This one will be one of those long entries I have going every once in a while, especially lately. I don't know what to call this. These are partial quotes from old pieces of writing where I talked about music, pre-STD SOS SOTD.

[he] apparently enjoyed my boasting of mastodon, decided to take me a step further into miniondomicalismization-nation, and sent me a song much to his personal moral heartbreak: gojira – flying whales. so that was stuck in my head all day. not the song, as i’m not so familiar with it, but the beat that leads up into the song & ends the song. suppose that’ll wind up as last.fm’s track o’ the week.

i also had “allen’s wrench” stuck in my head all day. i don’t remember when i last listened to it, but the beat of that song also snuck in early – and me wondering what the lyrics were again, even though i remember the inflection/idea of the song. the idea of “heavy plastic emulsion” got in my head and wouldn’t leave, from there. then i wondered why i don’t own “blues for the red sun”, yet i was going to buy marilyn manson’s new album.

i came home and put a stop to that nonsense. and changed the shipping preferences for my order recently, so that i’m going to get everything sooner. i would like for a specific item to have already shipped and arrived, but yeah. life sucks.

i don’t know if i’ve heard ministry at any length before today. but. i think trent reznor has listened to some ministry in his life, and i just don’t know where that idea would come from because, i mean, they’re like SO different. blink so far what i’ve heard has a harder overall sound than most nine inch nails, but… nin is for people who emote. i’m also aware of how unoriginal any of these thoughts are.

God damn this is a long one.

i’ve heard a lot of new music this year. before the year is over, i’m going to note some of the ‘notable’ (yeah, i know, what a shitty sentence) new songs. that i’ve heard this year. ....

i had no idea thom yorke was doing anything at all on his own, but [he] had his top ten songs of the year list… and i obviously recognized the name and was confused. i’m not much of a fan of the band, but i can see myself liking thom yorke’s self-named shit. “the eraser” is pretty good. it has a fairly clear mood to it.. i like the weird synth piece near the end. i haven’t had time to get into most of the rest of the songs on the album. i like “harrowdown hill”, too. it’s really fitting towards my mood of late. i’m really surprised i like this…

i found a bunch of goldfrapp remixes of “fly me away” which are wonderful. a couple are pretty much the same. i really like the one done by ladytron, though. it’s wordless for over three minutes, all that time building up the song, breaking, and then returning to the old sound. that sort of flow/pattern/whatever works for a lot of music…

i forgot that i was going to find more helmet songs ages ago, which i finally got around to. i’m only familiar with “unsung”, and have no real idea what they sound like. so i downloaded “monochrome”, their new album. like most of the albums i’ve inhaled this year, i haven’t gotten into it as a whole. the first song “swallowing everything” was kind of unexpected. the vocals and lyrics are simultaenously terrible and infectuous. otherwise it’s a pretty standard rock-metal song.

....

the first album that downloaded by ministry was “the land of rape and honey”. first song i listened to was “stigmata”. immediately i knew i was going to like ministry. this song and the title track has been stuck in my head all day. some of the other songs are already wearing off on me, including other albums. i’ll be sorting through this for a while. i don’t know how some of these songs are coming across as intense, but aren’t annoying.

...

priestess is a band i read about at toolband, and then checked out their site to see where they were touring with mastodon. they have a little music player on their site, playing three songs on their album… and the first song “i am the night, colour me black” is of the decent. the album dies off after that, it’s much less energetic. but the second track “lay down” is also alright. it kind of reminds me of buckcherry, with that hokey, whiny sound.

i acquired some rasputina, listening to their cover album first. “wish you were here” is pretty good. i was REALLY surprised to see/hear that there was a cover of marilyn manson’s “torniquet” on there. i definitely prefer the original, but it’s such an odd cover. this band(?) is very different from what i normally listen to, but i’ve heard the general style of combining traditional classic instruments with rock before. i like “rats”, too, but it seems a common thing…

deadsy/rush “tom sawyer”. i have heard this song so often in the past. deadsy covers it, and at that i found myself actually listening to it. i don’t really mind rush, but the singing irritates me so i tend to avoid them. having a different sort of voice..made me listen, relate, whatever? anyhow, tis grand.

i re-acquired some candlebox i knew/heard ages ago this year. “happy pills” was a really important song to me for a time in ‘99, and was apart of the initial musical revolution i had regarding my identity (see also: “space lord”). it made me realize i related a lot through music, made me realize it was something i wanted in my life forever.

57chevy was discovered due to some stonerrock.com thing or affiliate. i think they’re dutch? i researched this before but i’ve forgotten. the first song i heard was “born”, which i really liked. all of their songs are simple, especially lyrically, with a strong bass emphasis. you can tell that they’re not american-english from the way the lyrics are put in a few songs. lately “zero manifest” is appealing to me. “megatsunami” is another i like.

very early this year, i raped the song “infancy of a disaster” off of the internet, which is by donita sparks. she’s supposed to have an album come out here someday(?!) … but it’s just flippin’ grand. it’s meaningless rock garbage, this song. “he’s got the honey” is similar. i like how she/they take a simple idea and just roll with it. i’m waiting on that album…

i heard monster magnet’s “lord 13″ for the first time this year. the sound quality is terrible, but the song just resonnates pure happy goodness and joy. i obviously have nothing but good things to say about the greatest band in the universe, so i’ll move on. but seriously. i love monster magnet A WHOLE FUCKING LOT.

i was recommended to listen to “she wants revenge” early this year, but i ignored the person because i don’t trust their musicial preferences. later on, for some unknown reason to me currently, i was compelled to listen to them. and they were great. after i saw them live, i learned about their depeche mode influences which wasn’t clear to me until i heard them live. i like most of their album, but “tear you apart” stands out the most on its own. it’s a pretty intense emotional song that i think most people can relate to, hence why it’s incredibly popular among those who know who this band is. i like the way “sister” moves, even though it comes across as a really weird song to me. now, whenever i listen to the album, i can smell collective sweat.

eagles of death metal! what the hell do i say? they’re a creepy pervert band with a fun, light, bouncy rock sound. i can see why people would hate this band, but i can also see how they could soon become a rock staple. personally, and obviously, i love the shit out of them. “don’t speak” is fucking great. “i got a feelin’”, uh, really is quite relatable. i got to see/hear them live, and the song “i like to move in the night” really stood out at the concert because it’s so groovy, and the underlying base..moves the song. they’ve been touring since then with a lot of really shitty bands/artists (save for guns n roses, but that’s an iffy statement) but i hope they do a proper solo tour or tour with someone who doesn’t outright suck soon… and, obviously, come my way. oh, and i need to not be sick on the day they’re here.

scissor sisters is another “fun” band i found this year, although they’re dancey. their latest album sounds disco-influenced. the first song i heard was “filthy/gorgeous” which is a pretty classic sort of song. then i liked “tits on the radio”. then i liked “music is the victim”. then “lovers in the backseat”. then “get it get it”. they released their second album, which okay for what it is, but i haven’t gotten into it the way i did the other. the song i like best is nothing like the rest… “almost sorry”.

i heard that peaches was touring with nine inch nails. i didn’t give a fuck, but then they were touring with eagles of death metal so i had to listen to what they had. turns out i’d heard and been looking for one of their songs, “fuck the pain away”, for years. that’s one of peaches’ more intense(ly sexual) songs, but it’s definitely all like that. the first song of hers that stood out to me was “tombstone, baby” which is pretty neutral. lately i really like “lovertits”. for a while i kept listening to “boys wanna be her”, which may or may not be her best song. but yeah, this is not really music i traditionally want to share my liking. it’s one big step over the slut line.

i talked to [enh] in january, and he told me to download a particular album by cky that he thought i’d like. i ended up later downloading more, but the album (vol. 1) definitely appealed to me. i didn’t do my research so i later discovered they were an “mtv band” and proceeded to feel bad about my interest, but… oh well. i’ve been listening to “disengage the simulator” a lot lately, which has a groovy, calm sort of sound. “knee deep” is good. the first song i REALLY liked was “to all of you”, which has a very muddled, intense, loud sound to it, as though playing from under water. i honestly don’t care much for the other albums i’ve heard, but a few songs have been okay. “frenetic amnesiac” is probably the best of the lot.

i don’t know who the hell these assholes are, but for a while in the summer i was listening often to “bob sinclair – world hold on”. it’s dance music for sure.

at the same time, i heard oakenfold for the first time. obviously i’m talking about “faster kill pussycat”. more dance music. i really like it. i sampled some more oakenfold later on, and like “sex n money” quite a bit, too. i like the creepy vocals. “co-oh-old”.

and now we move out of the dance music stuffs and back into “stoner rock”. i really do not classify this song as stoner rock, but it was apart of a compliation focused on the genre. berko & benson – “dance on swords”.

then there was karmadoza – “divide”. a female singer in stoner rock! omgz! it’s a wonderful song, reminds me of something familiar (tool?!).

oh wait, the first 57chevy song i heard/liked was “diemansion”, followed by “sun rose twice”. i forgot about those…

iota – “shit luck”. that was repeatedly played for a few days…

calamus – “once more” was also played quite a bit for a while. it’s a very good song. i think pretty much anyone could enjoy it.

fucking century theatres decided i needed to get some lame pop song stuck in my head this year. aly & aj – “rush”.

the song “house of the rising sun” (animals) was stuck in my head almost every day for the first half of this year. because… there is. a house. in new orlins. they call. the ri..sing sun… and it’s been. the ruin. for many a poor boy. and god. i know. i’m one.

some black sabbath appealed to me for the first time this year, if only due to my ignorance despite being friendly with black sabbath fanatics like [him]. “junior’s eyes” and “swinging the chain” are probably the ones that stood out this year. i probably only like junior’s eyes because it sounds like june’s eyes, but i liked it at the same time i liked a certain similarly themed tool song (read on).

i was recommended to listen to the band clutch by [him] at some point, and started to like them as a whole but that feeling dissipated. one song, though, stood out… “the dragonfly”.

collide – “preacher’s son”.

and here comes a few paragraphs about the deftones.

