Classified under:movies,
The title pretty much sums the movie up. It's a Sonny Chiba actioner where he plays a military officer that, get this, travels back to Feudal Japan to fight along and against samurai warriros. And did I mention that it has a tank fighting a platoon of samurai? Sold!
Monday, March 21, 2005
Friday, March 18, 2005
the Photography of Wing Shya
Classified under:photography,Wing Shya.
I found this on a livejournal community dedicated to Chinese photography from the 30s. It's a small example of Wing Shya's evovative photography.
I found this on a livejournal community dedicated to Chinese photography from the 30s. It's a small example of Wing Shya's evovative photography.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Hooligans trailer
Classified under:Hooligans,Trailers
Thanks to Ain't It Cool News' coverage of this year's South By Southwest, I'm hyped up about a new movie called Hooligans. This is what they have to say about the film
You can check out the trailer here. Beware, tho', that it's not a trailer in the truest sense, but ratherm it's just a montage of violence. Not that there's anything wrong with that
Thanks to Ain't It Cool News' coverage of this year's South By Southwest, I'm hyped up about a new movie called Hooligans. This is what they have to say about the film
Like Ong Bak, this movie is not about gangs or violence or even "football"...it is about finding what is missing from life and the journey of the protagonist to find it.
Matt Buckner just walks away from his future and his own talent in the beginning of this movie. We are given the superficial reason, but we cannot help but feel immediately that he gives up "without a fight" he just resigns himself to it and then "runs away". It seems maddening that he does this, but at the same time, so many of us do the same thing in small ways everyday that we relate. Essentially this is the set-up for his personal transformation.
He gets drawn into the completely foreign world of football firms or gangs. His naivety leads the way, because he really doesn't know how deep and dark this world is, even though we, the audience, are given a glimpse of it at the beginning of the movie. For the first time, Matt gets a taste of loyalty and friendship that seem to expand his world to a sense of belonging which has been missing from his privileged but solitary academic life. But he is still naive. As Americans in the same unfamiliar world of the football firms, we go right along with him because of the down to earth appeal of being a "regular" guy, and the treat of seeing a real West Ham United match with real fans complete with all the frenzy and excitement. But we are also drawn by the charm of Pete, the head of the West Ham United firm, who happens to be Matt's sister's brother-in-law. Pete is played brilliantly by actor Charlie Hunnam.
The violence of the brawls that ensue to protect the reputation of the firms and the teams they "represent" is handled extremely well in this film. Bloody, "gritty" and adrenaline-pumping bare fist fights without weapons where wit, nerve and fighting ability are all the tools the firms use to maintain their reputation. Occasional sticks, stones and broken beer bottles find their way into the fights and when they do, they are usually used as an indication of dirty fighting or survival. The movie in no-way glorifies violence or even justifies it. The fights just become an important part of the story and the transformation of Matt.
I will not say more of about this movie because people just need to see it themselves
You can check out the trailer here. Beware, tho', that it's not a trailer in the truest sense, but ratherm it's just a montage of violence. Not that there's anything wrong with that
Another year closer to the grave
Classified under:,Rob Andrews
That's right, I've been on this earth for 24 years. Happy birthday to me. Delight me with webjunk that is appropriate for this joyous occation.
That's right, I've been on this earth for 24 years. Happy birthday to me. Delight me with webjunk that is appropriate for this joyous occation.
Monday, March 14, 2005
Spaced
Classified under:television,Spaced
Before Shawn of the Dead washed its way overseas, brainchildren Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright created the acclaimed Brit tv series, Spaced. I'm not a huge fan of British sitcoms, a lot of the humour is pretty dry sale fair and usually illicits a stodgy nod of "that's funny" rather than tearing laughs through my body. Thankfully, Spaced is nothing like that. Keeping with their pop culture sensibilities the show has a clever mix of various levels of screwball antics, sight gags and tight dialogue. That, and I found it funnier than Shawn of the Dead. Watch it.
Before Shawn of the Dead washed its way overseas, brainchildren Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright created the acclaimed Brit tv series, Spaced. I'm not a huge fan of British sitcoms, a lot of the humour is pretty dry sale fair and usually illicits a stodgy nod of "that's funny" rather than tearing laughs through my body. Thankfully, Spaced is nothing like that. Keeping with their pop culture sensibilities the show has a clever mix of various levels of screwball antics, sight gags and tight dialogue. That, and I found it funnier than Shawn of the Dead. Watch it.
Saturday, March 12, 2005
Game Developer's Conference Roundup
Classified under:video games,Game Developers Conference 2005
Keita Takahashi, Katamari Damacy's creator rountable
"Takahashi claimed that the simplicity of his design was more the result of necessity, lamenting that he lacks the skills to explore more complex subjects such as love."
That said, the pacakge of Katamari's music, opening cinema and gameplay is the closest thing to a lover's hug that you'll get from a video game.
The New Legend of Zelda trailer
In which Link pets kittens, fights one eyed spider creatures and swims through the most beautiful water that you'll see in a video game.
Emily Dickinson-the Game
Part of the yearly Game Design Challenge, wherein the industry's best creators attempt to advance game design and explain their creative process. This year's challenge was to create a game based on the property based on Emily Dickinson. You know, the poet/writer.
XBoX keynote speech
Not owning an XboX and having virtually zero interest in the system, the speech did a good job of selling me their new system. Their online plans are very impressive and I love the possible swiss knife functionality of having *all* game enabled with Live. It will undoubtably bring the PC style expansions to the platform market.
Iwata's Keynote Speech
If we ignore his anecdotes about his life as a developer, there's some good meat in there, such as the Nintendo Revolution being backwards compatible and both that and the DS being wifi enabled. Whether or not it'll be able to compete with Microsoft's excellent online service will be something to watch for.
Keita Takahashi, Katamari Damacy's creator rountable
"Takahashi claimed that the simplicity of his design was more the result of necessity, lamenting that he lacks the skills to explore more complex subjects such as love."
That said, the pacakge of Katamari's music, opening cinema and gameplay is the closest thing to a lover's hug that you'll get from a video game.
The New Legend of Zelda trailer
In which Link pets kittens, fights one eyed spider creatures and swims through the most beautiful water that you'll see in a video game.
Emily Dickinson-the Game
Part of the yearly Game Design Challenge, wherein the industry's best creators attempt to advance game design and explain their creative process. This year's challenge was to create a game based on the property based on Emily Dickinson. You know, the poet/writer.
XBoX keynote speech
Not owning an XboX and having virtually zero interest in the system, the speech did a good job of selling me their new system. Their online plans are very impressive and I love the possible swiss knife functionality of having *all* game enabled with Live. It will undoubtably bring the PC style expansions to the platform market.
Iwata's Keynote Speech
If we ignore his anecdotes about his life as a developer, there's some good meat in there, such as the Nintendo Revolution being backwards compatible and both that and the DS being wifi enabled. Whether or not it'll be able to compete with Microsoft's excellent online service will be something to watch for.
Friday, March 11, 2005
Rob Requires Torrents and Search Tools!
Classified under:personal
Since I now have a spiffy new computer, I'm in the market for torrents. Anyone out there want to recommend any sites? I heard that there's a site that's entirely dedicated to concert mp3s. Anyone know anything about this? Also, for what it's worth, where is everyone getting their music? I've been hitting the music blogs pretty hard the last two days, litterally downloading everything that I can get my paws on. I know about Kazaa, but my experience with it suggests that it's slow as fuck, has oodles of spyware and is pretty buggy. I'm looking for something like audiogalaxy. Remember that?
Since I now have a spiffy new computer, I'm in the market for torrents. Anyone out there want to recommend any sites? I heard that there's a site that's entirely dedicated to concert mp3s. Anyone know anything about this? Also, for what it's worth, where is everyone getting their music? I've been hitting the music blogs pretty hard the last two days, litterally downloading everything that I can get my paws on. I know about Kazaa, but my experience with it suggests that it's slow as fuck, has oodles of spyware and is pretty buggy. I'm looking for something like audiogalaxy. Remember that?
Aderac reviews the score of the Harmony of Dissonance
Classified under:music,video games,Castlevania,
On "marble corridor - "offense and defense""
On "marble corridor - "offense and defense""
Here's the meat. I've written about this before. This is the one piece which would make the score for me, even if everything else stank. I'm not going into detail. It's too complex. Just listen to how the parts speak to each other, particularly the highs and the lows. Listen to how they spiral. How the tensions get woven and unwoven and lead to new anxieties. This piece is pure paranoia. It's relentless. Ruthless. It makes me shiver, it makes my eyes water, it makes me clamp my jaw, it makes me very uncomfortable. It's possibly the most moving piece of chip music I've heard.Reading aderac's blow by blow reminds me of Stephen's writing in that it's a very emotional response to machine music. That, and it's a tad pretentious too.
Hell, I just noticed the piece's title. That pretty much sums it up, compositionally.
Thursday, March 10, 2005
Tax Day comics
Classified under:tagname,
I got my taxes back yesterday and decided that it would be a time time to burn some cash and pick up a couple of trades. While the comic shop in Prince George doesn't have the greatest singles collection, they have a fantastic bookshelf full of trade paperbacks. I wouldn't be surprised if it was the best selection in Northern BC. This is what I picked up: Seaguy, Sleeper and the second trade of 100 Bullets.
Seaguy was pretty good. Yeah, it had a lot of Morrison's mad ideas, but they seemed more stream of concious than anything else, rarely delivering on their promises. Despite that, the story got much better as it approached the end with the upped action the big moon revelation, despite its abrupt ending. Knowning that Morrison had plans for two other arcs after the first one compounds the situation. The revelations at the end of the story felt like a big tease, like I was only seeing the first ten minutes of a movie. Hopefully sales will convince DC to bring out the next two arcs, but considering how obtuse the story was, I doubt it.
I picked up the first issue of Sleeper two years ago based on Brubaker's promise that if you didn't like the first issue, you could send it to him and get a refund. I wasn't impressed, but liked it enough not to go through with the refund. I had the same experience with 100 Bullets a couple of years ago. Read it, and was underwhelmed. Since then, I think that my brain has been re-wired to like noir. Hell, I'll probably like the Third Man if I saw it again. Sleeper is like a train. It starts slow, but when it gets going, it's tough to stop. Solid characterization and moral ambiguity makes this one of the better deconstructions of the super villian, much better than Mark Millar's attempt with Wanted.
