fuzmeister: Brilliant Blues

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Once again, I've been negligent in posting anything about another great record. The record is Electric Mud by Muddy Waters - released in 1968. I would recommend this LP for blues fans, but not necessarily fans of Muddy's. The style meshes together blues with some hallmark psychedelic stuff of the era - not unlike Cream. The way this album was mixed though gives me chills. The bass is so fat you almost just take a bite out of the riffs. The guitar is fuzzier than a woolly mammoth at times, but always in the chaos there is organization. It's also a very rhythm-oriented record - I remember seeing on a PBS special one time that it inspired various hip-hop artists rhythm wise decades after its release. Specifically, I remember Public Enemy mentioning it's importance for them.

Not often enough do I recommend albums on Vent - I've got to start changing that, because some of this music just hits me so hard and doesn't let go.

Mood: Washed Out
Music: Muddy Waters - The Same Thing

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fuzmeister: Another Tidbit

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I met Matthew Wood today as well - he did the voice of General Grievous in Revenge of the Sith. Most of the time he works for Skywalker Sound. I was wearing the Moog synthesizer t-shirt that Steve Scott got me from UK and he commented on it asking if I had one. I said that I didn't because I was too poor, so I just bought the t-shirt. After that he mentioned that they got the sounds for R2D2 from a Moog ARP. It was a moment of insight.

Mike paid twenty bucks to get Beastmaster's autograph. That guy was kind of flabby compared to how he was in 1982.

Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) was there too - he looked like he hated his life though.

Mood: Not Bad
Music: Cream - Dance The Night Away

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fuzmeister: Fictional Escapism

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So today I went to the Pittsburgh Comicon to sort of get away from it all. Mike, a friend from back at college (also one of Kate's fellow resident assistants) went along as well. In my mind I knew what I wanted - Death of Superman. I remember the hype when I was a little kid and it rolled around. Such a big deal was made and, for a time, it seemed comic books would regain the level of popularity they had once had. I used to want to be a cartoonist - some days I still wish I had gone for that.



Anyway - I ended up finding the reign of Superman issues (there are four) where our hero comes back in four different forms from the grave - mind condition. The guy I bought them from also gave me the issue of Action comics where Lois finds out his identity and the issue of Superman where he proposes to her. Good stuff.



Some neat stuff definitely - I haven't been into comic books for so long that it was a bit "fish out of the water." On our way out I grabbed a teaser poster for the Star Trek prequel movie coming out apparently next year and probably sucking... guess we'll find out.




Here are some links from people I met there:

• In His Likeness Webcomic
  
• Paradigm Shift Webcomic
  
• Artist Terry Huddleston

Music: Nightwish - Ghost Love Score
Mood: Intrigued at How Long My Cat Can Stare Out The Window


Tags (beta): super heroes, comic books

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fuzmeister: I'm On The Phone With My Mom

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My grandmother's dead.

Mood: - - -
Music: Eric Clapton - Alberta

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fuzmeister: Advertisement

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Mood: Accomplished
Music: Led Zeppelin - In The Light

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