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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Friday, December 26, 2008
Free Downloads of new Sunspot songs
In case you missed the party at the Frequency, we've posted the MP3s of our newest songs for free download now.
Each song is available in four different quality bitrate of MP3s.
Click here for "Square Root of All Evil"
Click here for "Uncanny Valley"
Please take a listen and let us know what you think! And if you enjoy the songs, we'd be thrilled if you'd forward them on to your friends.
We're still working on the video for "Uncanny Valley", so stay tuned for that in the next few weeks.
Also, I'm working on changing up our web site a bit so all of the singles, videos, Road Mania episodes, and upcoming show dates are easier to find. Lots of exciting new things for the new year!
Each song is available in four different quality bitrate of MP3s.
Click here for "Square Root of All Evil"
Click here for "Uncanny Valley"
Please take a listen and let us know what you think! And if you enjoy the songs, we'd be thrilled if you'd forward them on to your friends.
We're still working on the video for "Uncanny Valley", so stay tuned for that in the next few weeks.
Also, I'm working on changing up our web site a bit so all of the singles, videos, Road Mania episodes, and upcoming show dates are easier to find. Lots of exciting new things for the new year!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Happy Holidays from Sunspot!
And great job to Wendy for putting the image together. We hope everyone is enjoying the day off!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Hancock and Mama Mia
You never know what you're going to get with Will Smith. Sometimes it's a big ol helping of cheese, but he actually uses foul language and drinks in this one. The character is sweet because he's like superman (who Mike can't stand) only he's a drunk. Good special effects and nice plot twists.
With Mama Mia, don't waste the 4 bucks at Blockbuster. See it on the big stage with some real singers. Pierce Brosnan is charming as usual and I know they allowed him near Denise Richards in 007, but he should not be allowed near a microphone. I can't figure out what makes me more sad: that he probably spent weeks in vocal coaching just to get to the point he is at, or that some producer somewhere thought it would be okay to release the songs he sings on to the masses.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Sunspotmusic.com is down * BACK UP *
Just a server problem, no worries! We'll be back up in a little while.
As of 7am on Christmas Eve, we're back up.
As of 7am on Christmas Eve, we're back up.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
MOTO
The great Masters of the Obvious are at the Crystal Corner tonight. If I can make it through the snow, I'm definitely gonna check it out. But either way, they're always awesome live.
Here's a link to their MP3s page if you want to check them out.
Here's a link to their MP3s page if you want to check them out.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Time Travel?
A modern Swiss watch was found in a Chinese tomb thought undisturbed for 400 years. Weird.
I hope they didn’t step on any butterflies.
I hope they didn’t step on any butterflies.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Best article I've reading explaining Near Death Experiences
Here’s a great crash course in Near Death Experiences. It’s one of the first truly balanced articles I’ve read on the subject. I love the idea of “mind out of body”. Whether or not it’s a scientific provable, it’s still a cool thing to think about.
I especially like the idea of using “hidden targets” near the ceiling of rooms where people are having cardiac arrests to use in the study. It’s another great idea and makes me want to have a heart attack in Swansea (and the beer’s cheap there, so it doesn’t sound like a bad idea.)
What I like that they talk about in the article, though, is how people’s beliefs change over time. That two-hundred years ago, a NDE would be a no-brainer. Of course, you see the tunnel, of course you see a light. Because you’re headed to the next place. And now, we dismiss those people as crazies. Well, what’s crazy about it? If you’re going to believe in one crazy thing, why not another? I’ve always had this argument with my mother (who is a living saint, mind you) because she doesn’t believe in ghosts, aliens, or any of that stuff. Yet, she goes to Mass every week and hasn’t missed it since the 1950’s. So, if she’s cool with believing in a guy that can walk on water, raise the dead, and turn water into wine (Jesus’ sweetest superpower), doesn’t that open up everything else as a possibility as well? I know it’s impossible to be really consistent (even though Richard Dawkins tries his heart out) with beliefs, but if you take the Bible on faith, which people don’t consider weird (especially at this time of year) then it’s all fair game in my book.
Not that I’m dissing on religion, people should stick with whatever gets them through the night (and I pray when someone’s sick and make deals with God in desperate situations just like everyone else does, I like to hedge my bets!) And I was thinking about this because I heard someone making fun of the whole “suicide bomber gets 700 virgins when he goes to heaven” thing. Yeah, that sounds a little crazy, but what’s the difference between that and hoping to meet your dead parents or spouses in heaven? Besides the whole carnality of it, is it really that much less believable than a talking plant or oil magically burning for eight days? I’m quick to judge people I deem crazy and always thought that people who’ve had NDEs are probably loony, so I guess I’m just trying to be a little more accepting. I don’t want to feel like too much of a hypocrite, but I don’t think that’s possible. Probably because it’s the Holidays and I’ve got a Virgin Birth to go shopping for.
I especially like the idea of using “hidden targets” near the ceiling of rooms where people are having cardiac arrests to use in the study. It’s another great idea and makes me want to have a heart attack in Swansea (and the beer’s cheap there, so it doesn’t sound like a bad idea.)
What I like that they talk about in the article, though, is how people’s beliefs change over time. That two-hundred years ago, a NDE would be a no-brainer. Of course, you see the tunnel, of course you see a light. Because you’re headed to the next place. And now, we dismiss those people as crazies. Well, what’s crazy about it? If you’re going to believe in one crazy thing, why not another? I’ve always had this argument with my mother (who is a living saint, mind you) because she doesn’t believe in ghosts, aliens, or any of that stuff. Yet, she goes to Mass every week and hasn’t missed it since the 1950’s. So, if she’s cool with believing in a guy that can walk on water, raise the dead, and turn water into wine (Jesus’ sweetest superpower), doesn’t that open up everything else as a possibility as well? I know it’s impossible to be really consistent (even though Richard Dawkins tries his heart out) with beliefs, but if you take the Bible on faith, which people don’t consider weird (especially at this time of year) then it’s all fair game in my book.
