"I can't go on. It goes so fast. We don't have time to look at one another. I didn't realize. So all that was going on and we never noticed. Take me back — up the hill — to my grave. But first: Wait! One more look. Good-by, Good-by, world. Good-by Grover's Corners...Mama and Papa. Good-by to clocks ticking...and Mama's sunflowers. And food and coffee. And new ironed dresses and hot baths...and sleeping and waking up. Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you. ...Do human beings ever realize life while they live it? — Every, every minute? ...I'm ready to go back...I should have listened to you. That's all human beings are! Just blind people."
-Emily Webb
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Grunge
Grunge/Seattle Sound/Alternative Rock whatever you wanna call it. Music of my generation. The soundtrack to my teen angst couldn't have been fitted better than if it were Cinderella's shoe. Quite possibly my favorite genre of music. You could say I'm stuck in the 90's, but seriously who wouldn't want to be? An eclectic mix of the 80's, metal, punk, and rock n roll. We had it all in the 90's, we had music written for the sake of writing music, we had originality, unkempt people who didn't buy their jeans pre-shredded, people writing thought prevoking music that didn't involve cliche, sugar coated heartbreak. Bands like Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Faith No More, Live, Liz Phair also punk rock like Green Day or Experimental rock like Radiohead or even funk rock like Red Hot Chili Peppers, music of the 90's was just unparalleled. I'm just way too bored with today's music. Who knew John Bender was ten years ahead in fashion?
Friday, January 16, 2009
Total Protonic Reversal
"Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light."
Congratulations, give yourself a pat on the back if you know where that quote is from because you are officially cool. If however you do not, you were probably living under a rock in the 80's or too busy watching Care Bears. Anyway that quote was used in a song called "Your Mood Is a Frenchman" by the "electronica/grindcore" band Ghostbuster. That should be a dead giveaway. I've listened to their other songs they have on their myspace and it was mostly over computerized grind with high bitch screaming and peppered in heavy parts, not enough to hold your attention the way Bill Murray's quick charismatic humor might. But that one song I mentioned before is hypnotizing and if only this band had decided to take it in that direction completely they'd be the next Kraftwerk or Crystal Method
So I'm sure there are tons of you video game nerds out there with a new found obsession for music of the World War II era. After playing Fallout 3 you'll definitely be deep into the swing of things if you get my drift. Fallout 3 takes place in a post-apocalyptic, retro-futurist United States in the year 2277 which is one of the best ideas for a video game this century I think, well aside from Moonwalker and Donkey Kong of course. Your character grew up in "Vault 101" with their father who mysteriously up and leaves to venture out into the wasteland. Pretty much your mission is to find him, kill radiated savages and help the people who still live in the vault and haven't been subjected to contamination or radiation. But here's the part I love... you're character has a radio station on his wrist watch run by a radio dj named Three Dog and all he plays is music from the World War II era. The Andrew Sisters, Billie Holiday, Bob Crosby & the Bobcats, Cole Porter and so on. I was turned on to this music when I was very little by what my grandma used to sing and obviously I don't have to stress how OG I am because this is known. I advise you noobs to check out the Fallout 3 soundtrack because there is something so joyfully eerie about it.
Congratulations, give yourself a pat on the back if you know where that quote is from because you are officially cool. If however you do not, you were probably living under a rock in the 80's or too busy watching Care Bears. Anyway that quote was used in a song called "Your Mood Is a Frenchman" by the "electronica/grindcore" band Ghostbuster. That should be a dead giveaway. I've listened to their other songs they have on their myspace and it was mostly over computerized grind with high bitch screaming and peppered in heavy parts, not enough to hold your attention the way Bill Murray's quick charismatic humor might. But that one song I mentioned before is hypnotizing and if only this band had decided to take it in that direction completely they'd be the next Kraftwerk or Crystal Method
So I'm sure there are tons of you video game nerds out there with a new found obsession for music of the World War II era. After playing Fallout 3 you'll definitely be deep into the swing of things if you get my drift. Fallout 3 takes place in a post-apocalyptic, retro-futurist United States in the year 2277 which is one of the best ideas for a video game this century I think, well aside from Moonwalker and Donkey Kong of course. Your character grew up in "Vault 101" with their father who mysteriously up and leaves to venture out into the wasteland. Pretty much your mission is to find him, kill radiated savages and help the people who still live in the vault and haven't been subjected to contamination or radiation. But here's the part I love... you're character has a radio station on his wrist watch run by a radio dj named Three Dog and all he plays is music from the World War II era. The Andrew Sisters, Billie Holiday, Bob Crosby & the Bobcats, Cole Porter and so on. I was turned on to this music when I was very little by what my grandma used to sing and obviously I don't have to stress how OG I am because this is known. I advise you noobs to check out the Fallout 3 soundtrack because there is something so joyfully eerie about it.
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