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Jeff Buckley would have been 43 today. Happy birthday to one of the greatest voices of all time.

The link to the epicness. :D

Happy 32nd to the best female singer evar.



Plus 31 more under the cut!
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Here is the proper picspam. 45 pictures to celebrate his age. :D










( + 40 more under the cut! )

And it recommends me stuff. :)



The youtube linkage to my video is to come. In the meantime, enjoy Mr. Ament.

EDIT *note this post will be kept public so anyone passing through can see the video*

EDIT 2 Have patience if it won't play or just go here. New videos are cranky at first.

Mmmmmm Eddie. Happy birthday and keep aging better than Chris, okay? *kisses*

Oh yes, little ol' me turns 21 today too.






















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And the rest shall be cut. Actually no. It's MY birthday too. ;P

I suppose by my experience you mean I have to have seen it. That's a bit difficult, because I haven't seen anything that has been described as legendary by anyone but myself, but looking at the other answers, it seems to be shows I have seen. Um, okay...so what has been legendary to me...(All dates are guesses unless I know them for sure,and this is in order.)



Rufus Wainwright - Live at Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, February 14th, 2008. This has been my first and only musical concert event at Radio City, which was plenty reason enough to make this show legendary. A gorgeous venue paired with a gorgeous concert. Rufus performed flawlessly through his entire latest album, 2007's Release the Stars, old songs of his catalogue, old classics and covers. The show was probably three hours and Rufus had a lot of steam. Overall it was the most sophisticated concert I have ever been to. Jeans and a t-shirt simply wouldn't cut it for this one.



Velvet Revolver - Live at the Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton, NJ, December 30th, 2007. Though this isn't a show I particularly enjoyed to its utter limits, it is legendary for two reasons. The first being that it was the quickest concert I ever decided to attend. I either decided to go the day of or the day before, though I think it was the day of, got tickets and attended. The second reason is that it was one of Velvet Revolver's last shows with Scott Weiland as their singer. For those two reasons alone, and seeing rock icons like Weiland and Slash, this show is under the legendary category for me.



Audioslave - Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA, April 22nd, 2005. This show was legendary to me because it stood as my first concert experience, which is an irreplacable and definitive memory. Not only that, but it was a blistering rock show and my first experience with rough, crazy and moshing crowds. I remember little of the setlist, know this was before Out of Exile was released and therefore the new songs that were played were either off that album, the first album or rarities they never would release. I do believe this was before the Soundgarden/Rage assimilation into their setlists, but I could be wrong on this.



Fiona Apple - Live at the Camden Waterfront, Camden, NJ, July 29th, 2006. By far one of my favorite concert events, and legendary for the fact that to this day this is the only female headlining act I have bothered to see. Besides that, the fact that Fiona tours so rarely these days makes attending this show more of a gem, and considering that I had only gotten into her in March of that year and her last tour was a co-headliner with Nickel Creek, I am infinitely glad I jumped on this one when I did. Being like a foot away from her when she played Criminal and Extraordinary Machine is a totally priceless memory.

And by far what I deem my most legendary show...



Eddie Vedder - Live at the Warner Theater, Washington DC, August 17th, 2008. Eddie Vedder's April Fool's tour in spring of 2008 was his first jaunt without Pearl Jam on the road with him, so when he decided to reprise a solo tour in support of the Into the Wild soundtrack, I made it a MUST to attend, even if my wallet was hurting from the Pearl Jam gig in June. Venturing to DC all the way from Jersey only adds more to the lure that was this special and intimate night, with Eddie employing solo songs, Pearl Jam lullabies, rarities, covers and more in some of the best two hours of my life.

Literally my only tools.

Instead of being depressed because I was brushed off again tonight, I decided to use my energies in a more interesting fashion. Here is, for the first time in a long time, a recording of singing that I've done. It's all Conor Oberst/Bright Eyes stuff. I've considered recording for a while, but never felt like getting the mic hooked up to do so, so tonight when the urge struck, I abided. You may not know this music, but that's okay. I don't either.