Not that I’m dissing on religion, people should stick with whatever gets them through the night (and I pray when someone’s sick and make deals with God in desperate situations just like everyone else does, I like to hedge my bets!) And I was thinking about this because I heard someone making fun of the whole “suicide bomber gets 700 virgins when he goes to heaven” thing. Yeah, that sounds a little crazy, but what’s the difference between that and hoping to meet your dead parents or spouses in heaven? Besides the whole carnality of it, is it really that much less believable than a talking plant or oil magically burning for eight days? I’m quick to judge people I deem crazy and always thought that people who’ve had NDEs are probably loony, so I guess I’m just trying to be a little more accepting. I don’t want to feel like too much of a hypocrite, but I don’t think that’s possible. Probably because it’s the Holidays and I’ve got a Virgin Birth to go shopping for.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Square Root of All Evil
Video for Sunspot's November Song Release, "Square Root of All Evil". Special thanks to The Frequency in Madison and Neighbor's Social Club in Waukesha.
Click here to download the full-quality video!
Click here to download the full-quality video!
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Article in today's Isthmus
If you're in the greater Madison area, be sure to pick up a copy of the Isthmus. Rich Albertoni wrote a great story about us that I think you might enjoy. Thanks Rich!
She-3PO
Just the title of this one gets me (I wish I woulda thought of it.) The future is now because this Canadian guy has already developed a robot girlfriend. I love how shameless this dude is. He’s got a fricking robot girlfriend and he just acts like it’s no biggie and then throws some shit out about how she’s the “perfect woman” like it’s 1950. No wonder he’s gotta get a Stepford Wife.
I guess I never actually thought much about sex with robots (okay, I’m lying, well at least not lately. Okay, I’m lying again) until I heard David Levy discuss his Sex and Marriage with Robots on Coast to Coast early this year. Yeah, it’s pretty much inevitable, isn’t it? With all the porno on the Internet, most men nowadays don’t know what a non-silicon based breast looks like so they’re already used to “augmented humans”, I don’t think it’s a big jump to make the move to robo-mance (sorry, but at least it’s better than bromance... I think Jay and Silent Bob said it better.)
So, big question- would you bang a robot? I guess it’s a trick question for the dudes, but I’d love to hear your thoughts nonetheless.
As long as the Pleasure Model looks like Number Six, I’m cool with it (just as long as no one gives up secrets of the Colonial defenses!)
I guess I never actually thought much about sex with robots (okay, I’m lying, well at least not lately. Okay, I’m lying again) until I heard David Levy discuss his Sex and Marriage with Robots on Coast to Coast early this year. Yeah, it’s pretty much inevitable, isn’t it? With all the porno on the Internet, most men nowadays don’t know what a non-silicon based breast looks like so they’re already used to “augmented humans”, I don’t think it’s a big jump to make the move to robo-mance (sorry, but at least it’s better than bromance... I think Jay and Silent Bob said it better.)
So, big question- would you bang a robot? I guess it’s a trick question for the dudes, but I’d love to hear your thoughts nonetheless.
As long as the Pleasure Model looks like Number Six, I’m cool with it (just as long as no one gives up secrets of the Colonial defenses!)
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Busy getting ready for Saturday's Frequency Show
We’ve been putting a lot of work into getting ready for Saturday’s show and release and we’re really excited about what’s coming together for it. It’s pretty much all that’s been on my mind all week. For the November and December songs we’re doing a Sunspot First and recording and mixing everything ourselves and it’s been a real learning experience. While we’re used to shooting and editing video now, actually doing the recording and working hard to make sure that the quality of the sound does justice to the material and the ideas that we’ve created. We’re finishing up all the recording today mixing tonight and tomorrow. It feels a lot like writing a paper in college with the deadlines, presentation, and managing information and time to make it happen. Either way, we’ll have everything ready on Saturday.
The song a month really has been a different process from recording an album. Add to it that we’re doing videos much more regularly and it feels a lot more hectic actually. But it’s awesome. There’s little wait from the creation to hearing it actually floating around out there and by keeping ourselves on the schedule it’s made us more creative than less. I know others might debate the merits of putting inspiration on a timeline and yeah, that sometimes is kind of a pain, but it’s certainly fun to have something new for everyone all the time.
This has been a great week so far. It’s been entirely dedicated to new music and coming off a weekend where we had two long shows that turned out really well despite the cold (thanks to the people who came out and made Elkhorn and Waukesha ridiculously fun), it’s good to feel like we’re racing towards the end of the year and with Saturday’s show we’re going to finish in a big way. Anyway, I’m just really turgid downstairs about what we’ve been doing lately and I wanted to share my excitement for Saturday’s show. I know you’re going to love it. So, um, yeah, I’m ready to party.
The song a month really has been a different process from recording an album. Add to it that we’re doing videos much more regularly and it feels a lot more hectic actually. But it’s awesome. There’s little wait from the creation to hearing it actually floating around out there and by keeping ourselves on the schedule it’s made us more creative than less. I know others might debate the merits of putting inspiration on a timeline and yeah, that sometimes is kind of a pain, but it’s certainly fun to have something new for everyone all the time.
This has been a great week so far. It’s been entirely dedicated to new music and coming off a weekend where we had two long shows that turned out really well despite the cold (thanks to the people who came out and made Elkhorn and Waukesha ridiculously fun), it’s good to feel like we’re racing towards the end of the year and with Saturday’s show we’re going to finish in a big way. Anyway, I’m just really turgid downstairs about what we’ve been doing lately and I wanted to share my excitement for Saturday’s show. I know you’re going to love it. So, um, yeah, I’m ready to party.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Line 6 GuitarPort
So, I’m playing with the Line 6 TonePort UX2 this morning. Which is a pretty great recording interface for the price (and of course it’s always fun to model 100 different types of amps and guitar tones), but then I discovered this feature called GuitarPort online which is a learning and tone interface and I have to say it’s unbelievable.
It’s a subscription service and I just jumped on the 30-day trial but I might keep it, and if I was someone just learning guitar I’d definitely keep it. When I was learning to play I would buy guitar magazines just to get the transcriptions for songs that I wanted to learn and then I’d sit around and play along with the CDs to learn them. but on GuitarPort, they have a selection of lots of great guitar songs (Van Halen, Metallica, Godsmack, etc.. even Free!) and they’ve got guitarless tracks where they show you the tab and you can play along with using the amp model to make it sound just like the original guitar tone. I spent my practice part of my morning working on “Here Comes Your Man” and “Don’t Fear The Reaper” and was having a great time. If you’re someone that’s in band, I don’t know how useful it is, but if you’re just starting to play guitar, it’s a godsend. If you know any kid serious about learning rock guitar, I’d recommend the Pod and GuitarPort, it’s an awesome way to learn. I know that a ton of people buy guitars just to never pick them up again, but with this thing, I don’t think it would ever just sit there because you can learn and play damn near instantly. Really, with this and Guitar Hero, I don’t think we have any excuses as humans for crap guitar work anymore.
