I’m still here.
It’s been a while since I have posted, and tomorrow will be the next installment of my blog. As to right now, I will leave you with this thought.
Why did Kamikazes wear helmets?
Take out Gene….
Take out Gene… what a great looking family!
Damn you, Karma and Led Zeppelin…
As everyone knows, Dumbfoundedone isn’t afraid to download the occasional bootleg and whatnot from the Internet. I recently downloaded the December 2007 Led Zeppelin show at the O2 stadium and loved watching it. The only thing is, I can’t delete it off my computer. I have 9 gigs of Zep that I can’t get rid of!
Karma is a bitch… and my name is Dumbfoundedone.
*** By the way… thanks for my 5000th hit
My Penguins lose… for once.
Ok… So, the Pittsburgh Penguins lost their first game of the playoffs tonight. Have no fear. They will win The Cup for me. The reason? I predicted them to do so BEFORE the season started. Crosby, Malkin, Malone, Roberts, Hossa and Fleury will make it so. Mark my words
Funniest thing I have seen tonight….
My wife, flying towards me, hit her shoulder on our record shelf, chasing the cat, and a Gino’s Pizza box heading towards me, yelling “I’m ok”. I can hardly type.
Bands I wish I sucked as good as they do.
Ok, this is a new “subject posting”. As a semi musician, I admire many bands. Laugh as you might, but I like bands like Foo Fighters, The Who, Pink Floyd, Stan Getz, R.E.M., Tears For Fears, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Nirvana and even bands like Belle and Sabstien, Badly Drawn Boy, Modest Mouse and Peter, Bjork and John. Yet, there are bands that I think SUCK ASS. This new topic will point out such bands. There’s a twist though. Even though I think these bands suck, I think they are great as musicians. Hence the title “Bands I wish I sucked as good as they do”. First up…
RUSH
Canadian band that sucks. OK, except for “Spirit Of Radio” and “Tom Sawyer”. I’ll give them those two. Their songs irritate me beyond belief, yet I think as musicians, I think they rock. Even though I think Geddy Lee’s balls are being nibbled on by piranhas while singing, the dude has skillz. Also, he’s a great bassist. Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart also rock their instruments as if Bill and Ted were channeling them personally. So, why do I detest them as such? No idea. Maybe by the end of my/these specific postings, I’ll be able to explain.
Peace.
***Next up: The Rolling Stones
Hmm…
Humming along to “I’m coming up” by Puff Daddy and Mase today, I got to wondering. If James Hatfield from Metallica was in his car and the song “All that she wants” from Ace Of Base came on, would he sing along with it?
Hmm, makes you wonder.
Apparently…
I found out tonight that a “story” from my grandmother (Kathleen O’Sullivan brn: 1900) might actually be true. Apparently she was the model for the Princess Gates for the CNE Toronto. For the 18 years I knew her, she may not have been talking shit after all. Way to go, Gramma!
MySpace, the anti-christ!
Please only watch this if you know about the 8 girls that lured another girl to a house to beat her senseless, only to put it on YouTube as a trophy piece.
Let me put it this way. If someone is old enough to drive and fight in the army, they should be persecuted as adults.
Goodbye Sarah
Sarah, please take care. Patti and I will miss you. Enjoy the Cayman’s, and please say hello to Chris.
Most Ridiculous Hockey Fight Ever
This is fucking intense!
Crotch Grabber
Self explanatory…
Posting the Pogues
I’m listening to “Dirty Old Town” by the Pogues, so I thought I would post a picture of Shane MacGowan. The ears!
And here it is.
What is, is what is…
Ok… here’s a picture I took a couple of weeks ago. Would you pay to have this in your livingroom? Picture it up on your wall at about 2′ by 3′.
Picture Of The Week
Union Station - Toronto, Ontario
April 8th, 2008 5:46pm
Recording tracks… calling all musicians.
Hello all.
It’s time for another “Dumbfoundedone idea that probably won’t pan out to anything” moment.
