Mmmm... New iPhone

The latest iPhone looks good enough to eat. There are so many cool new features it seems destined to completely conquer the home and enterprise markets in another year or two. This is not too hard to imagine when you consider the terrible phones competitors like Verizon are putting up against it. My current Verizon-provided Samsung i760 has already been replaced once for failing to sync. And now the replacement model's "End Call" button doesn't work. Nice... On the other hand, iPhones are now being used by the United States military because of its superior features and reliability.

As for the Windows Mobile 6.1 platform... It looks and feels like it is 10 years behind the iPhone OS. The mobile version of Internet Explorer is almost useless. I am getting by with the Opera 9.5 Beta which provides a good (not great) mobile browsing experience.

Hopefully the latest versions of the iPhone and the 3.0 update will light a fire under the rest of the industry to come up with better software and hardware.

Possible Tennis History To Be Made Today!

As I type this post, Roger Federer is attempting to make tennis history by finally winning the French Open. With perpetual roadblock Rafael Nadal knocked out early (coincedentally by Federer's opponent today, Robin Soderling) this is Federer's best (and possibly last) chance to take the French Open.

With a victory today Federer would tie Pete Sampras's record of 14 majors. However, none of Sampras's majors include the elusive French Open. So with one fell swoop of his racket, Federer can tie Sampras and lay claim to the coveted "Greatest of all Time" designation.

The match is going on right now on NBC! Check it out!

Super Mario Bros for Wii at E3

If you are old like me... You probably have fond memories of the SNES version of Super Mario Bros. The new Wii version looks great while still retaining the look and feel of the original classic. Check it out.

Video Games | New Super Mario Bros. Wii | E3 09: Debut Trailer

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

Run, Don't Walk To Vista & Office SP2!

If you are a fan of the Dolf Zone (and why wouldn't you be?) you know I have been complaining about Vista and Office 2007 for months!

One of my main agitations is the interminable wait for Outlook 2007 to launch, connect to my Exchange server, and load my messages. Sometimes it took 7 or 8 minutes! This kind of dreadul performance was completely unacceptable to me. I actually stopped turning off my computer at night because I didn't want to sit through this agonizing process every day...

However it finally appears as though this nagging problem has been resolved! I downloaded SP2 for both Vista and Office 2007 and now I can launch Outlook, connect to Exchange, and access my email in under one minute! Thank you Jesus! I am just praying SP2 doesn't break anything. So far, so good...

SP2 for Office automatically showed up in my automatic updates. However, I had to manually download SP2 for Vista. Below are direct links for both...

Download SP2 for Office 2007 | Download SP2 for Vista

Natal at E3

Man... One day, two posts about Microsoft... And both are POSITIVE!

Check out the Natal demo for XBox 360 shown at this week's big E3 conference. This looks like some amazing stuff. Microsoft appears to be throwing everything but the kitchen sink into the 360. Videoconferencing, 1080p HD downloads, and a whole lot more. Very cool indeed...

Badda Bing!

Microsoft is ready to take on Google once again with a new and improved search engine called Bing. I checked it out and it looks pretty cool. Sleek UI and some high tech niceties (check out the video and image search in particular).

But all of the gloss in the world won't help if the results aren't good. My initial test queries seemed to deliver very good results. I'll post more on this later as I put Bing through some real world use.

I think there is a real chance for Microsoft (or someone else) to take some market share away from Google. I have been getting increasingly agitated by Google's rotten results of late. It seems the spammers are outwitting the algorithm more often that not.

Test Bing out and let me know what you think...

Modern Warfare 2 Trailer

Two of my favorite games of all time are "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" and "Call of Duty 5: World At War". On November 10th, 2009 "Call of Duty 6: Modern Warfare 2" will be released and it promises to be one of the best shooters ever. Check out the new trailer! Modern Warfare 2 Worldwide Reveal Trailer (Official HD) /

Official uncut and extended Modern Warfare 2 Worldwide Reveal Trailer. Acclaimed developer Infinity Ward brings you Modern Warfare 2, the sequel to the best-selling shooter of all-time, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Watch in HD!