It’s not often that I see a product that blows my mind (and I know how many purists hate amp models, but I like them just fine) but this one really did astound me. It’s definitely worth checking out and for a subscription service that costs a couple dollars more a month than the guitar magazines did that will help you with your tone, and let you work on “Wasted Years” with full backing tracks at half-tempo is something exceptional.
It’s a subscription service and I just jumped on the 30-day trial but I might keep it, and if I was someone just learning guitar I’d definitely keep it. When I was learning to play I would buy guitar magazines just to get the transcriptions for songs that I wanted to learn and then I’d sit around and play along with the CDs to learn them. but on GuitarPort, they have a selection of lots of great guitar songs (Van Halen, Metallica, Godsmack, etc.. even Free!) and they’ve got guitarless tracks where they show you the tab and you can play along with using the amp model to make it sound just like the original guitar tone. I spent my practice part of my morning working on “Here Comes Your Man” and “Don’t Fear The Reaper” and was having a great time. If you’re someone that’s in band, I don’t know how useful it is, but if you’re just starting to play guitar, it’s a godsend. If you know any kid serious about learning rock guitar, I’d recommend the Pod and GuitarPort, it’s an awesome way to learn. I know that a ton of people buy guitars just to never pick them up again, but with this thing, I don’t think it would ever just sit there because you can learn and play damn near instantly. Really, with this and Guitar Hero, I don’t think we have any excuses as humans for crap guitar work anymore.
It’s not often that I see a product that blows my mind (and I know how many purists hate amp models, but I like them just fine) but this one really did astound me. It’s definitely worth checking out and for a subscription service that costs a couple dollars more a month than the guitar magazines did that will help you with your tone, and let you work on “Wasted Years” with full backing tracks at half-tempo is something exceptional.
Friday, December 05, 2008
In Elkhorn tonight and Waukesha tomorrow
We’ll be in Southeastern Wisconsin this weekend for two free shows, so here’s a map so you don’t get lost!
Tonight we’re at the Elkhorn Saloon starting at 9pm.
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Tomorrow we’re at Neighbor’s Social Club in Waukesha, WI starting at 9 as well.
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Tonight we’re at the Elkhorn Saloon starting at 9pm.
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Tomorrow we’re at Neighbor’s Social Club in Waukesha, WI starting at 9 as well.
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Thursday, December 04, 2008
My Name Is Bruce
of cheese and the Q&A was side-splitting. He's in The Cities this
weekend, you won't be disappointed!
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
This Is Why I Love John Barrowman
He takes his junk out at a moment’s notice. Oh Captain, my Captain...
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Reason Humanity Should Not Be Destroyed #10
Steven Seagal is getting his own reality TV show and he’s a for-real police officer in Louisiana.
Don’t forget that the star of Under Siege and former Mr. Kelly LeBrock is also the reincarnation of a Buddhist master. I should say something like “For The Win“ here probably.
Hey, I used to watch I’m With Busey and this sounds even better. Just when I think everything is predictable and boring in the world, something like this happens to blow my mind. Awesome.
Don’t forget that the star of Under Siege and former Mr. Kelly LeBrock is also the reincarnation of a Buddhist master. I should say something like “For The Win“ here probably.
Hey, I used to watch I’m With Busey and this sounds even better. Just when I think everything is predictable and boring in the world, something like this happens to blow my mind. Awesome.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Site of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
win an autographed copy of Chicago Haunts by Ursula Bielski!
A good ghost tour (almost as good as milwaukeeghosts.com!) and a great
way to spend Friday night. Even better, the bus driver was playing Dio
when we got in!
Better view of the Hull House
Something Ghostly?
pictures. Someone in January got an image of a man crumpled at the
bottom of the stairs, that would've been awesomely terrifying!
Site of the Eastland Boat Tragedy
underneath the water!
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Sweet.
http://www.statesville.org/main.php
Well, a little late for Halloween, but right in time for the Ghost of Anal-Virginity-Past.
Well, a little late for Halloween, but right in time for the Ghost of Anal-Virginity-Past.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
FREE show in La Crosse tonight... Benefit in Racine tomorrow!
Tonight we return to Howie's Live tonight in La Crosse for a FREE show!
The last time we played there marked the final journey of the Sunspot van... but this time our trip to La Crosse will mark the maiden voyage of the new Sunspot van! Stay tuned for a new Road Mania so you can get a tour of the van and hear about our adventures this weekend... or better yet, come join us in La Crosse tonight or at McAuliffe's in Racine for an important benefit show tomorrow night!
The last time we played there marked the final journey of the Sunspot van... but this time our trip to La Crosse will mark the maiden voyage of the new Sunspot van! Stay tuned for a new Road Mania so you can get a tour of the van and hear about our adventures this weekend... or better yet, come join us in La Crosse tonight or at McAuliffe's in Racine for an important benefit show tomorrow night!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Sunspot on Film101
Our friends in Dane101 featured Sunspot in their Film101 podcast that just came out. They also review the new James Bond movie. Take a listen and if you do, please thank them for playing Sunspot! The direct link is here:
http://www.dane101.com/files/podcast/Film101_Episode_2.mp3
In other local movie news, Bruce Campbell (the star of Alien Apocalypse and Moontrap) will be at Sundance on December 3rd and I just got my tickets for the 9:30 show. The 7pm is all sold out except for two singles. But the 9:30 still has about 50 or so seats, so you should be good to buy in the next few days.
http://www.dane101.com/files/podcast/Film101_Episode_2.mp3
In other local movie news, Bruce Campbell (the star of Alien Apocalypse and Moontrap) will be at Sundance on December 3rd and I just got my tickets for the 9:30 show. The 7pm is all sold out except for two singles. But the 9:30 still has about 50 or so seats, so you should be good to buy in the next few days.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Chuck Klosterman Reviews Chinese Democracy
Chuck and G ‘n’ F’n’ R?! Caloo, Callay! It’s the most frabjous birthday present The Onion could possibly give to me.
