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to write about Scatman John. I can't find any recent news on him or any news since his death on Dec. 3rd 1999 and I'm nto waiting that long to post this video.

Les Claypool at the Electric Factory

Yes I saw Les Claypool for my second time at the Electric Factory last night. The last time I saw him was 10/20/05 at the Electric Factory, this is actually pretty interesting because if you purchase Of Whales and Woe from iTunes the you get bonus track of him playing "D's Diner" at that same show. So anyway onto the show...

I researched the opening band The Coup on Wikipedia and YouTube to see if I would like them and I'll just say the internet did not do them any justice. I wasn't looking forward to seeing them after watching some videos on YouTube but Youtube failed me. They were actually pretty good, like good enough that I would consider torrenting one on of their albums (maybe even buy one). So the Coup are kindof a rap/funk/rock/alt.rock band and are pretty good if you like that stuff, some parts kindof reminded me of Rage Against the Machine. Anyway lets talk about Claypool...

He just walked on stage and broke into "One Better" from Of Whales and Woe and what was cool is that this album came out a little over a month ago and that everyone was singing the words. After this he said something and played "Makalaster" from Purple Onion which everyone sang and Heeyaa's to; it was epic. I don't remember the whole setlist but these are the songs I remember. (in somewhat chronological order but it gets blurry after "Makalaster")

"One Better" - Of Whales and Woe
"Makalaster" - Purple Onion
"Long in the Tooth" - Purple Onion
"Holy Mackerel" - Highball with the Devil
"Cosmic Highway" - Purple Onion
"Vernon the Company Man" - Of Whales and Woe
"Big Eyeball in the Sky" - Big Eyeball in the Sky
"Iowan Gal" - Of Whales and Woe
"Lust Stings" - Of Whales and Woe

He basically played at least one song from everyone of his albums, except Sausage and I sang through every one.

After "Makalaster" I proceeded to the pit but went through it so I was only 5 or so feet away from the master bass-playing colonel himself. The crowd wasn't like too wild but it was drunk wild the pit was good but a lot of people passed out and stuff, also there was a lot of crowd surfing.

Well that's about it and I look forward to seeing him again soon.

Also,
Rest in Peace
Syd Barrett

MySpace even worse than I thought (which is pretty damn bad)

http://www.trentl.com/?name=News&file=article&sid=50

Another Klassic Review of a Game Already Beaten Millions of Times.

Well I had been playing this for about a month, it was my third time trying to play through the whole thing in the past three years. This time I did it, in a approximatly 53 hours and I enjoyed every hour of it. The plot was as good as expected in any Final Fantasy game and they graphics were nice little mid 90's sprites which I have always been quite partial towards. I was a level 54 squire at the end of the game and killed Altima in two hits. The first hit was with a Stasis sword from Orlandu hitting somewhere around 700-800 damage then an Attack from me at around 990-1100 damage (with ragnarok equipped straight and used scream three times)

There was one disappointment with the ending for me and that was that I couldn't continue to play my data and finish the cloud subquest like I had originally planned to do. This really made me upset because I could see sooooooooooooo much post final boss play value in the game with all the treasure hunting and discovery levels. I heard someone talking about a ten level dungeon after the final boss but all I got was the credits, a nice FMV sequence and a return to the title screen. If anyone knows how I can continue to play and go to the 10 level dungeon and stuff please tell me.

This is what my party looked like...