Things and Stuff

I haven't update here in a while, so I guess I'll do it now since I don't want to go to bed at the moment.

I've recently gotten into a few bands/artists lately. One of them is The Gaslight Anthem. They're a band from New Jersey that is mainly defined with the "punk rock" tag. They're currently on tour on their own, but soon to be opening for Bruce Springsteen. The video for their song "Great Expectations" came out just a couple days ago and it's awesome.

Great Expectations video (Sorry, for some reason the embedding isn't working ):
YouTube - The Gaslight Anthem "Great Expectations"

You can also go here to listen to more of their stuff: The Gaslight Anthem ? Listen free and discover music at Last.fm

(Miles Davis & The Cool is my favorite song of theirs! A part of the song is in my signature.)

Another artist I got into recently was The Lonely Island. Andy Samberg (SNL Cast Member) Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer (both SNL writers) make up this comedic, "fake MC" trio. Their songs are nothing short of amazing and hilarious. The album "Incredibad" was released on February 10th, 2009, and with the CD purchase you also got the DVD with some of their videos such as "Lazy Sunday" and "Space Olympics". Of course, some the videos (Such as "J*** In My Pants" and "We Like Sportz") are on YouTube. There are also guest singers on the album such Jack Black, Chris Parnell, Natalie Portman, and Norah Jones. There is a parental advisory sticker due to language and other things, but if you can tolerate the crude humor that this album portrays, it's definitely a fantastic purchase. My mom loves this album, my brother loves this album, almost all of my friends love it... I think previewing songs is the best idea before buying it, so I suggest going to Last.FM and listening there.

Something I've learned about myself lately was that I don't really like looking up the lyrics to songs to learn the words. I guess you can call me old fashioned, but I love just listening to the song until I learn the words.

So I hope you enjoyed my music review/referral.

I downloaded the trial version of Photomatix a couple weeks ago and started playing with it. Since I don't have a DSLR camera and make due with what I have, I try to get the best possible shots my camera is capable of capturing. I usually fail on dark rides at Disneyland. BUT, I took some of my ToonTown pictures (since ToonTown is beautiful with it's colors) and I cheated my way into making an HDR picture.


I know this is something that you either hate or love, but I love the fact that it looks so surreal. I also did one of the former Golden Dreams dome: