Loser-X

Just pulled an all night, and then in the morning I threw on the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's, and somehow additional dimensions in the music which I have never noticed before just leapt out of the speakers and blasted right through my consciousness.

Its an album I listen to a lot, and so I thought I knew it, but apparently I don't know it at all. Perhaps I should try some Jimi next time.

Nothing quite like trying to sell stuff by reminding people of an awful, awful movie.

What were they thinking?

The first quarter of 2008 isn't over yet and already two men who shaped my world have passed on.

To use what is by now a cliché, Gary Gygax failed his last saving throw on the 4th of March. Thanks Gary, for all the hours of imagination, joy and friendship your creation brought me and countless other geeks across the multiverse. I will never forget the days of "Traps? Pfft! I boot the door down.". The Order of the Stick put it more eloquently then I ever could, so the strip shall have to speak for me.

Jeff Healey was a giant of music, and it is criminal that he is not held in higher regard by the general public. Few knew that his real love was for old American jazz or that he played the trumpet and clarinet expertly. Here he is at his incendiary best absolutely ripping it up on the title track from his debut album "See The Light" with a little help from Dr. John, Marcus Miller and Omar Hakim.

Trent Reznor has done it: a double album of new instrumental music available as a high quality, DRM-free download, very reasonably priced 2 CD set (US$10) or either one of a pair of luxurious deluxe packages. I'll be grabbing the 2 CD set myself (yes I'm cheap).

In the mean time you can check out Ghost I, which is available for free (TPB torrent link, as the NIN server seem to be having problems dealing with the digg hordes).