Seriously, does every end of the year "Best Albums" list has to have Radiohead's In Rainbows as #1?
The totally innovative, out of this world and brilliant method of distribution * must have blown everyone's mind, and let this overshadows the music. Not that I hated In Rainbows, but I just never find it so excruciatingly amazing. Maybe it was because everyone went on and shouts: "OMG, In Rainbows is totally fucking awesome!" because that sort of stuff tends to annoy me and alienates me. I tried to love In Rainbows and "get it", but I just never did. Sorry. I completely understands that some people truly loves this fucking record, but I just didn't get the big deal about the music**.It's certainly better than a lot of crap that came out this year, but was it really that extraordinary and such a masterpiece? Maybe it was because I'm not sophisticated enough to like +(some) songs that has no hooks and no dynamics. Maybe I'm the only one who thinks that this album was so fucking overrated.
And now every time I read that In Rainbows is #1, I just roll my eyes. And if any Radiohead fans reads this, they probably wants to curse me. Hey, I'll still buy the CD version of In Rainbows and continues to like Radiohead, but shut up about
"In Rainbows is not only the best album of the year, but maybe the decade."
*This statement was totally exaggerated and sarcastic.
** Despite saying this, I will continue listen to "In Rainbows" and try to "get it".
+ This is not to say that all of the songs have no hooks and no dynamics.
Friday, December 28, 2007
RIP Bhutto
When I heard about Bhutto's death last night, I was shocked. Even though I figure that she will be assassinated sooner or later, but it still came as a shock.
I'll admit I'm no expert on the going ons in Pakistan. But somehow, there was some sort of sadness after I heard her death. With her death, Pakistan is going to be even more chaotic and violent,the future of elections will be unclear and whether Musharraf will benefit from this is still hard to say. And Bhutto was a strong woman, and it seemed to me that she was not afraid to die. Maybe my reaction to her death was more of a sympathetic approach than a political one.
As my mother heard about it, she said: "another legend has fallen."
The grim reaper always get someone before the year ends.
I'll admit I'm no expert on the going ons in Pakistan. But somehow, there was some sort of sadness after I heard her death. With her death, Pakistan is going to be even more chaotic and violent,the future of elections will be unclear and whether Musharraf will benefit from this is still hard to say. And Bhutto was a strong woman, and it seemed to me that she was not afraid to die. Maybe my reaction to her death was more of a sympathetic approach than a political one.
As my mother heard about it, she said: "another legend has fallen."
The grim reaper always get someone before the year ends.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
When You're Really Bored (Make Your Own Calendar)
During the Christmas break from school, I basically have nothing to do. As the new year approaches, I became really bored and began to do crazy things. Like making a calendar myself, with album arts that I re-drew as visuals.
I can't quite remember how this idea came to me, it was one of those things that just jumps out. It didn't occur to me there wasn't a lot of great album art that I can draw from. Most of the albums that I own have some really simple and/or abstract art that was not easy to recreate. But I did managed to pick out a few, here is four of them:
The cover from Nine Inch Nails' Year Zero
The reason I drew this was mostly because it's one of the only album cover that has some sort of clear image on it. After I drew it, it looked too plain, and still weird.
And here's my favorite one, the cover of Era Vulgaris by Queens of the Stone Age. It's easy to draw and it's an interesting picture.I guess this was the album cover that gave me the idea of doing a calendar with album arts.
Another one that was great to draw because it's distinguished and interesting was the album cover of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel. I love the drum-faced lady, it's creepy in a good way.
The fourth one is also from In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, this time is the back cover. I'm running out of materials, but it's an awesome picture to draw.
I'll be drawing more, next stop should be some pictures inside the booklet of OK Computer. Yay!
I can't quite remember how this idea came to me, it was one of those things that just jumps out. It didn't occur to me there wasn't a lot of great album art that I can draw from. Most of the albums that I own have some really simple and/or abstract art that was not easy to recreate. But I did managed to pick out a few, here is four of them:
The cover from Nine Inch Nails' Year Zero
The reason I drew this was mostly because it's one of the only album cover that has some sort of clear image on it. After I drew it, it looked too plain, and still weird.
And here's my favorite one, the cover of Era Vulgaris by Queens of the Stone Age. It's easy to draw and it's an interesting picture.I guess this was the album cover that gave me the idea of doing a calendar with album arts.
Another one that was great to draw because it's distinguished and interesting was the album cover of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel. I love the drum-faced lady, it's creepy in a good way.
The fourth one is also from In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, this time is the back cover. I'm running out of materials, but it's an awesome picture to draw.
I'll be drawing more, next stop should be some pictures inside the booklet of OK Computer. Yay!
Monday, December 24, 2007
Merry X-Mas to Me
I don't celebrate Christmas.
I don't get bummed out either, I kind of see it as kind of like a burden being lifted.
Christmas is so commercialized right now, at some points it seemed to me that it wasn't so much about the birth of Christ, but just about getting presents. It seems like it is inevitable that you must buy a ton of presents for everyone in order to celebrate this Holy Birth. What does Santa Clause have to do with baby Jesus anyway?
I see students in school dragging bags of presents for their friends and whatnot,even though a part of me was thinking: "It's kind of awesome that they get all kinds of presents," but ultimately I wasn't jealous. I didn't have to go Christmas shopping, spent time thinking who should get what, contemplating how big a budget I have and how much I have left.
Several years back I brought ton of cards to give to friends, but right now, I gave one physical card to a friend, and just gave e-cards to the rest.The closest thing I had as Christmas shopping was buying three books for free-time reading over the holiday break .To match the holiday spirit, I brought The Road by Cormac McCarthy, a tale about a father and a son making a post-apocalyptic journey South. 1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell, both cannot be categorized as Christmasy.
So because I'm an atheist, I have no Christmas obligations. I guess (a little) money in my pocket is a Christmas gift for me.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Early-Internet Life Crisis
The Internet, a tool and space that is integral part of modern life. A data base so vast and great that it contains unlimited knowledge. A space open for everyone and anyone to share everything and anything. It's great, but with every great thing, there's a downside.
Because people can seal their identities and face, they can take on a alternate personality of sort, and just exploit the potential of being anonymous.Trolls, internet bullies, stalkers, you know it. There are gossip boards and message boards where rumors flies. People can prowl into other people's lives. The net is infested with all sorts of people.
That is why I don't have a MySpace or Facebook, nor do I expose a large portion of my personal life. But once or twice I get fed-up with the Internet, since I prowl the Internet and sees all sorts of things described above. Shoot, I can feel my integrity draining as read some of things on a gossip board. Why do people insist on tearing into the personal lives of celebrities or whatnot, and willingly talk trash and lies about a person if they have only seen their public persona and never know them in person? Why do people attack others relentlessly?
And more importantly, why did I read those things in the first place and be thinking and bothered by them? They weren't talking about me, nor do I have any interest in joining their discussion about whatever-the-fuck. Curiosity kill the cat, and sometimes I got dragged into it.
Sometimes I seriously thought I would be much happier if I don't know half the stuff I know and read.
Because people can seal their identities and face, they can take on a alternate personality of sort, and just exploit the potential of being anonymous.Trolls, internet bullies, stalkers, you know it. There are gossip boards and message boards where rumors flies. People can prowl into other people's lives. The net is infested with all sorts of people.
That is why I don't have a MySpace or Facebook, nor do I expose a large portion of my personal life. But once or twice I get fed-up with the Internet, since I prowl the Internet and sees all sorts of things described above. Shoot, I can feel my integrity draining as read some of things on a gossip board. Why do people insist on tearing into the personal lives of celebrities or whatnot, and willingly talk trash and lies about a person if they have only seen their public persona and never know them in person? Why do people attack others relentlessly?
And more importantly, why did I read those things in the first place and be thinking and bothered by them? They weren't talking about me, nor do I have any interest in joining their discussion about whatever-the-fuck. Curiosity kill the cat, and sometimes I got dragged into it.
Sometimes I seriously thought I would be much happier if I don't know half the stuff I know and read.
Sunday, December 09, 2007
I'm Such A Masochist
I have a habit of reading comments below articles. It's so painful to read yet somehow I can't look away. A few spots that brings out the most entertaining commentators (in no particular order):
Blabbermouth.net
Example:
Well, this is not the worse I've read, but it's the one that I found that qualifies as over-the-top. Then there's one post where someone who posted the same comment like 40 times...But the real haters and crazies come out when a news band that is not "metal".
Youtube.com
Example:
Ramox3 (13 minutes ago) Show Hide Marked as spam
-1 Poor comment Good comment
I don't know what to say. It's easy to find this kind of comments on YouTube. There's more posts that are more maniacal than this, but I'm too lazy to look through the 39,162 comments to find the dumbest comment.
PerezHilton.com
I don't read the site. This is only the third (or something )time I visited the site. I read the comments under this post, as it were linked to a site that I frequent, and was instantly amazed.
Example:
LOL. Then there are a whole fangirl reaction to Reznor being hot. I didn't dare to read the comments under the other posts, but do people on PerezHilton always rave about how a celebrity is hot and how they want to fuck them?
nin.com
Now, I love the blog thing that the site does now, but the comments are scary.
Example
Anonymous said...
What the fuck? Why is the comments to every post have some sort of speculation about Reznor's sexuality? Then there's the people talking about mortgages and how much that want to have sex with Reznor. God. I would not be sad if the comment section on nin.com gets removed.
And ultimately, it's my fault that I read those comments, and spent time talking about them. I still have to do my homework.
Blabbermouth.net
Example:
COMMENT | WOO-HOO GIGANTOUR!!!posted by : MRBIGTIME
12/8/2007 5:16:17 PM
PLEASE,PLEASE LET IT BE TESTAMENT-SLAYER-METALLICA-EXODUS- OVERKILL. \M/ MEGADAVE!!! \M/
Well, this is not the worse I've read, but it's the one that I found that qualifies as over-the-top. Then there's one post where someone who posted the same comment like 40 times...But the real haters and crazies come out when a news band that is not "metal".
