Having moved to Chicago a few months ago for a new job, I had yet to find a doctor, dentist, and eye doctor. It was not needed as my last visit was only 6 months ago and I feel fine. The other day though I ran into a sticky situation which I thought would be a big issue… I ran out of contacts lenses.
I called my eye doctor but the office was closed for the week as he was on vacation. They had an emergency line for another doctor on call, but I did not care to bother with that. After complaining to my mom, she told me I should try 1800 contacts. At that point, I’d try anything.
The rep on the phone only needed my prescription and was able to overnight a box of lenses. Because of the awesome savings I found online and the purchase size, I was able to really save some money.
I had 10 buddies of mine come out here for a bachelor party Labor Day weekend. It was a blast. Unlike most bachelor parties, they came to San Francisco for a relaxing weekend. Don’t get me wrong we drank like fish, but it was a relaxing weekend in all.
My buddy who was to be married wanted to go see a college football game on the west coast. We got opening game tickets to the CAL v. Michigan State game. At that time, no one had much hope for CAL, but boy did they surprise everyone. Anyways, I only have a 5 seater and was told only 5 were coming out here originally. I knew we’d be able to squeeze an extra passenger into the back of my car with no problem. Then 10 were slated to come….
A car is not required in San Fran, but when you want to go to the beach in Marin it is required. Living in North Beach, which is walking distance to Fisherman’s Wharf, there are a ton of car rental locations. After searching for the best rate, we decided to go with Enterprise since it had the vehicle size we were looking for. The Enterprise coupon I found online brought our cost down which was a nice break in the day, as I knew dinner that night would put a hole in my wallet.
I really enjoyed the weekend as everyone got along, we all caught up since it had been about a year since all of us were last together. Now, just have to prepare for the wedding next month…
My rottweiler Tuck sits by my side day and night when I write my posts on Amazing Music Videos. He knows how important blogging is for me. Over the past year, he’s developed a serious case of arthritis in his hind legs, making it painful for him after our twice daily walks around the neighborhood. I consulted a vet, tried a handful of recommended arthritis and inflammation medications, but still he was in pain. It wasn’t until a few months ago, I was encouraged to try Rimadyl, an inflammation and arthritis medication for dogs that is non-steroidal. Tuck showed fast improvements and quicker recovery time between runs.
I give him one chewable tablet per day, but let me tell you, dog medication, more so, pet medication, is expensive. His 100mg. tablets run over $200 for just under 200 chewable tablets. This is where the internet community steps in and is a valuable resource. Through the forums, I came across an exclusive pet meds coupon from 1800 Pet Meds. Not only do you get a 10% discount, but orders over $39 receive free shipping. This is the best deal out there, as I searched and besides this deal could only find pet coupons for free shipping.
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Okay, so this isn’t really a legitimate music video, it’s a youtube mash-up, but I think it’s hilarious. Hall and Oates’ ‘Maneater’ synched up to a series of Danzig videos. The guy that edited this did a pretty solid job, too bad Danzig never had a saxophone player.
This is a pretty classic metal video. Lemmy drives through the living room wall in a motorcycle to pick up the teenage daughter and then rides off into the night. The police try to kill him but he is immortal. What more do you want from a Motorhead video?
Morphine has become somewhat of a legend since mysterious frontman Mark Sandman died onstage at a relatively early age in 1999. They have been dubbed with creating ‘low rock’, but really what they did as a band is make jazz more accessible to a general audience; specifically garnering high marks with the independent/alternative rock community of the 90s. Although their music sounds nothing like most of the 90s alternative rock, they were more closely followed by the alt-rockers than the jazz fans.
’Buena’ is the first song from their second album, 1993’s ‘Cure for Pain’. It is a good example of their unique sound, featuring Mark Sandman playing slide-bass, Dana Colley on sax and Jerome Deupree on drums.
Ministry was an industrial band from Chicago that were active from 1981 until 2008. They helped define the genre of industrial music, being amongst one of the first acts to combine electronic music with rock and heavy metal. Touring and performing, there have been dozens of members in the band, in the studio Ministry was really Al Jourgenson’s brainchild, with Paul Barker being the only semi-constant member in the group.
Lay Lady Lay is a cover of a Bob Dylan song from their 1996 ‘Filthpig’ album, and it shows us a more gentle side of Ministry. I really like the bass sound and textures used in this song, I think it does great justice to the original. The video seems to be following some kind of bad-acid-trip theme.
Ministry appears to have broken up recently, with 2007’s ‘The Last Sucker’ as their final album.
Deftones are one of the few survivors of the late 90s alternative metal/rap-metal movement. Probably because their expiremental, atmospheric and ever-changing approach to music makes them stand out amongst the crowd. I think there is also a high level of musicianship that helped the Sacramento quintet stick out, especially Stephen Carpenter’s unique guitar sound and Abe Cunningham’s drumming; infamous for being incredible simple yet extremely consistent and often innovative. Chino Moreno also has a chameleon-like vocal style that helps the band reinvent themselves over and over.
This song, ‘Back To School’ is from the re-release of the 2000 album, ‘White Pony’. It was probably the second biggest single from that album behind ‘Change (in the house of flies)’. ’White Pony’ was probably my favorite Deftones album, although I have to admit that I never really listened to the Self-Titled album or Saturday Night Wrist. Deftones have a new album called ‘Eros’ coming out in late 2008.
This is a classic Metallica video from the ‘. . . And Justice For All’ album from 1988. Kirk Hammett’s solo from this song has since become infamous. This is the studio version of ‘One’ but it is chopped up with scenes from the film ‘Johnny Got His Gun’, a story about a soldier who comes back from war deaf, dumb, blind and missing his limbs. The film and book it was based upon were major influences for the song.
Metallica has a new album coming out soon called ‘Death Magnetic’; I’ve heard the singles they released called ‘Cyanide’ and ‘All Nightmare Long’ and I’m not impressed.
No Quarter is my favorite Led Zeppelin song by far. It was on their fifth album Houses of the Holy, which is considered by many to be the last great Led Zep album; or at least the end of the ‘classic’ era of Led Zeppelin. I like this transitional period best because I think they showed the most emotion and just the right amount of expirimentation here. The riffs in this song are pretty hautning and I think this song was the pinnacle of Jimmy Page’s career as a guitarist. This is a live video from 1973 and you can tell by the amazing ad-libbing that this is a band that really knows how to play together. They seem to use the original composition as a blueprint, particularly vocalist Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page.
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