Nov
12
2005

Female Vocals On "Think I'm In"

(Add / View Comments) (0)Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 03:35:11 pm
(Posted Under: Music Music, Tempe Music Scene Tempe Music Scene)
Given how much I've listened to Scott & Troy's performance at the Black Mood's CD release, it was bizarre listening to the studio (or 'studio' [smile]) version of Think I'm In. I've gotten so used to the live version, listening to this version was quite bizarre, which is funny given I'd heard this version verse. (Well, excluding literally seeing Johnson play it live, which was the first time I'd heard it). What REALLY stood out, which I've never noticed before, is the backing vocals. Sounds like a female. I wonder who.

Speaking of brother Johnson, my secret Arizona contact tells me that he, T-Roy and the Ironbear (PH) are heading to the studio. Way cool! I really hope that happens!
Now Playing: Scott Johnson & Troy Dixon - Think I'm In! (Live - Laruel Canyon CD Release)
Nov
12
2005

Where For Art Thou Ebuild?

(Add / View Comments) (0)Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 03:10:38 pm
(Posted Under: Linux Linux, Gentoo Linux Gentoo Linux)
One annoying thing with Gentoo (or moreso Portage) is the death of ebuilds - that is, that after time ebuilds disappear out of portage.

Y'know, if I bork my kernel sources, I might just want to remerge them. Sure, the 2.6.8 kernel is reasonably old, but since it's the kernel I've got installed, as crazy as it might be [wink], I might just want to remerge it.

It wasn't a huge problem, since I backup portage each time I do an emerge sync (which in itself is kinda a pain in the ass), for this exact reason. A technique I've always employeed on my server, since about this time last year - when I was setting up a server at work, and had to replicate the environment we'd been using, and had trouble finding an ebuild for the right version of mod_ssl, as it was no longer in portage. I ended up one after searching the web for about an hour. Since then I've religiously backup portage before doing emerge sync's. (And hence is why I emerge sync fairly infrequently).

What portage does (removing old ebuilds) isn't inherently wrong, because admitadly never removing ebuilds would result in a huge amount of files in /usr/portage. Of course, ebuilds are quite small in size, but sure, you'd end up with a crap load of files. However, it's kinda crazy, and certainly, annoying that ebuilds for packages that are installed disappear. Especially for things that you're likely to bork, like kernel sources. [wink]

The solution, or the one I use anyway, is to backup portage (excluding distfiles/) each time I sync, and whenever I need an old ebuild, extract it and dump it into /usr/local/portage, which I've set up as a portage overlay. At least this way, you only have to do it once. Not that it's hard, or that time consuming, but it can be a pain to find the ebuild, set up the directory, copy the required files, and then generate a digest.

Anyways, I'm just bitchin' like a...bitch. [smile] I think that's the only minor annoyance I have with Gentoo.

Furthermore, last night I was trying to add some iptables modules to the 2.6.8 kernel - which unfortantely didn't work to well. h323_conntrack, which worked, however I don't seem to be able to get it to actually work. And pptp_conntrack, which I coudln't get to patch properly, nor find a patch-o-matic version that would patch properly with gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.8. I did notice last week when the 2.6.14 kernel was released, pptp_conntrack was merged into the mainline kernel. I probably should just upgrade my kernel. But 2.6.8 has been good to me, and it means I'd have to reboot. [wink]
Now Playing: Scott Johnson & Troy Dixon - Stop! (Live - Laruel Canyon CD Release)
Nov
12
2005

Shocking!

(Add / View Comments) (0)Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 02:36:40 pm
(Posted Under: Tempe Music Scene Tempe Music Scene)
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/summeraz/Halloween/Yucca.jpg

Scott Johnson with an acoustic guitar! [wink] Okay, so Corey Gloden in a thong is pretty shocking and disturbing also. [smile]

But seriously, how often do you see brother Johnson with an acoustic guitar? That's right, not that often.
Now Playing: Frontline - The Black Moods (Live - Lariel Canyon CD Release)

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