R.I.P. 2009

And another year draws to a close. Man, this one has gone SUPER fast!

I was going to do a big list of my fav things of the year, like music and movies. But then I realised that I've actually only bought 1 CD from 2009 - that being The Fame Monster by Lady Gaga (which is pretty darn brilliant, in case you were wondering). Of course, there are a few albums that I plan on picking up over summer, like Third Eye Blind's Ursa Major (seriously, they finally put out a new album after 6 years of nothing, and I take this long to buy it?) and Sarah Blasko's As Day Follows Night, but this year my music purchasing has really been dominated by reissues or just plain old albums. Quite a lot of 2008 albums too, I must admit.

And as for movies, this is what I have seen:

Against the Dark
Confessions of a Shopaholic
I Love You, Man
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Bride Wars
Watchmen
Inglourious Basterds
The Proposal
The Hangover

Pretty crap list, right? Especially Bride Wars. Dear gawd, that was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Anne Hathaway is great and all, but I would actually willingly watch Revenge of the Fallen again instead of that. And just to be more exact, only 3 of those movies I actually went to the cinema to see. Now that is lame.

So anyways, instead of boring you with that stuff, I figure I would bore you with my New Year's resolutions for 2010:

1. Play more guitar
2. Get better at playing guitar
3. Go to at least 2 kick-ass concerts
4. Watch better movies
5. Give these cats I am currently babysitting a lot more cuddles. I realise this is short-term, but they need lots of love. And they like me WAY more than they like their crappy owners. But that might have something to do with me treating them nice.
6. Have a more successful trip down the road to feed the goosies - one that doesn't result in a Mother goose hissing at me and getting all angry
7. Better manage my time for annual Transformers watching; don't want a repeat of this year's having to quickly watch the last 30 episodes in the last 4 days of the year
8. Better still, I am endeavouring to watch every episode of my newly acquired (and by newly acquired, I mean I went and bought it in the middle of writing this blog. Thank you, Mr. True Rewards and 10 years old cd store vouchers) Complete Japan Collection box set before my birthday. I would consider my time on Earth a complete failure if I were to turn 30 and know that there were still episodes of The Transformers out there that I hadn't seen - even if they are poorly translated and completely ridiculous
9. Maybe think about this caffeine addiction. Maybe
10. Recording...

Well that is enough boring from me for 2009. Happy New Year to you all. Except you - yeah you with the Panic at the Disco t-shirt. You are a moron.

Darn I've Been Busy

It is 3:30am because I have just spent the last 2 days making some music and setting up my new MySpace page. Well, sure those things actually have no control over time and 3:30am would happen every day regardless of what I do. But nevertheless, I have set up a brand new MySpace page and - shock horror - have uploaded some new tracks! I've been working hard all weekend and made 2 songs to put up (one was starting from scratch too) plus I gave a couple of other tracks a bit of a reworking, and I think they all sound pretty good. But then, I'm all goosed up on brownie and caffeine and am going to get up in 2 hours to resume my employment with Evil Corp, so what would I know?

I know that I rock. And you should too.

So yeah, for those that are interested, I have updated the link on my little sidebar thingee for the blog (you know, that little thing there that says kid ego MySpace? Yeah, that thing). Or if you like have it bookmarked because you are a super fan and totally can't wait to hear what I'm doing next, then the new address is www.myspace.com/officialkidego

That's all from me for now.

Oh Gods of the 80's, Why Have You Forsaken Me?

Logman is not happy.

No it isn't because of the four - yes, FOUR - coldsores now trying take over my bottom lip (perhaps I'm working too hard? Yeah I know I am super funny).

The source of my unhappiness lies in this article I discovered last night:

NZ Herald Article About MC Hammer and Twitter and... Mike Hosking???

It isn't until about halfway down that I realised the unthinkable: MC Hammer was in Auckland.
And I wasn't.

I'm adding this to my list. You know, my list of times when I should have been in the right place to meet one of my heroes, but for some reason didn't even know he or she was in a place I could storm and give them a giant hug.

If Tyra gets out of this country without me saying "Hi" to her, that could very well be the last straw!

OH NO! A SQUIGGLY LINE ON MY PACKAGE! Or, How to Show Your Love for Xenophobia

So, the latest email scam/lie/bullshit fest that is doing the rounds seems to be this one about Cadbury supporting terrorism. Seen it yet? Well lucky Log has - and now you can enjoy the stupidity as well!

Have you ever seen this symbol on your food products?

The LHS symbol is that of the - HALAL CERTIFICATION AUTHORITY ? AUSTRALIA

This is a Muslim Association that collects money from the Australian Food Industry for this symbol so that Muslims will purchase the product. Yet we are told the Muslim population are only one and a half percent of Australia 's total!

On a recent radio talk-back show a well known host was alerted to this practice.