Here's what I did:

Lenders in the Temple (cut-off) - Conor Oberst
Danny Callahan - Conor Oberst
Tourist Trap - Bright Eyes
When the Brakeman Turns My Way - Bright Eyes
Lenders in the Temple (full) - Conor Oberst

Okay, damn. I really like this. I sound very good, and for a free microphone that came with my dad's computer that I stole, it recorded pretty well. I'm not even embarrassed to listen to myself. Sorry for the empty space in between as I try to remember songs. My mind was fucking BLANK. That's why unless they were in front of me, I messed up on lyrics more than Eddie Vedder after more than half a bottle of wine at a Pearl Jam gig.

Today the greatest voice in music would have been 42.

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If you've stumbled upon this message, you are viewing the first journal change of mine in two years. Do not be alarmed; changes will be increasingly made, but the basic layout is in order. Huge thanks to rage2012 , for without his assistance this would not be possible.

Thank you and goodnight.

The other day, out of nowhere, the spell check feature on my Microsoft Word stopped working halfway. If there's a spelling error, with the red squiggle, the spell check picks it up and tries to fix it, but if there's a grammatical error (or what it claims to be one), with the green squiggle, and I hit spell check it gives me the message that the spell check is complete without going through the grammatical errors. This is extremely annoying to look at the green squiggles, as I write a lot a lot and have to look at Word quite a bit. For what it's worth, my version of Word has and always was Word 2003, and nope, don't think I need an upgrade because I doubt my sytem could handle Word 2007. And nope, I didn't mess with any settings either.

If someone could either

a.) Offer a solution here

or

b.) Link me to a comm or site where I can harrass people and get an answer

that would be great! Really. :)

For your listening pleasure! XD I KNOW I have played with this more than one person should have, but oh well.

My first one, a mix of Spoonman primarily and Part of Me, not so much included">

Mix number two, Jesus Christ Pose vs. Ground Zero. Still I wasn't sold on the new stuff

Getting better as I go along...Jesus Christ Pose again, and Ground Zero, except more Ground Zero and this is a lot better

My first mixing with Watch Out, and oh, MOAR Jesus Christ Pose...this is a bit noisy

Mix number five, Scream and Black Hole Sun. I really like this one's concept, though it's sloppy, and it's perfected later

More with Watch Out, because it's got some great riffage. This is again mixed with Jesus Christ Pose, but it's less noisy and cooler, and the end kicks ass

Ah yes, the SOUNDGARDEN hybrid, The Day I Tried to Live and Pretty Noose, take one

Mix number eight, switching the combination of the last two songs to include more of my favorite, the Day I Tried to Live

Part of Me and Spoonman get aggressively techno, y'all. Rwarrr. Still has some flaws though

Monday's last mix...Ooooh, this is sorta creepy sounding, and though I tried to make it perfect, it's hard with this program

Part of Me and Spoonman thrown together in a much more fluid fashion, because I am awesome like that

Scream and Black Hole Sun...this is my favorite, simply put, especially how I interject the 'throwing out the blame' line from 'I said why you keep screaming at the top of your head'. Genius

The newest baby...SOUNDGARDEN hybrid once more :)

Make your own, guys! XD

PLAY!
1. Name:
2. Birthday:
3. Where do you live:
4: What are you studying/What are you working as:
5. What makes you happy:
6. What are you listening to now/have listened to last:
7. What is particularly good/bad about my LJ:
8. An interesting fact about you:
9. Are you in love/have a crush at the moment:
10. Favorite place to be:
11. Favorite lyric:
12. Best time of the year:
13. Weirdest food you like:

RECOMMEND
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2. A book:
3. A song:
4: A band:

FANDOM
1. Favorite Fandom:
2. OTP/OT3:
3. Icon/Fic Journal (so I can join):

PLUS
1. One thing you like about me:
2. Two things you like about yourself:
3. Put this in your lj so I can tell you what I think of you?

*stretches* *rubs away headache*

I guess last night when I had gotten out of the shower after crying my eyes out and thought the crying bout was over I was wrong, because it came back last night when I needed to go to bed, around midnight. I was pretty much bawling, quietly, but doing so nonetheless. I'm more than pissed that my longtime record of not crying was broken yesterday, especially when I'd worked so hard to keep myself happy. All for what? For it to be brutally crushed, but I am going to get back to it, because it was nice waking up with a good feeling in my heart everyday, and it was nice to just laugh and be bouncy and not have any particular explanation for it. I'm going to get back to that no matter how people treat me.