Youtube.com
Example:
Ramox3 (13 minutes ago) Show Hide Marked as spam
-1 Poor comment Good comment
(Reply) (Spam)
bad smell is not muslims u dumbass its Indians (some of them) muslims have to wash 5 times a day and are required to shower frequently. Mohamad PBUH said:" Hyegien is part of faith"
I don't know what to say. It's easy to find this kind of comments on YouTube. There's more posts that are more maniacal than this, but I'm too lazy to look through the 39,162 comments to find the dumbest comment.
PerezHilton.com
I don't read the site. This is only the third (or something )time I visited the site. I read the comments under this post, as it were linked to a site that I frequent, and was instantly amazed.
Example:
david-0-selznick says – reply to this
i wonder what his balls smelll like at the moment this pic was taken. I rubb mine at the gym and sniff my hand.
LOL. Then there are a whole fangirl reaction to Reznor being hot. I didn't dare to read the comments under the other posts, but do people on PerezHilton always rave about how a celebrity is hot and how they want to fuck them?
nin.com
Now, I love the blog thing that the site does now, but the comments are scary.
Example
Anonymous said...
ok. I'm going to just say it already. trent, you are coming off gay. are you trying to let us know your gay? or bi? it's ok to be bi or gay. I have bi and gay friends. anyway. first you have that video with the guy drinking from a coffee mug with a nude guy on it and now a pic of a guy siting on your sofa with your dogs. are you going to come out of the closet? I'm sure male and female fans will still like you and nin and buy your music if you admit your bi or gay.
What the fuck? Why is the comments to every post have some sort of speculation about Reznor's sexuality? Then there's the people talking about mortgages and how much that want to have sex with Reznor. God. I would not be sad if the comment section on nin.com gets removed.
And ultimately, it's my fault that I read those comments, and spent time talking about them. I still have to do my homework.
Saturday, December 08, 2007
And There's the Grammys...
This is a bit late, but, I got to say it: The Grammys suck.
It's predictable and totally commercialized. The Grammys does not recognize musical talents but musical commerce. Whatever is on the radio gets nominated. Whoever is the buzz that year gets nominated. Those established Grammy favorites gets nominated every time. I've realized a while ago that the Grammys are irrelevant,it's just a spectacle for the media and give a chance for the labels to pat themselves on the back.
So let see who's nominated:
Amy Winehouse is everywhere this year, so of course she gets 8 nominations. Kanye West won the sale contest with 50 Cents, so he gets nominated. Beyonce, check. Justin Timberlake, check. Fergie, Check. Nickelback, check. Daughtry, check. What you hear on the radio is what you get.
Then there's that awful "Hey There Delilah", and Foo Fighters got some pretty high nominations. I like the Foo Fighters, but "Album of the Year" ? "Best Rock Album"? Foo Fighter's average album is the best, huh? Well, it's better than Daughtry.
Whatever, LOL.
It's predictable and totally commercialized. The Grammys does not recognize musical talents but musical commerce. Whatever is on the radio gets nominated. Whoever is the buzz that year gets nominated. Those established Grammy favorites gets nominated every time. I've realized a while ago that the Grammys are irrelevant,it's just a spectacle for the media and give a chance for the labels to pat themselves on the back.
So let see who's nominated:
Amy Winehouse is everywhere this year, so of course she gets 8 nominations. Kanye West won the sale contest with 50 Cents, so he gets nominated. Beyonce, check. Justin Timberlake, check. Fergie, Check. Nickelback, check. Daughtry, check. What you hear on the radio is what you get.
Then there's that awful "Hey There Delilah", and Foo Fighters got some pretty high nominations. I like the Foo Fighters, but "Album of the Year" ? "Best Rock Album"? Foo Fighter's average album is the best, huh? Well, it's better than Daughtry.
Whatever, LOL.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Gem of the Day: Courtney Love's Blog
When I first came across one of Courtney Love's blog postings (on moonwashrose.com), I was absolutely fascinated by it. Not by how well-written or how it resonates with people, but by how it was so incoherent and how Courtney Love posts about personal things. Her posts were just simply a rant, a long rant filled with grammatically errors and spelling mistakes.
Then I came across her post again today, that post was linked to Sputnik Music, and she talked about Radiohead. While I'm sure she has some very in-depth thoughts on the Radiohead distribution plan, I couldn't understand 1/5 of her post. This is her original post:
Huh? What is she talking about here? I can sort of figure out that she said she appreciates Radiohead doing their "free" download thing, and something about a-sides or b-sides, something about NIN castoffs, and something about money. But other than that, I'm not smart enough to understand her.
And after looking around, I found a generous person translated Courtney Love's post in a language that I (sort of ) understand:
Okay Courtney. And yes, I totally bookmarked your MySpace.
Then I came across her post again today, that post was linked to Sputnik Music, and she talked about Radiohead. While I'm sure she has some very in-depth thoughts on the Radiohead distribution plan, I couldn't understand 1/5 of her post. This is her original post:
Originally Posted by Courtney
as for radiohead= they didcnt jump off a REAL clifff, they bungee jumped you KNOW the kamikaze pilot in me wnats to do the same dfamm thing excapt wuith my a lsit mnaterial, with the real thing- theyve made 9.7 m,illion in 3 weeks this way and its live junk-= not junk as radioheaddoesnt really amke JUNK but its live - most of it heard before( wich youve all heard liveversaionbs of things veryvery different than non live versions of things) i really think it couldf work do all my magazine covers in january - so the lead time in there kamikaze thropugh my junket my oprah my tv **** n the 2 week leaD UP and just jump of f that cliff i love doing things really first im greatful for radiohead for making the first move- id do it differentlyt -= thats why b sides are no longer b sisdes but have to be a sides to an extent-= cos theyre EXTRA TRACKS now wich can mean up to 500k to such and such sponsor coty./my space etc. ... i justthinjk offering about 10 songs but your best for "free" witha what am i worth sign not just NINs cast offs i mean yopur a sides- i don t know im percolating- i love risk and most everything ive ever done well has been because everyone said iw as crazy to do it-= thazts why words liek "risk management" and Rime management:" are4 resonating with me now.
Huh? What is she talking about here? I can sort of figure out that she said she appreciates Radiohead doing their "free" download thing, and something about a-sides or b-sides, something about NIN castoffs, and something about money. But other than that, I'm not smart enough to understand her.
And after looking around, I found a generous person translated Courtney Love's post in a language that I (sort of ) understand:
Originally Posted by Courtney Love Talks Radiohead
As for Radiohead: they didn't jump off a real cliff; they bungee jumped. You know the kamikaze pilot in me wants to do the same damn thing except with my A-list material, with the real thing. They've made 9.7 million in 3 weeks this way, and it's live junk—not junk, as Radiohead doesn't really make junk, but it's live—most of it heard before (which you've all heard live versions of things very, very different than non-live versions of things).
I really think it could work—do all my magazine covers in January so the lead time is there, kamikaze through my junket, my Oprah, my TV shit in the 2 week lead-up and just jump off that cliff. I love doing things really fast, I'm grateful for Radiohead for making the first move—I'd do it differently.
That's why b-sides are no longer b-sides but have to be a-sides to an extent, 'cause they're extra tracks now which can mean up to 500k to such and such sponsor company/MySpace, etc. I just think offering about 10 songs but your best for "free" with a 'what am I worth' sign—not just NIN's castoffs, I mean your a-sides—I don't know, I'm percolating. I love risk, and most everything I've ever done well has been because everyone said I was crazy to do it. That's why words like "risk management" and "time management" are resonating with me now.
Okay Courtney. And yes, I totally bookmarked your MySpace.
Friday, November 16, 2007
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales
Wordsworth, William. 1888. Complete Poetical Works.
http://www2.cs.uregina.ca/~barnard/01coming.html
http://www2.cs.uregina.ca/~barnard/idylls.html
http://www.poetry-portal.com/styles9.html
Wordsworth, William. 1888. Complete Poetical Works.
http://www2.cs.uregina.ca/~barnard/01coming.html
http://www2.cs.uregina.ca/~barnard/idylls.html
http://www.poetry-portal.com/styles9.html
Saturday, November 10, 2007
RIP Demonoid
"The CRIA threatened the company renting the servers to us, and because of this it is not possible to keep the site online. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your understanding.
---From Demonoid.com
First Oink, then Demonoid. Wow.
I was never an Oink user, but I do understand the site's importance to some people. I'm also not a Demonoid member (though I did used it before), but this is too much.
The music industry's woes will not be solved by forcefully closing down torrent and file sharing sites. If you want people to buy music, lower the fucking price of the CD! Stop blaming the music piracy and think about what you did wrong, and try to find a way to embrace the Internet instead of oppressing it. The more you push it down, the harder people will rebel.
---From Demonoid.com
First Oink, then Demonoid. Wow.
I was never an Oink user, but I do understand the site's importance to some people. I'm also not a Demonoid member (though I did used it before), but this is too much.
The music industry's woes will not be solved by forcefully closing down torrent and file sharing sites. If you want people to buy music, lower the fucking price of the CD! Stop blaming the music piracy and think about what you did wrong, and try to find a way to embrace the Internet instead of oppressing it. The more you push it down, the harder people will rebel.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
Yay, Another Way of Selling Music
The distribution method of Saul William's new album, "The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggytardust!" is what I think is the best reaction of the post- In Rainbows "experiement" . Even if it's just merely a few weeks after the news that Radiohead released that shockwaved the whole industry.
