11/5/08

Muse live......gahhhhhhhhhh! I swear, listening to "Absolution" pumps me up more than a Nike commercial. "The Small Print" is such a fierce, "come here so i can kick your ass" kind of song. Awesome.

11/5/08

This song feels like crawling into bed.

11/3/08

I would totally buy this....
...but it sort of takes the magic away, don't you think?

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/10/30/the-beatles-rock-band-makers-to-release-new-video-game-in-2009/

11/2/08

Growing obsession with Vendetta Red's "Sisters of the Red Death." Listen to it if you want violence, gore and nightmare intertwined with pop chords. Really powerful album, really intense storyline and sounds soooo good loud. It's an "annihilate-my-inner-thoughts" kind of good. Wish I could've seen them play.


I love that they're only disturbing if you listen closely. On the surface they sound like pop punk emo indie alternative blahblahblahgenregenregenre. You know. They sound like a band. But the lyrics and the story are nothing less than brutal. The difference just slaps me upside the head, I love hearing it.

Sister insomnia
my eyes weep worms for you.
Angel anathema,
I'll drink your blood.

The blood you shed for me
was all you gave to me.
My bold bulimic belly dancer,
narcissistic necromancer.
Run, just run from me.

As day consumes the night
the earth shall cover me.
Medussa Madonna,
murder me, marry me.

Under your vapid vulture wings,
I'll suckle your black milk
and let it trickle down my tongue.
Your womb mouth kiss could kill.

The blood you shed for me
was all you gave to me.
My cold canary causing cancer,
narcissistic necromancer.
Run, just run from me.

This time all riots, I'm ready.
This time all riots, I'm ready to go.
--Vendetta Red, The Body and The Blood
Sisters of the Red Death

10/22/08

So I've had a Sigur Ros obsession the past 24 hours or so. It's been working out really well. I stumbled across the album "Takk..." iniTunes and boy am i glad i did. Their music can be absolutely stunning and epic, just shimmering and alive. What more could you ask for? Well, maybe lyrics in English, if that's your thing. But honestly, I enjoy not understanding the words and just absorbing the parts and sounds. I like making it about what I want it to be about.

Anyway, I really got attached to the album in no time, and then did some snooping around. I came across this video for one of my favorite tracks off of "Takk..." called "Hoppipolla" (Icelandic for "jumping into puddles). The song was also used for a lot of movie trailers and such.

Even if you don't like Sigur Ros, watch it!


I think the reason this struck me so much is how simplistic it makes loving your life seem. It's easy to get wrapped up in school, work, relationships, whatever, to the point of no return....I love how this is about playtime. It's so important to remember to laugh and play and breathe and just be for awhile....



Sigur Ros clearly owns.