“savory”. well shit. i know i haven’t had any fucking interest in your band in several years, but then you go and actually put out a song that doesn’t make me want to shoot a small animal and don’t even tell me? the rest of the b-sides album is wonderful, naturally, even though i’d heard most of it already.

“simple man” was something i hadn’t heard before, which is a great song we should all love and enjoy while cutting our wrists over the bathroom sink.

i didn’t like “hole in the earth” when i first heard it. it came across as ‘more of the same’ emo/mtv/poprock that’s so popular right now with a slight deftones influence. now i’m just not sure. i want to like it.

the rest of the new album is better, defined. it’s.. the deftones, minus the really pathetic and whiny i was expecting. i seem to like “mein”, “kimdracula”, and “riverie”.

i made a music post earlier this year about individual songs i was enjoying at the time, and i listed “dance dance” by fallout boy. it was a joke. apparently it went over people’s heads.

goldfrapp (again)! i hadn’t really appreciated a new band that much in a while, and then i heard “strict machine”. i thus proceeded to do some downloading. “deep honey” and “twist” came first. then, “human”, which is a very lovely song. i have to say supernature is their best album, though. it’s full of pure goodness. almost all of the songs are nice. just to pick one, though, “satin chic”.

like i said, i hadn’t really appreciated a new band that much in a while. then, a few months back, i heard ladytron. at first i didn’t know what to think. they’re … ambient. the first song that i liked was “seventeen”. now, i think they’re great. the album witching hour = yay. “destroy everything you touch”, “sugar”, “true mathematics”, “another breakfast with you”. i now wish i would have gone to see them when they were here, but my interest in them was in its utter infancy…

i was REALLY surprised when i heard lily allen. the album is fucking FLAWLESS. i would only ever say that about tool before i heard miss allen. … okay okay, it’s not flawless. i lied. but, if i did a top album list like mister [he] does, “alright, still” would be #1 for sure. i don’t think any straight guys would enjoy her music (for good reason) but i can definitely relate to it, the lyrics are great, and the production on the songs is original. the whole album is brilliant. “friday night” was the first song i heard. i seem to have listened to “friend of mine” and “take what you take” the most.

i didn’t like mastodon at first (woah, huge jump there), because they’re just like that. i ended up liking “iron tusk” quite a lot, listening to it more than other songs for a while. lately it’s “crystal skull” all of the time. i love the intro piece to crystal skull. after “sleeping giant” picks up, it is also really good.

mc chris – “fett’s vett”.

i was recommended the band morphine over four years ago. i listened to a few of their songs and left it at that, but this year decided to consume more of the same. “you speak my language” is wonderful. it’s funny if you get the humor in it. i like how excited it is. you have to be in a pretty calm, patient mood to enjoy most of this band.

i’m really sick of “supermassive black hole” by muse right now, but the song nevertheless had an impact on my year. i’ve pretty much ignored the band until this year because my ex liked them. “starlight” has been listened to a lot recently.

a new placebo album came out. i seem to have grown out of the band. i attempted to see them live but i wasn’t into it.

porcupine tree: “the start of something beautiful”, “arriving somewhere but not here”, “deadwing”, and “blackest eyes”.

prodigy’s “action radar” was an oft-listened song for a while, as was “get up get off”.

at the very beginning of my youtube addiction, someone had a pussycat dolls song in their video. “don’t cha” was stuck in my head for a bit.

sevendust – “assdrop”. it has another rated PG name, too, but i’ve forgotten.

while looking at schedules of concerts coming up several months ago, i sampled the bronx “shitty future” and “history’s stranglers”. they’re alright. nothing to write home about.

“vicarious atonement” and “viscera eyes” by the mars volta.

i didn’t like the strokes’ new album at first. i didn’t want to, either. now, for some god awful reason, i do. i think i heard “juicebox” first. the song that made me realize that i was liking them was “vision of division”, several months after the album came out.

i heard of witchcraft because of some stoner rock thingy i read. they were supposed to be touring here. i hadn’t heard them at all, so i went looking for something to listen to. “no angel or demon” and “i want you to know” were the first i heard. the style of the songs are similar to stoner rock as it is now, but with a much older style. i’ve heard it compared to 70s rock. i haven’t heard their newest album yet, but once i get some money in-coming, i’m going to buy it.

the new yeah yeah yeahs album sucks. nevertheless, it came out and my first real appreciation towards it was “warrior”. individually, most of the songs are okay…

i was bored watching ellen or tyra banks, and fergie was on… and performed “fergalicious”. end story.

danzig – “power of darkness”, then “7th house”, then “777″, then “blood and tears”. i wish i would have heard some of this when i was younger.

deadsy – “babes in the abyss”, “asura”.

fear factory – “default judgement”.

floater – “an apology”.

i like incubus, but not the way others seem to. people seem to have a real appreciation for the band that i don’t get. futhermore, my ex liked them. but, i heard their newest album. “anna-molly” initially came across as emo crap but it’s worn off on me. “a kiss to send us off” is a great song.

i didn’t have an interest in liking isis, but “wrists of kings” stood out when i first heard it.

king crimson – “heartbeat”. i’m pretty sure i’ve heard this before, but i have no idea where.

machine head – “hole in the sky”.

the melvins were a welcome “new” band to me. “june bug” doesn’t make me wish my name were normal. i fucking love “pearl bomb”. laughed at “with teeth”. “the talking horse”, “blood witch”, “civilized worm”…

orange goblin’s “solarisphere” and “blue snow”.

peeping tom “five seconds”, then “mojo”.

seemless “in my blood”.

“freya” by the sword was often listened to for about a month.

“why can’t i be you?” by the cure.

and all of this should be glaringly obvious, but…

“vicarious” was the first new song i heard by tool. i thought i could wait and i tried but josh told the internets he had a copy of it, and then told me he’d give it to me for the low, low price of my soul, so i gave in. although, i can’t remember right now if i got it from him or someone else. and now i’m confused.

ANYWAY, i heard vicarious around the middle of april this year. the first time i heard “schism” i was turned off a bit, but vicarious was great from the beginning. i was fucking excited to hear the rest of the album, because… EEE… so i shared the song with a person in my life, hoping that doing so would diversify their musical tastes and interest them in more. instead, he said that it was “too intense”. HA.

“jambi” is the greatest song in the universe. what is there to say about the greatest song in the entire universe? nothing. it’s too great for words.

“wings for marie” is a quiet, quietly emotional song for the most part, building the mood for the next song but it stands on its own just as well.

“10,000 days”… is.

(i’m taking back what i said about lily allen. #2, then. that’s a pretty spot.)

eleven minute pause goes here.

now that your emotional being has been raped, beaten with thorns, and put through the rinse cycle in an industrial washing machine, “the pot” is a welcome work of genius, much lighter than the songs before it.

“rosetta stoned” was odd on first listens, but i can “hear” it now. seeing it performed was interesting…

and i’ll leave it at that.

12:38am to 5:33am…

And that's too many words. I'll break this entry here.

KWC has two brand new songs streaming at their website. Go listen:

inthewalledcity.com/gambling

Gambling on the Richter Scale is due out 9/29 - same day as Black Cobra's new one.

Song: "The Long Walk"
Artist: Doomriders
Album: Black Thunder (2006)

I don't know exactly what "hardcore" is, but this might qualify. I'm seeing more sludge/doom than anything, but there's some "hardcore" or maybe punk-ish element to it as well. Nice, warm sound.

These guys are doing some shows soon with Kylesa and Bison BC and I believe Red Fang as well, so... you know... if you like any of those bands, you'll like this one guaranteed.

Also, be sure to give this myspace track (and more) a listen because this band is criminally low on plays.

Song: "Diabetic Feet"
Artist: Kowloon Walled City
Album: Gambling on the Richter Scale (2009)

I took apart and cleaned both of my keyboards today. I got greedy...

What did that have to do with this song, you ask?

