winded from ultimate
By Eric | September 11, 2002 9:09 pm
Class went well today, Tech Transfer is going to be like story time, Prof Perry has a story for everything… its awesome! 🙂 State and Local Politics was all about Federalism, which I’ve been over in every other class subsequent to this, so today anyway was a lot of stuff I already knew… Got home, ate dinner, and headed out to Genesee Park to play Ultimate Frisbee with the boys…. Ran my ass ragged once again, I have found out that two days of racquetball dont mean squat, because I’m definately out of shape! I got winded way too early… I’m now back at home and about to retype some notes, due to my impeccable handwriting skills 🙂
I got invited to a party down in Geneseo Saturday night hosted by Sara’s former suitemate Amy and her friend Betsy (who I had went out with over the summer with Danielle and Adrienne), so Sara and Nate I think are coming here first, and then I’m hopefully dragging Adam and maybe Joe with me… should be a good time!
And Kelley has informed me that tickets #1 and #2 for Jerry Cantrell at the Haunt in Ithaca now belong to me and Mary 🙂 Kickass!
Been awhile since Ive done this….
Current mood: tired and sore, but feeling pretty good!
Current song: NIN – The Wretched (live)
Current shirt: Staind / Marroon stripe
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i die, and all they want is the cd’s
By Eric | September 10, 2002 9:41 am
My sister posted this on her blog this morning:
I had this dream two nights ago that i just remembered. I dreamed that Eric (my brother) died suddenly somehow. It was really weird cuz everyone was like “What do you mean Eric died?” and I was like “Eric died.” I dont remember too much I remember that all his friends were arguing over which CDs they wanted from his collection cuz obvisouly he didnt have a will and I was telling them that no one was getting any of them cuz they’re all staying together. Thats about all I can remember…
Damn straight no ones getting any of them…. Im taking them with me! 🙂 heheheh….
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sour stones
By Eric | August 27, 2002 9:20 pm
Just got some of the Stone Sour MP3’s (Corey and Jim from Slipknot’s side project)…. and these songs are great!! It’s not Slipknot-like at all… Corey sings quite a bit, and some of the songs are really really melodic… definately gotta get this CD!
that is all. 🙂
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tully’s tool
By Eric | August 26, 2002 1:01 am
Sunday afternoon started with me just driving around to a couple places, half-assed sneaker shopping (anyone know where I can get my old-school Adidas shell-tops for less than $65? Highway robbery ain’t my thing…) but mainly driving around with the Grand Prix now that Amanda’s at school and not driving it 🙂 hehe… Got Sara about 3:45 and we got lunch/dinner before the Tool show in Hamilton. So we went to Tully’s on the Boulevard. We get seated…. and wait…. and no one comes to take our drink order. 10 minutes roll by, and a server from another section comes over and notices that we never got served. So he takes our drink order… in the meantime, the manager comes over, and apologizes, and says that our beverages and an appetizer are on the house. So the server comes back, and we were just gonna order potato skins. Well, he convinces us to take the most expensive appetizer on the menu, the sampler platter… um ok! So That comes, and its huge ($9.50 worth!). So we’re picking at that, and our orders come, and we’re like, oh man, can’t finish! hehe… lotsa stuff to take home! So the whole deal ended up being $16, not too shabby! And the server we did get, from another section, ended up being really cool…
so we finish there, I switch cars to take the trusty escort, and head to Sara’s house to wait for her friend Muhammed and his girlfriend Jenny. I met Sara’s Aunt Trudy, who had a bunch of stories from being in Europe…. hehe she’s pretty cool 🙂 Muhammed and Jenny show up, and we’re off to Hamilton to see TOOL!!! We decided to take the Rainbow bridge because Sara’s mom said the Queenston was backed up pretty bad. Rainbow was very light, and then we hit Canadian customs…. musta been quota weekend for them, because the car in front of us got pulled into secondary… and then we did! First time for everything I guess… So we pulled off to the side, got out of the car, and two customs agents checked out the car…. no big deal, obviously we’re not bringing anything! So we’re on the road again, and got to Copps Coliseum with no further incident.
