Any thoughts?
My ideas:
-Anything off Weezer's Blue Album (Sweater Song, Say It Ain't So, Only in Dreams)
-Anything by Modest Mouse that we can make sound like Modest Mouse (Doin' the Cockroach, Cowboy Dan, 3rd Planet, Shit Luck)
-Loro by Pinback...possibly others
That is all for now.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Of Life!!!
What ever happened to that, huh?
A couple other classics
-Goulet
-Lavender
What others come to mind?
A couple other classics
-Goulet
-Lavender
What others come to mind?
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Tipping Point
As many of us have read this book, I thought I would break down a few things. In order for an idea to tip, there are usually 3 specialized individuals involved in the 'tip'. Connector - someone who takes an idea and spreads it through many different social circles. These people tend to have many different circles that they overlap. Mavens - in depth knowledge on specific subject matters. Brian is a hockey maven. Taylor is a law maven. Salesman - the guy who persuasively sells the idea. The connector connects people to the idea, but the salesman makes it gold.
Ethan - Salesman, with a bit of connector
Brian - I didn't think you fit any of the 3, maybe a bit of a connector and definitely a maven in some situations, i.e. hockey. Instead, as I will illustrate with my points, you are a first user/innovator.
Taylor - not sure you fit any of the 3 specialized people...a maven in some things. It isn't a big deal, everyone is not one of the 3 specialties (Maven, Connector, Salesman)
The reason I bring this up is due to my new found awareness of the Tipping Point idea. This is the idea that all great trends have a point where they 'tip'. They go from being something a few people are into, to a thing everyone wants into.
Example #1: Hockey
Brian is the first user, the innovator. He had been singing the praises of hockey for years, yet the idea hadn't tipped in our group. He had taken many people without any success. When did it change? You know where I'm going...he introduced the sport to me, Ethan. Now I, being a salesman, couldn't help but sell this to his other social circles. Hockey would have never happened for our group without Brian, but same can be said about me. What happened? For Jason Ellis' birthday I paid for him to get skating lessons with me. He brought his brother and we were hanging out with Brandon, so the 4 of us starting skating. This led to the inclusion of Alex (who brought in Patrick), Taylor (who brought Kyle P, who brought Kyle S and Josh), Joey (who brought Jasper, Oliver, John R), John Ellis (Luke)...and the list is still growing (Justin, Steve, Dan Harris)...with many on the fence getting ready to join up. Hockey is in the midst of a growing epidemic amongst our social groups.
Example #2: P90X
Again, Brian is the first user/innovator. He brings the new idea to the group. But again, it starts to grow rapidly with Ethan and Jason. Now, I have 3 or 4 people working out at my house on a regular basis, with others considering. The idea has grown to the following people: Ethan, Adri, Jason, John Ellis, Katie S, Brandon, Matt (my work partner), Jeff Smith. Jason and I joke that if we got commissions on getting people into the stuff we are into, we would be making some serious cash.
Other Possible Examples:
-Inclusion and excitement for the Olympics
-Arrested Development
-Reading Tipping Point (just ask the 4-5 people I have given the book to, funny thing tipping the Tipping Point)
What's Next?
Ethan - Salesman, with a bit of connector
Brian - I didn't think you fit any of the 3, maybe a bit of a connector and definitely a maven in some situations, i.e. hockey. Instead, as I will illustrate with my points, you are a first user/innovator.
Taylor - not sure you fit any of the 3 specialized people...a maven in some things. It isn't a big deal, everyone is not one of the 3 specialties (Maven, Connector, Salesman)
The reason I bring this up is due to my new found awareness of the Tipping Point idea. This is the idea that all great trends have a point where they 'tip'. They go from being something a few people are into, to a thing everyone wants into.
Example #1: Hockey
Brian is the first user, the innovator. He had been singing the praises of hockey for years, yet the idea hadn't tipped in our group. He had taken many people without any success. When did it change? You know where I'm going...he introduced the sport to me, Ethan. Now I, being a salesman, couldn't help but sell this to his other social circles. Hockey would have never happened for our group without Brian, but same can be said about me. What happened? For Jason Ellis' birthday I paid for him to get skating lessons with me. He brought his brother and we were hanging out with Brandon, so the 4 of us starting skating. This led to the inclusion of Alex (who brought in Patrick), Taylor (who brought Kyle P, who brought Kyle S and Josh), Joey (who brought Jasper, Oliver, John R), John Ellis (Luke)...and the list is still growing (Justin, Steve, Dan Harris)...with many on the fence getting ready to join up. Hockey is in the midst of a growing epidemic amongst our social groups.
