I'm Rad

A big thought, put concisely.

2011-02-27T22:47:00.000-08:00

It seems to me that too many Christians have their motives confused. Matthew and James say that by their fruit/works you will know they are Christians. It seems people are harvesting fruit/works so "you" will know they are Christians rather than allowing it to be an outpouring of the heart.

The Dudes Should Abide

2010-10-08T07:53:00.001-07:00

I read Romans this morning, and this passage hovered out in the distance like a gold bar, not silver, but gold.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. 10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; 11 not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; 12 rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; 13 distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality.
14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. 16 Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.
17 Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. 18 If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. 19 Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,”[a] says the Lord. 20 Therefore

“ If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
If he is thirsty, give him a drink;
For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head

My Fair Lady.

2010-09-17T23:55:00.000-07:00

Levi found himself his first fair romance.

Mom was gone so the boys ate out for dinner.

This is the look I get when I say we've had enough cotton candy.

Admiring himself.

This was all he wanted out of the fair.

Riding the slide with vigor.

Focused.

Lame

2010-01-15T15:34:00.001-08:00

I broke a string on my acoustic guitar playing santana. I hadnt broke a string on that guitar in like 4 years and i play it all the time.

Davis here they are.

2010-01-08T17:34:00.000-08:00

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Chorus to a song I probably will never finish

2009-12-16T19:47:00.000-08:00

I have had this song forever, and always wanted to do something with it. I always had knew it was rad, because the melodies were enless in opportunity. Interestingly I have always been against writing about God directly in music due to the cheese factor. Maybe I was ashamed of faith and God. I guess i dont care anymore, the lyrics always came out with direct spiritual words when i hummed the tune creatively. It makes sense now.

We are all part of His creation,
The lives He came to save.
This life,religion was my fabrication,
Now I can live what He gave.

Riffs

2009-11-17T16:30:00.000-08:00

Ok scratch that song, i never finished it. Here are 4 riffs i worked on, not for very long. but since I slept last night i recorded them quickly while my son kept attacking me. let me know if any of them are worth developing.

Song

2009-09-28T22:08:00.000-07:00

Its almost done. The rhythm of these riffs im working on is fairly difficult for me to nail for some reason. It will be done soon.

Stuff we did in NYC

2009-08-31T21:59:00.000-07:00

Davis got married. We had an ok time in a city where nothing is convenient unless you like traffic, crowded trains that take forever to get anywhere, muggy air, no sunlight, expensive everything, tight living,police sirens waking you up everynight because nobody obeys the law, streetsalesmen harassing you, hit and runs on rental cars we had, 3hours in traffic trying to make a 12 mile trip. If you like all those conveniences, then nyc is the place for you. It actually was a pretty fun time if you just stay inside with your friends. here are some pics

My wife is hot, Something happened in the museum that night.

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Third Eye Blind

2009-08-18T16:02:00.000-07:00

The new album is out, Ursa Major. It sucks the big one. I wasnt expecting anything from the last one on out to ever amount to anything due to the firing of the soul of the band in 2000. But if you want to confirm it, you can buy it for 4 bucks! ha! Its a bunch of gay slow songs and non interesting riffs or even musical happenings. The drums suck, the guitars suck, and the vocals are as gay as ever. The lyrics used to be cool and raw and alternative and about cool things or stories. Now its just gay one-liners and talk about plasma tv's and ipods. Its fairly embarassing to listen to. Oh that they bring back their guitarist and make good music once again.

Still No Action

2009-08-02T14:47:00.001-07:00

We recently moved into a duplex, after selling our house. We went on vacation. I havent played my guitars in 3 weeks. I have no riffs to share. I will try to do something, because i know there are at least 2 of you out there waiting to hear a face melting solo, or a rad riff, but maybe just one person. My site doesnt get much traffic anymore, I thought maybe because my upkeep and my riffs werent as hot, but i really think its because i havent written a heated article on Logos School in a while.

2nd degree Burns

2009-06-19T06:59:00.000-07:00

I havent had any hot riffs to share lately, because i got 2nd degree burns on my magic fingers, right on the tips from touching a muffler. I usually grab hot mufflers every friday, but that time it was just hotter than normal so i got some burns. I just started getting back on the axe and hope to be riffin' soon.

Clarifying Axe Inventory

2009-06-13T07:11:00.000-07:00

So I ran into Wes Callihan at loco grinz downtown and we were speaking briefly about my guitar inventory, and while i was impressed with his memory on this front; I also felt that I needed to properly introduce the family. These are my electrics. Not as many as I use to have, but i have since moved from quantity to quality. I will introduce the rest of the family(acoustics) later.

This is my custom MJ Mirage my wife bought me when i was 24. It was built with an ebony neck with pearl inlay roman numeral XII on the 12th fret. I had all the pearl dots removed on the rest of the neck to get that clean smooth look to it. It has a seymour duncan humbucker and 2 seymour single coils. The paint as you can see is color-shifting paint. It goes from blue to red to purple and sometimes aqua green depending on the lighting im under. I typically use it for softer music, because the clean sound this guitar gets is unmatchable. Its sustain and overall tone is majestic.

