The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become - Charles DuBois

It was a sleepy kind of Saturday. Gray, cold, wet. The kind of day that reminds you that you live in Seattle. I spent most of it in front of the computer. Like that’s unusual. Not. I did however spend most of the day playing around with the new version of Movie Maker that ships with Windows Vista. It’s not bad, so far it’s the only compelling reason I’ve found to use Vista. Faster, smoother, able to handle more complex videos. I explored it’s limitations by editing together a couple of DVD-quality music videos featuring footage from two of my favorite aviation-related movies.

Videos after the jump!

I confess I just haven’t had anything interesting to blog about lately. Life is flowing along on an even keel and all is good. Hard to complain about that! As a result, you get more posts about my obsessions. That always seems to be good fodder and there is no shortage! I’ve mentioned in the past that I have a “thing” for cover songs. I thought I’d post up a few of my more recent acquisitions for your listening pleasure.

The Hush Sound

I’ve actually been productive lately. I’ve got a new project at work that is interesting for a change, that’s keeping my days busier than normal. And I’m really looking forward to warm weather and the opportunity to get away for a few days on the motorcycle. To that end I’ve been busy in my spare time with projects on the bike. Installing new luggage racks, wiring up a new GPS, and hopefully this coming week finish up rewiring my video camera system to include the capability to recharge the video recorder while underway (and incidentally, charge battery packs for my DSLR as well if needed.)

I actually *have* been posting lately, I just haven’t been posting *here*! The last week has seen me working on several projects to get my motorcycle ready for the touring season. New luggage system being installed and a new GPS in the process of being wired into the bike.

And *those* posts have been over on my motorcycling blog, A Boy And His Bike…

I said I was going to do this meme a week or so ago and have been so busy I hadn’t gotten around to it. The idea is to answer a series of questions with one word answers. I like these kinds of memes because they really make you think. And, unlike some people, I’m not going to cheat with hyphens…

The 90s was an interesting period musically. A lot of experimentation was going on. One of the bands that no one seems to remember was generating something of a cult following. I stumbled over them on the X-Files collection “Songs in the Key of X.” The band was Soul Coughing. They mixed influences from many genres of music and combined it with a lead singer who had a distinctive vocal style to produce what they called “Deep Slacker Jazz.” Then the year 2000 dawned and Soul Coughing melted down. The lead singer, Mike Doughty, found himself in the grips of heroin addiction. I lost track of them at that point and moved on to other bands and other music. Fortunately, that’s not the end of the story…