If You See Kaye - The Police (apologies to NWA)

Greetings readers,

Wednesday night, I saw The Police at the Key Arena. They rocked the second half of the show. They are great musicians. Stings voice is amazing. However, during the first half of the show, I did have a few thoughts.

Please warm up before you take the stage. Sure I had the pleasure of only paying $60 per seat to sit in the second to last row at the back of the arena, but for that, I figure I didn't pay to see a rehearsal.

Next time one of my favorite bands decides to tour after a 25 year hiatus, I should just remember their glory days and save the cash.

Do you think they broke up because they can't agree on a tempo?

Do you think they broke up because Stuart and Andy forget to sing backup and only sometimes remember to lip synch when they are supposed to?

My dick is so big, its bigger than Stings ego... (see previous post titled Amen Corner)

Is mid sixties too old to rock?

Is it ironic or painful that the combined age of the three performers onstage is something like 198 and they're singing "de doo doo doo, de da da da"...

Seriously, with people paying $300 a seat, you couldn't afford some new graphics for the big screen, we just got to look at the Synchronicity paint swipes over and over again? OOOhhh, they move now. Cool. My 8 year old did cooler animation on his Italy report. Don't they have powerpoint in the french countryside?

Who hires their son's band that nobody has heard of as the opening act on the biggest tour of the year? Thats good Sting you whore- keep that cash in the family.

Are these songs just too hard to play live?

That being said, I loved the second half of the show.

Gin Hahn,
T

PS- Paris, I know you are waiting for my wrath, but really, I think you've suffered enough. I'll take a pass this time.

Crazy

Wow! I did it!

Last week I took ownership of a motorcycle. Way cool.

Today I was in a Motorcycle Safety Training class all day. Tomorrow I'll be doing the same.

Expect lots of motorcycle crazed postings coming up soon. (Maybe slowly- I'm working til midnight tonight and tomorrow to make up for the lost days of work.)

And sure I'll post a pic.

And, I gotta tell ya... I was having so much fun today, going about 10 mph on a bike. I couldn't wipe the goofy grin off my face no matter how many times I killed it. But I'm getting the hang of it.

You know what they say--Gin Hahn,
T

Can't let this one slide...

As usual of late, I have no time to post, but I can't let the events of the last weekend pass without some type of comment.

Sure, we all saw it coming.
Sure, the whole having your 21st birthday party sponsored by a vodka company was a bad idea.

But seriously, rehab, again? Lindsey, I don't think your parents raised a quitter. Stop listening to your handlers. Try the same type of story Paris tried. Tell them your publicist said it was okay to drive drunk and on coke as long as it was between 4 and 6 am. That's why you were going so fast, right? You needed to get to your dealer and back off the roads before the "no driving while coked up" rules got into place.

And besides, weren't rules made for you to break them? Isn't that why you can go into any club you want, even though the rules for the rest of us is that you have to be 21?

Linds- listen to your boy, don't be a quitter, we need you out there, reminding us how not to act.

Gin Hahn,
T

Sorry

I'll do better. Its been a long month. You should see the fruits of my labors in a bank branch near you though.

A few quick links I've been collecting.

The Encyclopedia of Life

Maplight.org

Gin Hahn,
T

My latest addiction...

Run's House

This show has been cracking me up lately. I love Rev Run's interaction with his kids.

Check it out sometime, they play it several times a day on MTV, VH1 and old ones on BET.

Gin Hahn,
T

Weekly Update

Here's a bit about the last week, hopefully you won't be bored to tears, I know was...

I worked, and then when I had a moment off, I worked.

I did have a chance to have dinner dinner with my cousin one night and my parents another. Both we're very nice evenings, I really appreciate you spending time with me. I also had a chance to watch and coach some baseball games, that was fun, but probably not why you're here, so for the moment enough about me.

In sports news... Our hometown nine is showing signs of life. They've won enough games to be 1/2 game out of first place, but unfortunately they don't have a winning record- could make for a long summer. Our pro football team picked some guys in the draft this weekend, not sure if I should be excited or not, all I know is that they traded their most productive players from the past few seasons to the 49ers for a 4th round draft pick, because he "doesn't" have an attitude problem. And the Sonics may be moving to Las Vegas. Frankly, I think professional sports teams are good for the city. Maybe I'll post about that another time, but if they have to move I'd love to see them go to Vegas. 1. Because I would go watch them from time to time, and 2. Because it would be extremely entertaining to watch the league and the owners try to keep the payers in line in Sin City. I bet you would write daily about the missteps of those childlike millionaires in the land of legalized gambling and strip clubs. If I know anything, I know that athletes and strippers are a match made in heaven. in fact if the team moves there, now that we know there are some gay NBA players- I may have to go and dance. Out of shape white guys need money too.

