2012 Record Buys So Far Pt. 2
Panic Records
Pentimento/Young English - Split LP (Purple)
Pentimento - Wrecked LP (Green)
Humaana - Comfort LP (Clear)
Count Your Lucky Stars
Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind of Cadawallader LP
1994!/Algernon Cadwallader/Snowing/Boys and Sex split 7”
Snowing- Pump Fake/Scherbatsky 7”
Ape Up! - Kemosabe 10” (Black)
The First Annual - Carolina EP 7”
VA - One H.E.L.L. of A Compilation 2xLP(Black)
Project Cost: $350
OS (FREE): CentOS 6.2 x86_64
HD ($124): Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5” 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Fan ($25): Thermaltake Mobile Fan 12 AF0007 120mm Case Fan
RAM ($20): G.SKILL 4GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Laptop Memory Model F3-8500CL7S-4GBSQ
SYSTEM ($180): Zotac ZBOXNANO-AD10-U AMD Hudson M1 1 x 204Pin AMD Radeon HD 6310 Mini / Booksize Barebone System
AMD E-350 APU (1.6GHz, Dual-Core)
Memory slot
1 x 204Pin
Memory Type Supported
DDR3 1066
Max Memory Supported
4GB
Storage
Serial ATA
1 x SATA 6.0Gb/s
Graphics
Onboard Video
AMD Radeon HD 6310
Max LAN Speed
10/100/1000Mbps
Wireless LAN
802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 3.0
Extension Bays
2.5” Internal Bays
1
Card Reader
6-in-1 Memory card reader (MMC/SD/SDHC/MS/MS Pro/xD)
HDMI
1
VGA
1 x DisplayPort
Rear USB
2 x USB 2.0
2 x USB 3.0
Rear e-SATA Ports
1
RJ45
1
Linux Home Area Backup Script
So, I’ve decided to share my backup script. Everyone’s backup plan is different, but I’ve done some research to put together a nice little simple backup solution. I’ve decided to share this with all of you :-)
#!/bin/bash
############################################
## CREATED BY TIM SKI | MARSHYSKI(DOT)COM ##
## MARSHYSKI(AT)GMAIL.COM ##
## HOME AREA BACKUP SCRIPT ##
## VERSION 0.3 | 06MAY2012 ##
## TESTED ON RHEL 5-6 / UBUNTU 9 ##
############################################
#### VARIABLES
DAYMONTH=`date +%d%b`
BACKUP_DIR="$HOME/backup"
LOG="$BACKUP_DIR/backup.log"
BACKUP="$BACKUP_DIR/backup-$DAYMONTH.bz2"
BACKUP_DATA="$HOME/scripts /etc/fstab /projects/hbve /projects/notes*"
SSH_KEY="$HOME/.ssh/mfski"
#### CHECK VARIABLES
if [[ ! -d $BACKUP_DIR ]]; then
echo "Backup directory '$BACKUP_DIR' doesn't exist..."
exit
fi
if [[ ! -f $SSH_KEY ]]; then
echo "SSH Key '$SSH_KEY' doesn't exist..."
exit
fi
#### CLEAN UP HOME AREA
date > $LOG
echo "Cleaning up home area..." | tee -a $LOG
find $HOME -xdev -type f -name "*~" -print -exec rm {} \;
if [[ -d $HOME/.cache ]]; then
rm -Rf $HOME/.cache
fi
if [[ -d $HOME/.purple/logs ]]; then
rm -Rf $HOME/.purple/logs/*
fi
if [[ -d $HOME/.purple/icons ]]; then
rm -Rf $HOME/.purple/icons/*
fi
if [[ -d $HOME/.gimp*/tmp ]]; then
rm -Rf $HOME/.gimp*/tmp/*
fi
if [[ -d $HOME/.evolution/cache/tmp ]]; then
rm -Rf $HOME/.evolution/cache/tmp/*
fi
if [[ -d $HOME/.adobe ]]; then
rm -Rf $HOME/.adobe/*
fi
if [[ -d $HOME/..macromedia ]]; then
rm -Rf $HOME/.macromedia/*
fi
if [[ -d $HOME/.local/share/Trash ]]; then
rm -Rf $HOME/.local/share/Trash
mkdir -p $HOME/.local/share/Trash
fi
#### FIND BACKUPS LOCALLY OLDER THAN 15 DAYS AND REMOVE
find $BCKUP_DIR/backup-*.bz2 -type f -mtime +15 -exec rm {} \; 2>/dev/null | tee -a $LOG
echo ""
echo "Deleted backups older then 15 days..." | tee -a $LOG
#### TAR(bz2) FILE ####
if [[ -f $BACKUP ]]; then
rm -f $BACKUP
fi
tar -cvpjf $BACKUP $BACKUP_DATA | tee -a $LOG
echo ""
echo "Finished tar'ing files..." | tee -a $LOG
#### FIND REMOTE BACKUPS AND DELETE
ssh -q -i $SSH_KEY user@remote_host -n "find ~/backup/backup-* -type f -exec rm {} \; 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null | tee -a $LOG
