tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89784032024-03-04T23:53:29.443-06:00Driving > Disco<center>almost daily ramblings of a...ah screw it</center>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.comBlogger355125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-66610523200774880332011-08-23T14:44:00.002-05:002013-10-28T08:51:34.377-05:00PeopleListen, I'm trying to stay away from people. I'm avoiding even speaking to them.
-Patrick Bateman
This is a few days late (what else would you expect from me), but I recently completed "American Psycho" by Bret Easton Ellis...the first book I read on my shiny new Kindle. I think I'll even bring back my reading list gadget, so you can keep up on what I'm reading. You know, all that time when Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-37571313625087349322011-07-11T23:30:00.001-05:002011-07-11T23:36:49.177-05:00#MusicMonday - 7.11.11 - Germany GermanyFirst it's a new Android phone that keeps me from blogging. Then today I get into Google+ and lose all sorts of productive time. But through both of these I've at least had good music to listen to.I don't have a lot of information about Germany Germany, but I can tell you that I've been listening to their album "Adventures" nonstop for the better part of two weeks. Out of 17 songs on that Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-27758379272485358922011-06-28T13:38:00.001-05:002013-10-28T08:51:57.914-05:00I <3 Android!
Sorry for the massive drought in posting. I'd love to say I was too busy at work (even though I was) or too busy writing (even though I was) but lets face facts...I'm just plain lazy.
I did manage to upgrade from my dinosaur, er BlackBerry, to an Android powered smartphone which I am currently:
a.) loving
and
b.) creating this post from
So you've got plenty of typo-ridden posts to look Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-78519608149632318322011-05-31T07:53:00.001-05:002011-05-31T07:53:00.137-05:00#MusicMonday - 5.31.11 - The Hold SteadyOh look, my blog posts are as sporadic as my running stints...Can't believe I haven't already posted anything about The Hold Steady. The facts:-formed in 2004-indie-based in Brooklyn, NY-feature songs that take place within Minneapolis, MNFrom 2005's Separation Sunday, check out "Stevie Nix."Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-23232431096598660262011-05-02T07:22:00.004-05:002011-05-02T07:22:00.604-05:00#MusicMonday - 5.2.11 - James Vincent McMorrowLast published date: March 8, 2011. That can't be right. Must be a time zone thing or leap year right? Maybe I can blame it on busy season, right? I do work at an accounting firm and all. Ah, who am I kidding, I'm just lazy. Lazy and forgetful. What were we talking about again? Oh yeah. #MusicMonday making its glorious return. James Vincent McMorrow is a little secret that I've been Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-48013585809677301372011-03-08T10:58:00.000-06:002013-10-28T08:53:07.984-05:00So hardcore, it's hexacore!This was originally from last November and I'm not sure how I missed it. Probably having a kid or something. Anywho, I thought it was funny.
Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-27120695028267471012011-03-07T07:01:00.000-06:002013-10-28T08:49:08.779-05:00#MusicMonday - 3.7.11 - The Hood Internet part 2Another month, another post...