Nothing.

But I will alter this entry once this song is available on, say, myspace. Keyword in that sentence: alter. Ha. Hilarious. I made the pictures fit the song. I win. Tomorrow, crack.

Also, I accidentally replaced the I and the U switched on my main keyboard... Nope, that wasn't Freudian at all.

Song: "Vasoline"
Artist: Stone Temple Pilots
Album: Purple (1994)

I was going through 90s tapes a couple of weeks ago. Even though it was taking me at least until a notable lyrical piece to remember where most of the songs on the tape came from, and I hadn't listened to this particular song in ages, I immediately recognized it. It was sort of like staring into a mirror and really seeing yourself even though you see yourself in the mirror all of the time... Not sure that makes sense the way I've phrased it, but yep.

I had a username for years that I stole from this song. It's difficult to remember why I liked this song so much before, why I haven't been listening to it other than maybe it stopped fitting what I wanted to hear. What's its appeal? It doesn't seem all that great on the surface. Maybe I've been blinded by over-listening. Er, can you blind hearing? Anyway... it's weird. I like it. Don't know why. But it's there.

Enter enthusiasm here.

Song: "Hey"
Artist: Shrapnel
Album: Combat Love (1979)

This song sounds like a couple of 14 year old boys wrote it.

Fucking infectious, though. It's going up on the player one of these days. Til then:

isksp.blogspot.com

Song: "The The Empty"
Artist: Le Tigre
Album: Le Tigre (1999)

I was going through random shit online and ended up on a forum for a lady comedian. Said lady has several tattoos on herself, many quite visible. She seems to dress specifically so that they are, indeed, visible. People on this forum were whining that the tattoos were below her and that they were ugly in so many words, suggesting ways to remove them. There were several pages and much lengthy commenting in agreement about this...

Very, very ironically, one of her tattoos is of a feminist symbol - it's actually the biggest one and the one they were bitching about the most. Let us imagine a tattoo of similar size on a man, a male comedian or actor perhaps... What would that forum's stick-up-ass members say about his tattoos? Likely the exact opposite, maybe something about "character". Sure, there would be a couple who would say they hated tattoos or whatever, but it wouldn't be somehow "below" said man. It would be apart of something bigger, a social decision, not a personal criticism.

I know better than to read forums, but yeah... That little double standard there pissed me off. People are fucking evil, judgmental pricks.

Similarly, they kept whining that she was "angry" or "seemed angry". Uh, okay, well, see... comics aren't FUCKING CLOWNS. Plus she's a political and social critic sort of comedian (think Bill Hicks), so essentially she's required to be dissatisfied. It's like when people bitch about musicians being moody. Uh, FUCKING DUH?! ARE YOU FUCKING RETARDED?

I get a similar amount of blatant stupidity out of people I encounter on a regular basis, though personally shaped. Excuse me for not being a sheep and not playing the social standards game. Fuck you. If you don't like what you get, you know where the fucking doors are.

I wish my "Abortions Tickle" shirt still fit.

Love you long time, Le Tigre.

Lyrics:
The stars are getting in and out of automobiles
And we keep wondering when we're gonna feel something real
Keep waiting for a Santa that'll never come
A real party not just people who're faking fun
But everything gets erased before it's even said
And all that glitters isn't gold when inside it's dead

You don't say, you don't say
You don't say anything

Song: "Love"
Artist: Gojira
Album: Terra Incognita (2001)

Been stuck in my head for around twelve hours now. For about ten minutes it was Caleb Bird's high-pitched singing (neh neh neh neh neh neh NEH NEH to a portal in the sky-iiigh) because I thought about how I needed to get those videos done, and it went straight back...

I wonder if astrology is more interesting in France. I've seen charts done up in german and swedish and spanish, but not french yet... Thank god, I can't read it worth shit.

This one is for you guys since nobody's really reading the other place and I'm behind on my posting there anyhow.

[61] Mongoloid Village, Sandrider, The Entrance Band, Nebula (2009)

I didn't get enough sleep "last night" and have been feeling a bit off/sore, and thus was not sure how this was going to go. I couldn't justify skipping Entrance AND Sandrider considering my feelings about Prayer of Death and Akimbo of late, though, so... I went.

I was a little nervous about this turning into a social nightmare. This venue is a bit compact so there's no hiding out anywhere, nowhere to go, no place to escape the dumb. Further, I still haven't properly met a couple of internet local people and didn't think I'd be up to doing it being tired as I was. But, it turned out, the people I might have known by face either skipped the show or had some kind of makeover since their last internet-posted drunken photos and don't know me. I also heard that some skipped this show for another I have zero interest in. But that's cool, the solo-ness made the night a bit easier.

I caught a slightly early public transportation vehicle and ended up transferring early as well even though I detoured (mid-transfer, I walked by some kid in a Volcom Ent¹ shirt. Coincidence?), and arrived at 9:15ish. I knew this show wasn't going to start "early" but they started earlier than expected... I only had about ten minutes between thinking "holy shit did I just walk up forty fucking stairs?" and the beginning of Mongoloid Village's set.

They started with "Shittown, U.S.A" and I recognized the rest of their set for the most part, but I stopped memorizing names at the one. They have similarities to things I like to hear and I wouldn't turn my nose on them, but I haven't navigated their sound yet. The "crowd" was crappy through their entire set and the singer guy was making fun of it right away - nearly everyone at the venue was outside. I've seen them once before as a full set and also caught a song or two elsewhere, so I knew what to expect, but yeah... That was almost one of the worst crowds I've seen.

Apparently MV was giving out free shirts to ladies, so I got myself one. I will not be able to wear it around my mother or on a family outing of any sort. I don't think the bus will be down with the shirt, either. This is what I get for wanting to wear "Abortions Tickle" today. I'm sure there will be an occasion, someday. ... National Peanut Butter Day?

Sandrider set up pretty fast. I recognized the two guys from Akimbo no problem - no idea who the other guy was but I'll look it up eventually. In the meantime... I have only heard the myspace track from Sandrider, apparently titled "The Corpse". They played this song very last. It was mighty tasty, like all good corpses are.

The other songs... Jesus Christ. I am 100% on board with this. Their five(?) long-as-fuck songs were completely worth the price to get into this show. They were a lot like Akimbo - not just because of the obvious members and instrument sounds - but seemingly more "mature" from the beginning. Akimbo sort of wanders around and is more experimental with their sound - Sandrider felt more like something whole from the start. This was their first Portland show and I can see them headlining here in no time.

Seriously, they were REALLY GOOD.

Of course, since Nebula - a much lighter/standard "rock" band - was headlining this day, a lot of people stayed outside and generally stood up Sandrider... Ugh.

Entrance's crowd was much improved in terms of numbers, but the feeling of the room changed. There were more women, for one. I suppose you can blame Paz for that. A couple people were dressed up like they forgot which decade it was but it wasn't NEARLY as bad as Pentagram. Mainly, I got a sense that some people were there to be seen or to just drink (which you can do without a cover charge AT A FUCKING BAR). You could also sometimes hear the dance music downstairs, which was a bit annoying.

In any case, I didn't really know what to expect with Entrance. They were slow to finish setting up so I wasn't sure I'd be able to stay through their whole set, but they ended up completely avoiding my "wishlist" anyway. They mostly played new stuff - that they announced by name, "MLK" and "Lookout!". The first song that they played I knew but came off weird, and the songs I didn't know were alright but I didn't have a point of reference. After AkimboV2 they weren't really a good choice - the bands would have been better off in reverse order. It's hard to come down from heavy. Even when Paz did some solo bass and they all went into a version of "Grim Reaper Blues" to end the show, it still felt odd to me.

Also, their singer had an odd way about keeping time that was so fucking distracting... It was like he was doing a "gotta use the bathroom" dance.

So, yeah... I like them on tape, but I'm not sure about live. Maybe next time they wander through here they'll visit Berbatis or Doug Fir so I can make sure it wasn't a venue sound/personnel issue.

In any case, I skipped Nebula entirely. They were not worth the $30 or so it would have taken me to get home if I stayed. Maybe they could stop headlining small venues with huge bills that start late so I could finally see them, eh?

All in all: fucking Sandrider, man.

¹ Speaking of Volcom, I just found out, like just now, that Tweak Bird is coming back here in September. YAAAAAAAAY!

Apparently converting and uploading seven videos takes almost a full day to accomplish when you're retarded. It's too bad the video on this isn't at least a little better (particularly for Black Elk) because the sound is really good. What you hear here is pretty much what it sounded like in real life.

Black Elk - "My Lil":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-jLgWmj_Dk

Tweak Bird - "Portal in the Sky":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VehcNe9NeNs

Tweak Bird - "Spaceships":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxDMb_yo3e8

Tweak Bird & Toshi - "Whorses" (clip):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz23q2alHvM

Big Business - intro & "Just As The Day Was Dawning" (clip):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vRDJsH2pmI

Big Business - "The Drift":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOANwC1b7D4

Big Business - "I Got It Online" (clip) + Tweak Bird in a massive finale:
http://vimeo.com/6012788

Note that Big Business is currently on tour with the Melvins AS the Melvins, Black Elk has a TON of shows coming up with some really great, above par lineups (Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, Jucifer, YOB...), and Tweak Bird is also in perpetual motion. They have another show coming up here on September 3rd which I'm sure means a whole set of dates have yet to be officially announced. See them if you get a chance, they're fucking fantastic.