This is my PRS 20th Anniversary 24 fret limited edition that was in production for 1 year. It has the trail of birds flying up the neck which is different from their traditional layout. This is my most played guitar, because it is the most versatile. I can bust out some heavy metal lick, soft rock, or even worship tunes with this bad boy. Everything that comes out of this guitar sounds great. It is easy to play, and incredibly comfortable to solo on. I got him when i was in colorado about 5 years ago, i was 22 i think. My wife and I went into Spotlight music, and were looking at the expensive price tag, and werent too hot on that. But after talking to the store owner and finding out we lived in the same town as his daughter and knew a few mutual people, she got excited. I told her i bought a an emerald prs at her store 2 years prior and i loved their service even though it was far from home. She then said that the students were gone for the summer and she didnt think she would push anymore out the door. So she pretty much gave me the guitar at cost. It was at that point my wife became the apple of my eye.

This is my PRS CE 22. It was the first "real" guitar i ever had. I guess by that i mean first guitar that out performed all the entry level guitars i have ever had, by leaps and bounds. This emerald guitar, is not only easy to play, but is a powerhouse. Its dragon II pickups are so hot, they will melt your face. I plug this bad boy in when im ready to bring the thunder. I dont use it so much for softer music or even alternative, its pretty much a hard rock, angry guitar. I bought this one in colorado as well im pretty sure when i was 20. I couldnt even believe i bought it.

Last, my newest addition is the Schecter Omen. Unlike all my other guitars this one, is very cheap, price-wise. I only paid 150 for it, i think they retail at 350 or so. Schecter is one of those brands along with Ibanez that price is not as important on some levels. As far as its playability and its structural quality its well worth it. The few areas it doesnt match up to the others is, versatility, overal sound quality, and its ability to stay in tune for months like a prs can. But besides that it plays well, it offers a sound none of my other guitars have. Which is a deep low, bassy, gravely clean sound. And when you hit the distortion it turns really muddy, its a really cool sounding guitar.

That is my electric collection for now. Hopefully someday i will obtain my dream of a PRS private stock.

4 cop cars, 1 fire truck, 1 ambulance

2009-06-12T05:36:00.001-07:00

I was disturbed in my sleep by a loud screech followed by a crash. And the picture above is what i saw, minus the people. A guy stubled out of the car. I called it in, but someone already had, which amazed me, because i was up instantly and called within 1 minute or less of the impact. I gotta hand it to whoever beat me to it, way to be up at 5 am and alert enough to call quickly. The guy had to have been on some stubstance, because he crashed into this house in such a way that he had to have been going the wrong way on the street or using the roundabout incorrectly. There is no way, at the speeds he would have had to have been traveling to do the damage he did, that he was using the roundabout correctly, or even going the correct direction. The impact into that house was at such and angle that he couldnt have avoided all the trees and posts from the west side, so he either flew down joseph, up over the roundabout, and smacked the house. Or he flew in from out of town and took a hard left into the house. Either way, drugs or alcohol, in my mind. The funny thing about this is the moscow pd response time. After i called in, and they said officers and meds were already on their way. It must have taken 10-15 before they showed up. And when they did show up, it was nice, there were 4 cop cars. The hilarious thing was, the fire truck showed up like 5 mins after the cops, and the ambulance showed up last like several minutes after the firetruck. If this had been a noise complaint, or jaywalking, or davis rollerblading on the street; the cops would have been there in 2 minutes flat. Seems like anytime something real happens, all the cops are sleeping or eating donuts.

Proud to Announce a New Member to our Family

2009-05-27T06:09:00.000-07:00

He weighs 13 lbs 5 oz. He came to us in a time of need, some couple needed money and decided they would let us adopt him for a small price.

Long time no Riff

2009-05-11T13:57:00.001-07:00

Heres a new one i threw together, i havent finished it, but its fast and angry. If only i had written it a week earlier davis and i could have worked out a nice arrangement for it. At any rate, here it is.

Awesome!

2009-05-04T07:30:00.001-07:00

http://www.newsweek.com/id/195119?Gt1=43002

Yet Another

2009-04-28T19:48:00.000-07:00

This was nate and I playing a worship song. We tried to make it a little more interesting than the original, and we did. Its nice how nate likes to make noise on his guitar not knowing the guitars volume is up. Also note nate is singing with his old girlfriend, so special.

Nate and I in the old days

2009-04-14T20:46:00.000-07:00

I found these on an old video camera. It is hilarious. But we still kicked butt as sloppy of worship as it was.

Haha nate being a faggot with super gay floppy wrist.

Metallica Crowned.

2009-04-13T21:21:00.000-07:00

It was great that they had Newsted in the mix playing with Rob.

Here is the whole thing if you have time at home after work.

YES..... Man

2009-04-10T07:41:00.000-07:00

This was funny and rad.

Best Albums

2009-04-04T06:48:00.000-07:00

This is a small list i came up with when i was driving home from spokane the other day and was listening to an old band called Injected. I ran into this band when i saw their video on mtv. It played for a week then never was on again, and the band was never heard from again. Their label made some changes and the band separated and started family lives. It was a shame, i bought the cd and it was similar to a few other albums i know of. Similar in the sense that they all are perfect albums. you can listen all the way through the album without being tempted to change the track. Every song is solid to me on these cd's. I would call this my list of, not greatest bands necessarily, but greatest cd's made. Lots of bands like Led Zep and AcDc were better in a lot of ways, but none of those huge bands ever made a cd that was perfect. There were always like 5 songs that blew your mind, but another 5-6 that you didnt care at all for. Here is the list.

Third eye blind -self titled
Metallica- Black album
Metallica- load
Metallica- reload
Injected- Self titled
Collective soul- dosage

Honorable mention Incubus- Make yourself
I almost listed this, but the track "drive" is probably the most homosexual song they ever wrote, and maybe of all time. It was clearly written for radio, because it doesnt fit on the album.