He hit a stone wall when trying to find out HOW MUCH money was paid to this organization and WHERE the money went.
It was explained that by buying those marked products at least you are supporting a religion that is actively trying to destroy the Australian way of life or at the other extreme the money MAY be supporting terrorism. Many Australian Companies are paying this money including BEGA, CADBURY and many other well known companies.

Check before you buy.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING?

My head hurts from the ignorance. Let's go back over this again:


"This is a Muslim Association that collects money from the Australian Food Industry for this symbol so that Muslims will purchase the product. Yet we are told the Muslim population are only one and a half percent of Australia 's total!"
So therefore they shouldn't be allowed to enjoy everyday products like chocolate bars and Vegemite? I didn't realise they were reserved for the white/christian community. Bastard minorities! How dare they want to enjoy food like the rest of us!

"On a recent radio talk-back show a well known host was alerted to this practice."
Good work - get a radio host on to it! Because they are well known for their detective work and morals on air. Especially in Australia! Remember when that morning crew made some 16 year-old take a lie detector on air and talk about being raped? Classy.

"He hit a stone wall when trying to find out HOW MUCH money was paid to this organization and WHERE the money went."
Because it is TOTALLY for public knowledge. Tell him to call Rupert Murdoch and ask him how much money he gets paid and what he spends it on. Better yet, did the radio host tell you how much he gets paid and where it goes?

"It was explained that by buying those marked products at least you are supporting a religion that is actively trying to destroy the Australian way of life"
Of course! Because the money MUST be going back to the religion, and all Muslims want to do is destroy Australia and stop them from being drunken racist losers. To be honest, that sounds like a pretty cool religion.

"Many Australian Companies are paying this money including BEGA, CADBURY and many other well known companies.
Check before you buy.
DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING?"
Do YOU know where the money you spend on every item you buy is going???
I would venture a big fat no. And considering most Australians and New Zealanders didn't give a complete shit about Cadbury using palm oil and thus helping to destroy the habitats of Orangutans, I honestly fail to understand how companies are supporting terrorism because they are choosing to target a minority market while not compromising their current market at all. I guess it's just me, but I would have thought a company's complete disregard for the environment and future of an entire species was a bit more disgusting than them deciding to start marketing towards a minority group.

"Our products are helping to kill off the Orangutans.. "
"That's OK - your chocolate is yum"
"And now Muslims can enjoy our yum chocolate too!"
"You bastards!"

I myself work for Evil Corp Inc., and we have a similar situation; every so often we CHOOSE to be FSC Certified, which means every few years a guy from some company comes and goes through our forests and inspects our processes so he can say we meet their requirements and then we get to put a stupid FSC logo on all our products. They get paid lots to do it for us and it means very little, but most companies like to have it for piece of mind. Doesn't mean we support organised crime or anything.

Don't get me wrong - I can't stand Cadbury or religion. But the whole thing is so narrow-minded and ill-informed (like most things christianity like to promote) that it makes about as much sense as grabbing a box of crackers and going 'The Griffins logo is red! They must support communism!'

Grow the fuck up

Delay #7644

For those wondering (all .25 of you); Yes - I am aware today was the day I had proclaimed my first album would be 'released'. Unfortunately, (as I am sure you have guessed by now) I have been forced to delay it yet again... mainly because it is nowhere near finished.

I thought for a while that I might have been able to get it finished on time, even after the whole messing around putting together a bass thing. Hell, even as close as October I was still kidding myself thinking that it might be done by today. But once I took a week to join my family in New Plymouth, followed by 3 weeks of practising for the 2 TSW gigs I got called up for, that really put an end to those plans. And this month started out as party-time which was great, but caused even more delays...

But I am back to it now. Honest. Sunday was my first day off from it in a good couple of weeks, and that was only because I was dead tired from kicking everyone's arses at Rock Band the night before. Seriously, I was more tired from that than after the gig a couple of weeks ago!

Speaking of gigs, this might give someone else a laugh.
I spent 3 weeks practising for a good few hours every day. Even learnt all the new songs that Brad asked me to, as well as spending a good deal of time on ABBA songs that were extremely unnecessary (all Brad had written was "ABBA songs... " so I assumed that meant I should brush up on as many as I could. Even, apparently, ones they haven't done in about 2 years). Then I got up to Hamtown on the Thursday afternoon for a good 5 hour practice session, only to find that our Saturday night gig had been canceled. And then the next night we started late and only ended up playing for 2 hours.

All that for 2 hours of playing!

And out of all the 'new' songs Brad got me to learn, we only played 2 of them.
Classic stuff.

I might keep you all updated during the recording process. Just depends if there is anything newsworthy/entertaining (which only tends to happen when I record with the mic capsule round the wrong way. Ooops!). But with all these delays, it is probably a good thing I am not signed to some big record company!