echo ""
echo "Deleted old backups at remote host..." | tee -a $LOG
#### RSYNC BACKUP TO REMOTE SITE
rsync -avz --rsh="ssh -i $SSH_KEY" --delete --numeric-ids $BACKUP user@remote_host:~/backup 2>/dev/null | tee -a $LOG
echo ""
echo "Finished! Size of backup is: `du -shL $BACKUP`" | tee -a $LOG
date >> $LOG
Ape Up! - 1(800) WILD-DAD
we would say
we could never see ourselves growing old
Our Lady Peace - “Curve” Review
Rating: 7.5 out of 10
First Single: Heavyweight
Stand Out Tracks: Fire In The Henhouse, Rabbits
After being a huge Our Lady Peace fan for over a decade. This loose review has been written because Curve is GRAND compared to the past two mediocre albums “Healthy in Paranoid Times” and “Burn Burn.” It is very hard to compare it to the mainstream lineup considering I don’t follow Top 50.
Our Lady Peace’s direction changed after Spiritual Machines. Spiritual Machines didn’t fit into the band’s catalog, but they were able to pull it off tastefully and superior to past releases. This review is not to get into the production of the album, but band’s life in comparison to Curve.
Steve Mazur still continues where Mike Turner (Former lead guitarist) left off. The guitar fills are dominating, but lack the garage-punk influences that Mike brought to the kitchen table. Steve brings a modem array of sound while complimenting the organ/synth greatly in different tracks on Curve. The way Steve utilizes his guitar effect defines modern “radio rock” as we know it to be. I would LOVE to see clean tapping techniques and crunchy distortion in the next album.
Raine Maida at the age of 42 is still able to take his vocals to remarkable heights and just waiting to be drowned by compliments. The rebellious I’m going to do what I want with my lyrics approach is a newer addition to his style in the past seven years. I’m a little upset he has not written about spacey science related topics in the recent years. I can’t express how pleased I am to see Raine leaving his political believes at home. Not that I don’t agree, but it’s not Our Lady Peace.
The bass, the bass! The bass stands out more on this album compared to all previous albums except the freshmen release Naveed. I was overwhelmed with excitement to hear Duncan Coutts stand out on Curve. In the past Duncan was driving Mr. Jeremy Taggart, but on Curve he is reaching out and expressing himself to listeners with his axe. The quite type Duncan can be in interviews, it was warming to relate emotional feelings to his thick conservative bass lines.
Let’s not forget my favorite Jazz influenced drummer Jeremy Taggart. On Curve he held back his awesomeness to keep it simple. This album I was not impressed, but as a musician I realize sometimes we have to put our talents aside to create and categorize a different sound. No one can be disappointed with Jeremy on this album. The only thing I would have loved to see on this album is more electronic drums.
Being together for twenty years Our Lady Peace holds back from shaping their sound to what they really should be. If the band decides to never produce another album and is satisfied that Curve is their best work… I will be satisfied too. I really wish on the next album they would bring in several younger musicians minds to contribute ideas to the album to give the band some fresh hip indie ideas.
This asshole sucks at artwork but… makes one hell of a mix!
earhole party volume three, ya’ll!
