So, Stacy, myself and a couple of friends went to see Evil Dead - The Musical tonight.
I must say it was fan … wait for it … wait … wait for it … tastic. It was the right mix of singing, quotes and blood to keep the audience laughing.
Deaths a bitch …. a stupid bitch
If you get a chance, go see this show. It’s just been extended in Toronto until June 14th so get your tickets. Oh, and if you don’t want to get bloody, don’t sit in the first two rows. Some of those people were pretty wet by the end of the show.
Downloaded the new Radiohead album, In Rainbows, last night. Paid about 14$ CDN for it, which I think is fair based on their previous albums. It would have been 15$ CDN except the order form is too stupid to understand the cents field.
The album is pretty good. Only really listened to it once through so far, will need to give it a few more spins but I’m liking it. Wish there was album artwork so it would show up in iTunes nicer.
The one main issue I had was that the order form sucks a nut. Everything is terribly slow, things don’t work quite right, buttons still say pre-order when the album is available. Updating your order appears to do nothing. At least the download was fast.
I like the idea of pay-what-you-want but they could use a lot of work on their implementation. Part of their terms and conditions says they can email you extra stuff. Could suck if they abuse that, would be enough to make me avoid future releases through that company again.
So, I went to the White Stripes concert at the Amphitheater last night. Concert wasn’t bad. Wasn’t great either. They played a lot of their newer songs, of which I don’t have the album so it was the first time I’d heard a lot of it.
I think everyone I’ve talked to about the new album has said you have to listen to it 5 or 6 times before you start to like it. That could have something to do with it.
On the flip side, sweet god, Jack White is an amazing guitar player. It is worth it to see them in concert just to see him play.
Ever since I signed up to the gym I’ve been wanting to get a new pair of headphones. I’ve got a set of Sennheiser’s that I use at work at the moment but they’re a bit big for the gym.
There was a link off of Life Hacker for an article: Earbuds for Fashion and Sound That Adjust So They Don’t Fall Out [NYT]. I checked out the article, check out the Apple Store. Stacy picked me up a pair on her way home from work.
Fucking fantastic.
These things are awsome. I was shaking my head around, enough to throw my glasses across the room and they stayed in. They sound phenomenal. I can turn them up as loud as I want and other people can barely hear them. A real problem with my Sennheisers. The sound is equally great, I can finally listen to Tool loud enough to get all the subtle stuff they stick in there.
So, if you’re looking for new earbuds, check out the Vibe by V-Moda. Highly recommended. (And Gunmetal Black is just a cool colour.)
Saw a couple of concerts this weekend. The first was a free David Usher concert at Nathan Phillips Square. Pretty small turnout, 100 maybe 150 people. Probably driven away by the rain. Concert itself was pretty good. He played a lot of new stuff that their currently recording in studio.
The second was the Tool concert down at Molson Amphitheater. Adam ended up with a spare ticket that he gave me. Tool was phenominal. They sounded amazing, the lights and stage looked fucking cool.
There must have been 16,000 people there. The place was packed. It started to rain about 2 minutes before Tool took the stage. Rained for about an hour, got fairly hard near then end. Then stopped for about 30 minutes. Started to rain when they came back on for the encore. By the end I was soaked, that and I managed to stumble into a gigantic puddle leaving the venue.
While trying to entice the band on the stage for the encore there must have been 5-10 thousand lighters going. Definately an impressive sight to see.
I think the most amusing part is, they made me gate check my pocket watch. I made sure I left my knife at home, but who whould’a thunk it, a fucking pocket watch. Apparently the chain is considered a risk or something.