving. The Red Sox traded four prospects to the Marlins for Beckett, third baseman Mike Lowell and reliever Guillermo Mota.

"It's a new chapter in my life," Beckett said. "It's a challenge I'm looking forward to."

Beckett talked to Kevin Millar, who was the Red Sox first baseman for the past three seasons, and Red Sox pitcher David Wells to get a feel for Boston. Wells has asked to be traded, and has cited a lack of privacy in Boston, but Beckett says being in the spotlight won't bother him.

"I'm from a relatively small town. I basically live on a ranch in the offseason," he said. "I don't think it necessarily befits my persona [but] I don't foresee it being a problem."

Beckett was the MVP of the 2003 World Series, when the Marlins beat the New York Yankees. He's knows all about the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry, but he's downplaying the hype.

"We've got a lot of games against other [teams], too, that we've got to win," Beckett said.

It is the second time in three years that Boston has traded for a potential ace over Thanksgiving. In 2003, the Red Sox acquired Curt Schilling from the Arizona Diamondbacks and rode him to the World Series title the next year.

Beckett went 15-8 with a 3.38 ERA last season, when he had problems with his shoulder and recurring blisters on his right middle finger. He said his shoulder is fine.

"I've got great strength in all my muscles," he said.

He is eligible for salary arbitration and expected to make between $4 million and $5 million next season. He can become a free agent after the 2007 season, and said Saturday that he doesn't know if the Red Sox and his agent have discussed a long-term contract.

Boston traded top shortstop prospect Hanley Ramirez, plus minor-league pitchers Harvey Garcia, Anibal Sanchez and Jesus Delgado in the deal.

Ramirez, 21, considered one of Boston's top prospects, hit .271 with six homers, 52 RBI and 26 stolen bases at Double-A Portland last season before going 0-for-2 with the Red Sox during a September call-up.

Lowell, 31, won a Gold Glove this year but his offense dropped off drastically and he is owed $9 million each of the next two seasons.

Black Friday

Happy day after Thanksgiving to all. My Dad has been staying with us, he cooked the turkey and made stuffing. He reads to N & J and he took us out a Rockettes Christmas show today and then out for dinner. I had a nice walk and talk with him Thanksgiving everning, it was about 20 degrees max. Today he went to the Doctor Who convention with me, then watched part of City of Death- episode one with me, he says he watched it with me sometimes when I was little, but he never quite got it- the show bounced around too much and had so many characters he says. He does not know the Daleks and I am not sure if there is time to watch those episodes. Tonight I saw a movie with A., she is working this weekend. Tomorrow evening I will take Dad back to the airport with N & J.


My Dad's visit has been a good one, I obviously love the opportunity to talk to him as it is rare.

42nd Anniversary of Doctor Who

Here are some facts to celebrate Doctor Who's anniversary:

The original version of Ron Grainer's theme music was created electronically in 1963 by Delia Derbyshire and Brian Hodgson of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, and was one of the first TV themes so created.

Tom Baker had two different length scarves. A shorter one was used for outdoor shoots to prevent the actor from snagging the scarf in anything as he walked.

The list of actors who have played the Doctor is closer to fourteen than seven; one actor played William Hartnell's robot double and another played the Doctor's hands in "The Celestial Toymaker". Peter Cushing played the Doctor in the first two Doctor Who movies. Also, Richard Hurndall played the First Doctor in "The Five Doctors", long after William Hartnell had died.

The BBC announced an 18-month break in the series in 1984. The series returned to the air in 1986. After the series ended in 1989, fans tried again to get the show back, but were unsuccessful. There were numerous "false starts" as attempts were made to produce a feature film based on the series. In the early 1990s, 'Steven Spielberg' was widely reported to have been interested in making a film version and a number of script treatments were written. Ultimately, in 1996, the United States Fox Network co-produced (with the BBC) and aired a TV movie which failed to spark a new series. In late 2003, the BBC announced that it was finally going to be broadcasting a new series of Doctor Who in 2005.

Psalm

Psalms 55:22 "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee.
He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved."