may/june 2012
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1.Fuck - Diapers (from Insound Tour Support)
2.Superchunk - Misfits & Mistakes (from Leaves In The Gutter EP)
3.Brendan Benson - I’m Blessed (from One Mississippi)
4.McLusky - To Hell With Good Intentions (from McLusky Do Dallas)
5.Fablefactory - Eyesight The Cyclone (from American Custard)
6.Cloud Nothings - Stay Useless (from Attack on Memory)
7.Starflyer 59 - You’re Mean (from Gold)
8.Elf Power - Skeleton (from The Winter Is Coming)
9.Shimmer Kids Underpop Association - Bury My Heart At Makeout Point (from Bury My Heart At Makeout Point)
10.Emperor X - Defiance (from Western Teleport)
11.Swirlies - Wrong Tube (from Blonder Tongue Audio Baton)
12.Don Lennon - Matthews Comes Alive (from Downtown)
13.Acid House Kings - Do What You Wanna Do (from Sing Along With The Acid House Kings)
14.Grandaddy - The Crystal Lake (from The Sophtware Slump)
15.Eternal Summers - Down To The Wire (from The Dawn Of Eternal Summers)
16.Creeper Lagoon - Hold On To This World (from Insound Tour Support)
17.Lee Ranaldo - Off The Wall (from Between The Times & The Tides)
18.Apostle Of Hustle - Energy Of Death (from Folkloric Feel)
19.Shy Mirrors - Face Paint (from Sailed Blanks)
20.The Casual Dots - Bumble Bee (from The Casual Dots)
21.They Might Be Giants - They’ll Need A Crane (from Lincoln)
22.Silver Jews - Transylvania Blues (from Bright Flight)
23.The Gerbils - Walnuts (from Are You Sleepy)
24.Brown Recluse - Golden Sun (from Evening Tapestry)
RECORD STORE DAY ‘12
This year’s Record Store Day was hands-down the most enjoyable experience in its 5 year existence. It might have had something to do with being accompanied by a small but fierce squadron of fellow record-shopping homies - in years past I’ve pretty much gone it alone. This year’s roster of exclusive releases seemed thin in quality (a sentiment echoed pretty much everywhere) but the handful of items I did want weren’t mere wants, they were gotta-fucking-haves - Mclusky, both Luna re-issues, Matt Pond and the Empire Records soundtrack.
It seemed like my best bet on getting my hands on the lot was to sully off early to Philly’s best-kept record shopping secret - Long In The Tooth. So that’s where we were standing around 9:30 until the gates opened up at 10:30. (*side-note - while waiting in line with coffee containers and other various wrappers/junk the reason Philly is so damn filthy hit me square in the brain like a runaway street sweeper - at any given time/place you can look up/down/left/right to the each side until you hit the horizon….and not find one single trashcan in sight!)
There were about 15 or so of us waiting outside and the owner (Perry?) handled this tiny throng rather adeptly - you shouted out your RSD exclusive needs in the order you waited in line. When you were done - it skipped along to the next person in line. Fair enough. I was 3rd in line so I got everything I wanted but the Matt Pond LP (he didn’t order/get any). I happily moved on to browsing the voluminous used section/standard new stock, leaving everyone else to fight for their needs. I figured I would browse the remaining RSD swag when I was done and sure enough there were a few secondary wants leftover - those being JEFF The Brotherhood and the Shores/Creepoid 7”. The RSD releases were nice but the catches of the day here were a NM copy of Graceland (one of my favorite albums ever) and a VG-NM copy of The Hollies’ King Midas. Long story short - this place rocks in every way imaginable and I will definitely be returning next year (and many times before assuredly).
Long In The Tooth
Shores/Creepoid - Split 7” (maroon marble vinyl)
JEFF The Brotherhood - Live - Upstairs At United 12” (RSD exclusive)
Mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas LP (white vinyl) (RSD exclusive)
VA - Empire Records OST 2LP (gold vinyl) (RSD exclusive)
Luna - Rendezvous LP (180g) (RSD exclusive)
Luna - Romantica LP (180g) (RSD exclusive)
VA - Good Feeling LP (80’s comp feat. Vaselines, Sonic Youth, Beat Happening, Pastels. etc.)
Paul Simon - Graceland LP (finally a copy in NM condition!)
Parenthetical Girls - Safe As Houses LP
King Khan & His Shrines - The Supreme Genius Of… 2LP
The Hollies - Dear Eloise/King Midas In Reverse LPWe decided to hit up AKA next instead of Repo, mainly because Repo was so jam-packed last RSD it was impossible to move around and look at anything with the line wrapping around the store and out the door. As expected, AKA was pretty much wiped clean of RSD exclusives upon our arrival (12:30ish) but I did manage to pick up my last need - Matt Pond PA’s Measure LP - the last of his albums to see vinyl release and coincidentally my favorite from his catalog. Snatched up the Brendan Benson United 12” as I’ve always kept up with BB’s solo output even though everything else pales in comparison to his pretty-much-perfect debut, One Mississippi (someone please issue this on vinyl!). I’ve also picked up tickets to finally see him at World Cafe in a few weeks. The Wuxtry LP is a swath of exclusive songs offered up by Athens-based bands and made available during last year’s RSD. Glad it made it’s way up this far north and into my collection.