If you are obsessed with the latest COD 6 developments, check out cod6.org

The Complete Dolf Album Consolidated

Here are all twenty three tracks from the Dolf Album in one convenient location. The links go directly to the MP3 files. I will put out an ISO or a ZIP file of the collection sometime in the future.

1. Share Your Needle
2. Like A Mother
3. The Last Time I Go To Sleep
4. Always Nothing
5. When I Think About You
6. I've Got A Problem
7. Everyone & Everything
8. High School Girl
9. Happy Day
10. I Don't Love You
11. Loving Abuser
12. Moving Backwards
13. World Still Spins
14. Passed Out Again
15. Never See You Again
16. Ring
17. You Say You Love Me
18. I Don't Care
19. That's Life
20. Like A Memory
21. Twisted
22. Queen Sized Beauty
23. I Wonder Why

The Dolf Album / Track 23 / I Wonder Why

"I Wonder Why" is the FINAL track from The Dolf Album. Several people have told me that this is their favorite song of mine. It's certainly one of my more ambitious, complicated pieces when compared to my usual short & catchy tunes. This was written circa 1995 after seeing some great local bands in Utah. They were doing more complicated and intricate things than I was used to seeing and it inspired me to do the same.

Some trivia on this one...

* Clocking in at 4:26, this is my longest song.
* One of the songs in which I use a capo.
* I submitted "I Wonder Why" to the American Idol songwriting contest last year. In my own completely unbiased opinion it is better than any "Winner's Single" on any season of the show. Not that that is saying much... ;)

Download "I Wonder Why" (Mp3 format with embedded album art and lyrics)

“I Wonder Why”
Words and Music by Dolf Muccillo
Copyright 2009

You weren’t the first
You weren’t the last
You’re just the one
I can’t get past
I wonder why

Why you are so different
And why I can’t forget
Why no one seems to measure up
To this angel that god sent
I wonder why

*And I wonder where you are
And I wonder where you’ve been
And I wonder if I’ll ever see you again

And I wonder who you’re with
And I wonder who you’ve done
And I wonder why you are the only one
I wonder why

It’s been so long, since I’ve last seen you
I’ve pissed away a year
Since we’ve been through
I wonder why

Why we had to end it
I’m not able to transcend it
If I had blood left I’d send it
Ah will we ever mend it?
I wonder why

*And I wonder where you are
And I wonder where you’ve been
And I wonder if I’ll ever see you again

And I wonder who you’re with
And I wonder who you’ve done
And I wonder why you are the only one
I wonder why

…it’s been so long

The Biggest Loser / Final Figures

For all of you Biggest Loser fans out there... Here are all of the final weight loss percentages. I'll have to admit that I was not expecting Helen to win.

1. Helen: 257-117=140 (54.47%)

2. Mike: 388-181=207 (53.35%)

3. Tara: 294-139=155 (52.72%)

4. Jerry: 369-192=177 (47.97%)

5. Kristin: 360-193=167 (46.39%)

6. Nicole: 269-146=123 (45.72%)

7. Ron: 430-238=192 (44.65%)

8. Sione: 372-226=146 (39.25%)

9. Dane: 412-258=154 (37.38%)

10. Filipe: 364-229=135 (37.09%)

11. Damien: 381-245=136 (35.70%)

12. Daniel: 454-293=161 (35.46%)

13. Mandi: 263-171=92 (34.98%)

14. Estella: 242-159=83 (34.30%)

15. Carla: 379-251=128 (33.77%)

16. Shanon: 283-191=92 (32.51%)

17. Cathy: 293-198=95 (32.42%)

18. Blaine: 365-249=116 (31.78%)

19. Laura: 285-199=86 (30.18%)

20. Joelle: 309-229=80 (25.89%)

21. Aubrey: 249-194=55 (22.09%)

22. David: 393-350=43 (10.94%)

The Dolf Album / Track 20 / Like A Memory

A nice little gloom and doom number... No doubt inspired by listening to thousands of hours of The Smiths, The Cure, and other mope rock favorites! "Like a Memory" is track 20 off of The Dolf Album. Favorite line: "Will she shed a tear when that line goes so straight? / Or is there no one there except those in white getting paid to wait..."