Wednesday

Wednesday is the last time the city is picking up leaves! I raked everything today and will do "touch Up" Tuesday evening.


Some of our trees still have leaves so we will have to bag those! :(

Reading another John Irving novel - "Widow for One Year".

Have shaked the sore throat but banged my let leg up pretty badly on a chair chasing the twins so no running. :((

Party of the First Part

Who are you?

My card, pretty lady.

Devil May-Care Music Production, Beelzebub Scratch, President.

I like your style, too bad you're not a singer.

Oh, but I am, I am a singer!

Hmm, no fooling.

No, no listen...

Fantastic, different.

I want to be a star, oh please!

You've talked me into it. Contract!
Just our standard contract, nothing fancy.

Fame, fortune, fans, gold records, concerts, world tours, your name in lights.

Take your time, read it all.

Oh, I give up. Can I trust you?
Ok, I'll sign.

Write!

Where's the ink?

We always use- blood, it's more permanent.

Oh, I don't know, can't we wait for Dad?

Oh, sure, I'll be back next year. Come on, Wease.

Next year?! Oh wait, wait, stop. I'll sign.
What about a band... I know a drummer.

She can't be bothered kid, she's got an interview.
The interview circus is so absurd, and so silly.

How do you feel about your sudden success?

Well, I feel like being a big star is really great, you know.
It's like, fabulous. Lonely, too, sometimes.

Oh, that's nice.

This is the biggest thing ever to hit rock!
You're at the top now, sweetie.

Yeah, but where do I go from here?

Don't worry, I want you, we have a bargain.

No, I didn't mean that, wait!

I've been waiting, now it's my turn.

No.

According to our contract, at precisely midnight, at the moment of her greatest triumph,
the party of the first part, that's you, agrees to render up her soul now and forever more
to the party of the second part, that's me.
Shall we go?

Joaquin Phoneix as Johnny Cash

I put in bold the part that I found most important/interesting:

Joaquin Phoenix immerses himself in singing legend's life
By Shanon Cook
CNN


Thursday, November 17, 2005; Posted: 1:01 p.m. EST (18:01 GMT)

Joaquin Phoenix says learning to sing like Johnny Cash "was completely foreign to me."

(CNN) -- "If you've never thrown a Frisbee before and you suddenly throw one, everything about the entire movement doesn't make sense. It just feels incredibly awkward and it's very humbling."

OK, Joaquin Phoenix admits the analogy isn't perfect.

But then, for the actor, learning to sing like Johnny Cash was anything but a perfect experience.

"It was completely foreign to me," he says. "My voice would simply give out."

Phoenix spent months at rock 'n' roll boot camp to prepare for his role as Cash in the biopic "Walk The Line," an initiation that bears a striking resemblance to Cash's own musical beginnings: He started late, taught himself to play guitar and embarrassed himself more than once at the microphone.

The film charts the singer's boyhood on a cotton farm in Arkansas to a stiff audition at Sun Records in Memphis. With success comes a passionate love affair with June Carter (Reese Witherspoon) -- and a drug addiction, which takes years to overcome.

Phoenix sang every note in the film, but that was only one of his challenges.

The actor, whose past roles include a fidgety teen in "Parenthood" and the dark, brooding Commodus in "Gladiator" (the latter earned him an Oscar nomination), battled preconceived conceptions to capture the true spirit of the iconic, complex Cash.

Phoenix spoke with CNN's Shanon Cook about finding his voice.

CNN: In the film Cash [swings from] euphoric highs to depressing lows. How challenging was it to capture all of his dimensions?

JOAQUIN PHOENIX: It was an incredible challenge. Typically on a film you feel like there are three major hurdles with a character, three points you have to understand and get to. And with John it seemed endless. What was really I guess the doorway into understanding these things is I had John's personal reflections [Cash's autobiographies] about his life and his experience, whereas with a fictional character you're creating their history.

There are pros and cons with playing a real person. There are great deals of expectations, and people already have a preconceived idea of who that person is. But at the same time there's a wealth of information to draw from, and I like that process a great deal.

CNN: Obviously there are going to be diehard Cash fans that screw up their noses and say "No one can do Johnny Cash but Johnny Cash himself." How might you respond?

