Saturday, July 21, 2007
Saturday Random 10 (but really 20) XI: Last week in the condo
Next Saturday, I move out of my condo and back in with my parents' while I wait for my new apartment to get all sweet and ready for me. Maybe not my most dignified moment, but it'll be nice to have two full paychecks that won't be used for paying bills or rent or anything like that; straight into the bank with you! Well, after being used to levy some of my credit debt (I put my tuition on my credit card, since taking it all out of the bank would've crushed me.) and biuying some sweet new furniture for my sweet new place (I've filled my second huge bookcase with CDs, so I need a third).
Also, this weekend will be my last visit to Utica until September, oughtta be fun! (You know, I've always wondered what the correct spelling of oughtta should be: is it Oughta or Oughtta? The mind boggles.)
1. Beck - New Round
2. They Might Be Giants - Dr. Worm
3. The Mars Volta - Cicatriz ESP (Live from The Electric Ballroom)
4. Dr. Dooom - Body Bag
5. Bjork - Mouth's Cradle
6. They Might Be Giants - Now That I Have Everything
7. Sepp Vielhuber - Klarinettenmuckl
8. Twisted Method - Fled
9. Liars - It Fit When I Was A Kid
10. Secret Machines - Road Leads Where It's Lead
11. Live - T.B.D.
12. Tool - Reflection
13. The Bravery - No Rings On These Fingers
14. Sonic Youth - Stones
15. Sparta - Red.Right.Return
16. Pharoahe Monch - Agent Orange
17. Zyklon - Core Solution
18. Haste The Day - Fallen
19. HIM - The Face Of God
20. Elton John - The Bitch Is Back
hehehe...two They Might Be Giants songs, a traditional German drinking song, prog, metal, prog-metal, death metal and one of Elton John's, gayer songs. Amusing. Plus, Pharoahe Monch is a BRILLIANT rapper and Agent Orange is one of his better songs. Try to imagine Eminem's "Mosh", but done by someone who's NOT completely irritating and overexposed.
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Next Saturday, I move out of my condo and back in with my parents' while I wait for my new apartment to get all sweet and ready for me. Maybe not my most dignified moment, but it'll be nice to have two full paychecks that won't be used for paying bills or rent or anything like that; straight into the bank with you! Well, after being used to levy some of my credit debt (I put my tuition on my credit card, since taking it all out of the bank would've crushed me.) and biuying some sweet new furniture for my sweet new place (I've filled my second huge bookcase with CDs, so I need a third).
Also, this weekend will be my last visit to Utica until September, oughtta be fun! (You know, I've always wondered what the correct spelling of oughtta should be: is it Oughta or Oughtta? The mind boggles.)
1. Beck - New Round
2. They Might Be Giants - Dr. Worm
3. The Mars Volta - Cicatriz ESP (Live from The Electric Ballroom)
4. Dr. Dooom - Body Bag
5. Bjork - Mouth's Cradle
6. They Might Be Giants - Now That I Have Everything
7. Sepp Vielhuber - Klarinettenmuckl
8. Twisted Method - Fled
9. Liars - It Fit When I Was A Kid
10. Secret Machines - Road Leads Where It's Lead
11. Live - T.B.D.
12. Tool - Reflection
13. The Bravery - No Rings On These Fingers
14. Sonic Youth - Stones
15. Sparta - Red.Right.Return
16. Pharoahe Monch - Agent Orange
17. Zyklon - Core Solution
18. Haste The Day - Fallen
19. HIM - The Face Of God
20. Elton John - The Bitch Is Back
hehehe...two They Might Be Giants songs, a traditional German drinking song, prog, metal, prog-metal, death metal and one of Elton John's, gayer songs. Amusing. Plus, Pharoahe Monch is a BRILLIANT rapper and Agent Orange is one of his better songs. Try to imagine Eminem's "Mosh", but done by someone who's NOT completely irritating and overexposed.
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Saturday Random 10 (but really 20) X: Bonjour, ye cheese-eatin' surrender monkeys!
Happy Goddamn Bastille Day, readers of this blog which do not celebrate Bastille Day in the least! But hey, any reason to drink, right? Am I right???
Well, that review I promised you all last Saturday never came to fruition, surprise surprise. Work was hell this past week, and instead of reviewing what I was planning to review (which I totally still will), I was busy absorbing EVERY SINGLE ALBUM I'VE BEEN WAITING TO BE RELEASED THIS YEAR, which were all released on one fucking day. Smashing Pumpkins, They Might Be Giants, Bad Religion, Spoon, Against Me, Patton Oswalt...good god. May throw up some short reviews of those when I got the time. Unfortunately, once again I find myself spending the weekend in Utica, so I must post this before hitting the road.
