music worthy of its own blog entry

Being a music geek, I'm writing today to share an artist that I just found. His name is Peter Adams, and you can download his new album I Woke With Planets In My Face for the price of $whatever-you-want-to-pay on his website:

http://peteradamsmusic.com/wp/store/i-woke-with-planets-in-my-face/

You can even stream the whole album and listen to it before buying. Oh, and did I mention that you can PAY WHATEVER YOU WANT for this album? Yes, I know this has been done before, like Radiohead's In Dreams album. But it's cool every time. Good artists who are willing and able to hook up their fans with music for a good price are hard to find, so I want to support it. Here are a few other reasons to buy this album:

- It reminds me of Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd. I'm not a Pink Floyd fan by any means, and I don't actually think this album sounds like DSotM, but it has the vibe of a movie soundtrack. Everybody knows the old trick with DSotM, right? (Push Play after the lion roars at the beginning of The Wizard of Oz, then the album seems to follow along with the movie) I get the feeling that this same trick could be done with this album...listen to the album and you'll see what I mean.

- I don't know that I'd individually recommend tracks for you to download, because I would recommend listening to this album as a whole "story". For example...the song "Ziggurat" doesn't necessarily stand out to me by itself, but by the time you get to it on the album, it has the feel of a key part of the story. maybe this explanation isn't making sense...

- Every time I listen to the album, I get a kick out of the last minute of "Conversation with the Moon". It's 60 seconds of the space noise, which any fan of Ren & Stimpy or old school black-and-white space movies will appreciate. Man in the Moon...Man in the Moon...this is Earth calling. Repeat...this is Earth calling the Man in the Moon.

- Cool instrumentation, like in I Was Looking at the Ceiling, and then I Saw the Sky. If you don't agree with me that this album sounds like a soundtrack after this song, then you're crazy.

If you're stupid, and decide to go to iTunes to download one of his songs for $.99, instead of just buying the album from the artist himself for $.99 (or whatever other price you decide on), then download The Observatory. In case you were wondering, I paid $5.00 for the album. I figure that's about $4.50 more than what he would have gotten from a record label if he released this album the traditional way.

that John Denver was full of #@!% man

Woop woop...I'm in Kansas yall. After my THIRD drive from Maryland to Kansas (and hopefully the last one) Allison and I arrived safely, and are now on to the unpacking phase of the operation. Yes, we've been here for 10 days now, but it really does take that long to unpack and get situated when you're me. Or if you're Allison. Or if you're both of us combined. But don't worry yall...the Playstation is fully operational.


I worked my first real day of work-from-home today. Have I explained on this blog yet that I'll be working from home? My company was cool and kept me on board...the guest bedroom is my office, and the kitchen is my break room. Breakfast for lunch! Rotini for breakfast! And fortunately, I won't run into any issues if I'm out running errands and need to use the bathroom...local Kansans have solved that problem for me:


My true friends are thinking "he would use it too!"...and they of course are correct.



We have a new roommate...Allison's cat Joe (who is a girl). For those of you who don't have permanent scars from Joe like I do, or like the ones left on my dashboard from the drive here, please visit and make sudden movements near Joe. She will introduce herself. And for those of you who think that my baggy eyes are hereditary, let me also explain that I am allergic to cats. What could be better for my allergies than working in the same apartment as Joe? She chased the reflection from my cell phone all day today, which was initially annoying, but soon became a fun game of "Get the psycho cat to chase the reflection into the hallway then shut the door". I won.


Want to know what life is like in Kansas? Here is a simple 3 step exercise:


1. Download Green Light by John Legend (the remix with Andre 3000).

2. Sit back and relax on your couch with this song playing, with an expensive drink in your hand...close your eyes...and get into the vibe.

3. Kansas is the opposite of this feeling.