The Smashing Pumpkins : The Aeroplane Flies High - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect

 This is a new one to me but I’m thrilled just to have it, if it’s anything like the review says then I’d say I got lucky with this one. Time will tell. -=Chris=-

The Smashing Pumpkins

The Aeroplane Flies High

11/26/1996

 

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All Music Guide Review

The Aeroplane Flies High contains all five singles -- "Bullet With Butterfly Wings," "1979," "Zero," "Tonight, Tonight," "Thirty-Three" -- from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness in a box set shaped like a 45 single carrying case from the '60s. Though the set contains all of the B-sides from the five singles, the running order isn't quite the same as the original releases; for example, in its original release, "Butterfly Wings" only had two B-sides, but it is augmented for covers of new wave artists like the Cars, Blondie, and Missing Persons. In total, the box set has more songs than Mellon Collie, and, by and large, the quality of the music is quite strong. Occasionally, Billy Corgan's prolificacy gets the better of him; there are a number of songs where his reach exceeds his grasp, and he doesn't quite come up with an engaging melody to match his detailed production. At other times, his musical experimentations catch hold, such as when he delves into jazz or orchestrated pop. Still, all of these pleasures are ones that are only of interest to dedicated Smashing Pumpkins fans who already know Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness inside and out. A casual fan will have a hard time sorting out the wheat from the chafe on The Aeroplane Flies High, but that work will be a pleasure for the diehards. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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Wacky moments in the Inland area | Inland News | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California

I would love to have found a piece of that and not needed the money. -=Chris=- 

3 The pig that got away.

A giant pig the size of a school bus was a prop during Roger Waters' set at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio in April.

The spray-painted pig "got loose" during the ex-Pink Floyd member's performance of "Pigs" and afterward festival organizers offered a $10,000 reward for its return.

Two couples in a gated La Quinta community found pieces of the prop around their homes -- because they could use the money.

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SunJournal.com - The Machine

Anybody heard anything by this band? Based on what I’ve read here I am intrigued.  -=Chris=-

The Machine
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CARRABASSETT VALLEY - The Machine, known as "America's premier Pink Floyd experience" will headline Sugarloaf's first Bud Light Concert Series event of the season Saturday, Jan. 10.
A New York-based band, The Machine is known for recreating Pink Floyd songs and performances with extraordinary accuracy. The band performs a diverse mix of Pink Floyd's extensive 16-album repertoire, including well-known hits and obscure live cuts.
The Machine explores collective improvisation paralleling and even rivaling that of an early 1970s Pink Floyd mentality. The band's use of expanded theatrical elements and elaborate stage displays continues in the spirit of the later Floyd lineups of the 1980s. The band is also known for recreating entire albums as a part of its show, for accepting requests from fans and for taking an A-to-Z approach in which one song is played for every letter of the alphabet. Additionally, the quartet has shared the stage with full symphony orchestras, enhancing and expanding the sonic depth of Pink Floyd.

SunJournal.com - The Machine

Last-minute ideas for musical gifts - Concerts, Events, Food, Movies and Entertainment News for Central Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Camp Hill, Hershey, York, Lancaster - PennLive.com

 

MICHAEL FERNANDEZ, The Patriot-News/2008 Rush drummer Neil Peart performs "Limelight" with singer Geddy Lee on the screen at Hersheypark Stadium.

Last-minute ideas for musical gifts - Concerts, Events, Food, Movies and Entertainment News for Central Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Camp Hill, Hershey, York, Lancaster - PennLive.com

Bad weather delays frustrate holiday travelers - News- msnbc.com

I had planned to drive home to Chatt. today.

Bad weather delays frustrate holiday travelers

Hundreds remain stranded in airports, bus stations across the West

Damian Dovarganes / AP

Don Stone, his wife, Colleen, left and their daughter Katie, 18, from Springfield, Ill., rest at a coffee shop in Santa Monica, Calif., on Monday as they attempt to reach Seattle for the holidays.

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Spaceship’s carrier makes first flight

 

A carrier aircraft designed to be the first stage of a commercial spaceline system made its maiden test flight Sunday at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California.

Discovery indicates Mars was habitable

 

Evidence of a key mineral on Mars has been found at several locations on the planet's surface, suggesting that any microbial life that might have been there back when the planet was wetter could have lived comfortably.

Four types of habitable planets proposed

 

The origin of life and the habitability of worlds other than Earth are two of the biggest mysteries facing science today. Much research has been dedicated to these topics, but there is still a lack of definite answers.

Bitter cold, winds chill Midwest - Weather- msnbc.com

It’s no warmer in Springfield…

Bitter cold, high winds chill Midwest

Icy weather forecast for Monday morning, the 1st full day of winter season

Charles Rex Arbogast / AP

Pedestrians brace themselves from a fierce wind and temperatures hovering around zero in Chicago on Sunday.

