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complete setup,
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I just got in my stereo reciever from ebay. My oh my am i happy with it. It’s like from the 80’s yet it works great and has pretty good power. Too bad I don’t have good speakers right now, yet sometime soon. Now I have the phono on top of the reciever and the speakers taped to each side of my desk so the sound in realatively good. The reciever is an MCS (Modular Component System) reciever which is basically a brand that doesn’t exist anymore. The best part is, once I get a long enough cable, I will be able to record some of the vinyls (which is very few) onto my computer. Then I neeed to upgrade my record player to one with a better needle, then pass it on to somebody else as it was passed onto me.

There is one more photo if you click the current photo. I now have to get back to rocking out to Bad Company.

Bad Company,
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Check out this awesome poster I just made using the the Rasterbator which is just plain awesome. I’ve used it a couple times before and it’s just a cool tool. (cool tool?! why did I say that?) Anyways, that Bad Company poster is about 2 feet x 2 feet. Recently this week I’ve been listening to the classic rockers Bad Company and they are just plain awesome. I’m hoping to find a shirt or make one pretty soon here if I can’t find one.

Oh also, this is my 101’st post. Yay!

Billy Talent : Billy Talent

Let me tell you, after listening to these guys this summer, and then just getting the cd again, it’s hard to stop listening. These guys are intense and just plain awesome. On top of their awesome music, they have awesome music videos over at the bands official website, BillyTalent.com

A few of my favorite songs are “Line & Sinker,” “Try Honesty,” and “River Below.” Don’t get me wront though, all the songs are good. The lead singers voice is intense and unique that make the music even better. They just have that “awesome band” feel to them. Look out for them, they are touring in Canada right now, I hope they come to the US soon.

If you don’t feel like droping 11 bucks for the cd, go over to their website and listen to their music their, then come back here and buy the cd. If you are into bands like Thursday, Thrice, Sum 41, Unwritten Law, and the likes of them, then you will really want to check out Billy Talent.

Check out more Billy Talent related on rare-lyrics.com

My Rating: 9 of 10
Support this site: Buy the cd on Amazon.com

Really, what have I been doing? Kind of lots of things. Like homework, even though I don’t have to go to class alot. It’s kind of interesting topic. I’ve been accumulating more and more photos and more and more organization has to take take more time in my day.

One other thing that is a wee bit on the corney side, yet I like creating things…. I’ve been working on making little films with a webcam. It’s the only thing I have right now and I decided to bust it out and put it to some use.

You know what else? Lots and lots of good music as of late. For instance Billy Talent’s latest self titled album is very good. Don’t forget about the released this week’s release of Jimmy Eat World’s “Futures” albumI must say, it is very good aswell. Their latest single “pain” is wildly popular and I’m sure it’s boosting their cd sales. Check them out and get the cds.

This extension for Mozilla Firefox is awesome. It’s called Foxy Tunes Basically it adds the iTunes controls into your firefox browser. Including the track information as well as play/pause, volume and the whole bit. If you use firefox (which I think you should — look at Browse Happy) and you also use iTunes, then you should check this extension out!

Go to foxytunes.org

IN HONOR: A Compilation To Beat Cancer

Here is something that your money is worth. This is a 2-disc compilation set filled with artists such as Thursday, Thrice, The Bouncing Souls, My Chemical Romance, Saves the Day and many many others. I bought this cd on pre-order awhile ago after reading about it on one of my favorite bands websites, Thursday.net. Thursday placed one of their tracks on the 2 disc set aswell as many many other artists with unreleased tracks.

I really think this cd set is important and should be purchased for a couple of reasons. One, last year my cousin fought through cancer. He was in 8th grade when diagnosed. When I first heard that he had cancer I was crushed. I thought “how could my little cousin contract such a horrible sickness at such a young age?” (continue reading…)

I would like to introduce to all of you PosterDome.com. PosterDome has posters and decorations for dorms and any living space. You can easily search for anything that you might want that could be a poster. Or you could just refresh the front page and look at the different posters that display in a bunch of different categories.

The best part is PosterDome is partners with AllPosters.com to handle the shipping and billing information. AllPosters.com is the largest poster and print store online, so you know you are safe ordering with them. Posterdome.com is easy to use and remember so tell your friends and anybody that may want wall decorations or t-shirts or maybe a nice fancy art print. PosterDome.com and AllPosters.com can handle have it all to decorate your dorm room or living space.

Go to POSTERDOME.COM

I’ve been listening to these guys since their album Light a Match for I Deserve to Burn which was released in September 2002. I first heard “Circular Parade” and became hooked. The rest of the songs on the cd are really good. It’s genre would be I guess hardcore emo if I had to put it in something because there is yelling and whatnot. The lead singer, Josh Hagquist has both a hard voice and a very melodic voice that blends perfectly with the instrumentals which I think I are awesome. They put together some hard beats and riffs that come out great.
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While just looking over at mtv.com it is obvious that they have redesigned the site. Then from looking at the source and whatnot, it looks like they have implemented alot of CSS. That’s pretty cool that CSS has become so widely used. (look in about section for more css resources)

MTV.comis always entertaining to look at so head on over there and see the new look. They still have the black background, but thats okay. I also think that the site is still a work in progress as they update pages and whatnot from the old look. (I see some parts still in the new design). I like it! Also, I just found out clear information about MTV Networks including VH1 (i knew that) and CMT (didn’t know that!). That’s just a little bit of interesting MTV knowledge to throw around in a conversation with a hot girl/guy sometime.

Some of you might have read my Other post relating to HP iPods and I just found some more interesting stuff relating to the topic on gizmodo.com It turns out that P-Diddy has his own custom HP-iPod with diamonds and all sorts of “bling” on it. I was like, “whaaaaat the hizzo…?” It’s actually a little rediculous, and also really cool that the iPod has become such a trend that it is being customized. Like people puttin 28 inch rims on their escalade. Or you all know “pimp my ride” and how crazy they get with the customizations. Anyways, check out the pictures and a few more words at the Gizmodo Article