I hope they bring Chuck in for more (if you haven’t read Fargo Rock City, (here’s a sample) you should probably leave work, get out of bed, or stop whatever you’re doing, it’s the bees fucking knees.) I know he’s not as hip as he used to be (but then again, either am I) but I still get insanely jealous if I read even just a paragraph. It’s one of those disgusting realizations that he writes the way I wish I could. Either way, it’s a good review of a pretty good album. It’s no Appetite but you can’t compete with my musical cherry-popping in fifth grade, I knew it was a winner when I heard “Welcome to the Jungle” lip-synched by Jim Carrey in The Dead Pool. Axl Rose and Dirty Harry are like Reese’s with a little extra crack.
It was just something that put me in a good mood this morning. Plus, all this news about pirates is kind of exciting too.
I hope they bring Chuck in for more (if you haven’t read Fargo Rock City, (here’s a sample) you should probably leave work, get out of bed, or stop whatever you’re doing, it’s the bees fucking knees.) I know he’s not as hip as he used to be (but then again, either am I) but I still get insanely jealous if I read even just a paragraph. It’s one of those disgusting realizations that he writes the way I wish I could. Either way, it’s a good review of a pretty good album. It’s no Appetite but you can’t compete with my musical cherry-popping in fifth grade, I knew it was a winner when I heard “Welcome to the Jungle” lip-synched by Jim Carrey in The Dead Pool. Axl Rose and Dirty Harry are like Reese’s with a little extra crack.
It was just something that put me in a good mood this morning. Plus, all this news about pirates is kind of exciting too.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
New Star Trek Trailer
I finally got around to watching the new Star Trek trailer (http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/startrek/) and yeah, the preview is pretty good.
Besides having a little fangasm hearing Simon Pegg do his Scotty accent, the real question is going to be how does the new guy compare to the Mighty Shat? The only thing I’ve ever seen Chris Pine in was Smokin’ Aces, which I kind of hated, so I don’t want to judge him based on that movie. The line “You’ve always wondered where you fit in in this world” (or whatever the line was to that effect) is kind of a weird question because I always assumed that Kirk really knew his place. He was confident being in charge and wasn’t afraid to go after what he wanted. It’s like in Star Trek 5 when Sabok tried to take away his pain and he wouldn’t let it go, he wanted to keep it because it helped define who he was. He knew what made him unique and he didn’t want to change a thing (except if he could time travel back to change the cheesy “row your boat” shit from the end of that movie, I’d like to think he’d be okay with that.)
Maybe the whole idea is that he needs Spock and McCoy to be his voices of reason and his guides, that without them, he’s all Id. And without him, they’re all thought and no action. I kind of wish they’d just start something after Voyager or after Nemesis, so we could see the future and not keep playing around in the past (unless they’re going to have more Jolene Blaylock, and I’m completely cool with that) That said, though, I’m finally making it through the second season of Lost and I can’t think of a better guy right now than JJ Abrams with which to trust America’s greatest science fiction franchise (I know that Star Wars fans might argue with that, but we can always say that Han and Chewie live in a science fantasy world, so it’s a different genre.) I never was big on Alias (or Felicity for that matter, I was more of a Dawson’s Creek kinda guy) but Lost is awesome (I also can’t believe that I’ve made it all this time without learning a single spoiler about the show, so it still feels exciting.)
I guess it doesn’t really matter, though, they’ve got my money. I’ll see it in the theater no matter what, just to make sure that I vote with my wallet that they keep on making Trek movies. And I have a hard time believing they’re going to screw it up too much. Hell, they completely changed the ending of The Natural and it’s still a great movie (I’ve heard that they’re changing the ending of Watchmen as well, we’ll see how that pans out.) Anyway, check out the trailer if you haven’t yet. The beginning is a little unbelievable, but it does look like there will be plenty of explosions and alien love, which is a good start.
Besides having a little fangasm hearing Simon Pegg do his Scotty accent, the real question is going to be how does the new guy compare to the Mighty Shat? The only thing I’ve ever seen Chris Pine in was Smokin’ Aces, which I kind of hated, so I don’t want to judge him based on that movie. The line “You’ve always wondered where you fit in in this world” (or whatever the line was to that effect) is kind of a weird question because I always assumed that Kirk really knew his place. He was confident being in charge and wasn’t afraid to go after what he wanted. It’s like in Star Trek 5 when Sabok tried to take away his pain and he wouldn’t let it go, he wanted to keep it because it helped define who he was. He knew what made him unique and he didn’t want to change a thing (except if he could time travel back to change the cheesy “row your boat” shit from the end of that movie, I’d like to think he’d be okay with that.)
Maybe the whole idea is that he needs Spock and McCoy to be his voices of reason and his guides, that without them, he’s all Id. And without him, they’re all thought and no action. I kind of wish they’d just start something after Voyager or after Nemesis, so we could see the future and not keep playing around in the past (unless they’re going to have more Jolene Blaylock, and I’m completely cool with that) That said, though, I’m finally making it through the second season of Lost and I can’t think of a better guy right now than JJ Abrams with which to trust America’s greatest science fiction franchise (I know that Star Wars fans might argue with that, but we can always say that Han and Chewie live in a science fantasy world, so it’s a different genre.) I never was big on Alias (or Felicity for that matter, I was more of a Dawson’s Creek kinda guy) but Lost is awesome (I also can’t believe that I’ve made it all this time without learning a single spoiler about the show, so it still feels exciting.)
I guess it doesn’t really matter, though, they’ve got my money. I’ll see it in the theater no matter what, just to make sure that I vote with my wallet that they keep on making Trek movies. And I have a hard time believing they’re going to screw it up too much. Hell, they completely changed the ending of The Natural and it’s still a great movie (I’ve heard that they’re changing the ending of Watchmen as well, we’ll see how that pans out.) Anyway, check out the trailer if you haven’t yet. The beginning is a little unbelievable, but it does look like there will be plenty of explosions and alien love, which is a good start.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Yes We Can... Believe in UFOs!
Obama's new transition chief is John Podesta who formerly was a leader (yes, as well as White House Chief of Staff) in the Coalition for Freedom of Information which was a project that set out to declassify Air Force UFO investigation documents.
