Lunar Bovine - Jason Cobill's Weblog » Music http://lunarbovine.com/blog Because sometimes I do things that are interesting. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:15:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Scott Pilgrim http://lunarbovine.com/blog/2009/10/scott-pilgrim/ http://lunarbovine.com/blog/2009/10/scott-pilgrim/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:56:44 +0000 jcobill http://lunarbovine.com/blog/?p=972 Andrea turned me on to a very clever graphic novel called “Scott Pilgrim“, which is drawn by a Canadian author, Bryan Lee O’Malley. I tried describing it to another co-worker and it came out like this: “So this guy is in a band and he’s a rocker and he’s dating a girl who’s too young for him and then he falls in love with this other girl and he has to dump the first one and it’s kindof a love triangle thing…” and I watched his eyes glaze over. So I added “…and he needs to DEFEAT 7 OF HIS GIRLFRIEND’S EXES IN BATTLE TO THE DEATH!” which I think may have sold him.

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What’s extra-cool is that it’s all set in Toronto, so you’ll recognise local landmarks and hangouts as they trudge around in the snow and ride public transit. Wicked!

What’s extra-extra cool is that Scott Pilgrim wears a Plumtree  shirt, and the name was inspired by the Plumtree song “Scott Pilgrim”. And anyone who’s snooped in my CD collection (which is pretty much nobody) knows that I have a huge crush on the Plumtree girls. They’re so dreamy!

What’s extra-extra-extra cool is that it’s all coming to a movie theatre near you next summer, they’re in mid-production filming the live-action version with Michael Cera. (In Toronto!) Wouldn’t it be amazing if Plumtree re-united and went on tour following the film release?

]]> http://lunarbovine.com/blog/2009/10/scott-pilgrim/feed/ 0 Bobby McFerrin Science Lecture http://lunarbovine.com/blog/2009/08/bobby-mcferrin-science-lecture/ http://lunarbovine.com/blog/2009/08/bobby-mcferrin-science-lecture/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:54:36 +0000 jcobill http://lunarbovine.com/blog/?p=866 I stumbled into this very cool video of Bobby McFerrin (the “Don’t worry be happy” guy) demonstrating the power of collective musical expectations – playing the audience’s brains  like a piano. Super neat.

I’ve always been a fan of his musical experimentation – but you rarely hear about him unless you’re looking. I wish he had a little more traction in pop culture.

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.

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They totally played circles around me, but I managed to hold my own through most of the stuff that I knew. I was pretty proud of myself! I don’t want to sound really narcissistic, but I can’t help but think that this picture makes me look really cool. :)

As a side note – Uncle Jim and I are playing each other’s guitars in this particular shot, we’d traded off for a few songs so I could try another instrument. I kindof like the look of the black guitar, but love the tone of my own. That’s my baby in the middle, the orange one!

Jay Playing Guitar at the Going Away Party
Jay playing guitar with Uncle Jim and Ron

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