Been a while

2009-03-31T09:36:00.000-07:00

I havent written anything in about a month, i posted stuff from a while back, but nothing has been new. This is the latest thing i wrote on the spot, it just flowed like collective soul's river. Its of course real sloppy because i wrote it 3 mins before recording it, so i havent quite perfected it or remember whats going on with it. but here is the sample...

Metallica and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

2009-03-23T09:09:00.000-07:00

Yes, they will be inducted, finally. I dont think they were even allowed to be up for it till they had been playin 25 years or something, but nonetheless, they are the greatest. These are the bands Hetfield thought should have been in it already. Kinda funny. Im happy he mentioned Teddy the Nuge-factor, because he is the man.

MTV Shows

How My Son Eats Breakfast

2009-03-13T21:13:00.000-07:00

Never has a father been more proud.

LEVI THE JUDGE

2009-03-08T15:42:00.001-07:00

Tough critic. He wasnt so favorable this time.

Levi and the Riff

2009-02-22T11:29:00.000-08:00

So, he kinda lets me know how good riffs are.

Mom!!

2009-02-22T09:55:00.000-08:00

I guess this is the glare you get when you interrupt 2 men during call of duty time. He likes to play in the buff with a vacuum attatchment as a gun this time. When a guy is at war, mommies interruption is unacceptable to levi.

Romney 2012

2009-02-15T08:28:00.000-08:00

Should have been our president. Would have solved this recession in 4 mins.

Corny but Important

2009-02-09T20:56:00.001-08:00

I watched this movie expecting nothing good whatsoever. But, in the midst of all the poor acting and cliche's there was some important truths that will help any marriage or soon to be marriage. I felt that if anyone were to see what this couple encountered, they would understand what a marriage really should involve, and if it doesnt, will fall apart. I was really suprised to find such a right on message from a kirk cameron movie of all things.There will be parts you will think are so lame and stupid but,check it out, if you have the balls to watch something you view as lame for the sake of learning something of value.

Tribute from a while back

2009-02-09T07:11:00.001-08:00

This was so great, pretty much like everything else they do.

Hardcore

2009-02-06T20:32:00.000-08:00

This is worth sitting down and watching all 8 mins of this video. Its rad to see animals behave like this. Incredible.

Made me Laugh

2009-02-01T22:29:00.003-08:00

I only laughed once at this commercial, and after that it wasnt funny because i knew what was coming. But the initial surprise was hilarious.

I forgot about this

2009-01-30T08:49:00.000-08:00

I heard it the other day on the radio, and thought everyone should enjoy it again.

Letdown in Rock

2009-01-30T08:44:00.000-08:00

Posted this on Facebook too, so anyway i heard third eye blinds new single on the radio and wanted to cry it was so bad. So i started thinking, why does every band i like go supergay like this. They are talented, write good songs, play their instruments like madmen, then they decide to throw it all out the window. Here is my list.

Third eye blind -good for 2 albums then 2 of them bit the big ones. mostly due to firing guitarist.
Incubus -same scenario roughly up untill makeyourself they were good.(nsyncubus)-schwantes
Buck Cherry -2 good albums 3rd sucked
Collective soul -died after dosage.... kills me because they had so many classic rad riffs
Our lady peace -happiness is not a fish you can catch was the end of them after they lost guitarist
Green Day -nimrod was the last nugget of gold they had. A few decent songs, but albums suck
Offspring -Xray on le' Hombre' :) last good one.
Aerosmith -nine lives must have been their 9th album. J-J-J-J jaded- so gay.
Audioslave -first album- glorious, then the others were variations on riffs from the first album.
Goo Goo Dolls -after superstar carwash, and boy named goo it turned into acoustic lovesongs

I might have forgot some but these are the ones that stuck out to me. And mind you, they had to be good in the first place to have even been able to let us down. Let me know of any others.

Come to my Window

2009-01-19T18:43:00.000-08:00

I sang this to my muse, and she finally returned.

First Attempt

2009-01-18T14:05:00.000-08:00

So basically i think i had the wax way too hot for the glass and didnt poke air holes in it as it dried. Layer to layer there should have been some way to keep the air out, so it didnt escape to the outside of the glass so it looks like i have air bubbles. I also realized that the dye requires a lot less than you would think when using darker colors. Its the opposite of paint, it dries darker than you see it initially. Also the layers tend to bleed together if you dont allow adequate cooling times.As soon as i get the hang of it, i have plans for some unbelievable candles.

Father Son Jammin

2009-01-17T14:38:00.000-08:00

So levi started getting the hunger to jam. He asks to all the time now, which is rad. He sings twinkle twinkle with helen before bedtime, so he thought he would do his own rendition of twinkle twinkle on the prs.

Late Annual Christmas Tune

2009-01-11T16:44:00.000-08:00

Threw this together, with not a whole lot of inspiration nor precision. But i kept the annual tradition alive.

Badass Riff

2009-01-02T11:40:00.000-08:00

Ok so i have had this riff since like highschool or something, but it was always played fast, like some rockabilly song. I got the idea from watching the metallica dvd of the black album to play this song slow. You see, the song "sad but true" a slow, huge, heavy, song was once played really fast which made it sound like a happy fun rock song instead of the badass piece that it is. So i had the same problem with my song. I always thought it was too happy and fun. So i slowed it down, and it turned angry and now i think its rad. I dont think i even played it slow enough yet. It could still be slower and more angry. check it out.

