Coconut Records

I bought an album the other day, on a whim, I do that sometimes. It's really good. It's a solo project by Jason Schwartzman called Coconut Records. There are two album's so far Nighttiming (2007) and Davy (2009)  - I am buying Davy today because the other one was really good. Niighttiming is different, it is definitely an indie album - but it has more of a raw sound than other indie bands. It sound as if he intentionally made the album sound "unpolished". I've heard other bands try to pull that off but Schwartzman does it exceptionally well. He mixes that sound with very "old school" sounding synth and witty lyrics. Here is one lyric that stood out to me as funny and yet sad at the same time.

" i miss you (ooooh…)

I’m goin back home to the west coast

I wish you woulda put yourself in my suitcase"

Well that's my very short music review for today. I have included my favorite off of Nighttiming, if you like it -  be sure an buy the album, I know that it is available on itunes. This download will only be available for 7 days.

Back To You - Coconut Records

Re: Questions

Subject: Questions

Sent: Thu 4/30/2009 2:08 PM

From: Tom Hagaman

To: 'Nicole LaPointe'; 'Nicole LaPointe'

CC:: 'Brianne Hagaman'; 'Brianne Hagaman'; 'Adam';  (beyouteefullsmile@yahoo.com)

Nicole,

I sent this to both e-mail addresses because I didn’t know which one you would be checking, and because when I start typing “N-I” I get about 7 e-mail addresses for you.

So here go the questions:

1.       1. What time should I be at the event on the 14^th?

2.     2. What should I wear?

3.     3. Any idea about the sound system yet?

4.     4. How do you feel about global warming?

6.     5. If a tree falls in the woods, and it lands on a squirrel, does it die?

7.     6. Will Chrysler survive?

So if you could just answer those that would be great! (extra credit if you spell your name correctly)

I’m considering this my blog for the day, so I’ve carbon copied the Fab Five ®™

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Subject: Re: Questions

Sent: Thu 4/30/2009 2:36 PM

From:Nicole LaPointe

To: Hagaman, Tom; Nicole LaPointe

CC:: Adam; Brianne Hagaman; Brianne Hagaman; beyouteefullsmile@yahoo.com

Well, here goes the answers...

 

Name: Nicole LaPointe (Hooray! Extra Credit Done!!!)

 

1. Need to arrive on the 14th at 4 p.m. to set up. Music set to begin at 5:30 p.m.

 

2. Where work cloths...Khakis and a nice shirt is fine

 

3. Sound System not looking good, will advise you in person on this :(

 

4. Global warming is not really real. I think it is made up for the government to make money etc.

 

5. I hope the squirrel dies and every bird that was perched in that fallen tree as well!!!

 

6. I hope Chrysler survives...My wishful thinking is YES!

 

 

Thanks,

 

Nicole

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Subject: Re: Questions

Sent: Fri 5/1/2009 7:23 AM

From: Adam Gorsline

To: Hagaman, Tom

CC:: Nicole LaPointe; Nicole LaPointe; Brianne Hagaman; Brianne Hagaman;

Did you trademark symbol the fab five?

Adam

 GO WINGS!!!

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Subject: Re: Questions

Sent: Fri 5/1/2009 10:39 AM

From: Hagaman, Tom

To: Adam Gorsline

Of course I did.

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Subject: Re: Questions

Sent: Fri 5/1/2009 10:41 AM

From: Adam Gorsline

To: Hagaman, Tom

I like it

Adam

 GO WINGS!!!

Summer Mix 2009

So those of you who know me, you know that I make alot of playlists and mixed Cd's and so forth. Two of those playlists include a fall mix and a summer mix. Well I decided to broaden the seasonal mix's availability and let all of you download it (I'm not sure of the legal ramifications on this one, but it will only be available for a short time). These playlists include old and new songs that have currently caught my eye (ear?) and have been deemed worthy for "the playlist". So here you go, hope you enjoy. This download will only be available for 7 days, after that you will need to build a time machine or you could just e-mail me and I will send it to you.

Tom's Summer Mix 2009

Track Listing

1.Little Things - Danny Elfman

2. Commin' Home - Cheeseburger

3. Readymade - Red Hot Chili Peppers

4. Detroit '67 - Sam Roberts

5. I Was Once A Loyal Lover - Death Cab For Cutie

6. The Dynamo Of Volition  - Jason Mraz

7. Rain Delays -Crash Parallel

8. Where Is My Mind?(Pixies Cover) - John P. Strohm

9. 0% Interest - Jason Mraz

10. Smoothie Song - Nickel Creek

11. Old Enough (feat. Ricky Skaggs & Ashley Monroe) - The Raconteurs

12. Jackson Square - Mason Jennings

13. Outlaws - Joe Purdy

14. The Dynamo Of Volition [From an All Night Session] - Jason Mraz

The Battery Thief Cometh

"Da DA Da Da" (Blues Guitar)

You wake up in the morning

"Da DA Da Da"

And you go to brush your teeth

"Da DA Da Da"

You pull out your toothbrush

"Da DA Da Da"

And you give the paste a little squeeze

"Da DA Da Da"

Then you go to do the task

"Da DA Da Da"

And you flick the switch

"Da DA Da Da"

But nothin' happens

"Da DA Da Da"

And your toothbrush - It's  electric

"Da DA Da Da"

