Serak_the_Preparer

So I finally bought my first iPod - I got the 80gb classic. I realize now that I missed the boat on getting manuals and guides that explain how to use this thing because all it came with was a "quick start manual" that was no help at all. I guess they figure everyone on Earth already has had about 2-3 iPods and they don't need to include these things any longer. So I figured out itunes and I actually have some music on the thing, but now I have quesitons about hearing said music. Here are my initial quesitons:

1. What do I need to buy to hook this thing into my car so I can listen while I drive? We have a new car (with an ipod jack in the center console) and a 1999 vehicle with a CD player and 2 aux jacks.

2. Can I get some kind of chord that plugs into my stereo at home so I can hear the music on my home stero system speakers? I have a Harman Kardon HK3480 Stereo Receiver.

3. Is there any other accesories that I can't live without?

Any help is appreciated - Thanks in advance.

Is there anywhere that anyone knows of to get Spoon shows online? My friend went to the one locally with the other 2 bands and would like to get it d/l'ed for him.

Internet Live Music Archive: Spoon

I dig it, but you/the song sounds alot like Chad Vangaalen: Chad's Myspace Page. Looking forward to the rest of your songs

Yeah, it was sparse. Gary sounded fantastic (his voice is one of my favorite voices of all time) but it was just strange seeing him with nary a Jayhawk to back him up (what's Marc Perlman up to these days, anyway?). The show just lacked...something, that feel-good energy that I always used to associate with a Jayhawks show.

Don't know what Marc is up to, but he was standing in the doorway of the Pantages when I arrived last Tuesday in Minneapolis. Gary mentioned his name during the show too - but he never went on stage to play with them. I was kind of hoping he would go up for a few...

Toadies -- Possum Kingdom

Dishwalla -- Counting Blue Cars

Deep Blue Something -- Breakfast at Tiffany's

Crash Test Dummies -- Mmm Mmm Mmm...

Us3 -- Biddy Biddy Bop

Lou Bega -- Mambo No. 5

OMC -- How Bizarre

I believe the Us3 song was "Cantaloop"

Has anyone mentioned The Knack?

How about Was Not Was - "Walk the Dinosaur?"

panda bears are rad.

I always thought Panda Bears were in the racoon family, but I did some research and found out that they recently determined they are actually in the bear family. I learn something new everyday...and now i can stop learning today

Saw Gary last night at the Pantages in Minneapolis. Sounded pretty good - they played a very similar setlist as in Denver, but mixed up the order a bit. My personal highlight was Settled Down Like Rain. I also really enjoyed Sound of Lies. Go see him if you get the chance - Vetiver was great too, so get there early.

On a side note to anyone who has seen Vetiver, what is up with the lead singers mouth? Very distracting.

It's a convenience, just like your "map" is to someone who otherwise would be navigating by sight.

This makes no sense.

I have a 12% off coupon at best buy that i can use on a garmin which i will need when i move to VA next month. The question is whether or not i should get it now when i have this coupon, or whether i should wait til the end of Feb when perhaps the price may have plummeted and only cost $15 then? Does the technology change as fast as things like cell phones and junk?

 

please advise.

You can save hundreds of dollars by buying a map. Why do people need these GPS units? They are a BIG waste of money. Learn to read a map - you will find out all the cool shit that is just off you route and get to visit many more state parks, national monuments and historical sites if you would just plan out your route with a good old map.

i have a hard time with the whole respecting someone that differs so extremely on such a fundamental core point of view. there are some things, indeed, yes we can all agree to disagree about, that is reality. however, rev wright is not obama's best friend or third cousin, this is his pastor, his spiritual advisor, and yet they don't agree on the message that rev wright preaches. i find flaw in that. the we don't agree contradicts the notion of the role that wright has played in his life. in other words, i don't understand how his spiritual advisor, his pastor, his preacher, whatever term you give it does not align with his own personal beliefs.

Maybe Obama thinks for himself. Why must he agree with everything his spiritual advisor says? He is not some soldier in God's Army blindly doing what he is told. He is a free thinking man who has common sense and can think for himself. I find flaw that you think someone should not disagree with an authority figure. How many catholics on this board used condoms or tell their kids to use condoms? Ask your priest what his position is on birth control and then get back to me. People dissagree with their pastors, priests, spiritual advisors, etc. all the time.

I was planning to see Gary Louris with Vetiver next week at he El Rey and it's cancelled. Is the whole tour cancelled?

Apparently just the west coast - although there has been a venue change in Minneapolis:

moved to the Pantages Theatre.

 

http://www.hennepintheatredistrict.org/eve...ow=GARYLOURIS08

 

For those keeping score: From 2150 to 1000 seats. Kind of sad - i wonder where my seat will end up? I had a seat in the loge on the side - now I wonder how far i will be back in the balcony...

You can listen to the entire album on his myspace page right now!

So how was the weekend? Where did you guys end up going?

Hear the entire Current set here She & Him from SXSW

Angelic Brewing Company has always treated me well - good food, good brew, and pretty casual - Linky After dinner I would just hit State Street and do what come naturally. If you want a stiff drink hit "Mondays," if you want a place where the cool kids go hit the bar with the tree inside Paul's Club and if you want a pure dive bar with $1 PBR, hit "Paradise Lounge" near the capital Dive Bar Extrordinaire. Sadly I heard Bennett's closed Smut & Eggs so I have no ideas for breakfast...

