Gregor Smith

Author: Greg

  • My Humps?

    This comes via Sterogum and it’s so bad it’s good… It’s a mash up (yes, that word again) of The Arcade Fire’s “Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)” and the Black Eyed Peas “My Humps.”


    The Arcade Fire vs. Black Eyed Peas – Hump My Tunnel

    Really bizarre…

  • Justice?

    How can you kick someone to death after planning it, filming it on your mobile phone, watching it at home and braging about it afterwards and not be guilty of murder? Sickening, just sickening…

  • 3D Logic

    3D Logic. A simple enough puzzle… Create a line to link the colours up, it’s not as easy as you think.

  • Atlanta Braves For Sale

    Time Warner is pursuing a possible sale of the Atlanta Braves and the Turner South cable network. Ideally I would like Arthur Blank to buy the Braves, it’s a slim possibility…

  • Blingo, The Search Engine That Gives…

    Blingo is a search engine with a twist. Each search on Blingo is also a chance to win a prize, it could be a free movie ticket or even a Sony PSP, or you can get a Visa Gift Card with the cash equivalent…

  • Optimism Found in Iraq

    Who cares about not finding WMD’s in Iraq when you can now find optimism instead. Isn’t that nice to know?

  • Common As Muck

    As if I needed any further proof my surname is as common as humanely possible, the US Census Bureau kicks me square in the ol’ sack…

    Rank Name Frequency
    1 Smith 1.01%
    2. Johnson .81
    3. Williams .70
    4. Jones .62
    5. Brown .62
    6. Davis .48
    7. Miller .42
    8. Wilson .34
    9. Moore .31
    10. Taylor .31

    To make matters worse, Robyn has jumped the bandwagon all the way from 7 (Miller) to 1…

    Thanks to Seth at Mostly Muppet for pointing out my commonicity…

  • Richard Pryor 1940 – 2005

    Groundbreaking black US comedian Richard Pryor has died after almost 20 years with multiple sclerosis. He died at the age of 65 of a heart attack at Encino hospital near Los Angeles.

  • iTunes Signature Maker

    I’ve seen this iTunes Signature Maker thing bouncing around a few places today, so I figured I’d join in and see what the fuss was about…

    Why?

    People often ask me what music I listen to, and I find it difficult to describe my enormous music collection in just a few sentences. So I created iTSM to answer in sound a question I cannot answer in words.

    iTSM selects a small number of your “favorite” tracks based on some simple selection criteria, such as the number of times you have played them or the rating you have assigned them. Then it analyzes the audio content of these files, combining a small bit of each of them to create the signature.

    So after playing around with it (50 most played songs, one song per artist & album), here’s what it threw up in return…


    My iTunes Signature

    Or download it here (1.99mb mp3, 2:10)…

    For those who think it’s a bit fuzzy, here’s the playlist in order:

    1. The Strokes – Last Nite (Live)
    2. Space – 1 O’Clock
    3. Jack Johnson – Flake (Live)
    4. The Killers – Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine
    5. Travis – Happy
    6. “Weird Al” Yankovic – Albuquerque
    7. Love Affair – Everlasting Love
    8. 10,000 Maniacs – Candy Everybody Wants (Acoustic)
    9. My Chemical Romance – Helena
    10. New Order – True Faith
    11. Dr Dre – The Next Episode (featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg and Nate Dogg)
    12. Robbie Williams – Come Undone
    13. Muse – Time Is Running Out
    14. 2Pac – California Love (featuring Dr Dre)
    15. Lisa Loeb – I Do (Live)
    16. Toby Keith – American Soldier
    17. Beyoncé Knowles – Crazy In Love (featuring Jay-Z)
    18. Lighthouse Family – High
    19. Chemical Brothers – Block Rockin Beats
    20. Manic Street Preachers – You Love Us
    21. Stone Roses – Ten Storey Love Song
    22. Ben Folds – Gracie
    23. The Bluetones – If…
    24. Our Lady Peace – 4 A.M.
    25. Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody
    26. World Party – All The Young Dudes
    27. Dire Straits – Money For Nothing
    28. INXS – Mistify
    29. Day One – Ordinary Man (Acoustic)
    30. David Gray – Real Love
    31. Oasis – Don’t Go Away
    32. Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues (Live)
    33. Lillix – What I Like About You
    34. Radiohead – There There (Live)
    35. The Polyphonic Spree – Section 7 (Hanging Around The Day Part II)
    36. Shed Seven – Lies
    37. Keane – Bend And Break
    38. Aerosmith – Falling In Love (Is Hard On The Knees) (Live)
    39. The Lightning Seeds – You Showed Me
    40. T Rex – Children Of The Revolution
    41. Ocean Colour Scene – Better Day
    42. Modest Mouse – The World At Large
    43. Ben Folds Five – Mess
    44. 3 Doors Down – Running Out Of Days
    45. Green Day – Wake Me Up When September Ends
    46. Everlast – What It’s Like
    47. Air – La Femme d’Argent
    48. U2 – Numb
    49. Macy Gray – I Try
    50. Weezer – Perfect Situation