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Mysterious dark energy demystified

 

Billions of years ago, the universe was crowded with tight-knit clusters of galaxies. Then, a party crasher got the upper hand. This mysterious force now called dark energy has since been expanding the universe at an increasing pace.

Nikon Coolpix S710 Silver Digital Camera - 26126 - Compare Prices and Buy at PriceGrabber

 

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My Next Camera - COOLPIX S550 from Nikon

 

COOLPIX S550

brilliance made beautiful

 

COOLPIX S550 from Nikon

The Yawn Explained: It Cools Your Brain : Discovery News

 

The Yawn Explained: It Cools Your Brain

Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News

Cooling Off | Discovery News Video

Dec. 15, 2008 -- If your head is overheated, there's a good chance you'll yawn soon, according to a new study that found the primary purpose of yawning is to control brain temperature.

The finding solves several mysteries about yawning, such as why it's most commonly done just before and after sleeping, why certain diseases lead to excessive yawning, and why breathing through the nose and cooling off the forehead often stop yawning.

The key yawn instigator appears to be brain temperature.

"Brains are like computers," Andrew Gallup, a researcher in the Department of Biology at Binghamton University who led the study, told Discovery News. "They operate most efficiently when cool, and physical adaptations have evolved to allow maximum cooling of the brain."

The Yawn Explained: It Cools Your Brain : Discovery News

Blogger pleads guilty to G N' R leak

 

 

Blogger pleads guilty to G N' R leak
Blogger pleads guilty to leaking bulk of Guns N' Roses album 'Chinese Democracy'

First-Ever Photo of Liquid on Extraterrestrial World | Wired Science from Wired.com

 

First-Ever Photo of Liquid on Extraterrestrial World

By Wired Science December 15, 2008 | 1:31:31 PMCategories: Space

The Huygens probe has captured an image of what may be the first drop of liquid ever observed on an extraterrestrial surface.

The snap is important evidence that liquids may exist on the surface of other planets and moons, not just frozen lakes. And liquid is more likely habitat for extraterrestrial life.

Among the pictures snapped by the Huygens probe after landing on Saturn's moon Titan in 2005, one appears to show a dewdrop made of methane that briefly formed on the edge of the probe itself (indicated by arrow at bottom of image on right). Scientists think heat from the probe caused humid air to rise and condense on the cold edge of the craft.

Though Huygens may have helped produce it, the methane drop is still the first liquid directly detected at a surface anywhere beyond Earth.

Like Earth, Titan has clouds, lakes and river channels, and it may be the only other place in the solar system where liquid evaporates from the surface and returns as rain. "Aside from Earth, it's the most exciting world there is," said lead author Erich Karkoschka of the University of Arizona in Tucson.

The Cassini space probe, which took data from above the moon after separating from the Huygens lander, detected what scientists believe are lakes of liquid methane on Titan's surface. Microbes that eat methane thrive on Earth, and scientists think pools of methane could be comfortable homes for similar organisms on Titan.

Because Titan's current atmosphere is a lot like the early Earth's, the lakes could be a lab for studying the origins and early evolution of life.

Astronomers have speculated since they found methane in the atmosphere in 1983 about whether the moon's methane rain falls in violent thunderstorms, light drizzles or some other form. So far, no one has caught it on camera.

The hundreds of images snapped by Huygens, from the time it hit the atmosphere until its power ran out an hour after it landed, revealed only faint, wispy clouds that looked nothing like rain clouds, Karkoschka said.

None of the images showed evidence that it had rained during the previous few years, according to an analysis to be published in the journal Icarus. And some images suggested that Titan’s lower atmosphere was full of small dust particles, which would have been cleared out by rain.

But the scientists noticed light splotches in some of the pictures that hadn't been there moments before. Some of them had spots that initially looked like raindrops because of their uniform size and smooth edges, but analysis showed they were most likely electronic imprints created by cosmic rays.

However, Karkoschka said, "One of those spots was so big that it really cannot be a cosmic ray." He concluded that it was a real, short-lived dewdrop, so close to the camera that it must have condensed on a cold metal shield designed to protect the camera lens from direct sunlight.

Robert West, a planetary scientist at the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California, thinks the dewdrop is "a cute observation," but he's more interested in the lack of rainfall. "There are reports in the literature that concluded there is a drizzle going on near the surface," he said. "The fact that Huygens didn’t find anything is significant."

