Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Jamie Jabber 77 - (Book) Switch: How to change things when change is hard
Today I discuss a new book about change, why it's hard to change and how you can go about changing yourself and influencing change in others.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Blue Chest Adventure Part 1 of 5
Jamie, Dave and Erik head out on their quest to find the blue chest that Jamie saw over the edge of the cliffs of Magnolia, Seattle a few weeks prior. Along the way, they will also look for one of the fallen houses of Magnolia and the legendary stone couch.
Blue Chest Adventure Part 2 of 5
The guys continue their adventure down the "Stairway of Profound Thoughts" and find some pretty interesting "art". Stone love seats, forgotten bricks and rope swings ensue.
Blue Chest Adventure Part 3 of 5
The guys find the secret lab of Dr. L. H. Silverman, an awesome tree-based structure, Dave battles with dyslexia and Erik makes pretty much the best face ever.
Blue Chest Adventure Part 4 of 5
The guys reach the water, traverse the dangerous cliffside, retrieve the walking stick from Poseidon, Dave sustains some awesome battle damage and the chest is found.
Blue Chest Adventure 5 of 5
The guys end their adventure with a run in with a friendly stranger and the use of ninja speed to avoid trouble from the locals! Also, a nice recap of the events through an epic slide show ends the first adventure with Falcon Rad, Crow Gnarly and Vulture Awesome.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Jamie Jabber 76 - The point of no return; can you stomach the truth or will you close this video?
How important is it that you maintain the excuse of ignorance? Find out by watching how you react to this.
Jamie...deciphering Fair to Midland lyrics: Bright Bulbs and Sharp Tools
Fair to Midland is my favorite band in the world. I think what makes them so amazing, besides their sound, is their lyrics. Lyrics that are to the point, straightforward, have almost no value to me. Lyrics that make you think, that make you work ever so slightly to find their meaning...that's satisfying.
Of course, that means that the lyrics run the risk of meaning nothing at all.
Like I was saying in a previous Jamie Jabber, words are designed to go into YOUR head and pull from your reference library. This means that when you start getting into obscure lyrics and loose meanings, the definition now becomes widely varied across people. That's fantastic...it's like we each get our own unique emotions from the same words where as something like, "I love you, baby, I need you in my life" leaves almost no room for interpretation while "Suffice it to say, there's a time and a place so I wait for the tug of war and who you'll pull for" can have a wide range of interpretations DEPENDING ON WHO LISTENS TO IT.
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Today, I wanted to decipher a line from "Bright Bulbs and Sharp Tools", an unreleased demo for a song on their upcoming album. Here are the lyrics followed by a link to the song.
Now heaven knows I've got one short damn fuse
So come sit down a spell while I light up the room
If walls could talk, they'd be know-it-all's
So we live in the sticks, there are some fish you can catch
And it makes my skin crawl
I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, so what's the use?
And she knew, she knew...
He fights like hell because he wants to glow
And would tackle the sun to be a bright bulb
I wonder if he'll wake us up in time?
He's gray
And has to hide somewhere in between black and white
Is he insane? But never was praying, before it's over,
I hope he takes you too
They say attack can be your best defense
And I've got mother's smile, both my dad's fists
John Doe escapes, carry his name
And when it's time to sign, ask where; not why
And it makes my blood boil
Those black letter days, all their mail just winds up lost
He's gray
And has to hide somewhere in between black and white
Is he insane? But never was praying, before it's over,
I hope he takes you too
You see whispers in the winter
Temper doesn't laugh
And every spring, I hear them sing, I hear them sing
(Oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh)
Every spring, I hear them sing, I hear them sing
Every spring, I hear them sing
If he's going down
If he's going under the ground
I hope he takes you too
Whoa, whoa, whoa
I hope he takes you too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvfy8ym08k8
The line we are going to be looking at today is:
He fights like hell because he wants to glow
And would tackle the sun to be a bright bulb
I wonder if he'll wake us up in time?
Like with most of their lyrics, you need to invest a little bit of effort to find your own definition. That work, that effort, makes the meaning you find very rewarding. So it wasn't until I thought about it that I came up with a very neat interpretation.
"He fights like hell because he wants to glow" to me means that the subject of this song works very hard at what he does because of the way he wants to appear to other people. It is so important to him what others think of him that it is his fuel to succeed.