AKA Music
Brendan Benson - Live - Upstairs At United 12” (RSD exclusive)
Matt Pond PA - Measure LP (180g)
VA - Wuxtry Record LP (feat. Elf Power, REM, Marshmallow Coast, Grape Soda etc.) (2011 RSD exclusive)Time was nearing for us to bail on the Philly area to spend the rest of the day in Princeton, not for a frat party but Princeton Record’s Exchange vaunted halls of vinyl, movies and cheap-as-hell CD’s. However, on the way out we stumbled upon a cozy little shop (Noise Pollution) of eclectic vinyl ranging from jazz to pop to bins and bins of punk, power-pop, garage, noise 7” (the real treasure here). We were pressed for time so we more or less had to quickly scour through the offerings. Managed to snatch up the debut King Biscuit Time 12” - featuring members of the Beta Band (remember them?) and the CMJ-heralded college hit - I Walk The Earth. And just as we were about to walk up to pay there was a very tiny ‘new indie’ section of which the impossible-to-find Portastatic Slow Note From A Sinking Ship LP beamed out like a pot of waxy gold. Turns out this was a very limited mail-order only release on vinyl. I immediately felt bad knowing that my partner-in-crime has recently been on a non-stop tear through the Superchunk catalog so…I offered it to him. He politely (foolishly?) declined and I hesitated not to tuck it under my arm and gleefully spend $7 for it. Chit-chat yielded that the shop had existed for like 20-something years but somehow it’s eluded my attention (and pretty much everyone else’s too…) but, rest assured, I will be returning to thoroughly scour those punk/garage/power-pop singles….
Noise Pollution
King Biscuit Time - No Style 12”
Portastatic - Slow Note From A Sinking Ship LP
Fleeing Philly in a timely manner was of the utmost importance given we chose Princeton Record Exchange as our last destination not only because it was out of the way, but moreso because They Might Be Giants(!) were playing a free show at 6pm with a signing to follow. As you can see I scored a few solid older releases and a re-issue of my favorite Shearwater record. I remember really digging that Jennifer Gentle album a few years back but for some reason I never picked it up so it was nice to see it sealed for a cool $5. Much to our delight TMBG did not play inside PREX - imagine the disastrous outcome - but outside under a tent in front of the Princeton public library. I’d say a solid 500 people attended, ranging from strollers on up to the grey-bearded (yours truly). They played a half-and-half array of old faves (Mesopotamians, Birdhouse, Pencil Red) and new tunes (yes, they still put out adult records!) but skipped the undeniable classics (Ana Ng, Don’t Let’s Start, Istanbul, SEXXY, Malcolm In The Middle theme song….) so it was an up and down performance as far as I was concerned but who’s complaining - it was free. Exhaustion set in as the sun beat down on us during the set so we passed on the signing - though it might have had more to do with I was packing a self-titled TMBG LP and I realized that the other non-John members of the band were barely alive and kicking back in ‘86. Awkward.
Princeton Record Exchange
Landing - Gravitational IV LP
Jennifer Gentle - Valende LP
Shudder To Think - Get Your Goat LP
Shudder To Think - Ten Spot LP
Shudder To Think - Funeral At The Movies LP
Shearwater - Winged Life LP
All in all the day was a major success and on top of finding great records, emptying out the wallet and hangin’ with fellow vinyl enthusiasts it was great to hear the constant ching of cash register transactin’ in every place we visited. I still feel strongly for the case of brick ‘n mortar record shops and what they ultimately bring to the music community - a place for music nerds to converge and commune and support the artists they admire and love.
photographic evidence, part one
Awesome Record Store Day (RSD) shopping results for records purchased in the Philly / Princeton area.
The Strokes - Last Nite 7” (England Import)
Kill Sadie - Half-Cocked Concepts 10”
Elliott - U.S. Songs LP (Grey Marble)
Say Hi - The Wishes and The Glitch LP
Into It. Over It. - Proper LP (White)
Minus The Bear - This Is What I Know About Being Gigantic LP (10 YR Re-issue)
Mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas LP (White RSD Exclusive)
Hope of The State - The Lost Riots 2xLP (Promo)
Kerosene 454 - At Zero LP
Hey Mercedes - Hey Mercedes EP LP (180G RSD Exclusive)
Brendan Benson - Upstairs At United, Vol 1 (RSD Exclusive)
Matt Pond PA - Measure LP (180G RSD Exclusive)
The Weakerthans - Follow LP
The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving 2xLP
Currently reading: The Unwritten
The gorgeous piece of art by Yoko Shimizu is the cover for volume one.