I got my taxes back yesterday and decided that it would be a time time to burn some cash and pick up a couple of trades. While the comic shop in Prince George doesn't have the greatest singles collection, they have a fantastic bookshelf full of trade paperbacks. I wouldn't be surprised if it was the best selection in Northern BC. This is what I picked up: Seaguy, Sleeper and the second trade of 100 Bullets.
Seaguy was pretty good. Yeah, it had a lot of Morrison's mad ideas, but they seemed more stream of concious than anything else, rarely delivering on their promises. Despite that, the story got much better as it approached the end with the upped action the big moon revelation, despite its abrupt ending. Knowning that Morrison had plans for two other arcs after the first one compounds the situation. The revelations at the end of the story felt like a big tease, like I was only seeing the first ten minutes of a movie. Hopefully sales will convince DC to bring out the next two arcs, but considering how obtuse the story was, I doubt it.
I picked up the first issue of Sleeper two years ago based on Brubaker's promise that if you didn't like the first issue, you could send it to him and get a refund. I wasn't impressed, but liked it enough not to go through with the refund. I had the same experience with 100 Bullets a couple of years ago. Read it, and was underwhelmed. Since then, I think that my brain has been re-wired to like noir. Hell, I'll probably like the Third Man if I saw it again. Sleeper is like a train. It starts slow, but when it gets going, it's tough to stop. Solid characterization and moral ambiguity makes this one of the better deconstructions of the super villian, much better than Mark Millar's attempt with Wanted.
Has-been teams up with wanna-bes
Classified under:Star Trek,
It has been reported that Star Trek's Chekov will be joining up with the cast and crew of the online remake of the original series, the New Voyages. While I give kudos to the guys that run the show for getting Koenig into the fold, I find it a little sad that he calls it " An opportunity not only to resurrect a role, but to make of that character a living breathing profoundly human - being." Dude, it's fan fic. No one in the real world cares about mastabatory knock-offs.
It has been reported that Star Trek's Chekov will be joining up with the cast and crew of the online remake of the original series, the New Voyages. While I give kudos to the guys that run the show for getting Koenig into the fold, I find it a little sad that he calls it " An opportunity not only to resurrect a role, but to make of that character a living breathing profoundly human - being." Dude, it's fan fic. No one in the real world cares about mastabatory knock-offs.
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
What is the Assmatrix?
Classified under:sex, ass, webjunk
Not only does the Assmatrix have scientifically proven formulas that define what a great ass is, but also have great guides. Wow to fuck a fatass and how to make your deriere more perky are required reading. Get cracking.
Not only does the Assmatrix have scientifically proven formulas that define what a great ass is, but also have great guides. Wow to fuck a fatass and how to make your deriere more perky are required reading. Get cracking.
The No Bullshit Guide To Getting A Sex Change
Classified under:transsexuality,sex+change
Sometimes my referal system picks up strange ways that people are picking up my blog. When I'm not getting hits about secret Mormon societies and ways to masturbate a cat, I get quite a few hits from people searching for transsexual information. Following the trail of breadcrumbs, I've found a no bullshit guide to getting a sex change. Like, for example, they have to say about the effects of hormones on your body.
And on the Big Step.
It's alternatingly facinating and horrifying stuff.
Sometimes my referal system picks up strange ways that people are picking up my blog. When I'm not getting hits about secret Mormon societies and ways to masturbate a cat, I get quite a few hits from people searching for transsexual information. Following the trail of breadcrumbs, I've found a no bullshit guide to getting a sex change. Like, for example, they have to say about the effects of hormones on your body.
You take a fully male body, shock it by immediately stopping all the testosterone from being produced, and then pour into it a ton of mind and body altering female hormones at the same time. Talk about shocking a system! Suicide and heart attacks await these ignorant people. But go ahead, you want to be a woman so bad! Go ahead. But when you listen to all the great stories of how well they work and how wonderful they are from Marsha Mellow and her internet friends, dig a little deeper and find the dead ones, or the ones who went crazy, or the ones who can no longer take hormones and anti androgens at all because of the damage they did to their bodies. Talk to the 24 year old TS who has to wear support hose for the rest of her life because of the tremendous amount of varicose veins on her legs, or the 35 year old man who went back to his old life after suffering his third and almost fatal heart attack. But you want to be a woman overnight... I got ya.
And on the Big Step.
will not go into all the details here, this is something you need to seriously consider yourself. And it needs to be tirelessly researched. But in a nutshell, having your penis surgically turned into something resembling a vagina is a huge step. The truth is that advances in GRS have been so rapid that the chances of success are almost guaranteed. But, for a cost concious girl, the chances decrease. Unless you go to a reputable surgeon, there is no guarantee that the surgery will be a success, cosmetically or functionally... it may look terrible and/or you may never have an orgasm again, and actually, the ability to still climax is rare even in successful cases. But in either case, it needs to be maintained excessively in a variety of ways... and it becomes a lifelong problem... it must be dilated with progressive size dildos, starting every hour immediately following the surgery to every few days, and basically, for the rest of your life. And more.
It's alternatingly facinating and horrifying stuff.
Cory Ondrejka on Second Life, a MMORPG
Classified under:video games,Second Life,Game Developers Conference
Wonderland has been doing a great job of covering this year's Game Developer's Conference by doing transcripts of the speeches. Of the ones up as of writing, the Second Life one interested me the most. I haven't heard of the game until, but their pricing structure really interests me.
The flat fee plus the extra money for more hardcore players seems to be a good business plan to me. Although I doubt that many other companies will follow their business plan, it strikes me as a very good one for the genre.
Wonderland has been doing a great job of covering this year's Game Developer's Conference by doing transcripts of the speeches. Of the ones up as of writing, the Second Life one interested me the most. I haven't heard of the game until, but their pricing structure really interests me.
We’re not a subscription model. Players pay $10 up front, then it's free to take part from there on in. If you want permanence in the world though, you have to own land. We sell land to the users. You can buy as much land as you like. Scaling of needs, from small amounts for more casual players, to entire islands and such for the more dedicated...
The flat fee plus the extra money for more hardcore players seems to be a good business plan to me. Although I doubt that many other companies will follow their business plan, it strikes me as a very good one for the genre.
Monday, March 07, 2005
Music of the Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble
Classified under:Korea,music
Before I got burnt out on the shittiness of indecipherable Japanese Rock, I was a huge nerd for Japanese music. During the early 00's I had a reasonable collection of Shibuya-kei as well as some Japnese noise rock. Sadly, a lot of the music sucked, and I ended up pawning a large portion of it in Victoria for the New Rock! The Strokes! The Vines! The Hives! Remember how long that lasted? Now, thanks to the powers of high speed internet, I've been dabbling in strange new music. The stuff that's sticking out in my brain right now is propadanda music from North Korea, in particular, the Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble. The music has an old school space age lounge vibe mixed with James Bond intro singing. It's otherworldly retro. Check it.
Before I got burnt out on the shittiness of indecipherable Japanese Rock, I was a huge nerd for Japanese music. During the early 00's I had a reasonable collection of Shibuya-kei as well as some Japnese noise rock. Sadly, a lot of the music sucked, and I ended up pawning a large portion of it in Victoria for the New Rock! The Strokes! The Vines! The Hives! Remember how long that lasted? Now, thanks to the powers of high speed internet, I've been dabbling in strange new music. The stuff that's sticking out in my brain right now is propadanda music from North Korea, in particular, the Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble. The music has an old school space age lounge vibe mixed with James Bond intro singing. It's otherworldly retro. Check it.
New Grant Morrison interview is up
Classified under:Grant Morrison,interview
Recent, from Suicide Girls. On the Matrix aping the Invisibles:
Recent, from Suicide Girls. On the Matrix aping the Invisibles:
The truth of that one is that design staff on The Matrix were given Invisibles collections and told to make the movie look like my books. This is a reported fact. The Wachowskis are comic book creators and fans and were fans of my work, so it's hardly surprising. I was even contacted before the first Matrix movie was released and asked if I would contribute a story to the website.
It's not some baffling 'coincidence' that so much of The Matrix is plot by plot, detail by detail, image by image, lifted from Invisibles so there shouldn't be much controversy. The Wachowskis nicked The Invisibles and everyone in the know is well aware of this fact but of course they're unlikely to come out and say it.
It was just too bad they deviated so far from the Invisibles philosophical template in the second and third movies because they blundered helplessly into boring Catholic theology, proving that they hadn't HAD the 'contact' experience that drove The Invisibles, and they wrecked both
'Reloaded' and 'Revolutions' on the rocks of absolute incomprehension. They should have kept on stealing from me and maybe they would have wound up with something to really be proud of - a movie that could change minds and hearts and worlds.
I love the first Matrix movie which I think is a real work of cinematic genius and very timely but I've now heard from several people who worked on The Matrix and they've all confirmed that they were given Invisibles books as reference. That's how it is. I'm not angry about it anymore, although at one time I was because they made millions from what was basically a Xerox of my work and to be honest, I would be happy with just one million so I didn't have to work thirteen hours of every fucking day, including weekends.
In the end, I was glad they got the ideas out but very disappointed that they blew it so badly and distorted all the Gnostic transcendental aspects that made the first film so strong and potent. If they had any sense, they would have befriended me instead of pissing me off. They seem like nice boys.
Sanrio to Make Hello Kitty MMORRG
Classified under:video games,Hello Kitty
In a world where the Hello Kitty vibrator exists, I shouldn't be suprised by Sanrio's penchant for weirdness, but I *STILL AM*! Truly, this game will be the most haunting MMORPG ever created.
In a world where the Hello Kitty vibrator exists, I shouldn't be suprised by Sanrio's penchant for weirdness, but I *STILL AM*! Truly, this game will be the most haunting MMORPG ever created.