Download "Like a Memory" (Mp3 format with embedded album art and lyrics)

"Like a Memory"
Words and Music by Dolf Muccillo
Copyright 2009


When the clock reaches my final hour
Will I be happy, sad, content, bitter or sour?
Will I look with joy at all the things I’ve done?
Or will I lay my head in my hands and let the time run

*It already seems like a memory
It already seems just like a memory
I’m so out of tune can’t make a harmony
It already seems like a memory

And when the clock reaches my final minute
Will there be someone in my life or no one in it?
Will she shed a tear when that line goes so straight?
Or is there no one there except those in white,
Getting paid to wait?

* chorus

Just watching time drift by
Just watching time drip by
Just watching time slip by
Just watching you go by

The Dolf Album / Track 19 / That's Life

This little song fragment was written in 1995... OJ was in the news constantly... For some reason there were a million stories that month about Crack addiction... And I had made a trip to the DMV and saw an interesting (and very miserable) dude waiting in line... Add it all up and you get "That's Life", track 19 from The Dolf Album. A trademark Dolf dark humor song... Definitely needs to be re-recorded and polished up a bit... But I've always liked this one. Favorite line: "Three rotten kids and one's suckin' on the pipe / That's Life / This is your life"

Download "That's Life" (Mp3 format with embedded album art and lyrics)

“That’s Life”
Words and Music by Dolf Muccillo
Copyright 2009

There’s dirt on your clothes, big fat wife
Three rotten kids, one’s suckin’ on the pipe

*That’s life, this is your life
You could solve all your problems now
If you only had a butcher knife

She spends all your money, you can’t afford a car
If you hadn’t met her you could have gone so far

*chorus

The things you could have been,
The things you could have done
All the dreams you had and now they’re gone

*chorus

Unemployed, Dead, or Both!

2009... The year that we all might end up unemployed, dead, or if we are lucky, both!

As you contemplate your remaining time on this planet, please enjoy one of my favorite comedy bits of all time - "The Audition" from the brilliant Mr. Show with Bob & David. I have seen this routine probably 100 times and it kills me every time! [You might recognize David Cross from his Tobias Funke character (the Blue Man, The Analrapist) on Arrested Development.]

You can get the entire series on DVD. I highly recommend it! Buy Mr. Show: The Complete Collection at Amazon.




P.S. Rated R for language!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Dolf Album / Track 18 / I Don't Care

In honor of Earth Day... My homage to apathy... "I Don't Care" is track 18 from The Dolf Album. This song has a few lines that I think are pretty good. My favorite being "People are dying every day / When I change the channel, they go away" Is the song about a drunk living in a trailer, pounding beers and watching TV? Or is it about you and me!?!?! No one will ever know! ;)

Download "I Don't Care" (Mp3 format with embedded album art and lyrics)

"I Don’t Care"
Words and Music by Dolf Muccillo
Copyright 2009

Sittin’ here wasted, and I don’t care
I've got my TV, and I got my chair
People are dying every day
When I change the channel, they go away

*I don’t care, I just don’t care

There’s filth in the river, but I don’t care
I’ve got my Bud Light, eight more to spare
Holes in the sky bigger everyday
When I change the channel, it’s ok

*chorus

Ain’t got a woman, but I don’t care
I’ve got 96 channels, all day I stare
Don’t need an angel from heaven above
When I find the right channel,
I’ll get some love (you know what I mean)

*chorus

Feel free, feel free, feel free to hate me

…cause I don’t care

Ubuntu Curious?

If you have toyed with the idea of installing Ubuntu (or one of its variants) there is now an unbelievably easy way to do so.