My prize from last night's session is a bitching headache, which I'm not surprised that it has yet to dissipate given that I was crying until at least one in the morning and I woke up at ten. I'll survive though, but today is obviously going to be a day of taking it easy, playing my game, reading my book, watching TV and generally avoiding people. It is supposed to be a holiday weekend or something.

I need to vastly re-think a lot of points in my life. As for the writing issue, I think, with the aid of some, I've come to my senses. When it comes to the little writing group, I'm like the Pearl Jam of the group, while everyone else is like, Nickelback or um, some other band like that. Nickelback and similar bands are easily digestible chunks of rock, while Pearl Jam goes deeper under the pulse of that, writing complicated rhythms, invested lyrics and deep internal thoughts. Nickelback albums sell like hotcakes because it's easy listening; Pearl Jam isn't even considered relevant because of their deeper music. And yes, Pearl Jam has its purpose, and it's to make the bands like Nickelback look better, but it's also to offer a more interesting alternative if people want something different, something deeper.

That said, everyone should go to

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Despite all of that, I can't say I'm exactly ready or comfortable to either post or write right now.

As for the people in my life, I'm beginning to realize that I deserve better from some. I need to be more assertive, I know, but I need to keep myself sane and happy. If somebody treats me like shit, a simple apology is not going to cut it anymore. Maybe I blame people for too much, maybe I start trouble at times, but when people treat me like shit, when they cross the line and break my month of not crying, extreme measures have to be taken. It's not just I'm sorry and that's it. I deserve better from people. I've always allowed myself to be a doormat, and I suppose that's why I gave up on the writing thing. Two years ago when I started ruined_letters it was just me and I was fine with that. Now, if the cheese stands alone, then the cheese fucking stands alone. Someone will find something someday, and if they don't, I started that site for me, and it will remain for me. I've never been a popular person in general, so why that would change I don't know. My writing never was a huge draw, so why that would change I don't know. Everything I like retains that deeper element to it. It's why after all these years Conor Oberst is still an indie artist though Bright Eyes is a pretty big name. It's why the vast majority of people will never catch onto Jeff Buckley. It's why Chris Cornell will become a top 40 name with his new album, because he's giving up deepness in his writing. It's why Pearl Jam is considered irrelevant by some. It's why Fiona Apple is not as popular as like, Tori Amos, because you need to listen with a thesaurus and it takes effort.

People stray from deepness, from internal thought, from anything that's not easily digestible. People don't come online to read mini-novels, and that's what I write. Of every fan fiction I've ever read, no one writes at all like me (Adam comes close, but he's the only one I can think of). Maybe I take my writing too seriously, but people don't try, it seems, because it's nothing serious. I take my writing deadly seriously, and someone will appreciate that someday. For those who do find it, and do like it, then that's what I'm there for, that's my purpose. And yeah, I probably deserve better than nothingness for the vast amount of effort I put forth in my writing, and I'm going to get it one way or the other. From now on, in every aspect of my life, I command respect, and if people don't like that, then they can take a hike.

Okay man, this time it IS fucking mosquitos, eighteen bites in all from my ankles to inches above my knees on both legs. I should have worn my leggings. This is lame.

This calls for Pearl Jam. XD

 
By the way, I made icons last night to pick me up from my semi-mehness. I also watched Pearl Jam, TB2K, and loud too, very loud. I think everyone in my house knew I was watching it.

Anyway, the sexy icons are as follows, since I'm gonna be on a bit of an Eddie kick and you won't see them. The Eddie one is MINE. The rest you can take if you really want to (this post will be left open for that reason, and yeah, if you don't know my fandoms by now... 1. Eddie Vedder 2. Fiona Apple 3. Chris Cornell 4. Jeff Buckley 5. Yoshi).

    

I've got plans today, but hmmm, not until later. I should start packing up my stuff, or at least hunting down a plastic toothbrush container and thinking about what to wear. I finally get to tote my Pearl Jam tote bag!

Road trip songs. Suggest 'em here, please flisties? I need them before Sunday. Thanks! :)