60 Minutes on Violent Video Games
Classified under:video games,60 Seconds
I don't have a television, so I tend to miss things like 60 Seconds' report on Stan Lee and now their assesment of video game violence. My favourite quote for imfamous anti-video game lawyer Jack Thompson:
I'm *so* gonna steal "cranial menu" for future use.
I don't have a television, so I tend to miss things like 60 Seconds' report on Stan Lee and now their assesment of video game violence. My favourite quote for imfamous anti-video game lawyer Jack Thompson:
"The video game industry gave him a cranial menu that popped up in the blink of an eye, in that police station. And that menu offered him the split-second decision to kill the officers, shoot them in the head, flee in a police car, just as the game itself trained them to do."
I'm *so* gonna steal "cranial menu" for future use.
Rob's Vancouver Trip
Classified under:personal,Rob Andrews
For those who want to know, I shall be heading to Vancouver for the weekened of the 1st of April to hang out with Miwako before she heads back to Japan as well as my other trendy and hip Vancouver friends. I'm not sure when I'll be leaving, but chances are that I'll head back on Sunday morning. I'm not sure where I'll be staying, but Heather wants to either get blunted or high on mushrooms, so chances are that we'll be staying at the Empress for one night. If anyone know of any good bands playing in Vancouver or anything special playing, give me a shoutout.
For those who want to know, I shall be heading to Vancouver for the weekened of the 1st of April to hang out with Miwako before she heads back to Japan as well as my other trendy and hip Vancouver friends. I'm not sure when I'll be leaving, but chances are that I'll head back on Sunday morning. I'm not sure where I'll be staying, but Heather wants to either get blunted or high on mushrooms, so chances are that we'll be staying at the Empress for one night. If anyone know of any good bands playing in Vancouver or anything special playing, give me a shoutout.
Thursday, March 03, 2005
More New Games Journalism
Classified under:video games,journalism
I feel like I'm on the bleeding edge of something. 24 hours after I make a post ofthe Great Scam, the Guardianposts their top ten examples of games journalism. Among them was the previously mentioned Great Scam and my personal favourite, Tim Roger's Metal Gear Solid 2 review.
I feel like I'm on the bleeding edge of something. 24 hours after I make a post ofthe Great Scam, the Guardianposts their top ten examples of games journalism. Among them was the previously mentioned Great Scam and my personal favourite, Tim Roger's Metal Gear Solid 2 review.
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
New Games Journalism: the Big Scam
Classified under:video games,journalism
Earlier last year, video games journalist Kieron Gillen made the rally call to change games journalism from less focused on graphics and scores to experiences that could only be experienced in the virtual world. He called it New Games Journalism. New Games Journalism has infected the internet more than it has print mags. Sites like insertcredit with writers like Tim Rogers GET IT, and it's good reading.
I have never heard of the game Eve until I read the Big Scam, but I want to. The article makes the word probably more compelling than it actually is, with the promises of high stakes swindles and pirateering. I'm surprised that print journalism doesn't do more stories like this. With the advent of more massively multiplayer games and non-linear sandboxing, it seems to me that gamers have a lot more to say about their gaming experience.
Earlier last year, video games journalist Kieron Gillen made the rally call to change games journalism from less focused on graphics and scores to experiences that could only be experienced in the virtual world. He called it New Games Journalism. New Games Journalism has infected the internet more than it has print mags. Sites like insertcredit with writers like Tim Rogers GET IT, and it's good reading.
I have never heard of the game Eve until I read the Big Scam, but I want to. The article makes the word probably more compelling than it actually is, with the promises of high stakes swindles and pirateering. I'm surprised that print journalism doesn't do more stories like this. With the advent of more massively multiplayer games and non-linear sandboxing, it seems to me that gamers have a lot more to say about their gaming experience.
Site update
I want to give mad props to my good friend David for changing out the site layout. You rock, dawg!
Friday, February 25, 2005
Movie that I must see:Can Dialectics break bricks?
Classified under:movies,
It's an old black and white kung fu movie redubbed by the French with Communist undertones? Where have you been all my life, "Can Dialectics Break Bricks"?
Sometimes the dialogue or narration is simply daffy: "Dialectical reason thunders in its crater." "These bastards--suppose we burnt off the hair under their arms?" In reference to a sword: "Go put away your phallic symbol." "You understand nothing, you dickbite Leninist. We're gonna fuck you up. Bamboo up the ass with red ants. And we'll burn it all up on the New Red Square." "They can't make butter from donkey piss."
It's an old black and white kung fu movie redubbed by the French with Communist undertones? Where have you been all my life, "Can Dialectics Break Bricks"?
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Insert credit reviews their game of the year: Ie, Tatemasu!
Classified under:reviews,video games
The game covers a fairly wide spectrum of gay fantasies, with the notable exception of effeminate men. The message is clear: if you want fags, play yaoi games! Nearly all of the characters have at least one defining sexual attribute, the kind of detail that can develop in ten years to real niche markets. I can’t wait for the game where I will discover I have 10 brothers when I used to have only 5, and I have to discover which ones appeared all of a sudden; or the one where I will become a volley ball teacher for young non-gay men whose wives just got an abortion.
After the characters are introduced in various ways, the game begins with fairly conventional situations, you learn what the guy you are aiming for likes, try to get closer to him, and eventually fuck him as much as possible. After the first scene with the boss when both characters discover that they could be more than just coworkers, the game quickly heats up to a nearly nonstop orgy during the first month and a half, as though it were trying to cover each subject as fast as possible, as if it wanted to keep the end of the game for some higher purpose.
And as matter of fact, the third month of the game has nearly no sex scenes when compared to the two other months. There is one gigantic parade of horror concentrated on one day of September, but it appears only if you tried to score Osamu, the masochistic character (you won’t get any sex scenes with him until that day where hell breaks loose, and this includes the dog).
why I can't sleep
Classified under:,Rob Andrews
It's 4 in the morning and I can't sleep. Do you know why? It's because both of my room mates have decided that 3:00 would be a good time to have showers and play Counterstrike. I swear, the Chinese are like vampires. Sleeping all day and coming out at night to eat and play. It's crazy nuts.
It's 4 in the morning and I can't sleep. Do you know why? It's because both of my room mates have decided that 3:00 would be a good time to have showers and play Counterstrike. I swear, the Chinese are like vampires. Sleeping all day and coming out at night to eat and play. It's crazy nuts.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Caralina
Classified under:photography,burlesque,Nannydaddy 
Caralina #3
Beautiful set of burlesque photography by Nannydaddy.
Caralina #3
Beautiful set of burlesque photography by Nannydaddy.
An Ode To Game Players Magazine
Classified under:magazines,Game Players,Ulta Game Players
Remember Bill Donahue? Remember Cap'n Chris Slate? Remember Gazuga and the cleansing? Apprently I'm not that only one. It's hard not to forget what Game Players magazine was like back in its heyday. They took the idea of EGM's psycho letter of the month, expanded it, and turned it into an entire magazine. Not only did it feature some of the funniest game reviews of all time (Jeff Lundrigan's "Izzy" review is the stuff of legends), but it also had a weird over the top back story that included a three eyed monkey god and the horrors of Coconut Monkey. The Game Players tribute site delves into the best years of the magazine's life as well as following up the staff telling us where they are now. If you're nostalgic for gaming's funniest mag, check it out.
Remember Bill Donahue? Remember Cap'n Chris Slate? Remember Gazuga and the cleansing? Apprently I'm not that only one. It's hard not to forget what Game Players magazine was like back in its heyday. They took the idea of EGM's psycho letter of the month, expanded it, and turned it into an entire magazine. Not only did it feature some of the funniest game reviews of all time (Jeff Lundrigan's "Izzy" review is the stuff of legends), but it also had a weird over the top back story that included a three eyed monkey god and the horrors of Coconut Monkey. The Game Players tribute site delves into the best years of the magazine's life as well as following up the staff telling us where they are now. If you're nostalgic for gaming's funniest mag, check it out.
Japanese Sunga
Classified under:shunga ,art, erotica,
Mike sent this in the mail this morning figuring that I'd like it. I did. I think that the most facinating thing about shunga is the fact that weird Japanese fetishism, such as S&M and tentacle sex were as prevalent then as they are now.
In these examples of Japanese shunga we see a great variety of lovemaking techniques, situations, positions and possibilities. Whether heterosexual or homosexual, the diversity of sexual behaviors expressed within this artform offer a glimpse of the sexual freedoms available in previous eras and cultures.
Some of these scenes are infused with passion in a way unimaginable in Western art. The concentration on this pleasurable physical exercise is so intense that faces and limbs become contorted in ecstasy. Very often it seems that every object present in these scenes bristles with this sexual excitement. The bonsai trees take on the suggestion of the male’s stout penis, the silk robes repeat the curves and undulation of the female’s vagina.
Mike sent this in the mail this morning figuring that I'd like it. I did. I think that the most facinating thing about shunga is the fact that weird Japanese fetishism, such as S&M and tentacle sex were as prevalent then as they are now.
Sunday, February 20, 2005
Oldboy to be released in North America this March 26th in limited theaters
Classified under:movies,Oldboy,trailers, Chan-wook Park
That's right, Chan-wook Park's second part of the vengence trilogy will have a limited release in North America starting this March 26th. You can check out the trailer here.
If it does play in Vancouver that weekend, I can assure you that I *will* be there. Even if it doesn't play, I still might consider heading down to Vancouver on the 26th to see the Kills (are they good) and to visit Jungwoon before she heads off to Vancouver and party with anyone that's ready willing and able.
That's right, Chan-wook Park's second part of the vengence trilogy will have a limited release in North America starting this March 26th. You can check out the trailer here.
If it does play in Vancouver that weekend, I can assure you that I *will* be there. Even if it doesn't play, I still might consider heading down to Vancouver on the 26th to see the Kills (are they good) and to visit Jungwoon before she heads off to Vancouver and party with anyone that's ready willing and able.
Saturday, February 19, 2005
the Arcade Fire on Just Concerts
Classified under:music,the Arcade Fire
Thanks to the CBC's archive of their Radio 2, Radio 3 and live concert recording's website, Just Concerts, you can check out the Arcade Fire performing live in studio. The set list features a couple of tracks from Funeral as well as some other stuff off album.
