I've become officially bored with the music on my phone. There were 1100 songs on there, but due to me putting on whole albums, much of that was faff and below standard album tracks, so got skipped, with increasing frequency.
So last night, I took an hour, which turned into 3 and redid the entire library. Many of the same songs remained but there was a vast majority of stuff I've forgotten about, all in all it seems far more listenable (is it a word??) too. Sadly there was some casualty's in that some songs are forever trapped on my dead pc (working on getting it back to life), I need my Best. Concert. Ever (Jonathan Coulton), my Dr Horrible albums, my Elbow album, even my solitary Glee song, but for now they're gone... (any donations to allow me to procure them via iTunes, my paypal is... JOKING)
Anyway, with some tinkering this playlist should be ok to take with me to Tenerife at the end of the week for my mates Stag Do. I'm also thinking of acquiring myself Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg as reading material, books 2 for £7 in ASDA, very affordable even middle of the month. Only downside was, there was nothing else in the paperback section I really wanted. Any recommendations, there's a comment box below, hit me up!
Anyway lunch time over, back to work.
Showing posts with label jonathan coulton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jonathan coulton. Show all posts
Monday, 13 June 2011
Friday, 10 June 2011
Jonathan Coulton - Bristol last night
So, last night was the eagerly awaited (by me) Jonathan Coulton (w/Paul and Storm) concert in sunny Bristol. Thankfully, to spare me a solo trip, Cerys decided to come along. I double checked (by tweeting the artists, twitter makes the whole world a bit weird) that the concert was seated so the foot wasn't a massive issue beyond walking round to get something to eat first, still looked sore though.
Paul and Storm opened and I'm sure they only managed to actually get through about 6 or 7 songs in 45 minutes. By no means a bad thing as to be fair they were consistently funny and got good level of interaction going from the (very geeky) crowd. All in all a excellent support act!
Not quite sure why Paul was so obsessed with the time, but hey, OCD manifests itself in many ways.
Then it was time for the main event, well I missed him actually coming on, as I queued for a drink for aaaages, and decided to hold off on a pee, no sign of him, still holding, nothing, holding, run to toilet. Come back and he's up there. Hadn't started though!
After a bit of faffing he got underway with Millionaire Girlfriend, Ikea etc. I'm not going to give you the full setlist as:
a) I can't remember it
b) At that type of concert it'll be up by lunchtime today anyway! Probably here or here.
He played a few songs off his upcoming album, Artificial Heart,, including a weird one done with some kind of harmonies app on his iPhone/Macbook. To be fair with the exception of Good Morning Tucson which didn't seem to sit quite right, they were good! He of course rolled out a few 'classics' and got the crowd singing to Skullcrusher Mountain, the 2 portal songs and Re: Your Brains, ablelly assisted for about 1/3rd of the set by Paul and Storm again (arrr).
He came back for an encore containing sweary song First of May (including a bit of freebird) and closed with a rosing rendition of Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline. Before throwing his guitar plectrum perfectly down the aisle between the seating (hell of a shot to be fair), far to fast and far away for anyone on either side of the centre (including myself) to react to catch it. I'm guessing someone just picked it up!
Overall was a cracking show, good blend between music and humour. What would have made it perfect, if Storm had caught the tambourine at the end, not his fault though, poor throw by Paul. Would also have liked better or I'm Your Moon on the setlist, but hey ho.
I also purchased myself a fetching 'Code Monkey' T-Shirt. Which was nice, if a little pricey, but what concert t-shirt isn't?
Paul and Storm opened and I'm sure they only managed to actually get through about 6 or 7 songs in 45 minutes. By no means a bad thing as to be fair they were consistently funny and got good level of interaction going from the (very geeky) crowd. All in all a excellent support act!
Not quite sure why Paul was so obsessed with the time, but hey, OCD manifests itself in many ways.
Then it was time for the main event, well I missed him actually coming on, as I queued for a drink for aaaages, and decided to hold off on a pee, no sign of him, still holding, nothing, holding, run to toilet. Come back and he's up there. Hadn't started though!
After a bit of faffing he got underway with Millionaire Girlfriend, Ikea etc. I'm not going to give you the full setlist as:
a) I can't remember it
b) At that type of concert it'll be up by lunchtime today anyway! Probably here or here.
