Monday, August 13, 2007
Saturday Random 10 (but really 20) XIII: Long Goddamn Weekend Edition
'Twas a long weekend. Just got home, I'm very tired, here's your random.
1. Aesop Rock - Fast Cars
2. Beastie Boys - Putting Shame In Your Game
3. Cake - Stickshifts and Safetybelts
4. Oasis - Rock 'n Roll Star
5. System Of A Down - Prison Song
6. The Prize Fighter Inferno - The Going Price For Home
7. Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)
8. Blur - Crazy Beat
9. The New Folk Implosion - Fuse
10. Propellerheads - Bang On!
11. Brujeria - Verga del Brujo/Estan Chinga
12. They Might Be Giants - Hall of Heads
13. Beck - O Maria
14. Final Fantasy VII Original Sound Version - Gold Saucer
15. The Misfits - We Bite
16. The Kinks - Days
17. Clutch - One Eye Dollar
18. Panjabi MC - Sweeter
19. Static X - Otsegolectric
20. Loretta Lynn - Trouble On the Line
This might be my most listenable and varied random yet. Starts off strong with Aesop Rock, right into some awesome 90's stuff, take it down a notch with some awesome indie (and the worst Blur song ever), nice little string of techno-death metal-TMBG-Beck, a clip from the Best Video Game Ever, a sweet one-two punch with Misfits-Kinks, a short taste of Clutch awesomeness, then finish it up with Indian hip hop, industrial and Loretta Lynn. All in all, not too bad.
Alright, sleep time.
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'Twas a long weekend. Just got home, I'm very tired, here's your random.
1. Aesop Rock - Fast Cars
2. Beastie Boys - Putting Shame In Your Game
3. Cake - Stickshifts and Safetybelts
4. Oasis - Rock 'n Roll Star
5. System Of A Down - Prison Song
6. The Prize Fighter Inferno - The Going Price For Home
7. Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)
8. Blur - Crazy Beat
9. The New Folk Implosion - Fuse
10. Propellerheads - Bang On!
11. Brujeria - Verga del Brujo/Estan Chinga
12. They Might Be Giants - Hall of Heads
13. Beck - O Maria
14. Final Fantasy VII Original Sound Version - Gold Saucer
15. The Misfits - We Bite
16. The Kinks - Days
17. Clutch - One Eye Dollar
18. Panjabi MC - Sweeter
19. Static X - Otsegolectric
20. Loretta Lynn - Trouble On the Line
This might be my most listenable and varied random yet. Starts off strong with Aesop Rock, right into some awesome 90's stuff, take it down a notch with some awesome indie (and the worst Blur song ever), nice little string of techno-death metal-TMBG-Beck, a clip from the Best Video Game Ever, a sweet one-two punch with Misfits-Kinks, a short taste of Clutch awesomeness, then finish it up with Indian hip hop, industrial and Loretta Lynn. All in all, not too bad.
Alright, sleep time.
Saturday, August 04, 2007
Saturday Random 10 (but really 20) XII: Moving Sucks!
Yes, yes; I am aware that I finally missed one of my Random posts. But, between a shitty day at work, unexplainable stomach pains, a 6 hour trip to the hospital and THEN moving all my stuff out of my old apartment in a torrential downpour, I think I'll just take the hit to my credibility and deal with it.
Anyways, I am moved out and eagerly anticipating moving into my own apartment when it is ready...which won't be until August 25th. So until then, I get to live with my parents...sad, perhaps. But a sad and regrettable necessity. I would like to take this time to put the spotlight on two bands and a movie that I recently discovered though.
GOGOL BORDELLO: A Ukrainian folk/punk band that sings in hilariously broken English and uses traditional instruments like the accordion, the fiddle, and fire buckets as drums! It is more awesome than you could possibly imagine. I suggest listening to the songs "Ultimate" and "Supertheory of Supereverything" before passing judgement yourself. They are fun personified.
GALLOWS: A British band that mixes traditional anarchist UK punk with a more modern off-kilter hardcore sound. Incredibly intense, incredibly cool and apparently one of the most high-energy live acts working today. I suggest starting off with either the first single "Abandon Ship" or the beyond-offensive title track to thier Epitaph Records debut "Orchestra of Wolves". Seriously, it's the first band in a long time that actually SOUNDS dangerous.
THE SIMPSONS MOVIE: Believe everything you've heard. Everything. It's so shockingly good it'll blow your mind. Hilarious, and featuring EVERY SINGLE GODDAMN CHARACTER THAT WAS EVER ON THE SHOW, EVER.