It's an improvement on the In Rainbows way of paying your money, with a set price of $5.00 or choose to pay nothing. Also, you can choose 192kbps, 320kbps, or Flac files ( better quality than In-Rainbows)if you choose to pay $5.00. If you choose not to pay, fret not, you still get 192kbps. Sweet.
And, it includes artwork and lyrics. Yay, now I know what the hell they're talking about.
Now I paid my $5.00, mostly for the cause of it. Besides, Trent Reznor produced it, so it should be interesting. It should also be mentioned that Reznor himself said he would like the same method of distribution in interviews couple months back, so I guess NIN will possibly employ the same method for the future. And yes, NIN should put a physical thing out too if they use this method mentioned above, as long as they don't cost $80.00 like In Rainbows.
Also, I heard "Break" off of Niggy Tardust, and I was pleasantly surprised. It was rich and complex, has texture and depth. Much better than comtemporary hip-hop.
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Trent Reznor is Happy
It's not ending yet. So...
OMG! NIN is now independent! Like Trent can do whatever he wants now! He's not on Universal or Interscope anymore!
Yes, Mr.Reznor says goodbye to his record label, finally. After his anger and dissatisfactions directed toward his label, it's good to hear that he get to do whatever he wants. He's been saying that he's eager to get off of the label since March (or at least that's the first time I really heard about it, not counting the time he was with battle with TVT).
Here's the whole statement from www.nin.com :
08 October 2007: Big News
Hello everyone. I've waited a LONG time to be able to make the
following announcement: as of right now Nine Inch Nails is a totally
free agent, free of any recording contract with any label. I have
been under recording contracts for 18 years and have watched the
business radically mutate from one thing to something inherently very
different and it gives me great pleasure to be able to finally have a
direct relationship with the audience as I see fit and appropriate.
Look for some announcements in the near future regarding 2008.
Exciting times, indeed.
posted by Trent Reznor at 10:45 AM. 1203 Comments
So yeah, it would be interesting to see where he goes from there. I have a faint idea of what he's going to do (but what do I know?), I think he's going to distribute his music directly from his site (or some site), have some sort of cheap price, and people get their music directly from him. At least that's what I think he's going to do, according to things he said interviews.
And he's planning it for a while now, I can tell.
I was surprised that he announced so suddenly, I expected it to be later. But, sooner the better. Established acts should be leading the way. While this will not trigger evolution or anything, this can be a catalyst of change to come.
Monday, October 08, 2007
Radioheads are Smart Businessmen
OMG! They put the new Radiohead album on the net! For free! For download!
I pre-ordered Radiohead's new album "In Rainbows" (got to say that's a bad title, in my opinion) last night. I just have to be part of this most groundbreaking, innovative, and futuristic musical distribution event ever in the history of the Internet and download music! Plus, I like Radiohead.
I've got to admit, I do think that this method of distribution is quite clever, giving it the appearance that they're giving the album to the people for free, thus gaining them more reputation among the Internet-oriented music fans. I've also got to say that they're the first major act to openly use this method, and thinking about a solution for the selling of music in the collapsing industry. In the way, they're thinking about the future, and giving other artists the result of their "experiment" and let the others further develop a way to distribute their own music.
But really, the album is not free.
First, it's released also as a super deluxe version that costs like $40 in US dollars (or something). Second, they asked for "donations"! I would think when most of the people pre-ordering the album on downloads would feel guilty not giving them a bit of money (I gave them 2.00 in Euro, since I'm poor and charging the credit card of my father). And I assume, people who order that album are at least have some interests in Radiohead, making them more vulnerable to the "donation" tactic. And hard-core Radiohead fans? They're throwing their money in there.
Of course, you can put 0.00 in that donation box, and I don't really think that will be a large fraction. The album can be free, but really, it's not free.
Of course, there's people saying that "I'm going to pay nothing, then I'm not even going to listen to it". Ha ha.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a Funny Guy
By now we all know the hilarious Q&A that happened in Columbia University with Ahmadinejad. You gotta love this guy for bring the laughs and bring down the tension with saying "In Iran we don't have homosexuality like in your country." Yes, there's laughter when he said it, and I laughed hard too.
Then there's the doubts about the Holocaust, then saying
We are friends of the Jews. There are many Jews living peacefully in Iran.” .
Of course he came off as ridiculous in the eyes of Americans, he's completely at odds with what Americans (and most people)believe in. Raging against facts and making up excuses along the way. He very negative coverages in here and basically everywhere else, and he is a nut. And the fact that he doubts the 9/11 being attacked by terrorists, Americans are going to go nuts.
And people knew that he's nuts and going to say stupid things, that's why they got him to Columbia University, right?
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Translation
"Nine Inch Nails is founded in 1989, there is only one permanent member in the band, that is its founder and brain trust Trent Reznor, he played almost all the creative, playing and production roles , the other members are just studio hands or players.
Nine Inch Nails’ style is part of the heavy music, but Reznor fits the pop sensibility perfectly into Nine Inch Nails’ unique style. NIN’s music is not just fill with artistic expression, it also created some memorable melodies. But Reznor’s songs is moving yet not stale at all, it also won the liking of the alternative and hard core rock fan base, and it pushed industrial into popularity.
Michael Trent Reznor was born in Pennsylvania’s Mercer. He started to learn piano when he was five, the same year that his parent divorced, he was raised by his grandparents. Then, eh learned saxophone and the tuba. Then he attended the Allegheny College for computer engineering, then he graduated (note: that a mistake) and moved to Cleveland. In 1989, he founded NIN, early on, he began to search for dance music, at the same time he absorbed the industrial and electronic style.
NIN’s debut alum was “Industrial Nation” (note: okay…), and won them the spot opening for Skinny Puppy, Jesus and Mary Chain, and Peter Murphy. But the album that brought NIN success was their 1990 album (note: What?) “Pretty Hate Machine” and in it was the popular song “Head Like A Hole”. This album included heavy metal’s brutality, pop song’s structure, industrial music’s volume and rich dance beats, it was on the chart or more than two years.
In 1991, NIN participated in the famous Lollapalooza music festival, and became the selling champion of T shirts. But the band’s dispute with its label delayed the second album’s release. Then Reznor founded his own label “Nothing”, and signed new bands in 1992, including Pop Will Eat Itself, Prick and the famous Marilyn Manson. The same fall, the band released “Broken”, and the record debuted on #10, its song “Wish” won a grammy for Best Metal Performance.
In the spring of 1994, NIN release their sophomore album (The Downward Spiral”, it labeled the jump to popularity for the band. Reznor also recorded with the famous singer Tori Amos in the album “Pass the Mission” (note: isn’t that a song?). TDS was advertised as a “concept album” and displayed Reznor’s inspiration of the record---70s rock and roll, in it was former King Crimson guitarist Adrian Belew. This record debuted at #2 on the chart, and Reznor appeared on the cover of “Rolling Stone”, and became Playboy’s (note: Playgirl!) “ten sexiest rock star”. The band was on the 1994 Woodstock. All of this was great for all those who sang along to “I focus on the pain, the only thing that’s real”. “Even though now we’re popular, and filled the mainstream media’s channel” Reznor said, “But I felt that I’m walking on my own path>”
After the TDS, Reznor created the creative soundtrack for Oliver Stone’s controversial movie “Natural Born Killers”, the movie dialogue and the songs (including SICNH and Burn) fits together perfectly.
In 1995, NIN release their remix album “Further Down the Spiral”, and toured with their idol David Bowie. In 1996, the song “Happiness in Slavery” (The Woodstock live version) won the grammy for the best metal performance. The end of 1996, he was preparing for the new album, and wrote 3 new songs for David Lynch’s “Lost Highway”. Reznor and Lynch appeared on the 1997 Feburary edition of Rolling Stone.
In 1997 NIN release the double album “The Fragile”. Without exaggeration, “PHM” (1989), TDS (1994) and TF (1999), these NIN’s classic catalogue chronicled Reznor’s peak, and we witnessed how NIN pushed industrial music into the popularity, and became one of the rock movement in the 90s alternative scene.
In 2005 the band release their fourth album “With Teeth”, this album debuted on #1 on Billboard. Then after only after one year (note: two years), NIN released the new album “Year Zero”, and changed their habit of long gap between releases. Not only Rolling Stone gave it a four star review, AMG music gave it four and a half stars, and gave it the words “very amazing, moving the listener’s mood, and it cannot be missed”. And, Year Zero debuted on top of England’s rock chart, and the single “Survivalism” was #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock charts.
Now at its 18th year, NIN received two grammys, and was named “Greatest 90s band” by the internationally famous magazines like “Rolling Stone”, “Spin”, and “Q”, its platinum album (note: they’re talking about TDS) was also named “90s best rock album” and “200 most important album of the 20th century”. Their music influenced so many famous rock bands and rock innovators.
Discography. "
There's some mistake on there, and I noted it in parentheses.
"Trent wrote to the Chinese fans:
I want to thank the Chinese Nine Inch Nails fans. We felt very excited and honored about this trip to China. Because we want you to further understand our band, we prepared the following information about our band.
Nine Inch Nails is looking forward to the music festival.
In this period, following the fans who decided to go online and “steal” music and not go buy a CD, the Western music industry is experiencing a rough time. These fans, because of whatever reason, felt that this was reasonable, and I’m not completely oppose to their thinking.
Because of China’s special situation, it’s not an easy task to obtain Western music by official means, so I’ll suggest to my fans the following: if you can buy a official release of our album, I appreciate your support. If you can’t buy it, I think that illegal downloading from the web is desirable way to get it. Our music is very easy to get on the web, and you can find most of our music easily. If you like what you heard, please share it with your friend. I’ve put all my effort into my music, so I truly hope I can let more people share it.
