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greg_merlo @ 2008-03-21T12:27:00

2008-03-21T02:48:49Z

Hints for the meme.

1. He'll be the Red Guard, She'll be the New World. - It's by Pere Ubu
2. Takin me away from my country - From the "loaded" album
~~3. There is a house in~~ ~~New Orleans -~~
- Joan Baez "The house of the rising sun"

4. Oregon is bad, stop it if you can - From an album where all the songs are named after states in America.
~~5. Sehnsucht, sehnsucht, kommt aus dem chaos~~
- Sehnsucht – Einstürzende Neubauten
6. I hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs - Sad music dedicated to homeless felines.
7. Boy that scratchin' is makin' me itch. The next line is: " First buffalo gal go around the outisde, round the outside"
8. Running to the station holding hands - Flaming lips song
9. ~~I'm your only friend, I’m not your only friend~~.
They might be giants - Birdhouse in your soul
10. I’m gonna douse myself in holy water - Julian Cope song
B Well the old world may be dead - The next lines: " Our parents can't understand, But I still love my parents, And I still love the old world."
11. He started the day with a mood and a shake - a group of cultish hippies in robes
12. Sometimes I feel like being wispy and once in a while I feel like being dry - TMBG song
13. Have you heard of the ship called the good Reuben James? - A traditional song about a sinking ship
14. I know you you like that, you wanna try that. - A cartoon band
~~15. If your having girl problems I feel bad for you son.~~
Jay- Z - 99 problems
16. Pristeen, Pristeen, how much can you take?
Julian Cope - "Pristeen"
17. Just because you accepted the moment that I asked you to be my girl - The song is off "Chocolate City"
18. It happened to me on a trip to the West Indies - A song about the influence the Rhumba has on Ella Fitzgerald
19. Went to a party, I danced all night. - A song about intoxication and impotence.
~~20. They're gonna put me in the movies, they're gonna make a big star out of me.~~
Buck Owens "Act naturally"

meme - The revealing part 2.

2008-03-16T09:35:39Z

I just noticed that I was meant to do 20 songs. So here are the other 9.

11. He started the day with a mood and a shake
12. Sometimes I feel like being wispy and once in a while I feel like being dry
12. Have you heard of the ship called the good Reuben James?
14. I know you you like that, you wanna try that.
~~15. If your having girl problems I feel bad for you son.~~
~~16. Pristeen, Pristeen, how much can you take?~~
17. Just because you accepted the moment that I asked you to be my girl
18. It happened to me on a trip to the West Indies
19. Went to a party, I danced all night.
~~20. They're gonna put me in the movies, they're gonna make a big star out of me.~~

Meme time

2008-03-15T22:31:37Z

I'm really bad at trying to figure these out for other people. Though there are a couple of giveaways in this list.

Step 1: Put your iTunes or equivalent on random.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 20 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3: Bold or Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
Step 4: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING. (And I'll know if you get one outside of your musical boundaries!)

1. He'll be the Red Guard, She'll be the New World.
2. Takin me away from my country
~~3. There is a house in~~ ~~New Orleans~~
4. Oregon is bad, stop it if you can
~~5. Sehnsucht, sehnsucht, kommt aus dem chaos~~
6. I hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs
7. Boy that scratchin' is makin' me itch
8. Running to the station holding hands
9. ~~I'm your only friend, I’m not your only friend~~.
10. I’m gonna douse myself in holy water

Because number 5 is in German I will include a bonus track
Bonus – Well the old world may be dead

greg_merlo @ 2007-12-14T08:29:00

2007-12-13T22:30:23Z

"Glow-in-the-dark cat could help cut disease"

greg_merlo @ 2007-12-07T09:32:00

2007-12-06T23:38:04Z

When the robopocalypse occurs this researcher will be the first to suffer.

greg_merlo @ 2007-05-28T21:48:00

2007-05-28T11:47:54Z

Best wiki article ever.

greg_merlo @ 2007-01-14T23:55:00

2007-01-14T14:22:18Z

Sealand is pretty much the best place ever. The country is a man made offshore military base constructed in World War 2. The nation has survived fires, been hassled by the Royal Navy and even had a military coup lead by the prime minister (Professor Alexander G. Achenbach).

Here is the national anthem.

Now transfer of leadership is up for grabs. The Swedish bit torrent tracking company The Pirate Bay are going to try to purchase it.

Wow, a pirate nation on the high seas.

greg_merlo @ 2007-01-14T23:11:00

2007-01-14T13:15:34Z

Unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats are trying to take your way of measuring away from you.

Also

Home made ball lightning!

little help?

2006-12-11T02:27:24Z

Does anyone know how to syndicate a website on livejournal. I want to do it to my silent movies site.

A TASTY TREAT THAT CAN'T BE BEAT!!

2006-10-22T23:24:20Z

Well, it's settled. Humans have now reached the peak of culinary creativity.

Jimmy Dean Chocolate Chip Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick

It pretty much has everything you could ever want.

I'm not sure if feeding it to someone techinically counts as murder or not.

greg_merlo @ 2006-10-07T14:04:00

2006-10-07T04:06:24Z

I mentioned Larrikon Love before. I didn't know then that the lead singer seems to be Ron Weasley.