Just download and install Wubi and in a matter of a few minutes and a couple of clicks, you will have an Ubuntu/Windows dual-boot system. 100% free! You will be amazed at everything that is included: an office suite, an email client, FireFox, disc burning, games, an image editor, and much more.

Besides costing absolutely nothing, Ubuntu (and variants like Xubuntu) are very fast and will run exceptionally well on older and underpowered computers.

Check it out! Download the Wubi installer today!

Transformers 2 Trailer

One of the unexpected treats of fatherhood is being introduced to all of the media creations that I would have otherwise ignored. In my case they are SpongeBob and the Transformers. I now have a far above average understanding of both worlds. In fact, when I ran across the trailer for the upcoming Transformers movie, I found myself scrambling to find the release date. This is one of the best sci-fi trailers I have seen in a long time. The special effects look amazing. This movie must have cost a fortune and I can't wait to see it!

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is set for June 24th. I have a feeling that Max and I will be there on opening weekend.

Watch the trailer now!

The Dolf Album / Track 17 / You Say You Love Me

"You Say You Love Me" is track 17 from The Dolf Album. A very catchy melody and only slightly offensive lyrics.

Download "You Say You Love Me" (Mp3 format with embedded album art and lyrics)

"You Say You Love Me"
Words and Music by Dolf Muccillo
Copyright 2009

*You say you love me and I believe you.
You say forever and I believe it’s true.

Until some tattooed, long haired motorcycle riding asshole rides you away.

* chorus

Until some guy with boats and planes and cocaine highs buys your love away.

* chorus

Until some brain-dead, muscle-bound, big-d#cked clown pumps your love away.

* chorus

Dolf Zone Pick / Close_Range

As many of you know my birthday is coming up on April 15th... Coincidentally, the recently released video game "Close_Range" is at the top of my "wish list". You do the math...

The Dolf Album / Track 16 / Ring

"Ring" is track 16 from The Dolf Album. "Ring" is probably the most blatantly "pop" song on the Dolf Album. Definitely not bubblegum pop... but "pop" for me.

Download "Ring" (Mp3 format with embedded album art and lyrics)

"Ring"
Words and Music by Dolf Muccillo
Copyright 2009

*Ring, ring, ring
Someone give me anything
Ring, ring, ring
I’m so alone

I’m looking for an answer
But I can’t answer if you won’t call
Ring, ring, ring
Ring it off the wall

I thought you were so different
And didn’t play those games
But I’m sitting alone on Friday night
I guess you’re all the same

I’m looking for an answer
But I can’t answer if you don’t call
Ring, ring, ring
Ring it off the wall

*chorus

I feel like such a loser
To think that you’d want me
I guess the signals were crossed
And the meaning was lost
I’m gettin good at getting nothing

I still don’t have an answer
And I guess I’ll never get your call
But I’ll pray to god each and every night
That it’ll ring off the wall

*chorus


The zero on the machine
Is looking like me
The message is clear
Cause you’re not here
What’s wrong with me?

*chorus

The Dolf Album / Track 15 / Never See You Again

"Never See You Again" is track 15 from The Dolf Album. It's one of the first songs that I wrote. Very simple... I love the main guitar riff. It sounds like two or three guitars playing simultaneously but it's just me. I would love to hear Michael Stipe sing this! Michael?

Download "Never See You Again" (Mp3 format with embedded album art and lyrics) For those that suck at the Internet, right click the link and chose "Save Link As..." or "Save Target As..." depending upon which browser you use.

"Never See You Again"
Words and Music by Dolf Muccillo
Copyright 2009

I’m sitting waiting, waiting for your call
Picture of you burns into the wall

*And I know ill never see you again
And I know I’ll never see you again

I wish I’d never seen your face
Cause you’re the one that cant be replaced

*And I know ill never see you again
And I know I’ll never see you again

You’re all I want, you’re all I can see
Do you ever think about me?

