Jan
21
2009

Convenience Fees

Not Really That Convienent!

(Add / View Comments) (0)Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 10:49:34 pm
(Posted Under: Rants)
We just booked our flights for spending Valentine's Day on the Gold Coast - pretty cheap flights, discounted through the internet. However, at the end, there was a $18 convenience fee? Really? Convenience? These tickets have to be booked online. I bring the computer. I bring the internet connection. I bring the printer and the paper. I do all the work. So, why exactly am I paying a convenience fee? *shrug*.

Anyways, we're looking forward to the weekend away!
Jan
21
2009

Random Statements About Music

Tied Together By Hurricane Katrina

(Add / View Comments) (0)Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 10:56:55 am
(Posted Under: Tempe Music Scene Tempe Music Scene, Music Music)
Two random musical observations, only related by the Katrina benefit put on at Last Exit years ago (which I was listening too today).

Firstly, Whiteout (Tramps & Thieves) is fucking amazing! It's impressive that no matter for how long, or how many times I've listened to it, the acoustic guitar intro never ceases to invoke something within me! It's been quite a while since I've listened to the version for this show, and doing so today was a religious experience! Not that it generally isn't, regardless of the version, but listening to that today was like a gust of wind from days gone by blowing throw the room.

Secondly, as this as as old news as how good Whiteout is, is how awesome Trainwreck is / was. Talk about an incredible band that seemingly were here one minute, and gone the next. I have no idea what happened to them, or if they ever did anything else, but geez, just great songs. It never ceases to amaze me how much they sounded like a seemless continuation of the Ten O'Clock Scholars, despite the 20 year gap. Neither does it cease to amaze me how little of a stretch it is to imagine Hopkins playing with those guys. It really sucks that Dave McKay showed up again out of nowhere (it seems) and was gone again...Trainwreck was something I definitely wanted to hear more of!

I've been hung up in the white out, with no direction home.
Now Playing: Tramps & Thieves - Whiteout (Last Exit, Tempe, AZ - 10/04/2005)

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