                                                                                                                               — Lisa Grossman for Wired.com

First-Ever Photo of Liquid on Extraterrestrial World | Wired Science from Wired.com

Photos - Photo slide shows, interactive features and picture stories- msnbc.com

 

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The Tale of Despereaux (2008) - Photos - MSN Movies

 

The Tale of Despereaux (2008) - Photos - MSN Movies

In Focus: Paul McCartney - MSN Music

 

In Focus: Paul McCartney - MSN Music

Report: McCartney says he's the political Beatle - MSN Music News

 

Report: McCartney says he's the political Beatle

Dec. 14, 2008, 8:33 AM EST

LONDON (AP) -- Paul McCartney claims that he was the real politicized figure in The Beatles, not John Lennon, according to an interview published Sunday.

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McCartney was quoted as saying it was he who first raised concerns over the Vietnam war within the group and advocated their anti-war stance.

Fans have long regarded Lennon, who wrote songs such as "Revolution" and — in later years — "Give Peace a Chance," as the group's authentic political voice.

But McCartney claimed that his meeting with philosopher Bertrand Russell in the mid-1960s sparked his own — and eventually Lennon's — curiosity about world affairs.

Following his talk with Russell, McCartney said he told "the guys, particularly John (Lennon), about this meeting and saying what a bad war this was," The Sunday Times quoted McCartney as saying in the interview.

The newspaper said McCartney was interviewed in Britain's Prospect magazine, which is published on Wednesday. McCartney's publicist Stuart Bell was not immediately available to confirm the comments.

According to the newspaper, McCartney said he believes his stance has inspired the work against African poverty carried out in recent years by Bob Geldof and U2's Bono.

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Report: McCartney says he's the political Beatle - MSN Music News

Star Trek (2009) - Overview - MSN Movies

 

Watch the trailer

Synopsis: Mission: Impossible III director and Alias creator J.J. Abrams resurrects the classic science fiction franchise created by Gene Roddenberry with this feature film that embraces the rich history of the influential television and film series while also exploring some uncharted territory. Heroes star Zachary Quinto assumes the role of the Federation Starfleet lieutenant and Vulcan made famous in the original series by Leonard Nimoy (who also appears in an older incarnation of his original role), Spock, ... Full Synopsis

Star Trek (2009) - Overview - MSN Movies

Hollywood remakes an alien

20th Century Fox

A crowd gathers around the "Central Park Sphere" in a scene from "The Day the Earth Stood Still," a remake of the classic 1951 movie about alien visitation.

Although the modern-day reincarnation of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" may not rise to the classic status of the 57-year-old original, it fortifies the science fiction with some fresh science facts....(read more)

The Doors - Live At The Matrix

Artist:   The Doors
Title:    Live At The Matrix
Label:    Rhino
Genre:    Rock
Bitrate:  188kbit av.
Time:     02:04:45
Size:     178.78 mb
Rip Date: 2008-10-22
Str Date: 2008-11-18

DISC 1:

1.  Break On Through (To The Other Side)                 3:47
2.  Soul Kitchen                                         5:51
3.  Money                                                3:06
4.  The Crystal Ship                                     2:50
5.  Twentieth Century Fox                                2:53
6.  I'm A King Bee                                       3:48
7.  Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)                            3:16
8.  Summer's Almost Gone                                 3:46
9.  Light My Fire                                        8:14
10. Get Out Of My Life, Woman                            3:58
11. Back Door Man                                        5:14
12. Who Do You Love                                      4:46
13. The End                                             13:54

DISC 2:

1.  Unhappy Girl                                         3:56
2.  Moonlight Drive                                      5:39
3.  The Woman Is A Devil / Rock Me                       8:08
4.  People Are Strange                                   2:14
5.  Close To You                                         2:56
6.  My Eyes Have Seen You                                2:56
7.  Crawling King Snake                                  5:10
8.  I Can See Your Face In My Mind                       3:07
9.  Summertime                                           8:29
10. When The Music's Over                               11:11
11. Gloria                                               5:36

Release Notes:

"It was early 1967, and The Doors were about to enter the
consciousness of the nation. And this is the way it sounded."

How cool would it have been to be there? Just hanging out at
the Matrix Club in San Francisco in the spring of 1967. Only a
handful of people showed up, so the unknown band onstage used
the time to explore new arrangements and jam on a few blues
favorites. Who knew that within weeks their single "Light My
Fire" would explode to the top of the charts in the Summer of
Love. Up until now, the only way to experience the shows were
through some sonically challenged bootlegs or through stories
passed down by the lucky few who witnessed it.

But that's all changed with the release of this set. Now you
can hear it all - fully restored and painstakingly produced by
longtime Doors engineer/producer Bruce Botnick who notes,
"This is likely the closest we've come to a true document of
The Doors without constraints."