I've got the, Gotta use my old toothbrush because my wife took the batteries out of my electric toothbrush and put them in her's, Blues

" Da Da dada  dada dada dada da dada da  DA   DA DAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaa"

(thank you)

It's Been Such A Long Time

Hello All - I know that my consistency in the so called "blogosphere" has been somewhat horrible. For the last two weeks at work I have taken on new responsibilities that have temporarily rendered me useless to family, friends, loved ones, strangers, myself. It's hilarious what we will do, or not do, when we are really really busy - which things we will give up doing first to make time for other things. All of a sudden, simple everyday things like showering become a major hassle (I shower, don't worry). I find myself doing un-characteristic things, like telling people no. I told my sister-in-law no when she asked me to fix her computer, why? - I would have never done that on a normal week. My wife and sis in law were making mac and cheese at her place and they asked me to come over to eat some. MAC & CHEESE!!!!!! What do you think I said? - - - - - - - "I'm too tired"  -  too tired for mac & cheese.      ~ tear ~ 

I took a nap in the middle of the day.......I over reacted when someone left only one slice of pizza in the box (But really, who does that? that’s like leaving a little bit of milk in the jug - it's just enough milk for.....nothing.  Or like leaving only half of a peanuty treat in the cupboard that you weren't supposed to eat. You know who you are.)..... 

We've been recycling for a little while now and Bri just went and got a recycling bin (Before the bin, recycling meant bagging it up and putting it in the garage). Bri, being smarter, read the pamphlet and it said to not put the water bottle caps in the bucket. 

Ok, so, when you're sitting on the couch and you're in the funky funk that I've been in where you really really like conserving energy (laziness), and you just finished a bottle of water and the recycling bin is 2 feet to your left and the trash can is 15 feet away. What do you do???

You take the cap off, and try to basketball each of the two components into their respective bins.

And it never works.

~~ Tear ~~

Name

SO,I haven't posted here in a while. I've been too busy to. Work has been crazy and some days I just want to scream at the top of my lungs. But, I'm just grateful to have a job at the moment.

I've also been juggling MBP stuff too - trying to get a website up, trying to get things organized, etc., etc.

Anyways, we are possibly in search for a new name for the band (currently The Michael Blair Project). So, I'm asking for your opinion and/or your help. We need ideas.

 And please, do not say "Kathleen Turner Overdrive", everybody says that every time that I ask. It's cheesy because it's from a movie (a very funny movie), and there is already a punk band in Atlanta with that name.

But, other than that all other names will be accepted, if we pick your name - we'll, like, give you something. You'll be that proud owner of Michael's extra pick tree (some of you won't even know what that is), or maybe Ryan Evans will make you dinner. We'll think if something grand for you to win.

Southern Un-Hospitality

This last weekend I visited Tennessee (The Volunteer State-What are they volunteering for? - Who knows). We (Bri, Amanda, Adam and myself) drove down to Jackson to see our good friends Dylan and Marabeth. Then on Saturday we drove over to Nashville to see the Red Wings play the Nashville Predators. And then all hell broke loose.....the fans at the Sommet(soh-May) Center are crazy and rude. As you may have heard -The Wings got wasted at the game for a 8-0 shutout. I'm making no excuses for them, but they were on the second night of back-to-back games and they had to travel. Anyways, The fans were rude. After every goal they chanted:

"Coooonnnkklin.....Coooonnnkklinn......You Suck! You Suck!"

I felt like I was back at a Ferris State college hockey game. Every time that the announcers said: "Red Wings are on the power play" the crowd would chant "And they still suck!".

On top of all of that- the video team at the Sommet Center kept playing pre-made videos of the Wings bench with really old men in their uniforms and on respirators.

I did a little research on the chants and found out that the fans have given themselves the name "Section 303" and "Cellblock 303"and the have a myspace page that directs the fans on what the official chants are. Here's an excerpt from the page:


GOALIE TAUNTS:

# 1 (Goalies two syllable first or last name, followed by "Lo-ser!")
OS-GOOD: LO-SER!
OS-GOOD! LO-SER!
OS-GOOD! LO-SER! (repeat until psychiatric help needed)

# 2 (when clock hits :30 mark at beginning of Second Period to opposition goalie now positioned
immediately beneath the Cellblock)
"HEY, (GOALIES LAST NAME), WELCOME TO HELL!"

# 3 (when clock hits 19:30 mark at end of Second Period)
"HEY, (GOALIES LAST NAME), WEVE SEEN YOU UP CLOSE
YOU SUCK EVEN WORSE
COME BACK AND WE SHALL TAUNT YOU A SECOND TIME!"

# 4 (After Predators score and play resumes, rotate your arm above your head on each "swiss":)
"SWISS, SWISS, SWISS CHEESE
(GOALIES NAME) IS FULL OF HOLES!" (repeat 3 times)

All I can say is: Wow (and shake my head in disappointment that the human race is inherently evil)

If, and when, The Predators come to the Joe Louis arena. Our fans do not chant at their goalie, our fans do not have stupid disrespectful chants and our fans DO NOT have FANG FINGERS!!

Watch the video below - the very very cheesy "finger thing" that Taylor Swift does at the end of the video is what the Predator fans call "Fang Fingers" - the entire stadium does it when the Predators go on a power play. And then I laugh for ten minutes.

Here's the video