My memories of USD..tribute to the kids coming to SDSU

 

Violent Femmes

 

 

Nirvana

 

 

U2

 

 

Kings X

 

 

Beatles

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm posting this, mostly because I've always had a fascination with this family.

 

To be quite honest, John is the one I idolize of the three brothers. He did so much in such a short time. God only knows what Robert would have done if he lived.

 

That said, despite my misgivings toward Edward, I feel now that he was one hell of a statesman. He had to live up to what his brothers' legacy.

 

In tribute, I am going to quote U2. It's a song about Martin Luther King, Jr., but it's fitting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--Centauri Londo Mollari

What have I done?

What have I done?

You are a destroyer of civilizations

I remember that I was touched by the Technomage Elric, as his people

Left for the beyond

I had asked for an audience to

Promote my own personal agenda

I had to apologize for offending him

 

When he left, I finally had the chance to speak to him

His words were so very true

I wish I would have heeded them, as it was my first

Chance to redeem myself

 

He told me,

That my hand would cross the stars, and that

I would hear voices calling my name famously.

 

I asked him, "My followers?"

He glowered. "Your victims."

 

When I went home to Centauri Prime

I found myself in the middle of

A madman's court

I was favored

 

Little favors

A little more

To show you what we can do

Is what I offer you

Call me Mr. Morden

 

When the worlds are wiped out

I stand proud

But there's one thing I forget

Is that the darkness has captured

Centauri Prime

 

(I am the evil that's what's left)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I am the worker, the one

Who builds the foundation

Of a society

The foundation of hope and truth

I build it all from scratch

The homes, the schools

I do it in Valen's name

I do what you ask, and it is just so

In Valen's name

 

 

 

 

 

 

I saw this article this morning on MSN, and I was totally blown away by it.

 

 

Basically, if I won the lottery, this thing would be on my bucket list (yes, I'm young, but hey, might as well create one )

 

They've got all sorts of "camps" for sports, and other types of camps. Why not go to one that lets you be a rock star for a week?

 

I'll let you peruse the site, as I can't do it justice.

I've been doing a lot of reading as of late, mostly because I bought a ton of books over the last year or so, but always came home to watch TV or play games.

 

I got rid of cable (as perhaps many people have; nice to have, but not worth it), and turned back to reading books. I get may news via the net, or radio, or just old fashioned newspaper.

 

Anyhow, alt of the books I've read in the last two months have been Star Wars books. Many I've never read before, because for a time, I thought the market got saturated, and some novels (or authors) I avoided.

 

The current one I'm reading is called Shatterpoint by Matthew Stover. It's a novel primarily about Mace Windu, and pretty much him finding the whereabouts of his Padawan.  In fact, with the exception of part of the first chapter, no one else from the movies (with the exception of mentions during the rest of the story) show up. The story takes place just as the Clone Wars begin after Geonosis, and it goes into the history of Mace, his lightsaber style, and his philosophy.

 

What is making this novel extremely enjoyable to me is I can hear Samuel Jackson's voice, picture him doing things, and Stover does an awesome job of bring out the more intense Jackson we've known for years (see Jules Winfield), the bad-ass Jackson that comes to kick butt, or to do something to prove a point.

 

The closest we see Mace Windu like this on screen really was Geonosis. But if you liked Sam's portrayal there, you'll like this book.

 

The story is great because it takes the "unlearn what you have learned" approach with the character, and it seems each time Mace figures out something and spits back the lessons he's learned to the other characters, they think he's crazy.

 

I'mnot done with it yet, but I should be by the end of the weekend. It's quite a fun read. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To celebrate Woodstock, I give you this. Some from 1969. Some from 1994. Some from 1999.

 

To whit:

 

I've got an answer

 

Shine

 

Saturday

 

Ask Alice

 

Days Gone by

 

With A Little Help From My Friends

 

FREAK!

 

Whoopiee!

 

Janis

 

Supple Wrists

 

MY NAME IS KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID ROCK!

 

Anthem

 

 

 

It's nearly twenty years since "The Grunge Movement" came to be. I waa caught up in the middle of it when I was a buddin disc-jockey.

 

One of my funny moments I remember as I worked KOAR as a mass communications student in Vermillion, is I played Evenflow over Alive from Pearl Jam's Ten for some reason, when Alive was the song that was hitting the charts.

 

To be honest, I never got into Nirvana until I saw their accoustic thing on MTV. I was more into Soundgarden and Pearl Jam and Alice In Chains.

 

I'm going to post a small montage of videos from all of the bands; however, the first is a collaboration from Temple of the Dog.