Glorious KC

2008-12-26T08:25:00.001-08:00

Ive been inspired by a young king, in this photo. After laughing my ass off for near a half hour, I decided that I would love to join KC in his majestic discovery of a new form of male prowess. I dress my son in these and often think, "man i should get me some of these, easy to slip into, built in slippers, better than sweats!" And just think if you got the joy of running out to get some milk in them at the store!

Davis we are not alone

2008-12-25T21:52:00.001-08:00

http://shakeatower.blogspot.com/2008/06/about-shake-tower.html

Christmas Cheer Every Year.

2008-12-24T14:00:00.001-08:00

First Duet of Power

2008-12-15T19:06:00.000-08:00

Levi was on the hardcore prs rhythm guitar. (which he never plays, except this once to jam on video.)I was busting a quick joy to the world lead, of which i was finding the notes as i played, so if some are off, its because i was finding them as i went. Nonetheless we are gonna rape and pillage with our axes when hes 5.

Proud Dad

2008-12-13T07:31:00.000-08:00

This picture shows something my son and I have in common. I am happy to see that. You may have to click on it, to get the full effect.

My Opus

2008-11-20T07:00:00.000-08:00

This is a rough cut through of a song i finally finished and polished just the way i wanted it. Its not a real heavy song, but its one of the best composed songs of mine i think. I put most of it together in one sitting in about 20 mins. It was a really odd moment in time. The notes kinda just came like an old memory or something. Sounds kinda gay and cliche' that it happened that way, but it did, so whatever. Here it is, and as always ignore tempo changes and the finger precision is not perfect either. let me know what you think.

I FINALLY FOUND IT, PETER!

2008-11-16T08:50:00.000-08:00

I had an old vhs of all the third eye blind performances, and thanks to peter, it is now lost never to be found. So i have been searching the internet for years looking for a copy of the hard rock live performance of Jumper. I always liked that song, mostly for the bridge. This version, kevin used the raddest autowah or something and played that little riff better and more rad than i have ever heard it played. It suprises me, because its nothing that diffucult to play, but it just hits the right note for me. The drums are rad as well.

LOGOS??? Is our Alma Mater Retarded?

2008-11-11T17:53:00.000-08:00

I recently came across this bit of information, that I was astounded by. I dont share this unbelievable information until the end of the post, so if you dont wanna read all my prefacing of the problems with Logos, skip to the bottom, otherwise here it goes.

Over the years I have seen Logos going down the tubes and have been kinda bummed to see such a great school go tits up. While in my senior year I started to see all the fun and life sucked out of the school right before me. Things like spirit week were being called silly things that didnt fit with the school's vision statement. Yes that same statement that is constantly referred to like the constitution; but horribly interpreted in whichever way it will benefit the teacher or administator who is instituting a new rule or law. The Box Social was eliminated, Knights Day was downgraded from fun and unique education on all sorts of extra-cirricular ideas and activities to guys playing with fake swords in tights, while the ladies bake pies for the homosexual-looking men in tights.

Aside from these few instances there were many other problems which quickly dropped enrollment. Logos forgot that while being a classical Christ centered education, they were also a business. A business that was not funded by the government. And like any business if you dont do what you say, people will refuse to keep purchasing your product. Or when the product becomes worthless, the same will happen. The big problems are that Logos confuses the line between being the teacher and being the parent. Countless times me and my friends were being held to standards and held to an accountability that was only to be enforced by our parents. Administrators were telling us what was good for us in our life, and punishing us for making decisions that werent wrong, but that they didnt think was best for us. Or calling us into an office to tell us that we shouldnt be interested in a particular member of the opposite sex because that person wasnt "good for you".

Logos also doesnt see a need to have certified teachers. Which in some cases is ok. Some of the uncertified teachers are more qualified than most certified public school teachers. But the problem with this is that some of the teachers, pardon my french, are idiots. And more than half the class is smarter than the teacher. It becomes hard for a student to respect the teacher who is constantly getting facts wrong, and when corrected lashes out with punishments because of embarassment. This hurts the school, not the students. Logos recently had a highschool student teaching an elementary PE class. The question here is... " Do I as an Alumni want to send my kid to a school, where I pay good money for the school to skimp by throwing another student into a teaching position they dont have to pay for. Not to mention the quality of the class must be in the gutter for that to be happening. It also says something about the priority of PE at the school. Logos used to say that God wanted our minds to be well educated, as well as our bodies. Now it seems that isnt the case. I dont suppose we would see a highschool kid teaching 12th grade rhetoric would we?

The last thing which i will mention, is actually the reason for this post. Logos Basketball. Recently the girls basketball program was given the axe because of one of Logos' major flaws was realized and accepted. Logos always loved to shelter and never accept the evil of the world that is out there. We always ignored all the things in the world, never had an economics class or anything that would let us know of the outside world. Finally some of that evil influence came in the form of harsh competition on the girls basketball court. Instead of not being influenced by the the evil outside world, and shining as a light in the midst of the storm; Logos chose to quit and hide under a rock. Using the excuse that girls basketball is not a place the girls are able to glorify God. Lame.

These things are still problematic in my mind as i read the document below.

1. Logos still doesnt understand what is not the school's business, and what is private to an individual.
2. Logos still doesnt understand that as christians our faith is displayed through our lives and how we live, not by turning normal events like a basketball practice into a church service.
3. Logos, as far as sports, hasnt realized that if you arent gonna go all out, you might as well not have the program at all. Why have the program if you arent gonna devote even half the effort into making the program great as you put into the education. Logos had its best sports programs back when they had no money and no gym. Now that they have the facilities and all the means to have excellent programs they are throwing in the towel and having highschoolers train the elementary kids who will be the next era leaders in the sports programs rather than a skilled adult athlete.