This gives me some hope. But what I can't believe is that this guy is Chief of Staff and he doesn't know anything about it already? Along with Bill Clinton saying that he didn't think there was anything extraterrestrial about Roswell in a speech during his administration, it leads me to believe that the President might not actually be in on this, or that may be what they want us to believe! Either way, if he gets a job in the new White House, let's hope they continue the search for the truth.
This gives me some hope. But what I can't believe is that this guy is Chief of Staff and he doesn't know anything about it already? Along with Bill Clinton saying that he didn't think there was anything extraterrestrial about Roswell in a speech during his administration, it leads me to believe that the President might not actually be in on this, or that may be what they want us to believe! Either way, if he gets a job in the new White House, let's hope they continue the search for the truth.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Snow?
Tenth Doctor, "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."
Friday, November 07, 2008
blatz
So Blatz Light is only 14 more calories than Miller Lite and it's 7 dollars cheaper per case (and right now, that's 3 gallons of gas) . Plus, they spell light correctly and don't have stupid commercials about the more taste league. So I can still support local and buy cheap too.
TAXI publishing session
Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 79
Sunspot Road Mania from Day One of the TAXI Road Rally 2008 in Los Angeles.
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Go Pack
Now that the election's over, we can relax and focus on what really matters, rock music and the Green Bay Packers. Here's the video for "Go Pack" which you can find on the Tailgate Tunes II CD, available online here or at any Shopko store. Thanks to everyone that helped out with the video and Madera Music for putting out the album!
You can also download a high-quality version of the video here.
You can also download a high-quality version of the video here.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Monday, November 03, 2008
Thank goodness
Night Court is still on TV! 7am on channel 50, but it is there. I always thought John Larroquette was super funny (he reminds me of our friend Dan "the Legend" Concotelli) and I had kind of a crush on Markie Post back in the day too, even though she looks much better now without the mullet. I had a hard time with Richard Moll in Highlander, though, after all those years doing comedy. My only hope is that Charter doesn't do anything else stupid to my channel lineup to make it so I can't get cool shows without buying digital cable. They already took away my Star Trek TNG reruns by putting G4 out of range, but they gave me back my BET!
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Thrill the World recap
Alright.. I know I already posted the video of my Thriller dance experience, but I just uploaded a different video with better sound & camera angles, for your viewing pleasure:
Here's a cool article from The Isthmus about the Madison Zombie Lurch that occurred the same day (click the Gallery image to see all the pics from the event). It was the first lurch I have attended, and I must say it was both a bizarre and ridiculously fun flashmob experience! I recommend trying it sometime.
I posted some photos from the event that show the costumes a little better.
And finally, someone made a cool montage of all the different cities who participated in the event. Austin Texas had 881 zombies!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Oh, and let me know if you want to learn the Thriller and join me next year for Thrill the World 2009!
Here's a cool article from The Isthmus about the Madison Zombie Lurch that occurred the same day (click the Gallery image to see all the pics from the event). It was the first lurch I have attended, and I must say it was both a bizarre and ridiculously fun flashmob experience! I recommend trying it sometime.
I posted some photos from the event that show the costumes a little better.
And finally, someone made a cool montage of all the different cities who participated in the event. Austin Texas had 881 zombies!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Oh, and let me know if you want to learn the Thriller and join me next year for Thrill the World 2009!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Happy Halloween!
I hoped everyone is having a great Halloween tonight. We're celebrating the second of the band family birthdays this month near Milwaukee, but you might see us out and about tomorrow night in Madison checking out the Max Ink Spooktacular with our friends in Axiom or checking out Mighty Short Bus at FreakFest. Be careful if you hit State Street, it's going to be police-crazy and my roommate's going to be out busting heads again this year. I'm gonna pump him for stories on Sunday and I'll let you know if anything insane happened.
Keep an eye out next week for a new Sunspot video and some more Sunspot Road Mania straight from the City of Angels as Wendy and I hit the TAXI Road Rally again. Enjoy the holiday and make sure to get plenty of spirits!
Keep an eye out next week for a new Sunspot video and some more Sunspot Road Mania straight from the City of Angels as Wendy and I hit the TAXI Road Rally again. Enjoy the holiday and make sure to get plenty of spirits!
Thursday, October 30, 2008
David Tennant leaves Doctor Who
and I am a little crushed. There's a video on that link (with David speaking in his full Scottish brogue) where he explains himself. I was hoping he'd at least stay on until the 2010 season so that we could see what a full season with Steven Moffat would bring with him. This does give The Moff a chance to start fresh, but David Tennant has done such an awesome job the past three years that I really was hoping for more. After all, we just got some finality to the whole Rose storyline that's been brewing since 2005 and I would have loved to see him with River Song as a full-blown companion, but I knew they probably couldn't get Alex Kingston for a full series. He was awesome as The Doctor and I'm looking forward to seeing what he does next (I'd love to see him come to America and bring his energy to our TV shows but they'd probably try and stick him in a romantic comedy as some Hugh Grant knockoff because they think we think all skinny British men are hopelessly befuddled.) He was probably my second favorite Doc after Tom Baker (well, maybe third favorite, Jon Pertwee did have some awesome stories and he was an exceptional dresser.) It's always hard to compete with the actors we loved as children (and in Milwaukee, we were watching 70's Doctor Who all the way until well into the 80's because of the series they sold to PBS - that's the only time I ever bugged my parents to donate to Channel 10, as well, or to participate in the auction, they had.) Anyway, thanks David Tennant for being a great Doctor and I just hope the next person they pick can take up the reins as well as he did (especially after following the marvelous Christopher Eccleston - he always hits them out of the park.)
Oh well, at least we're working on the November song of the month today and that will put me in a better mood.
Oh well, at least we're working on the November song of the month today and that will put me in a better mood.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Ghost Stories
Does anyone around here believe in ghosts? I mean actually believe that they've contacted or seen people that were dead. I doubt I've ever seen one, but I think my imagination has had a few close encounters. This last summer, I went to stay at the "Most Haunted Hotel in Great Britain" called The Schooner in Alnmouth. Since it's Halloween time, I thought I'd relay my notes from my journal about my stay there.