It's loaded with over 2 hours of performances from Jim
Morrison, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore and Robby Krieger as
they cut loose with many of the songs from their debut
release, including 'Soul Kitchen," "Alabama Song (Whisky
Bar)," and their first single, "Break On Through (To The Other
Side)." Along with those originals, the band indulges in its
love of the blues with Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love," and
Allen Toussaint's "Get Out Of My Life, Woman," which has never
appeared on any previous Doors albums. It's also a glimpse
into the band mapping out its future, with much of the second
disc exploring early versions of several songs from later
albums: "Crawling King Snake" (LA Woman), "Summer's Almost
Gone" (Waiting For The Sun), and nearly half the songs from
The Doors' second album, Strange Days.

Ice storm leaves 1 million without power - Weather- msnbc.com

 

Ice storm cuts power to more than 1 million

'It's pretty ugly,' N.H. man says as storm socks New England, upstate N.Y.

Residents across the Northeast, including this man in Worcester, Mass., tried to clean up after the ice storm overnight.

Ice storm leaves 1 million without power - Weather- msnbc.com

Orgone Energy - Wilhelm Reich and the Orgone Accumulator

 

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Warning - misuse of the Orgone Accumulator may lead to symptoms of orgone overdose. Leave the vicinity of the accumulator and call the 'Doctor' immediately!"

That would be the controversial Doctor Wilhelm Reich, father of orgone energy (also known as chi or life-energy) and the science of orgonomy. Wilhelm Reich developed a metal-lined device named the Orgone Accumulator, believing that the box trapped orgone energy that he could harness in groundbreaking approaches towards psychiatry, medicine, the social sciences, biology and weather research.

Orgone Energy

Wilhelm Reich's discovery of orgone began with his research of a physical bio-energy basis for Sigmund Freud's theories of neurosis in humans. Wilhelm Reich believed that traumatic experiences blocked the natural flow of life-energy in the body, leading to physical and mental disease. Wilhelm Reich concluded that the libidinal-energy that Freud discussed was the primordial-energy of life itself, connected to more than just sexuality. Orgone was everywhere and Reich measured this energy-in-motion over the surface of the earth. He even determined that its motion affected weather formation.

Orgone Energy - Wilhelm Reich and the Orgone Accumulator

Fingerprints Can Reveal Drug Use, Medical History : Discovery News

 

Eric Bland, Discovery News

Packed With Info | Discovery News Video

Dec. 10, 2008 -- A careless touch could be all police or insurance companies need to determine not only your identity, but also your past drug use, if you've fired a gun or handled explosives, even specific medical conditions.

"A fingerprint is only good to identify a criminal if you already have their fingerprint on file," said David Russell, a professor at the University of East Anglia, who, along with Pompi Hazarika, helped developed the new technique, reported in the German journal, Angewandte Chemie. "This will give police new tools to help discover that identity."

For decades forensic scientists have dusted fingerprints with magnetic particles to reveal the hidden swirls and curls that differentiate each person on the planet. The iron oxide particles attach themselves to the tiny bits of water, minerals, and oils that accumulate on the fingers as they touch various objects and other parts of the body.

The new technique attaches the iron oxide particles to antibodies and suspends them both in a liquid solution, which is then drizzled over a fingerprint. If the chemical that a specific antibody targets is present, the molecules latch onto it and glow.

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So far the scientists can detect five different drugs: THC (marijuana), cocaine, nicotine, methadone and a derivative of methadone. Other drugs, particularly opium-based drugs like heroine or morphine, should also be detectable, since antibodies already exist for them as well.

Drugs aren't the only chemicals the new tests could detect. Cancer, diabetes, heart disease and other medical conditions produce specific chemicals also secreted in sweat and oil. By tweaking the antibodies on the particles, forensic scientists could test for a variety of medical conditions. This could help police track down a suspect by, say, watching the local kidney dialysis clinic if the suspect has kidney failure.

On the other side, prosecutors could also use additional fingerprint information to convict criminals, or defenders could use it to help keep clients out of jail. If a fingerprint has the antibodies for, say, a genetic disease that a client doesn't have, a defender could use that information to raise doubts about the prosecutor's case.

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Rush statue

A couple of months ago I mentioned that Knucklebonz - an online company specializing in realistic hi-end sculptures of various rock musicians - would be creating their first statue based on album art; a limited edition Rush Starman statue. The statue was just recently made available for purchase. Only 3000 will be created and limited quantities will be available for the 2008 holiday season. The figure stands approximately 9" tall and is painted in a hi-gloss silver paint in front of the red/black star to deliver a 3D version of the iconic Rush logo. You can check out several high-res pics of the product at this link. It comes with a certificate of authenticity and is officially licensed through Rush and Anthem Entertainment. You can order yours here. Thanks to Metal Tim for the heads up.

