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Sigur Rós is, to me at least, inexplicably popular. I don't really understand how a band that sings in either Icelandic or a made-up language and that composes as down-tempo and chill music as they do gets as large of a following as they do.

I've been a fan of theirs on and off since the fi...]]>http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/316905http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/316905Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:41:49 -04002008-07-09T12:41:49SanChoninohttp://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/316805
 

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The Mars Volta seems like a band that you either get or you don't. There's not a lot of middle ground with a band as marginalized (and marginalizing), eclectic, and strange as they are.

That's not to say there's not a lot to like about them - there most certainly is. Their debut LP, De-Loused in the Comatorium, is one...]]>http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/316805http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/316805Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:41:49 -04002008-07-09T12:41:49SanChoninohttp://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/316704
 

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Maybeshewill is a band that I was introduced to only a few weeks ago, through a recommendation of my last.fm software. The thirty-second clip it gave me was very reminiscent of the impeccable post-industrial band 65daysofstatic (even the name - words run together - seemed to suggest serious ties). So after a bit of searching, I w...]]>http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/316704http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/316704Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:41:49 -04002008-07-09T12:41:49SanChoninohttp://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/316612
 

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When I first got my hands on Made Out of Babies' sophomore effort, Coward, I couldn't say enough good about it. I loved (and continue to love) that album. I still think it's one of the most frightening records I've ever heard. It's brutal, it's ugly, it's engaging, and it's scary. I can remember thinking to myself, There's no way they'll...]]>http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/316612http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/316612Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:41:49 -04002008-07-09T12:41:49SanChoninohttp://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/316484
Thanks to sister Cedarbird, brother BlueDev, ForeverSerenity, DynaMaso, CharlesCS, little-whip, RoyLevosh, uDigItTheMost, InBloom, momijiki, mikeb1954, skybright, Ockham'sRazor, asaxygirl, and everyone else who's trudged through those wordy, fat, ugly posts.  I enjoyed posting them, and it was always a pleasure to read the comments.

But I'm tired....]]>http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/316484http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/316484Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:41:49 -04002008-07-09T12:41:49SanChoninohttp://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/315755
But today I had the (dis)pleasure of putting it to the test.

For some reason, my computer completely exploded on me today.  Seriously.  Like, stuck in a bootscreen-loop.  Nothing I could do could make it kick the loop.  I spent literally HOURS trying to break the loop.

Eventually I gave up, pulled out my Ubuntu live CD, booted up, ...]]>http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/315755http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/315755Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:41:49 -04002008-07-09T12:41:49SanChoninohttp://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/315148
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29 May 2008.  7:54pm.

We sat there, the two of us, for the better part of the afternoon.  I should have been studying, but what can I say?

Sometimes you just have to neglect stuff like that in lieu of more pressing concerns.

The sand was warm on my toes, the sun beating down on me, reddening my straw...]]>http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/315148http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/315148Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:41:49 -04002008-07-09T12:41:49SanChoninohttp://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/315142
So I'm poking around and stumble onto the Impulse website.  Now, I'm sure most of you, my fine JU/WC friend...]]>http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/315142http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/315142Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:41:49 -04002008-07-09T12:41:49SanChoninohttp://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/314874


He was one of the most pugnacious and tenacious news anchors in recent memory.  People knew that Russert didn't mess around.

And he was one of my favorite news anchors.  I used to watch "Meet the Press" every Sunday morning when I lived in the states.  And I'm sad I won't get to see his crusty face on Sunday morning ever again.

(For those who want to read more, go ahead and click...]]>http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/314874http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/314874Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:41:49 -04002008-07-09T12:41:49SanChoninohttp://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/314723
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Here's an idea - if you're going to sing along in an ugly voice to a crappy song, why don't you at least make sure you know the words, stupid?

Your mom called, Pervy.  She hates you as much as I do and hopes you get robbed when you're in Morocco.

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Sometimes I wish I could make people understand The Mars Volta, because no one seems to.  Yes, they're overwhelming, and they m...]]>http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/314723http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/314723Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:41:49 -04002008-07-09T12:41:49SanChoninohttp://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/314664
Here's some of my favorites, edited for the kiddies (and when I mean edited, I mean edited.  Each change I've made for decency's sake will be italicized).

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This is just pure...]]>http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/314664http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/314664Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:41:49 -04002008-07-09T12:41:49SanChoninohttp://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/314555
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20 May 2008.  10:47pm.

About ten-thirty in the morning, my phone rings.

Now, this is not a normal occurrence; while I text quite often, I can count on one hand the amount of calls I've received.

I pick it up, reading that Carolina is calling.  Bemused, I answer with the expected greeting.

She's in a tizzy; it's hard to make out what she's saying.  Finally she calms down enough to tell me that last night her grandmother...]]>http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/314555http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/314555Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:41:49 -04002008-07-09T12:41:49SanChoninohttp://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/314168
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18 May 2008.  6:06pm.

I come home from church to find Pervy still sacked out, whining in his sleep (as, I suppose, perverts are wont to do).  It had been one of the longest church blocks I'd ever been to.  During the first hour, I had to translate Sacrament Meeting for a group of German tourists on holiday.  Now, I'v...]]>http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/314168http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/314168Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:41:49 -04002008-07-09T12:41:49SanChoninohttp://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/314086
My hair is sticky and crinkled from the sea water, leaving a thin crust to dry on my body as I lay out on my towel, soaking in the sun, letting it burrow into my skin and latch onto my bones.

She stirs on her towel next to mine.  "How is the water?" she asks, peeking (as ever) over her large sunglasses.

I snicker.  "Oh, you know how it is.  Invigorating, frenetic, tumultuous, exciting.  All of the above."

She...]]>http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/314086http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/314086Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:41:49 -04002008-07-09T12:41:49SanChoninohttp://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/314014
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) -- A car plowed into a weekend bike race along a highway near the U.S.-Mexico border, killing one and injuring 10 others, police said.

The 28-year-old driver was apparently drunk and fell asleep when he crashed into the race, said police investigator Jose Alfredo Rodriguez.



Holy.  Caca.  Doodie.

Yes, you're looking at that picture exactly right - the car is pl...]]>http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/314014http://sanchonino.joeuser.com/article/314014Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:41:49 -04002008-07-09T12:41:49