Misc updates

* A bit of change to the index
* Make the shitty music I enjoy page slightly less shitty
* Halloween 2009 was a long time ago maybe I shouldn't refer to it as
  the future

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 I have a [[http://www.last.fm/user/unknown_lamer/][last.fm]] account.
 
 * The Bands I Like the Most
+
 ** Skyclad
 
 Skyclad is incredible folk metal. The first two albums (*Wayward Sons
 of Mother Earth* and *Burnt Offerings for the Bone Idol*) are Testament
-style thrash with a bit of fiddle and keys. The third album, *Jonah's
-Ark*, blunts the edge of the guitars and adds a lot more fiddle and is
-really where the band goes from making good to incredible
-music.
+style thrash with a bit of fiddle and keys and a heavy dose of
+NWOBHM. The third album, *Jonah's Ark*, blunts the edge of the guitars
+and adds a lot more fiddle and is really where the band goes from
+making good to incredible music.
 
 *Prince of the Poverty Line* is about as 'heavy' as the first two
 albums, but the the song structures are far more worked out and there
@@ -35,31 +36,33 @@ version of a song from the previous album. The new material ends with
 the slow and intense *Badtime Story*. A couple of covers and an
 instrumental version of a song follow to pad the EP to album length.
 
-*The Answer Machine?* is my favorite album in my entire collection. Most
-of the songs have a fuzzy electric guitar and an acoustic guitar going
-at the same time, and the album is music that I have found is
-listenable to people who don't like metal. The fiddle, violin, and
-piano dominate and are backed by interesting bass and just the right
-amount of guitar. The album is a pseudo-concept album; each song is
-about a different quest for the answer to life.
+*The Answer Machine?* was once my favorite album in my entire
+collection. Most of the songs have a fuzzy electric guitar and an
+acoustic guitar going at the same time, and the album is music that I
+have found is listenable to people who don't like metal. The fiddle,
+violin, and piano dominate and are backed by interesting bass and just
+the right amount of guitar. The album is a pseudo-concept album; each
+song is about a different quest for the answer to life. Unfortunately,
+here is also where the influence of their producer can start to be
+felt--a lot of things seem to be done for the sake of *sensibility*.
 
 The last two Skyclad album with Martin Walkyier (the original singer)
 see a two step return to a more metal style, but this time something
 resembling *Powerslave* era Maiden with heavy folk overtones rather than
-Testament. Both albums lack any weak songs, and have a few that are
-among the best Skyclad has ever done: "Cancer of the Heart," "A Well
-Beside the River," and "Vintage Whine" on *Vintage Whine*, and "The
-Antibody Politic," "The Disenchanted Forest," and "Think Back and Lie
-of England" on *Folkemon*.
+Testament. Both albums are fairly strong, and have a few songs that
+are among the best Skyclad has ever done: "Cancer of the Heart" and
+"Vintage Whine" on *Vintage Whine*, and "The Antibody Politic," "The
+Disenchanted Forest," and "Think Back and Lie of England" on *Folkémon*.
 
-Alas, after *Folkemon* Martin left, and the band seems to have lost its
+Alas, after *Folkémon* Martin left, and the band seems to have lost its
 magic. It is much like At the Gates; the core members meshed quite
 well together and lost some magical chemistry upon a major component
-leaving. Skyclad's first album with the new singer was ok, and perhaps
-the next one will be better. Sadly Martin Walkyier decided to abandon
-music forever.
+leaving. Skyclad's first album with the new singer was ok, and the
+followup was a bit better. Unfortunately Kevin Ridley appears unable
+to sing aggressively.
 
 ** Kevin Moore
+
 Kevin Moore is the first keyboardist of Dream Theater who left after
 *Awake*. His work since then has surpassed the quality of everything
 Dream Theater has produced since then for he posesses a unique
@@ -67,8 +70,9 @@ songwriting style and wonderful artistic ability.
 
 *** Chroma Key
 
-Chroma Key is Kevin Moore's primary project. It is mostly electronic
-and fairly mellow.
+Chroma Key is (was?) Kevin Moore's primary project. It is mostly
+electronic and fairly mellow. Secretly I like it (don't tell anyone I
+listen to anything not metal).
 
 *** OSI
 
@@ -85,3 +89,5 @@ alone, and it finds a much nicer balance between keyboard and
 guitar. The first OSI sounded too much like Fates Warning with more
 ambient keyboarding; this one has a sound of its own. My ears have
 heard this album many times, and will listen again many more.
+
+I'm not really digging *Blood* that much, but it's not bad.

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 * Recently Vacated Graves
 
-I *sing* in [[http://zombiemetal.com][Recently Vacated Graves: True Zombie Metal]]. In theory we
-have a third album in the works, and are playing a nice Halloween show
-with Watain in [[http://jaxxroxx.com][Northern Virginia]].
+I *sing* in [[http://zombiemetal.com][Recently Vacated Graves: True Zombie Metal]].
 
 * [[Music I Enjoy]]

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 * Journal
 
-I keep a [[http://journal.unknownlamer.org/][journal]] where I used to send ideas out into the Ether before
-reformulating them into coherent essays for the site sitting before
-you, occasionally interspersed with commentary on my mundane daily
-existence. As livejournal has sold out almost all of their former
-ideals I no longer use this, but will eventually set up a weblogging
-system locally.
+I used to keep a [[http://journal.unknownlamer.org/][journal]] where I used to send ideas out into the Ether
+before reformulating them into coherent essays for the site sitting
+before you, occasionally interspersed with commentary on my mundane
+daily existence. As livejournal has sold out almost all of their
+former ideals I no longer use this, but might eventually set up a
+weblogging system locally.
 
 [[http://unknownlamer.org/index.1999_2006.html][The Old Site]] is still available. Links to pages there will remain
 stable indefinitely so as to not break the Holy Command of Our Sovran
-Hypertextia.
+Hypertextia. Be warned I may have been a teenager when most of it was
+written.
 
 * About Me / Contact
 
 I am a mild mannered hacker and metalhead.
 
+I hack Lisp and am on the board of a [[http://hcoop.net][hosting cooperative]] that you
+should join.
+
 I welcome criticism and suggestions to improve anything I have
 written here.
 
@@ -78,9 +82,10 @@ channels. =/whois= will guide you to me.
 
 ** Résumé
 
-I am a programmer by trade, and as such have a (potentially) fancy
-[[files/resume.pdf][Résumé]]. I am quite familiar with [[http://common-lisp.net/project/ucw/][UnCommon Web]] and Common Lisp in
-general. This, naturally, makes me unemployable.
+I am a programmer by trade, and as such have a (potentially) fancy and
+most certainly oudated [[files/resume.pdf][Résumé]]. I am quite familiar with [[http://common-lisp.net/project/ucw/][UnCommon Web]]
+and Common Lisp in general. This, naturally, makes me pretty
+unemployable.
 
 ** A Picture