I seriously just wrote this. Completely random sleeplessness-inspired.

This is a parody of Red Fang's "Prehistoric Dog". I've been annoyed that I don't know the lyrics and started to fill in the blanks, which resulted in this.

Here's a video to help you along.

NUNS THAT COME FROM OUTER SPACE
COME TO EARTH TO TEACH ENGLISH
WITH SOME TEXTBOOKS COVERED IN LACE
THEY WILL EDUCATE THE HUMAN RACE
TIME TO KISS EBONICS GOODBYE....

PREHISTORIC NUNS OF WAR
NOW TO LOOK THROUGH STACKS ON THE FLOOR
THEY WILL SHOW BILL TO TAKE PILLS THAT HELP HIM SPELL

BUT STILL RITALIN'S TOO NEW
GRAMMATICALLY YOU'RE LA-ME TOO
CAN YOU SEE YOUR LEET, ITS SPEAK, HAS GONE TO HELL

NUNS THAT COME FROM OUTER SPACE
COME TO EARTH TO TEACH ENGLISH
WITH SOME TEXTBOOKS COVERED IN LACE
THEY WILL EDUCATE THE HUMAN RACE
TIME TO KISS EBONICS GOODBYE....

OUR LIVES AND ALL, MADE PUNCTUAL
USE A THESAURUS OR POSSIBLY YOUR BEST GUESS
DON'T TYPE IN ALL, CAPITALS
WE'RE LIVING LIKE A PREHISTORIC NUN

 
Hypocrisy.

Since we're on the topic of parodies, here's a shitty one of Torche's "Healer". The lyrics in Torche's music are, like, totally clear.

My version of "Healer":

HEE. LAH. TAKE A BUN I AM ASHAME A DAN-GER. REALLY SOAP MY LIFE IS BORING. EV-ER. KICK THE DOOR STRAIGHT DOWN NO SAY-CRET. FEELING UP MY CARNAGE. WOAH. WOAH? WOAH...
AH WORK. WILL NOT FOOL THE BA-BY. COUNTER. SHAKE THE DILL TIL DOG SPIT. HATE-ER. KILL THE RAPER TRAINEES. FAY-GO. SHADOW OF MY NEIGHBOR. WOAH. WOAH? WOAH...

And since you guys missed out on my Black Cobra re-lyrics:

don't shag, feeding

Yeah, neither of those were really parodies...

....

.........

random song!

Mastodon - "I Am Ahab"

"I am iPod"

There's my winamp
What's up little fuzz
Oh man
Oh man
I'm choosing the music: Down - I Scream

That's under me
Oh it's got another side

Oh look
Few will like
Sheavy's Blue Sky Mind
(whataretheystoned? yeahtheyare.)

Meshuggah's tough to listen to like when you're high
Lit by that Buckcherry isn't quite the kinda soul we like
Faster Disco by Faith No More, lost the CD
Peaches, Men at Work, or the soundtrack to Grease?

...........
....
.

Song: "Doom Moon"
Artist: Red Octopus
Album: ?!

I have another parody coming. Til then, here's a band you probably heard of before I did that sounds inspired by Earthless. And what do you know, they're related. Red Octopus has a show coming up in Seattle with Sandrider, too... We here are Sounds of Sagittarius don't have very narrow listening habits at all.

No idea who "we" is. It's just me. Me and Bob.

Good luck finding information on this band. Apparently they only operate as a figment of your imagination.

I would like to apologize to Danava in advance.

I prefer to write my parodies as close to the original song as possible but I had to switch it up here to keep up the storyline. At least I kept the count...

Danava - "A High Or A Low". You won't find this song online except in album format. Even if you think my parody is the worst thing you've ever read, you should go find this album (UnonoU) anyway.

Once again, I apologize.

"I Gotta Go"

i was on the way from mcdonalds
ewww-ew-ew
their hamburgers cause me to poop

finally found a bathroom somewhere
ewww-ew-ew
why is this seat cracked in two

i gotta go
i guess i will go
i dunno

seems i always end up nowhere
ewww-ew-ew
when i'm searching for a booth

i guess i'll go
the feeling, oh
but i must go

and look, my sole
that sticky floor
don't wanna knowwww

the sweetest odor from right under
ewww-ew-ew
gonna spray oust in the room

the toilet paper's non-existent
ewww-ew-ew
what the fuck do i do

i think i'll crawl
under the stall
watch my bag

in there i got enough just for me
ewww-ew-ew
i think i got some pee on my shoe

[music]

frightening that the stall says andy
ewww-ew-ew
will meet me here at half past two

he'll finger my ass or a hand job
ewww-ew-ew
but i just couldn't, it's true

well i should go
i've filled up the hole
all done

i'd flush but naturally that's all in vain
ewww-ew-ew
can't wait to wash off my shoes

i hope there's soap
my only hope
a paper towel

hands lathered so
hand dryer's broke
i reckoned so

but i keep roaming never knowing where i'm going

...

Psychedelic bowel movements.

You can thank google maps for this one. I also want you to imagine the number of times I had to listen to this 10 and a half minute long song in order to make sure my flow was correct to the song. I really went all out. Fuck. Never again.

For those of you who don't know obscure towns in California, it's "mah-dare-ah" (not "mah-dur-ah" like it sounds in the song).

Opeth's "Ghost of Perdition" parody, go!

Me - "Goats of Madera"

goats of
madera
south of merced
goats that were never spayed

fresno's fellow
village
neighbors from hell

cursed on the 99 highway of hay

goats have
no intention
of skinny ass jeans

old navy or the gap

daddy
lend me
a couple hundred bucks

Opeth's coming i want to see- them

[vocal change]

road trip to los angeles it should be really fun
we'll all rent a room at the downtown sheraton

road trip to los angeles it should be really fun
we'll all rent a room at the downtown sheraton

[vocal change]

hold it
our pal!
the one with the toyota
he can't afford his car
there is no resistance
we'll ride in a beamer
henry's mom is just so nice

[vocal change]

rolled into the parking lot of the wiltern
winding drive have head---ache

ow ache ow owowow

[music]

asprin and some wine
fix me up just right
dedicated to Your Hearse
"Credence" my favorite song-uh

wilshire boulevard
in koreatown
from the line we see
Fredik looking mean

[music]

look at all the hessians, it's insanity!
at least we got in without anal rape
i'm totally writing about this in my diary
Akerfeldt fucking looked me in the face
we'll all be talking about this show for many days
at least til the next time ozzfest comes through here
those were underwhelming openers, guys
but you should take what you can get

[vocal change]

goats of madera
hearing metal so clear
i think i might buy
ghost reveries [rev-yaaaaaas]
LP [elp]

[vocal change]

let's see how much money we brought
looks like sizzler... for lunch

[vocal change]

can't believe we just saw Opeth, after all we're lame
but i guess since they're swedish that makes it kinda okay
we're gonna leave this venue so fucking exhausted and sore (sore)
but it was worth it for "Heir Apparent" off the album Watershed

ow

ow ache ow ache...

 
 
You're welcome for another. I'll have less time for writing crappy parodies after today.

BTW, if you're from Oregon, you can substitute Madera for Mollala.

Song: "You Make Me Like Charity (live)"
Artist: The Knife
Album: Silent Shout (2007)

This is also on Deep Cuts, their 2003 album. The live version is a bit more compelling as its stretched out and more electronic/dance-y. A couple of the live videos they have are a little more interesting visually but this song is better in terms of a proper introduction.

This song makes me like prozac.

Song: "The Baying of the Hounds"
Artist: Opeth
Album: Ghost Reveries (2005)

Thanks to yesterday's attempt at entertaining all of my unamusable finger-mutes, I had a horrible time trying to sleep because Opeth would not leave my fucking brain. So here you go, the missing link.

Ah, my sarcasm.

I was resistant on this band due to the high number of nerdy assholes listening so I don't think I gave this song a chance until last year after realizing that their singer has the sexiest speaking voice I've ever heard. Gradually the music began to stick, and unexpectedly I came across a situation where I was alone in a big room hearing this song against my will, unfortunately about to spend the next month with the song stuck in my head. It's sort of funny in a sick way how these things happen.

And also, I have a need to break out in song in front of Bobo, "you are everything - they are nothing!" I will try not to but one of these days I'm not going to be able to help it. Let's hope there's no company over that day.

So am I the only girl offended that I can't reach the vocal heights of, say, Tweak Bird? Even in falsetto, it's just not happening. But I will try anyway. It's for a good cause. BOBES.

