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Wednesday, Oct. 09, 2002 - 8:07 p.m. First, the correction�. I knew I should have taken notes or something when I visited Mrs. Whipple last week. I knew I would screw something up without them. Click here to read what I am talking about. It wasn�t 200 eggs. Even Lease thought that sounded high. Zackal sent me an email a few minutes ago, and he told me it was 44, not 200. Gee, I only was off by almost 500%! Not bad! Still, he said it was a massive pile of leathery, unfertilized eggs. So I had the volume right, anyway�. Am I the only one who isn�t getting email when someone signs their guestbook? I just stopped by that page a few minutes ago, and I had about 7 entries that I didn�t know about from the past few days. So, no, I wasn�t ignoring your comments. I just didn�t think to check. As far as that goes, D-land has been acting funky for the past 48 hours, too. I couldn�t get on the members page this morning, and pages are loading veeerrrryyyy ssssslllloooowwwwllllyyyy right now. Stop bitching, �pig��. I finally decided to toss a banner ad on the D-land site. I never used my banners form last year, and after buying another year of Gold-ness, I had 30,000 to play with. Had, because I made a crap-o free one last night. I allocated 5000 hits to it, and sat back to see what would happen. Not much, it turns out. The entire 5000 flew by in less than 24 hours. I had a hit through rate of 1.1%. According to Andrew, that�s below average. Hum, just like my writing, right? Here is the crap-o banner:
One person (bi-n-proud) left some nice words in my g-book. I�m glad she stopped by (or should I say bi?)�.. I will have to spend a little time on the next banner. Come up with some witty banter, or at least a few nude photos�. I stopped by Circrap City after work last night to pick up two new cds. It�s been a while since I felt the need to be there the day something comes out, but the new Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album (The Last D.J.) was worth the weekday trip. Yeah, I know I have mentioned both Lease and my love for his music here before. One of our very first dates was to see them in 1979, right after �Damn the Torpedoes� broke big. AT that time, I had already bought his first two albums (on funky light blue cassettes) when they were released. Lease had barely heard of him when I bought the tickets. They rocked, I almost caught one of Stan Lynch�s drumsticks as it whizzed by my head, and we both went home happy, sweaty, and life-long fans. Yes, he has had a few less-than-spectacular albums through the years (1987�s �Let Me Up[I�ve Had Enough}� and 1999�s �Echo� never caught on with me), but he has also released some of the best pure rock music of the last 25 years, too. Lease would list the first album and �Your Gonna Get It� on her top ten albums list (she still plays both on a regular basis), and I always have �Damn the Torpedoes� on any list I make. �Full Moon Fever� made him an even bigger star (with MTV constantly running the videos for the songs �Free Fallin��, �I Won�t Back Down� and �Running Down a Dream� -just scratching the surface of this great disc) and the under-rated �Songs and Music from She�s the One� also some of my all-time favorites. Anyway, now that I have rambled�� The new cd is an anomaly- it can best be described as a �concept album�. Making an album that all ties together to one theme or idea was a common practice in the 70�s (think Pink Floyd�s �Dark Side of the Moon� and �The Wall�, maybe the Beatles �Sgt. Pepper�s Lonely Hearts Club Band� for examples), but hasn�t been done much since. �The Last D.J.� is Petty�s commentary on the sad state music (and radio) has fallen into in the past decade or so. I haven�t heard the entire album yet (I will take it to work tomorrow, and try to listen while doing paper work), but after reading a few reviews I know that is what he was going for. The music is still strong, and the lyrics I picked up on are biting and angry. He didn�t like what the music industry has become, and he tells it through his songs (he�s fought for his rights before, btw. He fought his label back in 1978, his label {Gone Gator} ended up bankrupt, and he was in court for a year fighting for his already-recorded �Damn the Torpedoes� songs} Even after just hearing a few songs, I know this is one great album. Tom Petty is the real deal. The other cd? Chevelle�s �Wonder What�s Next�. I thought their first disc ( 1999�s �Point #1�)was decent and with potential, but I wouldn�t have bought the new disc except fro the fact it was only $5.99. Their style of music? Loud, hard (think Helmet) , but melodic vocals mixed in with a few screaming parts (Am I the only one who is a little tired of the "gggrrrraaaauggghhh!" singing in new hard rock bands? Anyone?) I like the new single (�Red�) that has been playing on rock radio for the last few weeks, so I will give this one a chance��.
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