Example #2: P90X
Again, Brian is the first user/innovator. He brings the new idea to the group. But again, it starts to grow rapidly with Ethan and Jason. Now, I have 3 or 4 people working out at my house on a regular basis, with others considering. The idea has grown to the following people: Ethan, Adri, Jason, John Ellis, Katie S, Brandon, Matt (my work partner), Jeff Smith. Jason and I joke that if we got commissions on getting people into the stuff we are into, we would be making some serious cash.
Other Possible Examples:
-Inclusion and excitement for the Olympics
-Arrested Development
-Reading Tipping Point (just ask the 4-5 people I have given the book to, funny thing tipping the Tipping Point)
What's Next?
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
The what would you do game....
Simple. Answer the what would you do question. Then follow it with another what would you do for the next poster. This should give us something to do while Ethan or Taylor comes up with something substantial to post on.
So what would you do if you saw 2pac on a bus?
So what would you do if you saw 2pac on a bus?
Monday, June 8, 2009
A point of interest for our upcoming hockey game
Our hockey team, the Tidal Wave (we did not pick this name), is undefeated through four games in the season. We've been crushing people and haven't been particularly careful about running up the score. That in mind, if you look on the "Records" portion of the online scorekeeper that the league uses (http://www.pointstreak.com/players/players-division-records.html?divisionid=23491&seasonid=3675) you'll notice that Tidal Wave does NOT have the record for greatest winning margin. We don't even have the second or third highest winning margin.
The explanation for this fact is also why our game this Saturday is going to be awesome. The one team that we have not played yet, the Quakes, has scored a total of four goals over three games and gotten annihilated by teams that we have rolled over quite easily. The bottom line here for this mismatch is that the over-under on the number of players on our team who get hat tricks is 3.
The explanation for this fact is also why our game this Saturday is going to be awesome. The one team that we have not played yet, the Quakes, has scored a total of four goals over three games and gotten annihilated by teams that we have rolled over quite easily. The bottom line here for this mismatch is that the over-under on the number of players on our team who get hat tricks is 3.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Undisputed Facts
-Lawyers...assholes
-People from Newport...pretentious and obnoxious
-Bruins...desperate
-Radiohead...awful
-TV on the Radio...even worse
-Magnolia...total waste of my time
-Mastiffs...worst dogs ever
-Having a bar in your house...gay at best
-Charlie Brown T-Shirts...unflattering
-Being Fat...not cool
-Overanalyzing other people's blog posts...priceless
-People from Newport...pretentious and obnoxious
-Bruins...desperate
-Radiohead...awful
-TV on the Radio...even worse
-Magnolia...total waste of my time
-Mastiffs...worst dogs ever
-Having a bar in your house...gay at best
-Charlie Brown T-Shirts...unflattering
-Being Fat...not cool
-Overanalyzing other people's blog posts...priceless
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Confessions of a Bigot
Okay, so I can't sleep and it's time to post a blog and this one has been slow cooking in my mind for a while.
I'm in San Luis Obispo and Adri and I had a really nice time at dinner in the downtown area. A wonderful outdoor restaurant right on a creek, really nice. One thing kept coming up though. It appears that we have found a total Pirate hangout. They are everywhere.
What are Pirates? This is where things get discriminating. You may be familiar with Pirates under their many pseudonyms: Hippies, 'Indie', Granola, etc.
A few words about my stereotypical view of Pirates:
-Pirates wear beards like they are the first to discover facial hair. You know the look, it isn't the clean beard our fathers have, it's the kind Taylor grows or what I look like if I try to grow one for too long. It's kind of dirty and gross.
-This leads nicely into my second point. Pirates look dirty and gross. That's right I said it, it's what we are all thinking. If you look like you haven't showered in weeks, then most of the world believes that you haven't showered in weeks. Dreadlocks are a great example of this. There are some men out there, namely black men, who can have nice clean looking dreadlocks. Pirates have the nappy, blond, knotted dreads that look like animals live in them.