PHOENIX: I agree 100 percent. That's something that [director] James Mangold really freed me of in the beginning. He said, "Listen, you're not Johnny Cash. You're not going to sound exactly like Johnny Cash. Don't worry about that. If people want to hear Johnny Cash they can get his records." ... I thought that was brave of him.

CNN: Did any of your previous roles prepare you for playing Cash?

PHOENIX: I think that I've always been slowly working up to this in a way. When I was in "Signs," I started thinking of the idea of working with kids. I [played] an uncle. And that sort of prepared me to play a father in "Ladder 49." ... I think through those [two films] I was establishing a method of preparation and research that I think I really fine-tuned and utilized for Cash for "Walk The Line."


Director James Mangold's direction was freeing, says Phoenix.

CNN: While working on your singing, were you surprised when you first reached that baritone sound Cash was famous for?

PHOENIX: I was surprised just to get through a song! I never sang before, but if I had tried to sing along to something it was to John Lennon and David Bowie, who both sing quite high. ...

So to suddenly go to John was so odd to me. ... It was very strange to have to use a part of my voice that I didn't know existed. ...

Of course I had doubts. But I felt a confidence in the people I was working with and in their judgment. To have someone like T-Bone Burnett guiding you through that process obviously gives you a great deal of confidence. When he said "You can do it," and "This is coming along," that meant a lot to me.

CNN: You're not going to release an album are you?

PHOENIX: (Laughs). No, no. My songs are atrocious.

CNN: You've said that you don't draw on personal experiences to tap into roles. Is that because it's too scary?

PHOENIX: No, it's not too scary. I find it incredibly confusing. It's very difficult for me to be reminded of myself. From the very beginning when I start working on a character it's to create their experience and their history. I get completely enveloped in a character. So when I'm reminded of something of my own, or if the director reminds me of something [personal], I just find it very confusing. I can't contain both things.

CNN: What about the other way around? In "Walk The Line" Cash finds himself in a downward spiral as he struggles with drug addiction. Did your experience with this role have any bearing on your own decision to seek rehabilitation for alcohol abuse? (Phoenix checked himself into rehab for a brief stint in April.)

PHOENIX: Well, not in the sense that I felt that I was worse off than when I started the film. Simply in that I felt like John's life was inspiring. I think a lot of the times when we think of musicians particularly, there's the idea that with drugs they were very artistic and creative. And yet with John it was very apparent to me that his finest work was before he ever was addicted and after, once he got sober. And once his addiction had gotten full hold of him, I think his work really suffered.


"I felt like John's life was inspiring," Phoenix says of Cash (above).And while I never got to that place where I felt that my personal life or my work was suffering really, I didn't want to get to that place.

CNN: If Cash were alive today and you could ask him one question, what would you like to know?

PHOENIX: That's tough. I don't know that anyone could know John that well. I don't know that he could know himself that well. That was the interesting thing about John. He was impossible to categorize, and I think that he refused to be categorized. I remember reading him saying he reserved the right to change.

Salvation Army

Bringing a bunch of old furniture and clothes to the local Salvation Army this afternoon.

Snow?

It is supposed to snow tomorrow! I again raked leaves last night and it rained, and I was listening to Love and Rockets on my iPod for about 20 minutes and then the battery died. Did manage to get all of the leaves from the backyard out on the street for collection by the city. Also, finished the John Iriving book, it had a positive ending. Hopeful.

Dirty Pretty Things

Rented this dvd at the library last week and likely will watch tonight. Here is the synopsis, sounds like Maria Full of Grace a bit:

Okwe, a kind-hearted Nigerian doctor, and Senay, a Turkish chambermaid, work at the same West London hotel. The hotel is run by Senor Sneaky and is the sort of place where dirty business like drug dealing and prostitution takes place. However, when Okwe finds a human heart in one of the toilets, he uncovers something far more sinister than just a common crime.

Iraq Military Deaths

As of Sunday, Nov. 13, 2005, at least 2,065 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,604 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. The figures include five military civilians.