He played a few songs off his upcoming album, Artificial Heart,, including a weird one done with some kind of harmonies app on his iPhone/Macbook. To be fair with the exception of Good Morning Tucson which didn't seem to sit quite right, they were good! He of course rolled out a few 'classics' and got the crowd singing to Skullcrusher Mountain, the 2 portal songs and Re: Your Brains, ablelly assisted for about 1/3rd of the set by Paul and Storm again (arrr).
He came back for an encore containing sweary song First of May (including a bit of freebird) and closed with a rosing rendition of Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline. Before throwing his guitar plectrum perfectly down the aisle between the seating (hell of a shot to be fair), far to fast and far away for anyone on either side of the centre (including myself) to react to catch it. I'm guessing someone just picked it up!
Overall was a cracking show, good blend between music and humour. What would have made it perfect, if Storm had caught the tambourine at the end, not his fault though, poor throw by Paul. Would also have liked better or I'm Your Moon on the setlist, but hey ho.
I also purchased myself a fetching 'Code Monkey' T-Shirt. Which was nice, if a little pricey, but what concert t-shirt isn't?
Thursday, 28 April 2011
Portal 2
Yes I've mumped on about Portal 2 for god knows how long, well it's out now, I've played it and last night I finished it, well the single player mode anyway.
To be fair, it's as good as I expected, maybe better! The game is superbly paced throughout, the difficulty curve spot on, with only a few baffling moments, all of which can be worked through with a bit of thought. The voice acting cast features excellent performances from everyone with a decent cast of Stephen Merchant, J. K. Simmons, and Ellen McLain, who of course gives us a song at the end. Stephen Merchant in particular has an almost perfect script for his voice and personality, a source of constant hilarity. Simmons gives an excellent, borderline eerie performance as Cave Johnson though some of the most interesting levels of the game.
Some slight disappointments though, the single player campaign isn't the longest, still longer than the first game though obviously. I also I did find the final boss a bit easier than I'd expected, especially after the pain in the arse to beat GLaDOS was in the first game.
Plot wise, the story was varied and pretty good, I wont go into spoilers and the works or the 6 people who will read this may get upset with me, but needless to say, the mid game twist wasn't all that expected and I laughed a couple of times at the ending. Especially one line in particular which thinking about it is pretty innocuous but just struck a chord with me.
And then the ending closes with... 'Want You Gone" by Jonathan Coulton. Following the tradition set by the first game JoCo writes the song and GLaDOS sings us out! This song, while not maybe quite as good as 'Still Alive' was still a funny and good tune. I will be getting myself a copy as soon as iTunes has one to sell me!! It's made me a little happier I'm off to see him in 6 weeks in Bristol, as long as he plays it that is.
Overall, the game is superb, so many strong aspects come together to form easily the best of the year so far. Please God make a Portal 3, I'll preorder it now if you want.... Please Valve?
To be fair, it's as good as I expected, maybe better! The game is superbly paced throughout, the difficulty curve spot on, with only a few baffling moments, all of which can be worked through with a bit of thought. The voice acting cast features excellent performances from everyone with a decent cast of Stephen Merchant, J. K. Simmons, and Ellen McLain, who of course gives us a song at the end. Stephen Merchant in particular has an almost perfect script for his voice and personality, a source of constant hilarity. Simmons gives an excellent, borderline eerie performance as Cave Johnson though some of the most interesting levels of the game.
Some slight disappointments though, the single player campaign isn't the longest, still longer than the first game though obviously. I also I did find the final boss a bit easier than I'd expected, especially after the pain in the arse to beat GLaDOS was in the first game.
Plot wise, the story was varied and pretty good, I wont go into spoilers and the works or the 6 people who will read this may get upset with me, but needless to say, the mid game twist wasn't all that expected and I laughed a couple of times at the ending. Especially one line in particular which thinking about it is pretty innocuous but just struck a chord with me.
And then the ending closes with... 'Want You Gone" by Jonathan Coulton. Following the tradition set by the first game JoCo writes the song and GLaDOS sings us out! This song, while not maybe quite as good as 'Still Alive' was still a funny and good tune. I will be getting myself a copy as soon as iTunes has one to sell me!! It's made me a little happier I'm off to see him in 6 weeks in Bristol, as long as he plays it that is.
Overall, the game is superb, so many strong aspects come together to form easily the best of the year so far. Please God make a Portal 3, I'll preorder it now if you want.... Please Valve?
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