Trent Reznor"
Didn't translate the blip about Year Zero because I didn't see it at the first place, and upon reading it, it's exaggerating and have some mistake on it. Also, I have enough translating already.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Photos Blah
Since we brought a digital camera, I have been taking photos everywhere. These photos were taken outside of my home, and I'll just put it here to let loose a copy of it on the web, just in case I go nuts one day and delete it all, and I'll still be able to find a copy on the site.
Arms Raised
The Mystic Channel
Looks Like a Cigar
Arms Raised
The Mystic Channel
Looks Like a Cigar
Sunday, August 19, 2007
What I Learned While Having A Summer Job
The planets aligned, the stars lined up, and I finally got a job this summer at the beginning of July. Yes, it’s over now, and I got my money, I got my experience, I got realism.
I got a job at my Housing Projects’ office (that’s right, I live in the ghetto, the ‘hood), and my boss was a social worker. People often come to her, and she knew who was on heroin and who was in jail. There’s more messed-up people in my area than I thought I knew.
From her, I knew a lot more tragedies and screw up kids on the block, she even pointed out the drug dealers to me, just across the street.
I met a bunch of kids that was pretty wild. You know, even if they’re loud-mouthed and belligerent, there was intelligence and care in them.
One of the little girl had a BIG attitude, and she was like ten. She had a MySpace and pretended she was fourteen (seems like all of them have a fascination with MySpace), and she had a big family and her siblings aren’t that close, I’d guess. Another little girl’s mother was a heroin addict who was pregnant, and considering giving the baby once he was born. A boy’s father was in jail, and he was screwing his girlfriend while humping another. Jeez.
I wonder if some of these kids are going to repeat the fate of their parents, and become heroin addicts and whatnots. Does family and childhood life make them want to turn away to an alternate path, or does it twist them into an inevitable fate like their parents?
I hope it’s not the latter. But I guess there’s more of the latter than not.
I got a job at my Housing Projects’ office (that’s right, I live in the ghetto, the ‘hood), and my boss was a social worker. People often come to her, and she knew who was on heroin and who was in jail. There’s more messed-up people in my area than I thought I knew.
From her, I knew a lot more tragedies and screw up kids on the block, she even pointed out the drug dealers to me, just across the street.
I met a bunch of kids that was pretty wild. You know, even if they’re loud-mouthed and belligerent, there was intelligence and care in them.
One of the little girl had a BIG attitude, and she was like ten. She had a MySpace and pretended she was fourteen (seems like all of them have a fascination with MySpace), and she had a big family and her siblings aren’t that close, I’d guess. Another little girl’s mother was a heroin addict who was pregnant, and considering giving the baby once he was born. A boy’s father was in jail, and he was screwing his girlfriend while humping another. Jeez.
I wonder if some of these kids are going to repeat the fate of their parents, and become heroin addicts and whatnots. Does family and childhood life make them want to turn away to an alternate path, or does it twist them into an inevitable fate like their parents?
I hope it’s not the latter. But I guess there’s more of the latter than not.
Retrospective: The One Year Anniversary of Cryptic Experiment
Okay, stop patting yourself on the back.
See, it’s not really the One Year Anniversary now, since I believe this thing started on August thirteenth, two thousand and six, so I guess I’m a bit late.
Time seemed to pass by fast, it seemed not so long ago that I went nuts and thought having a blog was a good idea. And this little blog does provides me a place to rant on this vast space we call the Internet. Even if no one reads it, I know I can look back one day and read Cryptic Experiment’s archive and think: “What the fuck was I thinking?”
Yep, it’s gonna be one of those things.
See, it’s not really the One Year Anniversary now, since I believe this thing started on August thirteenth, two thousand and six, so I guess I’m a bit late.
Time seemed to pass by fast, it seemed not so long ago that I went nuts and thought having a blog was a good idea. And this little blog does provides me a place to rant on this vast space we call the Internet. Even if no one reads it, I know I can look back one day and read Cryptic Experiment’s archive and think: “What the fuck was I thinking?”
Yep, it’s gonna be one of those things.
Friday, August 17, 2007
Something That Can Make Me Cringe
In a desperate attempt to find something to read, I stumbled upon real-person fiction. Actually, I was reading the Nine Inch Nails' Encyclopedia Dramatica entry, and I followed the link to a fanfiction. And hola.
Actually, what really made me cringe about that fiction was that it was a slash fiction. You know, with two guys doing it (or something, I didn't really read the Wikipedia entry on that). Without going into details, that fiction was about Trent Reznor and Christian Bale.
While I admit that the writership was rather good, the plot itself was...I don't know, I was cringing while reading it.
I have no problem with homosexuality, but what I don't quite get was why some people fancy about gay sex so much. Is it more exciting? Is it because it's more stimulating? And especially with real person fiction, it gets a bit invasive. I wonder what the celebrities think about it when they read a story about them fucking so-and-so.
Anyway, I went on an extented research on these real person fiction area just to see what's there, I found that there is a lot of them on Livejournal, there's a few sites that specializes in My Chemical Romance slash , (which I thought sadistically was a good thing). There's a few sites that's for band fictions (type that in Google), all of which I believe is mostly slash.
There's a lot of people that enjoy slash, I guess. But to me, it gets creepy afterwards.
Actually, what really made me cringe about that fiction was that it was a slash fiction. You know, with two guys doing it (or something, I didn't really read the Wikipedia entry on that). Without going into details, that fiction was about Trent Reznor and Christian Bale.
While I admit that the writership was rather good, the plot itself was...I don't know, I was cringing while reading it.
I have no problem with homosexuality, but what I don't quite get was why some people fancy about gay sex so much. Is it more exciting? Is it because it's more stimulating? And especially with real person fiction, it gets a bit invasive. I wonder what the celebrities think about it when they read a story about them fucking so-and-so.
Anyway, I went on an extented research on these real person fiction area just to see what's there, I found that there is a lot of them on Livejournal, there's a few sites that specializes in My Chemical Romance slash , (which I thought sadistically was a good thing). There's a few sites that's for band fictions (type that in Google), all of which I believe is mostly slash.
There's a lot of people that enjoy slash, I guess. But to me, it gets creepy afterwards.
Friday, August 03, 2007
Quote of the Day
"Diplomacy is the ability to tell a person to go to hell in sucha way that he actually looks forward to the trip."
---From watching "Secret of the Kremlin" on Discovery Times
---From watching "Secret of the Kremlin" on Discovery Times
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Harry Potter is Going to Die!
No, I'm not sure if Harry Potter is going to die or not, but I think so.
To be honest, I don't really care if Potter is going to die or not, the most important thing that I wanted to find out is whether Snape is on Voldemort's side or Dumbledore's side.
I was an avid fan of the series, but as I get older, I got a bit apathetic. I can't really remember what happened in the fifth and sixth book, except a general blurred outline of the big things that happened and who died.I did remember just flipping through the pages of the last two books and read the death scenes, and upon reminder, I also remembered that there was A LOT of teenage angst in the fifth book, and it was kind of annoying.
Anyway, I have never loved Harry Potter the character. He was always a bit too nosy, too rash, too hotheaded. Not my type of guy. In fact, my favorite character is Severus Snape, the sarcastic and complex potion master. I always have a thing for anti-heroes, characters that are dark and quiet, yet there's more to them than just being the typically "bad". Byronic heroes, that's the type of character that I like.
When I heard that two important characters is going to die in the Deathly Hollows, my first instinct was that it's going to be Harry Potter and Snape. You know, Harry suffers an injury fighting Voldemort, and the last minute Snape comes in and tries to help Harry and he dies saving Harry. Then Harry kills Voldemort and dies a heroic death killing Voldemort.
But, I don't think it's going to be this simple and easy. I was constantly surprised when I was reading the books, so I believe that I will be surprised in this one too. There's already a few "endings" that leaked online (which I never bothered to search for),and I'm sure that people are going to go nuts and wait in front of the bookstore and dress in Gryffindor attire and scream for the new book. Hey, this book mesmerized millions.
Oh well, I'll buy the book on the first day that it comes out, but I'm sure as hell not going to wait in line and dress in costumes. If it's all sold out, I'm just going to get one off Amazon.com.
Sunday, July 08, 2007
RANDOM RAMBLINGS TO FILL THE SPACE
But perhaps these passions fill a void. Now that I’m in the “apathetic phrase” and have no commitments (as of today), I do fill a certain empty spot. At times. And now that I think about it, I didn’t really ponder on life like I use to anymore, I didn’t think about the “meaning of life”, religion, purpose of life or whatnot like I used to . Did I found answers to these, or am I just being apathetic?
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Things I Learned From Reading Fanfictions
I found myself reading fanfictions. Again.
From time to time, through my endless "stumbling into stuff", I would find that my interest peaks at some particular subject, be it books, movies, whatever. Sometimes that interest will lead me to read fanfictions (no, I DO NOT write them, as a personal rule, becuase I'm weird about it).
Perhaps it was me just me wanting to know the characters in interest to a greater extend, perhaps it was me trying to envision the characters in a different setting with the help of the stories, perhaps it was pure entertainment, perhaps I'm just weird.
Anywhoo, I do gathered some stuff from reading those wonderful fanfictions:
1. Like all things, there's some very good, some are very bad. (Duh)
2.Some authors have no idea a what a "paragraph" is.
3.People often times pick shitty songs for songfics...Like the ones using Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend"...oh well, what do I know?
4.Lots of people cannot correctly use :"to", "too", "then", "than"
5.People really do like their characters to be gay, do they?
6.Rated M fictions makes me twitch at times, now I just gave up on them.
7.Usually those with a lot of reviews is a good indication that that story is good.
8.Almost all stories of the same genre have the same plot, just with different characters and different settings.
9.I like ambiguous characters, the bad guys that are actually good.
10. I found that I have no desire to write a fanfiction. I would rather just read them.
On a side note, my email inbox is now full of spam. Damn it.