    A bit eclectic, kinda…

  • 6ft Jellyfish Terrorise Japan

    6ft Jellyfish terrorise Japan. They are called echizen kurage and they sound like monsters from the trashier reaches of Japanese science fiction. They are 6ft wide and weigh 450lb (200kg), with countless poisonous tentacles, they have drifted across the void to terrorise the people of Japan. Vast armadas of the slimy horrors have cut off the country’s food supply. As soon as one is killed more appear to take its place. Echizen kurage is not an extraterrestrial invader, but a giant jellyfish that is devastating the livelihoods of fishermen in the Sea of Japan.

  • Festivus For the Rest of Us…

    Last night was the monthly APWBWGTTD meeting, the first one I’ve been able to attend since, well at least September… And it was a drunken Festivus party alright with a pretty good turnout.

    Of course being Festivus, we had to have an aluminium pole, which Lori provided, but it’s strength to weight ratio was sorely lacking, but it was the thought that counted. We reveled in our airing of grievances, some of which cannot be retold… The feats of strength was a sight to behold for sure but alas I had to leave “early” (around 11:15pm some hour and 15 minutes later than I had planned) as no one had wrestled Lori to the ground and pinned her for the count of 3 at that point.

    All joking aside, there was a whole bunch of new faces there since my last meetup, and it was cool to see the old faces too, but next time I will stick by my predetermined time of departure, extra drinking time causes havoc to me the following morning… Bah, I’m getting too old for this… I blame Dave for dragging me into a political discussion, a British political discussion at that…

  • On This Day…

    It was 25 years ago today Sgt. Pepper tought the band to play John Lennon was walking up to the door of his apartment building in New York City when a “deranged” gunman by the name of Mark Chapman opened fire and killed him…

  • Passenger Shot Dead on Plane in Florida

    A passenger who claimed to have a bomb on board an American Airlines plane in Miami was shot dead by a US federal officer, government officials say. The 44-year-old US citizen was shot by an air marshal when reaching into his bag after leaving the plane. Reports say no device has yet been found. Flight 924 had just arrived from Colombia, and was heading to Orlando. It is the first time since the attacks of 11 September 2001 that a US air marshal has shot at a passenger. A witness said that the man frantically ran down the aisle of the Boeing 757 and that a woman with him said he was mentally ill.

  • Rangers 1 – 1 Internazionale

    Rangers 1 – 1 Internazionale. Rangers make history as they become the first Scottish side to qualify for the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds after a 1-1 draw against Inter Milan. Of course, ESPN piss me off by showing a meaningless Chelsea vs. Liverpool game instead of this, or even the AC Milan vs. Schalke 04 or any game that meant *something*. It’s a pity they won’t show anybody but Chelsea or Manchester United.

  • Multiple Shots and a Dramatic Loss of Blood

    Today came one part of the downside of marriage, or at least my marriage…

    For immigration purposes I had to get a few shots before my impending medical examination to satisfy the US Government that I’m slightly cleaner than that monkey from Outbreak. Robyn casually informed me of this yesterday…

    Robyn: I called and found out all of the shots you have to get
    Robyn: sucks to be you :-P
    Gregor Smith: dont tell me :(
    Robyn: you can have the shots done at our PCP and then you take the paperwork down to the civil surgeon and get the physical
    Robyn: so can I set you up an appointment with the PCP?
    Gregor Smith: sure
    Robyn: okee :D
    Gregor Smith: what kind of shots?
    Gregor Smith: gun shot? to the head?
    Robyn: HIV/syphalis blood test
    Robyn: TB skin test
    Robyn: tetnis immunization
    Robyn: measles/mumps/etc
    Robyn: flu
    Robyn: have you ever had chicken pox?
    Gregor Smith: i dont think so
    Robyn: ok, then you’ll have to get that too

    So 6 shots and 2 extractions of blood later I still need to go back for part 2 of my 3 part Hepititis B injections… She forgot to tell me about those.

    Talk about suck?