Best of the Year (in my humble opinion) ALTERNATIVE The Dear Hunter – The Color Spectrum (Progressive Rock/Alternative) Exit Ten – Give Me Infinity (Hard Alternative Rock/Progressive) Foo Fighters – Wasting Light (Hard Alternative Rock/Pop) Jane’s Addiction – the Great Escape Artist (Hard Alternative Rock/Pop) Matthew Good – Lights of Endangered Species (Alternative Rock) The New … Continue reading »
What’s the trouble with the music?
This is in response to a blog post by Dillinger Escape Plan lead singer Greg Puciato, posted on his blog a while back. I’ve been wanting and debating how to respond to this for a while, because I have consumed music obsessively for years. I am a music addict. I understand the trouble illegal downloading … Continue reading »
Bands that are ‘Metal as Fuck’
So I’m listening to Revocation right now and I was like “Holy shit this is fucking metal.” (Made ever more apparent by the fact that I’ve been listening almost exclusively to folk music for the past three weeks.) If anything is ‘Metal as Fuck’ THIS is. Then I was like, “What other bands are ‘Metal … Continue reading »
This blog is hurtin’
I haven’t written anything for like 6 months. This is retarded, alright time to get crackin’.
Favourite Albums of 2010
Birds of Tokyo – Birds of Tokyo The Black Keys – Brothers Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record The Damned Things – Ironiclast Dead Letter Circus – This is the Warning Deftones – Diamond Eyes The Dillinger Escape Plan – Option Paralysis Far – At Night We Live How to Destroy Angels – How … Continue reading »
Quality Heavy Metal in 2010
I have a wide palette of listening when it comes to music, but I definitely have a deep love for Metal. I’d like to take the time to drop a few albums that came out this year that I highly recommend checking out. These may even convert the non-Metal Head into a full blown Metal Enthusiast! Here’s … Continue reading »
The Cove
I’ve been meaning to watch it for months and I finally watched “The Cove” all the way through last night and I was quite taken aback by the issues presented in that documentary. I applaud Ric O’Barry and his team for dedicating their lives to this issue, and it’s something that is consistently buried by … Continue reading »
iamamiwhoami
Every once in a while somebody comes up with a great idea. Good art stands on it’s own, not held up by the stature of it’s creator. Whilst pop stars bank on their appearance and ‘it’ factor to make and sell music, there are those on the opposite end of the spectrum that shine through … Continue reading »
Drunk History – Nikola Tesla
I do enjoy a good history lesson now and again, especially if the person telling the story is pissed drunk! As is the case with the below video. What better way to learn accurate historical information than from a rambling drunkard, here here! Drunk History – Nikola Tesla
Kaki King – Pull Me Out Alive
I just stumbled across this video on Kaki’s Myspace, this was a selection from South by Southwest Film Festival 2009. Great use of stop motion complimenting a great song of Kaki’s. Magnifique!
