Community Thread IX

[hermes]

[8'sReverse]

I'm realizing that I've been breaking alot of minor "promises" to people I know lately. I know in the grand scheme of things those situations mean absolutely nothing and hasn't hurt any of the people involved (most likely they've forgotten or don't care), but it's on my mind and weighing on my conscience alittle more now. I don't want it to become a habit that create life changing events.

Just had to get that out... I'm done now.

[Sedale Threatt]

Hermes, you pumped for the Sage Rosenfels era? I know I am...

[hermes]

its going to be awesome

[RJM]

http://www.11points.com/Sports/11_Lames ... uries_Ever

11 Lamest Sports Injuries Ever

# Bill Gramatica tears his ACL celebrating a first quarter field goal. In 2001, as a rookie for the Arizona Cardinals, Gramatica hit a 42-yard field goal in the first quarter, to give the Cardinals a 3-0 lead against the New york Giants. He celebrated like crazy... landed weird after jumping in the air to pump his fist... and tore his ACL

# John Smoltz burns himself ironing a shirt... he was wearing. Smoltz has denied this actually happened, but it's been pretty widely reported. And this is a comedy website, so faux-journalism is alright by me.

Allegedly, back when Smoltz was on the Atlanta Braves, he burned himself while he was ironing a shirt. Because... he decided to iron out the wrinkles while he was still *wearing* the shirt. That's a stupid injury (for ironing a shirt while wearing it) AND a lame one (for ironing, in general).

# Glenallen Hill freaks out during a nightmare about spiders and falls through a glass table. In 1990, when Glenallen Hill was on the Toronto Blue Jays, he had a nightmare. Hill has arachnophobia and, in his dream, he was, quote, "trying to get away from spiders."

He started sleeprunning away from the spiders and ended up slamming into a wall... falling through a glass table... and tumbling down about 10 stairs. He suffered enough cuts and bruises that the Blue Jays had to put him on the 15-day disabled list.

# Glenn Healy stabs himself while fixing bagpipes. In the summer of 2000, before Healy's last season in the NHL (as a goalie on the Toronto Maple Leafs), Healy decided to fix up a set of antique bagpipes. While he was changing the bag, he sliced up his hand which required 40 stitches.

#

Photoshop fun!
Kevin Mitchell chips a tooth eating a stale donut. I couldn't find the date on this one, but apparently, Kevin Mitchell has confirmed it happened, so it goes here.

At some point during his playing career, Mitchell wanted a donut. (Well, honestly, looking at Kevin Mitchell, that probably happened a few times during his playing career.)

He took a chocolate donut out of the freezer and put it in the microwave to defrost it. But he didn't leave it in for long enough so, when he tried to bite into it, he chipped his tooth.

# Moises Alou injures himself when he runs over his son on a bicycle. Hey, here's another ACL one. In the offseason before the 1999 baseball season, Moises Alou tore his ACL when he flew off a treadmill. But that's not even close to the worst part...

During his rehab, he was riding a bicycle... and somehow he accidentally ran over his son. The kid was OK but it completely re-injured Alou's ACL.

Note to self: During my rehab for my ACL, avoid my bicycle. Or, if I am riding my bike, avoid running over Moises Alou's son. (???)

# Charlie Hough breaks his pinky while pinky swearing. I couldn't find a ton of corroboration on this one, but, according to several reports, at some point during Hough's tenure on the Texas Rangers (1980-1990), he broke his pinky... while pinky swearing.

He should really go around to middle schools and give cautionary lectures about this at assemblies. ("So even if Jenny demands that you pinky-swear you won't tell anyone she just got her period and didn't spill spaghetti sauce on her white pants like she said she did... tell Jenny you respect her secret but you'll only swear it by shaking hands, high fiving, or thumb wrestling.")

# Joel Zumaya and Lionel Simmons both get injured from too much video game playing. When the Detroit Tigers were making their run to the World Series in 2006, one of their key relievers, Joel Zumaya, had to be kept out of the ALCS because of inflammation in his right arm.