Dear "Space Is Deep",

I tried to write you a letter the other day but all of the other letters in the world that could have been distracted me.

You are incredibly under-rated.

If anyone in the world doesn't like your songly ways, they are a fucking idiot and should be shot to prevent devolution.

lub,

-me.

PS. 3:43. hello.

LOL. I hope this is a joke.

Song: "Chorus of Flies"
Artist: Black Sleep of Kali
Album: Black Sleep of Kali (2009)

Free stuff is great/awesome/really nice/more compelling than shit I have to pay for and more often resulting in me actually paying for and liking something... or writing something up on TEH INTERNETS for others who may not have been aware of the stuff to begin with.

I think that was a very long hint. I'll try harder not to be obvious next time.

They remind me of something, not sure what. Due to the amount of Akimbo in my head recently, I'm seeing that... but maybe I'm confused with Torche because I was listening to that, too. Not sure it matters, you're going to get it and find out for yourself anyway.

Song: "Baby Please Don't Go"
Artist: Budgie
Album: Never Turn Your Back On A Friend (1973)

Budgie. A type of bird. Also a band. Even if we don't know the name or the band, we all know "Breadfan". It has all of that energy and then an interlude followed by a repeated series of energetic sounds, common in popular songs. People like tension. People also remember the song itself better because it's an opportunity to repeat the original message and repetition is key in making stupid people stupider...

Shut up, you liked it.

This song is more relaxed and doesn't hook you the same way. For those that don't know: sounds like Led Zeppelin minus the dick in the vocalist's hand. And this is a cover.

I wonder if Budgie ever had groupies. As in, consistently and female. According to my generation's logic they're not an attractive bunch. I find myself drawn to the shrill guy in the glasses, though. I'll look up the astrology... heh! Sagittarius Moon. Figures. And Mars opposite Mars by about six degrees. And His Venus square my Sun. Well, there you go.

Anyway, shit post, good song.

Let's do it again.

[62] Weedeater, Danava, Melvins, Down (2009)

I was folding laundry yesterday when it occurred to me I was only 24 hours away from seeing THE MELVINS. !!!!

Repeat many hours later when I am about to tell someone I'll be at THE MELVINS tonight, and I have another one of those excitement attacks. I didn't realize I was quite so happy about this until I went to say it out loud. Even the usual disgusted and annoyed reaction I get around my everyday people when I talk music couldn't bring me down.

And so I floated...

There weren't too many people there when I got there. The usual early-start show crowd. I looked onstage and though Danava and Weedeater have been trading opening spots and Danava was listed to open this show, Weedeater's drum kit was the first on stage. Not sure if it had to do with the fact that Danava lives here or what, but I was happy to see that.

I got up in front of singer Dave and managed to keep my spot through their entire set despite some guy trying his stoner hardest to be the first on barrier and get their attention. Immediately it was apparent that I was going to lose my hearing early. The "fuzz" was incredibly loud and when they eventually had a break in songs, everything sounded like whispers and ocean.

Setlist:
God Luck And Good Speed
Wizard Fight
For Evan's Sake
?didn't recognize it. something new? maybe i just brain farted.
Buzz
$20 Peanut
Weed Monkey

I imagine this setlist would be better if I didn't write it after the fact... I didn't know my memory could hold out two songs, nevermind seven.

It's weird how much brighter it is inside the Roseland in comparison to, a block down the street, the Satyricon where I saw them the first time last year. I could actually see what they were doing, GASP!. Apparently Dixie Dave crosses his eyes through almost the entire set. And looks like he's going to melt into the floor or collapse or something between songs even though he's so incredibly high energy during them. At one point he looked like he was going to vomit, which I was hoping not... And thank not.

Yep. And he and the drummer have apparent chemistry going... which was just beautiful during their last two songs.

One major difference this time around was no weed decorations... Last year they had a bunch of grass and such put up all around the drums. Not this time. And also, the taped up bottle of cough syrup was in a different location. heh.

Also during the last song, about a minute before it breaks down into craziness, Dave lost sound and there was a frantic searching for a new cable between his guitar and the whatever it was connected to. When he finally got it up, just before the breakdown (at 4:25 on album), he said something like "Sorry, we bought all of our shit at a pawn shop".

Anyway, of this whole show, I think I enjoyed them most.

 
Danava set up much faster than they usually do, probably having a lot to do with the amount of help.

They were all very beautiful as always. I think his name is Zach, the non-singing guitarist, he was in the grey Danava shirt that I bought a few months ago with the sleeves cut off. Looked better on him. Drummer was in an older version yellow Danava shirt for approximately one song. And Greg was wearing the usual jean vest covered in patches of band logos like Budgie (didn't do that on purpose I swear) over some faded black band(?) logo shirt I couldn't identify.

I just spent a paragraph describing what they were wearing. They didn't play music, they catwalked.

Was irritating how there didn't seem to be many people where I was that had heard Danava before yet, for a first opener, Weedeater's crowd was pretty active. Durr?

Setlist:
(jam intro) + UnonoU
Spinning Temple Shifting
something new
something new

All of the songs were played live at a Danava show or two before this in my history, so I'm wondering when those songs are going to make it to physical medium.

During "Spinning Temple Shifting", Pepper of Down came out and did some guitarin'.

And, for the last song, Phil came out and sung while reading a typed up piece of paper. The crowd sort of lost their mind when that happened.

Four songs = stupid.

 
I lost my spot before THE MELVINS came out and ended up behind tall people, and couldn't see the drummers much or clearly. Most of my view was of Jared. Guess what they were wearing? No, don't. Jared was wearing a ninja-ish shorts version of a crappy fatrobe. I bet you'll never guess how Buzzo was dressed. Yeah, he was wearing greasy overalls and a beret like always.

I didn't make the effort to setlist them.

The first "song" was apparently just jamming. Then it went into Nude With Boots and A Senile Animal songs, especially Boots, like an onslaught blur of everything the original Melvins didn't play a few months ago when they were here doing 1983/Houdini. As "hungover" I felt that day, I liked that show way more. This one had a degree of sterility to it... Plus they didn't sound so great at times, possibly having to do with how I was so close to one side of the speakers.

I was also getting irritated with someone who stood next to me. They needed to be punched in the jaw.

I'm pretty sure the crowd liked them.

 
I wasn't sure if I was going to stay for Down or what. I got a random inkling that they might do a song with one of the other bands and they took so long setting up that I only would have caught 15-20 minutes of their set if I would've left for the early bus or whatever, so I stayed through the whole thing.

And I don't like Down... so I have no songs for you even though they probably announced every single one of them. Phil did lots of talking. They had tons of energy but since every one of their songs sound the same (hey, was that Weedeater's "Weed Monkey" in there? Who took whose song here?) I was getting bored.

(Down - NOD or Weedeater - Weed Monkey?)

I did tons of crowd scanning and the security people had their work cut out for them. A couple of fights had to be broken up and people were kicked out. Bit of crowd-surfing, too, a couple of them pretty large men who kept coming back for more, so I'm sure the security guys up front were sore by the end of the night.

I had to wait until the very fucking last song of the night to see anyone else on stage. By this time I had moved to leave the building and ALMOST left... I mean, I was two baby steps away from the stairs when Phil said something or other about Danava. This extra couple of minutes of jackoffery probably wasn't worth it, but hey. I got to see the Danava guys play some more unfamiliar music. They're prettier up close.

 
And now I'm home, feeling incredibly achy from my long-ass walk and not sure how I'm going to feel in about 12 hours when I'll need to decide if "tomorrow" is my next show or the day after. Hard to say just yet. Do I really need to see Red Fang for a seventh time?! The answer is yes. Absolutely yes. Not sure if it'll be tomorrow or next month just now, though.

Edit: Oh yeah. On my way out of the venue, I was handed a free CD from Quandry. I've known of this band since probably 2005 and have been meaning to return so I can properly add to my "local bands that don't suck as hard as Jaguar Love" list I'm going to write someday... so that was weird.

Song: "Postcard"
Artist: The Who
Album: Odds & Sods (1974)

Irony.

Song: "Counteraction"
Artist: Quandry
Album: End Insight (2009)

I would rather a different song but I don't see anything else from this album, so here's just a sample start so you get the idea.

I can't remember how I found these guys other than myspace, likely sometime in 2005. Possibly a little before or afterward. Either way, I could immediately tell from their music that they grew up the same generation as me - in fact, they're all exactly my age. I wouldn't be remotely surprised if any of them were friends with people I went to high school with, either, because it all sounds horribly familiar and possibly not just because of the obvious radio band similarities that they have going...

First band they remind me of is Floater, who I don't actively listen to but the "sound" of the music is about the same. They had a song up a while ago that was a System of a Down rip off. It's clear someone in the band is a Tool geek. Sensing some Deftones/Korn appreciation as well. Essentially what I'm noticing here is a mid-to-late 90s alt metal radio thing. I think the sound they had before was more obviously dated in worship, as this seems a little heavier in sound overall. Actually, it sounds warmer and therefore nicer in general. Might have something to do with not having myspace quality being in the way for once.