The British military has reported 97 deaths; Italy, 27; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Slovakia, three; Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia one death each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 1,926 U.S. military members have died, according to AP's count. That includes at least 1,495 deaths resulting from hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

Sore throat

I am still sick! I just cannot seem to shake this sore throat. Green tea and cough drops today, nyquil soon. The twins have had dinner and been given a bath, all that is left is to brush their teetth. I am tired and wish I could stay home from work tomorrow.

The girls were very good today and yes I bought them star wars watches- one is luke and the other is darth maul. Julia chose the Luke watch and Nicki decided she wants to go back when they have the Leia watch, so I got the darth maul by default. They noticed the yoda watch is next week and said we need to go back so i can get that one since they know i love yoda!

The Fourth Hand is getting a bit slow now, the first hundred pages were very good, hopefully the story will pick up again.

More Leaves

Took the twins to the library in the morning, finished and returned "Codex", it was ok but not as good as his other one. Took out a JOhn Irving novel "The Fourth Hand" and proceeded to read 1/3 of it this morning at the library and at home. The girls picked a few books and a care bears movie. No running yet as still getting over the sore throat. Felt weak most of the morning, but better now. Raked leaves again while the girls played in the garage and intermittently waved at me or yelled to me that I was doing a good job. Raking leaves is so frustrating, no sooner do I finish a spot than more leaves fall and cover the clean area. Alas.

I plan on running tomorrow, I have been taking lots of dayquil and nyquil and even bought and have been using some cough drops with menthol so feel better. Interestingly, I have lost 8 pounds since last Saturday. I like to think it is my careful eating of sandiwches at work and exercise but I am afraid the explanation is more likely the illness. Who knows, just need to keep it up. I do feel healthier so that is a good start and I have been trying hard not to drink any alcohol. I still am drinking lots of diet pepsi though and of course water. This week I drank a lot of green tea at night with Aga. And I still am using that ab lounge thing.

There is an ad about star wars watches at burger king and the girls are of course as interested as I am, so if I remember tomorrow I will drive to BK to check out the watches, and hopefully get a yoda watch for myself and the girls. Surprise, suprise- Aga would prefer to wear her Movado.

I also am thinking often about the Chicago Marathon and am determined to find a way to train and do it next year, I am considering asking my friend Brian if he is willing to have a go, he would be an excellent training partner.

It is raining a lot here tonight, I am off to make the twins dinner.

Leaves

Have been raking leaves this week, one of my least favorites tasks in the world.
I would say about 85 percent of the yard is raked, I did not do one section as the leaves always blow back at that spot and also the tree there is still full of leaves, so I figured why waste the time and effort. I truly hate raking leaves.

On a more positive note, it is Friday and I am looking forward to spending lots of time with N & J, doing some runing, and finishing reading "Codex".

Chicago Tribune Bauhaus Review

Bauhaus returns from dead to keep its goth fans satisfied

By Joshua Klein
Special to the Tribune
Published November 10, 2005


At spring's Coachella Music Festival, Peter Murphy started the set from his reunited band Bauhaus suspended upside down like a slumbering bat, and ended it by dramatically intoning: "Now you can say you were there!"

The implication being that the one-off show was just that: a final chance to see the Goth greats in action.

Yet as any horror movie fan knows, you can't keep a good ghoul down. Bauhaus has crawled out of the grave once again, and like any vampires worth their fangs, Murphy, bassist David J., guitarist Daniel Ash and drummer Kevin Haskins looked eerily well-preserved for the first of two shows at the Vic Tuesday night.

But if Bauhaus was about nothing more than image--and indeed, to their black-clad fans and followers, image is certainly important--then the group might have faded away like so many other post-punk acts.

What keeps the band alive, despite a lack of new material since 1983, is the music, a unique, heady, dark mix of jagged guitar, fuzzy dub bass, pounding drums and Murphy's sepulchral croon.

Even so, Bauhaus' greatest attribute--its relentless minimalism--could also be its biggest fault.

Dirges such as "In the Flat Field" and the group's best-known song--"Bela Lugosi's Dead"--ultimately go nowhere. The intensity is steady and incessant, but the music in the end is an exercise in arty, monochromatic menace.

But, oh, what menace!

"She's in Parties" pulsed along atop Haskin's steady but swinging beat and J.'s hypnotic bass, while Ash's otherworldly guitar complemented Murphy's dramatic singing.

"Silent Hedges" was a minor-key masterpiece, with Murphy sounding like Neil Diamond's demented doppelganger against Ash's spooky 12-string.

Later, the descending melody of "Dark Entries" attained a sort of primal power, while the opening song, "Burning from the Inside," bounced between rudimentary scare tactics and discordant funk.

Ash set down his guitar to play squawking sax on "In Fear of Fear."

"Hair of the Dog" showed that with the right combination of strobe lights and smoke machines, even dirges can pack a wallop.

Before ending the 90-minute set, however, Bauhaus offered two telling covers, one of David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust" and the other of T. Rex's glam staple "Telegram Sam." While completely incongruous, they subtly underscored that for all its often imitated but never replicated idiosyncrasies, Bauhaus isn't totally sui generis.

Beneath the theatrics and gloomy lyrics lies a band of old-fashioned rock fans who long ago simply stumbled on a fresh way to jam bass, guitar and drums together.

Because of this, Bauhaus has become to its generation what Bowie and Marc Bolan were to theirs, which is justification enough to resist the pull of retirement and return again and again to its catalog of undead classics.

Bauhaus

Bauhaus was good but not as great as when I saw them in 1999. Highlights for me were Hollow Hills, Stigmata Martyr, Ziggy Stardust, Terror Couple Kill Colonel. If I can find a setlist online I will publish it on my blog later. They did play a much different setlist than in 1999 which I found refreshing.

Sadly, Peter Murphy was not as animated as usual. He barely moved around at all. The bassist, David J. was really cool- he interacted with the crowd more so than any of the rest of the band, though every time he spoke in between songs I could not understand what he was saying as the audience was so loud. And the drummer, Kevin Haskin's shadow was behind him most of the performance on a screen which was interesting to watch. Daniel Ash wore a batman t-shirt and sang "Slice of Life" as the first encore, which was a treat. They did not play that track the other time I saw them.

I was pretty close to the stage on the left hand side.

What was interesting about the concert was hearing many songs that I used to listen to frequently when I first moved to Chicago back in 1991, and I thought about going to Loyola and having roommates at an apartment in Rogers Park, 1243 west Rosemont Avenue, apartment 3e I think it was. Then I was thinking about how time marches on and now I am 35. Bauhaus's music is pretty dark and grim, I was trying to think how I would describe it to someone if they asked about it. It certainly is not rock music, though it has elements of rock and glam in it. The guitars are just so different sounding, there is more playing of haphazard notes than bar chords I think.

I drank tea before the concert, I got there at about 5 after work and the show did not start until 8, so I went to a diner and had the tea. I still am feeling sick though ebtter. Headaches and sore throat are my current maladies.

Unfortunately I did not have enough money to buy a t-shirt. Plus I figured the t-shirts were for sale for $30 and I know I can get them for half that on ebay.

This morning Julia woke up and was hugging and kissing me, then she asked me to tuck her back into bed. She stays awake in her bed until about 10-1030 lately and usually sleeps like a stone in the morning, so I was shocked that she woke up to say goodbye to me today.

Project Bluebook

http://bluebookarchive.org/download.aspx

Miranda

Aga and I have taken to watching Sex and the City reruns at 10pm in the basement after the twins go to sleep. And it is weird but I think my favorite character besides Mister Big, is Miranda. Which is weird because when watching the show over the years I never liked her. Now I see her as strong willed and cool, and cute, whereas before I found her annoying,cold, and boring. I guess it's called perspective.

Still reading the Codex which is not bad, but not great either. Not nearly as solid as Tyrannosaurus Canyon. Utopia came in the mail and reading the blurb on the back cover got me excited to read it. So, I need to hurry up and finish the Codex and move on.

