Michael Jackson

The "King of Pop" is dead. Sure he may not have been the most normal human being, but that doesn't change the fact that he was one of the biggest music icons of all time. Some people are saying that its no big deal or that it is one more creepy "child lover" off of the streets.

To those of you that feel that way:

You are entitled to your own opinions, but how can you be so heartless? He was a man that had family and friends just like you do. How can you stand there and make these judgmental comments? Can you honestly tell me you have never tried to moonwalk? Can you honestly tell me you have never wanted to be in the music video for Thriller? MJ may not have fit in with the crowd or have followed what everyone thought was the "normal" path, but that doesn't mean he should be discredited. He changed dancing, music, and added a spice to the pop industry that people still try to emulate to this day.

Rest In Peace Michael Jackson. The music industry and the world were changed because of you.

You will forever be remembered as a true icon. The King of Pop.

-Scott

Veckatimest

It music discussion time folks. This installment will be about the folk, experimental band Grizzly Bear. Now I wouldn't call myself a die-hard Grizzly Bear fan... until now. The first time I listened to their albums I wasn't that into them. It wasn't until I listened to their albums 2 or 3 more times before I began to notice the little things that they do that completes their sound. Its amazing and almost indescribable at times

Grizzly Bear put their latest and 3rd full album out on May 26 of 2009 called Veckatimest. This album takes you through a journey filled with the eerie vocals of Daniel Rossen and gang. The happy keyboards, echoed melodies, and catchy guitar tones make you want to smile and roll your windows down to share the good news with the people next to you at stop lights and street corners.

Tracks to be noted:

1) Southern Point: The album's opening track goes from a simple guitar to a chorus filled with so much energy that you almost catch yourself anticipating it each time it comes up. The vocals are so strange that they almost sound peaceful at times.

2) Two Weeks: This is the followup to Southern Point. All I can say about this song is keys. The piano simply makes this whole track. Lovely. The background vocals also make me smile. (I catch myself trying to harmonize with them :P)

Grizzly Bear is blowing up, with magazines like Entertainment Weekly, Spin, and Wired mentioning them. If you haven't heard them, I definitely recommend letting them fill the space in between your ears with a sound that can hardly be put into words.

Johnny Greenwood from Radiohead is also a big fan of them as well...Just saying..

-Scott

Apple...FTL

I have been pretty excited about the new iPhone 3.0 software update until recently. I was getting my hopes up that Apple would also release the video recording capabilities with the new update. They decided to crush those hopes by making it only available to the new hardware users (iPhone 3G S). I find it very ridiculous for Apple to do something like this. I had my phone hacked until a couple months back. I had cut-copy-paste, video, tethering, and even an option for MMS, not to mention all of the other badass utilities and skins to choose from.

AT&T has also dropped the ball in my opinion. Most of the hype for the new software was to enable MMS and Tethering. AT&T has stated that they will allow for both of these at a later time. They will probably also charge for tethering as well. Sure this may cut into their 3G laptop card sales, but why make us pay for tethering?! I got it for free with the hacked version.

I have updated my iPhone to 3.0 ONLY because I know that the iPhone-Dev team (http://blog.iphone-dev.org/) is releasing their hax for it on Friday (can't come soon enough).

If you want my opinion on the matter, DO NOT UPGRADE TO 3.0...yet. Sure the Cut-Copy-Paste works pretty good so far and the Search function could come in handy at times, but I am still pretty disappointed in the update. Wait for the hax to come out or for AT&T to support their shit before diving into this clusterf*** of useless hype.

I will post more when I have hacked the 3.0 software. GL Dev-Team.

-Scott

WOW-ntain Dew

So while surfing the Internet last week, I came across a new marketing campaign for Mountain Dew. Apparently, they have teamed up with Blizzard to create the most legendary products to ever grace my palette (well that day at least). Who else could offer you an energy-drink/soda that grants the user:

+32 Stamina

+13 Agility

+1 Nature Resistance

(Drink does not actually increase your stats n00bs)

Anyways, the drink comes in two factions flavors, and both are pretty good. We all know that Mountain Dew has been aiming a lot of their marketing campaigns towards gamers. For example, Does anyone remember the Mountain Dew Halo 3 Game Fuel? I personally like that we as gamers make up a large enough percent of the population that companies take notice.