I have always wanted to record a song, with a full band, using the Internet. Meaning… each instrument is recorded in the warmth of everyone’s own home, separately, then e-mailed (or something) to the producer that will put all tracks together to form the song. Ultimately, an original song would be ideal, but seeing as this is a new idea, maybe a cover song (I’m partial to Pink Floyd’s “Fearless” right now) would be best to at least start things off with.
Any takers? I know a few of the regular DFO readers are musicians (that I know personally) so please let me know! Even Mr. or Mrs. Joe or Jane Doe in Australia or South Korea are welcome to brainstorm this with me. Any help is appreciated.
AND PLEASE NOTE!!! Even the most basically trained (read: 3 chords) people are welcome to participate.
DFO
World’s only full-bearded woman!
Ok, so there’s all this hype about the so-called “pregnant man”. Let me quote “The Business Of Television” web-site.
After an appearance on Oprah Winfrey’s show “Oprah”.
“Beattie, 34, grew up female but transitioned to life as a man 10 years ago. While Beattie did have testosterone treatments and breast-removal surgery, he kept his reproductive organs intact because, he told Winfrey, he “always wanted a child.”
Guess what people… I took a birth control pill today, and I am now the only full-bearded woman in the world!
This reminds me of the “poor man’s circus” I went to as a child. It included “the world’s tallest midget” and the “fattest anorexic woman”.
Give me a break.
Dumbfoundedone… circa 1983
Recently, I sent a link to a few good friends of mine that I had WAYYYYYYYY back in grade 9. It was a link to a video showing the disrepair of my old high-school, North Toronto Collegiate Institute (see video here). One buddy in particular had a classic response. Here, in whole, are the e-mail’s that went back and forth between H.S. and I.
DFO - “Hey guys, here’s a video to go with my pictures. Cathy nailed the state of disrepair.
http://www.thestar.com/fpLarge/video/280300“
H.S. - ” Hey Matt, Thanks for the link. I don’t remember quite so much paint-over-grafitti on the lockers back in our day! I wonder if part of the ’smell’ of high school Catherine speaks of is part of the Biology experiment you ran in Grade 9 (remember the orange you left in one of the empty lab counters in September that we checked on at the end of that year?! That was some funky mold growing!).
At the end of the video, when she started singing the school song, it instantly transported me back to Red and Grey days! Scary that I still remember part of the song! H.S.”
DFO- “Hey H.S., Would you mind if I took selected quotes from your last message and posted them on my blog? I had COMPLETELY forgotten about that damn orange. Don’t forget my roast beef sandwich in my locker in grade 8. Shriveled up and turned into jerky.”
H.S.- “Hey Matt, You’re welcome for the reminder! That was some pretty special fuzz growing in that cupboard!! Not only do I remember the roast beef jerky sandwich but I remember you filling an entire green garbage can emptying out your locker at the end of the year! H.S.”
This, people, is me. Not much has changed. I’m still the wild and crazy guy I was back when I was 13. Thanks Huggo…. I needed to be reminded.
Dumbfoundedone… also known as Matt
Bitchin’ rad layout!
Check it out, y’all! My new digs. This is the layout I have wanted for a while, and this is how it will stay.
The response to my last post was overwhelming, and I hope to bring new and exciting articles and whatnot more frequently as I try to bring this site into what it was created for. Information.
The picture above is from the original Planet Of The Apes. I have no idea why I chose it to head the re-vamp, but I did, and it’s staying that way.
I just wanted to say thank you for allowing me to make it to 4000 hits here. I started this as a replacement for my leaving Facebook, but I have found that i enjoy this WAY more than anything Facebook ever offered me.
I’ll be back tomorrow with something new and exciting for you all to mentally digest, and verbally shit back out.
Take care, peeps!
Props.
DFO
Fitna - You tell me
“THE HAGUE (AFP) - An Internet site said Saturday it had removed anti-Islam film “Fitna” by far-right Dutch MP Geert Wilders after receiving threats to its staff amid protests by Muslim nations and the UN chief. The Britain-based Liveleak.com said it pulled down the video, which can still be seen on other websites, including youtube.com. The film was posted to the Internet on Thursday. “Following threats to our staff of a very serious nature, and some ill informed reports from certain corners of the British media that could directly lead to the harm of some of our staff, Liveleak.com has been left with no other choice but to remove ‘Fitna’ from our servers,” the site said in a statement. “Fitna” features violent imagery of terror attacks in New York and Madrid intertwined with Koranic texts.