Turns out, it was inflamed because he was playing way, way too much "Guitar Hero." He would've gotten away with it, too, but one of the Tigers' trainers realized Zumaya's injuries were more like a guitar player's than a pitcher's... and figured it out.

The injury was a throwback to Lionel Simmons, who missed a few games in 1991, his rookie year with the Sacramento Kings, after he developed tendinitis in his right wrist from playing too much Game Boy.

# Rickey Henderson gets frostbite in the summer... from falling asleep on an icepack. There are dozens of insane Rickey stories, but this is one of the best. He once had to miss three games because he fell asleep on an icepack and got frostbite. In August.

He was angry about that. The icepack treatment was a new idea by his trainer and Rickey said, quote, "What is Rickey, a guinea pig?"

# Sammy Sosa hurts his back during a sneezing fit. In 2004, before a game against the San Diego Padres, Sammy Sosa had a violent sneezing fit. That caused back spasms... and forced him to miss the game.

#

"Matsui is on the 15-day DL with an anus."
Kaz Matsui misses games because of somehow getting anal fissures. Matsui missed the first three weeks of the 2008 MLB season for the Houston Astros because of a surgery he received shortly before opening day.

That surgery was: To repair his anal fissures.

Anal fissures are defined as "an unnatural crack or tear in the anus skin" and can cause "rectal bleeding [or] severe, periodic pain after defication."

The cause of Matsui's anal fissures was not released. However, some of the possible causes of anal fissures are: Straining to defecate... severe and chronic constipation or diarrhea... or anal sex (receiving, naturally).

All of those clearly qualify him for a spot on this list.

[DoctaJ]

Thanks, Tony! I'll definitely keep you posted once I get things going with it. (In other words, once this damn snow is gone )

So, not sure if I mentioned this at all but I finished my debut album in December right before my break started. Production quality isn't the greatest, since I've been using my computer, a 3 year old $30 microphone (that I believe is broken now) in a room upstairs, haha. However I'm happy with how it turned out.


If you guys could check it out and give me some feedback, that would be greatly appreciated.

For those with Facebook (all the songs from the album are up there):
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Docta-J/6844608941

For the those that don't (most but not all songs are up here):
http://www.unsigned.com/DoctaJ

[hermes]

and so it begins, our supposed 4-6 inches of a wintery mix

for those of you lucky enough to not know what a wintery mix is- it's snow, sleet, freezing rain, ice and all that good stuff

apparently the roads are covered in ice, so that should be fun

[hermes]

good news: it's down to 1-3 inches

better news: no school

worse news: still have to work tonight

[Danny Darko]

Hey Doc- I took a good listen.

I think the groundwork, beats, and track sound is really good. Did you do them yourself? Is it all production or some turn tables at all? It's good.

The subject matter is fine in that it's an intro to you as artist, but I'd like the followup to be filled with stuff that isn't an autobiography in each song... something topical

The vocals seem just a little rushed. Likely you did long takes without a ton of edits, which is cool, but with all the smooth production in the background I'd expect the vocals up front to try to be as smooth and well produced, but hey- it's underground and it's a debut.

You should be proud, it's awesome to have completed a project with art and everything ready to go.

Did I ever have you check out my last hip hop song?

Track 4 here "I'm not afraid": http://www.myspace.com/danisgrimm

I actually had a planning meeting for more hip hop with the DJ last night, it's been like 4 years since that song was done. Time for a sequel.

[Sedition]

Hey Doc,

Lemme say man, congratulations! must be an awesome feeling getting a record off the ground, i cant even imagine.

I agree with DD, the production is silky smooth considering you pieced this together at home. im really impressed bro. the only thing i would suggest is maybe trying to vary your lyrical delivery a tad bit. there were parts where it did feel just a little monotone. other than that though, solid work dude.

[Slava]

DD, I really like this track "Average Savage" on your myspace. Nice work!

