With no station updates in more than 4 months and few e-mail replies here and there I’m sure most of you out there have been rioting and going on hunger strikes, wondering where the hell I have been.
The fact of the matter is a great life event has occurred—This past May my wife and I had a beautiful baby daughter. 
Her name is “Layan”, which means gentleness or softness. She’s 4 months already, laughing, exploring and growing her own personality. The delay in this mini announcement kind of explains the distraction part…
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Hi, everyone! I added several tracks this past weekend and I forgot to post a small update, so I thought I’d log in from work and do it.
Now, looking at the newly added tracks you might think I have a hint of a trekkie in me or something, but I don’t. Not that there is anything wrong with it!
Here are the tracks… (more…)
Merry Christmas! You know, I update the blog sparsely, so I didn’t want to miss the chance like I did with Thanksgiving… Oh yeah, Happy Thanksgiving, too!
So I was recently browsing a couple of web sites for soundtrack rankings, and I stumbled upon Les Misérables. Some of you might be shocked to hear that I have never seen the movie nor heard the soundtrack. Yep, busted. Anyway, I gave it a listen and it is one of the most beautiful creations by Basil Poledouris. The only tiny complaint, and I think some would agree, is the amalgamation of all the tracks into 4 long suites. (more…)
It was one beautiful summer day in 1992. The skies were blue, the grass was green and the air was purer than ever. The birds were chirping and people were enjoying the outdoors with their friends and families. Of course, I was inside glued to the TV screen playing Sega Genesis. (more…)
So I came back from Olive Garden this past Saturday around 9:30 PM with my wife, brother and sister-in-law. We immediately separated—My brother and I went into my office so he could prepare his laptop for a business trip while we’re chatting and listening to some music. The girls sat in the living room and traded life stories. The clock approached midnight and I thought “Is this the perfect time to do the switch or what?” (more…)
Yes, I’m so self-centered that I decided to name this music station update after one of the greatest events (or hoaxes?) in the history of the universe. And it’s a geeky update, not a cool one.
It’s been almost two years since I announced that I would probably maybe perhaps rip the station’s tracks from their highest quality sources and switch to using mp3PRO 96 Kbps. Actually, there was the Great Debate (again with the self-absorption) and I was convinced by a lone (actually, the only) commenter to stick with the more balanced and space-saving 96 Kbps even if it caused people somewhere to DIE. (more…)
After a nice long winter vacation, we arrived at Cleveland Hopkin’s airport greeted by a slap of ice-cold weather. What was worse was the feeling you get when you sit in the car and your frozen jeans touch the ugly parts of your body. We arrived at the apartment, opened the front door letting all the heat out, and I found a white box-shaped bag waiting in front of my television set. It was weird and unexpected. I slowly walked towards it… and…… and… To make a long story short Uncharted 2 for the Playstation 3 is a sweet, sweet game. And for this very reason, two tracks by Greg Edmonson come your way: (more…)
… for a quick pit stop then heading back.
My wife and I recently finished watching the entire series of Battlestar Galactica. While I’m not an avid television fan (there is just no time with 24-hour days), this series is one of the best I have ever seen on TV. It is a reimagining of the 1978 science fiction series splashed with elements of romance, betrayal, and some of the other stuff which makes it girl-friendly. This doesn’t mean that your watching it will make you look cool in front of the ladies. It means there will be fewer of the female species around, greatly reducing your chances of establishing even a thread of a connection with the other sex. To summarize, you might as well kill yourself right now. (more…)
I have recently had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with British composer Andrew Pearce on Facebook. He stumbled upon Permanent Waves and made me realize it was missing some of his great compositions.
His latest work, Cinema Symphony, contains beautifully powerful and powerfully beautiful pieces. Conducted by José Serebrier, I was greatly pleased with what I heard—so much that I included the following tracks into the Permanent Waves stream:
- Elegy for Violin and Orchestra
- Celtic Warrior: Prelude for Orchestra
Thank you, Andrew, for your great work and talent.
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If you’re on Facebook, then you have the opportunity to join the newly-created Permanent Waves group, based on non other than the Live365 Internet Radio station.
I remember Facebook when it was in its infancy. It was a cool and quiet place. Everything was free there. There were no crowds. People met other people from times of old, talked a little, or caught up on things. Now, Facebook is a 24-hour 7-days-a-week rave party. There is so much crap in it that people lost sight of what’s important. Dude, I want to see whatever my whoever from wherever is up to whenever. I don’t want to take a quiz on how old my brain is! Unfortunately, I got caught up in that whole chaos for a while until several months ago when I uninstalled all the non-standard applications and restricted my usage to several hou… err, minutes a day. It’s once again nice to see an opinionated video here or a friend’s baby picture there.
I thought it would be nice to put some faces on those Permanent Waves listeners and fans, so feel free to join and share your thoughts about the latest soundtracks, what’s playing on Permanent Waves or even request something! And if you’re one of those anti-social networking types, then it’s okay too. I can feel the pain of the sometimes-overwhelming Internet social life sometimes.
By the way, I added two more tracks:
- Hanging from “Plunkett & Macleane” by Craig Armstrong.
- The main theme from “Practical Magic” by Alan Silvestri.
Hope you like them!