The review will come later, but TOOL was awesome, we missed Tomahawk (color me disappointed…. the 10 minutes we did hear werent impressive at all). Our seats were great, we were in row 13, but since our side was infront of the removeable seating… we had first row so to speak! Just off the left side of the stage, a perfect view of the band and the screens…. Glad we werent on the floor, getting crushed to see Maynards back all night wouldn’t have been worth it! hehe! But yeah, Maynard’s still got it, voice-wise… no doubt. Got out of our boxed-in parking space much faster than expected, and we were home by 12:30…. beddy bye time coming real quick, and then work tomorrow…. 4 more days!! 🙂
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08/25/2002 Tool (Hamilton, ONT @ Copps Coliseum)
By Eric | August 25, 2002 11:59 pm
Well, this was certainly worth the drive and price of admission. Tool is still one of the most compelling and talented bands out there. Finally getting to see them on their own bill instead of a festival was a treat indeed. The visuals were stunning, the lighting was amazing, and my seats couldn’t have been better (Thanks Sara!) Row 13, but since the removeable seating had been taken away on our side, there was a railing, and nothing in front of us! We were off to the left of the stage, and had a perfect view of the stage and the screens. We got there about 8pm, and Tomahawk were just leaving the stage. Good thing, I’m not sure what Mike Patton is thinking, but what we did hear was not impressive at all. 9pm rolls around, and the lights go dark, the screens fire up, and after some intro riffs by Adam, Justin hits the opening bass line to Sober, and the place EXPLODES. The crowd was into the show the entire night, and conversely, Maynard stayed in the back by Danny’s drumkit the entire night, his back to the crowd. His voice was as strong as ever, he hit the extended scream during The Grudge, and me and Sara just looked at each other shaking our heads, as in, “how does he do it?!?!” They played for an hour and 45 minutes, and the audience was captivated the entire time. I was transfixed on Danny Carey’s drumming
during Triad and Lateralus, and I now understand why everyone holds him in such high regard. He has a huge kit, but he utilizes it, and utilizes it well. The guy was just all over the place and never missed a beat. And they played H.!!!! The
whole setlist played out as follows: Sober, The Grudge, Stinkfist, (-) Ions, H., Schism, Parabol, Parabola, Aenema, an Intermission (no, not the song, that woulda been cool!), Disposition, Reflection, Triad (w/ Tomahawk), Lateralus. Maynard mentioned that he was apologizing for “our country” (meaning the US) and asked if they could move to Canada… hehe. He didn’t say a whole lot the entire night, and the only time he looked at the crowd was to toss some water bottles at the end of the show. But no matter. A very satisfying show, and I’m glad I waited and went to Hamilton as opposed to Buffalo, because Copps Coliseum is a smaller place, and Canadian fans always seem to be better.
Here’s the whole set – Thanks YouTube!
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jake’s grounded, and has the night of his life
By Eric | August 25, 2002 11:51 am
So yes, Jake had his first concert ever last night, as I dragged him to see the Tea Party at Water Street. We got to the venue about 6:15, naturally, the tickets said doors at 7, so we didnt get in till 7:30… Got a barrier spot, down from Janet, Rick and Joe… the review will be up later, but pertinent to the blog… halfway through Halycon Days, JB breaks a stick, tosses it, and it goes nowhere. Well, the other one wasn’t far behind, and since he was perfectly front and center, Jake caught it! Beginners luck!! First show ever, and he gets a cushy barrier spot, doesn’t get touched, and catches a drumstick!! So after the show, I called up Karl and Kelley, who were hanging out with Sheldon and Matt at Empire… so Jake’s getting another first, a bar! Hehe… we sat around the pool table, I got Jake a beer (yeahyeahyeah, a ROOT BEER!) and then I get informed that there’s more friends in attendance: Karl’s friends Erin and Bethy, and their friends Ally and Jim, and the *other* Kevin, Kevin Rewkowski… (who *gasp* is old enough to be in Empire, legally! As opposed to Jake hehehe)… So we depart Empire for the other fabled hangout, Jay’s diner! We lost Bethy in the process, but the remaining 10 of us managed to create the usual ruckus, and somehow the waitress that put up with us got a $10 tip! (It’s ok, she deserved it, after dealing with us!) Me and Jake didnt get home till 3, the headlights stayed on the whole time, and I think he had a pretty good time hanging out with the *college crowd* heheheh!
