Oldies

Today I heard Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" on the "oldies" station in Madison, 94.9. WTF? I mean, I like some 80's tunes like that one, and I like oldies, like Elvis and such, but it reminds me of the line in the song "1985" by Bowling for Soup. "When did Motley Crue become classic rock?" I think the term "oldies" pretty much brings to mind doo-wop, 50's and 60's rock, malt shops and poodle skirts. But according to how Madison's oldies station is progressing, in 15 years MC Hammer will be considered oldies. And that is just wrong.

Speaking of music, I think I might attempt this little project - The February Album Writing Month Challenge. Kinda like what I did with The Stint, only I don't need to book a show. Just record a shitload of songs in a short time. I'm writing one for my Dad and Cindy's wedding reception which is in a week. In Milwaukee. Should be a good time! They got married in Jamaica, barefoot on a beach. Sweet.

Anyone know how to back up DVDs or parts of DVDs to .avi files, or .mpegs on your hard drive? I've tried to no avail with a couple freeware programs, but it never seems to work. I wanna get footage of the Spoof Fests I've done on my computer (from the DVDs I got) so I can post it on my website, as soon as I get one. The bordfans site will be no more soon, so I'm gettin' a different site. Any suggestions for a name? I'll have a separate one, most likely, for Government Zero, but I need name ideas for my personal site. www.timbudziszewski.com would be a little to hard to spell for most.

Anyone listen to 92.1 in Madison? They talk about some good stuff on there, but it really infuriates me most of the time. Ignorance really is bliss, I tell ya. Sometimes I just need to take a break from listening to any news about our fuckhead of a president, because it gets me to the verge of screaming.

I saw King Kong. It was freakin' sweet. God damn, that monkey looked real. They still haven't perfected making CGI humans look real enough, though.

I have a new position at work. It's pretty sweet. I monitor and time calls for all the CAs (captioning assistants) at Captel. It's nice because I get to stay as busy as I want so the day goes by fast. But if I'm tired or feeling lazy, I can work at a slower pace. Everyday there is always something to do, but very little that absolutely HAS to be done by any specific person in my team. That rocks.