Thanks to the CBC's archive of their Radio 2, Radio 3 and live concert recording's website, Just Concerts, you can check out the Arcade Fire performing live in studio. The set list features a couple of tracks from Funeral as well as some other stuff off album.
Friday, February 18, 2005
xtop's Bible of Song X: A Quick One
Classified under:mix CDs,music
I received xtop's mix CD, a Bible of Song X: Quick One, in the mail today. He did a shout out ealier last month asking if anyone wanted a copy. A barman's last call with music. I, being a whore for mix CDs, sent him an e-mail with an address asking for the CD. I haven't been disapointed so far. It's the most professional mix cd that I've ever received. As you can see above, it came in a jewel case with a cover printed on hp photo paper. Incredibly smooth. The music is mixed incredibly well, barely varrying at all in terms of sound inbetween tracks. Very down tempo. The flow's great too, tracks bleeding into each other without any breaks. Hands down one of the best mix CD's that I've ever received in my life.
You can check out the track listing and commentary on tracks here. Kudos to xtop for sending something out so damn cool.
I received xtop's mix CD, a Bible of Song X: Quick One, in the mail today. He did a shout out ealier last month asking if anyone wanted a copy. A barman's last call with music. I, being a whore for mix CDs, sent him an e-mail with an address asking for the CD. I haven't been disapointed so far. It's the most professional mix cd that I've ever received. As you can see above, it came in a jewel case with a cover printed on hp photo paper. Incredibly smooth. The music is mixed incredibly well, barely varrying at all in terms of sound inbetween tracks. Very down tempo. The flow's great too, tracks bleeding into each other without any breaks. Hands down one of the best mix CD's that I've ever received in my life.
You can check out the track listing and commentary on tracks here. Kudos to xtop for sending something out so damn cool.
Flickr
Classified under:webtech,
I've decided to fuck around with Flickr for the next little while. Compared to Photobucket, Flickr has much more functionality. Why's it better than photo-bucket? Bang off, flickr allows you to comment on your photos and tag them directly into technorati. Since I've been using tags for the last month, you get a nice overlap between technorati and flickr, sharing your webjunk with a larger base of people. Flickr also allows you to directly send info straight into your blog, without having you log in. I find this incredibly useful, as with photobucket, I have to play musical chairs with windows copying and pasting everything into blogger. Right now, I have my flickr set up so that I can photoblog via my camera, but we'll see if that works out. You can check out my photoset here and will be linked on my side bar in the future. Anyone out there use flickr? If so, I'd like to add you as part of my friends loops.
I've decided to fuck around with Flickr for the next little while. Compared to Photobucket, Flickr has much more functionality. Why's it better than photo-bucket? Bang off, flickr allows you to comment on your photos and tag them directly into technorati. Since I've been using tags for the last month, you get a nice overlap between technorati and flickr, sharing your webjunk with a larger base of people. Flickr also allows you to directly send info straight into your blog, without having you log in. I find this incredibly useful, as with photobucket, I have to play musical chairs with windows copying and pasting everything into blogger. Right now, I have my flickr set up so that I can photoblog via my camera, but we'll see if that works out. You can check out my photoset here and will be linked on my side bar in the future. Anyone out there use flickr? If so, I'd like to add you as part of my friends loops.
Leo-watch
Classified under:personal,Rob Andrews
My new room mate is a strange one. I'm starting to think that he's a hypocondriac. When he's in the kitchen, when he cooks, he covers the hands and anything that will touch his hands with toilet paper. And then he disapears into his room chatting with his girlfriend with fish lips, leaving tissue husks everywhere, like ghost shit. He spends most of his time without pants, wearing the Chinese equivilent of hot pants. He'll pop into the living room, with his lap top webcam in my hand and interview me in from of his Chinese girlfriends. The girls giggle over digital static when I look at them speak in pseudo real-time. They're all the same. Space aged girls wearing oversized headphones.
My new room mate is a strange one. I'm starting to think that he's a hypocondriac. When he's in the kitchen, when he cooks, he covers the hands and anything that will touch his hands with toilet paper. And then he disapears into his room chatting with his girlfriend with fish lips, leaving tissue husks everywhere, like ghost shit. He spends most of his time without pants, wearing the Chinese equivilent of hot pants. He'll pop into the living room, with his lap top webcam in my hand and interview me in from of his Chinese girlfriends. The girls giggle over digital static when I look at them speak in pseudo real-time. They're all the same. Space aged girls wearing oversized headphones.
McBonzai
Classified under:photos,Rob Andrews
The MacDonald's near my place grows Canadian rip-off bonzai trees. During the weekends, long bearded homeless men pick french fries and McNuggets out of their branches.
The MacDonald's near my place grows Canadian rip-off bonzai trees. During the weekends, long bearded homeless men pick french fries and McNuggets out of their branches.
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Monday, February 14, 2005
Downtown photographs
Classified under:photos,Rob Andrews 
I found this plastered near Prince George's best independent bookstore. You can't see it below, but there's a part that's ripped off that concludes the message "..without fear. It's the only gay/lesbian message that I've seen in town, which isn't too surprising since Prince George is pretty small and redneck compared to, say, Vancouver.
I found this plastered near Prince George's best independent bookstore. You can't see it below, but there's a part that's ripped off that concludes the message "..without fear. It's the only gay/lesbian message that I've seen in town, which isn't too surprising since Prince George is pretty small and redneck compared to, say, Vancouver.
Conversations with Miwako: 'young person's sexual song-with-animal-legs'
Classified under:Rob Andrews
Miwa: I love sports
Rob: Really? I never thought of you as a sporty girl.
Miwa: Now, everyone say I'm sporty girl
Rob: In my mind, you will always be the girl who likes to steal my food and go out for coffee
Miwa: you never seen my skating, snowboarding, swimming right?
Rob: Nope, never.
Miwa: poor man. if you see me you will be surprised
Rob: Yeah, I know. Hah hah hah. I'm sure I will be. I really want to see you in a swim suit.
Miwa: oh oh only your forcus is swim suit
Rob: Hah hah hah. You are a girl, I am a guy. of course it's true. I won't lie. But I would like to go skiiing with you. I wish that I had the chance.
Miwa: me too
Rob: Ah well. Who knows what will happen in the future? Are you busy? Can you do me a favour, Miwa? I want you to translate something for me. It's a little weird, okay?
Miwa: okiedokie
Rob: Hah hah hah. You learned from me.
Miwa: exactly
Rob: http://www.harmful.org/homedespot/newtdr/NEWtdrARCHIVE/6diary/SEXBOOK/1.html What does this say?
Miwa: wait minutes please
Rob: Thanks. I heard that the translation is: 'young person's sexual song-with-animal-legs' But that doesn't make sense.
Miwa: I think you don't have to know
Rob: Oh? Why not?
Miwa: where did you get? did you read?
Rob: I can't read it. I don't understand Japanese.
Miwa: I'm glad to hear that
Rob: It's a sex ed book, right?
Miwa: i'm not telling you . so I should go now ha ha
Miwa: I love sports
Rob: Really? I never thought of you as a sporty girl.
Miwa: Now, everyone say I'm sporty girl
Rob: In my mind, you will always be the girl who likes to steal my food and go out for coffee
Miwa: you never seen my skating, snowboarding, swimming right?
Rob: Nope, never.
Miwa: poor man. if you see me you will be surprised
Rob: Yeah, I know. Hah hah hah. I'm sure I will be. I really want to see you in a swim suit.
Miwa: oh oh only your forcus is swim suit
Rob: Hah hah hah. You are a girl, I am a guy. of course it's true. I won't lie. But I would like to go skiiing with you. I wish that I had the chance.
Miwa: me too
Rob: Ah well. Who knows what will happen in the future? Are you busy? Can you do me a favour, Miwa? I want you to translate something for me. It's a little weird, okay?
Miwa: okiedokie
Rob: Hah hah hah. You learned from me.
Miwa: exactly
Rob: http://www.harmful.org/homedespot/newtdr/NEWtdrARCHIVE/6diary/SEXBOOK/1.html What does this say?
Miwa: wait minutes please
Rob: Thanks. I heard that the translation is: 'young person's sexual song-with-animal-legs' But that doesn't make sense.
Miwa: I think you don't have to know
Rob: Oh? Why not?
Miwa: where did you get? did you read?
Rob: I can't read it. I don't understand Japanese.
Miwa: I'm glad to hear that
Rob: It's a sex ed book, right?
Miwa: i'm not telling you . so I should go now ha ha
Sunday, February 13, 2005
Gigantor trailer is up
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Memegasm! Favourite Movie Scenes
Classified under:memes
I usually don't polute my blog with memes, but this time I'll make an exception as I dig the content. Julie D posted on her blog her five favourite movie scenes. This is by no means a comprehensive list and I'm undoubtably forgetting tonnes of great movie moments. Without further ado, here they are.
1) The 20 minute fight scene at the end of Drunken Master 2 when Jackie Chan fights his real life body guard.
2) The hammer fight in Oldboy.
3) The first 10 minutes and the end of Dead or Alive.
4) The gun battle in Tokyo Drifter where the background colour changes from white to red as more people are killed. Truly spectacular.
5) The Burly Brawl from the Matrix Reloaded.
6) The split screen fused into one in Rules of Attraction.
7) The Richard Sagawa dance number from the Happiness of the Katakuris.
8) Middlespace in the Legend of Zu
9) The opening credit sequence for Snatch.
10) The Bride versus Gogo Yubari and the Crazy 88's in Kill Bill Volume 1.
11) Christin singing "Your Song" in Moulin Rouge and turning all the lights on in Paris.
12) Beat Takeshii killing the first student in Battle Royale.
13) The guy in Ong Bak kicking ass by kneeing guys to the head.
14) The first fight scene in the One when Jet Li fights using time dilution.
15) The seige in the Return of the King.
16) Frank and Beans from There's Something About Mary
17) Michelle Yeoh verus Zhang Zhiyi in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
18) The first 12 minutes of Blade Two.
19) The sex scene in the barracks in Enemy at the Gates, the most exciting sex scene in a movie.
20) The opening sequence from Run Lola Run.
