01
Aug 07

Underrated Guitar Gods

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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: Underrated Guitar Gods
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 07 19:39:21 GMT

Dont get me wrong, I have more than my fair share of
guitar records from gods like Satriani, Vai or Malmsteen.
I even have more out of the way stuff like Vinnie Moore,
Tony Macalpine, Jeff Beck or Eric Johnson. But its stuff
that most guitar players will know about (even if sometimes
they havent heard the actual music).

Nonetheless there are some guitar players that when
mentioned will raise the eyebrows of most guitar players
(and I wont even go the Terje Ripdahl way). Players that
are not only guitar virtuosos but play actual listenable
music. Guitar gods that more people should know about…

Here’s my 5 most underrated guitar gods selection:

Allan Holdsworth – Metal Fatigue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPgDbfZJkSw

Albert Lee – Fun Ranch Boogie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqcUBdNaHq8

Greg Howe – Pepper Shake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVif3U5eXu4

Uli Jon Roth – Sky Overture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8KEBBRCJxA

Stanley Jordan – Stairway to Heaven
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjXN3OLgoqs

— MV


31
Jul 07

The Ph34r

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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: The Ph34r
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 07 22:55:21 GMT

The Fear Series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_series

Put your 3D glasses on, or you’ll only be seeing
this in 1.5D…

The Enemy Within
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5OihLethRM

The Weapon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_0pnRu85zA

Witch Hunt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljSISPBITt4

— MV


28
Jul 07

Rush and TPB

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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: Rush and TPB
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 07 13:35:21 GMT

Rush playing “Closer to the Heart” with some of
the Trailer Park Boys (TPB). It doesnt get more
heavy mental than this :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7vnXGU6TJQ

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailer_Park_Boys

My Wolfenstein Enemy Territory clan are the TPB;
you’ll have to guess which one I am…

— MV


28
Jul 07

A Future Web Development Framework – Introduction

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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: A Future Web Development Framework – Introduction
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 07 01:30:21 GMT

I have decided that my promised reflections on web
development frameworks must be done this weekend.
I have also decided that it’s not going to be one
long post; and so, more to kick myself into starting
than anything else, here’s the first part: its actually
a braindump of links to read and understand the rest of
my commentaries.

This first post should be regarded as a prerequisite
reading list…

Please Teach me Web Frameworks for Python
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=146149

WebFS: a Web of Data
http://www.zefhemel.com/archives/2007/03/04/webfs

Python web development and frameworks in 2007
http://jesusphreak.infogami.com/blog/vrp1

Web Framework Manifesto
http://blog.circleshare.com/?/archives/16-Web-Framework-Manifesto.html

The Right Way to do Ajax is Declaratively
http://duncan-cragg.org/blog/post/right-way-to-do-ajax-is-declaratively/

Enforcing Strict Model-View Separation in Template Engines
http://davidrupp.blogspot.com/2007/06/required-reading-enforcing-strict-model.html

Aren’t the MVC and 3-Tier architectures the same thing?
http://www.tonymarston.net/php-mysql/infrastructure-faq.html#faq26

From all of the above it follows that my next posts subject’s will
be:

– Architecture
– Backend Storage
– Application Logic
– Templating
– Form Handling
– URL Mapping
– Existing Frameworks

— MV


28
Jul 07

Musical Snapshots

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From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: Musical Snapshots
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 07 00:30:21 GMT

Strange how usually some progressive rock songs are
able to somehow capture in a single snapshot phases
and feelings of my life. I guess that the power of
melody, harmony, rhythm and lyrics, when properly
combined, has something to do with it…something
that doesnt happen that much nowadays.

Yes – Hold On – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xVU5PDikm0
“Justice to the left of you
Justice to the right
Speak when you are spoken to
Don’t pretend you’re right
Hold on – Hold on
Wait maybe the answer’s
Looking for you”

Yes – Owner Of A Lonely Heart – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELpmmeT69cE
“See yourself
You are the steps you take
You and you – and thats the only way”

Yes – Changes – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRUmjphVqFk
“Im moving through some changes
Ill never be the same
Change changing places
Root yourself to the ground
Capitalize on this good fortune
One word can bring you round
Changes”

Rush – Time Stand Still – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylViJpX1KBs
“Time stand still
Im not looking back
But I want to look around me now
Summers going fast
Nights growing colder
Children growing up
Old friends growing older”

Rush – Mission – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkDS3werTL8
“Spirits fly on dangerous missions
Imaginations on fire
Focused high on soaring ambitions
Consumed in a single desire
We each pay a fabulous price
For our visions of paradise
But a spirit with a vision
Is a dream with a mission…”

— MV

PS – “Hold Your Fire” from Rush and “90125” from Yes are two
albums that are indispensible for any heavy mental refugee.