Wait...is that title right?? TEN WEEKLY RANDOMS IN A ROW WITHOUT MISSING ONE??? Sweet goddamn deal. Here we go:
1. Sasha - Requiem
2. Fear Factory - Terminate
3. Slipknot - Three Nil (live)
4. Redman - Fire
5. Soundgarden - New Damage
6. Bleeding Through - This Is Love, This Is Murderous
7. Gwen Stefani - Danger Zone
8. Flaming Lips - Seven Nation Army (White Stripes cover)
9. Blood Duster - ATrackSuitIsNotAppropriateMetalApparel
10. Atmosphere - Hockey Hair
11. Pearl Jam - Do The Evolution
12. The Used - Maybe Memories
13. Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Going Down
14. Eminem - Encore (featuring Dr. Dre & 50 Cent)
15. Modest Mouse - Missed The Boat
16. Johnny Cash - A Satisfied Mind
17. Gorillaz - Fire Coming Out of a Monkey's Head
18. Spike 1000 - Element
19. Belle and Sebastian - Summer Wasting
20. Ozzy Osbourne - Lay Your World On Me
Wow...my 10th consecutive Random is also the most COMPLETELY EMBARASSING SELECTION OF MY MUSIC, EVER. Don't bother bringing up all the awful, awful music in this one, I'm just as ashamed of them as you all are probably ashamed of me right now. But there ius one shining light in all of this, as this Random features a song that I only discovered because of the old, beloved YFBS board: the grindcore noise of Blood Duster. I distinctly remember that track's name being one user's signature on all of his/her posts, and only looked it up during a time when we were all admitting the origins of our sigs/screen names/etc. Ah yes, to think I used to consider myself The Voice Of Reason. Oh YFBS (and, to a lesser extent, the year 2000), how I miss you so.
Meeeeeeeeemorieeeeeeeeessssss.....
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Happy Goddamn Bastille Day, readers of this blog which do not celebrate Bastille Day in the least! But hey, any reason to drink, right? Am I right???
Well, that review I promised you all last Saturday never came to fruition, surprise surprise. Work was hell this past week, and instead of reviewing what I was planning to review (which I totally still will), I was busy absorbing EVERY SINGLE ALBUM I'VE BEEN WAITING TO BE RELEASED THIS YEAR, which were all released on one fucking day. Smashing Pumpkins, They Might Be Giants, Bad Religion, Spoon, Against Me, Patton Oswalt...good god. May throw up some short reviews of those when I got the time. Unfortunately, once again I find myself spending the weekend in Utica, so I must post this before hitting the road.
Wait...is that title right?? TEN WEEKLY RANDOMS IN A ROW WITHOUT MISSING ONE??? Sweet goddamn deal. Here we go:
1. Sasha - Requiem
2. Fear Factory - Terminate
3. Slipknot - Three Nil (live)
4. Redman - Fire
5. Soundgarden - New Damage
6. Bleeding Through - This Is Love, This Is Murderous
7. Gwen Stefani - Danger Zone
8. Flaming Lips - Seven Nation Army (White Stripes cover)
9. Blood Duster - ATrackSuitIsNotAppropriateMetalApparel
10. Atmosphere - Hockey Hair
11. Pearl Jam - Do The Evolution
12. The Used - Maybe Memories
13. Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Going Down
14. Eminem - Encore (featuring Dr. Dre & 50 Cent)
15. Modest Mouse - Missed The Boat
16. Johnny Cash - A Satisfied Mind
17. Gorillaz - Fire Coming Out of a Monkey's Head
18. Spike 1000 - Element
19. Belle and Sebastian - Summer Wasting
20. Ozzy Osbourne - Lay Your World On Me
Wow...my 10th consecutive Random is also the most COMPLETELY EMBARASSING SELECTION OF MY MUSIC, EVER. Don't bother bringing up all the awful, awful music in this one, I'm just as ashamed of them as you all are probably ashamed of me right now. But there ius one shining light in all of this, as this Random features a song that I only discovered because of the old, beloved YFBS board: the grindcore noise of Blood Duster. I distinctly remember that track's name being one user's signature on all of his/her posts, and only looked it up during a time when we were all admitting the origins of our sigs/screen names/etc. Ah yes, to think I used to consider myself The Voice Of Reason. Oh YFBS (and, to a lesser extent, the year 2000), how I miss you so.
Meeeeeeeeemorieeeeeeeeessssss.....
Saturday, July 07, 2007
Saturday Random 10 (but really 20) IX: More Than Meets the Eye
Just got back from seeing Transformers, and it was adequately blockbusterish. A couple things , though:
1. Shia LeBouf ran and hid more than any movie hero I've ever seen. Well, maybe except for Frodo, but at least Frodo fought back once in awhile.
2. "One shall stand, one shall fall." Badass.
3. Megan Fox is really, really, really, really, really, really hot.
4. Sure, there was a transforming boom box, but it was no Soundwave, and that made me sad (he was always my favorite Decepticon).