I usually don't polute my blog with memes, but this time I'll make an exception as I dig the content. Julie D posted on her blog her five favourite movie scenes. This is by no means a comprehensive list and I'm undoubtably forgetting tonnes of great movie moments. Without further ado, here they are.
1) The 20 minute fight scene at the end of Drunken Master 2 when Jackie Chan fights his real life body guard.
2) The hammer fight in Oldboy.
3) The first 10 minutes and the end of Dead or Alive.
4) The gun battle in Tokyo Drifter where the background colour changes from white to red as more people are killed. Truly spectacular.
5) The Burly Brawl from the Matrix Reloaded.
6) The split screen fused into one in Rules of Attraction.
7) The Richard Sagawa dance number from the Happiness of the Katakuris.
8) Middlespace in the Legend of Zu
9) The opening credit sequence for Snatch.
10) The Bride versus Gogo Yubari and the Crazy 88's in Kill Bill Volume 1.
11) Christin singing "Your Song" in Moulin Rouge and turning all the lights on in Paris.
12) Beat Takeshii killing the first student in Battle Royale.
13) The guy in Ong Bak kicking ass by kneeing guys to the head.
14) The first fight scene in the One when Jet Li fights using time dilution.
15) The seige in the Return of the King.
16) Frank and Beans from There's Something About Mary
17) Michelle Yeoh verus Zhang Zhiyi in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
18) The first 12 minutes of Blade Two.
19) The sex scene in the barracks in Enemy at the Gates, the most exciting sex scene in a movie.
20) The opening sequence from Run Lola Run.
Music track of the day: Lambchop
Classified under:mp3,Lambchop
Lambchop's Nashville Planet is a curious mix of down tempo country melancholia mixed with the sophisticated backing of an orchestra. Lambchop is palatable country music, avoiding the twangy guitar stylings and staying clear of cliche. Unstead of whining about alimony and the dangers of horse fucking, Lambchop takes a low key approach to their content. Nashville Planet is good music, the tunes that you hear at the end of a movie. Subtly sad with a twinge of finality.
Lambchop's Nashville Planet is a curious mix of down tempo country melancholia mixed with the sophisticated backing of an orchestra. Lambchop is palatable country music, avoiding the twangy guitar stylings and staying clear of cliche. Unstead of whining about alimony and the dangers of horse fucking, Lambchop takes a low key approach to their content. Nashville Planet is good music, the tunes that you hear at the end of a movie. Subtly sad with a twinge of finality.
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
How I Spent My Chinese New Years
Classified under:Rob Andrews
Chinese New Year is pretty big in our apartment since the Chinese now outnumber the whites two to one. When I got back home yesterday, I had to wait a good two hours as Anson was playing Countersike professionally. I gave lucky money out to Anson and our new room mate, Leo, who moved in on Chinese New Years. After winning the game, Anson cooked up hotpot for us and we ate for a good hour. After that, Anson showed me clips of the William Hung's comedy from China. I can't describe it because it's really bizzare, but I'll try my best. The part that I saw, which was described to me as "Chinese rap", had Hung banging on a drum with droning out words that *could* be described as singing in front of a donkey. The crowd waved their hands and fans in unison like it was some sort of rock concert. I'm surprised that someone didn't flick on their lighter in honour of Hung's power of rock. After that, everyone went to bed I wrote an e-mail to Miwako (pictured above) and I checked out some asian porn and found a girl there that looked like my ex. She shared her name too. Now *that* was a little weird. All in all, it was a good way to end Chinese New Years, in my books.
Chinese New Year is pretty big in our apartment since the Chinese now outnumber the whites two to one. When I got back home yesterday, I had to wait a good two hours as Anson was playing Countersike professionally. I gave lucky money out to Anson and our new room mate, Leo, who moved in on Chinese New Years. After winning the game, Anson cooked up hotpot for us and we ate for a good hour. After that, Anson showed me clips of the William Hung's comedy from China. I can't describe it because it's really bizzare, but I'll try my best. The part that I saw, which was described to me as "Chinese rap", had Hung banging on a drum with droning out words that *could* be described as singing in front of a donkey. The crowd waved their hands and fans in unison like it was some sort of rock concert. I'm surprised that someone didn't flick on their lighter in honour of Hung's power of rock. After that, everyone went to bed I wrote an e-mail to Miwako (pictured above) and I checked out some asian porn and found a girl there that looked like my ex. She shared her name too. Now *that* was a little weird. All in all, it was a good way to end Chinese New Years, in my books.
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Wanna download the Electric Six's Senor Smoke?
Classified under:mp3,Electric Six
Check out the link above. Just skimming through the tracks, it's great to see that they still haven't lost their sense of humour and their penchant for hard core dancing. I can't wait until it hits the stores in a couple of weeks. My first "must-have" purchase of the year.
Monday, February 07, 2005
Grant Morrison on the Seven Soldiers of Victory
Classified under:comics,Grant Morrison,Seven Soldiers
Grant Morrison speaks on his mega opus, the Seven Soldiers of Victory.
You can check out more here to see Morrison's sketches and a look at Guardian and Shining Knight, here to see the cover of Zantana along with Morrison's design for her, here for Klarion the Witchboy, and lastly Bulleteer and Mister Miracle.
Grant Morrison speaks on his mega opus, the Seven Soldiers of Victory.
To further emphasize the uniqueness of Seven Soldiers, much takes place in the seldom explored cranny of the DCU-New York City! Sandwiched between furturistic Metropolis and brooding Gotham, the underacheving "Cinderella City" (two big ugly sisters, geddit?) has taken on a vivid life of its own for these 21st Century champions to play out their dramas of loss, redemption, transcendence, failure and death.
You can check out more here to see Morrison's sketches and a look at Guardian and Shining Knight, here to see the cover of Zantana along with Morrison's design for her, here for Klarion the Witchboy, and lastly Bulleteer and Mister Miracle.
Music track of the day-the Fiery Furnaces-My Dog Is Lost But Now He's Found
Classified under:mp3,the Fiery Furnaces
My friend Mike challenged me to check out the Fiery Furnaces a couple of weeks ago. He told me that they were a weird and fucked up music group. I listened to the track that he sent me and I agreed. The Fiery Furnaces is children's music made for the Alice and Wonderland set. Familiar tropes for kids inversed and repacked for the adult set. Despite their originality, it's hard to love the Fiery Furnaces. I find their music to be to over produced and unfocused. My Dog Is Lost But Now He's Found is one of the Fiery Furnaces better songs, exchanging ADD kid's music for a rather sedate look at searching for one's canine friend. It's their most accessable song and worth checking out if you want an intro to their work.
My friend Mike challenged me to check out the Fiery Furnaces a couple of weeks ago. He told me that they were a weird and fucked up music group. I listened to the track that he sent me and I agreed. The Fiery Furnaces is children's music made for the Alice and Wonderland set. Familiar tropes for kids inversed and repacked for the adult set. Despite their originality, it's hard to love the Fiery Furnaces. I find their music to be to over produced and unfocused. My Dog Is Lost But Now He's Found is one of the Fiery Furnaces better songs, exchanging ADD kid's music for a rather sedate look at searching for one's canine friend. It's their most accessable song and worth checking out if you want an intro to their work.
Friday, February 04, 2005
Music Track of the Day: the Bloc Party-Banquet
Classified under:mp3,the Bloc Party
I don't care much for Music Journalism. Reporters on the bleeding edge are as excitable as teenager, ready to ejaculate on almost everything Once a month they harold a new band with a slightly new sound as the Next Big Thing and It Will Change Music Forever! Will the Bloc Party Change Things Forever? Will it draw water and blood from stones and change your tires? Probably not. Instead, enjoy it for what it is, a train engine powered rock romp. Nothing revolutionary, but still good.
I don't care much for Music Journalism. Reporters on the bleeding edge are as excitable as teenager, ready to ejaculate on almost everything Once a month they harold a new band with a slightly new sound as the Next Big Thing and It Will Change Music Forever! Will the Bloc Party Change Things Forever? Will it draw water and blood from stones and change your tires? Probably not. Instead, enjoy it for what it is, a train engine powered rock romp. Nothing revolutionary, but still good.
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Teaching the Indie Kids Has Three New Electric Six Tracks Up
Classified under:music,mp3
Three new tracks from the new Electric Six album coming out this February. The sound is a little different than Fire, minimizing their disco influence, but still keeping their smart lyrics intact. Check them out and don't forget to check out the rest of Teaching The Indie Kids' website for more musical goodness.
Three new tracks from the new Electric Six album coming out this February. The sound is a little different than Fire, minimizing their disco influence, but still keeping their smart lyrics intact. Check them out and don't forget to check out the rest of Teaching The Indie Kids' website for more musical goodness.
Music track of the day: the Streets-Dry Your Eyes
Classified under:music,mp3
When one thinks of hip hop, one doesn't usually think of melancholy ruminations of lost love. Relationships are usually stuck in the ghetto of "pimp/ho" relationships. The Streets' best single of last year, Dry Your Eyes is all about the last moments of love. The quiet desperation, the pleading and the begging to a woman that's moved on. Heartbreaking and honest and well worth listening to.
When one thinks of hip hop, one doesn't usually think of melancholy ruminations of lost love. Relationships are usually stuck in the ghetto of "pimp/ho" relationships. The Streets' best single of last year, Dry Your Eyes is all about the last moments of love. The quiet desperation, the pleading and the begging to a woman that's moved on. Heartbreaking and honest and well worth listening to.
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Music track of the day: NWA-Straight Outta Compton
Classified under:music,mp3
I haven't been a huge fan of rap until I started dabbling with it during the summer. I think it was the fake-ass wiggers in my small town that put me off of it. Nothing is more stupid than seeing a tall blonde white guy calling his equally white friends nigga'. Mix that up with Bob Dole's insisting that the music was corrupt and the fact that I had a hard core Catholic mother I stayed far, far away. So, it comes 13 years later after their debut that I've discovered NWA.