Thursday July 24th, 2008
3:30pm Arrive at Schooner Hotel
"The Most Haunted Hotel in Great Britain" is the claim and there were actually ghosts on the hotel sign. We checked in and the Indian receptionist didn't know how to swipe my card and tried to charge me 75 pounds instead of 60 (like the website said.) I argued a little but his lack of English-speaking skills (or my lack of Indian-speaking skills) made it difficult to negotiate. In either case, he told us to pay later. The new management had a "pay when you arrive" policy and when we got to our room, 217, you could see why. The hallway smelled of Indian food (the downstairs Indian restaurant was called "The Spice Galleon") and the room smelled much worse, plus the toilet took several tries to flush. We wanted to get out of the room as quickly as possible.
4:15pm Walk along the Alnmouth Estuary and Beach
The Northumbrian Coast is specactularly beautiful even on this cloudy day and we took a nice walk along it. I guess it used to be a major port back in the 1700's, but no longer, and it's exactly what you'd expect a sleepy English coastal village to look like. Exactly.
5:30pm Shop for gifts
We looked in the shops for any books with Schooner Hotel ghost stories, but the lady at the counter said she'd be more afraid of the accommodations!
7pm eat at The Saddle Hotel and Inn
Had the veggie lasagna and Chris had the turkey and ham pot pie, also had a couple of pints of Woodpeckers and Kronenbourg 1664, both fine beverages.
8:30pm Back to The Schooner
Hung out at the hotel bar and in the conservatory while we nursed our full belies. The bartender didn't have any ghost stories and all his friends were hanging out with him drinking and playing darts. The only other people there were an older couple in the conservatory having a drink. We saw a couple of ghost stories on the wall about a German spy executed in the basement in WWII and the other a haunted helmet from a pilot downed in the war (the RAF used to use the hotel as barracks.) The only spooky thing I saw was a door mysteriously shut all the way closed (I hoped it was an outside wind.)
9:30pm Head back to room
It was almost a labyrinth to get the room through several fire doors and the lights had been turned off so it was really dark (except for the flashlight on my cellphone, hooray for Judy!)
The first set of fire doors we stepped through we heard an eerie, low-pitched baby crying incessantly. It sounded human, but a little different, so we weren't quite sure what it was, but if freaked us out, it wouldn't stop and it was coming from Room 4.
Back up in the room, we were tired and got ready for bed. There was a documentary about the biological basis for homosexuality hosted by John Barrowman so we had to watch it! Chris fell asleep while I watched the news and left the reading lamp on (just in case!) There was a scratching at the window I heard throughout the night, but I just assumed that it was the tree outside the window blowing in the wind. The curtains were drawn and I didn't really want to investigate. We were the only people on this floor and for what it felt like, the only people still in the building. My sleep was okay and I woke up every once in awhile and looked around to check everything out, but my imagination was more powerful than anything I saw (which was nothing.)
Friday July 25th, 2008
8:30am Woke Up
Daylight and birds chirping. When Chris woke up she said she heard someone knock on the door three separate times in the night and just assumed that I was going to wake up and get the door. I didn't hear that and it's probably a good thing. I opened the curtains to realize that the tree wasn't nearly close enough to the window to make the scratching noise I heard. Weird, but certainly nothing unexplainable. So, we heard the scratching, knocking, and a supernatural baby - haunted enough for me (the scariest thing about the baby was no one was trying to comfort it!)
9am Breakfast
We did see a toddler at breakfast (another vegetarian version of the Full English, they're all exactly the same!) but she was too old for the crying, I think.
10:30am Checkout
Alnmouth was great, but the Schooner was a bit of a disappointment quality-wise (and no wonder the communication skills of the waiter and the checkout guy were rough, they'd only been in the UK for two weeks!) and we were ready to move on.
Well, anyway that's the best ghost story I got from this year. I took a lot of random pictures as well in hopes that I'd get something good on film, but as you can see the only good one I got was the Vanilla Ice Cream ghost from Scooby Doo
But it looks like the team from Most Haunted had more luck than we did. I've also heard that the whole thing is a fake promotional stunt, but at least it was fun. I wouldn't stay there again unless there's new management or the old one decides to clean the place up, but otherwise Alnmouth was a very cool town and very in the middle of nowhere, which was exactly what you need for a haunted house.
Does anyone else have any good personal ghost stories? If you've seen anything weird, we'd love to hear about it.
Thursday July 24th, 2008
3:30pm Arrive at Schooner Hotel
"The Most Haunted Hotel in Great Britain" is the claim and there were actually ghosts on the hotel sign. We checked in and the Indian receptionist didn't know how to swipe my card and tried to charge me 75 pounds instead of 60 (like the website said.) I argued a little but his lack of English-speaking skills (or my lack of Indian-speaking skills) made it difficult to negotiate. In either case, he told us to pay later. The new management had a "pay when you arrive" policy and when we got to our room, 217, you could see why. The hallway smelled of Indian food (the downstairs Indian restaurant was called "The Spice Galleon") and the room smelled much worse, plus the toilet took several tries to flush. We wanted to get out of the room as quickly as possible.
4:15pm Walk along the Alnmouth Estuary and Beach
The Northumbrian Coast is specactularly beautiful even on this cloudy day and we took a nice walk along it. I guess it used to be a major port back in the 1700's, but no longer, and it's exactly what you'd expect a sleepy English coastal village to look like. Exactly.
5:30pm Shop for gifts
We looked in the shops for any books with Schooner Hotel ghost stories, but the lady at the counter said she'd be more afraid of the accommodations!
7pm eat at The Saddle Hotel and Inn
Had the veggie lasagna and Chris had the turkey and ham pot pie, also had a couple of pints of Woodpeckers and Kronenbourg 1664, both fine beverages.
8:30pm Back to The Schooner
Hung out at the hotel bar and in the conservatory while we nursed our full belies. The bartender didn't have any ghost stories and all his friends were hanging out with him drinking and playing darts. The only other people there were an older couple in the conservatory having a drink. We saw a couple of ghost stories on the wall about a German spy executed in the basement in WWII and the other a haunted helmet from a pilot downed in the war (the RAF used to use the hotel as barracks.) The only spooky thing I saw was a door mysteriously shut all the way closed (I hoped it was an outside wind.)
9:30pm Head back to room
It was almost a labyrinth to get the room through several fire doors and the lights had been turned off so it was really dark (except for the flashlight on my cellphone, hooray for Judy!)
