Music post

Well, I have some thoughts that I decided not to mix with the Super rant so here's another post. You know what is really cool -- finding some good music that you just plain overlooked in the past. Recently, while putting music onto the new MP3 player I found a couple of albums on my computer that I had never listened to but which are really great. The first is, Pearl Jam: Riot Act. I really like Pearl Jam but I'm not a huge fan but when I'm in the right mood, they just seem to hit the spot. I really loved Yield but wasn't terribly keen on Binaural (not that I've even heard most of it). Listening to Riot Act though has been great. It's a good record that I obviously just overlooked. The other album: Hail to the Thief by Radiohead. Honestly I didn't think I'd like this at all. I had listened to OK Computer a number of times and really didn't care too much for it. I think I'll have to go back and listen to it again. Anyway, I really like this album. It's funny because I listen to the songs and in my opinion they all sound like they could be soundtrack music for different offbeat movies (seriously listen to the lyrics).

Also music related: yesterday I heard the new Gorillaz single, Dare and I really like it as well. I'm not really a music afficionado (as most of you who read this blog know) but I'm really impressed with how well they (the Gorillaz) can put together a lot of great songs that all sound completely different. You know how a lot of bands have so many songs that aren't the same but sound really similar. It seems like everything I've heard from the Gorillaz is just different.

Personal news: we are officially going to Thailand. We have tickets purchased!!!

Super Vomit into the Super Bowl

Doesn't that title just sound gross? I hope so. I know the Superbowl is two days gone but I'm still ticked about it so I'm going to vent my frustrations via this post. My problem is that once I decide to root for a team (even if I'm not really affiliated with that team) I really get into it. I was, as you may have picked up, rooting for Seattle. I lived there for two years, know a lot of people there that doubtless rooted for Seattle, and I have zero ties to Pittsburgh (other than attending a U2 concert there in October of last year) so it was the obvious choice. Besides, I'm kind of an NFC guy. I always root for the NFC contender in the Superbowl unless it's the Cowboys.

Anyway, back to the game. Halfway through the first quarter I was already having some serious issues with / doubts about the officiating in the game. There were just some really bad calls. I'm sure there are plenty of articles out there about how bad the officiating was but I've only read this one but I thought it was right on target. The author, Kevin Hench, had actually picked the Steelers to win but in his article points out that they weren't the best team on the field. Which is exactly what I'm so upset about. The Seahawks, overall, looked a lot better than the Steelers. I will admit that the Seahawks did make some huge errors but the poor officiating can take a team right out of things in a hurry. It seemed to me that the Steelers won an entire football game with about five or six plays.

Seattle deserved to win this game.

Anyway, I'm still baffled by this but can't even coherantly put together a good post so I'll just stop here.

Super