*And I know ill never see you again
And I know I’ll never see you again

The Dolf Album / Track 14 / Passed Out Again

"Passed Out Again" is track 14 from The Dolf Album. Just droppin' a little existential knowledge on all y'all... I like this particular tune quite a bit. I have always been found of the line, "Did God put me here just to watch these reruns." There is also an uptempo, dance/metal, NIN-like version of this song that I recorded with "Master T" as part of the band Hack. I will release that version in a few weeks.

Download "Passed Out Again" (Mp3 format with embedded album art and lyrics) For those that suck at the Internet, right click the link and chose "Save Link As..." or "Save Target As..." depending upon which browser you use.

“Passed Out Again”
Words and Music by Dolf Muccillo
Copyright 2009

I contemplate just why I’m here
I watch the clock and I drink more beer
No answers yet but I’m feeling fine
Passed out again at a quarter till nine

*Passed out again at a quarter till nine
Don’t knock on my door don’t call me
I’m feeling fine.

Mostly pain with a little bit of fun.
Did god put me here just to watch these reruns?
Or to lay on the couch and sleep all day
Or to lie to you so I can get laid.

*chorus

It can’t be love cause it don’t exist
It can’t be truth cause it’s just a myth
It can’t be faith cause I don’t believe
It can’t be you cause you always leave

*chorus

#16 Topeka State Topples Top Ranked Utah Tech

In one of the greatest upsets in NCAA Men's Basketball history, lowly Topeka State took down top seeded Utah Tech 90-89 on Darius Dunn's three-pointer at the buzzer! March Madness is just getting started people! More on this amazing game as details emerge...

Latest Console Numbers

Here are the latest console numbers. The PS3 continues to get spanked. A price cut is supposedly coming as publishers are increasingly moving away from the PS3 to fund projects for the Wii.

The Dolf Album / Track 13 / World Still Spins

"World Still Spins" is track 13 from The Dolf Album. "Spins" is probably the oddest sounding of all my songs. It sounds the least like the others. Lyrically the song is a "What if?" take of real world events. Kind of a tribute to something (or someone) that never happened.

Download "World Still Spins" (Mp3 format with embedded album art and lyrics) For those that suck at the Internet, right click the link and chose "Save Link As..." or "Save Target As..." depending upon which browser you use.

"World Still Spins"
Words and Music by Dolf Muccillo
Copyright 2009

She was a perfect little girl
But she f#cked up one night
And there’s a baby in the world

*But the world still spins

He wasn’t exactly a bundle of joy
You’ve taken away my youth
My precious baby boy

*repeat

He always felt half, alone
When he could he left his home

*repeat

Doesn’t go back much, two cards a year
Signed I love you very much
My sweet mother dear

*repeat

Years keep passing, piling one on one
She stared straight into nothing
Good night I’m sorry son

*repeat 2x

The Dolf Allbum / Part I / Tracks 1-12 Consolidated

Due to multiple requests, here are the first twelve songs off of the Dolf Album all in one place. All links go directly to the mp3 files. Have fun...

1. Share Your Needle
2. Like A Mother
3. The Last Time I Go To Sleep
4. Always Nothing
5. When I Think About You
6. I've Got A Problem
7. Everyone & Everything
8. High School Girl
9. Happy Day
10. I Don't Love You
11. Loving Abuser
12. Moving Backwards


Right click the link and chose "Save Link As..." or "Save Target As..." depending upon which browser you use. Save the mp3 file into your main music directory and then double click on it to open it in iTunes. Lyrics and album art should show up.

The Dolf Album / Track 12 / Moving Backwards

"Moving Backwards" is track 12 from The Dolf Album. Backwards is one of my earlier songs. The Dolf "high voice" is in full effect on this one... Trivia: The chord progression moves backwards as I sing the chorus.

Download "Moving Backwards" (Mp3 format with embedded album art and lyrics) For those that suck at the Internet, right click the link and chose "Save Link As..." or "Save Target As..." depending upon which browser you use.