From time to time, through my endless "stumbling into stuff", I would find that my interest peaks at some particular subject, be it books, movies, whatever. Sometimes that interest will lead me to read fanfictions (no, I DO NOT write them, as a personal rule, becuase I'm weird about it).
Perhaps it was me just me wanting to know the characters in interest to a greater extend, perhaps it was me trying to envision the characters in a different setting with the help of the stories, perhaps it was pure entertainment, perhaps I'm just weird.
Anywhoo, I do gathered some stuff from reading those wonderful fanfictions:
1. Like all things, there's some very good, some are very bad. (Duh)
2.Some authors have no idea a what a "paragraph" is.
3.People often times pick shitty songs for songfics...Like the ones using Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend"...oh well, what do I know?
4.Lots of people cannot correctly use :"to", "too", "then", "than"
5.People really do like their characters to be gay, do they?
6.Rated M fictions makes me twitch at times, now I just gave up on them.
7.Usually those with a lot of reviews is a good indication that that story is good.
8.Almost all stories of the same genre have the same plot, just with different characters and different settings.
9.I like ambiguous characters, the bad guys that are actually good.
10. I found that I have no desire to write a fanfiction. I would rather just read them.
On a side note, my email inbox is now full of spam. Damn it.
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Various News Roundup
Marilyn Manson is Angry
Marilyn Manson said that Gerard Way is ripping off his style. Okay Manson, when are you going to apologize to David Bowie and Alice Cooper then? I don't like My Chemical Romance either, but this just makes me dislike Manson more, what a way of the pot calling the kettle black. I can rant on and on about Manson's attempt at grabbing attention (dating a 19 year old (now 20) and his publicized divorce). But whatever.
Paris Hilton Goes Back to Jail
Most of the time I like playing devil's avocate, but this time, I'm happy about this news item like everyone else. I was quite angry when I heard about her getting out of jail just after 3 days, and that proves that money can get you out of anything. I was pissed. But now she have to serve her full sentence, so suck it Paris.
Here's some real news:
Global Warming at G8 Summit
It's a good thing that the leaders finally address this issue and actually attempt to do something about it. It's a step, and we may take a long time to be able to walk, but it's a step.
In other stuff:
I just saw the Pride Parade, lots of drag queens, biker chicks, half-naked dudes, and a bunch of bears. Good times. I saw couples that were together for many years and were just recently married, it's quite heart-warming. Now the bible thumpers wanted to put an option of banning gay marriage on the ballot in 2008, and if it does, I don't think there's enough people that will vote "no" on banning. There's lot more conservatives in America than you think, and they're the powerful ones.
Marilyn Manson said that Gerard Way is ripping off his style. Okay Manson, when are you going to apologize to David Bowie and Alice Cooper then? I don't like My Chemical Romance either, but this just makes me dislike Manson more, what a way of the pot calling the kettle black. I can rant on and on about Manson's attempt at grabbing attention (dating a 19 year old (now 20) and his publicized divorce). But whatever.
Paris Hilton Goes Back to Jail
Most of the time I like playing devil's avocate, but this time, I'm happy about this news item like everyone else. I was quite angry when I heard about her getting out of jail just after 3 days, and that proves that money can get you out of anything. I was pissed. But now she have to serve her full sentence, so suck it Paris.
Here's some real news:
Global Warming at G8 Summit
It's a good thing that the leaders finally address this issue and actually attempt to do something about it. It's a step, and we may take a long time to be able to walk, but it's a step.
In other stuff:
I just saw the Pride Parade, lots of drag queens, biker chicks, half-naked dudes, and a bunch of bears. Good times. I saw couples that were together for many years and were just recently married, it's quite heart-warming. Now the bible thumpers wanted to put an option of banning gay marriage on the ballot in 2008, and if it does, I don't think there's enough people that will vote "no" on banning. There's lot more conservatives in America than you think, and they're the powerful ones.
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Finals, Music Chart, and Summer Reading!
It’s been busy as hell in school, with all the final testing coming at you at once. But you got to take it as it is. We just got through the biology final, which was okay, and I'm pretty sure I fucked up on at least serveral questions. Then next week is the English, then next next week is algebra, Latin, and whatever else, woot!
Anyway, with all of this whirlwind, I still managed to find some time to keep an eye on the music chart. I’m always baffled at what’s on top of the charts, I don’t even know why I care anymore. I don’t know if people really want to be force-fed Daughtry and Nickelback, or that they really believe that the album deserves their buying. Ahhhhhh, who am I to judge?
Commercial success is not about quality, it’s about status and promotion.
As the summer approaches, so is all sorts of exciting summer activities. And because the school hates its students, we have summer reading to do. And seriously, most of the students are just going to read it the two weeks before school starts, and write some half-assed report on it. At least this year’s format is more interesting, and breaks away from the “summary-character-comments” format. “original writing” of the students, as they put it.
God, I hope it’s going to rain.
Anyway, with all of this whirlwind, I still managed to find some time to keep an eye on the music chart. I’m always baffled at what’s on top of the charts, I don’t even know why I care anymore. I don’t know if people really want to be force-fed Daughtry and Nickelback, or that they really believe that the album deserves their buying. Ahhhhhh, who am I to judge?
Commercial success is not about quality, it’s about status and promotion.
As the summer approaches, so is all sorts of exciting summer activities. And because the school hates its students, we have summer reading to do. And seriously, most of the students are just going to read it the two weeks before school starts, and write some half-assed report on it. At least this year’s format is more interesting, and breaks away from the “summary-character-comments” format. “original writing” of the students, as they put it.
God, I hope it’s going to rain.
Friday, May 11, 2007
Collective Thoughts
www.myxertones.com is awesome.
Now that the school year is almost over, all the final tests are coming in. YEE-HAW.
Now that the school year is almost over, all the final tests are coming in. YEE-HAW.
Saturday, April 21, 2007
A Call From the Grave of Cho Seung Hui
Many are disgusted by the footage of Cho that NBC played. I wasn’t disgusted, but certainly disturbed. I’m sure the footage is on YouTube somewhere right now, but I didn’t bother to look.
Cho’s call from the grave is now going to live a everlasting life (or until the Internet disappears, or until human extinction). This is a call for attention, and NBC granted him that. Is it “clues to the reason of the killing” or a bad step that only fulfills the killer’s goal? Both, I would say, but more of the latter.
The only thing that we got from (or at least me) the video is that Cho is angry. Angry at the world, angry at society, but angry at no one at particular. What triggers this? Is it society’s mistreatment (and what exactly is that?) or his brain chemical imbalance?
I wonder how many people share the same feeling of mistreatment like him.
And switching gears, will this have a negative effect on Asians? I’m Chinese myself, and I just have to wonder. But I haven’t heard anything yet, but again, I didn’t bother to look.
Cho’s call from the grave is now going to live a everlasting life (or until the Internet disappears, or until human extinction). This is a call for attention, and NBC granted him that. Is it “clues to the reason of the killing” or a bad step that only fulfills the killer’s goal? Both, I would say, but more of the latter.
The only thing that we got from (or at least me) the video is that Cho is angry. Angry at the world, angry at society, but angry at no one at particular. What triggers this? Is it society’s mistreatment (and what exactly is that?) or his brain chemical imbalance?
I wonder how many people share the same feeling of mistreatment like him.
And switching gears, will this have a negative effect on Asians? I’m Chinese myself, and I just have to wonder. But I haven’t heard anything yet, but again, I didn’t bother to look.
Rant of the Day: Hipsters and Metal Heads
You know what irritates me?
Indie-pseudo-intellectual-holier-than-thou-hipsters. Stop fucking talking about Of Montreal, Arcade Fire, or whatever band you read on Pitchfork.
Once the band sells more than 500,000 they’re going to piss all over the bands that they praised to high heaven. Talk about flip-flopping and narrow minded.
Same goes to I-just-like-guitars-and fuck-electronics-metal heads. Stop talking about how a band “isn’t metal enough”, or how a band doesn’t scream enough.
Once a band put out a record that isn’t as “heavy”, they’re going to spit all over the band and call them “gay”. Talk about meat-headed and closed-minded.
Of course, all of this yapping from me isn’t going to help. And what demographic do I belong to? I don’t even want to know.
P.S. Who the hell is buying the new Lavigne disc? Wait, I had her last two albums, things you do when you’re younger…Now I’m a flip-flopper.
Indie-pseudo-intellectual-holier-than-thou-hipsters. Stop fucking talking about Of Montreal, Arcade Fire, or whatever band you read on Pitchfork.
Once the band sells more than 500,000 they’re going to piss all over the bands that they praised to high heaven. Talk about flip-flopping and narrow minded.
Same goes to I-just-like-guitars-and fuck-electronics-metal heads. Stop talking about how a band “isn’t metal enough”, or how a band doesn’t scream enough.
Once a band put out a record that isn’t as “heavy”, they’re going to spit all over the band and call them “gay”. Talk about meat-headed and closed-minded.
Of course, all of this yapping from me isn’t going to help. And what demographic do I belong to? I don’t even want to know.
P.S. Who the hell is buying the new Lavigne disc? Wait, I had her last two albums, things you do when you’re younger…Now I’m a flip-flopper.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Mass Suckers
It is just another sad thing that I see.
People at the end of the day just want something that’s easier, something that won’t challenge them. They want fucking packaged pop, escapist but not thinkers.
This week there is two major releases---Nine Inch Nails’ Year Zero and Avril Lavigne’s The Best Damn Thing. One is a dense concept album with a challenging theme and sound, one is an album with pop songs designed for Top 40. Which one do you think is going to sell more? Lavigne, of course.
According Hits Daily Double, it looks like Avril Lavigne is expected to debut #1 with about 250k in sales, while NIN should be right behind her with about 200k in sales. While the margin is not big, I was a bit sadden by it.