I really dig Straight Outta Compton. Listening to it is like listening to the audio version of the first ten minutes of Dawn of the Dead or the trailer for a Michael Bay production. There's a rated R action movie feel to it, full of testosterone and swagger. Everything works together on this track. The pass the mic from each member of NWA serves as a flash-cut intro to a summer blockbuster, fueled by some fantastic beats by Dr Dre. It's the best rock never made. Angry and angsty.
I haven't been a huge fan of rap until I started dabbling with it during the summer. I think it was the fake-ass wiggers in my small town that put me off of it. Nothing is more stupid than seeing a tall blonde white guy calling his equally white friends nigga'. Mix that up with Bob Dole's insisting that the music was corrupt and the fact that I had a hard core Catholic mother I stayed far, far away. So, it comes 13 years later after their debut that I've discovered NWA.
I really dig Straight Outta Compton. Listening to it is like listening to the audio version of the first ten minutes of Dawn of the Dead or the trailer for a Michael Bay production. There's a rated R action movie feel to it, full of testosterone and swagger. Everything works together on this track. The pass the mic from each member of NWA serves as a flash-cut intro to a summer blockbuster, fueled by some fantastic beats by Dr Dre. It's the best rock never made. Angry and angsty.
Sunday, January 30, 2005
Sympathy For Lady Vengence Poster Is Up
Classified under:Korean Cinema,movies 
I had my Korean friend, Jung-woon translate the title. It's not called Sympathy For Lady Vengence" in Korea, but rather "Kind, Miss Kumja". I wonder how kind a woman can be in a Park vengence pic? Jung Woon also did some translating from this article and told me that the protagonist is in prison and that the movie is being filmed at the moment and will debut in Korea this May.
I had my Korean friend, Jung-woon translate the title. It's not called Sympathy For Lady Vengence" in Korea, but rather "Kind, Miss Kumja". I wonder how kind a woman can be in a Park vengence pic? Jung Woon also did some translating from this article and told me that the protagonist is in prison and that the movie is being filmed at the moment and will debut in Korea this May.
Friday, January 28, 2005
Tim Roger's 2004 insert credit fukubukuro
Classified under:gaming
I hate print video game magazine. Maybe it's because I haven't been reading the good ones, or maybe it's because I've been soured by the death of NextGen magazine. They're all the same. Gushy hype filled previews and reviews that rehash what you've read on the back of the box plus a score number. Boring. This leads us to Tim Rogers. Tim Rigers is my favourite games jouralist, bar none. Yeah, sure, he's long winded and takes pages to get to the meat, but he sure knows how to entertain while you wait. He's the only gaming journalist that got Metal Gear Solid 2, turning me onto Haruki Murakami in the process. He just posted his retrospective on 2004 which is full of gaming goodies. My favourite bit so far is his take of the Big Metal Gear Solid 3 Secret.
Imagine would coulda been, eh? Gaming needs more journalists like him.
I hate print video game magazine. Maybe it's because I haven't been reading the good ones, or maybe it's because I've been soured by the death of NextGen magazine. They're all the same. Gushy hype filled previews and reviews that rehash what you've read on the back of the box plus a score number. Boring. This leads us to Tim Rogers. Tim Rigers is my favourite games jouralist, bar none. Yeah, sure, he's long winded and takes pages to get to the meat, but he sure knows how to entertain while you wait. He's the only gaming journalist that got Metal Gear Solid 2, turning me onto Haruki Murakami in the process. He just posted his retrospective on 2004 which is full of gaming goodies. My favourite bit so far is his take of the Big Metal Gear Solid 3 Secret.
Know this: Hideo Kojima had considered, for the longest time, making Metal Gear Solid 3 impossible to continue. It was his deepest wish. It was more than his deepest wish that the game would not allow you to continue if you died. The game nearly ended up published this way. It would have been completely unknown to the players of the world until the game's release, at which point the "great spoiler" would hit the internet within twenty minutes, freaking the hell out of everyone about as badly as Raiden freaked everyone out. It was Kojima's trump card. It would have been horrible. It would have been terrible. It would have been brilliant. It would have been something else.
To a person who plays videogames more than semi-regularly, it very likely would have been the biggest feat of mischief ever pulled in game design.
It would have gone like this: you can save the game if you want to. After you save, the girl, Para-Medic, talks about a random old movie. When she's finished talking about the old movie, you're told it's okay to turn the game off. You do so. You turn the game on the next day, play a little bit, get careless, get shot, and you die. That's it. You can't continue your saved game; saves are immediately deleted upon being resumed. Play carefully, now.
Imagine would coulda been, eh? Gaming needs more journalists like him.
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Nintendo Revolution Rumours
Classified under:gaming,Nintendo,Nintendo Revolution
Earlier last week, what could be the first details of the new Nintendo system, the Nintendo Revolution, were released. Although the first report did break potential news about the new Nintendo system having a hard drive, a la X-Box, it seemed a little less than revolutionary. One of the more interesting aspects of the new Nintendo system was that it would use gyration as part of the control scheme. The source cryptically said that one of the revolutionary aspects would involve "touching", sort of a nod to the head to the new Nintendo DS. 4 color rebellion broke some more news of the Revolutions, saying that the whole controller is pressure sensitive, enabling players to rub and control.
The rumble pack. Touch screen. Rubbing. It seems that they're on the fore-front of video game mastabatory aids. I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo brought out a vibrator for the new system to enhance the gaming experience.
Earlier last week, what could be the first details of the new Nintendo system, the Nintendo Revolution, were released. Although the first report did break potential news about the new Nintendo system having a hard drive, a la X-Box, it seemed a little less than revolutionary. One of the more interesting aspects of the new Nintendo system was that it would use gyration as part of the control scheme. The source cryptically said that one of the revolutionary aspects would involve "touching", sort of a nod to the head to the new Nintendo DS. 4 color rebellion broke some more news of the Revolutions, saying that the whole controller is pressure sensitive, enabling players to rub and control.
The rumble pack. Touch screen. Rubbing. It seems that they're on the fore-front of video game mastabatory aids. I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo brought out a vibrator for the new system to enhance the gaming experience.
Music track of the day: Katamari Damacy OST-Katamari on the Rock
Classified under:mp3,Rob Andrews
It coulda been a contender. If it wasn't for the gaming industry's 1000 pound gorilla, Grand Theft Auto and Microsoft's marketing machine working it's magic on Halo 2, Katamari Damacy could have the game of the year. Why shouldn't it be? Katamari Damancy is easily the most inovative games of the year, a great usage of simple game design to suck the players in. And then there's the music.
In the post-GTA climate of gaming, many companies have opted to use licensed tracks to add emotional punctuation to the gaming experience. Drive-by's while you listen to "How I Could Just Kill A Man"? Sold! Katamari Damacy reverses the trend by creating it's own music, and what splendid music it is. Remember the good old days when you'd get those crappy lo-fi 8 bit symphonies stuck in your brain? Katamari Damacy is a time travel pod back to the past. Not only is the music incredibly catchy, but Katamari theme is continuously echoed througout the game, allowing players to connect with the emotional moments (like making the moon). I've gotten many a strange look from my friend Miwako while trying to sing the theme song.
"Rob, why are you saying "clump of strong mind" over and over again?" Then I showed her the game. She started to hum along too. The music is an infection. I dare you to rid yourself of the "la la la la" of the Katamari theme. It's damn tough.
It coulda been a contender. If it wasn't for the gaming industry's 1000 pound gorilla, Grand Theft Auto and Microsoft's marketing machine working it's magic on Halo 2, Katamari Damacy could have the game of the year. Why shouldn't it be? Katamari Damancy is easily the most inovative games of the year, a great usage of simple game design to suck the players in. And then there's the music.
In the post-GTA climate of gaming, many companies have opted to use licensed tracks to add emotional punctuation to the gaming experience. Drive-by's while you listen to "How I Could Just Kill A Man"? Sold! Katamari Damacy reverses the trend by creating it's own music, and what splendid music it is. Remember the good old days when you'd get those crappy lo-fi 8 bit symphonies stuck in your brain? Katamari Damacy is a time travel pod back to the past. Not only is the music incredibly catchy, but Katamari theme is continuously echoed througout the game, allowing players to connect with the emotional moments (like making the moon). I've gotten many a strange look from my friend Miwako while trying to sing the theme song.
"Rob, why are you saying "clump of strong mind" over and over again?" Then I showed her the game. She started to hum along too. The music is an infection. I dare you to rid yourself of the "la la la la" of the Katamari theme. It's damn tough.
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Google Video
Classified under:google,television
Google has been unleashing lots of interesting tech lately. For someone that doesn't watch television, like myself, I find the idea of an internet based program that essentially recaps the show interesting. What I'm really looking forward to is when google is able to keep constant transcripts of television news and integrate it with google news. That'll be an interesting day.
Google has been unleashing lots of interesting tech lately. For someone that doesn't watch television, like myself, I find the idea of an internet based program that essentially recaps the show interesting. What I'm really looking forward to is when google is able to keep constant transcripts of television news and integrate it with google news. That'll be an interesting day.
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
The Oscars 2004 nominations are up.
Classified under:Oscars 2004,Rob Andrews
God, the Oscars can be so surreal. What's missing from the list? What's confusing?
No Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind as best picture.
No Best Actor for Jim Carey or Paul Giamatti.
Why is Jamie Foxx billed as best supporting actor for Collateral? He's clearly the lead of the film. I suppose it was a political move, so that he'd get an extra nomination. But still!
Oldboy isn't considered for best picture (which isn't that surprising, but still, I'd like to see a revenge film up there), as well as Wong Kar Wai's 2046.
Ghost In the Shell and Team America: World Police not being nominated for best animated film.
I am amused that the writer of Bats and Star Trek: Nemesis (John Logan) was nominated for best original screenplay, but after Akiva Goldsmith won, nothing shocks me.
I'm surprised that Collateral wasn't nominated for best cinematography. It was clearly the best usage of digital film I've seen yet. It managed to capture darkness incredibly well.
Hellboy wasn't nominated for best makeup? Huh. Very surprising.
I'm incredibly surprised that the Incredibles wasn't nominated for best score. Out of all the movies this year, it's the only one, next to Oldboy, whereI wanted to get a soundtrack right away. A great re-jigging of spy themes and superhero bombast.