(I know it isn't really him.)

greg_merlo @ 2006-09-26T09:24:00

2006-09-25T23:48:30Z

Here and here are videos showing a half-life 2 mod with a vacuum system that allows you to suck people into space.

It's funny watching the people before the doors open. There are alarms blaring and flashing lights yet all the people seem to be walking around happily.

"An airbag saved my dub"

2006-09-25T01:54:32Z

I think a while ago I did a post about tribute bands and their band names.

I found a new one today: Radiodread - a reggae tribute to Radiohead.

It's quite recent. I think it came out a couple of weeks ago, and some of it is really good. "Airbag" is my favourite so far.

greg_merlo @ 2006-09-22T14:44:00

2006-09-22T04:52:09Z

Two bands I kinda like right now (at this very minute)

larrikin love

Los Campesinos!

and they both have myspace pages. Woo!

You owe it to all your senses to hear these bands. Or not. You might not care, you might hear them and hate them or have already heard them. Whatever.

greg_merlo @ 2006-09-01T08:42:00

2006-08-31T22:45:40Z

My washing machine starting up sounds like the first bit of the Dies Irae section in verdi's requiem, (it was the bit used in Face/Off)

greg_merlo @ 2006-07-22T11:56:00

2006-07-22T02:00:29Z

Read and enjoy this notice from the editor from an early 1970's DC comic where they tell it like it is.

greg_merlo @ 2006-07-10T11:58:00

2006-07-10T02:01:15Z

If puberty blues starts again it should do a cover of this.

It takes a awhile but it is worth it.

greg_merlo @ 2006-06-05T11:17:00

2006-06-05T01:20:29Z

5D Rubik's cube.

Also, I'm moving in with Elizabeth late June after exams.

greg_merlo @ 2006-05-31T11:22:00

2006-05-31T01:32:51Z

http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/

An interesting blog. This guy's plan is to get a house through a series of trades. His first item is a red paper clip. He is actually doing rather well. At one point he has a truck which he traded for a recording contract which he traded for 1 years rent. It was then that he made a mistake though. He traded the rent for an afternoon with Alice Cooper. I assume he did this purely for publicity because he then talked to Alice on a radio broadcast. He traded Alice Cooper for a KISS snowdome. He lost a years rent for a freakin' snowdome.

My bet is that he'll swap the dome for the boat.

TAB SCARE!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-05-23T04:47:48Z

I have never heard of this drink but the article is still great.

'Coke officials promise that the old Tab isn’t going to be retired, which is good news for Edelstein. “For the last thirty years, through marriage, kids, fluctuations in my financial situation, Tab has been the one constant in my life,” he said. He was holding a glass of bourbon, but he swore that the taste of Tab lingered in his mouth. “Not to boast, but I’ve had eight cans today,” he said.'

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/060206ta_talk_mcgrath

This time with ninja and everyone together

2006-05-11T01:21:48Z

hey Joe. If you are still thinking about the dance routine I think you should use this as a stimulus

http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php?id=1782

watch the whole thing.

greg_merlo @ 2006-05-10T09:31:00

2006-05-09T23:33:40Z

I'm posting to see if anyone is interested in tutoring year 12 maths B for someone I know.

Ronnie interviews Greg. Result: honesty.

2006-05-03T23:00:48Z

1. You liked Swann's Way, right? Can you talk about that, and was it Lydia Davis's translation?
Yeah, I did like it. I read the the scott moncrieff and terence kilmartin translation. I'm very interested in reading the Lydia Davis translation some time though.

I started reading the book about a quarter of the way through the first year of my science degree. At this time I was in general feeling tired and outstretched which meant that my reading of swann's way ended up taking me quite a long time.

Therefore the first half of the book is a bit of a blur to me. It wasn't until I got to the second half about the story of Swann and Odette that I really got excited about the book. I was really impressed by the plasticity of consciousness and memory. I'm also interested in the power of memory association in the book. Particularly i like the effect the small piece of music from the sonata had on swann's attraction to odette.

I've finished the second volume, "within a budding grove", I've bought "the guermantes way" and I want to read it soon. But I currently have three books that people have lent me that I should get through first.

2. Does Eirinn still have a problem?
He sure does! He now has a box of drugs in his room. I would of had an intervention but he gave me half a hash cookie so I let it slide.

3. What's the funniest thing you've ever heard?
Other people don't tend to find it so funny but I lose it anytime I hear "Teddy bear" by boxcar willie.

There was also the first time I heard that the vice president of the united states of america shot an innocent man in the face because he thought he was quail.

4. If you had to spend five days in a jungle, what would you do with your time?

NOT BE PANIC

I would start by trying to remember what they did on "lost". I'd probably end up surviving on coconuts or whatever fruit was there because I don't think I would be very successful at hunting. To cope with boredom I'd probably try to make a dance routine which borries heavily from the OK go filmclip.

5. Lastly, can you have your power ballad party at a time when many relationships are uncertain and many people single, so the power ballads can kick everything along?
I shall try. But I have no idea when that will happen.

01. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
02. I will respond by asking you five questions of a somewhat questionable nature.
03. Update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
04. Include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
05. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

greg_merlo @ 2006-05-02T09:43:00

2006-05-01T23:43:37Z

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DON'T BE PANIC

2006-04-23T06:57:06Z

Am I a bad person for finding this funny?

http://www.transbuddha.com/index.php/buddha/dont_be_panic/