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Will Smith: Web Redesigner

For some reason I decided to look at my spam in Gmail and this was the first spam message:

Apparently when he’s not rapping, Will Smith redesigns people’s websites out of the kindness of his heart (though I guess he also works it as a side business).

Oh my god. I just realized I made an almost carbon copy of this post regarding George Lucas and spamming. Am I that predictable!?

John Linnell’s New Album For 2009!

I had a dream that John Linnell released a new album (solo, not with TMBG) and I was gonna buy it or something. Unfortunately, this turned out to be a false dream. Or a dream with a false real-world connection. Too bad; State Songs was great.

Mucinex: The Booger Drug

So I have a cold right now. I called my normal doctor’s office and apparently they don’t do urgent care type stuff. But they do have a nurse! So I talked to the nurse and she gave me a list of drugs to take. One of them was Mucinex.

Apparently this is some kind of miracle drug. It’s the one in the commercials that has a family of green boogers (or mucus?) living in a human’s chest. Then the person takes the Mucinex and the family of boogers is evicted, to put it nicely. Mucinex tears families apart. Families of the mucus variety.

Anyway, I used it and it seems to be okay. It didn’t work in the elaborately theatrical fashion as the commercials would have me believe, but I think I have less junk in my chest now than before.

Are You Smart?

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I felt like trying out my new Yamaha Silent Brass and Sennheiser HD-280 Pro headphones from the Facebook contest, and since I haven’t recorded anything lately I figured I’d play some My Funny Valentine. The Aebersold track is fun and all, but playing with it makes me feel as though I’m playing as the accompaniment, rather than with the accompaniment. So here’s a sans-backing version of My Funny Valentine.

The sound quality came out okay, though the silent brass makes it sounds a bit stuffy and adds a lot of backpressure to the horn. But I guess it’s still better than playing without a mute and pissing off my neighbors. It works great for practicing; recording not so much. The headphones are also pretty sweet. I haven’t used them that much. I mainly use them for listening to This American Life while doing dishes. They block outside sound pretty well.

Oh, and in case you’re wondering, yes, I stole stuff from Miles and Wynton. I hope they don’t mind.

Previously: Each Day is Valentine’s Day. (I’d like to think I’m more mature in my trumpet playing since 2 years ago)