Month: July 2000

HERE I AM I’m sitting

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HERE I AM
I’m sitting here at work here on a Saturday because we’re supposed to have a department meeting. I drove an hour and a half to get here because this is the only time when everyone can get together at the same time (because of the hectic summer tours). This better be worth the three hours I’ll be spending in my car. We’re still missing people.

Set The Controls

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I just arrived home from seeing Roger Waters perform at Madison Square Garden. The seats we (Bryan and I) had were alright — down on the floor but a little far back.

The show was pretty much a total sensory experience:

SOUND
Of course, you go to a concert, you’re going to hear music. There was lots of it. And it was beautiful. Roger and his band understand how to craft songs in a way to make them not just songs, but complete soundscapes. They played some classics from Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall and some of Roger’s own newer stuff. The treat of the evening was Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun. The speakers were set up quadrophonically, so if you were sitting in the right spot, you would hear different things coming from different directions. Unfortunately, we weren’t stting in the sweet spot, but it was still rather cool.

VISUAL
Behind the enourmous stage was a screen on which images were projected. They used four projectors to create a composite image on this screen. The imagery that is associated with the music is very original and innovative. If you’ve ever seen the movie The Wall, you’ll understand how important imagery and symbolism are to Roger Waters’ music. We were a bit far from the stage, and when you’re in an arena like the Garden, it’s good to have some sort of large projection.

SMELL
It wasn’t exactly smell-o-vision, but you could always tell what plant the people around you were smoking. One guy asked me if I had a joint to sell him.

TOUCH
I was standing up for the entire concert, which meant through the weight of my body and the sticky substances on the floor, my shoes would get stuck. Maybe I’m reaching here?

TASTE
Well, I wasn’t directly involved with this, but Bryan bought a hot dog before the show. There you go, total sensory experience.

SCARY MOVIE REVISITED I’m still

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SCARY MOVIE REVISITED
I’m still having nightmares about the scene where the guy’s in the bathroom and he puts his ear up to the wall of the stall. <Shudder.> Yes, nightmares. Even while I am awake. Especially while I am awake.

INTERESTING LOOP At some point

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INTERESTING LOOP
At some point last night, I was watching a little television, flipping through the channels, and I came across a bit from The Drew Carey Show. I’m not really sure what was going on, but the scene took place in Drew’s office. All of the characters were involved in the scene and each had a certain task. For example, Mimi’s task was to place a pizza box with a trap on Drew’s desk, and the boss’s task was to call a character named Johnson to his attention and fire him. Each of the characters performed their task in a loop. But each loop was a different length of time than any other actor’s loop. It lined up differently every time. It was beautiful. But pointless.

SCARY MOVIE? Yeah, so I

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SCARY MOVIE?
Yeah, so I went to see Scary Movie last night with Becca. I don’t think I could apologize enough to her for my choosing of that movie. It was horrible, a little too graphic in some parts, and just not funny. The only thing in the movie I even slightly appreciated was the little nod to The Usual Suspects. Otherwise the movie was money well wasted. Let this be a warning to you all.