mschorr

Wed, 20 Oct 2004 04:12:07 GMT

since leaving the band in july, i've been working on level design non-stop. i think some of that hard work has just paid off, as PC Gamer has just done a two part profile of EON, the UT2004 mod team that i'm a part of!

Part One
Part Two

here's a screenshot for you:

Sat, 16 Oct 2004 05:29:33 GMT

john stewart for president.

http://www.ifilm.com/filmdetail?ifilmid=2652831&htv=12

Amy's Website Part Deux

Wed, 13 Oct 2004 05:41:08 GMT

this month's lucky magazine (November issue) has Amy's jewelry featured under the Lucky Breaks section. so again....

http://www.amytavern.com

paypal is in the hizzouse btw, for all you that were asking. :D

jewelry pimpage

Thu, 02 Sep 2004 17:31:43 GMT

my wife's newly redesigned website is up, so i thought i'd send you all her way to peruse her beautiful art.

amytavern.com

big ups to merlinmann for help and advice on interweb stuff!

Top Fives tangent

Sat, 21 Aug 2004 18:37:08 GMT

Our cousin Sarah is starting her second year of college this fall and while she was visiting us this summer we agreed to put together an mp3 disc consisting of our "top 5 most needed records for the second year of college." I'd love to hear your thoughts on what you'd throw on that.

My list:

Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Fugazi - Red Medicine
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
The Clash - London Calling
XTC - Black Sea

Amy's List:

Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
Neko Case - Blacklisted
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Peter Gabriel - Up
Sleater Kinney - Call the Doctor

What a fucking strange two weeks it's been....

Fri, 20 Aug 2004 01:27:40 GMT

So of course, last week was very interesting, you can read about it a few posts below this. The days continue to throw me curveballs. This week has included my first jury duty ever, an incredibly interesting experience, believe it or not. While i can't really talk about it yet, I can say that getting paid to attend a civics class (even at $10 a day) is far more rewarding than i thought it could have been. Next we have the random phone message today from an old co-worker of mine, asking if I'd heard the news on another old co-worker. She didn't elaborate in the message so i googled it.

Here is what I found.

Will was a good man. A jazz fanatic with untold vinyl riches (his collection at one time easily greater than 20,000 records!) and we often listened to Mingus over glasses of merlot. His presence in the world will be missed.

*throws on Black Saint and Sinner Lady and raises a glass*

Sun, 15 Aug 2004 23:59:16 GMT

Lest any of you doubt the thill seeker qualities inherent in this aries, I present to you this.

1987, summer before senior year. Although you can't see it, there is concrete embankment that i have just shot up to get that air. Being the lingoistic, creative types, this aerial was referred to as a "no footer."

KARMA? I certainly hope not, i didn't do bad! I SWEAR!

Fri, 13 Aug 2004 04:28:19 GMT

So this week has been a doozy. First of all we lost two hard drives, on two different machines, within 24 hours of each other. (20gb of mp3s and untold digicam pics gone forever!) Goddamn northwest heat, who woulda thunk it? Secondly, Amy has been having allergy attacks because of the feral kittens we've been socializing, so they have to go. (we've even been sleeping in the living room futon to keep her outta the allegy frying pan, so to speak.) If anyone is interesting in fostering some half feral/half socialized kittens, i'm all ears. THIRDLY, on Tuesday we were fucking ROBBED of every DVD we own, every game we own, several john coltrane cd box sets, and our xbox console. We (quite fortunately) have renter's insurance, so this is covered, but the violating creepiness of the situation is something that cannot be described. If you've been robbed, i feel your pain as I'm sure you feel ours. It sucks.

Thankfully this tar-like anxiety is diliuted a bit by a) vodka tonics, b) that jeff bridges clip on charlie rose and c) online multiplayer deathmatch. Online they call me a shock whore, can anyone tell me why?

Sat, 31 Jul 2004 17:54:24 GMT

this past week has been interesting as amy and i have caught a feral mother cat and her three kittens. trapping them was easy, as was getting the mother fixed. this morning though, while we were grabbing our latte and americano, two of the kittens escaped their cage and hid in the corner of the bedroom. donning leather gloves, i went about the task of putting them back in the cage. as cute as kittens are, they make quite heinous sounds when a) wild and b) cornered, and i can only imagine what our mousey, hyper-private neighbors were thinking as the howls of kitten capture emanated from the window. thankfully kittens have a built in handle and once i got hold of the nape of their neck it was easy to get them where i wanted. now we have the fun(!?) task of socializing them and subsequently giving them away. w00t. speaking of, if any of you seattle-ites are looking for kittens and see this as a prime opportunity, give me a shout and you can come visit them. heh.

The new crack

Fri, 16 Jul 2004 15:04:41 GMT

I got my first taste of Xbox Live last night. Raced around the Long Beach Grand Prix course on Project Gotham 2, along with some shit talking youths on the other end. This is about as close as I'm gonna get to the dream of being a race car driver, and damn if it wasn't totally satisfying to race down the back stretch at 170 mph! I doubt anyone here is addicted to video games, but if you are, STAY AWAY FROM XBOX LIVE! You will NEVER see the light of day again. You'll forget what it's like to breath fresh air, and have a pleasing, stimulating conversations. (Unless your idea of stimulating conversation goes like this: "Hey Mr. Fuckstick, stop running into me!" "Roxie69, you a girl?!" "You guys like KORN?!" "I like the part where you just stood there." etc, etc...) It's a shame i don't have a headset with a microphone. Yet.