WRCB Channel 3 Chattanooga News, Weather | Police Investigating Early Morning Fire in East Ridge

CHATTANOOGA (WRCB) - A fire broke out at an East Ridge residence around 4:18 a.m. Saturday on Altamira Drive. When firefighters arrived there was heavy smoke and fire emitting from the residence.

Police said initial reports were that the structure may be occupied, so firefighters established an interior attack of the fire. After a search of the residence, it was determined the resident had made it out safely.

East Ridge Fire/Arson investigators are working to determine the cause and origin of the fire. Damage has been estimated at $60,000.

WRCB Channel 3 Chattanooga News, Weather | Police Investigating Early Morning Fire in East Ridge

Talking about Rollins Joins Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper in Suck- ShockTillYouDrop.com

Rollins Joins Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper in Suck

Source:ShockTillYouDrop.com

November 29, 2008

Filming began on in Toronto on Rob Stefaniuk's vampire horror-comedy Suck this week. The production boasts an impressive cast of rockers like Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Moby, Henry Rollins, Alex Lifeson, Dimitri Coates and Carol Pope. Even Cooper's daughter, Calico, has jumped on board.

Written and directed by Stefaniuk, Suck is about a group of musical wannabees in search of immortality and a record deal. The rock band The Winners have sunk so low, they will do anything to make it big. After a life-changing encounter with a vampire, they rocket to stardom only to discover that fame and fortune are not all they’re cracked up to be.

Stefaniuk (Phil the Alien) stars as the lead singer of The Winners, Jessica Pare (Wicker Park) plays bass and is the first band member to succumb to the blood lust. Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange, Halloween) plays a vampire hunter who is afraid of the dark and Dave Foley (Kids in the Hall) is the band's manager.

Coates, meanwhile, is the vampire who converts the band. Pope will play a club manager, Rollins, a radio show host, and Moby, the lead singer in the rock band Secretaries of Steak. Iggy Pop plays a music producer and Calico is a bar maid alongside Alice Cooper who plays a sinister bartender who haunts the lead singer.

Paul Anthony, Mike Lobel, Chris Ratz, Barbara Mamabolo and Nicole DeBoer co-star.

Suck is being produced by Capri Vision Inc. and Robin Crumley, Jeff Rogers and Victoria Hirst. Gabriella Martinelli (of Capri), Brad Peyton, Terry Markus, and Jeff Sackman are executive producing.

SMS through E-Mail: Cingular, Nextel, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, Virgin Mobile | Instant messaging |

 

SMS through E-Mail: Cingular, Nextel, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, Virgin Mobile | Instant messaging |

Sending SMS through email is very, very easy. If you can be reminded through email, you can now be reminded through SMS.

I have email reminders sent to me for everything. If you know the correct email address, you can also send these messages to your cellular phone. Here are the email addresses for the 6 most popular cellular phone carriers:

T-Mobile: phonenumber@tmomail.net
Virgin Mobile: phonenumber@vmobl.com
Cingular: phonenumber@cingularme.com
Sprint: phonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Verizon: phonenumber@vtext.com
Nextel: phonenumber@messaging.nextel.com

where phonenumber = your 10 digit phone number

SMS through email for US Cellular, SunCom, Powertel, AT&T, Metro PCS and Alltel are available

Send Text Messages From Your Email Account [SMS]

Three years ago we showed you how to send a text message via email to the six major carriers in the US. At the tips and tricks blog MakeUseOf, they've compiled a list of over sixty domestic and international carriers and the corresponding email address formats used for each. In the screenshot to the left, you can see the format for sending a plain text message to a user on the Sprint network: ##########@messaging.sprintpcs.com. Place your friend's phone number in front of the proper provider domain and you're on your way. Remember if you get carried away typing, that your poor friend will be reading it on a tiny phone screen and that some services truncate the length of text messages. For more texting tricks, check out how to be a power texter. How to Send Email to Any Cell Phone (for Free) [MakeUseOf]

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Talking about Hive Five: Five Best Desktop Customization Tools

 

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Hive Five: Five Best Desktop Customization Tools

Samurize

Samurize is a free system monitor and "desktop enhancement engine" for Windows. With Samurize, you can incorporate text files on your desktop and create custom desktop configurations and HUDs containing virtually any piece of information you'd like to see on your desktop. Samurize configurations can be as simple or as complex as you want, and though it has a little bit of a learning curve, a little time with Samurize can go a long way toward a killer desktop—like the Lightning at Sunset desktop.

