Category Archives: Music

WTF? FTW!

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Devin

On my drive into work this morning, one of the local radio stations played “November Rain” (Guns n Roses) “Rock Me Amadeus” (Falco) back to back. That’s some serious musical whiplash. That’s like having bacon-caramel pie. I like bacon, and … Continue reading →

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Dear iPod

Posted on April 12, 2008 by Devin

Dear iPod, Over the years that I’ve had you (as your second owner), we’ve had our rocky times. You’ve worked well with both my Windows and Mac workstations — that’s a plus. Your battery life is damn near useless (and … Continue reading →

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Two minor things you may or may not know

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Devin

For the record, Aly & AJ’s Potential Breakup Song is one hell of an earworm, but it sounds really good on my work desktop’s speaker/subwoofer. I’ve got it cranked up loud before anyone else gets here.I have finally found out … Continue reading →

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Thoughts from the break part 1

Posted on February 4, 2008 by Devin

So, I’m in Sydney for a training conference that I’m talking about in my work blog if you’re interested. There’s a lot of interesting small differences that have more of a mental impact to me than the big ones: The … Continue reading →

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Coolest musician on the planet

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Devin

The more Steph and I listen to Brad Paisley, the more impressed we are. (Those of you who don’t know who he is, he’s a country singer. If you don’t like country, that’s fine, you can stop reading, although I … Continue reading →

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GENIUS!

Posted on September 9, 2007 by Devin

Earlier tonight while reading my LiveJournal friends’ posts, I saw this video: The Mean Kitty Song This video has been cracking me up for hours now. I’ve watched it, like, a gazillion times, and I still am laughing my ass … Continue reading →

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So wrong, yet oddly compelling

Posted on January 27, 2007 by Devin

A YouTube clip of David Lee Roth performing Van Halen's classic "Jump." Nothing odd there, right? Try it as a bluegrass song. I blame John Scalzi. 

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Drive-by memeing

Posted on January 6, 2007 by Devin

First, I would like it to be known that I am only doing this under protest. I don’t usually participate in blog memes, because most of them are damned silly. However, I got tagged on this one by Paul in … Continue reading →

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Country music, Christianity, and Carrie Underwood

Posted on October 27, 2006 by Devin

For the past several months (maybe even year or two), I’ve been pondering an essay on how short and overt expressions of Christianity seem to be a staple feature of the country music genre and the severe cognitive dissonance this … Continue reading →

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Words fail me

Posted on May 2, 2006 by Devin

I’ve never been a big fan of the whole zombie genre. However, I’ve finally found a bit of zombie-themed entertainment that makes me giggle. A very talented musician by the name of Jonathan Coulton has taken the basic zombie concept, … Continue reading →

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Multitasking

Posted on February 24, 2006 by Devin

Dang. I just pulled off something tonight that makes me wonder if Apple wasn’t in fact smoking crack when they decided to drop the PowerPC processor in favor of moving to Pentiums. My little Mac mini — 512MB of RAM, … Continue reading →

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teh sux0r

Posted on February 20, 2006 by Devin

As you may remember, the local bookstore closed down last year. Today, I found out that our charming little hole-in-the-wall CD shop will be closing down in 6 weeks or so. This bites, because Steph and I try to support … Continue reading →

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Upon this Rock (or how I learned that sometimes, first impressions are correct)

Posted on January 28, 2006 by Devin

[Editor's warning: the following is tale of suspense and horror...of mid-80s Christian rock music and youthful prejudice. You have been warned.] Once upon a time, when I was a young and impressionable lad, my sister discovered a really good contemporary … Continue reading →

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Guilty pleasures

Posted on January 14, 2006 by Devin

It’s all Steph’s fault. No, really. She’s the one who introduced me to Il Divo, a new male chorale group put together by American Idol’s venom-tongued emcee Simon Cowell. These guys have some serious opera and theater cred, and I … Continue reading →

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Small annoyances redux

Posted on November 24, 2005 by Devin

Holidays are a time of love, peace, family unity, good smells coming from the kitchen, world peace, and a fluffy bunny for every child. They are also times of high stress, especially for those who are hosting the inevitable gatherings. … Continue reading →

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Small things, big annoyances

Posted on November 10, 2005 by Devin

I recently posted a round-up of the recent music and videos we’ve been enjoying here in the Ganger household. One of the songs I took pains to point out is Lion from Rebecca St. James. However, there’s a small problem … Continue reading →

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Music and Video update

Posted on November 6, 2005 by Devin

It’s been a bit since I’ve talked about music and video, so here we go. Mickie’s belated birthday presents showed up (thanks, Mickie!) so I now have Explosive: The Best of Bond to listen to (and watch, since the flip … Continue reading →

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Oops

Posted on September 19, 2005 by Devin

It is probably not a good idea to watch the video for Alan Jackson’s “Monday Morning Church” when you’ve recently lost a friend, especially not when you are wondering how his wife is holding up. I’d imagine that Brad Paisley … Continue reading →

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Late night thoughts

Posted on June 8, 2005 by Devin

Once again, I’m up far too late, trying to fix a raft of computer problems. This time I’m reinstalling my Exchange organization, migrating DNS zones, and trying to install a new reverse proxy web server. The usual. I’ve got my … Continue reading →

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Jam session, perfection, and suckitude

Posted on March 25, 2005 by Devin

I was asked by our priest if I could provide some quiet background guitar music for my church’s Maundy Thursday service. I agreed, and when time came to head down to the church tonight, I decided to walk. It’s only … Continue reading →

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We truly are different

Posted on January 9, 2005 by Devin

Stephanie and I were listening to the radio in the car tonight. We had it on our local country station since they were doing their weekly countdown and we both like a lot of the modern country music (although by … Continue reading →

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