No nods for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow? I admit that the movie was incredibly souless, but c'mon, the movie is gonna be considered to be a turning point in special effects in the next couple of years. The least it could get is an Oscar nod.
Who do I think should win for this year's Oscars?
Best supporting actress: Natalie Portman-CLOSER.
Best supporting actor:Clive Owen-CLOSER
Best actress: Catalina Sandino Moreno - MARIA FULL OF GRACE
Best actor: Jamie Foxx - RAY (although I have a soft spot for Dicapprio peeing into a vaste line of milk bottles. Oscar gold, I tell you)
Best director: Martin Scorsese - THE AVIATOR
Best screenplay: Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
Best adapted screenplay: Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor - SIDEWAYS
Best animated feature: the Incredibles
Best Feature: the Aviator
God, the Oscars can be so surreal. What's missing from the list? What's confusing?
No Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind as best picture.
No Best Actor for Jim Carey or Paul Giamatti.
Why is Jamie Foxx billed as best supporting actor for Collateral? He's clearly the lead of the film. I suppose it was a political move, so that he'd get an extra nomination. But still!
Oldboy isn't considered for best picture (which isn't that surprising, but still, I'd like to see a revenge film up there), as well as Wong Kar Wai's 2046.
Ghost In the Shell and Team America: World Police not being nominated for best animated film.
I am amused that the writer of Bats and Star Trek: Nemesis (John Logan) was nominated for best original screenplay, but after Akiva Goldsmith won, nothing shocks me.
I'm surprised that Collateral wasn't nominated for best cinematography. It was clearly the best usage of digital film I've seen yet. It managed to capture darkness incredibly well.
Hellboy wasn't nominated for best makeup? Huh. Very surprising.
I'm incredibly surprised that the Incredibles wasn't nominated for best score. Out of all the movies this year, it's the only one, next to Oldboy, whereI wanted to get a soundtrack right away. A great re-jigging of spy themes and superhero bombast.
No nods for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow? I admit that the movie was incredibly souless, but c'mon, the movie is gonna be considered to be a turning point in special effects in the next couple of years. The least it could get is an Oscar nod.
Who do I think should win for this year's Oscars?
Best supporting actress: Natalie Portman-CLOSER.
Best supporting actor:Clive Owen-CLOSER
Best actress: Catalina Sandino Moreno - MARIA FULL OF GRACE
Best actor: Jamie Foxx - RAY (although I have a soft spot for Dicapprio peeing into a vaste line of milk bottles. Oscar gold, I tell you)
Best director: Martin Scorsese - THE AVIATOR
Best screenplay: Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
Best adapted screenplay: Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor - SIDEWAYS
Best animated feature: the Incredibles
Best Feature: the Aviator
Music track of the day: the New Pornographers-Mass Romantic
Classified under:mp3,Rob Andrews
Before September 11th, the music scene was bursting at the scenes with the renaissance of Rock and an optimism that had been told in the late 90s. Call it millenium paranoia in reverse. Leave it up to a Canadian band to capture the sheer wide eyed joy as we entered the 21st Century. The New Pornographers, led by Victoria native Neko Casehad a killer single, Mass Romantic, that was played on all the college radio stations that year. What I dig about the song is the unrelenting cheeriness and the great keyboard in the background. Worth checking out.
Before September 11th, the music scene was bursting at the scenes with the renaissance of Rock and an optimism that had been told in the late 90s. Call it millenium paranoia in reverse. Leave it up to a Canadian band to capture the sheer wide eyed joy as we entered the 21st Century. The New Pornographers, led by Victoria native Neko Casehad a killer single, Mass Romantic, that was played on all the college radio stations that year. What I dig about the song is the unrelenting cheeriness and the great keyboard in the background. Worth checking out.
OKCupid
Classified under:webjunk,Rob Andrews
One of the worst scourges that has hit the net has been the rat like proliferation of nonesense tests. What fruit are you? What colour describes your feelings? If a stranger asked me these questions, outside of a psycho-analytical session, I'd stay very, *very* far away from them. I can see the appeal. Internet tests are a fine time waster and you get rewarded with results. Can't fault that.
Hey, remeber the Spark and the crazy ass tests that they had? Solid gold, baby. The creators of the Spark have moved on and used their test technology for evil. That's right, they made a dating website, but don't let that frighten you. The cool thing about OKCupid is that it allows you to check your compatlibility with your friends and your sexual compatibility with prospective lovers. My friend from the hotel, Erin met her boyfriend, and she hasn't cut off his balls yet, so I guess that it does work. Not only that, but it has crazy details on stats, and I'm a huge stats fan. I get a kick seeing how selfish I am compared to the rest of the people my age.
Anyhow, I suggest that you go to the website and check it out and take a couple of tests. You can check out my profile here. For kicks, I compared myself with my ex-girlfriend Heather. I found out that we're 68% compatible as lovers and 67% as friends. It's interesting how close the two percentages are.
One of the worst scourges that has hit the net has been the rat like proliferation of nonesense tests. What fruit are you? What colour describes your feelings? If a stranger asked me these questions, outside of a psycho-analytical session, I'd stay very, *very* far away from them. I can see the appeal. Internet tests are a fine time waster and you get rewarded with results. Can't fault that.
Hey, remeber the Spark and the crazy ass tests that they had? Solid gold, baby. The creators of the Spark have moved on and used their test technology for evil. That's right, they made a dating website, but don't let that frighten you. The cool thing about OKCupid is that it allows you to check your compatlibility with your friends and your sexual compatibility with prospective lovers. My friend from the hotel, Erin met her boyfriend, and she hasn't cut off his balls yet, so I guess that it does work. Not only that, but it has crazy details on stats, and I'm a huge stats fan. I get a kick seeing how selfish I am compared to the rest of the people my age.
Anyhow, I suggest that you go to the website and check it out and take a couple of tests. You can check out my profile here. For kicks, I compared myself with my ex-girlfriend Heather. I found out that we're 68% compatible as lovers and 67% as friends. It's interesting how close the two percentages are.
Monday, January 24, 2005
Music track of the day: DJ Riko - Whistler's Delight (Full version)
I'm not sure if I'm going to do this daily since my music tastes aren't nearly as refined as my movie tastes, but I think that I'll give it a whirl for a while.
For the last two years, I've heavily been experimenting with music by Dj's. I wasn't hooked at first. I remember listening to my bootlegged version of DJ Shadow's Private Press. I didn't know it at the time, but the version that I bootlegged was fucked up beyond recognition. What I thought were stylistic quirks of the genre turned out to be a bad transfer on the part of who ever ripped and uploaded it to the internet. The turning point to me where I started to really dig DJ Shadow and the genre was lisetening to Six Days for the billionth time. I was driving home from a long days work, and I finally GOT IT. It was a revelation. I was hooked.
This brings me to DJ Riko. He's not nearly a proficient artist as Shadow. Instead of making music from scracth, using samples ala Avalances or Rjd2, he remixes music. Nothing wrong with that, however. Whistler's Delight is a snipet that I stole from a longer mix of his, Later Day Taints. Whistler's Delight takes all the whistling that you've heard in pop songs for the last 50 years and mashes them up to a heavy drum beat. It loses steam about halfway through, but it's still worth listening to for the game of "spot the sample".
For the last two years, I've heavily been experimenting with music by Dj's. I wasn't hooked at first. I remember listening to my bootlegged version of DJ Shadow's Private Press. I didn't know it at the time, but the version that I bootlegged was fucked up beyond recognition. What I thought were stylistic quirks of the genre turned out to be a bad transfer on the part of who ever ripped and uploaded it to the internet. The turning point to me where I started to really dig DJ Shadow and the genre was lisetening to Six Days for the billionth time. I was driving home from a long days work, and I finally GOT IT. It was a revelation. I was hooked.
This brings me to DJ Riko. He's not nearly a proficient artist as Shadow. Instead of making music from scracth, using samples ala Avalances or Rjd2, he remixes music. Nothing wrong with that, however. Whistler's Delight is a snipet that I stole from a longer mix of his, Later Day Taints. Whistler's Delight takes all the whistling that you've heard in pop songs for the last 50 years and mashes them up to a heavy drum beat. It loses steam about halfway through, but it's still worth listening to for the game of "spot the sample".
A simple guide to music blogging
I'm doing this mainly for the benefit of Mike and Stephen, just in case they want to upload music for Moon Karma Zero. What I'm using currently is YouSendIt, a program that stores large files online that you'd normally e-mail. I'm using it as a temporary stoage space since I don't know of any other way to store music online without having to pay for it. What you do is go to the website, select your musical file and e-mail yourself. In your inbox will be an address which will be the direct link to your music. Cut 'n' paste and voila! You're listening to music. There's a couple of downsides to this, of course. The link only lasts for 10 days and is deleted after 25 downloads. If your site doesn't have that many visitors, like mine, you should be okay. Otherwise, it's time to buy a domain.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Anson Wu: Counterstrike Player
A good percentage of the time, what Anson says is bullshit. I've heard many tales of him in China, always casting him in a positive light. These stories have been the ones that I end up ignoring. But there's some truth, among the bullshit. For the last year, Anson has been telling me that he's a professional Counterstrike player. I never knew how serious he was about it until I started living with him. This is Anson's schedule, as far as I understand it. He goes to school all day, comes home, has a nap, eats, does homework. Then around 10, he gets a phone call on his computer and he plays counterstrike until three. He told me that he's gonna get interviewed on the internet. Apperently he's the best Chinese player in Canada. The team is so good that they have sponsorship. His buddies, the Chinese Army that I met when I went to Vancouver this November are currently in Toronto competing nationally. Strange world, eh?
Where does this lead? My sleep patterns. One of the drawbacks of having a world class PC gamer in the apartment is that he spends a lot of his time yelling into his microphone. Somtimes, I wake up in the middle of the night to hear him yelling to his buddies to "rush, rush"! It's a strange mix of English and Cantonese swearing. If I go to China, I'm sure that my vocabulary will consist of the Chinese equivilent of leet speak.