"Moving Backwards"
Words and Music by Dolf Muccillo
Copyright 2009

When I met you girl
I thought you’re the one I was looking for
Thought I’d never have to search
For perfect ones anymore
16 months and 18 days and I guess I’ve seen the light
Another bad decision, another time that I’m not right

*And I guess I’m moving backwards
Moving backwards once again
When you’re moving backwards
Moving forwards seems in vain
da da da da da da da da

I thought you were my missing piece
I thought the puzzle’s done
But things have changed, they always do
And I know you’re not the one
The wasted time is not what hurts
I guess we had some fun
It’s just lost hope, you’re my lost dream
A new search has begun

*chorus

Oh, perfect one
Oh, my perfect one
Oh, perfect one
Oh, there is no perfect one

*chorus

The Dolf Album / Track 11 / Loving Abuser

"Loving Abuser" is track 11 from The Dolf Album. Catchy but a bit on the dark side. Written about someone I met in Utah back in 1995... Definitely not inspired by current events... I couldn't even name a song by either of those two!

Download "Loving Abuser" (Mp3 format with embedded album art and lyrics) For those that suck at the Internet, right click the link and chose "Save Link As..." or "Save Target As..." depending upon which browser you use.

"Loving Abuser"
Words and Music by Dolf Muccillo
Copyright 2009

He’ll hit you hard
And then there’s tears in his eyes
He’ll call you a whore
Then say “I’ll love you till the day I die”

*How can you love your loving abuser?
How can you be so dumb, my little lovely loser
How can you love your loving abuser?

I know you’d never want a guy like me
Cause nice guys finish lonely
And I guess that is me

*chorus

You try to leave him
But you always go back
Addicted to being degraded
By his precious attacks

*chorus

Love won’t hurt
Love won’t quit
Love won’t hit you before a kiss

Love won’t scream
Love won’t scar
Love don’t leave you at the bar

How can you love… your loving abuser?

New South Park Tonight! Season 13 Premiere

Comedy Central's signature series South Park (A Dolf Zone Excellence in Television Award winner for Best Comedy) begins its 13th season tonight at 10:00pm.

"The Ring"

Thinking it's his way into her heart and other body parts, Kenny takes his new girlfriend to a Jonas Brothers concert. His dream of taking their relationship to the next level is crushed when the Jonas Brothers give them purity rings.

In addition to the Dolf Zone Excellence in Television Award, I believe South Park may have also won an Emmy and a Peabody as well...

South Park airs on Wednesdays at 10:00pm on Comedy Central with several repeats throughout the week. You can also watch it online for free at http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/

The Dolf Album / Track 10 / I Don't Love You

"I Don't Love You" is track 10 from The Dolf Album. Another perfect weekend song!

My favorite line from this song... "I’ll be your knight for just one night / I’ll be the man bustin’ through the clouds /My back to the light"

Download "I Don't Love You" (Mp3 format with embedded album art and lyrics) For those that suck at the Internet, right click the link and chose "Save Link As..." or "Save Target As..." depending upon which browser you use.

"I Don’t Love You"
Words and Music by Dolf Muccillo
Copyright 2009

I’ll tell you anything you want to hear
Anything drive it through your ear
Oh anything

I’ll be your knight for just one night
I’ll be the man bustin’ through the clouds
My back to the light
Yeah anyone, I’ll be anyone

*You know I really love you
And you know that I really care
But when tomorrow comes, I won’t be here

A Mercedes Benz and lots of friends
I’ll throw a party for you girl
That’ll never end
I’ll do anything

Producers and directors, picture takers
I know the son of god
Yeah everyone, I know everyone

*chorus

Oh we can be in love
Oh so great to be in love
Even if it’s just for one night
Even if it’s for one night
Even if it’s just for one night ah-----

*chorus

Dolf Zone Tech Tip for Vista / Right Click Image Resizer

For whatever reason, Vista does not have a PowerToy available (like XP) that allows you to resize images from within Windows Explorer. ;(

For anyone who frequently works and plays with images this capability is a huge time saver. It's a pain to have to load an image editor like Photoshop just to resize an image.