The first set of fire doors we stepped through we heard an eerie, low-pitched baby crying incessantly. It sounded human, but a little different, so we weren't quite sure what it was, but if freaked us out, it wouldn't stop and it was coming from Room 4.
Back up in the room, we were tired and got ready for bed. There was a documentary about the biological basis for homosexuality hosted by John Barrowman so we had to watch it! Chris fell asleep while I watched the news and left the reading lamp on (just in case!) There was a scratching at the window I heard throughout the night, but I just assumed that it was the tree outside the window blowing in the wind. The curtains were drawn and I didn't really want to investigate. We were the only people on this floor and for what it felt like, the only people still in the building. My sleep was okay and I woke up every once in awhile and looked around to check everything out, but my imagination was more powerful than anything I saw (which was nothing.)
Friday July 25th, 2008
8:30am Woke Up
Daylight and birds chirping. When Chris woke up she said she heard someone knock on the door three separate times in the night and just assumed that I was going to wake up and get the door. I didn't hear that and it's probably a good thing. I opened the curtains to realize that the tree wasn't nearly close enough to the window to make the scratching noise I heard. Weird, but certainly nothing unexplainable. So, we heard the scratching, knocking, and a supernatural baby - haunted enough for me (the scariest thing about the baby was no one was trying to comfort it!)
9am Breakfast
We did see a toddler at breakfast (another vegetarian version of the Full English, they're all exactly the same!) but she was too old for the crying, I think.
10:30am Checkout
Alnmouth was great, but the Schooner was a bit of a disappointment quality-wise (and no wonder the communication skills of the waiter and the checkout guy were rough, they'd only been in the UK for two weeks!) and we were ready to move on.
Well, anyway that's the best ghost story I got from this year. I took a lot of random pictures as well in hopes that I'd get something good on film, but as you can see the only good one I got was the Vanilla Ice Cream ghost from Scooby Doo
But it looks like the team from Most Haunted had more luck than we did. I've also heard that the whole thing is a fake promotional stunt, but at least it was fun. I wouldn't stay there again unless there's new management or the old one decides to clean the place up, but otherwise Alnmouth was a very cool town and very in the middle of nowhere, which was exactly what you need for a haunted house.
Does anyone else have any good personal ghost stories? If you've seen anything weird, we'd love to hear about it.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Where do you like to see bands?
Yeah, it's already snowing outside. And that makes me realize what heroes the great minds who invented indoor heating are.
But that got me to thinking of booking shows for the winter. It's the best time to be on the road and play closer to home because you don't have to drive so far. So, I was wondering with all the people in the Midwest, what's your favorite place that you like to see bands play? Is it a bar? A coffeeshop? We're looking for more places to perform in and hang out at around here and we'd love to find out where you'd like us to play? Is there a place that you love and think it would be great for a show, but they never usually have bands? It doesn't matter where, we'll give them a call and give it a shot, but we figure that if our friends like going there, then it means it's gotta be a cool place. So, we're looking for ideas of places to play in the winter months and if you have any, just let us know by email or commenting here.
So where are your favorite places, could be a store, shop, bar, live venue, or a little hole in the wall, it doesn't matter, we're looking for new places that you like to go to.
But that got me to thinking of booking shows for the winter. It's the best time to be on the road and play closer to home because you don't have to drive so far. So, I was wondering with all the people in the Midwest, what's your favorite place that you like to see bands play? Is it a bar? A coffeeshop? We're looking for more places to perform in and hang out at around here and we'd love to find out where you'd like us to play? Is there a place that you love and think it would be great for a show, but they never usually have bands? It doesn't matter where, we'll give them a call and give it a shot, but we figure that if our friends like going there, then it means it's gotta be a cool place. So, we're looking for ideas of places to play in the winter months and if you have any, just let us know by email or commenting here.
So where are your favorite places, could be a store, shop, bar, live venue, or a little hole in the wall, it doesn't matter, we're looking for new places that you like to go to.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Thrill the World 2008 Madison, WI Video
Here it is! Complete with countdown. It was a bit windy, but other than that a great day for some zombie dancin! Special thanks to Mike for videoing (I'll post the version from his camera later) and Dano from Axiom for taking pics (also more later)!
Location for Thriller
We're on Johnson Street, just a little ways down from the Stage Door entrance (121 johnson), in a side alleyway. Stop by and join us for the dance at 1:00 sharp!
Friday, October 24, 2008
Thrill the World tomorrow!
Ah, Halloween... I love this time of year!
As some of you know or may have witnessed portions of when I may or may not have been intoxicated, I've been working hard to learn the Thriller zombie dance for many months now, along with my good friend Dan (aka Captain Caveman).
Well, tomorrow will be the moment of truth! October 25th at 1:00 PM Central time, people all over the world will be donning their best living dead attire and simultaneously performing the Thriller dance. You can find out more about the event at the Thrill The World web site. You can even watch the instructional videos there and learn the dance yourself!
If you'd like to see Dan and I perform the dance tomorrow, please stop by the Orpheum Theater (216 State St, Madison, WI) at around 12:30 PM. This will be the perfect setting for a zombie breakdown, as tomorrow the Stage Door will host Madison'w Horror Film Festival!
I'm not sure exactly where we will do the dance, hopefully in the lobby or one of the hallways.. if the plan changes and we go somewhere other than the Orpheum, I will post an update here. We'll perform the dance right at 1:00 PM, in unison with hundreds of other people all over the world, just after the official Thrill The World countdown!
As some of you know or may have witnessed portions of when I may or may not have been intoxicated, I've been working hard to learn the Thriller zombie dance for many months now, along with my good friend Dan (aka Captain Caveman).
Well, tomorrow will be the moment of truth! October 25th at 1:00 PM Central time, people all over the world will be donning their best living dead attire and simultaneously performing the Thriller dance. You can find out more about the event at the Thrill The World web site. You can even watch the instructional videos there and learn the dance yourself!
If you'd like to see Dan and I perform the dance tomorrow, please stop by the Orpheum Theater (216 State St, Madison, WI) at around 12:30 PM. This will be the perfect setting for a zombie breakdown, as tomorrow the Stage Door will host Madison'w Horror Film Festival!
