Short Post, but on time

diggnation - Episode 47 - Picture of the $100 laptop. The orange is really ugly, but we'll see what they really look like later. I want one, and actually saw a pretty good place that they were claiming that they'd buy a $100 laptop for $300 and donate the other two to the third world countries where they are supposed to be going. Pretty good and funny episode but hard to review, since they just talk about news.


**** Music Reviews ****
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsies - This is a live album recorded at the Fillmore East in NY. This album is interesting because the guitar work is, of course, amazing but it meshes with the songs better because Jimi isn't trying to outshine his bandmates. I enjoyed it, but was left missing something, not sure what. maybe I just LIKED Jimi out-performing his bandmates. This is a much "bluesier" album than his Experience's albums. Although I was left missing something, I still thought it was very good.

I promise, you aren't missing anything

I just suck at posting. These are still all of my reviews, not that you REALLY care :)

Jamie Kenedy blowin up - Episode 2 - This show is still bad. I still don't know why I watched it.

Ctrl-Alt-Chicken - Episode 3: The Monte Cristo - Mmm, they finally make something that looks and IS edible. Good job, guys. Pretty funny episode, and I want more crl-alt-chicken.

CSI - Time Of Your Death - Pretty good episode. Neat idea about the company that buys your dream, sorta like the movie The Game (which is an excellent movie.) Fast cars were nice too. My only complaint, lately, is that with CSI there is no way you CAN figure out what happened because they don't introduce the killer until that last 10 mins anymore. It's still a great show, just one little pick-nit for me.

Numb3rs - Backscatter - I liked this episode because it had computer hacking that, while yes it was still televised, it was at least theoretically possible. And it was interesting to see Don try to protect Charlie, while everyone around knew that it wasn't possible. Good episode.

dl.tv - Episode 64 - Talk about Vista some, which is cool. Pretty good NAS roundup, but basically said what I already knew, the Terastation (which I have one) is only so-so in speed and noise, but is really cheap. Like $650 for a 1TB box, which is pretty awesome. Oh, and kudos because they're the only site I've found that can max my new 20 down 5 up connection down speed.

Crankygeeks - Episode 11 - Talk about myspace and blogging and stuff. Umm, yeah, myspace might have the worst design of a website I've ever seen, yet, for some reason, it has 50 million people. I don't get it, and I should. I'm much more likely to go to allmusic.com or wikipedia to learn about a band, but myspace is apparently THE place to go for indie music, but I can't seem to find anything on it. You know? It's just that bad.

geekdrome - Episode 27 - The episode is recorded early so its not really current. Talk about some cool movies, new Wallace and Gromit style CGI instead of claymation. It's kinda weird since it isn't really current. Sound quality was really terrible on this epsidoe. Weird first-sexual experience stories. Also good discussion on super-action movies (think anything with a montage of training and then lots of killing.)

No podcasts today

No podcasts today because it was as short work day.

CSI: Miami - Open Water - So HWO did they find the one shark in the ocean that ate the guy, they didn't really get into that. And that whole story was just weird. Oh, and was that a proposal at the end of the show? And who proposed?? It must have been becasue the previews for the next show (I almost said next week, but I'm about 3 weeks behind right now, ththank god for the DVR) talk about a wedding. We'll see, I guess.

CSI: NY - Stealing Home - Ok, so a releationship with two people deditcated to each other is a monogomaous relationship. So shouldn't one with three people "dedicated" to eachother be a binogomous relationship and not a trinogomous? Or am I missing something? I mean, ouch, but would a bullet in the eye like that really kill you? Maybe, don't know. And the mermaid storyline was kinda boring. I know they were attempting to do come character development on the Montana character, but it wasn't very good.

screw it, I'll post when i'm ready.

dl.tv Episode 62 - Talked some about the lawsuit against the Amazon 1-click patent. Also, talked about Urge some more. Showed off the new iRiver mini-player (Clix) and other really small MP3 players. Who cares, but then again, I don't get the iPod Nano either. Hopefully we'll get more flamethrowers next week :)

Crankygeeks - Episode 10 - First story is on the AT&T NSA scandal. I'll leave it at that, if you know me, you know why (probably my thoughts and why I'm not saying anything.) Little bit of talk about Spyware and spam. Hrmm, didn't know a T2 (6.12 mbps line direct to the phone company) existed, I thought they were T1 and T3. Shoulda guessed a T2 existed. This show is really growing on me and I like what they discuss.