Talking about Hive Five: Five Best Desktop Customization Tools

 

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Hive Five: Five Best Desktop Customization Tools

Samurize

Samurize is a free system monitor and "desktop enhancement engine" for Windows. With Samurize, you can incorporate text files on your desktop and create custom desktop configurations and HUDs containing virtually any piece of information you'd like to see on your desktop. Samurize configurations can be as simple or as complex as you want, and though it has a little bit of a learning curve, a little time with Samurize can go a long way toward a killer desktop—like the Lightning at Sunset desktop.

Rush - Snakes & Arrows lyrics (Full CD)

This is from their last CD.

 

 

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Far Cry (5:21)

Pariah dogs and wandering madmen
Barking at strangers and speaking in tongues
The ebb and flow of tidal fortune
Electrical changes are charging up the young

It's a far cry from the world we thought we'd inherit
It's a far cry from the way we thought we'd share it
You can almost feel the current flowing
You can almost see the circuits blowing

One day I feel I'm on top of the world
And the next it's falling in on me
I can get back on
I can get back on
One day I feel I'm ahead of the wheel
And the next it's rolling over me
I can get back on
I can get back on

Whirlwind life of faith and betrayal
Rise in anger, fall back and repeat
Slow degrees on the dark horizon
Full moon rising, lays silver at your feet

You can almost see the circle growing
You can almost feel the planet glowing

One day I fly through a crack in the sky
And the next it's falling in on me
I can get back on
I can get back on

Armor and Sword (6:36)

The snakes and arrows a child is heir to
Are enough to leave a thousand cuts
We build our defenses, a place of safety
And leave the darker places unexplored

Sometimes the fortress is too strong
Or the love is too weak
What should have been our armor
Becomes a sharp and angry sword

Our better natures seek elevation
A refuge for the coming night
No one gets to their heaven without a fight

We hold beliefs as a consolation
A way to take us out of ourselves
Meditation, or medication
A comfort, or a promised reward

Sometimes that spirit is too strong
Or the flesh is too weak
Sometimes the need is just too great
For the solace we seek
The suit of shining armor
Becomes a keen and bloody sword

A refuge for the coming night
A future of eternal light
No one gets to their heaven without a fight

Confused alarms of struggle and flight
Blood is drained of color
By the flashes of artillery light
No one gets to their heaven without a fight
The battle flags are flown
At the feet of a god unknown
No one gets to their heaven without a fight

Sometimes the damage is too great
Or the will is too weak
What should have been our armor
Becomes a sharp and burning sword

Workin' Them Angels (4:47)

Driving away to the east, and into the past
History receeds in my rear-view mirror
Carried away on a wave of music down a desert road
Memory humming at the heart of a factory town

All my life
I've been workin' them angels overtime
Riding and driving and living
So close to the edge
Workin' them angels - Overtime

Riding through the Range of Light to the wounded city
Filling my spirit with the wildest wish to fly
Taking the high road to the wounded city
Memory strumming at the heart of a moving picture

All this time
I've been workin' them angels overtime
Riding and driving and flying
Just over the edge
Workin' them angels - Overtime

Driving down the razor's edge between the past and the future
Turn up the music and smile
Get carried away on the songs and stories of vanished times
Memory drumming at the heart of an English winter
Memories beating at the heart of an African village

The Larger Bowl (4:07)

(a pantoum)

if we're so much the same, like I always hear
why such different fortunes and fates?
some of us live in a cloud of fear
some live behind iron gates

why such different fortunes and fates?
some are blessed and some are cursed
some live behind iron gates
while others see only the worst

some are blessed and some are cursed
the golden one or scarred from birth
while others only see the worst
such a lot of pain on the earth

the golden one or scarred from birth
somethings can never be changed
such a lot of pain on this earth
It's somehow so badly arranged

some things can never be changed
some reasons will never come clear
it's somehow so badly arranged
if we're so much the same like I always hear

Spindrift (5:24)

As the waves crash in
On the western shore
The wind blows fierce from the east
Wavetops torn into flying spindrift

As the waves crash in
On the western shore
It makes me feel uneasy
The spray that's torn away
Is an image of the way I feel

What am I supposed to say?
Where are the words to answer you
When you talk that way?

As sun goes down
On the western shore
The wind blows hard from the east
It whips the sand into a flying spindrift

As the sun goes down
On the western shore
It makes me feel uneasy
In the hot dry rasp of the devil winds
Who cares what a fool believes?

What am I supposed to say?
Where are the words to answer you
When you talk that way?
Words that fly against the wind and waves

(A little closer to you)
Where is the wave that will carry me
A little closer to you?

What am I suppose to do?
Where are the words that will make you see
What I believe is true?