Tomorrow night is Bauhaus. Always exciting to go watch Peter Murphy peform and better yet hear him sing. Last year I saw him solo, and wrote in a review to his website which they published, kinda cool. (Here it is if you are interested, my review is about 2/3 of the way down the page):

http://www.petermurphy.info/tours/unshattered/framesetlivereviews.html

Did not run last night and tentative on tonight as I feel really sick. Headache, and terribly sore throat. I drank Nyquil last night which makes me have odd dreams, like running around in forests with leaves crackling underfoot.

Onward and upward.

Indie Quiz Assessment of Me

Here is what it said after I took the indie quiz:

You're a Post-Punk. You know 70s punk was cool, but it was mostly just a stepping stone for the greater intellectualism of what would come after. The 80s were amazing. You quite possibly have huge hair, and may wear lots of black. Snare drums need reverb. Lots and lots of reverb.


1802 other people got this result!
This quiz has been taken 13460 times.
13% of people had this result.

Indie Music Quiz

This is pretty cool:

http://quizilla.com/users/Entropicalia/quizzes/You%20Know%20Yer%20Indie.%20Let's%20Sub-Categorize.%20/

Slow Sunday

Nothing much to say I guess, just the same as all the rest, when I'm trying to throw my arms around a girl.

And a woman needs a man, like a fish needs a bicycle.

News

Wow! It is really sad and tragic to read the Sunday newspaper and discover all that is awful not only locally but nationally.

The girls are great today, very little problems.


Shucks, no Epstein. What will the Sox do. If they sign Konerko or pull off a blockbuster this week (as I fully expect they will), it will be miraculous.

Funny, but for one of the first times in my life, I am feeling that whatever happens to Boston will not get me down.

Today listening to Mahler's 2nd, and wow. I would say Beatles sgt pepper's and Suede's dog man star are the only albums I enjoy as much.

The girls obviously were impressed by the circus- there has been much talk about the elephants today.


I am hopeful lately, don't know why. Maybe it is the focus on running and reading, surely positive things. And my Dad is coming to visit for Thanksgiving.

Circus

The circus was fun and N & J enjoyed it. Nicki liked the horses and the fireworks. Julia claims she liked the llamas, all though why I have no idea. We all liked the elephants and the clowns.

BC High Retirement

This article is from the Boston Globe- I used to eat Mrs. Sullivan's cakes my four years at BC High! The vanilla cake was my favorite.

November 5, 2005
Mary Sullivan, famous to generations of Boston College High School students for her scrumptious cake, bade a bittersweet adieu yesterday.

A spry 83, Sullivan baked about 1,000 pieces of sheet cake from scratch every week for 44 years until she handed the recipe to co-workers earlier this fall. While Sullivan scooped her final pasta at lunch yesterday, praise for her cake ran as thick as frosting.
''It's simply amazing," gushed Dan Breslin, a freshman from Marshfield who ate six squares of the cake, moist with a fine crumb and a distinct vanilla flavor. (Cake was free to commemorate Sullivan's retirement.)
Her departure ends something of a family dynasty. Her mother ran the cafeteria in 1961, the same year Sullivan started, and retired at 80. In turn, Sullivan hired sisters, cousins, and friends. The surviving ''Sunshine Girls" still meet for lunch monthly.
Although the cafeteria moved to a new building in March, Sullivan said the students never changed. ''They're all wonderful," she said.
They returned the favor.
As an entourage escorted Sullivan out the school's front door, students applauded from the second-floor catwalk. She waved a final time and left with three of her four daughters.
Sullivan plans to move from Quincy to senior housing in Milton. But first she's spending a week in Paris with her girlfriends.

Plans

Just ordered "Utopia" from amazon, it was only 98 cents! Not the Sir Thomas More book, but a "techno-thriller" recommended to me by my Auntie Pat. I am reading "the Codex" right now, it is good so far.

Taking N & J out for dinner tonight and then tomorrow we have the circus at 1130am. I have managed to run 10 miles so far this week, had been thinking 10 miles a week is good, but now I think 15 would be doable.

The left foot of course started hurting again, the toe on the right foot seems fine, just need the skin to heal.

