Saw them last night. I made Tommy and Crush take earplugs and was mocked mercilessly. I wear earplugs everywhere because several years ago I started to get tinnitus and I cannot tell you how much it sucks. People have topped themselves because of it. It was pretty mild, and intense dosages of Ginkgo and continual earplug use have ensured that it never got out of hand. Seriously, if you have even a mild case, a gram or so of Ginkgo a day is the answer.
Although, despite the mocking, I noticed Tom used them a couple of times because Mogwai are insanely loud. Crush got a little bored, because after all, they played the same meandering rock crescendo for an hour and a half.
Short on links this week. Except for more stuff about War in Lebanon ... I got heaps to say about that.
- Baby Name Comparator. Not that I was looking at baby names or anything. Serious. God, your so quick to jump to conclusions. You can just see the trends over time. Bit embarrasing to see how generic your parent's choice for your name actually was.
- Bed sharing 'drains men's brains':
When men spend the night with a bed mate their sleep is disturbed, whether they make love or not, and this impairs their mental ability the next day.
The lack of sleep also increases a man's stress hormone levels.
According to the New Scientist study, women who share a bed fare better because they sleep more deeply. - Ancient Art of War: The Chinese may have invented Warhammer.
- Mogwai rock.
- The highlands of Titan may be riddled with caves, according to the latest images of Saturn’s giant moon.
- NASA has reportedly eliminated the promise “to understand and protect our home planet” from its mission statement. Because Earth is fucked anyway. Who can really blame them?
- In case you hadn't quite got the picture, Israel is unequivocaly violating all sorts of laws:
Yep, that's an Ambulance. - Attacks on the Red Cross and/or Ambulances are generally seen as War Crimes.
- And their's also reports that Israel is using cluster munitions:
Cluster munitions are air-dropped or ground launched shells that eject multiple small submunitions (bomblets).
Using them on crowded civilian areas does not really minimise the collateral damage. - Israel's response is variations on "they started it" and "the civilians are living near terrorists so it's their own fault":
"In modern warfare, unfortunately, you're seeing here a state, a modern liberalized democratic state, confronting a terrorist organization, which operates from within civilian communities and doesn't have any rules to abide by" (Seattle Times).
- Wonder if my health insurance covers dried falcon? Photo from a Chinese Pharmacy:
- Scotty is to be sent to the final frontier. Has to be cremated in order to fit in the rocket.
- MySpace has not just jumped the shark but danced on ice with it.
- Want proof? The US Marine Corp wants to be your friend.
7 comments:
My ears are still ringing. I am still smiling. Mogwai still rock.
I went the whole nerd-musician hog a few years ago and got an audiologist to make me a proper pair of musician's earplugs. They were $180 and probably the best investment I have made since I started drumming 15 years ago (excpet for a really cheap Zildjian hi-hat and crash on ebay.) They are molded to my ear with a little (expensive) bit of plastic like a hearing aid thing in the middle and enable me to hear what the rest of the band is doing without muffling the sound. And they aren't orange and don't stick out, so I don't look like a tool. Win-win!
Richard: It was SO very good!
I have a pair of Etymotic earplugs somewhere that are pretty awesome. Essentially the same inner piece that is in your plugs, but with just a generic plastic bit instead of a custom fitted mould. Awesome value for the money. If only I could find them ...
I have a Sabian crash that I bought second-hand 15 years ago in Toowoomba that gives me much joy, although I don't really use it very much.
And have a massive Zildjian Z Ride that I keep meaning to sell on eBay.
Yeah, when I started getting tinnitus (I was playing in an incredibly LOUD band called Puz) I did a whole lot of research and found a bunch of people who swear by Gingko ... people with quite severe cases as well, like ex-army artillery guys. It really did seem to help ... went from noticeable sound to not noticeable at all except in total silence.
And should be a whole bunch of Shilohs, and Bluebell Madonnas in the next 10 years.
Ambulance picture makes me cry.
Why would anyone choose to have children?
Who could bear to bring them up in this world?
I swear, it's pretty fucked.
thanks for the tip on the tinnitus. I have had it for years, try using ear plugs but I hate them unless it's a Jah Shaka gig or something physically unbearable. I once passed out at a Dick Dale gig, sans ear plugs, due to the high frequencies.
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