All that aside, here's this week's Random:
1. Aphex Twin - Start As You Mean To Go On
2. Faith No More - Take This Bottle
3. Tool - The Grudge (Live from Brixton Academy)
4. Marilyn Manson - This is the New Shit
5. Bone Thugs 'N' Harmony - Body Rott
6. The Magnetic Fields - The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be
7. The Sounds of Animals Fighting - The Heretic
8. Nine Inch Nails - All the Love in the World
9. Outkast (Andre 3000) - A Life in the Day of Benjamin Andre
10. Action Action - Chemical Frustration
11. Life Of Agony - Other Side of the River (David Thoener Remix)
12. Deftones - Digital Bath
13. Weird Al Yankovic - Ode to a Superhero
14. They Might Be Giants - Dead
15. Dredg - Whoa Is Me
16. The Start - Glimmer Man
17. Sigur Ros - Untitled #8
18. Powerman 5000 - They Know Who You Are
19. Queens of the Stone Age - Skin On Skin
20. Van Hunt - Hold My Hand
Got a nice weird-ass mix of songs this week. The requisite awful nu-metal (Manson, PM5K), some crazy wacked-out soul (Van Hunt, Andre 3000), two of the best bands utilizing the new wave of new wave sound (Action Action, the Start), crazy pretentious prog rock (sigur ros, dredg, sounds of animals) and a couple treats for my fellow nerds out there (weird al, TMBG, and to a lesser extent Magnetic Fields). Not my most eclectic, but it's still a damn good mix of songs. Except that one Manson song; arguably the worst single he has ever released, and part of the album that ensured that I would never purchase another album by him ever again.
Now, I have a question for all of my two readers. I recently bought the new Interpol album and, along with it, got a certificate for 3 free songs off of iTunes. Only thing is, I have no idea what to get. Any suggestions, given my eclectic musical tastes? I'm listening.
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Yes, yes; I am aware that I finally missed one of my Random posts. But, between a shitty day at work, unexplainable stomach pains, a 6 hour trip to the hospital and THEN moving all my stuff out of my old apartment in a torrential downpour, I think I'll just take the hit to my credibility and deal with it.
Anyways, I am moved out and eagerly anticipating moving into my own apartment when it is ready...which won't be until August 25th. So until then, I get to live with my parents...sad, perhaps. But a sad and regrettable necessity. I would like to take this time to put the spotlight on two bands and a movie that I recently discovered though.
GOGOL BORDELLO: A Ukrainian folk/punk band that sings in hilariously broken English and uses traditional instruments like the accordion, the fiddle, and fire buckets as drums! It is more awesome than you could possibly imagine. I suggest listening to the songs "Ultimate" and "Supertheory of Supereverything" before passing judgement yourself. They are fun personified.
GALLOWS: A British band that mixes traditional anarchist UK punk with a more modern off-kilter hardcore sound. Incredibly intense, incredibly cool and apparently one of the most high-energy live acts working today. I suggest starting off with either the first single "Abandon Ship" or the beyond-offensive title track to thier Epitaph Records debut "Orchestra of Wolves". Seriously, it's the first band in a long time that actually SOUNDS dangerous.
THE SIMPSONS MOVIE: Believe everything you've heard. Everything. It's so shockingly good it'll blow your mind. Hilarious, and featuring EVERY SINGLE GODDAMN CHARACTER THAT WAS EVER ON THE SHOW, EVER.
All that aside, here's this week's Random:
1. Aphex Twin - Start As You Mean To Go On
2. Faith No More - Take This Bottle
3. Tool - The Grudge (Live from Brixton Academy)
4. Marilyn Manson - This is the New Shit
5. Bone Thugs 'N' Harmony - Body Rott
6. The Magnetic Fields - The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be
7. The Sounds of Animals Fighting - The Heretic
8. Nine Inch Nails - All the Love in the World
9. Outkast (Andre 3000) - A Life in the Day of Benjamin Andre
10. Action Action - Chemical Frustration
11. Life Of Agony - Other Side of the River (David Thoener Remix)
12. Deftones - Digital Bath
13. Weird Al Yankovic - Ode to a Superhero
14. They Might Be Giants - Dead
15. Dredg - Whoa Is Me
16. The Start - Glimmer Man
17. Sigur Ros - Untitled #8
18. Powerman 5000 - They Know Who You Are
19. Queens of the Stone Age - Skin On Skin
20. Van Hunt - Hold My Hand
Got a nice weird-ass mix of songs this week. The requisite awful nu-metal (Manson, PM5K), some crazy wacked-out soul (Van Hunt, Andre 3000), two of the best bands utilizing the new wave of new wave sound (Action Action, the Start), crazy pretentious prog rock (sigur ros, dredg, sounds of animals) and a couple treats for my fellow nerds out there (weird al, TMBG, and to a lesser extent Magnetic Fields). Not my most eclectic, but it's still a damn good mix of songs. Except that one Manson song; arguably the worst single he has ever released, and part of the album that ensured that I would never purchase another album by him ever again.
Now, I have a question for all of my two readers. I recently bought the new Interpol album and, along with it, got a certificate for 3 free songs off of iTunes. Only thing is, I have no idea what to get. Any suggestions, given my eclectic musical tastes? I'm listening.
