Are we any more misguided than before? A generation of drifters, only held together by a string of internet on our iPhones.

Where are our leaders? When did moral die? Everywhere I see is corrupt. Can you see past that or do you look away?

Who's in charge here? Did my God step down after some shirtless scandal compromised his campaign?

Do you love or refuse to be loved? Will we ever be on the same page as before?

Would you be glad to see me in your light? Or would you kick me away or falter into yourself?

Do you want me to listen to your words, your actions, or your mind? How can I believe your answer and did I hear you right?

Skepticism alone will never get us out of here. Grab the light and I'll meet you on the other side.


I miss you.

What's your style and who do you listen to?

Who Cares?  Research by department of psychology at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, asked people worldwide to describe their personality, and then to list their favourite musical genres. The results show a distinct correlation between people's personality traits and the style of music they enjoy.

Indie: Devotees have low self-esteem and are not very hard-working, kind or generous. However, they are creative.

Rock 'n' Roll: Fans have high self-esteem and are very creative, hard-working and at ease with themselves, but not very kind or generous.

Blues: High self-esteem, creative, outgoing and at ease with themselves.

Classical: Classical music lovers have high self-esteem, are creative and at ease with themselves, but not outgoing.

Heavy metal: Very creative and at ease with themselves, but not very outgoing or hard-working.

Reggae: High self-esteem, creative, outgoing, kind, generous and at ease with themselves, but not very hard-working.

Country & Western: Very hard-working and outgoing.

Dance: Creative and outgoing but not kind or generous.

Rap: High self-esteem, outgoing.

Quadrophenia

Good news is that I have, in great condition, a vinyl copy of The Doors' "Best of" in Quadraphonic sound (4-channels vs stereo [two channels], and previously mono [one channel]). The bad news is that I'm about 40 years late for quadraphonic sound.

The Quadradisc fell into my hands after I purchased it as it was described as DCC vinyl (enthusiasts consider these the best-mastered Doors pressings). I was alternatively excited when it actually turned out to be in an impressive 4-channel audio format that existed briefly in the 70's called Quadradisc aka CD-4. 4-channel sound was short-lived, but still considerable today in quality for the formats that were done right.

The problem is that the equipment needed is more than the 4-speakers to run this setup in full discrete format, including a demodulator. Since I don't plan on finding such devices for one record, my copy will remain downgraded to the plain but compatible stereo format.  I've heard that this album was transferred to a digital copy in quad sound via Reel-2-Reel, if anyone can confirm this please let me know.

In the meantime I will hunt down the remasters that were released much later on CD-A (full surround) sometime.

The most elaborately crafted 5 seconds of music

Robert Fripp, the genius guitairist of King Crimson, was employed to create the "soundscape" that is the meant to encapsulate the essence of the Windows Vista theme.
Two full days of work and more than 4 hours of recording was edited to create the final 4-note splash that you can hear for just seconds as the start up sound of your computer. It is estimated that it was played 29 trillion times in one year, prompting Fripp to exclaim "So, one of the planet’s least popular music forms will also be the planet’s most sounded in 2008. This has to be some kind of a record."

Carmen Mcrae: Just a Little Lovin'

Watch It In HD!!

This was my first attempt ever at composing a video, and it shall be my last using Windows Movie Maker. This turned out to be a horrible program for what I wanted to do because editing at any level of precision is rudimentary and synchronization was nearly impossible due to a glitch I discovered after completion. The result is that I used every effect available just for overkill and would not recommend that anyone try and use WMM for editing rather than a compilation of stills or if the timing is flexible. Enjoi