Here is the document. This is a questionnaire given to all the boys trying out for basketball before the season started. They were asked to fill this out and the decision on who would be playing would be based "partially" on the answers given on the questionnaire. Here it is, dont cry, as sad as this is. This is the lamest thing I have come across since being an alumn.

Have you read the entire bible? If so, how many times? Ff not, why not?
Do you have a regular time you read your bible? If so when is it?
If now, when will it be during the basketball season?
How much time do you spend on TV, movies, video games per week?
What is your favorite TV show?
What is your favorite movie?
What is your favorite book?
What is your favorite band?
How much time do you spend on homework per week?
What is your favorite psalm or hymn?
Do you sing like a man in church? If not why not?
What does singing like a man mean?
Do you love God? Have you been baptized? If not why not?
If you knew for sure that you would not play one minute of one varsity game this year, would you still be interested in trying out for the varsity team? Why?
If you dont see much playing time in games this year what are you going to do about it?
What is the christian worldview of basketball?(*MY PERSONAL FAVORITE)
Where do you plan to go to college? Do you want to play basketball in college?
Would any of your parents, teachers or friends describe you as a scoffer? If so explain why.
What are one or two ways that you can sacrifice yourself for your team this year?
If you were late for practice due to an auto accident would that be a good excuse to use with your coach when you arrived? Why not?
Should you pray before shooting free throws in a game? Explain.
What is the best metaphor for a basketball game? Is it battle or play or...? Explain.
What is the best metaphor for life? Explain.
What do you think your calling in life is?
Define confidence, give the etymology of confidence.
Do you have a girlfriend? Why or why not?
Most of you will have kids some day, in what ways do you want them to be like you? In what ways do you hope they will be different?
What is the best lyric free warm up music for this season?

All of this makes me want to punch someone in the face down there at Logos. Not really, but I did wonder how any of this is Logos' business and what does it all have to do with basketball??? This questionnnaire is the perfect small example of why Logos is failing and barely any alumns I talk to wanna send their kids there. I honestly hope some day the school will get a hint and make some huge changes. If not, oh well. Unless something changes, my kid will not be attending there as it stands.

Glory

2008-11-03T21:53:00.000-08:00

Metallica knows how to make an entrance. Pardon the poor video quality and the yelling fans. Its hard to get good sound when you have a full stadium screaming and cheering. You cant blame them anyway. Its difficult to top the buildup, and momentum metallica provides for a concert. The video doesnt do it justice, you will have to go to experience it yourself. for more videos, visit helens site, she posted all of the ones i took. They are awesome.

Take it for what it is........

2008-10-23T12:12:00.000-07:00

This is a new idea, it would be rad with 2 things. 1) a guitarist who cared enough to play it accurately, and in good time. 2) a drummer.

Dude, Davis, Gay

2008-10-05T20:29:00.000-07:00

I found these pics the other day, and i thought some of them were funny. Hard to believe that was like 8 years ago.

Davis is a little too close for comfort here. I hope he didnt like it.

Im not sure the two behind me believed this picture would ever take place.

Heres the gang, everyone looks gay.

Just another of the dual guitar played in all its majesty through a whole song.

Sometimes I Dont Think Out Loud Enough

2008-10-05T07:44:00.000-07:00

My wife is Hot. Time to bone.

INSANITY with a challenge for YOU

2008-09-23T12:09:00.000-07:00

So this is a familiar song, i had worked on previously but acoustic. I kinda ripped through it really slopily to give context but threw my solo in at the end. Its kinda a small version of the fastest most insane part of it. I jacked it up 3 times or so and let you see it, followed by the fourth where i nailed it. I worked on that for 3 days. Which comes to my next challenge. If anyone can play that same solo after 3 days of practice, i will buy them dinner the next time they are in town. oh and if you need the notes ill email them to you.

You cant Fight it.

2008-09-21T09:14:00.000-07:00

At first i didnt like this new album. But slowly metallica, (Who is so awesome that we cant understand), takes hold of you and tells you that they are rad. I kept listening and found out that they were melodically with thrashing axes, telling me that i wasnt listening closely to how insane the riffs were. I found that every time i hear a new metallica album, my history has been pretty much been the same. I start out not liking it, because it doesnt speak to my ears that have been numbed by years of lame alternative music through my childhood. But slowly Metallica rings the bell of truth and my ears open up to hear things clearly and i realize I am for whom the bell tolls. Listen to this.

Just Try And Tell Me....

2008-09-17T21:31:00.000-07:00

that other bands write hotter riffs than metallica.This new album is not that great in my mind, i think the middle of their career when they were focused on rocknroll rather than metal was glorious. But they still have moments of pure glory. This song is pretty rad.

MANLY MUSIC

2008-09-09T21:27:00.000-07:00

This song is called RAD19 by the band "Flying Davis" which consists of Davis and Jason at Fart Budwigs house for 2 hours. It was cool to hear some of my riffs recorded to near completion, rather than just hearing them as i play them by myself in my house. Davis played drums, wrote the rad bassline, and the gay guitar solo that comes before my face melting solo. We threw it together in an hour the night before we recorded for an hour and a half before davis had to be home for mothers supper. then we spent another half hour or so remixing things. For time spent, I think we tore it up. We barely put in any effort, and i still havent heard anyone i know lay down a better track. so basically im saying,,,,,, I'm Rad,,,,,

i guess davis is too.