This Week in Media - Episode 6 - Everyone's together so it's no Skype today, which is nice. A lot of times the discussion can be better when people aren't trying to talk over themselves, etc. Talks about Hollywood budgets and special effects shots and why movies are so expensive and why it's a problem. I think the guys don't quite get the whole Home Theater revolution, they still think that going to the movies is special. And it still is, sometimes, but if you have an extra room (I don't, YET) you can setup a theater that is better picture and better sound than the local theater with no rude people. And that's where it is :). Best argument I've heard so far to allow movie studios to buy Movie Theaters and run them themselves. One of the best episodes of this series that I've heard so far.

diggnation - Episode 46 - Kevin has a ThinkPad instead of his Apple becasue he got it for testing for free. They also talked about the Blue-Ray scandal that has been debunked already. Oh, they're drinking Heineken Light, which I really disliked when I tried it. Tasted really watered down, but I'm not a light beer fan (Amstel Light is ok, but I want a low-cal beer, I'll drink a Guiness.)

dl.tv - Episdoe 63 - EMI is making money on LEGAL DOWNLOADS!!! Thank god they finally see it. Talked about the crazy guy who thinks he can run his car on water today. But I don't beleive it ;). Wow, coolest dorm-room "Party Mode" EVER!! And a neat intro to the new Vista beta.

Numbers - Rampage - Good episode with Charlie not liking being shot at and realizing what Don needs to go through on a daily basis. I liked the brother bonding at the end, didn't particularly like the Afgan war storyline, but understood why it was there.

Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - This time they tackle ettiquette. Here's the deal, I agree that the one woman was a stuck up, pompus bitch. But Americans, in general, aren't very polite. Here's the deal, don't talk on your cell-phone in a resturant, or at least no louder that you would have with a person at your table and PLEASE turn your ringer off. Oh, and SHUT UP in the movie theaters. Do those two things, and I could care less if you keep your elbows on the table or not.

Late: Again

Geekdrome - Episode 26 - They review Posiden which they panned. Then they talked about The Mailbox or some shit with Kenanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, looks like a chick flick with The Frequency's plot elements. Also talk about Superman Returns, which I really want to see. 2nd part of E3, at least this was the only one so far this week that I saw/heard. Pretty good episode, though.

TWIT - Episode 55 - Talked about Microsoft possibly getting slapped on the wrist because Symantec (or Veritas) is saying that Microsoft is trying to Patent something that they invented. We'll see what happens. Leo bought a new Apple laptop. ICANN is suing the U.S. Government over the .xxx domain. Pretty much the "All Lawsuit, All The Time" Edition. Also spoke about HD-DVD some. I want one. Yes, yes I do.


**** Music Reviews ****

Angels and Airwaves - We Don't Need to Whisper - This CD might be one of the most hyped CDs that has come out in the last few years. Tom Delonge of Blink 182 fame forms a new band with members of his side-project Box Car Racer and a new drummer, who onced drummed for The Offspring (according to AMG.) Tom has claimed that this is a life-changing legendary album that will stand the test of time. He said it's this generations "Nevermind." Is it? I doubt it. The album is good, I enjoy listening to it and will listen to it many times. It's also a start-to-finish album that flows well, but it's a bit pretentious. The songs become slightly repetitive, within the scope of the album and within each song, especially intros and exists which can last 30-60 seconds each. Sounds a bit like U2 (whom I don't like, there I said it.) Angels and Airwaves have a promising future, if they continue to release solid work, but I think Tom needs to focus on writing good songs instead of telling everyone how good the songs are. Tom's voice is good for the pop-punk scene, but not sure it quite meshes with this new attempt at a more mature record.

Why can't I get these things published on time?

