Excerpts from a Rachel's phone conversation with Will this evening.
All Rachel:
-- I'm glad I could entertain you.
-- No, everyone is going to think I'm this terrible person, and I'm not.
-- I only speak that way to you, because you tend not to get things when I tell them to you nicely.
-- No, I don't think you're a moron.
-- Oh god, don't put that on your blog.
-- Oh whatever... fine..
-- And that song is F%*&&ING terrible.
5.2.09
Will & Rachel Conversation# 06
The phone rings.
Rachel - Will, the new U2 SONG IS TERRIBLE.
Will - Uh. Hi.
Rachel - HI.
WIll - So I guess you ---
Rachel - Yeah, i was reading your blog and I was like oh hey, why I didn't I listen to it and it's like this terrible thing that's part Radiohead, Third Eye Blind, and some other crap.
Will - Uh yeah, I didn't like it at first.
Rachel - No Will, IT'S TERRIBLE. AWFUL. The lyrics are completely garbage. I mean what they hell are they telling you to go put on your (insert science jargon) boots and go out in the mud.
Will - Wait, so how does any of that make it Radiohead?
Rachel - You know they do that high singing crap.
Will - Uh, doesn't everybody do that.
Rachel - Yes, and I hate it.
Will - Well, I didn't like it first, but you know the rhythm and guitar work is pretty good.
Rachel - Yeah, I guess if you take away all that other crap it's not bad.
Rachel - Will, the new U2 SONG IS TERRIBLE.
Will - Uh. Hi.
Rachel - HI.
WIll - So I guess you ---
Rachel - Yeah, i was reading your blog and I was like oh hey, why I didn't I listen to it and it's like this terrible thing that's part Radiohead, Third Eye Blind, and some other crap.
Will - Uh yeah, I didn't like it at first.
Rachel - No Will, IT'S TERRIBLE. AWFUL. The lyrics are completely garbage. I mean what they hell are they telling you to go put on your (insert science jargon) boots and go out in the mud.
Will - Wait, so how does any of that make it Radiohead?
Rachel - You know they do that high singing crap.
Will - Uh, doesn't everybody do that.
Rachel - Yes, and I hate it.
Will - Well, I didn't like it first, but you know the rhythm and guitar work is pretty good.
Rachel - Yeah, I guess if you take away all that other crap it's not bad.
U2 Puts on their Sexy Boots - WTF?
Alright, so for a few weeks now I've been wrestling with U2's new song "Get on Your Boots".
Link below
http://goyb.u2.com/
It's weird and on first CLOSE REALLY CLOSE MICROSCOPIC INSPECTION. Absolutely Terrible. Like, WTF? is U2 thinking. Like really. Even when I'd read, it gets better with time, I was like but "IT'S TERRIBLE." Even Mike, my U2 compadre was like, "Dude, they should've left this off the album. WTF?:
So of course, a few weeks later, I'd be turned around on this song. It was during the Super Bowl, and this song was playing under some commercial and I was like, well, ok, it's alright, and today, I've been just chilling and was like let me put it on and see what I think again, and I was reading while it was on and I was like you know what, this isn't too bad, it has it's thing going. And it is definitely different from other U2 songs.
And I mean really, is it worse then "Elevation" or "Love And Peace or Else." And I'm like NO, it's not. It's better then those songs, it's not "Vertigo" but it's also not the first SONG on the album, like Vertigo, it's the 6th song, so it should at least be as good as 6th song on their last album, which was "All Because Of You." And "All Because of You" is a decent song, with an absolutely terrible Chorus which makes me cringe (although it is much better in concert.)
So "Get On Your Boots" is at least as Good as that, and it might be better, but it does point to do a different sound for U2's next CD. Then the real question is known, Will we like this new sound?
Link below
http://goyb.u2.com/
It's weird and on first CLOSE REALLY CLOSE MICROSCOPIC INSPECTION. Absolutely Terrible. Like, WTF? is U2 thinking. Like really. Even when I'd read, it gets better with time, I was like but "IT'S TERRIBLE." Even Mike, my U2 compadre was like, "Dude, they should've left this off the album. WTF?:
So of course, a few weeks later, I'd be turned around on this song. It was during the Super Bowl, and this song was playing under some commercial and I was like, well, ok, it's alright, and today, I've been just chilling and was like let me put it on and see what I think again, and I was reading while it was on and I was like you know what, this isn't too bad, it has it's thing going. And it is definitely different from other U2 songs.