Nothing blantantly new to report here. Still in the midst of busy season, still listening to mashup artists 90% of the time. Although I've found a bunch of new (to me) mashup artists, I can see where people could complain about them all sounding alike over time. In retrospect, I think I may have been too hasty in my judgement of Kids & Explosions, when I Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-45031705119838843082011-02-21T07:11:00.001-06:002011-02-21T07:11:00.551-06:00#MusicMonday - 2.21.11 - The Hood InternetKeeping my "one post per month pace..."Alright stalkers, I'm back in business, attempting to shine some light on your otherwise dark and mundane musical existence. I know your next question is, what were we supposed to do with all that time while you were gone, not dropping any musical knowledge on us? Well, the answer is, you should've been able to find something to do and or listen to while IMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-16640210887579734822011-01-10T07:22:00.000-06:002011-01-10T07:22:00.745-06:00#MusicMonday - 1.10.11 - Kids & ExplosionsMy first belated post of 2011!Not really a lot of information I can give you about Kids & Explosions, as I literrally just found out about him/them/? last week. Continuting in my recent trend of mashup artists, Kids & Explosions is, in my humble opinion, not quite as polished as Girl Talk, though they may be more "truly" mashup than old Greg Gillis. (as an aside, the more I listen to Girl Talk,Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-41994612021393537182010-12-27T07:42:00.002-06:002010-12-27T07:42:00.195-06:00#MusicMonday - 12.27.10 - Girl TalkThe last Monday (#Music or otherwise) of 2010!Broken dreams and shattered promises. That's all this blog has been about lately, and that was just the readers! Management offers no guarantees of posting frequency nor satisfaction, implied or otherwise, etc etc, ad nauseam. What can be said about Greg Gillis that has not already been said? Hailing from Pittsburgh, PA, Girl Talk can be Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-69773389048641829772010-12-17T15:03:00.003-06:002013-10-28T08:53:31.303-05:00My thoughts exactly...From Endgadget editor Joanna Stern from a post earlier this week:
Instead, RIM's given me the BlackBerry Torch as the answer to the iPhone and Android. I use the word "answer" lightly -- even a hard-core fan knows that the Torch isn't competitive, at least not in comparison to the other smartphones on the market. The Torch does provide a slightly better browsing experience, and BlackBerry 6 has Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-79848308732538498452010-12-06T20:38:00.002-06:002010-12-26T22:09:37.747-06:00#MusicMonday - 12.6.10 - Katy Perry#MusicMonday - 12.6.10 - Katy PerryNow that I've got your attention...Haha, you really thought you'd find a Katy Perry track on my super serious music blog? Good call. Anywho, after a longer than usual hiatus (holy crap - October 25th...really!?!), D > D is back in full force. Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battle station! Nah, I'm just kidding. I'm still as Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-91094914639365302122010-10-25T12:50:00.003-05:002013-10-28T08:53:52.392-05:00Sports situations and their respective real life movie castsWe'll go ahead and chalk this up to "not going to be a running post title," or how about just "needs a new gimmicky post title?"
From last Friday's BSG mail bag column. Be it Conan or Bill Simmons, if you can turn anything into a "movie," and then name me a cast that is either funny because they look alike or (in this case) funny because of the situation you can envision Hollywood trying to Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-83996569755397953712010-10-18T07:28:00.000-05:002013-10-28T08:46:50.883-05:00#MusicMonday - 10.18.10 - Sufjan Stevens...pt2Looking back over #MusicMonday history, you're probably asking the same question I am at this moment...How can I be doing a second Sufjan Stevens post, when there is not an "official" Modest Mouse post? The answer, I have no idea. Though they have nothing in common and don't sound anything alike, anyone who knows me, knows that both acts are in the upper echelon of my music universe (I should Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-50923467986764346462010-10-04T19:48:00.003-05:002010-10-04T20:02:04.653-05:00#MusicMonday - 10.4.10 - Kanye10-4 Good buddy...So, after the Taylor Swift/Kanye West thing from last year, I decided I was pretty much done with Kanye. There was nothing particularly special about Kanye's self-centered, music star attitude, it was just that he was so full of himself, it really turned me off to his music. I don't really have any interest in Taylor Swift either, it was just one of the best examples of Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-23740544327511202692010-09-27T07:56:00.002-05:002010-12-26T22:10:09.890-06:00#MusicMonday - 9.27.10 - GalacticMusic Monday - GalacticGreetings from an old friend...Remember me? The name is Matt. This is Driving > Disco. A "blog" I believe is the technical term. Who knew that blog actually meant "a lame webpage that is updated once or so a month." Cause I'm slow with the updates, I...oh nevermind. This post is one in a series called Music Monday. Today's featured artist is Galactic.Galactic is as Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-88110070356082083292010-08-30T08:08:00.001-05:002010-08-30T08:08:00.139-05:00Happy Birthday my dearest JessicaThis post is for the love of my life, my best friend, my wife...Jessica!What better way to wake you up from your caffeine-induced, google reader-ing, Monday morning coma routine, than a little birthday tomfoolery? In reality, nothing, so here's a little back story. I saved up a bunch of money in order to hire a group of professionals to sing a little birthday song for my Jessica. Turns out, Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-55076962852088293442010-08-24T20:18:00.002-05:002010-08-24T20:26:26.195-05:00#MusicMonday - 8.24.10 - The Knife#MusicMonday - 8.24.10 - The KnifeDo I realize its not Monday? Yes. Do I care? No. Have I not posted in like a month? Yes, er no. I actually put up the blurb about RememberReach.com last Friday. I did not realize at the time that the site required facebook interaction. Not the biggest deal in the world, but if you read the TOS, you'll see that you are authorizing them to access your data, Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-4055436046015287892010-08-20T17:59:00.001-05:002010-08-20T18:00:47.386-05:00http://www.rememberreach.com/I think it is safe to say, that I am officially beyond excited, for Halo Reach...Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-81472920303994622952010-08-03T19:45:00.007-05:002010-08-03T20:13:33.358-05:002010 > 2008In regards to running, 2010 is now officially better than 2008. 2009...well, that's a different story...This post is actually a day or so late, but I knew what would happen if I missed a #MusicMonday post: the villagers would be up in my cube with pitchforks and torches in no time. Actually, it'd be more like coffee cups and animal crackers and instead of being "up in my cube," they'd be up in Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-55919059189969237842010-08-02T07:32:00.001-05:002010-10-04T19:47:51.460-05:00#MusicMonday - 8.1.10 - Beck#MusicMonday - 8.1.10 - BeckEveryone's favorite hillbilly from outer space...I had a decent mockup article written (in my head) that compared Beck to another one of my favorite artists, the Black Crowes. In my opinion, they share a lot of common ground. Musically speaking, they don't really remind me of each other, but in other aspects they seem similar to me.Mention TBC to anyone and they'll Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-67165153039876736762010-07-26T07:05:00.001-05:002010-07-26T07:05:00.498-05:00#MusicMonday - 7.26.10 - Talking HeadsDue to lack of time, we present a #MusicMonday post, only thirty years late...and you thought my regularly scheduled posts were late!October 8, 1980. I was approaching my third birthday. Empire Strikes Back had been out for around 5 months. The Talking Heads release "Remain in Light." I didn't say my musical tastes are always on time. In fact, I'm usually pretty late to the game. This is Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-89396249547433070912010-07-13T18:52:00.004-05:002010-12-26T22:10:24.700-06:00#MusicMonday - 7.12.10 - OK GO (wait, what? it's not monday anymore? screw it, i already wrote the title and i'm not changing it now - just deal)Were you hoping for the #MusicMondaTuesday bit? Sorry, I don't do that bit anymore. That is SO March 2010...Ok Go is an "alternative, power pop, dance," group (nice to see alternative sneaking up in here amongst all the indie bands), originally from Chicago, IL that has since relocated to LA. With only three studio albums to their name, since forming in 1998, some might say that they are a Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-26073547952507964852010-07-04T22:09:00.003-05:002010-07-04T22:18:41.006-05:00Happy 234th Birthday, America!I was trying to think of something clever to say about the country's founding fathers and what their opinions of our current state of affairs might be, but instead I think I'll just leave it at this: Happy 4th of July!Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978403.post-91124869404665257512010-06-23T11:15:00.003-05:002010-06-23T11:28:40.088-05:00Don't Tread On Me!Congratulations to the men's national team and Landon Donovan! This Saturday, June 26th, Team USA will get another taste of the knockout round, the first since 2002. Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687280425423094757noreply@blogger.com0