Mixture Posture

Friday, February 8, 2019

Yes, I Have Focus

For Immediate Release
Dutch Music Legends Focus Announce Release of New Studio Album “Focus 11” - OUT NOW!
The current members of Focus are Thijs van Leer, Pierre van der Linden, Menno Gootjes and Udo Pannekeet and they are pleased to announce the worldwide release of the new studio album, “Focus 11.”
This is the band's first new studio album in just over 6 years and forms part of the build up to the band's forthcoming 50th Anniversary. The band is also just starting a world tour, in support of the album, which will be launched on Cruise to the Edge 2019.
The 11 track album has been released as a CD, gatefold coloured LP and Download on the band's own In And Out of Focus Records, via Cherry Red. The album features artwork by Roger Dean.
When asked about the album, Thijs van Leer responded with this poem:
Wow, my joy could not increase
To see this new release
It has Mazzel, Palindrome and Heaven
Plus a title track called Eleven
Both angelic and a beast
It's Focus, to say the least!

Wonder if this is as good as the 1999 album by Yes called “The Ladder”?

Short Political Vids

Congress is NOT Inagugurated

Farewell Kiss

Show No.1 - Kiss: End of the Road Tour Vancouver BC Jan-31-2019
Full Set List:
00:00:33 Detroit Rock City
00:05:29 Shout It Out Loud
00:08:23 Deuce
00:13:20 Say Yeah
00:17:45 Heaven's on Fire
00:21:54 War Machine
00:26:20 Lick It Up
00:33:05 100,000 Years (drum Solo)
00:41:55 God of Thunder
00:48:22 Cold Gin (Guitar Solo)
00:59:15 Psycho Circus
01:04:36 I Love It Loud
01:08:26 Hide Your Heart
01:13:21 Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll
01:21:12 Love Gun
01:26:17 I Was Made for Lovin' You
01:31:18 Black Diamond
Encore:
01:39:09 Beth
01:44:20 Do You Love Me
01:47:57 Rock and Roll All Nite

Love the Voice of BS!

Jerry & Lars

Hal Blaine Turns 90

The Most Prolific Drummer in Music History Just Turned 90

Darth Vader Makes No Sense

Star Wars: 25 Things That Make No Sense About Darth Vader

Unstack Data In Excel With Power Query

Thursday, February 7, 2019

Josh Steffen

I own this t-shirt, as documented on A New T-Shirt for Me!, but my t-shirt is red.

REBUTTAL: The Left's EVIL Infanticide Agenda!

No YM for Me in 2019

Legendary guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen is releasing a new album called Blue Lightningon March 29, 2019. He has released a video for a new tune:

While yes, he is touring starting in April 2019, I don't have the opportunity to see him in concert as none of the dates below work for me. This is where he's playing:

4/13	Dayton, OH	Oddbody’s
4/25	New Orleans, LA	House of Blues
4/26	Houston, TX	Warehouse Live
4/27	Dallas, TX	Gas Monkey Live!
4/28	San Antonio, TX	Vibes Event Center
5/01	Tempe, AZ	Marquee Theatre
5/02	Tucson, AZ	Rialto Theatre
5/03	Santa Clarita, CA	The Canyon Events Center
5/04	San Diego, CA	House of Blues
5/05	Anaheim, CA	House of Blues
5/07	Fresno, CA	The Tower Theatre
5/08	Las Vegas, NV	House of Blues Las Vegas
5/09	Montclair, CA	The Canyon Events Center
5/10	Vallejo, CA	Empress Theatre
5/11	Pasadena, CA	The Rose
5/14	Denver, CO	The Oriental Theater
5/15	Lincoln, NE	Royal Grove
5/16	St. Charles, IL	Arcada Theatre
5/17	Turtle Lake, WI	St. Croix Casino Turtle Lake
5/18	Sioux City, IA	Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City
5/22	New York, NY	PlaysStation Theater
5/23	Derry, NH	Tupelo Music Hall
5/24	Old Saybrook, CT	The Katherine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center
5/25	Ardmore, PA	The Ardmore Music Hall
5/29	Sellersville, PA	Sellersville Theater
5/30	Ridgefield, CT	Ridgefield Playhouse
5/31	Hartford, CT	Infinity Music Hall
6/01	Niagara Falls, NY	Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino
6/02	Sayreville, NJ	Starland Ballroom
6/04	Milwaukee, WI	The Pabst Theater
6/05	Lexington, KY	Manchester Music Hall
6/06	Atlanta, GA	The Masquerade
6/07	Clearwater, FL	Capitol Theatre
6/08	Orlando, FL	The Plaza Live

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Dream No More from AL

While I'm always ready to hear Metallica live, I will say that their "Dream No More" tune is not one of my favorites on Hardwired to Self-Destruct. I prefer "Atlas Rise" or "Spit out the Bone" or "Halo on Fire." I'm not saying it's a bad tune - it's just one I prefer less than the other 3 I just mentioned.

Source: Dream No More

F4 Rules

This article - Adding Multiple Rows to a Table - is relevant to me.