Sopranos - Cold Stones - I liked Carmella going to Paris and realizing how old it was. I'm sure there was something else I was supposed to get from that part of the story, but I didn't. I've been seeing it coming for a few weeks now, but you can see that AJ is going to at least dabble in joining the mob in the next episode and/or next season. I liked it when they killed the guy. Yeah, cop-out I know when talking about The Sopranos, but I still did.

Desperate Housewives - Remember - Season Finale. It was a good finale to an ok at best year. Good stories, tied up the few loose threads there were and started some new storylines for the next season. Basically everything you want in a finale.

SNL - Kevin Spacey/Nelly Furtado - Fast-forwarded through the Nelly Futado stuff, because I don't care. Most of the skits weren't very funny, but Kevin Spacey was pretty good and I liked his monologue. Anderson Cooper 360 was good, Assholes as a Crime Scene was ok. Oprah's Legend Ball sucked, Carol! sucked, Fun with Real Audio sucked. Kevin and Any Backstage was ok if you've seen The Usual Suspects. The Falconer wasn't good. Andy Walking was funny. Lord Phillip Sarc was ok. and I Do Not Agree with Many of This Administration Policies went on way to long.


**** Book Reviews ****

The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown - Ok, I cheated because this second time through I only read some of it but listened to most of it in audio-book form. This book isn't going to win any literary awards, but it's a very fun piece of fiction, akin to National Treasure in the movie world. I'm really interested in seeing what the movie's like.

**** Music Reviews ****

Various Artists - Over the Hedge Soundtrack - I bought this because of the 5 or 6 songs on it that are Ben Folds. I probably should've gotten them from iTunes instead of buying the whole CD but I'm so anti-DRM that I hate buying from iTunes. The Ben Folds songs are good, the others are "pretty" but not something I'd listen to. Theres no words :) Hrmm, a "clean" version of Rockin' The Suburbs, with William Shatner. Interesting.

Less Than Jake - In with the Out Crowd - Solid pop-ska-punkish album from a band that has released a ton of records over the years. Back in college, I used to have 'em all, but that was back when I wasn't buying music and just "acquiring." This is their new CD and was worth the purchase for me, it will go on my iPod. And any of you who read my reviews will realize that I need a new (or second:)) ipod to hold all this shit. I will say, however, that this album contains nothing you haven't heard before, if you like Less than Jake and/or this style of music.

Pretty full weekend

Prison Break - Flight - The series Finale. It was okay, but not as good as a lot of the shows this season. Quite a cliffhanger for the last episode of the year, we'll see how the show is next year now that they're out of Prison.

American Inventor - The Finale Results Show - I watched this 1 hour long show (or 43 minutes after commercials) in under 10. Because 33 minutes of the show was crappy filler that did nothing for the suspense except piss people off. In the end the one invention I didn't like won. We'll see, but if this show comes back (very unlikely) I probably won't watch it.

CSI - Rashomama - This show is why the original CSI is still the best. None of the others could pull off a show where the main characters don't ever even leave the building (for the most part.) No guns are drawn, no doors are kicked in, just a straight-forward procedural show. Don't get me wrong, I like blown up buildings and kicked in doors, but if your cast and script is good enough, you can pull off a few episodes a season where it isn't necessary.

Survivor Reunion - ehh. Who cares, right?

Family Guy - Untitled Griffin Family History - It was okay, but overall forgettable. Funny moments, especially at the end but not one of my favorites of this series. Although, I cracked up hard when the horse was thrown into Lois' room.

Desperate Housewives - No One is Alone - Kinda a sad episode. Everyone realizes that their life isn't perfect and the people they surround themselves with aren't perfect either. Again, I'm not sure I like DH nearly as much this year as I did last year as there isn't a single thread to grab onto and say, YES, this is what the show is about. I did like the setup on Paul though, that was pretty good.

Star Trek - DS9 - I just finished watching this series again and watched the final episode last night. This is a great series. While my love will always be for TNG, DS9 is really growing on me and is becoming a close second. It's such a different style series though epicycles in the last few seasons with very few stand-alone episodes and an all-encompassing series long story arc which is just awesome.

The Simpsons - Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play - Monster couches Couch Gag was fricken hilarious. The Homer as a consular wasn't so much.

