let's go to synaesthesia

This photo really cracked me up earlier today. My thinking had always been, how the hell did Humberto Sanchez come hurt from Detroit in the Sheffield deal? Well, now we know why he's hurt. He's spending time with Captain Glass Ass himself, Carla Pavano. There should be some sort of mandate that all pitchers are to keep at least 10 feet away from the man. It seems like whatever he's got, is contagious. Why is he in camp anyway? Ugh! That depresses me. The guy somehow had me fooled last year. He fooled a lot of folks into thinking he could finally be healthy and contribute to the team. Hell, he even started on opening day! Oh man, what a waste of some 40 million smackers. I could have contributed more for 1/40th of that.

Love that Jeter, Posada and Mariano all showed up and threw some support for Andy Pettitte the other day, during his news conference. Think that will go a long way in establishing some comradery in the clubhouse for the Yanks. They will surely need it and be tested this year, with all that uncertainty in the pitching rotation and bullpen.

Last night I came across this game called Rez HD. I'd read a few things about it's remake for the Xbox 360 and how it supposedly had this amazing soundtrack and sorta surreal game-play. "Enjoy electronic music? How about first-person shooters? Rez HD combines both seamlessly."

The information age comes to a deadly halt when the core of society's technological memory an AI unit called Eden begins to feel the strain of too much data. Struggling to keep up, the technology actually begins to question its own existence and goes into a futuristic freak out. Now, you must journey deep into the realm of 3D cyberspace in order to fix the system, a task that will require hacking codes and battling fierce creatures.

I read that tag the other day and thought, OK, I'm game. Sounds like it could be pretty cool. And it most certainly was. I downloaded the game demo and proceeded to get my socks knocked off. Rez contains almost no sound effects or spoken dialogue. Instead, the game is set to trance music, which plays in the background and gradually evolves as the player moves among levels. The music is enhanced by musical effects (such as trills and drums) generated by the player's actions, enemies and surroundings.It's a simple game. It's not rocket science, but one hell of a game. I am hooked.


listening pile:
M83, known to his family and friends, as French electro-artist Anthony Gonzalez, is releasing his new album called Saturdays = Youth on Mute Records, in April. "Couleurs", the first single is sick and up for streaming at their MySpace page. It's dense and epic, checking in at some 9 minutes of bliss. It's gonna be digitally released next week, along with a remix by Jori Hulkkonen, because hey, that's what the kids dig these days. Any really, any remix by a guy named Hulkkonne has got to be monstrous. Thank you, there's a 8 and 10 o'clock show, ladies and gentlemen.