[DoctaJ]

DD, the beats are not done by me but I guess partly done by me. The basic beats are made by others but I've modified all of them to some degree.

Yeah, for sure. I understand what you're saying. I was talking to my friend about the same thing just the other day. I've been working on new material already that isn't "about me". I never noticed now until you said this, that every song as some sort of "I" or "me" to it, lol.

Yeah, that's exactly what I did. Not very much edits at all. I'll definitely work on that with the next.

Thanks, bro. I'm pretty proud of it but I'm already working on the next one and making sure it's a lot better than this one was.

I'm listening to that track right now and I'm loving it, man.

Definitely time for a sequel. Keep me in the know!

Hey, question for you: What can you tell me about mics? The one I'm using right now is just a CAD$30 Dynamic Sony mic but I'm looking at getting a new one. I'm looking for something relatively cheap and saw a Behringer C-1 for CAD$50 (http://www.axemusic.com/product.asp?numRecordPosition=99&P_ID=9290&PT_ID=164). What do you think? Any other suggestions?


Thanks, Sed.

It's definitely an awesome feeling to know it's done but I feel so much happier when someone says they enjoy the music (obviously, lol).

Yeah, that's what most people have told me and I agree. On most of the songs the vocals just sound really bland and quiet with no emotion. I'll definitely work on that.


Again, thanks a ton for the feedback guys. Means a lot!

[TylersLakers]

Well, broke up with my girl of almost 2 years. I could definitely use a Laker win tomorrow.

[hermes]

that sucks Ty

don't worry there are others out there, unless the laker mods have taken them all (i'm looking at you Kno, j-far )

[hermes]

well i've not been around for a few days (work, paper to write)

so what's been going on?

[Danny Darko]

Doc- Good to hear your keeping the creative flow going.

I would go with the Behringer B-1. It's a much smoother mic. It's also what I used on Avg Savage. The shock mounting is good and I think it portrays really true to life sounds. Accommodating for it's need for Phantom Power shouldn't be too hard if you don't have P.P. already.

J-Far- Thanks. I have to do a radio edit on that sometime soon. The local station caught on to it and wants to play it but it's like 9min long right now. I love that muted trumpet. Kevin Miller is a pretty sweet jazz horn.


Hopefully this is a big year for my music. Evidently, I'm getting alot of press locally. I was listed in the paper as a major reason for the end of the music drought in Ventura and last night a producer who did alot of famous stuff came up with one of the main SuperTramp guys and told me that they had been coming to my shows and that I should be going places. Course, Erik knows... I've heard it for years and it doesn't always mean much in the industry. I just kinda keep hope alive and try to treat it like a long slow march instead of a discovery flash into fame or anything like that. Takes ten years to become an overnight sensation they say.

By the way Doc, I think your first name is awesome and easily marketable.

[Danny Darko]

Sorry to hear that Ty. Time to get selfish, hang with the boys, watch Lakers and get active. Don't mope around. Great time to get endorphins working on your side with sports or working out.

[Slava]

Sorry to hear that Ty. Time to get selfish, hang with the boys, watch Lakers and get active. Don't mope around. Great time to get endorphins working on your side with sports or working out.

I been hitting weights since my break up! Helped me get a lot of frustration out and I'm sporting a decently solid physique now.

[TylersLakers]

Thanks guys. Much appreciated. Already went to the gym and balled for 3 hours, so that got some frustration out.

[DoctaJ]

DD: The only place that I can find that ships the B1 in Canada costs about $100 more than me getting the C1.. Do you think it's still worth it? If so, I'll just have to hold on and save up for a little while longer.
Haha, thanks DD.

By the way, are you going to come do some shows up here Canada?

Tyler: Sorry to hear that, bro. Keep up the gym-ing and balling, it'll do you better in the long run anyway. On another note, me and few of my friends are planning an across Canada roadtrip in July (hopefully it happens). If we do, we should definitely chill if we go through Winnipeg and if you're ever anywhere in Alberta for whatever reason, let me know. Us Lakers have to stick together.