After Kyuss and Electric Wizard and Gojira and Black Cobra Elk Bird FangO))) Sabbath, I don't think I can sincerely return to this until my next spine adjustment appointment... but I know a number of you aren't strapped to the stonerisms and tear-inducing screamings and heavy bass/drums like I am today and will, actually, care for this without a problem.

It's funny that I premised these guys but didn't warn you when I posted Reverse Dotty.

Song: "Always"
Artist: Masters of Reality
Album: Pine/Cross Dover (2009)

FINALLY getting released. Hm. I don't see it online anywhere. Fuck. More waiting. But what's this, two songs on the myspace? Oh, okay. Well, let's see...

Sounds a little on the QOTSA side, moreso than one would naturally expect but nothing too extreme...

Nice, either way. Looking forward to more.

Song: "High As The Sun"
Artist: Diesto
Album: High As The Sun (2009/2010)

I'm sure you guys will remember me writing about Diesto about two months ago, and possibly if you've been around this long, a year ago when I joined the Swamp. In either case, I wrote about them being heavy and sludgy, and they are... but this song has a lighter feeling than what I've heard from Outland/Isle of Marauder material. Ultimately the adjectives still fit, but there seems to be a broader emotional spectrum here than with previous albums. We shall see...

Also check out the other song they posted, "Lowlight". It's darker and will probably remind you a bit of current favorites among stoner/metal music geeks in the northwest.

Song: "White Dwarf"
Artist: Zoroaster
Album: Voice of Saturn (2009)

God damnit. After I saw this video it occurred to me that maybe the album I have is mistitled. Fuck. After the domain, too. Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck. Fuck you guys, whoever was the jerk who uploaded this originally. This place should really be called "spiritmolecule.com". ... Nah. STD works. I'm contagious. ... Nevermind.

Anyhow, this video is a great supplement to the fact that Zoroaster hasn't returned to the west coast in ages.

I'm going to go seethe over my new, lyricless identity now.

Next time I see SunnO))), I'm wearing a digital alarm clock around my neck. It'll go off halfway into their set, blaring at full blast. It'll be one of those clocks that has a setting for both the evil buzzing noise and one for the radio. AM radio will go off first, and when I don't respond, it'll buzz continuously.

Even though I'll lose my life, my corpse will be the coolest hipster at the hipster pool party after that.

Thanks to the runner from chevy for letting me steal his joke and, HEH, "amping" it up.

PS. Sounds like Torche:

Song: "See Thru"
Artist: Staind
Album: Tormented (1996)

"WHAT IS YOUR FUCKING PROB-LEM?!"

Yeah, the intro to this song isn't remotely sincere sounding. Sounds like a couple of 20 years olds in a fight about who's going to do laundry and the guy just stands there in silence looking embarrassed by existence and she's thinking in her head that he's jacking off in his mind over some other girl, perhaps, if I could believe his "trying to be angsty for the record" response.

And he's low. So low... It's all his fault. If he would have done laundry for his psycho girlfriend like a good little boy, he wouldn't have had to write this crappy song.

Don't worry, man. We girls who don't play the girl game get "WHAT IS YOUR FUCKING PROB-LEM?!" on our answering machines, too. You're not alonnnnne.

I tell them I have brain AIDS.

I'm sure you actually do, considering you thought that would make a good introduction to a song.

Dear people searching for "Eight Bells",

It's only a $10 pre-order from crucial blast. Plus they have samples.

Love,
looking hot in a muumuu.

These guys don't sound like my inner thoughts at all.

Saturn 9.

Which leads us to the question... what do my inner thoughts sound like?

Nope, nobody wants an answer to this question. Just check out the vids they have on their profile.

I probably have already said this... but I have had this song stuck in my head for at least 17 years.

Stupid Elephant Show.

Song: "Retina Sees Rewind"
Artist: Cave In
Album: Planets of Old (2009)

I didn't realize Cave In could be good.

Sounds like Torche.

Those of you who know what "view source" means might be having nice times at my blog these days. If you have firefox it'll come up green. There's better ones in my history...

Song: "Dark Horse"
Artist: Converge
Album: Axe to Fall (2009)

All it takes is one gateway song until you're onto more songs and then harder bands and sooner or later you're listening to hardcore metal all the time.

This one gets really good at two minutes in.

Listen to "Plagues", too, while you're at it. It has the "doom" more of you around here appreciate.

Song: "Next Attack"
Artist: Mantic Ritual
Album: Executioner (2008)

Little slow on the start but then it goes all metalli-thrash. Nothing revolutionary happening here, but it's likable for its familiarity at least. Also, is it just the hair making them look young, or were these guys not even born yet when Metallica became a household name? Not that there's anything necessarily wrong with that... but, yeah. Weird.

Quoting a previous piece of crappy writing:

i was sitting on my bed-couch a little while ago reading my oldest journals. i looked up and jack was sitting facing me halfway across the room, staring at me. i pointed and said in all seriousness “hey, i’m not your fucking entertainment!”

jack is great.

Ways Jack could be better than "great":

- if he had a job
- if he didn't rape inanimate objects in the hallway
- if he drove me to/from shows
- if he didn't eat on the floor, but in the fucking BOWL, YOU FUCKING MORON FUCK
- if he was more hygienic
- if he didn't shed
- if, by association with him, i met people of worth
- if he did my laundry
- if he shut doors after entering/leaving rooms
- if he didn't cause fights with other animals
- if he was my personal chef and did all of the grocery shopping
- if he used dandruff shampoo
- if he fixed the keyboard on my other computer
- if he, without fail, didn't step on sensitive areas
- if he actually understood and accurately responded to "sit the fuck down"
- if he brushed his teeth... fucking hell
- if he took out the trash
- if he cut/dyed my hair for me
- if he had good credit
- if he pet sweetie for me
- if he killed spiders on command
- if he helped bobo find his true fairy homogobobo love
- if he properly educated me on music
- if he did the dishes
- if when i say i might fade like a sigh if i stay
- if he was currently walking down the hallway with a slice of pizza just for me
- if he helped me find the cable to my tv to the nintendo or bought me a new one
- if he did my assignments in school for me
- if he made breakfast and it was always ready for me the minute i woke up
- if he punched anyone in the face/balls if they got out of line according to my picture of what's decent behavior
- if he won a multi-million dollar lottery and gave me 99% of it

I suppose the endless biting and the warmonging will do, but yeah. Is there a version 2.0? I want the maid upgrade.

i wonder if my neighbors enjoy my songs about beauty, love, and animal-inanimate object rape.

in any case, i must keep on eye out. my linens are in danger of “sexual interference”, and i must stand up for their rights as citizens of this household.

These days he rapes a stuffed animal or two. The other day I found a shower cap and put it completely over the stuffed dog and left it out. Yesterday I found the stuffed dog in the hallway... No shower cap to be found.

Apparently someone didn't think that was funny. Safe inanimate object sex.

All the same.

MINE. SON OF A BITCH YOU CAN'T HAVE IT ITS MINE MINE MINE FUCK YOU AGGGHH.

Mouth open as always.

Song: "Smoke and Mirrors"
Artist: Black Skies
Album: Hexagon (2008)

In a short time span, I found this on a blog and was sent it via email. I can't remember if the chicken hatched or the chicken existed in the first place, so... hi. I'm months behind on this one. Nevermind it being a year old to begin with.

This sounds like someone stomping around, growl-screaming about not getting an extra scoop of ice cream. Mary got an extra scoop, WHY CAN'T I?! And they're like, this is what happens when you don't clean your room. STOMP STOMP STOMP. SLAM. And in the distance, you hear it clearly even though it's muffled behind a door, "I HATE YOU!"

But it's not really hate. It's really love. In disguise.

</LSD>

(If this video looks funky, go to this link instead. I had to resize it for my blog and didn't feel like playing with the calculator all night to make it look perfect.)

Some of the most boring days of my life have been spent at Oaks Park. Unique, yes, but not "rockin'".

Glad I didn't go to that show. It looks packed and hot as fuck. Once in a while those shows are okay, but not back to back. Also, anyone see any girls or women in these photos/video? Oh, two? Yeah. That's what I thought.

I did a random search for a song to see what came up in my writing history. Here's a survey I took five years ago. And my comments now, in bold.

1: I hate it when people ask who my favorite band is. Or my top 5 favorite bands. I think scenarios are required. Work was awful today. What sort of music do you put on? Favorite example?
if work was awful, then i’m pissed off at someone. this requires angry music. how about alice in chain’s “angry chair”?
Generally at this point I will listen to music that is exhausting to listen to... Gojira, Electric Wizard, "Jambi", stuff that rattles the brain and forces you to listen.

2: Your lover just dumped you like an old couch along the backroads. You’re devastated. Who do you listen to now?
right off i listen to stabbing westward’s “desperate now”. then i turn on something obnoxious like le tigre.
This hasn't happened in a while. Last time I had a crappy relationship, I went for music that I knew I wouldn't like anymore in a few weeks/months, like pop-rock, so as not to taint any decent music.

