Shannon O'Neill » wtf?

Spare me my life!

Shannon — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:07:57 +0000

i can feel an actual post coming on… or at least an update. still crazy busy tho, so might take a few days. in the meantime, more videos.

this recently hurt my brain:

meanwhile, my love affair with cardiacs continues. this is from a forthcoming dvd. i wish i wish i could see them play live…

oh, and have you seen this classic? ‘hocus pocus’ by focus, live in 1973:

YouTube roundup

Shannon — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:22:49 +0000

Chocolate Rain

Shannon — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:55:44 +0000

This made my day:

It’s one of the biggest hits on YouTube, with almost 3 million views.

I love the Internet.

Mike Gravel for POTUS!

Shannon — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 03:58:48 +0000

An explanation.

Spam of the day

Shannon — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:51:39 +0000

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Hairdresser

Shannon — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 07:45:29 +0000

I’ve been watching TV Carnage. Here’s some more:

Spam of the day

Shannon — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:31:08 +0000

Most people believe that a dolphin pours freezing cold water on a tape recorder, but they need to remember how thoroughly the cloud formation beams with joy. For example, some avocado pit indicates that a tabloid competes with a power drill. A scythe secretly admires an incinerated apartment building. Most people believe that some salad dressing feverishly makes a truce with a roller coaster behind a CEO, but they need to remember how single-handledly a South American cheese wheel flies into a rage.

Word. If only I knew what they were selling, I’d buy some.

uncomfortably numb

Shannon — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 05:29:19 +0000

I know that I’ve written bugger all of substance here in ages (and that’s all I’ll say about that, as there are few things duller than a blogger blogging about not blogging) but I had hoped to regale you with some travel anecdotes.

Unfortunately a strange thing happened to me earlier this week – I lost feeling in half of my left hand, or rather it ‘went to sleep’ with a combination of numbness and ‘pins & needles’. I panicked at first, thinking it might be a stroke – after nearly 30 hours of cramped flight home, DVT was a possibility, so I went to the GP and he did the relevant tests and advised me that it wasn’t a stroke and that I should just rest the arm and it’d hopefully be better in a few days.

Well it’s a few days later and it isn’t much better. Some activities such as writing (I’m left-handed) typing and upper body exercise are difficult and make it worse. I’ve been terrified that it might be the beginning of Multiple Sclerosis (I’ve had both an aunt and an uncle die from MS, and the doctors suspect that my mother now has it – so I’m about as high risk as possible) but searching on the web leads me to believe that it’s most likely a case of Cubital Tunnel Syndrome aka Ulnar Nerve Entrapment or Ulnar Tunnel Syndrome (UTS!).

Hopefully it’s due to some temporary inflammation, but if the problem hasn’t gone away in a few more days, I’ll need to see a specialist. For now I should try to stay away from computers and any other aggravation. So there won’t be much blogging for a while (well it’s not a bad excuse…).

I’ve uploaded lots of travel pics to my Flickr page, and there are still plenty more to come, which I’ll try to finish soon.

Juggernaut Bitch

Shannon — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 07:21:16 +0000

In case you were wondering wtf was going on in this scene from X-Men 3:

It’s a reference to this fan video:

Weird. (The second video actually goes for nine minutes, but that two minute excerpt is plenty. Go to YouTube if you want to see the full version.)

Apparently it was quite an in-joke with the filmmakers.

Btw I’m in love with Kitty Pryde (sorry Stephen Fry!). It’s a shame that she, Rogue and Nightcrawler didn’t play a larger part in the films, as they were probably my fave characters in the 80s comix. The way Rogue in particular was portrayed was one of the most disappointing aspects of the films, as I think most fans of the comics would agree.

Note to self

Shannon — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:38:36 +0000

Don’t inhale food.

Oh Noes!

Shannon — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:11:10 +0000

and my favourite:

Thanks Urban Dictionary!