"And would tackle the sun to be a bright bulb" to me signifies that he is willing to destroy anything around him that is better or performs greater than he does. The contrast that would make him look less is something he can't abide. But tackling the sun is stupid...the sun is massive. You will die. It's impossible. Still, his will to tackle the sun, like a little dog picking a fight with a much bigger dog, is unfazed. He will kill himself trying to stifle those that are better than he is.
"I wonder if he'll wake us up in time?" is really neat. It takes the literal consequence of him destroying the sun and asks the question, "Now that the sun is gone, he will have to take the responsibilities of the sun. The sun did such a good job of waking us up on time...I wonder if he'll wake us up in time. This can then be taken a few different ways, for example, dealing with the consequences of the actions of a person who destroys others to be the highest on the totem pole.
So yeah, that's that. There is so much good stuff in these songs that I will probably be doing this for a while.
Of course, that means that the lyrics run the risk of meaning nothing at all.
Like I was saying in a previous Jamie Jabber, words are designed to go into YOUR head and pull from your reference library. This means that when you start getting into obscure lyrics and loose meanings, the definition now becomes widely varied across people. That's fantastic...it's like we each get our own unique emotions from the same words where as something like, "I love you, baby, I need you in my life" leaves almost no room for interpretation while "Suffice it to say, there's a time and a place so I wait for the tug of war and who you'll pull for" can have a wide range of interpretations DEPENDING ON WHO LISTENS TO IT.
---
Today, I wanted to decipher a line from "Bright Bulbs and Sharp Tools", an unreleased demo for a song on their upcoming album. Here are the lyrics followed by a link to the song.
Now heaven knows I've got one short damn fuse
So come sit down a spell while I light up the room
If walls could talk, they'd be know-it-all's
So we live in the sticks, there are some fish you can catch
And it makes my skin crawl
I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, so what's the use?
And she knew, she knew...
He fights like hell because he wants to glow
And would tackle the sun to be a bright bulb
I wonder if he'll wake us up in time?
He's gray
And has to hide somewhere in between black and white
Is he insane? But never was praying, before it's over,
I hope he takes you too
They say attack can be your best defense
And I've got mother's smile, both my dad's fists
John Doe escapes, carry his name
And when it's time to sign, ask where; not why
And it makes my blood boil
Those black letter days, all their mail just winds up lost
He's gray
And has to hide somewhere in between black and white
Is he insane? But never was praying, before it's over,
I hope he takes you too
You see whispers in the winter
Temper doesn't laugh
And every spring, I hear them sing, I hear them sing
(Oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh-oooh)
Every spring, I hear them sing, I hear them sing
Every spring, I hear them sing
If he's going down
If he's going under the ground
I hope he takes you too
Whoa, whoa, whoa
I hope he takes you too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvfy8ym08k8
The line we are going to be looking at today is:
He fights like hell because he wants to glow
And would tackle the sun to be a bright bulb
I wonder if he'll wake us up in time?
Like with most of their lyrics, you need to invest a little bit of effort to find your own definition. That work, that effort, makes the meaning you find very rewarding. So it wasn't until I thought about it that I came up with a very neat interpretation.
"He fights like hell because he wants to glow" to me means that the subject of this song works very hard at what he does because of the way he wants to appear to other people. It is so important to him what others think of him that it is his fuel to succeed.
"And would tackle the sun to be a bright bulb" to me signifies that he is willing to destroy anything around him that is better or performs greater than he does. The contrast that would make him look less is something he can't abide. But tackling the sun is stupid...the sun is massive. You will die. It's impossible. Still, his will to tackle the sun, like a little dog picking a fight with a much bigger dog, is unfazed. He will kill himself trying to stifle those that are better than he is.
"I wonder if he'll wake us up in time?" is really neat. It takes the literal consequence of him destroying the sun and asks the question, "Now that the sun is gone, he will have to take the responsibilities of the sun. The sun did such a good job of waking us up on time...I wonder if he'll wake us up in time. This can then be taken a few different ways, for example, dealing with the consequences of the actions of a person who destroys others to be the highest on the totem pole.
So yeah, that's that. There is so much good stuff in these songs that I will probably be doing this for a while.
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