Good-time Summer Fun...

[grindmonkeh]

Books read thus far this year...
Snuff - Chuck Palahniuk
Coraline - Neil Gaiman
Wolves of Odin - Grant Gould (graphic novel)
Dark Tower: The Long Road Home - Stephen King, Peter David, Robin Furth, and Richard Isanove (graphic novel)
The Time Machine - H.G. Wells
The Island of Dr. Moreau - H.G. Wells
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Blade Runner) - Phillip K. Dick
The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin
Coyote: A Novel of Interstellar Exploration - Allen Steele
Year's Best SF 10, 2005 - David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer.
Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume 1 - Robert Silverburg
Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
Got Fight? - Forrest Griffin
The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
Rant - Chuck Palahniuk
The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch

We spent a couple of days last week in St. Louis to take in a baseball game and to check out the City Museum. After it quit raining, the game was a blast. The City Museum is a lot less than a museum than it is a metal-sculptor's crazy dream.





Adam Wainwright warming up.



Battery.



10 stories up.


A couple stories down.


The coolest jungle-gym I've ever seen played on.


Climbing down to *another* airplane.


More photos (of the roof)...


The birdcage and rope-swing.






From atop the Ferris Wheel.



Two weekends ago I went with Damon, Kenny and Devin to the Mayhem festival in Indy. Slayer's live show never disappoints. I saw a lot of other bands both good and bad too. Behemoth, Cannibal Corpse, and surprisingly Killswitch Engage were all awesome. Bullet for My Valentine have taken some decent musicianship and blended it with enough radio-friendliness had all the teenage girls singing along and smiling...before holding their ears and looking a bit uncomfortable when Slayer took over.

On another note, this trailer for the "WoW-killing" Star Wars MMO is incredible...

Comments

[xmoviebrainx.livejournal.com]

The city museum is probably my favorite part of St Louis. Have they opened the roof yet?

[brokn2pieces.livejournal.com]

what do you think of the new Behemoth record?

[grindbastard.livejournal.com]

Yeah! It's neato-faneato.

I'll edit this post in a second and add some photos.

[grindbastard.livejournal.com]

I have only heard one track, but I pre-ordered it. You?

[brokn2pieces.livejournal.com]

I always like at least half of every Behemoth record. I like about 3/4 of this one. I'll be buying it which is something I don't do very often lately.

[grindbastard.livejournal.com]

I'm really anxious to hear it. What else can you recommend of late?