I'm not sure exactly where we will do the dance, hopefully in the lobby or one of the hallways.. if the plan changes and we go somewhere other than the Orpheum, I will post an update here. We'll perform the dance right at 1:00 PM, in unison with hundreds of other people all over the world, just after the official Thrill The World countdown!
A Tribute to My Favorite Humans: Marc Singer
I know that we're commonly associated with a love of Scott Bakula, and yes it's true, we do love that man. But I didn't really get into him until later. Ben was the one who watched Quantum Leap religiously when it was originally on, at the time I thought it was kind of a ripoff of Voyagers (I was fairly far off, I know that now.) I didn't start watching all the episodes until it was on Skiffy every night in the early part of the Aughts.
But when I was a the gym this morning, Watchers 2 was on (you know the Dean Koontz book about the superintelligent dogs) and that led me to think about my original man-crush, Marc Singer, who played Mike Donovan on V.
This is probably the most iconic scene from the original mini-series (where I missed most of the first episode, because instead of watching it, we watched 1941 when it premiered on TV (yeah, I know - bad idea, but I was little and who would have thought that Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, and Steven Spielberg could go wrong in a WWII comedy?)) Marc Singer in the vent is the first thing I always think of when I hear his name.
And here he is in action discovering the true motives behind the Visitors' invasion.
I was initially drawn to the character because his name was Mike and so was mine. When you're six years old, you really don't need a lot of reasons to admire someone. Looking back, he fought evil aliens, he was a television journalist, and he could hold his own in a fistfight (which every 80's action star had to do at one time or the other as a test of their mettle.)
While being on V is probably good enough for a lifetime convention invite, when I discovered that Marc was also The Beastmaster, that was enough for me to make him a full fledged hero.
Not only did he fight Rip Torn and the Vore, he also got to see Tanya Roberts bathing in the lake, and that's back when that meant something, before she did ads for Tahiti Village. (If you listen to any AM talk radio, you've probably heard that ad and as a bonus, I can't believe I just linked to a site called Fantasy Hottie!)
Here's Marc fighting the Vore in one of the most terrifying moments of my childhood.
In addition to his superb work in those films, he was also the title character in Lancelot: Guardian of Time (with Babylon 5 fantasy hottie, Claudia Christian and one of my genre-favorites, John Saxon (can there be a tougher name than that? Here he is fighting Bolo in Enter The Dragon.)
Anyway, I just wanted to give it up for Marc Singer. With the new V series on the way, I hope that he gets the credit he deserves for making the original so great. He is one of my favorite humans.
You go, Marc! Great bulge!
But when I was a the gym this morning, Watchers 2 was on (you know the Dean Koontz book about the superintelligent dogs) and that led me to think about my original man-crush, Marc Singer, who played Mike Donovan on V.
This is probably the most iconic scene from the original mini-series (where I missed most of the first episode, because instead of watching it, we watched 1941 when it premiered on TV (yeah, I know - bad idea, but I was little and who would have thought that Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, and Steven Spielberg could go wrong in a WWII comedy?)) Marc Singer in the vent is the first thing I always think of when I hear his name.
And here he is in action discovering the true motives behind the Visitors' invasion.
I was initially drawn to the character because his name was Mike and so was mine. When you're six years old, you really don't need a lot of reasons to admire someone. Looking back, he fought evil aliens, he was a television journalist, and he could hold his own in a fistfight (which every 80's action star had to do at one time or the other as a test of their mettle.)
While being on V is probably good enough for a lifetime convention invite, when I discovered that Marc was also The Beastmaster, that was enough for me to make him a full fledged hero.
Not only did he fight Rip Torn and the Vore, he also got to see Tanya Roberts bathing in the lake, and that's back when that meant something, before she did ads for Tahiti Village. (If you listen to any AM talk radio, you've probably heard that ad and as a bonus, I can't believe I just linked to a site called Fantasy Hottie!)
Here's Marc fighting the Vore in one of the most terrifying moments of my childhood.
In addition to his superb work in those films, he was also the title character in Lancelot: Guardian of Time (with Babylon 5 fantasy hottie, Claudia Christian and one of my genre-favorites, John Saxon (can there be a tougher name than that? Here he is fighting Bolo in Enter The Dragon.)
Anyway, I just wanted to give it up for Marc Singer. With the new V series on the way, I hope that he gets the credit he deserves for making the original so great. He is one of my favorite humans.
You go, Marc! Great bulge!
A view from the top
of the city.
I met a custodian 6 years ago when I was helping out with Capitol Pageant and she offered to take me to the top of the capitol where the public is not allowed. So I was cleaning out my basement a couple of months ago to show my house and found her email. I figured my anniversary was a good time to call in a favor and surprisingly, she still said okay after all these years. Here are some neat pics.
This first one is taken right by the painting that normally you have to see from at least 100 feet away. I was close enough to touch it (but I didn't because it is from 1918). The girl in the lower right looks kinda freaked out.
The space I found most fascinating was the area in between the inner dome and outer dome. I just figured that the dome you see from the outside is just the outside of the dome you see on the inside. Not the case. Check it out.
This is above the painting at the top of the inner dome. Above us is the staircase (which holds up the painting) up to the windows just below the statue.
Another interesting thing to see is the view of the entire isthmus.
It really puts into perspective how small our town is.
The last is a picture I took of the gold statue's hand.
There is a trap door inside the windows there that you can look up the 15 foot woman's skirt!
I met a custodian 6 years ago when I was helping out with Capitol Pageant and she offered to take me to the top of the capitol where the public is not allowed. So I was cleaning out my basement a couple of months ago to show my house and found her email. I figured my anniversary was a good time to call in a favor and surprisingly, she still said okay after all these years. Here are some neat pics.
This first one is taken right by the painting that normally you have to see from at least 100 feet away. I was close enough to touch it (but I didn't because it is from 1918). The girl in the lower right looks kinda freaked out.
The space I found most fascinating was the area in between the inner dome and outer dome. I just figured that the dome you see from the outside is just the outside of the dome you see on the inside. Not the case. Check it out.
This is above the painting at the top of the inner dome. Above us is the staircase (which holds up the painting) up to the windows just below the statue.
Another interesting thing to see is the view of the entire isthmus.
It really puts into perspective how small our town is.
The last is a picture I took of the gold statue's hand.
There is a trap door inside the windows there that you can look up the 15 foot woman's skirt!
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