Pure Glory

2008-09-07T00:26:00.000-07:00

Its good they are back.

Priest Lake

2008-08-29T10:25:00.000-07:00

I have a good Life.

Metallica VS Donna Lewis

2008-08-24T15:58:00.000-07:00

Badass Couple

2008-07-27T23:40:00.000-07:00

I found this picture while i was goofing around. I thought to myself, its no wonder our son is complimented day in and day out on how he is the cutest boy in town. we are rad.

Kashmir

2008-07-09T19:24:00.000-07:00

Alterbridge looked like they enjoyed doing this.

2 Guys

2008-06-14T13:54:00.000-07:00

This is what my spawn looks like now.

Long time no Riff

2008-06-10T12:15:00.000-07:00

This one ive been toying with for quite some time, i think i finally found a bare bone structure for it. Nothing glamorous.

This Man Reads My Mind

2008-05-21T21:06:00.000-07:00

This is truth.

Pure Glory, plain and simple.

2008-05-17T12:55:00.000-07:00

Sounding gay on a smokey amp

2008-05-10T06:59:00.001-07:00

Here are a few new ideas, but they sound like crap, if you can make out what is going on you get 2 points. I will record them again when i dont have a sleeping boy at my house. but for now here are the fresh ideas off the press.

Jackin around

2008-05-07T22:24:00.000-07:00

Nothing that cool, but i had an interesting idea, just didnt come to fruition.

Lame

2008-04-28T21:07:00.000-07:00

So i ripped on davis already for this, but why not again since he likes her music. I saw feist, on the colbert report tonight and was embarrassed for her. She plays the guitar terribly, on top of that she just babbles for lyrics, and makes odd noises like the sound of sea creatures mating. I know this because i frequently visit saltwater aquariums during the mating season. But that is neither here nor there. Feist looks like she needs a shower on the colbert report. In the only video i could find of this song, she looks decent in it, thankfully. But the song is still the oddest thing in the world. Can a man like this music and metallica at the same time? I sometimes feel like davis is like the king of rohan in lord of the rings. Like there is someone whispering poison into his ears,(feist) and his taste is getting worse and worse. We need some gandalf to come and magically rid him of Feist Wormtongue. here is the video, if you wanna witness something Lame.

Campfire Guitar Out of Control

2008-04-21T21:00:00.000-07:00

So andy sent me this link to this video of this erik mongrain dude, and i hated it.
I dont deny the intense skill involved. I just think there is no aesthetic value to anything like that. Its like, 'Let me get so good on the guitar, that i turn it into some complex melodic elevator tune.' And that was all it was. It was incredibly talented crap. It was the equivalent of reading a book on the theory of relativity to your friends for entertainment. While incredibly skilled, boring to hear. People would rather you read to them about the greatest prison breaks, funny jokes, best of paul harvey stories, etc. Music is suppost to be exciting and entertaining. This guy while he might be entertaining around a campfire, whipping out an acoustic and displaying a huge wow-factor, has no appeal past the first play. Its like "wow, he can do that percussive slappy thing with the guitar on his lap and it sounds rad, but im ready for someone pull out that same acoustic guitar and play some collective soul,aerosmith, or acdc. here it is

workin on a new one

2008-04-21T20:41:00.000-07:00

Its in its bare bones of riffage. I will probably have the finished product at some point. I was just screwin around on it, changing tempos switching things seeing how i felt about it. Its kind of a mess.For now, this is the idea at hand.

Man this is easier than i thought

2008-04-13T12:31:00.000-07:00

Here is yet another. I thought maybe my post was hastey and that i should listen to some more Raconteurs to make sure there might be a really original bone in their bodies, but no. Here is the next example.

Listen to the verses of this song if you havent heard it. That is what he is playing off of.

This is the best i could get for the raconteurs, they dont have a video for this song yet or even a sound video thing. The actual song is playing along with this kid.

If there is a Snake in the Grass.....

2008-04-13T12:14:00.000-07:00

I will smoke him out. I brought my smoke today, when i heard attention, a song davis was telling me to listen to while trying to convince me i would love the Raconteurs because their riffs are SO original and so unique. Well turns out Attention is a ripoff of Rage against the Machines "Bombtrack". The only differences in the riff are the trill jack white does to start the riff, he uses one different note and gives it a giddyup horsey gallop rhythm for the first part but follows the exact pattern tom morrello used in bombtrack but reverses it, by ascending the riff before decsending it. My Point is not that Jack white found this rage song and thought how can i change it, and use it as my own. I dont think he did that. I do think, he probably heard the rage song from time to time and had it in his subconsious, and it kinda floated out of his fingers in a very similar riff. Which brings us to my point, He is not that original at all, it seems like most of his riffs are like this, very similar to other bands riffs. Which is fine, if you like those other riffs, its like hearing a cover album with a hyena singing instead. Jack white as far as originality goes, only gets my vote on his solos. Those are very original and unique to his name. But never did i say they were good. You decide here they are.

You only need listen to the first 10-15 seconds of each to get the picture.

Classical Gas

2008-04-04T20:37:00.001-07:00

Everyone should enjoy this.This is a timeless classic, and the insane value of songwriting should be evident here. Where are songwriters like this anymore?

