tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267420692009-02-20T23:58:47.443-08:00brenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357174919302850049noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742069.post-1162655724044168582006-11-04T07:30:00.000-08:002006-11-04T07:55:24.086-08:00Goodness. I've taken a long time in writing this first entry. Prague has been pretty incredible so far, the work load has been staggering but I've managed to deal with it. A couple days ago the cold finally came. I should actually call it The Cold because it's in a class of its own. I've never been a long johns kind of guy but it's looking like I'm going to join the ranks fairly soon. The TEFL school isn't the janky place that I had some suspicions it would be. The instructors are pretty hardcore about the work and they make us teach twice a week to Czech students as well as a grammar lesson to our fellow TEFLers.<br /><br />I'm slightly embarrased that, being an English major, I had no knowledge of things like the past continuous, future perfect, phonology, sentence composition, etc... I'm learnin' though, I think.<br /><br />Brent, Ben and Dave are going to live in an apartment together in the Vinohrady section of Prague. That's Prague 3. Our future apartment overlooks a giant TV antenna tower that has metal babies crawling all over it. I think it's probably the best thing I've ever seen.<br /><br />Here's a picture of Dave with Christina. Dave is grand fellow.<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1500/2802/1600/000017.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1500/2802/320/000017.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />'till next time. -BRENT<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26742069-116265572404416858?l=musicdonkey.blogspot.com'/></div>brenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357174919302850049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742069.post-1153178158976964492006-07-17T15:51:00.000-07:002006-07-17T16:15:58.986-07:00Just going to throw out three albums I think are pretty exceptional.<br /><br />1) <span style="font-weight:bold;">65 Days of Static - The Fall of Math (2004)</span> - <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S709W9IP">download</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1500/2802/1600/65daysofstatic.0.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1500/2802/320/65daysofstatic.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />They make like a collision of Mogwai and Explosions in the Sky, only more frantic sounding with some chalk-on-nails glitch stuff as well. Kind of scary and epic.<br /><br />2)<span style="font-weight:bold;">Ratatat - Classics (2006)</span> - <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=27MULDCR">download</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1500/2802/1600/Ratatat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1500/2802/320/Ratatat.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />This album isn't even going to be released until sometime in August, I believe. It's better than their last album by bounds. Choice cuts are 'Loud Pipes' and 'Lex'. Sounds a bit like the Rapture, but with a little more funk-a-dunk.<br /><br />3) <span style="font-weight:bold;">Tokyo Police Club - A Lesson in Crime (2006)</span> - <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HEXKM1WH">download</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1500/2802/1600/tokyopoliceclub.1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1500/2802/320/tokyopoliceclub.1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Moderately spazzy indie-rock darlings. Lyrics you can sing along to for sure. It's just too short, really. A more garage/pop sounding Arcade Fire vibe.<br /><br />If the download links don't work just let me know and I'll try and redo 'em.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26742069-115317815897696449?l=musicdonkey.blogspot.com'/></div>brenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357174919302850049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26742069.post-1145726387731227662006-04-22T10:19:00.000-07:002006-04-22T10:19:47.743-07:00well, just started this up. we'll see what happens, i guess.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26742069-114572638773122766?l=musicdonkey.blogspot.com'/></div>brenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357174919302850049noreply@blogger.com0