Recently consumed and digested films and albums with patent-pending two-words reviews.
MOVIES
G.I. Joe: Retaliation – minor improvement
Chef – pleasant story
A Deadly Adoption – hypnotic entertainment
Transformers: Age of Extinction – extinct franchise
Robocop – lifeless remake
Anchorman 2 – tough act
Ant-Man – well balanced
They Came Together – barely together
Trainwreck – effectively offensive
Upside Down: The Story of Creation Records – McGee’s story
Who the F is Arthur Fogel? – buttons pushed
The Martian – book worthy
The Maze Runner – proper tone
Red Dawn (remake) – red dumb
MUSIC
The Cure: Wild Mood Swing – quality swings
The Cure: Pornography – good dirty
The Cure: All Mixed Up – solid efforts
Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse of Reason – lapsed urgency
Pink Floyd: The Final Cut – more cuts
Dream Theater: Octavarium – condensed craziness
Dream Theater: Metropolis Pt.2: Scenes From A Memory – mind bending
Dream Theater: Systematic Chaos – too chaotic
T. Rex: Dandy in the Underworld – true dandy
Wilco: Star Wars – appreciated weirdness
Concert Review: Swervedriver @ Skully’s, Columbus, OH (9/2/15)
Well, mark this one off the bucket list. I came late to the Swervedriver appreciation party, discover Mezcal Head via an early review we did on Dig Me Out. Since then, I’ve slowly ingested their entire catalog, but really Mezcal Head has been the one that sticks with me, somehow the perfect combo of dreamy 90s shoegaze with muscular guitar riffing.
When the concert at Skully’s here in Columbus was announced in support of their newest (and really good) release, I Wasn’t Born To Love You, I knew I had to go. It was a weeknight, and since my wife is a school teacher with an early alarm, I knew I’d be heading out alone. I figured there would be a familiar Columbus music scene face, but alas there was not so I ended up getting their way too early, sitting around and getting really bored waiting for the band to go on. After a solid set by the opening band whose name I forget, Swervedriver came out and did as expected to a 99% middle-aged male audience (hey, I was in good company) – played really loud.
I had initially positioned myself among the hundred or so people there to the left of the stage (not stage left, theater people!) right by lead singer/guitarist Adam Franklins guitar rig AND HOLY SHIT WAS IT LOUD. Stupidly forgetting my earplugs, after one song I was pretty much deaf and mildly nauseous, so I made my way to the back and then balcony for a respite from the volume, where I took in a pretty great set, filled with classic tunes from the catalog, plenty of stuff from the new record, and luckily heavy on Mezcal Head tracks. I also got to spy Adam Franklin’s massive guitar pedal setup, which was multiple rows deep and shaped like a half-circle. I can only image how many years it has taken him to accumulate so many pedals.
I ended up leaving after the main set and skipping the encore because it was past 11pm and I’m old.
When the concert at Skully’s here in Columbus was announced in support of their newest (and really good) release, I Wasn’t Born To Love You, I knew I had to go. It was a weeknight, and since my wife is a school teacher with an early alarm, I knew I’d be heading out alone. I figured there would be a familiar Columbus music scene face, but alas there was not so I ended up getting their way too early, sitting around and getting really bored waiting for the band to go on. After a solid set by the opening band whose name I forget, Swervedriver came out and did as expected to a 99% middle-aged male audience (hey, I was in good company) – played really loud.
I had initially positioned myself among the hundred or so people there to the left of the stage (not stage left, theater people!) right by lead singer/guitarist Adam Franklins guitar rig AND HOLY SHIT WAS IT LOUD. Stupidly forgetting my earplugs, after one song I was pretty much deaf and mildly nauseous, so I made my way to the back and then balcony for a respite from the volume, where I took in a pretty great set, filled with classic tunes from the catalog, plenty of stuff from the new record, and luckily heavy on Mezcal Head tracks. I also got to spy Adam Franklin’s massive guitar pedal setup, which was multiple rows deep and shaped like a half-circle. I can only image how many years it has taken him to accumulate so many pedals.
I ended up leaving after the main set and skipping the encore because it was past 11pm and I’m old.
Pinterest Project: Built-in Closets
My wife and I had kicked around the idea of eliminating all dressers and big, bulky furniture storage from our bedroom for awhile. The question was how. We had already decided on a bed from Ikea with built in drawers beneath the bed, but that was better for things like blankets and seasonal clothing. After sometime on Pinterest, we settled on building drawers and shelving on our closets, eliminating the need for standard dressers.
From there, we sketched out some ideas. My wife wanted more shelving and hanging options for clothing, along with a shoe rack. With my preference for t-shirts, I needed some sort organizational option that didn’t involve folding.
Aside from the shoe rack, which was a Target purchase, the rest is built to her preferences. Plenty of cardigan shelving, three deep drawers and hanging space on each side.
And here the pictures from my wife's closet:
From there, we sketched out some ideas. My wife wanted more shelving and hanging options for clothing, along with a shoe rack. With my preference for t-shirts, I needed some sort organizational option that didn’t involve folding.
Aside from the shoe rack, which was a Target purchase, the rest is built to her preferences. Plenty of cardigan shelving, three deep drawers and hanging space on each side.
I swapped out the shoe rack for a pull-out pants organizer, and utilized some repurposed wire racks for shoe storage under the dress shirts. For the t-shirts, I bought two 10-foot PVC pipes, but them down to about 11 inches, and glued them all together.
Both closets have two strips of motion sensor lights above the opening, so the lack of lighting is somewhat negated.
Between the two closets, we spent about $250 in materials (not including the shoe rack, which we already owned), and about four days each from demo to finishing painting.
Here are the pictures from my closet:
Both closets have two strips of motion sensor lights above the opening, so the lack of lighting is somewhat negated.
Between the two closets, we spent about $250 in materials (not including the shoe rack, which we already owned), and about four days each from demo to finishing painting.
Here are the pictures from my closet:
And here the pictures from my wife's closet:
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