Some other Vegas news... Apparently Prince who has a running gig at the Rio saw Paris Hilton in the crowd a while back and invited her onstage. Once onstage her brought her to the mic and said something along the lines of let's see if this girl can sing. At which point an embarrassed Ms. Hilton left the stage all shook up, and two songs later left the show.

In other annoying chick news... Rosie O'Donnell is leaving The View. Thank Barbara! Hopefully, I can now get through an episode of the Today show without watching a story about what's happening on the view. To rephrase an old View joke... "If Rosie speaks in the forest, is she still fat and wrong?"

More hot lesbian news... Shakira/Beyonce sex tape.... No, I've never heard that it existed, but I was watching the Beautiful Liar video and thought if I mentioned it, that maybe others would mention it, and before you know it, there would be one. Isn't that how Heather Mills got on Dancing with the Stars.

Speaking of Talentless Money Grubbing Whores.... Feel free to insert your own ex-wife joke here.

Sheryl Crow is going to save the world... apparently one square of TP at a time.

So this week, I'm off to Milwaukee for a few days for work, should be a real blast. Hopefully I'll have some spare time and something worthwhile to say or I'll lose readers faster than a Felix Hernandez fastball.

Gin Hahn,
T

iLike Music!

I love to listen to music on my computer. It gets me through many days in the office, keeps me plugging along when I'm working at home, entertains me while I do the dishes... you get the picture.

The thing is, I get bored. Anyone who's visited knows that I have a pretty extensive playlist, with lots of random stuff. Something like 11,000 songs in my library- I can go 30 days without repeating a track. So to help with my boredom, I've found this new free service. iLike.com. it's a plug in to your iTunes. It compares your music, and what you are listening to to what others are and finds similar stuff, and then makes recommendations. Even better, it shows you links to those suggestions and even free ones that you can download. I downloaded a few free ones today, and I liked them. Not too shabby.

Anyway- this isn't an endorsement, give it a try if you like, if you don't, cool. just don't email me about privacy issues with sharing, or if it crashes your computer- I can't help you with that. If you think want to experience some new music that probably won't hurt your ears- google iLike.

Gin Hahn,
T

The Superficial Friends

This makes me laugh...


You can find the rest of them Here!

Times like these

We all need to take a deep breath, relax, and try to take everything a little less seriously.

When we have a national tragedy, like we had this week, I have a policy of not watching the news the first day or the following morning. There is no point. The news channels will spend hours and millions guessing at what happened and why, and it just makes me crazy. So I guess I'm a bit odd, I wait it out a few days before watching the news, it helps cut down on the misinformation.

So anyway, I'm not here to talk about tragedy. Lets lighten up, so here are a few links and random thoughts to lighten your day.

But first, a silly joke to get you in the mood.

Blonde Joke of the day
Q: Why didn't the blonde call 911 in an emergency?
A: She couldn't find the number 11 on the telephone.

Some of my bookmarks
The Superficial

The Truth

Awesome Mug Shot

Change your life
Psych!

Jin Hahn,
T

so sad you'll cry a little... (Part 2)

A while back I mentioned this playlist, here is some more details.

"You're Missing" - Okay, everyone says something is underrated. And this is Springsteen, so that pretty much would be impossible, right? Wrong, this forgotten track from his post 9/11 album The Rising sets a new standard for loss. While the song could easily be about the loss of a loved one after 9/11, it could just as well be about a wife waiting for her husband to come home from war, or a husband waiting for his estranged wife to return to him. Its a sad, sad story of loss, with a haunting bridge... "Children are asking if you're all right, will you be in our arms tonight"

"The last thing I needed first thing this morning" - Not only has it served as a model of song titles for new hip bands like Fall Out Boy and Panic! At the Disco, this Willie Nelson tune is heartbreak. Talk about a guy who has had a bad day, the mailman, the alarm clock, the garbage man and the gate are all out to get him, and thats before he gets to the first chorus.

"Nothing Compares 2 U" - Sure you've heard the Sinead version, but do a little work and search out any of the live versions by Prince. There is a particularly good version that is in his Hit's and B-Sides box sets.

"Icy Blue Heart" John Hiatt knows of what he sings. "His beer was warmer than the look in her eyes"

"Gone til November" - Wyclef Jean sings about those he leaves behind.

"Hallelujah" - Look, the guy ended up committing suicide, of course his songs are sad. Okay, maybe thats not true. But he's dead, and his songs are sad, you connect the dots.

"Real Love" - Not really sad, but it sounds so hopeful, and everyone needs a little hope.

"Fix You" - My kids love Coldplay. This song has become an anthem, I think they used it that world trade center movie with Nicholas Cage as a policeman. But if you close your eyes and listen to it, its really a sad tune about how as much as we may want to, you really can't fix someone else, no matter how much you love them.