-Pirating is a form of employment all it's own. It is a special club. A club that works at restaurants, boutiques, etc. But come on, everything about their look says one thing, unemployed. Not the version of unemployed that the inner city has, but the kind that says, not only do I not have a job, but I don't even want one. And if I do have one, I don't want you to take me that serious anyways.
-Due to the unemployment factor, Pirates are broke. Don't get me wrong, they don't want to be rich, at least they say they don't. Though, many of us know a Pirate or two who live off their parents money, ahem. Also, I might amend this, I tend to discriminate in a more particular way on this one. I tend to think of Pirates as cheap, which isn't the same as broke. Broke is a state of being, a reality; cheap is a state of mind. Broke doesn't equal Pirate. I feel like I'm writing one of those SAT questions. If all Pirates are Broke. And some Broke are Cheap. Are all Pirates Cheap?
-Smoking Pot is not a job either. And furthermore, smoking cigarettes is not as cool as it sounds. This isn't the 40s, and all the movie stars and Presidents don't do it, oh wait. Anyways, come on. They are freaking cigarettes; this is the truly ironic. Most Pirates are trying to be 'counter culture'. Screw corporate America and all that. But is their anything less counter culture than cigarettes? It is the definition of big business and it is what everyone expects them to do. There is nothing less surprising than when I find out a Pirate smokes. Wow, you really redefined yourself as truly original...cigarettes, I just never saw that one coming, who would have thought, you are such a rebel.
-A comment on Pirate fashion. First up, the man purse or satchel (Isn't that the name of someone's unborn child? I distinctly remember Adri mocking that name as having to do with genetalia). I must have witnessed 4 or 5 couples with matching over the shoulder satchels. Hand made I'm sure. Also hand made, their awesome crocheted hats/beanies. Now again, not that I should say much. I tend to look like I've been frozen in time, in the 90s; and yes, my idea of a thrift store is Costco, Target, or Macy's seasonal sales for my grown-up clothes; but hey, this blog is to judge them not me.
-Petulie Oil. Just awful.
-In the Pirate world of hair, men can look like women and women like men. For guys, you rebel by growing your hair long and treating it like a woman (flat iron anyone? You know who you are and what you did). For women, cut it off and style it like a guy, that will show'em all.
-Pirate music, here is the closest thing I will come to connecting with Pirates. While I can enjoy classic rock, it isn't my inspiration; and reggae is overrated; indie music tends to be something I thoroughly enjoy, and seems to be a staple of Pirates. In fact, I remember a Pedro the Lion concert I went to...total Pirate convention. I looked like a sore thumb standing there in my skate shoes and pullover hoodie. Apparantly, I was the only one in the room who didn't shop at the aforementioned thrift shops. I always felt like the best way to show the world you are counter culture would be to show up to one of those concerts dressed like an inner city black man. Baggie jeans, a huge Kobe jersey that looks like a dress with a XXXXXL white t-shirt on underneath. Maybe a leather, letterman style jacket with the logos of all 30 MLB teams sewn all over it. That would show them what different looks like.
One final word, to my actual Pirate friends, if you still want to be friends. I am sorry if I offended you. It wasn't you. It started thanks to a one-legged man who spent a month in my house over charging me for labor. Followed by a weird dude and his son cutting tile without completing sentences when speaking with me. It all came to a boil when I had dinner tonight in San Luis Obispo and was overwhelmed by the shear volume. I couldn't get Cartman's words out of my mind, "I hate g-d damn hippies". And yes, there was a music festival going on within earshot, playing the likes of Simon & Garfunkel followed by several reggae tunes.
With that, I would like to change my choice to Self-Righteous. Red Bitches.
I'm in San Luis Obispo and Adri and I had a really nice time at dinner in the downtown area. A wonderful outdoor restaurant right on a creek, really nice. One thing kept coming up though. It appears that we have found a total Pirate hangout. They are everywhere.
What are Pirates? This is where things get discriminating. You may be familiar with Pirates under their many pseudonyms: Hippies, 'Indie', Granola, etc.