Conviction - 180.80 + Hostage - Wow, awesome middle part. Did NOT realize that the show was a 2 hour show and thought it was over, but then BAM they take hostages in the courtroom. Excellent, really. They're canceling this show, which is a shame because it was the type that COULD have become ok, eventually. But low ratings and a terrible time slot killed it.

American Dad - Tears of a Clooney - I can't remember why I watch this show. It isn't very good.

Jamie Kennedy's Blowin Up - Episode 1 - This show is really bad. Wow, don't know why I watched it. I usually like Jamie Kennedy, but this show is terrible. Seriously, the best part was Bob Saget rapping, and he wasn't any good. Umm the previews for the rest of the show looks like it COULD be entertaining. But not really. So we'll see.

Damnit - I lost my post and Blogger is pissing me off and not working correctly right now

I lost my post. Damnit. SO here's a basic update of what I wrote, and I'm not going to recreate:

Daily Show 5/17-5/18 - Good

Amazing Race - Finale - Hippies Win, good.

Music

Fall Out Boy - Didn't want to like From Under the Cork Tree but did. I had a much more in-depth review, but it was lost.

Shoulda posted this yesterday, it was done.

The Sopranos - Moe and Joe - This season has great shows but I'm still waiting for that big "WoW" factor. Ooops, I actually mean wow and not World of Warcraft. Carmellas going to be pissed at Tony if she finds out about her spec house. And Christopher's gonna be pissed about losing his car. And with Vito coming back, next week might be a really good episode.

CSI:NY - All Access - Seriously, Kid Rock. Isn't his 15 minutes up yet? I liked the other story line with Bonasera and her boyfriend and everything, that was pretty good, but the kid rock storyline was VERY weak, IMO. It felt like that found out someone that used to be famous WOULD do the show and quickly threw together something for him.

Penn & Tellar Bullshit! - Reparations - I liked how they basically couldn't say much in this episode because of hate mail, no matter which side they took. They eventually did take sides, but used other people to tell their story. I also agreed with their conclusions in this episode. The show is entertaining, but they're not good at making an argument. If you agree with their point of view going in (as I usually do) you'll agree coming out. If you disagree, you'll most likely disagree coming out as well.

The Simpsons - The Monkey Suit - Springfield outlaws teaching of Evolution and only Creationism is allowed. Ned Flanders is convinced at the end of the episode, if only it was this easy for everyone. FSM (that's Flying Spaghetti Monsterism for the non-inducted) all the way, baby arrgghhhh.

Diggnation - Episode 45 - Live from E3. Yes, more E3, but honestly, even they knew everyone was bored by it. Dr. Tiki of Tiki Bar TV showed up, which was awesome. WB is going to be sharing movies via Bittorrent, we'll see how the DRM is on it. Short episode, no viewer emails. I can't wait for the new duck-hunt, it's enough reason THERE to get a Wii.

Systm - Episode 6 - Makerfaire - The show starts off with Patrick Norton firing a flame thrower. Yeah, this show rocks. Ok, the Maker Faire looks neat and there is tons of cool stuff that I'll never be able to build myself :)

Daily Show - 5/15 - Goes off on the NSA spying thing and Fox News complete and total rolling over on this issue and letting this administration tell them what is right instead of doing their jobs and being journalists. Howard Dean (who is crazy) was a pretty good guest because he said things I liked. He's still nuts, though.

Daily Show - 5/16 - Makes fun of Bush's speech about Border Security. "There is a rational middle ground" too bad he doesn't believe that about everything. Wasn't a fan of the Samantha Bee report. Denis Leary is really funny.

** MUSIC **

Ok, not really a music review, but this is my new favorite toy! http://www.evillabs.sk/evillyrics/ When playing music from Winamp (or some other programs, I know Justin has gotten it to work with J. River Media Center) it searches the internet and finds the lyrics to the current song being played. Yeah, awesome, I know. It finds about 80% of my stuff. Which, really, is pretty damn good when you consider the eclectic music I'm listening to. Most times, if this program can't find the lyrics, I can't find them doing my own google searches. It's finding 95-98% of my "normal" music, Green Day, Billy Joel, Beatles, etc, so that's pretty good.

