Isn't it funny that when I first heard of Hulu I thought that it was a stupid idea and now I think it's kinda cool? Watch It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Arrested Development, 30 Rock, and episodes of the Office that I may have missed? Yes, please. Now it just needs to come to the 360 like Netflix did.
I've found that I'm not really into Californication anymore. I enjoyed season one, but season two has kind of lost me. I can't stand the "We're together! We're not! We're together!" back and forth of the show. Hank Moody scores points with his "wife" and then he screws things up... Over and over again. I'm not really into the daughter either. Either of them. One is trying too hard to be Wednesday Adams (which is a common teenage phase I guess) and the other is a butterfaced evil succubus.
I found season two of Chuck to be better than season one though. It had a bit of a weak start and some back story episodes that just didn't work, but it also had some of the strongest episodes yet. Still not a great show, but I enjoy it. I've also watched a bit of Wonderfalls and I think it's alright. Pushing Daisies and the early episodes of Dead Like Me are much better though.
On the subject of music, today I made the decision that I don't need to have discs and discs of '80s music sitting around on my drive. I've done this kind of thing before with different music and artists, but today it was with these '80s compilations I had. If I have the urge to hear a song (say Spandau Ballet's "True" or R.E.M.'s "The One I Love" or Godley & Creme's "Cry"), I'll just YouTube it. It won't sound great, but it'll save me some hard drive space. Kinda silly since storage and RAM are fantastically cheap nowadays, but my system is quite limited. I'll upgrade after I've paid off my TV and when Diablo III comes out.
Still keeping with music, I've now re-discovered how much I like listening to music thanks to my iPod. Now, I listen to a lot of music, but since I abandoned my CD player years ago, it's been a while since I've just laid down, put a blanket over my head and just listened to music. That sort of sensory deprivation listening is my favorite. It's intimate and it's serene. The only problem is that the iPod's earphones are terrible -- not just sound quality-wise, but comfort-wise too. Apparently, my right ear canal is smaller than my left one and the earbud constantly falls out of my right ear while causing pain because I'm trying to keep it shoved in there. So now I'm trying to decide between Etymotics ER-6i or Ultimate Ears Super.fi 4 in-ear monitors for my birthday.
Albums I've found work quite well for when you're trying to get to sleep are the Shins' Oh, Inverted World and Sun Kil Moon's Ghosts of the Great Highway. Of course, Elliot Smith is fantastic too (Give "Between the Bars," "Miss Misery (Early Version)" and "Angel in the Snow" a listen). I've also re-examined the Arcade Fire's Neon Bible and have found that I enjoy it way more than I thought. I think Funeral is still their best album though. I'm also quite fond of this "bar music" that I've been hearing from Frank Turner. Makes me want to punch you, buy you a drink, and then reminisce about punching you, laughing all the while.
I've found that I'm not really into Californication anymore. I enjoyed season one, but season two has kind of lost me. I can't stand the "We're together! We're not! We're together!" back and forth of the show. Hank Moody scores points with his "wife" and then he screws things up... Over and over again. I'm not really into the daughter either. Either of them. One is trying too hard to be Wednesday Adams (which is a common teenage phase I guess) and the other is a butterfaced evil succubus.
I found season two of Chuck to be better than season one though. It had a bit of a weak start and some back story episodes that just didn't work, but it also had some of the strongest episodes yet. Still not a great show, but I enjoy it. I've also watched a bit of Wonderfalls and I think it's alright. Pushing Daisies and the early episodes of Dead Like Me are much better though.
On the subject of music, today I made the decision that I don't need to have discs and discs of '80s music sitting around on my drive. I've done this kind of thing before with different music and artists, but today it was with these '80s compilations I had. If I have the urge to hear a song (say Spandau Ballet's "True" or R.E.M.'s "The One I Love" or Godley & Creme's "Cry"), I'll just YouTube it. It won't sound great, but it'll save me some hard drive space. Kinda silly since storage and RAM are fantastically cheap nowadays, but my system is quite limited. I'll upgrade after I've paid off my TV and when Diablo III comes out.
Still keeping with music, I've now re-discovered how much I like listening to music thanks to my iPod. Now, I listen to a lot of music, but since I abandoned my CD player years ago, it's been a while since I've just laid down, put a blanket over my head and just listened to music. That sort of sensory deprivation listening is my favorite. It's intimate and it's serene. The only problem is that the iPod's earphones are terrible -- not just sound quality-wise, but comfort-wise too. Apparently, my right ear canal is smaller than my left one and the earbud constantly falls out of my right ear while causing pain because I'm trying to keep it shoved in there. So now I'm trying to decide between Etymotics ER-6i or Ultimate Ears Super.fi 4 in-ear monitors for my birthday.
Albums I've found work quite well for when you're trying to get to sleep are the Shins' Oh, Inverted World and Sun Kil Moon's Ghosts of the Great Highway. Of course, Elliot Smith is fantastic too (Give "Between the Bars," "Miss Misery (Early Version)" and "Angel in the Snow" a listen). I've also re-examined the Arcade Fire's Neon Bible and have found that I enjoy it way more than I thought. I think Funeral is still their best album though. I'm also quite fond of this "bar music" that I've been hearing from Frank Turner. Makes me want to punch you, buy you a drink, and then reminisce about punching you, laughing all the while.
2 comments:
Hulu on the 360...wouldn;t that be a conflict of interest for all the tv shows you could download on marketplace?
Awesome idea though
Yeah Microsoft would look pretty stupid if they did that I guess. I mean, they're charging for stuff you can get for free!
Enter Sony? They need something. You can watch Hulu through the PS3 browser, but it's not ideal.
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