A few words about my stereotypical view of Pirates:
-Pirates wear beards like they are the first to discover facial hair. You know the look, it isn't the clean beard our fathers have, it's the kind Taylor grows or what I look like if I try to grow one for too long. It's kind of dirty and gross.
-This leads nicely into my second point. Pirates look dirty and gross. That's right I said it, it's what we are all thinking. If you look like you haven't showered in weeks, then most of the world believes that you haven't showered in weeks. Dreadlocks are a great example of this. There are some men out there, namely black men, who can have nice clean looking dreadlocks. Pirates have the nappy, blond, knotted dreads that look like animals live in them.
-Pirating is a form of employment all it's own. It is a special club. A club that works at restaurants, boutiques, etc. But come on, everything about their look says one thing, unemployed. Not the version of unemployed that the inner city has, but the kind that says, not only do I not have a job, but I don't even want one. And if I do have one, I don't want you to take me that serious anyways.
-Due to the unemployment factor, Pirates are broke. Don't get me wrong, they don't want to be rich, at least they say they don't. Though, many of us know a Pirate or two who live off their parents money, ahem. Also, I might amend this, I tend to discriminate in a more particular way on this one. I tend to think of Pirates as cheap, which isn't the same as broke. Broke is a state of being, a reality; cheap is a state of mind. Broke doesn't equal Pirate. I feel like I'm writing one of those SAT questions. If all Pirates are Broke. And some Broke are Cheap. Are all Pirates Cheap?
-Smoking Pot is not a job either. And furthermore, smoking cigarettes is not as cool as it sounds. This isn't the 40s, and all the movie stars and Presidents don't do it, oh wait. Anyways, come on. They are freaking cigarettes; this is the truly ironic. Most Pirates are trying to be 'counter culture'. Screw corporate America and all that. But is their anything less counter culture than cigarettes? It is the definition of big business and it is what everyone expects them to do. There is nothing less surprising than when I find out a Pirate smokes. Wow, you really redefined yourself as truly original...cigarettes, I just never saw that one coming, who would have thought, you are such a rebel.
-A comment on Pirate fashion. First up, the man purse or satchel (Isn't that the name of someone's unborn child? I distinctly remember Adri mocking that name as having to do with genetalia). I must have witnessed 4 or 5 couples with matching over the shoulder satchels. Hand made I'm sure. Also hand made, their awesome crocheted hats/beanies. Now again, not that I should say much. I tend to look like I've been frozen in time, in the 90s; and yes, my idea of a thrift store is Costco, Target, or Macy's seasonal sales for my grown-up clothes; but hey, this blog is to judge them not me.
-Petulie Oil. Just awful.
-In the Pirate world of hair, men can look like women and women like men. For guys, you rebel by growing your hair long and treating it like a woman (flat iron anyone? You know who you are and what you did). For women, cut it off and style it like a guy, that will show'em all.
-Pirate music, here is the closest thing I will come to connecting with Pirates. While I can enjoy classic rock, it isn't my inspiration; and reggae is overrated; indie music tends to be something I thoroughly enjoy, and seems to be a staple of Pirates. In fact, I remember a Pedro the Lion concert I went to...total Pirate convention. I looked like a sore thumb standing there in my skate shoes and pullover hoodie. Apparantly, I was the only one in the room who didn't shop at the aforementioned thrift shops. I always felt like the best way to show the world you are counter culture would be to show up to one of those concerts dressed like an inner city black man. Baggie jeans, a huge Kobe jersey that looks like a dress with a XXXXXL white t-shirt on underneath. Maybe a leather, letterman style jacket with the logos of all 30 MLB teams sewn all over it. That would show them what different looks like.
One final word, to my actual Pirate friends, if you still want to be friends. I am sorry if I offended you. It wasn't you. It started thanks to a one-legged man who spent a month in my house over charging me for labor. Followed by a weird dude and his son cutting tile without completing sentences when speaking with me. It all came to a boil when I had dinner tonight in San Luis Obispo and was overwhelmed by the shear volume. I couldn't get Cartman's words out of my mind, "I hate g-d damn hippies". And yes, there was a music festival going on within earshot, playing the likes of Simon & Garfunkel followed by several reggae tunes.
With that, I would like to change my choice to Self-Righteous. Red Bitches.
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