And I mean really, is it worse then "Elevation" or "Love And Peace or Else." And I'm like NO, it's not. It's better then those songs, it's not "Vertigo" but it's also not the first SONG on the album, like Vertigo, it's the 6th song, so it should at least be as good as 6th song on their last album, which was "All Because Of You." And "All Because of You" is a decent song, with an absolutely terrible Chorus which makes me cringe (although it is much better in concert.)
So "Get On Your Boots" is at least as Good as that, and it might be better, but it does point to do a different sound for U2's next CD. Then the real question is known, Will we like this new sound?
4.2.09
Things I Like # 02
Okay, I tried to not like it, and I was like this is stupid. Or I was like, it sounds identical to "Since U Been Gone." But dammit, it's official, I do like "My Life Would Suck Without You." Kelly Clarkson attempt to win back her fans, after her failed attempt to write all of her own music and successful attempt at pissing off her record studio. And it absolutely does just that. It's also the NUMBER 1 single on Itunes and the Billboard Hot 100, after 2 weeks on the chart. Sheesh.
Another thing. Slumdog Millionaire. I really liked that movie. I could almost love it. It's crazy, it's filled with energy, it's pretty badass. I mean it's great. If it wins the Oscar, I'd be shocked, because it's like a lot of fun, and people really like it.
3D. I'm so stupid, but everything that is 3D I end up liking. It could be terrible. Sometimes they are terrible, but when I put on those damn glasses and things pop out at me, I'm like... ooooooo aaaaaahhhhh.... maybe it's because I'm half asian.
And for real Battlestar Gallactica season 4.5 episode 3 WAS INSANELY AWESOME!!! I'm going to have to rewatch it before Episode 4. The sight of Adama and Tigh holding out two guns each is permanently embedded in my head. Awesome!
Another thing. Slumdog Millionaire. I really liked that movie. I could almost love it. It's crazy, it's filled with energy, it's pretty badass. I mean it's great. If it wins the Oscar, I'd be shocked, because it's like a lot of fun, and people really like it.
3D. I'm so stupid, but everything that is 3D I end up liking. It could be terrible. Sometimes they are terrible, but when I put on those damn glasses and things pop out at me, I'm like... ooooooo aaaaaahhhhh.... maybe it's because I'm half asian.
And for real Battlestar Gallactica season 4.5 episode 3 WAS INSANELY AWESOME!!! I'm going to have to rewatch it before Episode 4. The sight of Adama and Tigh holding out two guns each is permanently embedded in my head. Awesome!
On Writing: Grimacing
I've been finishing up the latest draft/version of HTLG and I decided to go back and look at the original version just for shits and giggles. And some of my reactions were, uh, um, eek, wow, ouch, gosh, oh no, head shaking, oh that was a a funny line, oh really, REALLY? , Will What is Wrong With You!.
So For those of you who did like the original version, thank you, LIKE SERIOUSLY THANK YOU, and please never reread it, or you will see, what I saw, and it was a little painful. It's like re-reading old love letters you sent to a girlfriend who you really thought you were in love with, but you really weren't, and you really kind of new it the whole time. Lots of grimacing. Lots of grimacing.
But in the end the good news is that for the most part, there is nothing I would have done differently, and all my favorite parts made it into the new one, which were like 4 pages, and Justin is the same, yeah, Justin is the same. Except no cowboy hat.
So For those of you who did like the original version, thank you, LIKE SERIOUSLY THANK YOU, and please never reread it, or you will see, what I saw, and it was a little painful. It's like re-reading old love letters you sent to a girlfriend who you really thought you were in love with, but you really weren't, and you really kind of new it the whole time. Lots of grimacing. Lots of grimacing.
But in the end the good news is that for the most part, there is nothing I would have done differently, and all my favorite parts made it into the new one, which were like 4 pages, and Justin is the same, yeah, Justin is the same. Except no cowboy hat.
Random Thought #015
Is it just me or does Coldplay's song "Viva La Vida" sound like the best Annie Lennox song she never made? Like I feel like it would be that 1 new song on her greatest hits album.
