Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
I’m not exactly sure what I did. I was attempting to install a plugin for wordpress (and no it wasn’t Ploppy) when all of a sudden I was unable to access the Pickles control panel. I got emotional at this stage and swore a little. Then I lost everything. Lucky I’d recently done a back [...]
Monday, November 20th, 2006
Proving that there is a WordPress plugin for everything, I present you with “Ploppy”. What is “Ploppy”? It’s a WordPress plugin for describing the state of your bowel movements using the Bristol Stool Scale. Makes me dream of bathroom vanities. Oooooh.
The best part? The fact that it has little icons to indicate the current state [...]
Friday, November 17th, 2006
Here’s a story from the Age regarding Pearl Jam’s Monday night show:
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder is the latest major overseas rocker to roast Prime Minister John Howard.
Midway through the American quintet’s Melbourne show last night, Vedder slammed Howard for blaming the decline of the Australian economy on bananas.
“You know what,” he said, “John Howard [...]
Friday, November 17th, 2006
I really need to say up front that Pearl Jam are my all time favourite band so there is absolutely no way that I could provide an unbiased review. I’ve grown up with the band. Vs was the first CD I purchased (up until that time I was still rocking out with cassettes). They are [...]
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
I’ve created my very first web directory. It all seems to be working fine so far, I’ve made link submission free, so if you have a website add it quick before I change my mind and start charging!
edu-HQ directory
Yes this is blatant self promotion, feel free to take a look, submit your links [...]
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
On Monday night I was lucky enough to see Pearl Jam live for the forth time. I’d seen then once when they played in Melbourne in 1998, and twice in Melbourne in 2003. Their second show I caught in 2003 (with was their third Melbourne show for that tour) was something of a religious experience [...]
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
On 23 November 2004, the Virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich was sold for $28,000 in an eBay auction. In April 2006, in Bogota, Colombia, Dorely Rojas’ son-in-law noticed an overspill of hot chocolate from his mug. The overspill had created an unusual pattern that Rojas believed resembled Jesus Christ. There are hundreds of similar accounts [...]
Saturday, November 11th, 2006
Wolf and Cub are currently playing on jTV live. They sound insane. Two drummers, feedback and delay drenched guitar lines and a massive stoner rock vibe. I’m still not quite sure why they need two drummers, but then again, they could be chasing the Slipknot thing where you have nine guys on stage producing the same noise [...]
Friday, November 10th, 2006
John5, the wacky former Marilyn Manson guitarist, who is now playing with Rob Zombie I believe, is a freakin cool guitarist. Some people can’t get past his whole ‘look’ but meahhh, get over it. He shreds, he chicken picks, he rocks. His setup with Rob Zombie is a lot simpler than when he was playing [...]
Thursday, November 9th, 2006
Billy Howerdel is one of the musicians I have been influenced by the most. The music he has written for A Perfect Circle is exactly the sort of music I’d like to write, if only I were good enough! His guitar rig is a little complex, lots of midi switching and rack units. A lot [...]
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
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The Porcupine Tree Live DVD ‘Arriving Somewhere’ arrived last week. I’m a big fan of Porcupine Tree. There stuff is a little hard to come by in Australia so I preordered this from Amazon.com. ‘Arriving Somewhere’ is a 2 disc package. Disc 1 is a full live show from Chicago circa 2005 when Porcupine Tree [...]