3: You loved Milli Vanilli. What was your favorite song?
no i didn’t. fuck you.

4: If you’re getting ready to go out, what sort of music do you put on? Favorite example?
tool. prison sex.
If I'm going out, I'm probably going to do something musical. I like to have silence beforehand. Otherwise, probably the same things as usual.

5: Are you allowed to listen to music at work?
yes.

6: If you were in a band, what instrument would you want to play?
bass.
No idea. Haven't bothered with instruments.

7: Are you in a band? What genre?
no.

8: Does the whole genre definition thing piss you off, particularly when you’re looking for something at a large chain store?
no. i think it separates the shit from the good stuff.
I think it helps give an idea of what the music is... even a crappy definition of the music by genre is better than nothing.

9: What’s your favorite local band (your locale, not mine)?
the only local band i know of is everclear, and i stopped liking their music before i was sixteen.
I'm going to write something on this eventually.

10: Is there a singer/band that you detest so strongly that you’d rather jump off a cliff to sure death than listen? More than one, you say? Well, tell all.
creed.
If I don't like a band/style/etc I probably will adequately avoid it enough to maintain a somewhat neutral standpoint. Seems wasteful to hate that much.

11: What instrument did you play in grade school/jr. high/high school? Did you want to play that instrument?
the only one i played at any time was a flutophone/recorder. no.

12: What’s your DJ name? (Make one up.)
saturnine.

13: Do you have any cool community radio stations (no Clear Channel clones)?
community? what a joke.

14: Do you go to many concerts? How often?
when my favorite bands come by. this is like once every four years.
Last year it was about twice a month, this year about once a month on average...

15: Which band/group/singer have you seen the most in the past year? How many times?
none. in total, i’ve seen a lot of maynard.
I've seen Red Fang, Tweak Bird, Buzz/Dale/Jared/Coady, Danava, and Black Elk all twice this year. Aside from probably Melvins/Business the rest may tie for three unless I get ambitious or feel awful/run out of money.

16: Do band members ever recognize you/your name? Do you think they like you or are they frightened?
i think danny lohner was annoyed by me. that, or curiously intimidated, up until i realized as much and was intimidated myself.
for the record, we never met. it was the whole eye contact thing.
i’m sure he’ll remember me and my overly serious ways if he continues doing concerts with nin. i’m not easily forgettable.
A couple of guys who I know primarily online know me by name. A couple of bands know me pretty well by now in person but not on a personal level, just recognition since I stand out. The few I've met seem mildly amused, not frightened. Possibly pissed one or two of them off by being antisocial.

17: Using what you know about me (yeah, so that’s likely nothing), if I started a band, what should it be called?
fucktards anonymous.

18: What would your band be called?
le fromage mer.
Turtles With Herpes.

Yeah. That wasn't as interesting as I was hoping it would be.

Song: "King Beef"
Artist: Torche
Album: Chapter Ahead Being Fake - Boris/Torche split (2009)

I hear an instrument or some kind of sound in this that I haven't heard with Torche before. Not sure what it is. It's the light echo sound (it's not present in the video) - you tell me.

Also, it's one of the least "smiley" songs they have.

Mercenario's second blog birthday is today.

Go download his anniversary mix. It has Black Cobra on it, so obviously it's good.

You know how Queens of the Stone Age sort of sounds like a watered down, rockier (as opposed to metal) version of Kyuss, at least at first?

From the live videos, it's like Them Crooked Vultures is a watered down version of QOTSA.

Which is bad. Queens is fine, I like most of their songs, but they're still entering upon meaningless radio crap territory. Not sure how this TCV shit is going to go down...

Hopefully properly recorded TCV stuff leaks soon, as I'm hoping to be proven wrong. or, at least, too cynical. It's tough to see $30 shirts online before a band's even released material and then take them seriously.

I'm not sure how much I've spent on a band shirt before. I imagine it would be Tool, maybe $30... but that's rare. All of their shirts have been great quality and lasted for ages without holes, without even fading. One of the shirts I have is faded and has a huge crease in it that won't go away, but that's because I wore it almost literally every single day for a year, even still wear it all of the time, and wash my shirts with my jeans which is pretty fucking dumb of me. For eight years of wear, probably OVER wear, I think $30 was worth it there. Plus, I LOVE Tool.

But yeah. New band, $15 shirts is my limit. Well, my limit when I have money to spend in the first place.

Shit, even freakin' Mongoloid Village, who I've seen a few times and been aware of for longer, gave me a FREE shirt. I'll probably never find a situation in which I can actually wear it...

but still. Thirty dollars?! What's the first TCV album going to be called, Kings of the Cash-In?

Yeah yeah, they're brand new so they need the money to do these little one off summer shows in Europe. Whatever.

Someone leak something decent sounding already.

New York and LA are fucking spoiled when it comes to music.

Nine Inch Nails' set tonight in NY:

1. "Mr. Self Destruct"
2. "Piggy"
3. "Heresy"
4. "March of the Pigs"
5. "Closer"
6. "Ruiner"
7. "The Becoming"
8. "I Do Not Want This"
9. "Big Man with a Gun"
10. "A Warm Place"
11. "Eraser"
12. "Reptile"
13. "The Downward Spiral"
14. "Hurt"
15. 1,000,000
16. Terrible Lie
17. Metal
18. Lights In the Sky
19. Burn
20. Gave Up
21. Suck
22. Physical
23. The Hand That Feeds
24. Head Like A Hole

Yes, that's right. THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL... IN ITS ENTIRETY!

Fucking assholes. :( This isn't practically my dream setlist from these guys or nothin'. They even did half of Broken. :( :( :(

Premise: I am half asleep (this almost goes without fail when I write here, for the record). Here's my first thoughts on MOR's new one.

"richard"
Sounds familiar. Somewhat more mature version of Queens/DS. Oh yeah, I've barely listened to MOR before so I've got very little to directly compare this with. Anyway, it's driving, got that stoner rock under-roll but it's not stoner rock... desert rock.

"jim"
Nice start. Better bassy build up later. Some good crap going on towards the middle-end. This song sounds drunk.

"worm"
Enh to the very start. Then I hear super low bass. Sounds like the start of an ICP song. Getting bored, moving on.

"always"
Already posted this, I think. This doesn't full-on roll but it's got that circular beat, and the lowness combined with the beat = sexy. Liked.

"johnny's dream"
Johnny as in Dirty Dancing? ... Slow.

"vp"
The Strokes. harrr. Watch this song show up in a movie during a scene of tension.

"dreamtime"
Nah, he's not a member of the Queens personnel at all.

"rosie"
Blues. Ironically a happy song.

"the whore"
My left ear has been raped by over-produced soft voiced words. Getting real jammy towards the middle. Clutch with a decent vocalist. Nice.

"testify"
A little too noisy for a first impression write up when half asleep, too much to take in.

"alfalfa"
Get to the point. ... There isn't one? Nope, just 12 minutes of crack smoke.

Why did this take over a year to be released? Nothing's wrong with it. It's not "out there". All the songs seem decent on first run. Sounds a little too EV Queens-ish at times, but that's to be expected, and it's not overwhelming unless you don't like the genre of desert rock to begin with. I'll need time with this to "hear" the lyrics and such, but... it sounds fine.

First impression: good but not fantastic. You'll like this if you like your heavy 5-15% proof. or stripper music. or Chris' vocals.

Song: "Queen of the Void"
Artist: Midday Veil
Album: demo?

They sound a little bit like Headdress here, but somewhat more conscious and "full" sounding. Plus, female vocals that don't remotely make you want to punch a hole through someone's face. RARE.

By the way, the song is a free download at last.fm... among several.

Song: "Kashmir"
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Album: Physical Graffiti (1975)

This is a lazy song post because I've been out of sorts with the blog for the last few days. I cleaned and rearranged and cleaned some more, and now I'm left with a dead brain. But here's a memory.

I recorded myself making fun of this song when I was 14, in 1996. I would love, love, love to re-record it digitally for you guys but it's a long piece, there's a few blank spots and unfunny things that pad the whole thing that make the jokes "make sense", and plus I say some names. It's my psychology but they don't really need to be used in such a manner. I suppose I could use a program and blank out the names... Effort.

In any case, at that time, I probably had no real idea who Led Zeppelin were, and it's weird hearing my reaction to the song the first time I'd ever heard it. Yet, beautiful... So beautiful that I hear this song now and almost cringe every time. All I see turns to "brown"...

Anyhow, I can't really put any proper thought into talking about this song because it's associated with that one thing so much. So I will close with a joke.

Sounds like Danava.

Song: "Scorpionica"
Artist: Orange Goblin
Album: The Big Black (2000)

When I first had Orange Goblin material, I was immediately drawn to a few songs and didn't care about any others. This is generally how I start out with new bands, and if they're going to impress me as a whole or fill any sort of aesthetic void in my life through other songs, it'll be a while before I know it. This is one of the songs that got through over time...

