Friday, August 25, 2006

The Greatest Band that Ever Was

Most people haven't heard of them, and you'll have to take my word for it, but the greatest band that ever was is called More-O-Matic. It was a short lived band based in Northern California from 1997 to 1998. It consisted of Bill Green (lead guitar, vocals, song writer) Coray Cunningham (Base guitar, back up vocals) Jared Constantine (Drummer, back up vocals) Tracy Constantine (vocals, song writer). From their humble beginnings, in a Rocklin garage to their humble ending, in a Rocklin garage, they rocked the Punk music scene at many High School parties and talent shows and brought the pop punk scene to new heights. Many popular bands now have been influenced by their unpolished sound and killer good looks. The band Simple Plan has been quoted when asked about More-O-Matic's influence as saying "Never heard of them". Their song list consists of such great hits as "So Long", "Stop, Don't Stop" and "60 Seconds of Hard Core Bad". They seemed to bridge the generation gap and united nations with the memorable hit "Punk Rock Love Song". In my opinion no other band will ever come close to the heights attained by More-O-Matic. Fortunately, they are currently in talks about reuniting (save Coray, who has seemed to disappear, or who was not looked up) to record their catalog onto a CD so that all people, world wide, can enjoy their sound. Currently the only known recorded More-O-Matic music is on a poor quality tape owned by Jared. Finally, they will answer the call of man kind and give them what they've wanted for eons...a More-O-Matic CD. Stay tuned!

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

More Pirate's Life Videos

Well we caved in to all the emails and made more Pirates Life videos. I think that they turned out pretty good actually. I had a hard time not cracking up at Jared during the "Old Job Back" video. He has really done a fabulous job on these ones. A little bit of trivia here as well, Jared also doubled as the Ninja for this round of filming. A special thanks to my wife Laura as well for being "Janice, the Pirate". She did a fantastic job and looks great as a pirate! Cory and my Dad (the Manager) did great as usual. I am toying with the idea of continuing the series, but an not sure. I have so many other projects I would like to work on, and I still have to work my day job! So, unless everyone gets together and donates money to "Help Tracy Quit His Day Job So He Can Make More Cool Stuff We All Enjoy" (HTQHDJSHCMMCSWAE) it will be a little while before anything else comes out! So sit back, relax and enjoy "The Pirates Life: The Bonus Clips"! Click the Play button inside the movie below!




Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Sactramento Temple

I got a chance to work at the temple in the Parking detail. I headed out to Folsom from my work in Roseville and got there in 30 minutes. I reported to the worker office in the back of the Mormon Center at 4:00 pm. They read the list of names and gave out the assignments. To my dismay, I was not on the list! I asked if I could help out anyway and was told to hang out and wait. A few minutes later, some one handed me a radio and the keys to a golf cart. I was told to pick up people walking in the lot and take them to either their cars or the tour entrance. Oh man was that fun! I ended up working to about 10:40 pm taking workers who got off at 10 to their cars way out in the field parking lot. The temple is so beautiful, especially at night! I feel so lucky and happy to have a real life temple only 40 minutes from my house! I'm doing my first tour this afternoon, I cant wait to see inside!