29.1.09
Disrespected
I'm just saying, if I was part of the Arizona Cardinals or the Pittsburgh Steelers (Especially the STEELERS), I'd feel a little dissed, disrespected, and possibly angry about how the week before the SuperBowl, neither of the team is on the Cover of Sports Illustrated.
No Sports Illustrated has decided to put Lebron James on the Cover entitled "THE POWER OR LEBRON." I feel sick... Excuse me...
No Sports Illustrated has decided to put Lebron James on the Cover entitled "THE POWER OR LEBRON." I feel sick... Excuse me...
28.1.09
Things I Like # 01
Neko Case has a new album coming out in March.
Don't know who Neko Case is?
Uh, she is a singer of songs and she has one of the most amazing voices, like ever. Her voice sounds old, but it sounds new too.
Here is a link to her new single "People Got A Lot of Nerve." There is a free download of it as well here, and it helps some kind of Animal Society, which you know is a good thing.
http://www.antilabelblog.com/?p=1301
Also on that front, of things I like. I like the most recent "Battlestar Gallactica" episodes, as well as the "Lost" ones. And I don't care what David Holland says about how "I would trade the entire run of "Chuck" to get more "Veronica Mars," I would not trade "Chuck" for that. I would trade "Chuck" for say, remaking about "Veronica Mars Season 3" into something worth watching, but like Daniel Faraday from "Lost" keeps saying, "you can't change the past, what happened, happened," and so, unless I am Desmond or Bishop (From the X-MEN) there is no going back and remaking that terrible terrible Season of "Veronica Mars." (Although seasons 1&2 are like the best thing ever.)
Don't know who Neko Case is?
Uh, she is a singer of songs and she has one of the most amazing voices, like ever. Her voice sounds old, but it sounds new too.
Here is a link to her new single "People Got A Lot of Nerve." There is a free download of it as well here, and it helps some kind of Animal Society, which you know is a good thing.
http://www.antilabelblog.com/?p=1301
Also on that front, of things I like. I like the most recent "Battlestar Gallactica" episodes, as well as the "Lost" ones. And I don't care what David Holland says about how "I would trade the entire run of "Chuck" to get more "Veronica Mars," I would not trade "Chuck" for that. I would trade "Chuck" for say, remaking about "Veronica Mars Season 3" into something worth watching, but like Daniel Faraday from "Lost" keeps saying, "you can't change the past, what happened, happened," and so, unless I am Desmond or Bishop (From the X-MEN) there is no going back and remaking that terrible terrible Season of "Veronica Mars." (Although seasons 1&2 are like the best thing ever.)
Random Conversation #05
Will, Mike, and a random lady ride a lift up the Tahoe mountain.
Will, covered in snow from falling and flipping over a mogul, said, "You know, I think sometimes we need to fall down to learn."
Random Lady, "I think you might regret that."
Mike laughs.
Minutes pass.
Will, "Alright, let me try that again. Sometimes I think that we have to attempt to go down a slightly more challenging ski slope, which might incur a fall, so that we can learn how not to fall."
Mike shakes his head.
Random Lady, "Okay, I think that makes more sense, taking the harder slope, will let you know what you are and aren't good at."
Will, "Yeah, exactly."
Will, covered in snow from falling and flipping over a mogul, said, "You know, I think sometimes we need to fall down to learn."
Random Lady, "I think you might regret that."
Mike laughs.
Minutes pass.
Will, "Alright, let me try that again. Sometimes I think that we have to attempt to go down a slightly more challenging ski slope, which might incur a fall, so that we can learn how not to fall."
Mike shakes his head.
Random Lady, "Okay, I think that makes more sense, taking the harder slope, will let you know what you are and aren't good at."
Will, "Yeah, exactly."
Random Quote #013
Arizona Cardinal, Edgerrin James, ex University of Miami Player, was asked if he likes being the underdog.
His response, "It doesn't matter,'' he said. "I'm an African American. I'm always the underdog.''
Hmm, He should try being Half-Asian.
His response, "It doesn't matter,'' he said. "I'm an African American. I'm always the underdog.''
Hmm, He should try being Half-Asian.
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