Mostly Music

About once a month my downloads refresh from eMusic.com so I get lots of new music to review. Some other shows as well, but mostly music.

Survivor - Call the Whambulance - Good epsiode and a I like the rivalry between the two guys. Also, you feel bad for Cire a bit, but she lost the challenge fair and square.

Survivor - Finale - Aras wins. Better than Danielle winning, I guess. Woo-hoo, now I have one more night a week that my TV isn't taken over by a show that I really don't care about. Yes, I reviewed it because yes I do watch it, but really, does anyone actually care? If it wasn't for Survivor I coulda watched The Sopranos last night. Still haven't seen last weeks episode of that, yet, kinda bummed about it. At least we get a repreive for a few months of no Survivor as I think the new one doesn't start until the fall.

dl.tv - Episode 61 - Talk about Skype being free in the US and Canada now, which is awesome. Also they spoke a lot about E3 again. PLEASE PLEASE let this week be over. I want a 360. I want a Wii. I want a P3. That's all I need to know. Showed off the new Windows Media Player 10 (11?) beta? It looks pretty but I'll probably stick with winamp as it's ugly but fast.

Music Reviews:

The Beatles - Rubber Soul - Just recently picked up this album, which I don't think I've ever heard before from start to finish. My parents are Beatles fans, just not huge fans, content with just owning the White Album and maybe Sgt. Peppers. Me, I'm a pretty big fan and am still collecting some of thier albums I've never heard all the way. Rubber Soul is very good, and a lot of the songs I like a whole lot (especially Norwegian Wood (This Bird has Flown), first use of a sitar on a rock album.) Also includes the classics, In My Life and Michelle.

The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour - again, probably the first time I've listened to this album from start to finish. It's good, but not, IMO, great Beatles album. Which means it's probably in the top 500 albums ever :). As John puts it, All You Need is Love, well, maybe in a perfect world.

The Toasters - Enemy of the System - This is one of the "new" ones from The Toasters, released in 2002, I think. Good toe-tapping ska that is really easy to listen to. Sweet Home Town Jamaica (ska/reggea version to the "tune" of Sweet Home Alabama) was interesting. Also weird that eMusic says there are two untitled tracks. They're both pretty good, wish I knew what their name was. Off to Google I guess :)

Samiam - Billy - This is a CD that I had I heard it for the first time when I was in High School it probably would've become my favorite CD. Since I didn't, I'll recognize it as a very good CD that will get on my iPod and get played. But the teen-angst that it is filled with doesn't quite resonate with a 20-something me. Perhaps that's my fault and I've become too complacent lately and I should get some of that teen-angst back in my life. Off to watch some My So Called Life or Freaks and Geeks :)

Chamberlain - Fate's Got a Driver - Pretty good though, I enjoyed it. According to AllMusic.com this was a "transition" album between the bands earlier Hardcore days and it's later midwestern-emo days, but you can definatly still see how they used to be a hardcore band.

Fall Out Boy - Evening Out with Your Girlfriend - It's actually not bad. All I knew about Fall Out Boy was what was on the radio, which is only OK, but this album isn't that bad at all. This was released a while ago, before their airplay. Not stellar or great or any such adjective, but listenable. Interesting pop-culture references such as "I'll be your John Cusak" fill the lyrics.

Galaxie 500 - This is Our Music - Very mellow CD, nice to chill to. I liked the Velvet Underground's Here SHe Comes Now cover as well.

Greenwalk - Greenwalk - Boring. It was a free download, but even still it left a lot to be desired.

This is the most boring title ever.

The Daily Show - 5/11 - VERY FUNNY. Rob Cordry is ON in his bit about Bird Flu. And Jason Jones report on Little People Kiss Tribute bands was hillarious. And the whole bit with the Human Rights Collition was really good too, although Stewert needs to work on his sight gags. I was bored by the guest, though.