My Life as a Dog

Shannon — Wed, 31 May 2006 15:38:02 +0000

http://shannononeill.com

I was sent this in an email. Amazing, if it’s true…

Shannon — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:23:12 +0000

Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 500 employees and has the following statistics: (Be sure to read to the end). It Must Be the music industry, rappers, the NBA …

36 have been accused of spousal abuse
7 have been arrested for fraud
19 have been accused of writing bad checks
117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses
3 have done time for assault
71, repeat 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
8 have been arrested for shoplifting
21 currently are defendants in lawsuits. and
84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year

Can you guess which organization this is?
Give up yet? . . . Scroll down,Good citizen!
—————————————–
It’s the 535 members of the United States Congress.
The same group of Idiots that crank out hundreds of new laws each year
designed to keep the rest of us in line.

tabs

Shannon — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 06:22:02 +0000

Bettered by the borrower – copyrights and music composition

Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project

Famous Cannabis Users

Google Idol

THE MARRIAGE OF CADMUS AND HARMONY FOR CHILDS

The Mercury Theatre on the Air

Nyet

sCrAmBlEd?HaCkZ! (awesome software!)

SONY admits that CD/44.1PCM is inferior

Stagg Chili Recipes

Video Downloader

xTal – free mp3 DJ VSTi plugin

Zaatar Mix

Graffiti game banned

Shannon — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:09:38 +0000

this is insane! excerpt:

The Classification Review Board yesterday refused to classify the game, Marc Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, meaning it cannot be sold, demonstrated, hired or imported.

The decision was endorsed last night by the Federal Attorney-General, Philip Ruddock, who had asked the board to review of the game’s MA15+ classification after local councils and state governments voiced concerns that the game would promote graffiti.

Australia is the only country in the world to ban the game.

Fwd: Now Now bios

Shannon — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:00:37 +0000

Just received a strange email:

The following is from an unnamed Sydney musician…

I compiled some of my fave quotes from the bio page:

“Sydney-based musician and sound artist working with
whatever comes to hand” aren’t we all?
“He has made his own unique mark on the art-world
while never pandering to its politics” he was always a
wanker but now he actually belives his own crap, why
can’t he die instead of Derek Bailey?
“… he creates an ambiguous and beguiling sound world
” …poor deluded cunt
“… the most intellegent human being to ever play a
turntable ” they couldn’t spell intelligent right
“the most important musician in Sydney” – poor Matt,
the Dim Jenley curse….
“Media artist who works across music, radio,
Internet, film/video and installation” he’s a nice
bloke, well meaning, this sounds like an arts grant application

The last bit refers to me. Looks like I got off lightly!

(Yeah my bio is bland, but I hate writing bios (that one has been recycled (too) many times). Anyone want to write one for me?)

Scene politics, eh?

links

Shannon — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 09:44:19 +0000

AudioMasters Forum

bcontrol forum

BCR video

The catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell

digitalfishphones

electro-music

Electronic Music 411

energyXT

Freeware 2005 VSTi/VST Roundup

The Grey Commons – strategic considerations in the copyfight

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP

InstaJungle 0.3

i, robot by Cory Doctorow

KVR Audio

MIDI NRPN and RPN

mulch-discuss

SIR – Impulse Response Processor

Inspector and InspectorXL

smartelectronix

Synthedit and SynthMaker

Tech Talk with Exile

theoria: Zizek!

Tobybear Productions

Word

links

Shannon — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 03:48:38 +0000

100 things we didn’t know this time last year

AudioMulch 1.0rc1

Behringer B-Control Presets & Templates

Dungeons & Dragons

Increasingly Clear

Stuckism

Traveller (role-playing game)

The University and the Undercommons

X-Men

Holidy Road Toll

Shannon — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:41:23 +0000

Can someone please explain to me the point of this?

Without context, such as comparisons with other time periods, analysis of conditions, circumstances, etc. it is basically meaningless. A bizarre, ghoulish competition. Road deaths aren’t treated this way at other times of the year.

It also appears to be a peculiarly Australian phenomenon (Googling ‘holiday road toll‘ returns mainly Australian media web sites). I’ve grown up with this and have always wondered wtf it’s all about.

Happy holidays. Look out!

pwn3d!!!

Shannon — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 01:38:31 +0000

from the Ruthless Reviews Forum. enough stupid images to last a lifetime. or at least an afternoon…