5. **SPOILER** highlight to read:
The funniest part of the entire movie, to me anyways, was the fact that the ONLY Autobot to die was Jazz, the breakdancin', jive-talking black stereotype. Even in the Transformers' universe, the black guy's always the first one to go.
**END SPOILER**
All that being said, it was a movie about giant robots fighting, shooting and exploding. Not even Michael Bay could fuck up that formula.
Here's your Random!:
1. Roni Size - Brown Paper Bag
2. Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot
3. Oasis - Cigarettes & Alcohol
4. Primitive Radio Gods - The Rise and Fall of Ooo Mau
5. Fear Factory - Human Shields
6. Dream Theater - The Test That Stumped Them All
7. Michael Jackson - Man In the Mirror
8. Wilco - Theologians
9. Beck and the Flaming Lips - We Live Again (Live, KCRW)
10. Flogging Molly - Far Away Boys
11. Cowboy Bebop - Tank! (Power of Kung-Food Remix)
12. They Might Be Giants - Lie Still, Little Bottle
13. Cody Chesnutt - War Between the Sexes
14. Helmet - Drug Lord
15. 36 Crazyfists - Slit Wrist Theory
16. Ministry - Stigmata
17. Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Suave and Suffocated
18. Godsmack - Moon Baby
19. Devo - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
20. Handsome Boy Modeling Schoool (feat. Chino Moreno, El-P & Cage) - The Hours
There's a whole lotta kickass in this week's random! Jesus Christ...Ned's Atomic Dustbin AND Primitive Radio Gods?! I forgot I even put that on my hard drive! But still, Fear Factory, Ministry, Dream Theater...HELL YEAH!
Got an extra-special review coming up soon, hopefully by Monday.
ROCK ON!
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Just got back from seeing Transformers, and it was adequately blockbusterish. A couple things , though:
1. Shia LeBouf ran and hid more than any movie hero I've ever seen. Well, maybe except for Frodo, but at least Frodo fought back once in awhile.
2. "One shall stand, one shall fall." Badass.
3. Megan Fox is really, really, really, really, really, really hot.
4. Sure, there was a transforming boom box, but it was no Soundwave, and that made me sad (he was always my favorite Decepticon).
5. **SPOILER** highlight to read:
The funniest part of the entire movie, to me anyways, was the fact that the ONLY Autobot to die was Jazz, the breakdancin', jive-talking black stereotype. Even in the Transformers' universe, the black guy's always the first one to go.
**END SPOILER**
All that being said, it was a movie about giant robots fighting, shooting and exploding. Not even Michael Bay could fuck up that formula.
Here's your Random!:
1. Roni Size - Brown Paper Bag
2. Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot
3. Oasis - Cigarettes & Alcohol
4. Primitive Radio Gods - The Rise and Fall of Ooo Mau
5. Fear Factory - Human Shields
6. Dream Theater - The Test That Stumped Them All
7. Michael Jackson - Man In the Mirror
8. Wilco - Theologians
9. Beck and the Flaming Lips - We Live Again (Live, KCRW)
10. Flogging Molly - Far Away Boys
11. Cowboy Bebop - Tank! (Power of Kung-Food Remix)
12. They Might Be Giants - Lie Still, Little Bottle
13. Cody Chesnutt - War Between the Sexes
14. Helmet - Drug Lord
15. 36 Crazyfists - Slit Wrist Theory
16. Ministry - Stigmata
17. Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Suave and Suffocated
18. Godsmack - Moon Baby
19. Devo - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
20. Handsome Boy Modeling Schoool (feat. Chino Moreno, El-P & Cage) - The Hours
There's a whole lotta kickass in this week's random! Jesus Christ...Ned's Atomic Dustbin AND Primitive Radio Gods?! I forgot I even put that on my hard drive! But still, Fear Factory, Ministry, Dream Theater...HELL YEAH!
Got an extra-special review coming up soon, hopefully by Monday.
ROCK ON!
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
1776
"I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace; that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a Congress! And by God, I have had this Congress! For ten years, King George and his Parliament have gulled, cullied, and diddled these colonies with their illegal taxes! Stamp Acts, Townshend Acts, Sugar Acts, Tea Acts! And when we dared stand up like men, they have stopped our trade, seized our ships, blockaded our ports, burned our towns, and spilled our BLOOD! And still, this Congress refuses to grant ANY of my proposals on independence, even so much as the courtesy of open debate! Good God, what in hell are you waiting for?"
- John Adams
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"I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace; that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a Congress! And by God, I have had this Congress! For ten years, King George and his Parliament have gulled, cullied, and diddled these colonies with their illegal taxes! Stamp Acts, Townshend Acts, Sugar Acts, Tea Acts! And when we dared stand up like men, they have stopped our trade, seized our ships, blockaded our ports, burned our towns, and spilled our BLOOD! And still, this Congress refuses to grant ANY of my proposals on independence, even so much as the courtesy of open debate! Good God, what in hell are you waiting for?"
- John Adams
