I Am On Vacation
Which seems odd, considering I don’t have an actual job. But that hasn’t stopped me from going to the beach and eating about 100 lobster rolls as if I am actually vacationing. I will be back on the clock 8/11ish. In the meantime, please don’t do anything fun without me.
Speaking of which, I see that in my choice to disconnect a bit, I have missed two important things: NetShare tethering app for iPhone was removed from the app store before I got it, and I won Song Fu. The Internet giveth and the Internet taketh away.
UK/Ireland Update
I’ve recently posted a couple of links as tickets have begun to go on sale for these late October shows – it’s coming together nicely I think. Dublin, Glasgow, London and Manchester are all on sale, Oxford should be soon, and then there will be something (?) in Nottingham. Check the shows page for details.
And in an example of blind luck/awesome planning, the London Games Festival is going on the same week I’ll be there, as is Game City in Nottingham. I am a genius.
Plus, it looks like Paul and Storm will definitely be joining me for the post Glasgow portion of the tour, so I will not have to eat fish and chips alone in my hotel room after all. Hurrah!
Song Fu Final Challenge
Song Fu Challenge #3 was to do an homage to David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” that hit the main plot points and referenced the original song subtly at least once. Yes you’re right, I almost went with the first monkey in space, but I didn’t want to be accused of going overboard with the monkeys. So I went with the first dog in space instead.
Her name was Laika and she went up in Sputnik 2. In doing my “research” I discovered that Russian scientists recently released the truth about what happened to her during the launch, which is that she died just a few hours into it, and not after a week as they originally claimed. She died from stress and overheating (the cooling system malfunctioned and it was 104F in there) but mostly she died from being LAUNCHED INTO SPACE IN A FUCKING ROCKET.
I thought it would be much nicer if instead Laika gave scientists the finger, stepped out in a spacesuit and then disappeared. Whereabouts unknown…
You’ll catch the “Space Oddity” melody at the beginning of the guitar solo (and if you’re sharp and you listen to the same music I do, you may catch a reference to another thematically appropriate song in the phrase right after it).
This song is up against Jeff MacDougal’s catchy entry “High,” also sad and wistful and about space. I’m pretty happy with how my song turned out, but I think Jeff’s is pretty great too – please vote how you like, but certainly do not vote for me just because you think you’re supposed to. But here is mine:
This and my other two Song Fu entries are now available in my store. I’m just saying.
Gamer Symphony Orchestra
Another fantastic cover of “Still Alive,” this time with an orchestra and a chorus (it’s song #16 in the Spring Concert 2008). There’s even a little section that features the latin-flavored version of the song that plays on of the radio in the game.
Don’t you people have work to do?
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