Thankfully what I DO have is someone to blame when my retinas finally go from round to square and lull myself to sleep by memorizing track layouts. CURSE YOU NICK for two free months of Xbox live! CURSE YOU!!!

Current Music extension post #1024

Sun, 11 Jul 2004 03:23:56 GMT

Some favorites of the past few months.

Arovane - Lilies
Traindodge - The Truth
Tortoise - It's All Around You
Erlend Oye - DJ Kicks
Quench - Dyn
Del Rey - Darkness and Distance
Anders Ilar - Everdom
Killers - Hot Fuss
The Standard - Wire Post to Wire

Indie rock sniglets (yeah, i ripped off chunklet...)

Sat, 03 Jul 2004 23:29:56 GMT

Indie-gestion (noun)

Mentally confusing condition encountered when the hype of a band exceeds its artistic merit. See Ratatat, Devendra Banhart, Pelican

lamenosity (noun)

A measure of the rate of suckage flowing from a band. "Measured levels of lamenosity would have been much lower had the lead singer not picked up a trombone."

Mon, 28 Jun 2004 23:58:25 GMT

it's been so long since an update, i feel strange posting again, like letting a roommate's bad habit go unchecked. but seeing as i'm here at merlinmann's place again, it seemed only appropriate to post a hello and a huge thanks to all for keeping my spirits up and making me feel at home, even when i couldn't have been further from it.

full dorklosure

Mon, 05 Apr 2004 22:20:21 GMT

so, some of you might know that one of my main hobbies/passions is designing levels for video games, specifically using the Unreal Editor (Unreal Tournament Series). well, there are a few sites that review custom maps (levels that didn't ship with the game) and i just got my latest map reviewed at my favorite, Insite.

http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/~insite/map.php?id=795

it's quite exciting for me as i am hoping to turn this passion into a career. HOT SNAKES!!

So, will you water the plants and feed the cat?

Fri, 26 Mar 2004 23:41:05 GMT

So i'm heading out on tour monday and while i think i have met TWO livejournal users (that i know of) it'd be nice to meet some more. there is a national tour, followed by a european tour, followed by another national tour so there is a good chance, if you live in the states, that i'm coming to your nearest metropolitan city. the european stuff involves spain, the netherlands, belgium and germany.

http://www.highroadtouring.com/hrtbin/artistpage?artist_id=128&page=tour&date=today
http://www.thelongwinters.com/tours/index.php

either link should give you the latest news on our whereabouts. come out and introduce yourself! i'll look like my avatar, minus the headphones.

i know, three posts in a day, but....

Mon, 08 Mar 2004 04:22:42 GMT

http://www.rockstargames.com/upload/swf/winners/multimedia/drewcope.swf

this is beautiful. at least from this drummer's perspective. *grins*

what to do when fugazi is taking some time off...

Sun, 07 Mar 2004 23:39:06 GMT

i am left utterly speechless.

http://pancakemountain.com/tvev.html

Mobility and the lack of firewire...

Sun, 07 Mar 2004 18:34:11 GMT

So i bit the bullet and entered the realm of laptop owners/users. i figured it would be easier to do work on the road without having to lug around a huge CRT. now if i could only get this damn intel sticker off and find a firewire card, my life would be complete. since i'm a noob to this mobile user thing, anyone have any wisdom/funny stories to share?

Drum Geeks Only!!

Wed, 18 Feb 2004 20:52:43 GMT

The Steve Gadd page alone is priceless. Makes me wish i was a coke addict back in the 70's too....

http://www.drummerworld.com/drummersolo.html

Baseball? Penguins?

Mon, 16 Feb 2004 00:37:29 GMT

This is a COMPLETE time waster. You have been warned.

http://www.exet.nu/html/spel/pingu.shtml

My best so far is 588. Beat it!

Danger Mouse

Fri, 13 Feb 2004 23:53:11 GMT

Ah, who doesn't love the Beatles? And really, who doesn't like rap?

http://www.waxy.org/archive/2004/02/11/danger_m.shtml

Two great tastes that taste great together.

UT2004 Demo

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 03:07:47 GMT

I don't know if any of you are gamers at all, but i just spent the better part of this afternoon engrossed with this fabulous first person shooter. battlefield 1942 playing fields and objectives, combined with HALO vehicles, combined with Quake weapons. Let it begin...

http://www.unrealtournament.com/ut2004/downloads.php

not sure if the mac version is out today as well, might be a bit before that comes out. ah, dorkdom, it is a lovely place.

[edit] mac version is here -- http://www.macgamefiles.com/download.php?item=18034

M83

Wed, 11 Feb 2004 06:55:44 GMT

Check this band out. Fans of My Bloody Valentine should flock to it and weep with joy at the sonic bliss.

http://www.ilovem83.com/