Luckily I stumbled across a free program called VSO Image Resizer. So far it has worked well. When you are in Explorer simply right click on any image file (or multiple files) and select "VSO Image Resizer", input the new size (and any other parameters), and in a matter of seconds you'll have a newly resized copy of your original image.

This is particularly useful for emailing photos and for downsizing graphics for use on the web.

Dolf Zone Tech Tip for Firefox

If you use Firefox and frequently work with secure sites or applications (those with https), this tip will make your life much better.

Go to about:config and change browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl from "false" to "true".

This little change will make things much faster especially if you use your browser's back button frequently.

If you are working with sensitive data, you should manually flush out your temporary files when your session is over. Or you can configure the "Always clear my private data when I close Firefox" setting in Tools > Options > Privacy.

The Dolf Album / Track 9 / Happy Day

"Happy Day" is track 9 from The Dolf Album. A little dark humor, some social commentary, a bit of existential musing, a whole lot of God, and a delicious hamburger... "Happy Day" was inspired by the spate of deadly shootings that occurred at McDonald's restaurants in the 90's. Can you imagine dying at a McDonald's???

This song contains one of my favorite lines from The Dolf Album, "My body goes limp and my tray falls down / My burger and my blood are all over the ground. Hey. Hey. "

Download "Happy Day" (Mp3 format with embedded album art and lyrics) For those that suck at the Internet, right click the link and chose "Save Link As..." or "Save Target As..." depending upon which browser you use.

"Happy Day"
Words and Music by Dolf Muccillo
Copyright 2009

I deserve a break
So I think I’m going out for lunch today

Hey, hey, what a happy day…

A burger and fries and a hot apple pie
Cashier smiles at me there’s a gleam in her eye

Hey. Hey, what a happy day…

I turn around and to my dismay
Machine gun bullets all over the place

Hey, hey, what a happy day…

My body goes limp and my tray falls down
My burger and my blood are all over the ground

Hey, hey, what a happy day…

Oh you pulled a good one, are you laughing at me?
While you plan more jokes on humanity

Hey, hey, what a happy day…

Oh I feel forsaken for the way I was taken
But I guess you always knew, knew I was fakin’

Hey, hey, what a happy day…

The Dolf Report

As always I am ahead of my time, gallantly leading us all into the future. Follow me into the light... the light of high definition glory. The glowing images shall keep us warm and safe.

TV viewing at 'all-time high,' Nielsen says

(CNN) -- Americans are watching more video online, on their cell phones and on television, according to the Nielsen Company's latest "three screen" report.

The report, issued Monday and covering the last three months of 2008, shows that the average American television viewer is watching more than 151 hours of television per month -- an "all-time" high -- up from more than 145 hours during the same period the previous year, Nielsen said.

The increase in television watching is part of a long-term trend, said Nielsen spokesman Gary Holmes.

He attributed the rise to a greater availability of televisions -- the average household has more televisions than people, he said -- and to niche programming. There are "many, many more cable channels than before," he said. Read the full report (PDF)

Also contributing to the increase are digital recorders, DVR and TiVo devices, which allow viewers to watch programs at their leisure rather than during the show's slated time slots. Nielsen has dubbed such viewing "timeshifted TV."

"DVR has helped keep television alive and well," said Robert Thompson, the founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University.

"That's made a lot of people watch more television than they used to," he said.

The use of recorders has risen by about 20,000 people from the fourth quarter in 2007. In the fourth quarter of 2008, about 73.9 million people used them, Nielsen said.

Viewership of videos on the Internet and on mobile phones also increased from the summer months, Nielsen said, although the rise was more modest. People who watch video on the Internet spend about three hours doing so per month, and those who watch video on mobile devices spend nearly four hours per month that way.

The presidential election likely helped augment viewership, Thompson said. The "new series of this year was 'The Barack Obama Show,' " he quipped.

The tanking economy may also have played a role in the uptick in television watching, as Americans looked for low-cost ways to entertain themselves, some analysts said.

