Week in Review, Week 6: 2/3 - 2/9
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE DONATED SO FAR!!! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO READ THE LETTER!!!
Sun, 2/3 : 11 plus
Mon 2/4: Off
Tue 2/5: 10x800meter with 400 meter recovery. 9 total miles
Wed 2/6: Yoga
Thu 2/7: 6
Fri 2/8: 3
Sat 2/9: 16 (last 5 in a snowstorm)
week total: 45miles
2008 total: 182
Looking back: Great week. Tough workout on Tuesday and felt strong on today's 16.
Looking ahead: My weekly schedule says this for my hard workout this week "Easy Recovery Run." Thank you, coach Fultz.
Fundraising: with almost all of the letters mailed, I am taking tonight off, and will get the remaining envelopes filled and in the mail on Monday.
Why the first 30 minutes of today's Run was best part of any training run so far:
I spent the first 30 minutes of today's run listening to the new Giraffes?Giraffes! album. This is some serious music. G?G! are two guys who do instrumental guitar-drum rock. They are also good friends. The first impression most listeners will get is that these two guys are just trying to show off their chops and that the guitarist is enamoured with his loop pedal. But upon further listening, you can tell that the there is a deep current of emotion running through their music. These two musicians are able to use their chops to express a full range of emotion. The fire burns deep within! There is a good amount of tongue in cheek humor in their song titles, album art and all around presentation of themselves. For example, the second song on their latest album is titled "I Am S/H(im)e[r] As You Am S/H(im)e[r] As You Are Me And We Am I And I Are All Our Together: Our Collective Consciousness’ Psychogenic Fugue."
The song itself is a suite with several distinct sections and features Glockenspiel, layers of e-bow guitar, and the voice of Alan Watts. This is passionate music. For the older generation, they will instantly bring up Frank Zappa at his finest and perhaps shades of Yes. For those keeping up with the million mile an hour growth of the today's underground music, the obvious comparison is early Hella, but I think the more appropriate reference is Battles. G?G! show endless chops, but their ability to use restraint sets them apart. By the end, you realize that these songs are not to amaze you with technical ability, but are there to move you.
Check them out:
www.myspace.com/giraffesgiraffes (you can listen to some of their music here)
www.lovesinheatrecords.com (their record label)
Sun, 2/3 : 11 plus
Mon 2/4: Off
Tue 2/5: 10x800meter with 400 meter recovery. 9 total miles
Wed 2/6: Yoga
Thu 2/7: 6
Fri 2/8: 3
Sat 2/9: 16 (last 5 in a snowstorm)
week total: 45miles
2008 total: 182
Looking back: Great week. Tough workout on Tuesday and felt strong on today's 16.
Looking ahead: My weekly schedule says this for my hard workout this week "Easy Recovery Run." Thank you, coach Fultz.
Fundraising: with almost all of the letters mailed, I am taking tonight off, and will get the remaining envelopes filled and in the mail on Monday.
Why the first 30 minutes of today's Run was best part of any training run so far:
I spent the first 30 minutes of today's run listening to the new Giraffes?Giraffes! album. This is some serious music. G?G! are two guys who do instrumental guitar-drum rock. They are also good friends. The first impression most listeners will get is that these two guys are just trying to show off their chops and that the guitarist is enamoured with his loop pedal. But upon further listening, you can tell that the there is a deep current of emotion running through their music. These two musicians are able to use their chops to express a full range of emotion. The fire burns deep within! There is a good amount of tongue in cheek humor in their song titles, album art and all around presentation of themselves. For example, the second song on their latest album is titled "I Am S/H(im)e[r] As You Am S/H(im)e[r] As You Are Me And We Am I And I Are All Our Together: Our Collective Consciousness’ Psychogenic Fugue."
The song itself is a suite with several distinct sections and features Glockenspiel, layers of e-bow guitar, and the voice of Alan Watts. This is passionate music. For the older generation, they will instantly bring up Frank Zappa at his finest and perhaps shades of Yes. For those keeping up with the million mile an hour growth of the today's underground music, the obvious comparison is early Hella, but I think the more appropriate reference is Battles. G?G! show endless chops, but their ability to use restraint sets them apart. By the end, you realize that these songs are not to amaze you with technical ability, but are there to move you.
Check them out:
www.myspace.com/giraffesgiraffes (you can listen to some of their music here)
www.lovesinheatrecords.com (their record label)
posted by CDB @ 5:03 PM
1 Comments:
At February 11, 2008 at 6:07 PM ,
Anonymous said...
Hi ... frigid for sure!! Nice week of running. Listening to your WKNH show ... Elvis is the man .. maybe not the king though
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