DIG!

Dig! is a documentary about two bands. "Dandy Warhols" and "Brian Jonestown Massacre" are two modern rock bands that have an unbelievale 60's sound. They are friends, enemies, and competitors. Anton, the leader of BJM is considered a music genius, one of the most talented artists of all times. (In the film he is compared with Lennon, McCartney and Bob Dylan) He has a big problem though: he is so entiestablishment that he can't get his act together to become succesful. He starts beating up his bandmates for messing up a note, he can't work with anybody and doesn't give a damn about anybody else. He just lives for his music. He knows how to play over 100 instruments, composes and plays like a music God but can't get anybody to sign a record deal with him.

The other band, "The Dandy Warhols", who's leader is actually narrating the film, decide to get their act together, shake hands with the record industry devil and become semisuccesful. Not in America, becuase they can't listen to a video director ass clown or photo shoot Hollywood douche either. "Dandy Warhols" become big in Europe where they mesmerize the crowds with electrifying performances.

Although there is no climax or resolution in the documentary, I liked to see the inside view of this evil machinery the record industry has become. It's sad that the whole business is 90% marketing. It's like the mailman gets the credit for all the good letters, or the typist for writing a good novel. It doesn't matter that you are the most talented musician in the world. If you don't whore yourself to the producers standards, you're out. Everything is driven by ratings and sales, so if you're a genius out of your time you are doomed to oblivion.

By the way, since I've heard them about 2 years ago, Dandy Warhols have been one of my favorite bands. Does anybody else know who they are though?

BUSTED

This was two weeks ago. I think I was coming from the store and was probably just zoning out. There goes my lunch for 10 days. It's a bummer! 

one saturday

My blog-denying roommate Zeb, our new fishtank, and the coolest $10 clock evah.  

Procrastinating

Inches away from my garden level window. If I want to procrastinate all I have to do is look outside.  

Sunday grading

This is what Sundays look like.

Aussie vs. American

I found this article very interesting. Some people might not find it PC because it's pretty much a broad generalization, but I like it. My favorite part is about how children are raised. That's absolutely true about Europe too. Kids play outside all the time, all by themselves, and don't have to report to their parents every second. There is some sort of trust that develops and then you don't have kids that either mature or party themselves to destruction when they get to college.

The right to bear arms...

You won't believe this shit . Check out some pure clean family fun for these Oklahoma rednecks. You'll get a chance to see a five year old GIRL firing a machine gun and people blowing shit up left and right. This is America, the land of the free and home of the brave.

squirrel fishing

I found this on my ex-roommates facebook. Sounds like fun.

Interior design - Romanian style

I don't know how I stumbled upon this, but it looks decent. Mom, where are you, are you reading this?

http://www.cass-design.com/portofoliu.html

Humping all the way...

This is what my Christmas present looked like. What would I do without friends? I was wondering at what Christmas store do you go and ask for "humping theme" wrapping paper, but then I found out they got it at a store in Fayetteville called Condom Sense. It all made perfect sense then. Get it?

Romania in pictures

The Peace Corps Volunteers in Romania present a very accurate tour of Romania. The pictures are breathtaking and cover all the important areas of the Romanian life. This is the first website that made me say: yeah, that's exactly how Romania is . Deffinitely worth clicking on: HERE .

P.S. It works better in Internet Explorer for some reason. Mozilla gives a funny white background.

the easy way out?

Some Iranian newspaper is going to hold a cartoon contest similar to the one the danish newspaper had a month ago. Not surprisingly, their theme will be the Holocaust. In some sort of retribution, they are trying to piss off the Jews, but I don't believe their tactic will work very well. What they don't understand is that the western society doesn't officially value Jesus, Mohammed, Shiva, or pride. Instead, we value liberty and freedom and speech. I say that Matt and Trey should make a whole episode where they make fun of God, Holocaust, and Kyle and send it in for the contest. Maybe this would be the solution for the cartoon crisis, eh?

Windows, faster, now

I found this website and I managed to reduce the startup time of my tired laptop from a whopping 305 seconds to 210. Isn't that something to write home about? It's indeed a 33% decrease but my lappie still sucks.

Bear Peak photos

Yesterday I went hiking with Zeb. We did Bear Peak here in Boulder which turned out to be more fun than I expected. I finally managed to take some pictures so I posted them on my new flickr accout:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragos

How to make PDF's for free

I finally found a sweet program that will make PDF files from scans or any other file format for free: Pdf995

Bible meets Real World

Last night I went to the International Film Series and saw The Real Old Testament. The director and producer is a former CU student and the whole thing reminded me of how South Park started. He's going to treat more subjects with the same Real World idea: Lewis and Clark, Trojan Wars, The New Testament. Apparently God has also a video blog at www. realgodvlog.com . At the end fo the film God himself made an appearance in the Muenzinger auditorium and we had the chance to ask him a lot of funny questions. Although the movie itself has only my B, I have to admit that the whole idea has incredible potential.