The Main Monkey Business (instrumental 6:01)
The Way The Wind Blows (6:28)

Now it's come to this
It's like we're back in the Dark Ages
From the Middle East to the Middle West
It's a world of superstition

Now it's come to this
Wide-eyed armies of the faithful
From the Middle East to the Middle West
Pray, and pass the ammunition

So many people think that way
You gotta watch what you say
To them and them, and others too
Who don't seem to see to things the way you do

We can only grow the way the wind blows
On a bare and weathered shore
We can only bow to the here and now
In our elemental war

We can only go the way the wind blows
We can only bow to the here and now
Or be broken down blow by blow

Now it's come to this
Hollow speeches of mass deception
From the Middle East to the Middle West
Like crusaders in unholy alliance

Now it's come to this
Like we're back in the Dark Ages
From the Middle East to the Middle West
It's a plague that resists all science

It seems to leave them partly blind
And they leave no child behind
While evil spirits haunt their sleep
While shepherds bless and count their sheep

Like the solitary pine
On a bare wind-blasted shore
We can only grow the way the wind blows

Hope (instrumental 2:02)
Faithless (5:31)

I've got my own moral compass to steer by
A guiding star beats a spirit in the sky
And all the preaching voices -
Empty vessels ring so loud
As they move among the crowd
Fools and thieves are well disguised
In the temple and market place

Like a stone in the river
Against the floods of spring
I will quietly resist

Like the willows in the wind
Or the cliffs along the ocean
I will quietly resist

I don't have faith in faith
I don't believe in belief
You can call me faithless
But I still cling to hope
And I believe in love
And that's faith enough for me

I've got my own spirit level for balance
To tell if my choice is leaning up or down
And all the shouting voices
Try to throw me off my course
Some by sermons, some by force
Fools and thieves are dangerous
In the temple and marketplace

Like a forest bows to winter
Beneath the deep white silence
I will quietly resist

Like a flower in the desert
That only blooms at night
I will quietly resist

Bravest Face (5:12)

Though we might have precious little
It's still precious

I like that song
About this wonderful world
It's got a sunny point of view
And sometimes I feel it's true
At least for a few of us

I like that world
It makes a wonderful song
But there's a darker point of view
That's sadly just as true
For so many among us

In the sweetest child there's a vicious streak
In the strongest man there's a child so weak
In the whole wide world there's no magic place
So you might as well rise, put on your bravest face

I like that show
Where they solve all the murders
That heroic point of view
It's got justice and vengeance too
At least, so the story goes

I like that story -
Makes a satisfying case
But there's a messy point of view
That's sadly just as true
For so many among us

In softest voice there's an acid tongue
In the oldest eyes there's a soul so young
In the shakiest will there's a core of steel
On the smoothest ride there's a squeaky wheel

Though we might have precious little
It's still precious

Good News First (4:51)

The best we can agree on
Is it could have been worse
What happened to your old
Benevolent universe?
You know the one with stars
That revolve around you
Beaming down full of promises
To bring good news

You used to feel that way
The saddest words you could ever say
But I know you'll remember that day
And the most beautiful words I could ever say

The worst thing about it all
Is that you might have been right
And I'm still not really sure
What started that fight
But I still get this feeling
There's more trouble ahead
So never mind the bad news
Let's have the good news instead

Some would said they never fear a thing
Well I do
And I'm afraid enough for both of us -
For me and you
Time, if nothing else, will do it's worst
So do me that favor
And tell me the good news first

Malignant Narcissism (instrumental 2:17)

"Usually a case of malignant narcissism brought on during childhood."

We Hold On (4:13)

How many times
Do we tire of all the little battles
Threaten to call it quits
Tempted to cut and run

How many times
Do we weather out the stormy evenings
Long to slam the front door
Drive away into the setting sun

Keep going until dawn
How many times must another line be drawn
We could be down and gone
But we hold on

How many times
Do we chafe against the repetition
Straining against a fate
Measured out in coffee breaks

How many times
Do we swallow our ambition
Long to give up the same old way
Find another road to take

Keep holding on so long
'Cause there's a chance
that we might not be so wrong
We could be down and gone
But we hold on

How many times
Do we wonder if it's even worth it
There's got to be some other way
To get me through the day

But we hold on

 

 