It is unseasonably mild out here, supposedly about 70 degrees. It is nice. Instead of running on the treadmill I ran outside last night, I have a new route now. I run down towards our church and then down a side street and back home via Dempster Street, which is busy with traffic. I like running back this way because there are quite a few trees which block out the cars and it makes me think of running back home in Milton near the golf course where my Dad lives.

Also, I have been listening to other Mahler symphonies, I presently really am enjoying his third symphony.

Aga said she will take me to see the Depeche Mode concert with her if I can find someone willing to babysit the twins late that night. This might be a problem, becuase the girls we have sued in the past are teenagers who have to be home by 10 or so. The concert starts at 8 with an opening act (the Raveonettes), so it is doubtful it will be over by 10.

Next week on Wednesday I am going to see Bauhaus in Chicago by myself.

Plan on getting some more running in, finish "the Codex", and watch the girls draw and write their names all weekend. It will be fun!

Theo

So Theo Epstein quit the gm post with the red sox then had a press conference to answere questions as to why and then basically all he says is that his heart and soul is no longer in the job. Why this is though he would not explain. Something happened behind the scenes that we will never know. So the sox better hire a replacement quickly so that the can then resign Damon.

Going for a buffet style lunch today!

Wednesday Evening

N & J practiced writing their names for a while after dinner, then they drew some pictures while I ran 3 miles on the treadmill. It is really quiet tonight, Aga went out to visit some friends. Soon I will give the twins a bath and put them to bed. This week is really zipping along, and Saturday we are going to the circus.

Yoda is a big hit!

I watched as many of the extras on the second dvd of Revenge of the Sith as time allowed. A cool extra scene not on the final film showed Yoda crusing in his spaceship to Dagobah to begin his self-imposed exile on Dagobah. I think he says something like "Failed I have, to exile I must go." I like in the movie when he is talking to the Emperor and he says "OR should I call you Darth Sidious?"

Yoda is great with all his light saber duels and back flips. Plus the twins love him, he is a big hit at our house. Besides Yoda, they talk about Darth Vader the most- they are always asking me about his breathing, "why does he breathe so loud"? They seem to understand he is Luke and Princess Leia's father.

The colors on the newer Star Wars dvds are so bright, whereas the original films were kinda drab. However, the writing on the original trilogy obviosuly surpasses the newer films.

I gutted out 4 miles on the treadmill last night, the toe is healing I suppose though it is hard to tell!

Aga went clothes shopping and returned with three new shirts and 2 new pants for me which she had me try on. The shirts are excellent, a purple silk one, a white and green one, and a maroon one, all three shirts are long-sleeved button downs. The pants were dressy, one was black and the other green. She decided to save the new clothes to give me for Christmas, the shirts really are a substantial upgrade to my wardrobe so I did not argue.

The girls are still practicing writing their names, Julia now is writing her last name as well, though she keeps writing the leter "J" crooked. Other than she is writing her name perfectly. Nicki took a stuffed animal moose upstairs from the basement claiming "the moose needed to keep the tiger company because the tiger was getting lonely".

A 4 year old died at a local school in Des Plaines the other day, he was a classmate of a boy named Michael who plays with the twins sometimes. Michael's mother told Aga about it- I believe the child fell off a jungle gym and had head trauma, then later died. This is awfully sad and disturbing. I always believe nothing bad will happen to my daughters but I can not watch them 24 hours a day. When they go to the public school to begin kindergarten next year I guess I will worry. Ultimately I worry that they will not distinguish right from wrong. I remember how many times I was unsupervised growing up and some of the trouble I caused. Aga and I just need to do the best we can and hope it all works out. What else can we do?

It is pretty nice out today so Brian, Roley and I will have a picnic lunch during our break from work.

Scary Movies

Ok the only decent scary movie on last night was I think called "Blessed", watched some of that , some of "Scream 2", and some of one of the "Halloween" movies.

Next Halloween it might be a better idea to rent a few scary movie dvds instead of rely on late night tv.

The twins are very pleased with their collection of treats, they emptied their loot out on the floor last night and checked what they got. Nicki gave me a few three musketeer and snickers that had star wars logos on them.

I need to try and run tonight if possible, I think I might try and run at least three times per week. My toe still hurts a bit, but it should not affect my running.