So go out and get you an ice cold, Warcraft-themed beverage at your closest gas station.

20,300 Experience Gained

-Scott

Level 80

I believe a congratulations is in order...for me that is. After over 7 days of play time (according to WoW), I have finally managed to do what several million people are still trying to accomplish. Thats right, you guessed it: I made it to the highest level that can currently be reached by a player of the cult-game World of Warcraft. If you do the math, I spent over 168 hours/10,080 minutes/604,800 seconds leveling my character, Chaero a Blood Death Knight.

Some may look at these stats and think, "Wow, why would you spend so much time on a computer game?" My answer to that question is: It's singlehandedly the most fun game I have EVER played. I could not tell you off the top of my head a game that I would honestly play for that long before getting tired of it. You wanna know something else? Chaero isn't my only character. I have 2 others: Dittoris lvl 64 and Ardenn lvl 30.

Basically, what I am getting at is that Blizzard did an amazing job with World of Warcraft as well as both of the expansions. They created an online community where people get together, chat about everyday crap, and wreck the lives of any mobs that get in their way. Hats off to you Blizzard. I may be 80, but the true fun is just beginning.

-Scott

Tonight could be Epic

I am stuck at work right now trying to plan out my perfect night tonight. "What could I possibly have going on tonight?" you might ask...

Well it all started out last night when I purchased tickets to see Third Eye Blind tonight in Dallas! Sure the tickets were $40, but I figure the nostalgia from my freshman year of high school is 100% worth it. I mean face it.. these guys do qualify as Epic in my book.

Now lets fast forward to this morning. I got up for work and made some oatmeal...oh yeah and SET MY DVR TO RECORD THE NEW SEASON OF WEEDS, starting tonight at 8pm. What crazy antics could Nancy possibly get herself into this season..who knows? Epic.

Then last but not least, I will try and attempt to find some time to level up my 79 Death Knight, Chaero, to 80!!! (About damn time). I got halfway through 79 last night pretty quick, so I think I can manage to get him to 80 in a decent timeframe. If so, Epic.

So concludes my epic-scattered post.

-Scott

Last Night's Adventure

So last night I mentioned that I was headed to Walmart to pick up the Sims 3 game. Well it started off a little rocky. I called the local Walmart at 12 to see if they were going to be selling the game at midnight. The overworked-sounding lady on the phone assured me that they were indeed going to be selling it, but there was a problem...apparently no one there could find the box containingall of the games. She then told me to call back in an hour (keep in mind that I wake up at 7 each morning to go to work) to see if they had found the games. I called back 15 min later hoping to get another person...what I ended up getting was a bit of information saying that they only had 2 copies left.

If they found the box of all of the Sims 3 games and sold them within 15 minutes in a small suburban city north of Dallas, then I am amazed...

My theory is that the lady was tired of her minimum wage job that forced her to work the graveyard shift, so she gets her rocks off by LYING to unsuspecting video game addicts...just a theory though.

The conclusion to the story is that 5 minutes after the phone call, I was standing in line at Walmart buying the last copy of Sims 3. SUCCESS.

-Scott

In the beginning...

I created a blog. The title (as you can see) is call Elecpronic. This blog will include reviews and my personal opinions on new music, gadgets, and games. If you like what I talk about then please continue to follow my posts and tell your friends. If not, then you should start your own damn blog. Just kidding, but seriously.

As long as there is interesting stuff going on in tech-land (duh?), I will continue to invade your computer monitors with text on said interesting items.

I am headed to Walmart lickety-split to go pick up the Sims 3 (midnight release?/fingers crossed). I'll post again tomorrow with the results of my journey. Goodnight.

-Scott