Supergay

2008-04-03T07:31:00.000-07:00

Davis did it again. Somehow he managed to lose us money on our project this year. Im pretty sure he somehow flew back and forth from newark to thwart an early sale of the home. I also have suspicions that he managed to make a quick flight back to mess up our closing this last friday, by tampering with a few things on the house, so i fixed his mess and we finally closed this tuesday. Davis is sneaky, we wont underestimate his abilites this next time around.

Not So Davis, Not So

2008-03-24T10:08:00.000-07:00

For as long as i can remember, davis has always maintained that Metallica's "Fade to Black" and "the unforgiven" sound exactly the same. Well they clearly dont aside from one guitar slide at the end of the main riff, both intros slide up on the same note by happenstance. But for once i will post both videos together so everyone can listen to how different of songs they are. One has soft verses with hard choruses, and the other is a flip flop it has distorted heavy huge verses, with quiet choruses. They are like polar opposites.

4th Anniversary

2008-03-12T21:55:00.000-07:00

Still tappin' it after 4 years! Here are some pics of good times over the last few years that i hold as precious love momentos frozen in time in my heart.

Engagement 2003

Kickass Husband / Fine-ass Wife

Wedding Action 2004

China Town Victoria BC 2005

Dockside 2006

Hot Roddin in the Vette 2007

Now the Mother of My Child.

I love you Helen.

A Thought

2008-03-12T21:15:00.000-07:00

I have seen this picture before, but it was a while ago. I saw it again in the rad video below, and i really appreciated the thought that was being presented there. Kinda put a different perspective on things we know and have read, but maybe never thought about a whole lot, or related to the present.

Dont question it

2008-03-06T17:49:00.000-08:00

When they can write something rad like this, you dont doubt the softer side of things. this riff stomps the big one.and the guy can solo as well.

Once Again

2008-03-06T07:48:00.000-08:00

I posted this song a year ago or so. And was thinking about it again today. So im gonna post it again. I think its still one of the greatest christian songs to date. And it has the flow to it that no other song has. I enjoy this video as well. Enjoy.

Odd song second stab

2008-03-02T19:42:00.000-08:00

I added a few rhythmic changes and some new notes, still playing with this one, but here it is.

Found Another One

2008-02-25T13:12:00.000-08:00

This song is one of my favorites. Rhythmically and compositionally one of the greats from incubus, and one of the greats from the entire genre of rock.

TOOL

2008-02-02T16:55:00.000-08:00

I have always maintained that Tool is a lame band with some decent riffs. Well I spent the last 2 hours listening to a bunch of their stuff. I usually dont admit that i was wrong about anything unless i really am or feel that me conceeding will benefit any party involved. I dont think conceeding will benefit anyone in this case, but since im a nice guy I will say, that after listening to hours of Tool and after hearing riff after riff, I realized that tool is a lame band with some decent riffs.

I found that Rhythmically they arent that good. which everyone brags on. They are all good musicians. But they do the same few variations of rhythmic intricacie over and over throughout all their songs. In fact I found a few songs schism and vicarious use the almost the same theme rhytmically and with notes. Almost the same riff.they are a little bit different in their style, but the up beats of each riff shares the same notation, as well as the drumming theme is almost the same in these songs as the drumming is in every song. The guitarist is a decent one, but he and the bassist like hitting everything on the off beat, for that matter maybe the whole band likes accenting those notes. Everything is pretty much in half time or just a slow tempo with a lot of notes inbetween so it sounds like more is going on than actually is. The drummer is definitely the most talented in the band, but even he is repetitive like no other. he loves to do a sweet tom fill so that every time it lands on the "+" beat. being the off beat, the up beat or whatever you call it yourself. But not only that, he almost always ends a fill with a double kick flammed into a snare/crash combo. The guy is talented but not creative past the odd rhythm. I have always known these things from hearing a couple songs, and based my opinion of tool on a few songs alone. I thought well maybe its time to see if that was an inaccurate assessment. It wasnt. Tool bores me, but at the same time, if they come on the radio i would rather hear them than most of the terrible crap on the radio. they have a strong tight rhythm section which i guess just falls into solid heterosexuality. I can head nod to them in the car if they are on the radio and not feel unmanly. But as far as ever thinking, i wish i could rewind that it was so rad, that rarely happens with tool. Of all their songs, i found this one to be the most enjoyable. It is the most well rounded song. Normally they have a good riff, lame singing. Or a decent riff, ok singing and a wicked bridge or some other unbalance in the song structure. But this song is probably the most even as far as decent singing,riff, and bridge. In fact the bridge, at like 4:30 kicks ass. but they only decide to kick that donkey for like 15 seconds which sucks, because i coulda heard that jive for like 3 mins.

My Opus

2008-01-30T06:46:00.000-08:00

I have been working on all these songs below and nothing has come together like i have said. All these recordings are not polished by any means, i just threw the ideas out there. Obviously there are transition/timing/ problems and just plain mistakes. This particular song, i cant figure out, i put all the parts here, but they dont have transitions written yet so try to separate them in your mind. If anyone has ideas, they are welcome. I had a solo worked up at the end, and i batched it hardcore its not even funny. But im too lazy and dont care to rerecord. I just wanted to give a sample. Ignore everything after 3:30seconds in the video. Or just watch it more closely now that i pointed it out and laugh.

Odd song

2008-01-30T06:44:00.000-08:00

I cant figure where i pulled this out of. I made it up right before i recorded it, so it doesnt really follow. But i thought it had enough merit as a rad idea to save in the archives.

