Well, the annual “Fat guys from Florida try to ride up mountains” tour went off with nothing more serious than bruised egos and sore muscles. If anyone is counting: 16+ hours in a car, 25+ miles ridden, 10,000+ calories burned and 5 asses kicked by the mountains. I was not driving so I did not bring any music along for the road trip. We did stumble upon a nice little radio station in Atlanta, Dave FM 92.9. When left to my own vices the only over the air radio I hear is sports talk radio so I am generally out of the loop.

I was surprised to find that Amy Winehouse is getting so much airplay. I knew she was popular in the gossip blog world but I figured that was over her weight loss and did not think she was actually getting noticed by the general public. I was wrong. I have had the Winehouse cd for quite awhile and have thought about writing about it from time to time. I like it well enough but it never excites me enough to wanna spend much time on it. Bill Maher described a Norah Jones cd as “a disc for fat, pasty, aging white men to fuck their wives to”. One could probably describe the Winehouse cd as a cd for fat, pasty, aging art school dropouts to get drunk on red wine fuck their ex-girlfriends to”……or something like that. It is a fine disc and has some songs I like well enough on it but it isn’t a disc a ever go clamouring for.

Amy Winehouse – Me and Mr. Jones
Amy Winehouse – Rehab

We did manage to log a couple of hundred miles with Tupac’s, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory cd acting as a soundtrack. It has probably been 5 years or so since I have listened to this cd and the nonstop string of post-humus releases made me forget just how much I enjoyed that release. Somewhere along the way I decided that one of my projects once I got home would be to make an Tupac comp for my car and maybe do up a Tupac post for  ninebullets. A little info on The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory from Wiki:

The album presents a stark contrast to previous works. Throughout the album, Shakur continues to focus on the themes of pain and aggression, making this album one of the emotionally darker works of his career. Shakur wrote and recorded all the lyrics in only three days and the production took another four days, combining for a total of seven days to complete the album (hence the name). The album was completely finished before Shakur died and Shakur had complete creative input on the album from the name of the album to the cover which Shakur chose to symbolize how the media has crucified him. The album debuted at #1 and sold 663,000 copies in the first week.

Tupac – Blasphemy
Tupac – Hail Mary

The mountain was a challenge and I am not sure I can say I met and conquered it. The first day we were there we did a 6 mile trail that was almost all uphill. I wanted to die and I needed to die but I did get to the top eventually. All the way playing the song “Always the Hard Way” by Terror over in over in my head.

Now I am home, body trying to recover and mind trying to get back into the grind. Sorry for the live journal-esque post but I thought it would be a nice break from the normal ninebullets.net fare. There are pictures of the trip thanks to the wife….Regular mostly impersonal music postings to resume tomorrow.