PEOPLE JUST FUCKING WANT DISPOSABLE POP.
Yes, NIN has Internet buzz with the ARG campign, has mostly positive and some very positive reviews, (yes, the album is great). But it touches darker subjects---mass sedation, a controlling government, rebellion, a giant hand of god---stuff that makes for good science fiction. Set in place 15 years from now, it represents a bleak future, and perhaps something that the mass does not want to think about. Hey, there are still a lot of people who still won’t believe that global warming is upon us.
Lavigne, on the other hand, has something better (in terms of sale)---she has Top 40 radio play, a bunch of TV appearances (how punk is that?) and a mass-circulated video. She got mostly average to negative to reviews, but does it mean anything? Nickelback sold a ton.
I guess that’s why most of the time discs that ends up in “Best of the Year” list is usually things that wasn’t a mass –commercial success (again, mostly), because to achieve critical success, it has to be challenging, daring, interesting, and audacious. The average mass is not going for that, they just want something normal, something peaceful and something ordinary.
And who am I to judge?
I don’t even know why I should care anymore.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
The Definitive 200
The Definitive 200 is the list that the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame came up with for music lovers, or something. Not surprisingly enough, the list is consists of albums that sold a ton with some artists of minimum talent (though perspective may vary). And of course, The Beatles is #1.
I printed out the list to see how many album I own on the list, for a minute I thought I own none of it, but it turns out I own 10 out of 200 albums that’s on the list. Including:
The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem
Speakerboxx/The Love Below by Outkast
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ by 50 Cent
American Idiot by Green Day
Eminem Show by Eminem
Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park
OK Computer by Radiohead
Diary of Alicia Keys by Alicia Keys
The Black Albumby Jay-Z
Dangerously In Love by Beyonce
7 out the 10 album are hip-hop and R&B, so does it mean that I own more classic hip-hop and R&B album than classic rock albums? And the funny thing is, only about 21% of the albums that I brought are actually hip-hop and R&B. So this means that I only buy mainstream, top-selling hip-hop album? I guess.
God, I knew I should have brought Nevermind and Ten.
I printed out the list to see how many album I own on the list, for a minute I thought I own none of it, but it turns out I own 10 out of 200 albums that’s on the list. Including:
7 out the 10 album are hip-hop and R&B, so does it mean that I own more classic hip-hop and R&B album than classic rock albums? And the funny thing is, only about 21% of the albums that I brought are actually hip-hop and R&B. So this means that I only buy mainstream, top-selling hip-hop album? I guess.
God, I knew I should have brought Nevermind and Ten.
Weekend Playlist
Wolf Like Me
By TV On the Radio
From Return to the Cookie Mountain
Fuzzy guitars mix with blaring bass, with dreamy backing vocals on the background. Can’t help but sing along to it.
Ruby
By The Kaiser Chiefs
From Yours Truly, Angry Mob
It’s all in the chorus. In fact, their new album (which Ruby is on) Yours Truly, Angry Mob is full of delightful big choruses.
In This Twilight
By Nine Inch Nails
From Year Zero
With a crackly noise that recalls a rusting machinery, this song has a extremely melodic chorus that showcased Reznor’s singing ability. The crooning makes a great morning listening when riding on the bus and the sun is rising (ironic), or setting (as the title say).
Living For the Weekend
By Hard-Fi
From Stars of CCTV
An electric lead from the song goes permeating into a working class anthem---shitty job, long hours, and the celebration of the weekend. From the debut album Stars of CCTV, this certainly match loads of people’s mind.
True Mathematics
By Ladytron
From Light and Magic
The throbbing bass goes together with the slashing drums to create a dance track that hard-hitting. Points added to the weird vocals in a foreign language that’s probably made up.
Years later if I read this, I’ll know what I was listening to. Isn’t this what a blog is about?
PS. Writing about music is like dancing about architecture, and I sound a pretentious music critic.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Sideline Commentary
I am a big Internet person; there is an unlimited amount of information and entertainment. Almost every bit of information that you need and want is within your fingertips, and you can watch some obscure 80s television ads on YouTube (no, I didn’t watch them).
Aside from researching information about otters for biology class, forcing myself to watch that horrible video(and song) “Girlfriend” by Avril Lavigne (that’s got to be a song written for 13 year olds, and I only watched it after hearing some mumbling about it), and reading some weird blogs, an integral part of my venture is reading comments that people leave at various sites (this includes message boards to blogs).
One thing that’s great (or sometimes bad) about the Internet is that it brings out all kinds of people from all kinds of places. This is the clash o cultures, personalities, tastes, and views. Take a Rolling Stone article for example, whenever there’s a post about a modern star of choice, the commentaries below the article will bring out the best and the worst of everyone. This is actually the most entertaining and most frustrating part, you usually get a few laughs out of it, and there’s bound to be comments that make you want to spit at the person who wrote it. Take the above Avril Lavigne “Girlfriend” video on YouTube, there’s tons of comments on that thing. It ranges from “elle est troooo belle et jkiff tro sa chanson “, to “I <3 THIS VIDEO!!! IT ROCKS!!!!” to “that was the stupidest thing i have ever seen i thought the bitch was annoying before but now its just sad n the rest of you idiots who think avril is so punk you need to be shot in the face” and these are just a few of them.
Yes, I actually spent more time reading those than watching the video. There were a lot of times when I questioned my sanity after I found myself reading the comments time after time. I had nodded my head to plenty of them, yet more often than not I found myself frowning, or worse, being upset by it. There was always a sick feeling after some guy insulted your favorite band/singer/book/whatever.
But there’s a lesson that’s hidden in these brilliant, infantile, thorough, incoherent ramblings: no matter how great something is, there will be its haters, and no matter how atrocious something is, there will be its lovers. And more importantly, it’s hard, borderline impossible to change the views of some people.
I figured this out a few years ago when I was younger, and I sometimes have to constantly remind myself of this:
Your opinion sucks, and so does mine.
We all have our own opinions and views, and we need a venue of venting somewhere, and what’s better than the Internet? You may remain anonymous, take on a double life with a completely different personality, and throw out you opinion at any topic any time. I often see vicious slews and just complete assholes on the Internet giving out their view, and there’s a large population of them, and why is that? This is the time for them to shine. Everything seems to be boasted bigger and more malicious on the Internet because it allows people to be protected.
But really, does these comments that I see on message boards matters? Does it contribute to my benefit? Does opinions make something better or worse for you? And what is good or bad?
Of course, the “this sucks ass”, “they’re awesome” and “fuck you” are going their everlasting life on the Internet. I’ll continue reading comments and shake my head at the immature and iniquitous fucks that are clearly idiots, their opinions suck, and the funny thing is, my opinions suck too.
Aside from researching information about otters for biology class, forcing myself to watch that horrible video(and song) “Girlfriend” by Avril Lavigne (that’s got to be a song written for 13 year olds, and I only watched it after hearing some mumbling about it), and reading some weird blogs, an integral part of my venture is reading comments that people leave at various sites (this includes message boards to blogs).
One thing that’s great (or sometimes bad) about the Internet is that it brings out all kinds of people from all kinds of places. This is the clash o cultures, personalities, tastes, and views. Take a Rolling Stone article for example, whenever there’s a post about a modern star of choice, the commentaries below the article will bring out the best and the worst of everyone. This is actually the most entertaining and most frustrating part, you usually get a few laughs out of it, and there’s bound to be comments that make you want to spit at the person who wrote it. Take the above Avril Lavigne “Girlfriend” video on YouTube, there’s tons of comments on that thing. It ranges from “elle est troooo belle et jkiff tro sa chanson “, to “I <3 THIS VIDEO!!! IT ROCKS!!!!” to “that was the stupidest thing i have ever seen i thought the bitch was annoying before but now its just sad n the rest of you idiots who think avril is so punk you need to be shot in the face” and these are just a few of them.
Yes, I actually spent more time reading those than watching the video. There were a lot of times when I questioned my sanity after I found myself reading the comments time after time. I had nodded my head to plenty of them, yet more often than not I found myself frowning, or worse, being upset by it. There was always a sick feeling after some guy insulted your favorite band/singer/book/whatever.
But there’s a lesson that’s hidden in these brilliant, infantile, thorough, incoherent ramblings: no matter how great something is, there will be its haters, and no matter how atrocious something is, there will be its lovers. And more importantly, it’s hard, borderline impossible to change the views of some people.
I figured this out a few years ago when I was younger, and I sometimes have to constantly remind myself of this:
Your opinion sucks, and so does mine.
We all have our own opinions and views, and we need a venue of venting somewhere, and what’s better than the Internet? You may remain anonymous, take on a double life with a completely different personality, and throw out you opinion at any topic any time. I often see vicious slews and just complete assholes on the Internet giving out their view, and there’s a large population of them, and why is that? This is the time for them to shine. Everything seems to be boasted bigger and more malicious on the Internet because it allows people to be protected.
But really, does these comments that I see on message boards matters? Does it contribute to my benefit? Does opinions make something better or worse for you? And what is good or bad?
Of course, the “this sucks ass”, “they’re awesome” and “fuck you” are going their everlasting life on the Internet. I’ll continue reading comments and shake my head at the immature and iniquitous fucks that are clearly idiots, their opinions suck, and the funny thing is, my opinions suck too.
Friday, March 23, 2007
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
MySpace
There are some very incoherent and just plain inane posts on MySpace, I mean, more than any other message boards or whatever.
I can feel my IQ being lower while reading those posts.
I can feel my IQ being lower while reading those posts.
Saturday, March 03, 2007
Is "Better" Worse?
So, "Better" from the long awaited Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" was leaked, now it's rumored to be the first single.
I heard it about a week ago, and the local radio station was playing it yesterday, with a lot of people calling in and say :" This sucks!"