Hear the rime of the ancient mariner

Hear the rime of the ancient mariner
See his eye as he stops one of three
Mesmerises one of the wedding guests
Stay here and listen to the nightmares of the sea.
And the music plays on, as the bride passes by
Caught by his spell and the mariner tells his tale.
Driven south to the land of the snow and ice
To a place where nobody's been
Through the snow fog flies on the albatross
Hailed in God's name, hoping good luck it brings.
And the ship sails on, back to the North
Through the fog and ice and the albatross follows on.
The mariner kills the bird of good omen
His shipmates cry against what he's done
But when the fog clears, they justify him
And make themselves a part of the crime.
Sailing on and on and north across the sea
Sailing on and on and north 'til all is calm.
The albatross begins with its vengeance
A terrible curse a thirst has begun
His shipmates blame bad luck on the mariner
About his neck, the dead bird is hung.
And the curse goes on and on at sea
And the thirst goes on and on for them and me.
"Day after day, day after day,
we stuck nor breath nor motion
as idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean
Water, water everywhere and
all the boards did shrink
Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink."
There calls the mariner
There comes a ship over the line
But how can she sail with no wind in her sails and no tide.
See...onward she comes
Onward she nears out of the sun
See, she has no crew
She has no life, wait but there's two.
Death and she Life in Death,
They throw their dice for the crew
She wins the mariner and he belongs to her now.
Then...crew one by one
they drop down dead, two hundred men
She...she, Life in Death.
She lets him live, her chosen one.
"One after one by the star dogged moon,
too quick for groan or sigh
each turned his face with a ghastly pang
and cursed me with his eye
four times fifty living men
(and I heard nor sigh nor groan)
with heavy thump, a lifeless lump,
they dropped down one by one."
The curse it lives on in their eyes
The mariner he wished he'd die
Along with the sea creatures
But they lived on, so did he.
And by the light of the moon
He prays for their beauty not doom
With heart he blesses them
God's creatures all of them too.
Then the spell starts to break
The albatross falls from his neck
Sinks down like lead into the sea
Then down in falls comes the rain.
Hear the groans of the long dead seamen
See them stir and they start to rise
Bodies lifted by good spirits
None of them spake and they're lifeless in their eyes
And revenge is still sought, penance starts again
Cast into a trance and the nightmare carries on.
Now the curse is finally lifted
And the mariner sights his home
spirits go from the long dead bodies
Form their own light and the mariner's left alone.
And then a boat came sailing towards him
It was a joy he could not believe
The pilot's boat, his son and the hermit,
Penance of life will fall onto him.
And the ship it sinks like lead into the sea
And the hermit shrieves the mariner of his sins.
The mariner's bound to tell of his story
To tell this tale wherever he goes
To teach God's word by his own example
That we must love all things that God made.
And the wedding guest's a sad and wiser man
And the tale goes on and on and on.

RUSH READIES PERFORMANCE BASED SNAKES AND ARROWS LIVE DVD

 

RUSH READIES PERFORMANCE BASED SNAKES AND ARROWS LIVE DVD
November 24, 2008 -

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RUSH ALEX LIFESON ON PERFORMANCE ON SNAKES DVD
RUSH ALEX LIFESON ON WHATS THAT SMELL

Rush will be releasing their Snakes And Arrows Live DVD, and it follows in the footsteps of their two previous DVD's this decade, Rush In Rio and R-30. The collection features fan favorites from their catalogue such as "Tom Sawyer," "Freewill," and "Subdivisions," plus Snakes and Arrows favorites "Malignant Narcissism," "Spindrift," and "Far Cry."
Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson phoned in from a studio in Toronto, and he said the Snakes And Arrows Live DVD offers the greatest insight into their musicality and musical connection compared to the two previous DVD collections.
"Yeah, and this one really is about the performance. It's about the interplay amongst the three of us; how we play, how we sound, and how we are presented. In the past some of our DVDs have been about different aspects of our show. For example Rush In Rio that we did in 2001, in obviously Rio De Janiero, was really about the event. It was a huge crowd in a big soccer stadium. It was really about that energy and the band where this is something pure about the performance."
Rush also gives fans the insight into their "alternative" personas for the "What's That Smell" comedy vignette, that signaled the start of their second set. Alex Lifeson said that they enjoy it and it allows the fans to get to know Rush a little bit better.
"It connects us with our fans more. It all becomes part of the Rush family. Rather than bringing in actors or some other people to do these little bits that give you some kind of flow visually in the show. When we do it, it's more of an effort on the part of the band. It's more genuine. I think Rush fans like to see us goofing around and see that we're not particularly serious about most things in our life. We take our music seriously, we take our performance seriously, we want to do the best that we can, but we're not serious people. This is really one way where we're able to show this side of the band, and I think Rush fans really enjoy it. I know we do. As you can see by the outtakes in 'What's That Smell' that we're just having a riot doing that stuff. So, we hope to continue with that."
Rush's Snakes And Arrows Live DVD was filmed over a two night span in the Netherlands in October of 2007 in high definition. Additional footage for the three disc set was filmed in Standard Definition in Atlanta in July of 2008.

RUSH READIES PERFORMANCE BASED SNAKES AND ARROWS LIVE DVD

Roger Waters Tour 1999

 

Roger Waters Tour 1999