In an interview with AFP on Friday, Wilders rejected responsibility for any retaliation against Dutch nationals or interests abroad. “I hope it doesn’t happen but even if it does the people who commit such acts are responsible, not me,” he said, pointing to a quiet first night in the Netherlands. Fearing a repeat of violent clashes that followed the publication in 2005 of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed in Danish newspapers, the Dutch government has distanced itself from Wilders’ film and Islamic leaders there have called for calm. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday joined Muslim nations in expressing outrage over the film. Ban called Wilders’ film offensive while Iran and Bangladesh warned it could have grave consequences and Pakistan protested to the Dutch ambassador.”
Pulled video……. (a thank you)
Fitna…. the video….
Two Parts (I’m posting the English version, as opposed to the Dutch version)
Keep in mind, even though I have my own opinions on this subject, I am not passing judgment on a people as a whole. Just as I don’t believe that all Americans are represented by George Bush Jr.
heaven
I have to say. I am happier than a pig in shit right now.
I’m in bed listening to Pink Floyd, writing this on my itouch. Man, you have to love technology.
Mama Jams with Jenna Elfman
Dharma smacks her bitches up…. Fo’ Sho’
You are now getting sleepy…
“Italian police have issued CCTV pictures of a man who appears to hypnotise a supermarket cashier before stealing money from her till.
According to reports from the Italian news agency, Ansa, the man asked the cashier to change a 100 euro note and as soon as the till was opened he proceeded to hypnotise her into handing over money…
When the cashier came to count the till money at the end of her shift, £600 was missing.
“It was very strange,” she said.”
hello everyone!
Hello everyone. It’s me… Dumbfoundedone. It’s been a while since I have written anything of interest. When I started this blog, I figured that I would be writing interesting stories, comments and whatnot daily. As it is, my blog has become a way for me to show YouTube videos that I find to be of interest. As much as I enjoy doing this, I promise that this site will become more interesting. As soon as I get my 4000th hit, I will be changing the layout and content of this site. As of now, I’m sitting at 3800 hits and I figure that within the next couple of days, the change will be made.
So… stay tuned for the changes. I hope you’re looking forward to it as much as I am.
DFO
Picture Of The Week
Break In Play
Sunday March 16th - St.Mikes Buzzers vs. Markham Waxers
Waxers Goalie, Kyle Rank
Most Iconic Album Cover
Music fans have voted Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures as the most iconic album cover of all time.
The black and white pulses design by artist Peter Saville topped a poll of British bands that included the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.
The cover of Joy Division’s debut album, released on the late Tony Wilson’s Manchester-based Factory label in 1979, represents 100 pulses from a collapsing star.
The image was found in the Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Astronomy by the band’s guitarist Bernard Sumner.
Bass player Peter Hook told the Daily Mirror: “We weren’t interested in being on the cover - we wanted to do things in a different way.”
Unknown Pleasures took the top spot over fellow Manchester band The Stone Roses for their 1989 eponymous debut.
The Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band from 1967 came in third.
Others in the top 10 include The Smiths Meat Is Murder and Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy.
Aside from Unknown Pleasures, Saville also designed album and single covers for a host of Factory label artists, including James and New Order.
Joy Division disbanded in 1980 after singer Ian Curtis’s suicide but have been credited as one of the most influential UK groups of the past 30 years.
The poll was conducted by budget music retail site MusicMagpie.co.uk.
The firm’s boss Steve Oliver said: “It’s so much more stylish for people to show off their cool CDs rather than as digital downloads.”
Top 10 Most Iconic Covers:
1. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
2. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
3. The Beatles - Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
4. The Smiths - Meat is Murder
5. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
6. The Beatles - Abbey Road
7. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
8. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
9. Paul Weller - Stanley Road
10. Sex Pistols - Never Mind the B*****ks
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