The funny thing is, I DIDN'T think it was THAT bad, maybe it's BECAUSE I'M NOT A GUNS N' ROSES FAN.
It's been what? Sixteen years since the last album (which is a little bit older than me)? Fans are fed up, tired of Axl Rose saying that Chinese Democracy will be released whatever year. This album has to be THE GREATEST ALBUM EVER RECORDED (okay, maybe not that much) to restore people's faith. And that track was not the greatest thing ever, so people are pissed (even more), and this applied to the GNR fans. Fans hated it more than non-fans, because Chinese Democracy meant more to them, so when they're disappointed, there's no mercy.
And you know, people's opinion are easily influenced, then once the initial impression is established, it's hard to change. So when the first wave of people who heard it (i.e the fans)and the view spread, people everywhere are starting to say this is bad. And those who say that this track is good will likely to get flamed and be called a over-obsessive fanboy/girl.
To be fair, like I said, it's not THAT bad. The beginning is bad, with Rose singing in falsetto (which sounded horrible)and some atmospheric sounds (as one radio personality noted, "it sounded like NIN"). Then there's a period of whatever the hell and it kicks in a (pretty) straight forward hard rock riff (with Axl Rose sounding better now). Near the end there's some more industrial-rock like electronic bleeps in the riff. And sadly, Axl tried to scream in the end, and again, it sounds horrible. For a while it sounds okay, maybe even good.
Wonder if this song was released, I don't know, 14 years ago, it would have a better reception. But it's not, so too bad.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Rant
Wouldn't it be better if Iggy and the Stooges were on the cover of Spin instead of Fall Out Boy?
Saturday, February 24, 2007
My Favorite Pitchfork Reviews
Pitchfork Media is of course one of the most important music site on the planet as we know, and no, I don't constantly read their reviews. But, known also for their pretentious ranting about indie bands and bloated reviews that leaves you scratching your head, here are some of my favorites:
Autechre
Untilted
[Warp; 2005]
Rating: 7.4
This review is not a review, but instead a play. It involves a conversation between the Tortoise and Achilles about the Autechre record. What better way to review a record than this memorable way? Somebody put this on Broadway.
Audioslave
Out of Exile
[Interscope; 2005]
Rating: 6.8
This one is awesome and it makes me laugh. In the author's own words, the review is about "Fresh out of exile, Chris Cornell is trying to re-adjust to the real world. Cornell has one problem, though: He only communicates using Audioslave lyrics". Really, it's funny. Here's a sample:
"Chris Cornell at the eye doctor:
Eye Doctor: So what's wrong, Mr. Cornell?
Chris Cornell: I've stared straight into the sun.
Eye Doctor: You can't see anything?
Chris Cornell: I've seen 50,000 names all engraved on a stone.
Eye Doctor: So you see some things, but not other things.
Chris Cornell: Send my soul away.
Innovative indeed.
Next we have Jet, again, it's not a review, but a Youtube video:
Jet
Shine On
[Elektra; 2006]
Rating:
I would think that this was rated 0.0. Since the video was about a chimp reliving himself.
Next:
Tool
Lateralus
[Volcano]
Rating: 1.9
This "review" was written in the perspective of a Tool fan. Basically it was the fan talking how good music comes in the cycle of every 16 years. it brings out the stereotype of Tool fans likes doing math and that kind of shit. Did the reviewer even listen to the record? I didn't see any straight-forward description of what the music on the disc sounded like. You can't blame them, since major label artists suck (in the eye of Pitchfork), right?
Why not another Tool review?
Tool
10,000 Days
[Volcano; 2006]
Rating: 5.9
The reviewer was not a Tool fan to begin with, because: "At 28, I'd feel funny mocking 15-year-olds still finding their place in the world. And as for taking them seriously-- well, I take Tool about as seriously as I do black metal or Lil Jon or the films of Tsui Hark. Which is to say, not very."
How can a review be fair if you already dislike Tool to begin with? Even if all the reviews are subjective, let's not make it this fucking obvious.
"If only the music had one-tenth of the Public Image Limited song's power. Instead I find myself in the awkward position of trying to sell you on the merits of a deeply uncool band by telling you to go buy their last album instead.
I guess the more opinionated, the better. No, I'm not that big of a Tool fan and I don't think 10,000 Days is a great record, but that review was just so subjective and predictable.
At last but not least:
Nine Inch Nails
The Fragile
[Nothing/Interscope]
Rating: 2.0
The reviewer complained about the record being bloated and predictable, but the irony is the review itself is bloated and predictable. I don't even know long the review itself it, but it just rant on about how much Nine Inch Nails is stupid and Trent Reznor sucks. It critized The Fragile being not concised enough, and the review itself was not concise itself.
And yeah, let me point this out:
" 1:49am: "Even Deeper," a track mixed by Dr. Dre, spits aluminum riffs into my headphones. The entire concept of pairing of Dr. Dre and Nine Inch Nails, a match ,maid in Kornboy heaven (or most likely the Interscope commissary) is laughable."
It's "made", not "maid".
Of course Pitchfork Media has its legion of haters, and I would think that reviews like that contributes to it.
Autechre
Untilted
[Warp; 2005]
Rating: 7.4
This review is not a review, but instead a play. It involves a conversation between the Tortoise and Achilles about the Autechre record. What better way to review a record than this memorable way? Somebody put this on Broadway.
Audioslave
Out of Exile
[Interscope; 2005]
Rating: 6.8
This one is awesome and it makes me laugh. In the author's own words, the review is about "Fresh out of exile, Chris Cornell is trying to re-adjust to the real world. Cornell has one problem, though: He only communicates using Audioslave lyrics". Really, it's funny. Here's a sample:
"Chris Cornell at the eye doctor:
Eye Doctor: So what's wrong, Mr. Cornell?
Chris Cornell: I've stared straight into the sun.
Eye Doctor: You can't see anything?
Chris Cornell: I've seen 50,000 names all engraved on a stone.
Eye Doctor: So you see some things, but not other things.
Chris Cornell: Send my soul away.
Innovative indeed.
Next we have Jet, again, it's not a review, but a Youtube video:
Jet
Shine On
[Elektra; 2006]
Rating:
I would think that this was rated 0.0. Since the video was about a chimp reliving himself.
Next:
Tool
Lateralus
[Volcano]
Rating: 1.9
This "review" was written in the perspective of a Tool fan. Basically it was the fan talking how good music comes in the cycle of every 16 years. it brings out the stereotype of Tool fans likes doing math and that kind of shit. Did the reviewer even listen to the record? I didn't see any straight-forward description of what the music on the disc sounded like. You can't blame them, since major label artists suck (in the eye of Pitchfork), right?
Why not another Tool review?
Tool
10,000 Days
[Volcano; 2006]
Rating: 5.9
The reviewer was not a Tool fan to begin with, because: "At 28, I'd feel funny mocking 15-year-olds still finding their place in the world. And as for taking them seriously-- well, I take Tool about as seriously as I do black metal or Lil Jon or the films of Tsui Hark. Which is to say, not very."
How can a review be fair if you already dislike Tool to begin with? Even if all the reviews are subjective, let's not make it this fucking obvious.
"If only the music had one-tenth of the Public Image Limited song's power. Instead I find myself in the awkward position of trying to sell you on the merits of a deeply uncool band by telling you to go buy their last album instead.
I guess the more opinionated, the better. No, I'm not that big of a Tool fan and I don't think 10,000 Days is a great record, but that review was just so subjective and predictable.
At last but not least:
Nine Inch Nails
The Fragile
[Nothing/Interscope]
Rating: 2.0
The reviewer complained about the record being bloated and predictable, but the irony is the review itself is bloated and predictable. I don't even know long the review itself it, but it just rant on about how much Nine Inch Nails is stupid and Trent Reznor sucks. It critized The Fragile being not concised enough, and the review itself was not concise itself.
And yeah, let me point this out:
" 1:49am: "Even Deeper," a track mixed by Dr. Dre, spits aluminum riffs into my headphones. The entire concept of pairing of Dr. Dre and Nine Inch Nails, a match ,
It's "made", not "maid".
Of course Pitchfork Media has its legion of haters, and I would think that reviews like that contributes to it.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Jesus Reigns on the Internet
The Lord Jesus Christ is always looking upon us, even on this fascinating place that is the Internet. There's a few catergories of these sites, and I'm blogging about it because I'm weird.
1. The God Loves You
Who is Jesus ?This one has some pretty comprehensive Q & A about our Lord Jesus Christ. There's also some very important information about God and man, like:
Okay.
Oh, How I Love Jesus! I just found this while I googled "love Jesus", it's yet to be set up right now. Oh well.
Wow, this one is for the kids! Everything on there is written for the kids, so you know, it's in kiddie language. Such as:
" Jesus Loves You
Jesus loves you this I know, for the Bible tells me so. Little ones to him belong, they are weak but he is strong. Yes, Jesus loves you, yes, Jesus loves you, yes Jesus loves you, the Bible tells me so!"
2. The Jesus Sucks
a last.fm group about how Jesus sucks
An article about how Jesus sucks It's interesting. The author listed some pretty to the point reasons:
I've only read half of Luke -- after which I couldn't stomach any more -- so I may be missing some important things. However, from what I've seen, the whole "do unto others as you'd have them do unto you", "do not judge", etc. is, like, one thing he said once. The majority of the time, Jesus is busy doing one of the following:
Showing off.
Telling people how great he is.
Judging people.
Warning people how fucked they're going to be if they don't do what he says.
Funny that there's lot more love for Jesus than hate. Or maybe I didn't look hard enough.
3. The Presence of Jesus in Their Title
What would Jesus blog? Good question, never asked myself that question until now.
i think the dude is trying to be funny
The Hollywood Jesus Dressup This is just creepy .
