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It’s been quite a while but here is another Chris’s Playlist for your listening pleasure.

Chris’s Playlist 10

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Radiohead - 15 Step
Jay Z/Beatles/Danger Mouse - 99 Problems
Bright Eyes - Down in a Rabbit Hole
Silversun Pickups - Dream at Tempo 119
Circa Survive - In The Morning And Amazing…
Minus the Bear - Part 2
Foals - Red Sox Pugie
Queens of the Stone Age - Sick, Sick, Sick
Daphne Loves Derby - Sundays
Nada Surf - The Fox
The Sound of Animals Fighting - The Heretic (Evol Intent)
Sparta - Unstitch Your Mouth

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http://christhefoo.com/blogfiles/LoverTheLordHasLeftUs.rar This is the complete album…Lover, The Lord Has Left Us from the band The Sound of Animals Fighting. It helps to have an open mind and already be drunk. Seriously though, it’s fucking awesome!!!

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The Sound of Animals Fighting. They are just too awesome. Sorry, if this isn’t your thing just scroll down and check out the other posts. But if it is your thing…download the mp3 file associated with this post. Or just let your feed reader download it for you. Damn, how lame am I, I even posted lyrics…AHH!!!

I know you don’t want change
But nothing is ever what it used to be
Grab the rope, hoist yourself up
With a copy in hand
Comforted by, the Lions of substance
A solitude parade
Grab the rope, hoist yourself up
And drift like ants in hose water

These three angels used to be attorneys
It is such a serious thing to me
Oh, how i search through the memories
Such an experience for me
Silence creating bold letters
Like not and better
These three devils used to be apologies
These three angels used to be monuments
I tried to find that feeling from that letter
For my consistencies
It was such a painful thing to see
When the shadows didn’t bend
Like now and then
These three devils used to be apostrophes
So I destroyed a monument
So what

I know you don’t want change
But nothing is ever what it used to be
Grab the rope, hoist yourself up
With a copy in hand
Comforted by, the Lions of substance
A solitude parade
Grab the rope, hoist yourself up
And drift like ants in hose water

 The Sound Of Animals Fighting - St. Broadrick Is In Antarctica [3:00m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Another episode of the June Cast is now live and in HD (again). Actually, it’s not true HD, just web friendly HD 960×540 resolution is still pretty damn good. Only problem is file size. This episode is 120Mb! Would any of you be willing to download true HD (720p)? Just let me know in the comments or something. Of course I will still offer the mobile version as well. Just download it using the links below.

Oh yeah…ignore the date on the June Cast, I meant to release it yesterday but passed out through most of the morning then had to go to work in the evening.

 June Cast Episode 5 [3:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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I am actually writing this post more because I want to post up an mp3 along with it. I have mentioned a few posts ago (which was actually a quite a few weeks ago) that I am totally into the band “The Sounds of Animals Fighting.” If you haven’t listened to them, please do. They are totally fucked up and not what you would expect out of the so-called “Post-Punk” scene.

Anyway, to thicken up the post here are a few tidbits….

1. We made really tasty enchiladas tonight. Freaking hot red sauce and rice and beans. Total mexican night. AWESOME!
2. Alf is on HULU.com and it makes me so happy. I think he needs to come back and do a talk show. Get that douchebag Carson Daly off the air and give Alf his time slot and just do a silly talk show. It could be done in the same vein as Jiminy Glick except even more plausible since Alf is from Melmac. It could have really kick ass guests and tons of great indie bands. I would fucking watch that every night. Wouldn’t you?
3. GOD DAMN…I know I already said it but The Sound of Animals Fighting fucking RULES!!!!
4. It’s been 2 weeks and I already feel less stressed.
5. Wikipedia rules!
6. Thanks J for the demonoid account
7. Give to the “Get Joe a Kindle” fund. It’s a great charity…SERIOUSLY!!!
8. Crystal sucks simply because she is an Apple whore. Seriously Crystal…A FUCKING IPHONE!!!!? Though I suppose I can forgive her since she is twittering (unlike my wife).
9. Seriously…The Sound of Animals Fighting FUCKING RULE!!!

Anyway, now enjoy the excellent song Skullflower

 Skullflower [4:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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eveyone has their niche on youtube right. If you know anything about the marching percussion niche, you will know that there are thousands of kids out there putting videos of themselves playing stuff written by drum corps greats. Lots of videos of exercise and show music from the Blue Devils, Santa Clara Vanguard, Phantom Regiment, Cadets…etc.

So in my random youtube viewing this evening/morning, I ran across this and thought it was pretty cool…

*hint - this is the paradiddle exercise that I wrote for Dream this past season.

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I haven’t written in you since June. Wow! I guess life has kept me busy but I do have some things I need to update people on.
1st and foremost…I am no longer the percussion caption head for So Cal Dream drum and bugle corps. I don’t want to trod out the messy details in this blog but suffice it to say, I was not happy there and the situation was getting worse. It’s weird for me because this was the first weekend that I wasn’t at a Dream rehearsal in a long time and I had withdrawals. I was antsy the whole weekend. I love drumming and I love drum corps but I made this decision for the good of my family and my own sanity. I know it was a good decision but it was definitely a tough one.
2nd My website ( http://parkinglotsounds.com ) has been effectively shut down by the higher ups at DCI. Ugh…this one really sucks. I live in So. Cal and have access to many drum corps but I can’t place videos of them online anymore. Allow me to rant a bit…

What the FUCK are you thinking DCI?!?! This site receives 30,000 hits a month. I easily serve up 3 terabytes of video each month. This site is molding the future drummers that will be marching in your member corps. This site is FUCKING FREE PUBLICITY for an art form that is badly in need of exposure!!!! And your answer to that is to shut me down and then put up a site of your own…THAT COST $70 TO JOIN AND ONLY HAS STREAMING LOW QUALITY FLASH VIDEOS!!! Oh there is a perk right…that price of your membership changes the downloads from $4.99 a piece to $2.49. FUCKING RETARDS! Hey man, I get it, times are tough and drum corps needs all the revenue it can get but you are closing down a site that is not only free publicity but your hurting the 14 year old kids who do not have $70 to watch videos. You fucking logic in this is INCREDIBLE!!!

Okay now that that is out of the way…

3rd I am working on a new June cast. Lys said that she didn’t want to be the star of this one cause she is always being filmed so I agreed to step out from behind the camera and be the supporting role. I don’t mind…just remember that the camera adds 50 pounds.

And that’s all from me now…

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Yup, quick turnaround this time. Another episode of the ever popular June Cast is out. If you have a fast computer and a decent internet connection (or don’t mind letting a download run for a bit) then you can grab the HD version of the podcast, otherwise, just use the links down below for the normal iPod/Zune compatible episode. This is a much longer episode than past episodes and I stepped up the production as well. Hopefully you will all enjoy it. I sure do.

 June Cast Episode 4 [4:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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I was on my way back home from work the other day and was wearing some new shorts. I had my ipod in my pocket and when I got off the train at North Hollywood, my iPod was not there anymore. This is just as devastating as when our oldschool creative Zen player was stolen out of our car (along with our old cell phone) back in Bakersfield. At least Lyssa still has her Zune player, which truth be told, I actually like a lot more that my iPod. Anyway, it still sucks cause I had it all set up the way I like in iTunes with all my podcasts and music library synced up. Eh, cest la vie.

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Here it is everyone, The June Cast…Episode 3. This one is short but pretty good. Enjoy

 The June Cast Episode 3 [1:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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