Update and updated

I've unlocked the previous entry, which describes our trip down to PA. As bad as Friday was, Saturday was good. My mother coped with excessive amounts of chaos without freaking out or upsetting anyone. We took much more stuff than I had planned and yet it all fit in the truck AND the weather cooperated (after an iffy set of showers early in the morning) AND we were done with the primary load by noon-thirty so we could take Mom to lunch and not be rushed. We therefore had time to go back to the hotel, nap, shower and get out to Morimoto's for dinner.
( food and sake and schmoop back here )

We spent about two and a half hours at dinner and really enjoyed ourselves. It made me glad that we had pushed to get the whole moving thing done early.

Sunday we got up early (earlier than I'd wanted, despite sleeping a whole 7.5 hours) and got on the road. Given the disaster that was the Friday drive we had planned on extra time to get home. Despite unexpected diversions (like finding out at the Last Possible Minute no you can't take a moving truck on the Garden State Parkway*) and the like we made it back in good order and even earlier than planned.

Many people came over and picked up Stuff What We Had Rescued, and ringrose did a lot of heavy lifting to help get things into the house. There's more space in the garage and I expect that'll be used for some of the items my mom decided to keep.

(*) I sort of suspected that was the case, but they don't post the "no trucks" signs very prominently. I even went online the night before and searched their Web site to see what the restrictions might be and found no info. It wasn't until I was AT the offramp tollbooth from the NJTpk that I finally saw signs for "no trucks" and got told no, the moving van was too big. Feh.

Update and updated

I've unlocked the previous entry, which describes our trip down to PA. As bad as Friday was, Saturday was good. My mother coped with excessive amounts of chaos without freaking out or upsetting anyone. We took much more stuff than I had planned and yet it all fit in the truck AND the weather cooperated (after an iffy set of showers early in the morning) AND we were done with the primary load by noon-thirty so we could take Mom to lunch and not be rushed. We therefore had time to go back to the hotel, nap, shower and get out to Morimoto's for dinner.
( food and sake and schmoop back here )

We spent about two and a half hours at dinner and really enjoyed ourselves. It made me glad that we had pushed to get the whole moving thing done early.

Sunday we got up early (earlier than I'd wanted, despite sleeping a whole 7.5 hours) and got on the road. Given the disaster that was the Friday drive we had planned on extra time to get home. Despite unexpected diversions (like finding out at the Last Possible Minute no you can't take a moving truck on the Garden State Parkway*) and the like we made it back in good order and even earlier than planned.

Many people came over and picked up Stuff What We Had Rescued, and ringrose did a lot of heavy lifting to help get things into the house. There's more space in the garage and I expect that'll be used for some of the items my mom decided to keep.

(*) I sort of suspected that was the case, but they don't post the "no trucks" signs very prominently. I even went online the night before and searched their Web site to see what the restrictions might be and found no info. It wasn't until I was AT the offramp tollbooth from the NJTpk that I finally saw signs for "no trucks" and got told no, the moving van was too big. Feh.

Super Mash Brothers and other music

I've listened to these guys off and on for a while now but haven't paid much attention 'till now.

http://www.mashuptown.com/2009/08/super-mash-bros.html
Mashuptown did a brief note indicating that the duo have put out their second album. Like the first album, it's free to download. Mashuptown also posted two "sample" tracks - you can find the MP3 links there. I sort of like both the tracks, but it's pretty clear they're cut out of a more set-like composition since they end abruptly and feel kind of out of place. I haven't listened to the full albums yet, but I did visit the MySpace page (http://www.myspace.com/sprmshbros) and stream the tracks there. All of those are more complete and better to listen to if you want a sense for what these guys do. It's basically 90s-favorites mashed up with recent hip-hop and rap tracks.

Given the source material it's not terribly surprising that it's got FCC-disapproved language, in case you care about that kind of thing. On the other hand, they did title their first album "Fuck Bitches Get Euros" so that shouldn't be a surprise.

I like it - I can identify most of the 90s tracks they're working with and it's amusing to have these "oh!" moments as I'm listening and realize what they're mixing over. If I was more up on this decade's rap I could probably identify more of it. Also, unlike a lot of the mash-ups I've linked in the past few weeks these guys are pulling in LOTS of samples per track, not just two or three things.

Now for those who want something different, here are a couple tabs I've had up for a while...
http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Boris/track/Buzz_In_Optimo_Remix_
This is a no-vocals, long electro-ambient track by... um, I think the band's name is Boris (http://www.myspace.com/borisdronevil). They're Japanese, and slightly weird, but very listenable. They also appear to have done the soundtrack for the most recent Jim Jarmusch film "The Limits of Control" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135092/) which reminds me I really need to see this film.

http://www.rcrdlbl.com/artists/AutoErotique/track/Gladiator_Steve_Aoki_x_DJ_AM_Remix
I've been holding onto this one, listening now and then, and I'm still not sure what I think of these guys. It's sort of standard club/house with minimal vocals and a fair helping of electronica effects. That doesn't automatically make it good or bad, but I think I have to be in the right mood to listen to stuff with this many BPM.

Super Mash Brothers and other music

I've listened to these guys off and on for a while now but haven't paid much attention 'till now.

http://www.mashuptown.com/2009/08/super-mash-bros.html
Mashuptown did a brief note indicating that the duo have put out their second album. Like the first album, it's free to download. Mashuptown also posted two "sample" tracks - you can find the MP3 links there. I sort of like both the tracks, but it's pretty clear they're cut out of a more set-like composition since they end abruptly and feel kind of out of place. I haven't listened to the full albums yet, but I did visit the MySpace page (http://www.myspace.com/sprmshbros) and stream the tracks there. All of those are more complete and better to listen to if you want a sense for what these guys do. It's basically 90s-favorites mashed up with recent hip-hop and rap tracks.

Given the source material it's not terribly surprising that it's got FCC-disapproved language, in case you care about that kind of thing. On the other hand, they did title their first album "Fuck Bitches Get Euros" so that shouldn't be a surprise.

I like it - I can identify most of the 90s tracks they're working with and it's amusing to have these "oh!" moments as I'm listening and realize what they're mixing over. If I was more up on this decade's rap I could probably identify more of it. Also, unlike a lot of the mash-ups I've linked in the past few weeks these guys are pulling in LOTS of samples per track, not just two or three things.

Now for those who want something different, here are a couple tabs I've had up for a while...
http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Boris/track/Buzz_In_Optimo_Remix_
This is a no-vocals, long electro-ambient track by... um, I think the band's name is Boris (http://www.myspace.com/borisdronevil). They're Japanese, and slightly weird, but very listenable. They also appear to have done the soundtrack for the most recent Jim Jarmusch film "The Limits of Control" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135092/) which reminds me I really need to see this film.

http://www.rcrdlbl.com/artists/AutoErotique/track/Gladiator_Steve_Aoki_x_DJ_AM_Remix
I've been holding onto this one, listening now and then, and I'm still not sure what I think of these guys. It's sort of standard club/house with minimal vocals and a fair helping of electronica effects. That doesn't automatically make it good or bad, but I think I have to be in the right mood to listen to stuff with this many BPM.