From the article, you can replace "Heather" with my name and it would be true:

Heather often works with templates that have three-row tables already present (i.e. a header row plus three empty rows). Sometimes, she needs to add 10 or 20 rows to the table. To insert the rows, Heather highlights the three existing rows and clicks 'Insert Row Below.' She then selects all six rows and repeats the process, until she has the number of rows she need. This is tedious, so Heather is wondering if there's a way to simply tell Word how many rows she wants to add, rather than having to take this patchwork approach or create a whole new table.

The solution? Press F4 to repeat the action you just took.

There are actually many different ways you can add the rows you want to the table. (Flexible? Yep. Word is flexible!) One way is to rely on the trusty F4 key. Insert a single row into your table, and then repeatedly press the F4 key until you have the number of rows you want. The F4 key repeats whatever your last action was, and since the action just before you pressed it was to insert a row, that's what each press of F4 accomplishes.

Pressing the F4 key in MS Word repeats the action you just took & I plan to utilize that in the future.

Two New-to-Me Bands

I had never heard of the two bands - ATHANASIA & INTRCPTR - until I watched their respective videos. The two bands have different vibes, but that doesn't prevent me from stating I think elements of both bands are what I seek in my ever-elusive "Ideal Band."

I am not a death metal / growly vocal music fan. As I'm sure I've documented on other posts on this blog, I tend to still listen to those bands because I find the drummers to be interesting. I'm thinking of Chris Adler in Lamb of God as an example. For ATHANASIA's tune "The Order Of The Silver Compass," the aspect that stuck out to me is how there is a difference in the singer's vocal delivery. Sometimes he's guttural and I don't understand what he is singing. Other times, he has a metal vocalist style and I do understand what he is singing. When I watched the ATHANASIA video, I was aware of how much confidence exuded from them. Granted, it's a "music video" but that's still not a reason to sense that they would be a great band live.

Then I got to a tune called "Turbines" by the band INTRCPTR. It also has traits I want in an "Ideal Band." The tune is instrumental and I can tell they worked on the song structure as there's not vocals to be a roadmap for them to go from section to section. It sounds like a jam session!

Fixed Drive G

Elias disrespects Jeff Jarrett, Road Dogg and the people of Portland: Raw, Feb. 4, 2019

I love nostalgia, as much as the next guy, when it is serving a purpose.

A feud between Elias & Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett (with Road Dogg) serves no purpose. Maybe there is some reason for this feud but, to me, there has to be some non-WWE Hall of Famer talent on the WWE roster that would be a better feud for Elias. My issue is that I like Elias as a tweener, which means that he is not a full-fledged villain (heel) and not a full-fledged good guy (face). His character seems to fit that tweener area nicely because it's rather subtle when he acts as a face. A couple of weeks ago, all he did was tell Braun Strowman (another face) where to go to find Baron Corbin, who Strowman was chasing. It was subtle. A heel wouldn't have helped Strowman. When Elias is a heel, you know it. He tells the audience to shut their mouths and insults the city he is in with an original song. Is Elias actually a talented guitarist? It seems so - I believe his character is a talented guitarist.

I guess the overall story arc is unclear, at this point. Yes, Jeff Jarrett & Elias tangled at the Royal Rumble PPV last month so, sure, I get that this feud had a good starting point and it makes sense for the two of them to be feuding. Still, as I wrote above, is there really not some non-WWE Hall of Famer talent on the WWE roster that would be a better feud for Elias? Jeff Jarrett & Road Dogg are not long-term members of the roster. Jeff Jarrett is 51; Road Dogg is 49; Elias is 31. That tells me, frankly, that Elias has (roughly) 20 more years of pro wrestling ahead of him.

Perspective

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Let Us Discuss About The Job - Those are Not My Words

I'm sure there's a line that can be drawn between these perspectives about the job ad below:

being a snobby technical writing professional who demands any contact from recruiters to be good writing
being a non-snobby technical writing professional who accepts that non-writers struggle with writing, which is what created the void that I, as a technical writer, fill during my time at work.

It feels like the line is blurry when I see writing sins:

Starts a sentence with "am" instead of "I am" jumped out and bit me.
No space between "set!" and "This" in the third line.
The last line ends with two periods [..] which means the writer either wanted to use an ellipsis [...] or accidentally typed two periods to end the sentence, which is a typo.

I'm not "dinging" the recruiter for having a cute kid as their profile picture, but I question why that is even a thing I've seen for a while. It's almost disturbing to think that you would want a picture of your child as your contact picture on a professional network. Is it appropriate on a network designed to promote connections between professionals? I answer, "No." Flat-out. Full-stop. That said, I understand having a cute kid as your profile picture on Facebook, but not on LinkedIn.

Disposable Heroes
When a Blind Man Cries (Deep Purple cover)
The Unforgiven
Please Don’t Judas Me (Nazareth cover)
Turn the Page (Bob Seger cover)
Bleeding Me
Veteran of the Psychic Wars (Blue Öyster Cult cover)
Nothing Else Matters
All Within My Hands
Enter Sandman
The Four Horsemen
Hardwired