"This is stoner rock/metal" is about all the song needs to be described. It's a little too white noisey for an introduction to the genre if you're coming from a radio background, but it moves well and there's that little bit of guitar fuckery in the middle that breaks up the hum so it's not "difficult".

Then again, is any stoner rock difficult? No.

Females. Go listen to them.

I have yet to form an opinion or get my head around their sound because my internet refuses to work long enough to even get through one song, nevermind the seven live tracks they have up right now. You, however, may be blessed in the internet department. If so, check them out.

Song: "Fang"
Artist: Spirit Caravan
Album: Jug Fulla Sun (1999)

I'm pretty sure the moon doesn't do that.

Give or take a day, October 18th this year is my 10,000th day.

I wrote this in 2006.

anyway, today... THIS april 20th? i get to remember this day as the first time i ever heard "10000 days".

I heard Opiate, Undertow, and Aenima around the same time in my life. I might have overheard a couple of their popular songs on the radio before this time, but 1997 (when I was 15) is when I was first exposed to the band. About a year later, I decided to actively take an interest in the band's music. I listened to Aenima pretty much every day for a year, and therefore songs like "Stinkfist" and "Pushit" are strongly attributed to my teenage angst.

I heard Salival as it came out. I heard "Schism" the day it was put on the airways, and Lateralus close to the day it was released. Lateralus came out in 2001, during a very positive time in my life when I felt "connected" and loved, and I got to share my opinions of the album very closely with my boyfriend at the time. Things with the boyfriend turned sour, and by the time I saw Tool live that November, I had had QUITE a relationship with the album. This only grew over the next year, to the point that I couldn't, in any way, tolerate hearing Tool.

The first song I could find myself relating to again was "The Patient". Eventually I came around and could hear Tool again, though I maintained some distance from Lateralus, and I became "in love" with Undertow in ways I hadn't discovered before. (I mean, I was in LOVE with this album before... but coming back to it was fucking amazing. If I was put on a desserted island with only one thing to listen to ever again, it would be Undertow. It's that kind of <3ing, yo.)

It's been nearly ten years since I discovered this band.

10,000 Days seemed like a joke, at first. The as-yet-known artwork of the album is too similar to previous artwork, the name comes across as cliche, and the song names are ridiculously pseudo-intellectual. I'm still not even sure it's real, and I have it.

I debated for a while about if I'd wait until I have a physical copy of the album versus mp3s in order to listen to it. I knew it would become available before it really was available. I knew I would buy it no matter what the case, because physical CDs have MUCH clearer, cleaner, comprehensive sound than mp3s. Every band I appreciate and respect, I buy from. This was more of an issue of patience. Could I wait?

It came down to the fact that other people had the album and I KNEW they were going to spoil my reactions to the album. I want purity in the way I digest things. Otherwise, I'm inclined to hate. So, when it was offered to me, I took it.

.

From listening to the album once, and not really that attentively, I gather that this album is going to take some getting used to. Vicarious was relatively easy to get into and enjoy, but it seems that the rest of the album is going to take time to sink in. I probably won't know if I like the album for a while. This, for me, is natural.

Vicarious
First Impression: Dream Theater. The intro also reminded me of "The Grudge". The song itself reminds me of some sort of reverse version of "Aenema".
I like it. A lot. It's the best new song I've heard in years, perhaps even since the first time I heard "Reflection".
I like the lyrics, too, although they initially came off as a little weird. Something about them reminds me of A Perfect Circle, but it might just be because of the last APC album being rather political, and this song is just that.

Jambi
First Impression: Is that Slipknot? But then he starts singing, followed by Tool's token bass sound, and... oh, okay. It's not Slipknot. or Mudvayne. or any other band.
It sounds pretty cool. I think I'll like this one a lot in the future. I can't quite intellectualize the lyrics yet, but they seem pretty nice, too.
This song is way harder and immediately striking than what Tool usually does (or, at least, have done for a while).
It's also a really long song.

Wings For Marie
First Impression: Are you sure this wasn't supposed to be called "Wings for Enya"? What a dumb name. I thought this song would be silly or something ridiculous with a name like that, and instead it's very quiet and slow and building.
It kind of reminds me of a serious version of Intermission, because it's essentially the "beginning" of the next song, like Intermission is the beginning of Jimmy.
It's quietly emotional, much like the last tracks of Lateralus. It's "sad".
Anyway, Marie "will be waiting".

10,000 Days
First impression: Not much different from the song before it in its initial quietness or building nature, but it doesn't come across as sad. "Angry" might better sum it up at first. It has more of an intellectual "point".
Good god, this song is long.
It reminds me of Pushit in the way it curves around several times before reaching a point. It's an "experience", I guess.
Pink Floyd-ish...

The Pot
First Impression: I'll take anything after that, but something positive or funny or upbeat would be nice. And delivery is had!
Okay, even though the vocals are fucking weird, I LOVE this. I will be quoting this song to my grave.
This song doesn't really sound like the Tool I know, but it doesn't sound like anything else either.

Lipan Conjuring
First Impression: Short song = segue.
I had a laugh attack the first time I heard it.
Heh, I guess it kind of stands out on its own as a "song", but yeah.. heh. You can't really take it seriously.

Lost Keys
First Impression: Um, is there a point to this? I mean it sounds really cool and all, but does it really have to be so long? It sounds like it came out of a movie.

Rosetta Stoned
First Impression: Another epic drug song? Aren't there enough of-WOAH, WHAT THE FUCK?
I don't get it...
Someone's been hanging out with Jon Davis...
But then it changes, sort of. I don't know. This one is really hard to swallow. It's very different.
It kinds of reminds me of Aenema when all is said and done.
The later half of the song is less "difficult", but it's still really fucking intense. It never "lets up".

Intension
First Impression: Reminds me of a soundtrack, again. It sounds like this album is really experimental with the different styles Tool has previously used plus various new ones that have a sort of "industrial" relation, as far as that type of experimental shit goes. They've obviously grown as a band and as individuals, but still... the song comes across as vain (doing whatever just to make noise) and even infantile. I don't know if it's because of the previous song that it sounds like that, or what.
It sounds somewhat like Reflection does. It also reminds me of The Fragile-era Nine Inch Nails.

Right In Two
First Impression: This one sounds more welcoming than the previous few right from the start. Here is where Maynard uses some of the softer vocals he's been using with APC (especially on Thirteenth Step), with Tool.
I can't really understand the lyrics but they sound significant.
It's really calm and emotionally quieting for the most part, something you'd listen to while attempting to concentrate on a new idea. It's very, very "focused".
It's clear that a lot of people are going to like this song.

Viginti Tres
First Impression: Not a song?
I REALLY like the way the first few noises relate to each other. It reminds me of sparked flame, ovens, fire, breathing dragons, footsteps, hot electric fences, Myst, "the hum" that we all hear but don't realize it until it's so fucking quiet that it's ALL you hear, and it gets so loud that you can't hear anything BUT and your head feels like it's going to implode with this new information...
I wonder what this sounds like backwards? or sped up?

... And the album as a whole?
I was expecting more apparent or clear lyrics, and I didn't get that.
I was also expecting it to be heavier in a different way than it is, but it's still pretty fucking heavy in places.
I wasn't expecting it to relate so much to previous songs they've done.
It's different. I don't know how I'm going to relate to this album over time. Right now, I'm.. amazed but turned off and yet really drawn to it. I want more. It feels like merely a taste, yet a really fucking all-consuming taste. It's going to take me a lot of time to "hear" this entire thing, piece by piece.
I don't think this album is going to gain the same kind of fan base that Lateralus or Aenima drew in, since it's so beyond that of existing social tastes. You can't just put one of these songs on and listen to it as you do anything else you might listen to and simply move on from there. Well, I suppose you could try, but then you'd miss the point.
but yeah.
I'm in a daze. I don't even know what to think.

It's, in a word, amazing.

Over the next few days I kept writing about the album, and my mind changed on a few things. Especially "Jambi".

Fuckin' "Jambi".

I get curious every once in a while about what I was doing/thinking in previous years. Here is a not-that-interesting list of bands/songs I mentioned on August 31st in my past writings.

2000
nothing

2001
nine inch nails - the becoming
system of a down - shimmy (i had the lyrics completely wrong... that was a tough search)

2002
a perfect circle - thomas
mentioned icp as a joke
le tigre - my my metrocard

2003
pink floyd - time

2004
nothing

2005
nothing

2006
porcupine tree - arriving somewhere but not here

2007
peeping tom - your neighborhood spaceman
pantera - yesterday don't mean shit
a joke about days of the new - touch peel and stand

2008
big business - send me a postcard
nebula
red fang
big business - hands up

Today last year I discovered the birthday of Aaron from Red Fang. Today this year I discovered the birthday of Jared of Big/Melvins. Same day. I imagine they're not the same age because that's too much of a coincidence... but yeah. Weird how they look alike and have associated bands.