Perhaps this one of him doing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody is more famous/impressive but I just liked the one above because I liked how well farting hand noises can approximate Axel Rose's vocal stylings, plus the guitar solo is pretty amazing/good for duck hunting.
DO NOT watch this 4 minute recap of the first 4 seasons of The Wire unless you are ABOSULTEY POSITIVE you aren't going to watch the full seasons - serious spoilers are in effect.
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Where it took about 4 hours for me to beat Guitar Hero III on Easy, Medium took a couple nights this past weekend - a couple of nights and something I call note triage - to pass. The most difficult songs for me on this level were Slayer's Raining Blood (which I skipped until the end) and Metalica's One (which I played for about 45 minutes straight one night before giving up) The next night I beat it on the first time through using my new strategy of triaging notes - or just choosing any three notes for the toughest sections of the songs and ignoring the fourth. You can do this on virtually any song (like Raining Blood)
Like Jason, I find that Medium is exceedingly difficult because of my pinky's level of coordination and uselessness. I don't think I can, or will be able to move up a level and play with any success. And while I felt a bit like that after playing my first two easy songs, I don't want to memorize the notes. My favorite song to play is actually one of the hardest in the game (and longest): DragonForce's Through The Fire And Flames. If you can fight through the fatigue that can set in it is actually pretty fun, despite it's cheesiness. This dude makes it look pretty easy - check his concentration!. Playing it on Guitar Hero is pretty impressive but check out the actual video of it being playing in "real life". And just look at all that hair. Dang.
On another GH3 Note: This hacked together "Scratch Blaster" is pretty cool - though it really should have a different game to go along with it.
I watched the first two episodes of the new season of The Wire and it was great as always. It is good in ways that are overt and in many ways that are more subtle. The parallels between characters struggling with things in their lives are often shown sequentially. Cuts from one scene to the next underscore many of these similarities without being in your face about it. It is simply brilliant. One of the best things about the show is how they are not afraid to add new elements and change up major aspects of the show. This year for example they have added a newspaper/media angle. In the past they have had a large union storyline, a story involving schools and kids, and they continue to emphasize the political aspects of the story in addition to the street crime and police/detective bits. This continual evolution of the show is one of the main reasons why it could last for years. That is why it is particularly disappointing that they have said this is the final season.
Besides it ending too early, there is one more gripe I have with the shoe: it's name. It should clearly be called The Game. There are references to playing the game or being in the game constantly by all types of characters. It is a much more broad name that can be used by gang members, cops, politicians, and the like. I have tried to tell myself that "the wire" can refer to more than the surveillance that is being done, like these people are living on the edge (of a wire), so to speak, but that is more than a little weak.
...and that has nothing to do with the estimated 60% of the GOP caucus voters being Evangelical born-again nutjobs. Wait, yes it does. American has about as good a chance electing someone named Huckabee as Ron Paul has of avoiding comparisons to Ross Perot. Unfortunately, as I have mentioned before, I have a similar feeling for my (and Iowa's) preferred candidate, Barack Obama.
My electability concerns regarding Obama have more to do with his race and my negative perception of the people our country than any name he could have, however. Despite the fact that most people I meet seem rather progressive, I don't think the U.S. is ready to elect either a woman or a black man at this time, for whatever reason. And that sucks. Luckily, the GOP doesn't have their act together this year so it will likely be close if they are running against Hillary or Barack.
If Democrats want to put the best candidate up in November they will choose Kucinich. If they want an attempt at making history they will nominate Clinton or Obama. If they want to win, they will put the most electable candidate, Edwards at the top of the ticket. Such is the state of our country, unfortunately.
* I don't. Though, I do admire some of the elements of "his" "Fair" Tax plan despite its fallacies.
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