Random: I just did a count of the bands I’ve seen the most times, and it sickens me that Velour/The Turnstones ended up ahead of Staind and Cold… blech.
Our Lady Peace – 13
The Tea Party – 12
Econoline Crush – 10
Velour / The Turnstones – 10 (so yeah, Karl, you were almost right!)
Staind – 9
Cold – 9
And everyone else isnt even close… 🙂
Current mood: Just kinda digesting breakfast…
song: Tragically Hip – Ultra Mundane
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08/24/2002 The Tea Party, The Turnstones, Junction Five (Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall)
By Eric | August 24, 2002 11:59 pm
This was Jake’s first concert ever!! We weren’t sure we were going to go, but as luck would have it, we got the last two tickets Record Archive had. Got there at 6, doors at 7… haha right. 7:30 and we finally get in, and grab barrier spots. Yeah, Jake’s going to be spoiled for his first one hehe. Junction 5 comes out first, I guess they’re local to Rochester, and they sounded pretty decent! 3 of the 4 guys in the band took turns singing, so that was pretty cool, and the one guy busted out a Recorder (ya know, the 3rd grade you-have-to-play-it musical instrument?) during a song! So they were decent. Next up, Velour… oh, I mean, the Turnstones… um yeah. You suck. The Tea came out promptly at 10, and instead of starting with Interzone (like the past few shows), Jeff ripped into The River! After that however, the setlist remained largely unchanged from the other shows, Interzone didnt get played at all, and instead of Cathartik, we got The Baazar. They did sound excellent as usual though, and Jake seemed pretty much captivated the whole time. Even more so due to the fact that during The Halcyon Days, as beginners luck would have it, he caught a drumstick! Some kids… 🙂 The crowd was very respectful again, we were right up front and hardly got touched, another case of everyone that was there wanted to be there. So while the set was the same as usual, it was still a great show, and I’m glad Jake got to have an excellent first concert experience, so he won’t be soured on the whole thing!
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mr. jake goes to rochester
By Eric | August 24, 2002 5:54 pm
Got some crap together and ran up to Rochester to throw some of the stuff in the apartment… Amanda was moving in today also, and Grandman went with them, I brought Jake with me…. I was thinking about taking Dad’s truck, but the rain kinda put the damper on that…. YES THE CAR MADE IT… SHUTUP!!! 🙂
Went to Wendy’s for lunch, then to the Archive, and who appears? None other than Karl and Kelley! So we went to the mall and hung out for a bit, then came back and unpacked…
Currently got fraggernarkle back up and kicking in the living room here in the apartment… I actually did buy tickets to the Tea Party show tonight at water street (got the last two at Record Archive!), and Jakes gonna get his first taste of concerts! About 20 mins till we depart, he’s getting the whole concert experence of waiting outside, waiting inside, etc…. haha hope he likes standing around all night… eheh!
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keeping the serious drunkards happy
By Eric | August 23, 2002 9:43 am
seen on slashdot:
it’s not that. My roommate and I have a large MP3 collection that we use during parties. We have one of the widest and well-liked collections (so we hear).
We collect a range of music (whether or not we feel it sucks, there’s always the “next” button) so that just about anyone that comes over can hear something that they appreciate. It keeps the serious drunkards happy.
Its all about keeping the drunkards happy 🙂 hehehe. This sounds like 156, only we dont have that wide of a collection, its all stuff *we* like hahaha….
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slow chemical
By Eric | August 23, 2002 8:40 am
The wonder of the world is gone,
I know for sure.
All the wonder that I want I’ve found in her.
As the whole becomes a part, I strike to burn.
And no flame returns.
Every intuition fails to find its way,
One more table turned around and back again.
Finding I’m more lost than found,
When she’s not around.
When she’s not around,
I feel it coming down.
Give me what I could never ask for,
Give me the drug you know I’m after,
Connect me and you could be my Chemical.
When everybody’s coming. (The chemical comes slow)
When everybody wants you, (The chemical comes slow)
And everybody wants. (Slow)
And everybody wants you, slow.
Give me what I could never ask for,
Connect me and you could be the chemical, now.
Give me the drug you know I’m after,
Connect me and you could be the chemical.
You could be the chemical.
Just a bit of finger eleven to start the day 🙂
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