The World According To Chris Brewer

Well everyone, today’s pretty interesting. I get to go home early so here’s a quick update.

Two people I work with, SGT Trevor Snyder and SPC Stacy Sanning, were interviewed by BBC Radio World Service last night about military members blogging in Iraq. The interview is pretty interesting, SGT Snyder and SPC Sanning basically join others in a discussion via phone about how maintining blogs (such as this one does) keeps a vital connection to folks back home. I will link at the bottom of this post to each of their blogs, and to the interview.

Not much to report on my end today, and remember, for the most part, no news is good news. We have a flag football tournament tomorrow at Blackhawk Field so that should be fun. Other than that, not much is really going on. I have tomorrow an d Sunday off, but I think I’m gonna mosey on down to work both days and just chill for a bit. I hate being cooped up at the hooch, and there are some pretty cool people here to chill with so why not shoot the breeze for a bit. And update the blog too.

Final score of the Holiday Bowl: Oklahoma Sooners 17, Oregon Ducks 14. My day is ruined so I will end this post soon.

To end today’s post on a musical note, here is a look at some of the tracks I grew to like this past year. Some of them are from years prior but either I discovered them this year or came to like them this year. Here is a partial list.

Seamus Haji - Angels of Love - I don’t know why, but the first time I visited the website for Seamus Haji and Big Love, I was absolutely hooked on this track and had to download it for myself. Now it is my most listened to song over the month of December by far. It’s definitely a big time floorfiller, as the website says…and it’s bound to get stuck in your head if you listen to it. I had never heard of Seamus Haji until I stumbled upon his website, and boy am I glad I found it.

Track Sampler [audio:http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF202917-01-01-16.mp3]

Bob Sinclar - Gym Tonic - I was at a friend’s house when I first heard this one. After I got home, I downloaded it and heard, to my surprise, that the song was built around instructions from a Jane Fonda workout tape. Seriously. “Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and back, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and back…” the vocals repeat. It’s probably the dumbest song I’ve heard in a long time but hey, at least it sounds good.

Track Sampler [audio:http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF185838-01-01-01.mp3]

Mylo - Destroy Rock & Roll - Mylo composes his music on a PowerMac G4 at his home, so this album has to sound pretty crappy, right? Wrong, dead wrong. This is one of the best dance albums ever created. Some manic street preacher’s voice is sampled in this track, decrying all types of rock and roll music….from Bruce Springsteen to The Cars, you name it. An album like this would really make you want to destroy rock and roll.

Track Sampler - [audio:http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF167380-03-01-01.mp3]

Pet Shop Boys - “London” (Thee Radikal Blaklite Edit) - Felix da Housecat’s remix of one of my favorite PSB tracks sounds nothing like the original, but you gotta like how this guy took the track, looped Neil Tennant singing “London” and turned it into a stomping house track. My favorite part is about the first couple minutes…when I was driving to Missouri in October I looped it over and over. The original “London” from their album “Release” is a classic, and this remix rocks.

Track Sampler [audio:http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF112101-02-01-04.mp3]

That’s all for now…have a great weekend, enjoy, and God bless.

Links I promised earlier:
SPC Stacy Sanning’s Blog - “My Iraqi Saga”
SGT Trevor Snyder’s Blog - “The Will To Exist”
BBC Radio Interview (Real Player required)