Jesus Tattoos I Found on the Internet
Doesn't Jesus look nice on your arm? (or leg, or whatever?)
How long does this tattoo takes to make? That's gonna hurt. But hey, Jesus suffered for you so you should suffer for him, I guess.
Praise our Lord, indeed.
************************************************************************************
I'm wrapping up just because I'm bored now. I think I'm losing my mind.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Year Zero=Science Fiction
Yes, Nine Inch Nails is releasing a new album on April 17th, and it is titled Year Zero, and things are getting a bit creepy (in a good way) for the promotion of this album...
There's a trail of websites containing an apocolyptic images and description of the USA, set in place around 2022 (or as the websites say, 0000). The government controls the media, adding substances to the drinking supplies to (possibly) control and sedate its citizen, an army controlled under God and religion, a new drug named Opal, and the Presence (aka the Hand of God)...
Here's the websites that's related to Year Zero:
I Am Trying to Believe
A site first discovered by fans, noticing on the back of the tour T-Shirt with the letters highlighted the above phase. A website that talks about Parepin, the substance added to the drinking supplies.
Be the Hammer
I don't really know what this is, a resistance site as some suggested.
Chruch of Plano
A Chruch website
105th Airborne Crusaders
The army under God.
Consolidated Mail System , appearently a ... mail system in the story...
Also the Consolidated Mail System, but you can't do anything with it.
Another Version of the Truth Clikck and drag the mouse around, there's a forum around
HERE,
There's audio clips around, and yes, ONE TRACK HAD LEAKED, "My Violent Heart" was found in a bathroom in Libson, Portugal, and all hell broke loose.
Yes, I heard the track, it's awesome.
There's static noises at the end of the song, and some fans analyzed this noise using spectrograph, and got this:
And in www.iamtryingtobelieve.com, there's this:
Fucking weird.
And of course, if you want to join the discussion and snoop around ,you can always count on this: Echoing the Sound Forum
This is very cool...I can now honestly say that Trent Reznor is a smart guy, he knows how to work things...
There's a trail of websites containing an apocolyptic images and description of the USA, set in place around 2022 (or as the websites say, 0000). The government controls the media, adding substances to the drinking supplies to (possibly) control and sedate its citizen, an army controlled under God and religion, a new drug named Opal, and the Presence (aka the Hand of God)...
Here's the websites that's related to Year Zero:
I Am Trying to Believe
A site first discovered by fans, noticing on the back of the tour T-Shirt with the letters highlighted the above phase. A website that talks about Parepin, the substance added to the drinking supplies.
Be the Hammer
I don't really know what this is, a resistance site as some suggested.
Chruch of Plano
A Chruch website
105th Airborne Crusaders
The army under God.
Consolidated Mail System , appearently a ... mail system in the story...
Also the Consolidated Mail System, but you can't do anything with it.
Another Version of the Truth Clikck and drag the mouse around, there's a forum around
HERE,
There's audio clips around, and yes, ONE TRACK HAD LEAKED, "My Violent Heart" was found in a bathroom in Libson, Portugal, and all hell broke loose.
Yes, I heard the track, it's awesome.
There's static noises at the end of the song, and some fans analyzed this noise using spectrograph, and got this:
And in www.iamtryingtobelieve.com, there's this:
Fucking weird.
And of course, if you want to join the discussion and snoop around ,you can always count on this: Echoing the Sound Forum
This is very cool...I can now honestly say that Trent Reznor is a smart guy, he knows how to work things...
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Sunday, February 04, 2007
What I Brought Yesterday (or at least some of it)
I was planning to buy this album after "Smile" really grew on me.
Usually, when I buy albums base on the single I heard (I'm one of few who still buy the whole album instead of downloading the song), the album just have a few good songs. But not this one, I can say the whole album is great.
It's full of melodic clashes, the poppy atmosphere dominates the record, and there's the beat that keeps you moving. In other words, it's like one of those Top 40 hits, except it's better and not make you want to tear your hair out.
Also brought: Saul William's self tiltled sophmore album.
It's hip-hop, except with less profanity,less bragging and more meaning. The music itself it's not really what hip hop now sounds like: it's simplistic, a blend of electronics with a little (just a little) rock edge.
His lyrical intentions is much better than the usual "I got my hos and bitches line up, and my blings are thicker than your neck" kind of boo-hah. It's about life, proverty, politics and society.
Of course, he won't blow up because he didn't talk about his hos and bitches.
Friday, February 02, 2007
Here I Go Again
The Dudes Talks About...Hair
Gotta love those dudes. Now looking back, I'm not "feeling weird" about the whole "hoax bomb" thing anymore, I now think this is a bit too funny.
Gotta love those dudes. Now looking back, I'm not "feeling weird" about the whole "hoax bomb" thing anymore, I now think this is a bit too funny.
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Light Man Freak Out!!!
Hoax" triggers Boston security scare
I'm so unhappy that I missed this thing until 15 minutes ago. I miss it all, you would think that I'd at least notice this news with the fact that I'm riding the MBTA. And I didn't see a single traffic jam on the way home.
I should have go home via Sullivan Square.
Turner Broadcasting's "publicity promotion" sure works. In a big way. I don't even know how to think of this. Maybe if I was actually held up by this from coming home, I might have more of an opinion and very pissed.
Now the news say there's another one found in Fenway Park, how many is there?
Hey, it's giving me the finger! I found it funny/odd that Turner Broadcast didn't notify any of the officials, and nobody knew this until now, and all hell broke loose. In the world after September 11th, some people can't take this type of "publicity stunt".
I'm still unhappy that I missed this, especially when I take the public transportation around Boston and noticed none of this.
I'm going to Sullivan Square tomorrow morning to school(like every morning). Blah.
Monday, January 29, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Children.Org
While I was walking to the bus stop to go home, someone from Children International stopped me and asked me to pledge for a child. But the only problem is, I'm not old enough (I looked old, I know, I know).
But he did told me their website, it is Children.org.
Too bad I'm too young.
But he did told me their website, it is Children.org.
Too bad I'm too young.
Sunday, January 21, 2007
What is On My Radio (Or Yours)?
I have heard it several times already, people saying "radio is going to die", maybe it is, I don't know. On a Saturaday night, I listened to the radio station WFNX , and I decided to write down their playlist, and then determine if the playlist (the music)is killing radio or not, so here we go:
January thirteenth, two thousand and seven
6:12PM
Steady As She Goes by the Raconteurs
I heard this song for 1,456 times already (I tallied them up and counted it)for the last few months. And really, I'm getting sick of it, I don't care if Jack White is awesome or not.
6:14PM
The Sweater Song by Weezer
I always wonder why the hell would someone want to destroy River Cuomos' sweater. This song always makes me imagine a bunch of guys singing drunkingly while the others smokes weed.
6:16PM
Unknown song
Appearently a 80s tune. Nostalgia.
6:20PM
Shine On by Jet
Whew, that song ended, and Jet came on!All I really noticed about this song was that this is the exact formula for their other song, Look What You Have Done. Oh my gosh, maybe this will be on Top 40 too!
6:25PM
All Apologies by Nirvana
Wonder if Courtney Love sold the right of this sont to some company yet.
6:28PM
Don't Look Back In Anger by Oasis
1. Is Oasis going to release anything this year?
2. Who is Noel Gallagher going to talk shit about next?
6:32PM
DJ talking about some show
6:33PM
Commercials (including McDonalds, skiing, 24, Donkin Donuts and more)
6:39PM
Le Disco Shinny Toy Guns
Another hispter dance/disco rock band! Yee haw.
6:42PM
Date Rape by Sublime
My favorite kind of story in a song form.
6:45PM
Holiday by Green Day
Green Day is everywhere. In fact, they're just outside my windows.
6:50PM
Never There by Cake
Cake, hmmm
6:53PM
DJ talking about Shinny Toy Guns sounding like Peaches.
So, judging from the playlist, I think the current state of radio is sdjofupksdfjek;slfijk.
January thirteenth, two thousand and seven
6:12PM
Steady As She Goes by the Raconteurs
I heard this song for 1,456 times already (I tallied them up and counted it)for the last few months. And really, I'm getting sick of it, I don't care if Jack White is awesome or not.
6:14PM
The Sweater Song by Weezer
I always wonder why the hell would someone want to destroy River Cuomos' sweater. This song always makes me imagine a bunch of guys singing drunkingly while the others smokes weed.
6:16PM
Unknown song
Appearently a 80s tune. Nostalgia.
6:20PM
Shine On by Jet
Whew, that song ended, and Jet came on!All I really noticed about this song was that this is the exact formula for their other song, Look What You Have Done. Oh my gosh, maybe this will be on Top 40 too!
6:25PM
All Apologies by Nirvana
Wonder if Courtney Love sold the right of this sont to some company yet.
6:28PM
Don't Look Back In Anger by Oasis
1. Is Oasis going to release anything this year?
2. Who is Noel Gallagher going to talk shit about next?
6:32PM
DJ talking about some show
6:33PM
Commercials (including McDonalds, skiing, 24, Donkin Donuts and more)
6:39PM
Le Disco Shinny Toy Guns
Another hispter dance/disco rock band! Yee haw.
6:42PM
Date Rape by Sublime
My favorite kind of story in a song form.
6:45PM
Holiday by Green Day
Green Day is everywhere. In fact, they're just outside my windows.
6:50PM
Never There by Cake
Cake, hmmm
6:53PM
DJ talking about Shinny Toy Guns sounding like Peaches.
So, judging from the playlist, I think the current state of radio is sdjofupksdfjek;slfijk.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Saturday, January 06, 2007
Global Warming is Upon Us!
Today is January sixth, and it is 68 degrees out there in Boston.
If this does not prove that global warming is in effect, I don't know what is.
If this does not prove that global warming is in effect, I don't know what is.
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