TWIM - This Week In Media - Episode 5 - I was pretty bored during this podcast. The audio quality sucked and they explained why in the forums, but it still sucked. And I pretty much completely disagree with what they think about Net Neutrality. I think this is one of the most important things and if Net Neutrality doesn't make it, then the Internet is dead. And so is Chris's Reviews, which I know you're all upset about :)

TWIT - This Week in Tech - Episode 54 - Atomic Wedgie - Good episode with the regular cast back. Good tech news, and it was nice to hear from one of the founders of Sierra talk about games. I want to play the Wii, but all the tech shows seem to be focused on E3, since it was this past week.

Geekdrome - Epsisode 25 - Both Dan and Jon liked M:I:III (wow, that's the dumbest abrv. I've ever seen.) They both HATED Silent Hill. Haven't seen either so I can't comment. Also didn't like the new M. Night Shamalamadingdong's new trailer, either. 12 and Holding looks really good, I want to see that. Damn straight, they're Enders Game fans. That's because Ender's Game is one of my favorite books EVER. ANOTHER E3 report.

dl.tv - Episode 60 - ICANN denies the .XXX domain again. I don't get why it's a problem but apparently porn lovers don't like it and porn haters don't like it. I THINK that they don't like it for different reasons, but I don't really know :). Patrick likes the new MacBook Pro and they both like HD-DVD but Robert likes it more.

Crankygeeks - Episode 9 - First time I remeber seeing a girl on the panel. Yet again talked about E3. Can't wait for this week to be over. Other than that, I pretty much agree with the thoughts on the Oragami, it's a product looking for a market and doesn't solve any problems.

Ask a Ninja

I've seen it a few time, but I think I'm going to become a regular subscriber. Ask a Ninja (www.askaninja.com) is fricken awesome.


Regular reviews:


Most Outrageous Moments - This show is like America's Funniset Videos. You laugh while watching and forget what you saw. But man, there's still a ton of hits in the croch, which is awesome.

Amazing Race - I Think This Monkey Likes Me! - Thank god MoJo got kicked off, they were really annoying me. I like all the teams that are left and don't really care who wins, but I am rooting for the Hippies.

CSI: Miami - Dead Air - Okay episode but I'm already bored by the love triangle. I got the Bartender as the villian pretty quick because of the way they worked him in the program, but I still enjoyed it unfolding the way it did.

The Simpsons - Regarding Margie - Marge loses her memory after a fall. What I love about the Simpsons is the setup. For the first 5-10 minutes of the program it's all over the place before it gets to where it's going. I LIKE that. Funny episode.

Family Guy - Petergeist - AWESOME HOME THEATER in the begining. The Griffin's house becomes haunted after they dig up an indian cheif. Oh, and the Carrot Top stuff was really funny.

Daily Show - 5/10 - Every Episode with Lewis Black is funny. Oh, and the bit they did where they revisited the weather attack add was awesome. Billy Connely was the special guest and he's really really funny, in that british way.

American Dad - With Friends Like Steve's - I don't know why I watch this show. Parts are funny, like when Roger is at the frat house and drinking like crazy, but the show overall is pretty boring. Not nearly as good Family Guy.

Little Light Blogging

Prison Break - Go - Thankfully, they finally break out. We'll see how hard it is for them to stay broken out in the next week or season as I'm not sure if that was the season finale or not. Very good episode, this show keeps you on the edge of your seat.

Daily Show - 5/9/2006 - Zarqawi outtakes! Oh, not really, damn (seriously, that sentence makes sense if you saw the show.) Stewart rips Rumsfield for a while, always a good time. Expose on the wackos that think the Canadians are overruning our northern states with illegal immigration. Eric Shawn is the special guest, who apparently is a Fox News correspondent.

diggnation - Episode 44 - Funny, as always. They were really cracking me up in certain parts. Not a ton of news this week though.

Mac Break - Just watched 4 episodes of this, figured since I now own a Mac I should get caught up. My favorite was the automator episode and I'll have to be playing with that some. Oh, none of my computers can decode the 1080p file and keep up with the audio. I need faster machines :)

Oh, and I saw the Toshiba HD-DVD in Best Buy today. Seriously, it was all I could do to keep from pulling out my credit card and buying one, it looked frickin awesome.