Are the venues listed somewhere?

 

Guess I'll go searching.

 

Edit: Found em.

Oops, sorry I forgot to add those...

04.17.2008 San Francisco, CA

04.19.2008 Portland, OR

04.20.2008 Seattle, WA

04.23.2008 Santa Cruz, CA

04.24.2008 Pomona, CA

04.26.2008 Indio, CA

05.15.2008 San Diego, CA

05.19.2008 Denver. CO

05.20.2008 Omaha, NE

05.21.2008 Omaha, NE

05.22.2008 Minneapolis, MN

05.23.2008 Milwaukee, WI

05.24.2008 Chicago, IL

05.25.2008 Royal Oak, MI

05.26.2008 Cleveland, OH

05.28.2008 Toronto, ONT

05.30.2008 Worcester, MA

05.31.2008 Providence, RI

06.01.2008 Northampton, MA

06.02.2008 New York, NY

06.05.2008 Philadelphia, PA

06.06.2008 Washington, D.C.

06.07.2008 Baltimore, MD

06.08.2008 Richmond, VA

06.10.2008 Norfolk, VA

06.11.2008 Asheville, NC

06.12.2008 Charleston, SC

06.13.2008 Manchester, TN

06.15.2008 Dallas, TX

06.16.2008 Austin, TX

We went with "Dreaming My Dreams" by the Cranberries. Our second choice was "You Get Me Lost" by Freedy Johnston. It is one of the most beautiful songs out there in my opinion. Hear it here: http://www.freedyjohnston.com/buy.html - it is track #6 on Never Home.

I have a 1898 edition of Darwin's "Origin of Species."

If you like her studio albums, you should really see her live. She is much more passionate live and really projects her wonderful voice. She covers Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" and it may be the best version yet. I first saw her in her first concert after being signed. She blew my wife and I away. We had never heard any songs, but it didn't matter. We bought her CD and were fans from the beginning. Her twin brother backing band do a phenominal job with harmonies. The second time we saw her she was solo opening for Ray Lamontagne. Overall that show was unreal - both Brandi and Ray have such beautiful unique voices.

you know what i don't like about Subaru? AWD. I do not know why anyone NEEDS AWD. I would rather have it on the fly like i did with my Dodge Dakota. It saved on gas and i only needed to use it when i needed to use it. Why doesn't anyone make those anymore? If Subaru could come up with an AWD that wasn't a gas hog i would be more interested...

Today's AWD only come on when needed. The car feels the tires slipping and activates the AWD. For 99% of the time the car is riding in front wheel drive mode. People in MN need AWD - and it is nice that it automatically come on when needed. That way we don't have to wonder if it is icey or not - we get the AWD only when it is needed. I had an old Dodge pickup growing up in northern WI and I always realized I needed the 4WD a tad too late - like when I was in the ditch! Of course back then I had to lock in my 4WD and then back up 50 feet (hard to do when your in a ditch).

CAT VAC!!

I am actually kind of suprised that more people here don't have Toyotas and Hondas. I have a 99 Camry which now has 141K miles on it. I bought it used and I did have to replace the clutch at 75K, but I think the previous owner didn't know how to drive a stick. My wife has a 99 Accord. 121K miles and no major problems. I can say that Hondas hold their resale value better, as my wife's Honda is worth about $2000 more than my Camry and I have it loaded with power everything, leather, and a V-6 engine.

That being said, we too are in the market. We have decided on a small SUV since we are about to start a family. We have narrowed it down to the V6 RAV4, the CR-V, the Nissan Morano, and the Hyundai Santa Fe. The Santa Fe and the Morano are technically mid-sized, but they get decent gas milage and we would buy the Morano used with around 30K miles to keep the prices relatively the same. After test driving them all we have decided on the V-6 RAV 4. It has SO much power (we live in the city and the car has to have power to merge into traffic), great storage, backseats flip down flat and there is additional storage under the floor, it has a full sized spare, and best of all, it gets 21 city and 27 highway MPG.

I was always against SUVs, but these new small SUVs give you storage (for baby stuff), height (key for an infant seat to save our backs),and now decent gas mileage. We usually drive our cars into the ground, but resale value is important just in case, and the RAV-4 has better resale value than the Highlander.

I thought we were just supposed to use our real names. that's all I did.

Your name has always been my favorite. In fact, I named one of my fantasy football teams Atticus Poongoogler. Just so you know, I got 2nd place in that league - Thanks!

Picture with a chef's hat on. He is from a Tree House of Horror episode that spoofs the Twilight Zone's "To Serve Man" episode.

If you wanted to make Serak the Preparer cry, mission accomplished.

I was a huge Simpsons fan, but i haven't seen them in about 5 years now. I should really change my name.

seems pretty good so far. I am impressed because I really didn't like the first single that I had heard from this, but the rest of the record sounds pretty good.

no where near as catchy as the Loon but still a solid album and it should rock pretty hard live.

I didn't like "Hang Them All" either on the first couple of listens, but now I am really digging it. It is catchy and upon additional listens is the song that sounds the most like their last album. Maybe that is why they chose that one first - to ease the fans into the new album. The chorus is the only part I am not sold on, but the rest of the song is solid.