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Why Volkswagens Rock

Smoother — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 05:36:08 +0000

My Golf rocks. Not because it has 8 airbags. not because all it’s a ‘sleeper’ and I’ve never been pulled over by the cops in it. Not because it’s small, light, fast, and furious. What makes it really the hardcore machine it is? The keyless entry key. Let me explain… I washed my key today on the heavy duty setting with a 30 minute soak option, then dried it with my clothes on high for about 75 minutes (I was drying blue jeans). It wasn’t until the dry cycle was over that I realized what terrible thing I’ve done! My key was dry and clean so I decided to give it a shot and the keyless entry worked. And the moral of the story is… it’s okay to wash your VW key with your laundry. At the end of the day you’ll have a nice shiny working key.

Slipknot Iowa Rock Music CD Review

Smoother — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:58:50 +0000

Iowa is the latest Rock CD released by the highly group Slipknot and they have once again delivered a brilliant collection of tracks. I’m confident Slipknot fans, and Rock fans alike will be pleased with this one.

I wish it weren’t the case but, it’s not everyday that I get a CD for review that I can just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. There is usually a song or two that I just can’t force myself to get through. Not at all the case with Iowa. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.

Iowa is a nicely varied, mix of 14 tracks that are very well written and brilliantly performed songs by these clearly talented musicians. Most of the songs display a lot of the kind emotion that makes for a really great listen. Clearly drawing from what I can only imagine are their own real life experiences. At different points touching on the most real emotions of love, heartbreak, pain, failed relationships and unattainable romance. They’re all here.

Listen and I think you’ll agree that the song choices are excellent, the production is outstanding and Slipknot is clearly a group that is in top form.

While the entire CD is really very good some of my favorites are track 3 – Disasterpiece, track 5 – Everything Ends, and track 6 – The Heretic Anthem

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 8 – Left Behind. It’s a great track!

Iowa Release Notes:

Slipknot originally released Iowa on August 28, 2001 on the Roadrunner Records label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. (515) 2. People=Shit 3. Disasterpiece 4. My Plague 5. Everything Ends 6. Heretic Anthem, The 7. Gently 8. Left Behind 9. Shape, The 10. I Am Hated 11. Skin Ticket 12. New Abortion 13. Metabolic 14. Iowa

Slipknot: Corey (vocals); Mick, James (guitar); Paul (bass); Joey (drums); Shawn, Chris (percussion); Craig (samples); Sid (DJ). Recorded at Sound City and Sound Image, Van Nuys, California.

Vacancy Movie Review (2007)

Smoother — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:11:01 +0000

I recently saw the movie Vacancy. I rate this movie 4.5 out of 5!

My short review: Scary, exciting, some funny parts. I liked it because it seemed like something that could happen in real life and the reactions from the cast were that of a real life situation.

Here’s the description from Yahoo Movies

When David (Luke Wilson) and Amy Fox’s (Kate Beckinsale) car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, they are forced to spend the night at the only motel around, with only the TV to entertain them… until they discover that the low-budget slasher movies they’re watching were all filmed in the very room they’re sitting in. With hidden cameras now aimed at them… trapping them in rooms, crawlspaces,..

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