First post with a new name

The Sopranos - The Ride - I really liked this episode, especially the scene where Christopher is telling Tony about Adrianna. Also I liked how much fun they had during their "heist" of the wine. I'm still thinking that AJ is going to join the "business" and it's days like this that remind Tony how much he liked it.

Desperate Housewives - I Know Things Now - I'm still just not digging this season at all. I basically don't care about the characters or what happens to them. I only watch it because Lacey watches it. This episode was really pronounced in the "I don't care" department.

Grey's Anatomy - Damage Case - I really liked this episode. George realizes that Meridith was wrong but needs to forgive her anyway. Derek needs to get off his high horse and while I still dislike Grey, she said the right things to him on the stairwell. You feel bad for both the family that was injured and the guy that hit them. Good scene where George realizes that if the Dad can forgive the guy who killed his daughter, he can forgive Meridiith. The Izzy-Danny storyline is getting old.

Conviction - Deliverance - Background noise again, but the little bit of it that I did catch, I liked this time. I think the one woman on trial was really messed up, and liked how she got put away anyway. And the storyline of the guy acting dumb to get his client less of a charge was pretty funny.

The Daily Show - 5/8 - Yet again, a solidly funny show, but I don't remember one thing sticking out as extremely funny. Well, I do like the new "Pole Smokers" segment, that's pretty good.

Commander in Chief - Ties that Bind - Pretty good episode where they look into the rising crime problem in a county in Maryland and what the governor isn't doing to make it better. I like that Mac doesn't back down when she thinks she's right. Not looking good for the show as it was pulled during sweeps week. I hope it gets picked up for a second season, I think they're just starting to show what this show can do.


Music Reviews - Streetlight Manifesto - Keasby Nights - Streetlight Manifesto is a New Jersey ska band that I was turned onto by one of Lace's students. This is pretty good and is a re-recording of Catch 22's album Keasby Nights. Good ska sound, reminds me of Buck-o-Nine (of Twenty-Eight Teeth the most) a bit. It's a pretty good album.

Catch 22 - Dinosaur Sounds - This record is ska, but it's a little bit harder. Again, I liked it, but will need to give it a few more listens before I know if it'll get a lot of time in my player. I know Keasby Nights (above) will be on my iPod right away.

Quick Post, not a ton of viewing

Survivor - Bamboozled - Shane gets completely blindsided and Terri continues his dominance. Hopefully Terri understands the rules correctly, because i THOUGH they siad you couldn't use the immunity idol after the final 4, but Terri thinks you can use it to get to the final 3. I could very well be wrong, and hope I am, because I like Terri and hope he wins.

CSI:NY - Super Men - Okay, so this was on weeks ago and we just watched it off the DVR. Yeah, we were in Germany so the DVR got quite a bit backed up. Pretty good episode with a Superman theme. I didn' tknow the NY City Post office would accept mail for homeless people, but that's pretty nice. Formulaic, but that's the way this show is.

CSI - Poppin' Tags - Pretty funny plot with the rapper in a "compromising" position. Didn't know that the street teams worked like that (and they may or may not, this is TV.) Oh, and I'm pretty sure that was Travis Barker (drummer from Blink-182) as the rapper High-Def. I could look it up and prove myself right, but what fun is that.

Daily Show - 5/4/2006 - The guest was John Malkovich which was funny because for the first few minutes of his interview it was really John complaining about his apartment. Also, I liked the expose on the "pretty" drug reps pushing the more expensive drugs.

Back into the swing of things

Prison Break - Tonight - In this episode Bellick finds the hole (well, found it at the very end of the previous episode) and gets hog tied and shoved down the hole which was awesome. They decide they need to break out. Good episode and the breakout should really be next week for real this time (as I think they're ending the season soon too)

Desperate Housewives - It Wasn't meant to happen - Good acting in the scene where they took Gabbies baby. Not sure what's going on with the black family, but this season isn't as good as last year. Overall, forgettable.

Distraction - Excellent episode. Peeing buzzers, kickboxers, beer-goggles and nudists with numbers and finally destroying prizes. The guy who won was pretty smart, and really quick to answer even while distracted.