Americans are staying at home instead of going out, and they're also taking fewer vacations, said David Schick, an analyst with Stifel Nicolaus, an investment banking firm.

And while Thompson and James Webster, a communication professor at Northwestern University, say the state of the economy certainly isn't going to hurt television viewership, both experts emphasized that the increased viewership trend is several years old.

They also cautioned against reading too much into the Nielsen statistics.

Though Nielsen reports Americans are watching five hours of television a day, Webster noted that Nielsen has no means of determining if they are paying close attention to the programs or if they just have them on in the background.

People may have the television on while they are doing other things, Thompson added.

The Dolf Album / Track 8 / High School Girl

"High School Girl" is track 8 from The Dolf Album. This is definitely a category 2 song with a smidgen of category 1... This song is probably my most catchy. I love the melody. I think it sounds like a 50's/early 60's song. I can picture Buddy Holly or Frankie Valley singing this 50 years ago. Although they most likely would have been arrested... This is the one that people say gets stuck in their heads most often.

Download "High School Girl" (Mp3 format with embedded album art and lyrics) For those that suck at the Internet, right click the link and chose "Save Link As..." or "Save Target As..." depending upon which browser you use.

"High School Girl"
Words and Music by Dolf Muccillo
Copyright 2009

Well I met her in a shopping mall
Long blond hair, she was kind of tall
And I thought she must’ve been 19
I never knew she’d be my high school dream.

*No one can take you away
I really don’t care what the law might say
You’re the best thing in this f#cking rotten world
Forever I will love you high school girl.

Well she’s just old enough to drive
But she keeps me alive
It doesn’t matter that I’m 25
I’m gonna love her till the day I die

*No one can take you away
I really don’t care what the law might say
You’re the best thing in my rotten little world
Forever I will love you high school girl.

Well her daddy doesn’t know about me
And I know that he couldn’t see
That what we do is out of love
And I’ll never ever get enough of his little girl

*No one can take you away
I really don’t care what the law might say
You’re the best thing in this f#cking rotten world
Forever I will love you high school girl.

High high high school girl
High high my high school girl

The Dolf Album / Track 7 / Everyone & Everything

"Everyone & Everything" is track 7 from The Dolf Album. Although the lyrics are on the dark side, people seem to like it quite a bit.

My songs tend to fall into five categories:

1. Filthy
2. Funny
3. Sappy (yet Psycho) Love Songs
4. Social Commentary
5. Existentialism 101

"Everyone & Everything" definitely falls into category 3.

Download "Everyone & Everything" (Mp3 format with embedded album art and lyrics) For those that suck at the Internet, right click the link and chose "Save Link As..." or "Save Target As..." depending upon which browser you use.

"Everyone and Everything"
Words and Music by Dolf Muccillo
Copyright 2009
dmuccillo@gmail.com
http://dolfzone.blogspot.com/

I don’t think I’m waking up today
Cause I know I’ll die when you say those words you’ll say
Thoughts of you rewind and play and play
I don’t think I’m waking up today

*The clock is eating hours up
I lay around and I dream too much
Cause you’re everyone and everything to me

I don’t think I’m going out again
Cause it makes me sick to see you with him
A loss of something that can’t be replaced
I don’t think I’m going out today

*I never wanted anything this much
If I can’t have you I’ll return to dust
Cause you’re everyone and everything to me

If I can’t have you no one will
I’m sittin’ swallowing all these bitter pills
If I can’t have you before too long
It just might all be over before this song that’s not too long…

You're everyone and everything to me

Simpsons HD

Finally... Hopefully the rest of the SD stalwarts will soon follow! Everything needs to be in HD...

I am actually quite surprised that The Simpsons beat Family Guy to the HD punch since FG is the newer and hipper of the two. I can't believe that Seth MacFarlane will let Family Guy and American Dad languish in SD much longer. Especially considering the rivalry (friendly?) between the respective show's creators. While we are on the topic, how about South Park? C'mon Parker and Stone! I am tired of seeing vertical black bars!