My video game song

2008-01-30T06:42:00.000-08:00

Its a standard riff that the walkdown thingy gets used a lot, but i like it and want to incorperate it into something somehow, and i havent figured it out either.

Another riff

2008-01-30T06:41:00.000-08:00

This one i like, but cant remeber if i posted before. I still strugle with the hameroff or pulloff whatever you call it. i cant do it quite fast enough either, but the idea is there.

Idea 1

2008-01-30T06:39:00.000-08:00

here is one riff, i got the riff but i cant come up with anything past it. and its not fast enough yet, im still having a hard time playing it.

Writers Block

2008-01-29T08:05:00.000-08:00

Ive been working on 3 huge songs. One of which is my Opus, which probably wont see the light of day for a while. But the other 2 i cant seem to make progress on. Sometimes when i write the chorus of a song that is the greatest thing i have ever heard, i cant put a verse to it, because nothing, no chord arrangement is as great, or just doesnt seem to fit. Its like trying to pair some doritos with filet mignon. Im stumped for now. A few more hours brainstorming on the toilet with my acoustic might find me an answer, but my acoustic is out of commission due to a string failure. I will try to get the progress up for the 4 of you who read this to see, as soon as the creative juices flow once more.

The Guys

2008-01-28T08:07:00.000-08:00

I am going to revisit the days of old a little more. This stuff is classic. This video is so classic as is the song. How many memories does seeing/hearing this bring back? classic.

Fatness

2008-01-27T08:41:00.000-08:00

So i was watching the news and saw a clip of a contest that was being done by krispykreme. They were having some sort of 2.2 mile running contest. The deal was, if they ran from somewhere to krispykreme, ate 12 donuts then ran back, the winner would receive some sort of krispy kreme certificate or something and probably some donation would be made to make krispy look loving. So This isnt bad at all, i thought it might be funny. Untill i saw a clip of all the runners. I have never seen so many FAT people come out of the woodwork when they have the option for 12 free donuts on the run and possibility for more later. It shows those lazy fatasses will get up off of theirs, if they have an opportunity to grow horizontally. fat people suck.

Unbelievable

2008-01-26T08:43:00.000-08:00

It should be a record. I break probably the least amount of strings of anyone i know. I use to break a lot of them. But now i have figured out the easy combo it takes to keep strings alive. I have had this guitar for about 3 years or so. I have played it daily. I keep it in the bathroom and play it there. I take it with me whenever i travel, it has a lot of miles on it as well as on the fretboard. Since i bought it about 3 years ago, i have had 1 set of strings on it. Elixers. I bought this set of strings and i give a lot of the credit to those strings and some to my use of light picks.38mm. Here is a picture of the death of the stringset. I have to replace the whole set, because they are obviously old strings and a new one will stick out like a sore thumb.

Days of old

2008-01-24T19:31:00.000-08:00

I was listening to third today and really enjoying them from a different perspective than i ever had. I decided that their first 2 albums were some of the greatest music I have heard. Best songwriting, great skill, excellent all around. I found a video of them playing wounded off their second album. I couldnt find any old videos with them playing with kevin their original guitarist. So you will have to deal with some fag in a big fluffy jacket playing each chord like its some kind of magic trick. Since its not quite the way it use to be, listen mostly to Brad on the drums. He has stayed solid and faithfully transmitted the drums through time. I still believe brad is one of the best drummers i have ever heard. His speed and precision is beyond me. His ideas and where he places his fills are so out there. If you pay attention to how he places these fills with the guitarist its insane, who could have thought of it?

Song of Majestic Proportions

2008-01-23T07:24:00.000-08:00

This is an acoustic wonder i created. It wasnt hard by any means to write. I just was playing open chords which is rare for me. And i really liked how these sounded together with an easy rhythm. So i threw a little tag riff in at the end that is supposed to be played over the main chords but i cant do that without 4 arms and 2 guitars, so imagine it if you can.

Can an old dog learn new tricks?

2008-01-18T07:34:00.000-08:00

I found a video of me playing drums a year ago or something, and it was full of rad ideas, but terrible execution and poor rhythm. I dont think i have practiced or played consistently in 8 years. Is this the end of my percussive career, or does anyone think there is any hope for a rocky balboa comeback?

Better than I thought

2008-01-11T19:11:00.000-08:00

I thought this might take me a year or two to get. But after you get over the first hurdle on this thing, it really starts to take shape. I spent probably a month or so just butchering this thing all over the place. I sounded like a kid learning the violin. Its still rough and isnt as tight as i want it or nearly as fast, but im getting the idea i think check out the progress.

Evidence of Heterosexuality

2008-01-04T06:51:00.000-08:00

Davis is trying to upset the entire structure of my verbal abuse by finding a woman.

Oh Holy Night

2007-12-23T09:53:00.000-08:00

This one is different from the last one i posted last year. but its great nonetheless.

this looks rad

2007-12-23T07:54:00.000-08:00

zahn is funny to me.

We must have the same blood in us

2007-12-14T21:28:00.001-08:00

My wife posted this as well, but i thought i would too because its so great. Every time i start busting riffs, he pushes open the door and waltzes on in to dance, whether he's clothed or not.

Little Seasonal Festivities

2007-12-13T07:23:00.001-08:00

I have actually been more seasonably festive this year with guitar riffs. Maybe i had a kid and i got soft. Maybe im just bored on the guitar and uninspired with new material. Ill bet on the latter. I wrote this in a hurry, so be gentle on the rhythm and tightness of chops on it, i know its mediocre. I just dont care enough.