Amazing Race - They should have used their fake names - it starts to heat up in the episode. They're getting on each others nerves and everyone starts lying and cheating if they can. I like it when it gets like this, except I like the hippies and not sure why the "mojo" team doesn't. Thank god they got yielded, they suck. And she can go cry a river somewhere else and not on my TV.

dl.tv - Episode 57 - Some good talk mostly viewer questions. Not a huge fan of the viewer questions episodes because I usually don't care or already know what they're asking.

Diggnation - Episode 43 - Good episode. They're drinking Smithwicks in this one, which is one of my favorite beers right now. Kinda Killians style brewed by the Guiness guys. The show itself was pretty good, I like Alex's new laptop. Oh, and get Ctrl-Alt-Chicken out, instead of excuses about why it isn't out yet. Oh, and Wii is still a stupid ass name, what's Nintendo thinking? I'll get one anyway.

I'm baaaaaaaaack

Sorry this took so long to post. I even had it ready to go yesterday and forgot. My apologies. Oh, and the trip was a blast.

The Daily Show - 4/27 - Robin Williams is the guest star, and he's always funny. Otherwise a funny episode but nothing really special.

HDTV & Home Theater Podcast 4/28 - Ehh. First time listening to this podcast, and I probably won't bother again. It isn't bad, but the tech news they talk about I already read elsewhere. I downloaded it to listen to them talk about the Mac as a HT Computer, since I just got an Intel based Mini for my birthday.

TWIT - Episode 52 - Talked alot abount next-gen gaming systems. The Wii from Nintendo (pronouced We and the dumbest name I've ever seen. Ever.) and HD-DVD on the Xbox 360. Yeah, I'll probably get a 360 when I can get a HD drive. Oh, and a PLaystation 3 when I can get BlueRay. Fun times. Interesting discussion about what the highest download numbers are for the different video codecs of diggnation and dl.tv.

Geekdrome - Episode 23 - Jon tells a funny story about having sex and then going back to reading comics. Otherwise, good episode with good info. I want to see American Dreamz, but will probably wait for the DVD.

CrankyGeeks - Episode 7 - Wow, 4 guys who can't agree on what a good TV looks like. Get what looks good to you.

Daily Show - 5/1 - Special Guest, forget his name, sorry. A young republican who wrote a book about how the Republican Party is corrupt. I really liked him, though, very articulate and honest. Oh, and a special Da Vinci Code edition of This Week in God, funny stuff.

Sopranos - Johnny Cakes - AJ starts to realize what being a Soprano means, both in terms of the perks and the drawbacks. Also he gets arrested for trying to kill Junior. Tony is tempted to cheat on Carmella again yet something hold him back this time, a newfound morality, perhaps, or just self-concious about his scar? More foreshadowing of problems within Tonys Crew in the future. One of the best episodes this season.

Grey's Anatomy - Blues for Sister Someone - Alex keeps getting in trouble for not keeping his mouth shut, so we'll see what happens to him in the future. His character has gone downhill since Izzy broke it off with him. Interesting message about not working all the time in life, as that may be the problem with life. Pretty good episode, with many funny lines of dialogue.


Music Reviews:

Mumps - How I Saved the World - This is a weird band from the late 70's. They're kinda pop/punk/glam rock all in one. You hear Bowie, Ramones and Queen all in one package. Pretty good album though, released in 2005 and is apparently a re-release of an album from the 90s that was a repackage of album(s) from the late 70s. Got that? Anyway this isn't for everyone, but I do recommend giving it a listen if you want to try something a little different.

Let's Go Bowling - Freeway Lanes - Does 3rd Wave Ska Revival take you back to spring days in the college dorm? Or perhaps it was playing on CDs or your first MP3 player on your twice a week commute from Newark, DE to Marlton/Medford, NJ? Just me, oh. Anyway, I just got this album from Lets Go Bowling, an act on Asian Man Records. It's a collection of live songs with really good production quality and is pretty good, if somewhat repetitive, ska revival.

Punchline - Punchline - It's a pop-punk/emo record, not bad. Parts of it remind me of older Blink, back before they sucked. I'll need to listen to it a few more times, but initial impressions are pretty good.