Where does this lead? My sleep patterns. One of the drawbacks of having a world class PC gamer in the apartment is that he spends a lot of his time yelling into his microphone. Somtimes, I wake up in the middle of the night to hear him yelling to his buddies to "rush, rush"! It's a strange mix of English and Cantonese swearing. If I go to China, I'm sure that my vocabulary will consist of the Chinese equivilent of leet speak.
l33t help
I think that it's an indication of how desperate I am, when I find the following useful when to comes to PS2 repairs.
For those of you who work in repairs, I suggest writing in English. It makes the job *that* much easier.
the door on your ps2 .. (1)if u open your ps2.. firt figer that out ..VERY IMPORTANT...(2)then u sould have the ps2 apart it should look like it is cut in half .ther is four scrus take thous out and then u should see the lacer.then ther will be two very smoll scrus take thous out and pul the tray out and a just it untell it works rite this will work ki have done it three times but it dos get frustrating if u dont get rite but u will get it rite .. and just a hint u should put the wite thing that makes the tray move u should move it to the very side then it should make the thing that moves the disk all the way down .then it will work and just put the tray back on .. then make shour it opens and close and then your done!!!
For those of you who work in repairs, I suggest writing in English. It makes the job *that* much easier.
I am a fool
I've been infected by a weird bug, that's been going around. The disease makes me stupid. Last night, fed up that my PS2 has troubles reading DVDs and now, games, I decided to take it apart and fix it. Bad move. Now, right now on my kitchen table I have it in pieces, presumably having the problem fixed, but now have a disc tray that won't open all the way. Is there a moral here? Probably.
Saturday, January 22, 2005
Rob's favourite creators: Richard Kadrey
When Moon Karma Zero started up, Mike would put up links of his favourite artists. Most of the time, they'd be painters or comic artists with a distinct style. Not being into art as much as Mike, I never really got into it as much as he did. My tastes aren't nearly as expansive as Mike when it comes to art, but I think that I'm far more expansive when it comes to the writen word. This brings us up to today.
Richard Kadrey is an incredibly talented writer. An escape from the cyberpunk movement. He doesn't write much about cyber mages or nonesense anymore. I suppose it's because the future came and lo, it was mundane. Who could have forseen that cyberspace would be powered by mothers writing e-mails to distant children or gritty reality porn? Not the techno-kings and their giga-bite subjects. Kadrey is hardened by this and changes. Things become stranger.
Kadrey writes self proclaimed "nano tales". Short stories that take place in an eye blink. One page, tops. They deal with the obscene, the strange and the unwriten. Marvels for your brain. Here's a taster: Magnetic Gardens. You can find the rest in the Infinite Matrix's archive. Do a Control F and look for Kadrey. You'll dig it.
Richard Kadrey is an incredibly talented writer. An escape from the cyberpunk movement. He doesn't write much about cyber mages or nonesense anymore. I suppose it's because the future came and lo, it was mundane. Who could have forseen that cyberspace would be powered by mothers writing e-mails to distant children or gritty reality porn? Not the techno-kings and their giga-bite subjects. Kadrey is hardened by this and changes. Things become stranger.
Kadrey writes self proclaimed "nano tales". Short stories that take place in an eye blink. One page, tops. They deal with the obscene, the strange and the unwriten. Marvels for your brain. Here's a taster: Magnetic Gardens. You can find the rest in the Infinite Matrix's archive. Do a Control F and look for Kadrey. You'll dig it.
Movies That I Want To See: Sundance 2005
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Friday, January 21, 2005
Mix CD reviews: Train of Thought
This Christmas, I asked all of my friends to give me mix CDs. I ended up with two; one from Mike called Train of Thought and one from Heather called Pink Thong mix. The latter had a sketch of a women in a pink thong on the cover. Clearly, Heather knows what I like.
Like the title, Train of Thought has the feeling of a long trip, a tour of Mike's musical brain. It starts with some punk ska, descends into a valley of politico-pop, flirts with indie darlings, mixes it up with lo-fi genius, visits the country and ends with some really weird avant-garde stuff.
Here's the breakdown for Train of Thought
Orange Alert - The Briefs
I gotta be honest, I'm not a huge fan of punk or ska, genres that Mike has a huge hard-on for. It's a pretty bombastic opening, and, after a couple of re-listens, it's a pretty decent song.
Vibrator-the Electric
Listen to the beginning closely. What's that? This song is done with dildonics? Yes, it's true, sex toys are making their way back into mainstream music. Not only does the vibrator serve as the beat that powers this fantastic machine of a song, it serves as subject matter. A double whammey. I dig this song, but I'm biased, I recommended it to Mike.
Oh Canada! - Five Iron Frenzy
A ska salute to Canada. Wouldn't it be great if someone used this song to promote to Canada in the USA. Imagine this song set to the imagry of lesbians getting it on. Our women are hot and they can marry. Take take, America!
Star-Spangled Banner - Rivers Cuomo
I never got onto the Weezer train, so honestly, Rivers Cuomo means very little to me. I'm a Canadian too, so I'm not big on the American anthem. Oddly enough, when I listen to the song, I focus on the chords in the background. Sounds like a mix of a mosquito plate and an organ put together. Music that kills insects.
America, Fuck Yeah (Bummer Remix) - Team America
America, Fuck Yeah as a cotemplative ballad. I'll be very disapointed if Trey Parker and Matt Stone don't get one of their songs from Team America for this year's Oscars. There's too much venom and wit in their lyrics to be ignored. But ignored, they will be, as Mick Jager will win for Alfie. Just wait, you'll see.
Kiss Me, Son of God - OKGo
Another odd pick for Mike. Not sure what I think about it.
Kissing the Lipless - The Shins
One of my favourite songs on the CD. The song has a frantic energy, reminding me of makeouts and drive-thrus. I think that it's the sharp chords after the corus. Or maybe it's the sheer simplicity of the music. Highly recommended.
Camaro - Frankie and the BJs
Another fave from mine on the CD. Mike's buddies made it, so don't go looking for it on Kazaa. A nice pastiache of hipster irony and gleeful earnestness. Clever and funny.
Wild Packs of Family Dogs (2004 remaster) - Modest Mouse
A nice little ditty from last year's critical darlings and Calgary fan favourites, Modest Mouse. Not nearly as good as Float On, decent none the less.
Breakfast at Denny's - Combusitble Edison
Martin Denny inspired lounge music. If the title is anything to go by, Breakfast at Denny's should feel like a trip through a jungle on Mars. Retro-futurism and pancakes. An interesting mix.
Bring the Rhino Across - Chris Lawson
My favourite discovery of Mike's next to the Arcade Fire. There's plenty to love in Bring The Rhino Across. There's the over the top use of the synth, the female/male duet near the end, and aself aware examination of the material, to name a few. An incredibly quotable song, one that can be used in casual conversation, if you're bold.
Monkey on Your Back - Clinic
Is it right for me to be reminded of Damon Alburn's involvement with Blur when I listen to this song? Because that's what it does for me.
Hockey Monkey - James Kochalka Superstar
James Kochalka reminds me of Victoria. I remember listening to Monkey versus Robot while high on mushrooms while looking at a pile of oh too bright froot loops that I had thrown across the room. Is Hockey Money as good Monkey Versus Robot? That would be like comparing Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes with the original. One's a satiral examination of man (or monkey) versus machine and the other is the musical version of MVP: Most Valuable Primate. A version of MVP that doesn't suck. No feces throwing or strange monkey backflips in this one.
Hit Me! - The Sounds
Mike says that it's a riot grrl version of 80's girl rock. Who am I to argue? Great garage rock with a twist of funk. You know that it's there. Another gem on the CD.
I've Got It All(Most) - Modest Mouse
Much better than the other Modest Mouse song on the CD due to it's polish and great lyrics. "How can someone so inconsistant mess up so consistantly?" Great quotable stuff.
Hand Springs - The White Stripes
Hard rocking plus the spoken word. It's like rap, but done by whites. Oddly, it reminds me of a car commercial.
GT400 - Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
Another recommendation by myself.
Huun Huur Tu - Tuvan Internationale
Aboriginal throat singning from Australia, I think. Haunting, yet strangely beautiful. It stands out like a sore thumb, but a great song none the less.
Loop de Loop - Ween
Ween's version of a Fred Penner song. It's okay. Surreal.
Pickin' The Chicken - Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant
And then, out of nowhere, Mike throws in some guitar strumming. What the fuck? I guess that it's there so that we're easied into the country stuff. Technically sophiticated.
The Rodeo Song - David Alan Coe
Redneck roadrage, with *gasp* profanity.
Rodeohead - Hard n' Phirm
Remember when some country musicians from Canada redid Pink Floyd's the Wall as a country concept album? Looks like it was more influential than we hoped... and feared. Rodeohead re-imagines Radiohead as hoe-down music. Good country music, but better if you're aware of Radiohead's body of work. Admittedly, I didn't get it at first, but once I noticed the source, I enjoyed it much more.
Wayfaring Stranger - Jack White
Writen by Jack White once he started to fuck Renee Zelwiggerajigger. Jack White, why do you have the blues when you're fornicated with an Academy Award winner? My mind boggles!
Liquor and Whores - Bubbles
A song taken from Canada's answer to the Kids in the Hall, the Trailer Park Boys.
Whisky in the Morning-Buck Cherry
I thought that Check Berry did soul music. This sounds like hardcore rock. Is this song from a strange alternate universe, or am I missing something?
Garage Dayz Night-Beatallica
Everyone loves to mashup the Beatles. Danger Mouse mixed them with Jay Z to make the Grey Album. Some other smuck mixed them with the Beastie Boys to make the vastly inferior Beastles. What do we have here? The Beatles mutated into head banging music? I shouldn't like it, but I do... I do...
Tonight is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel - Barenaked Ladies
A couple of years ago, I worked the night shift in the boonies. My job was to chaufer a professional to a gas plant in the middle of nowhere. Our job was to watch water pumps and make sure that they wouldn't freeze. It was tedious, and I killed time having phone sex with Pearl. They played the song on CBC in the morning after a long day's worth of work. Morbid, and clever. One of my favourite Bare Naked Ladies songs.
Diary of an Unborn Child - Li'l Markie
Spooky pro-life song from the POV of an aborted featus. Imagine Alvin from the chipmunks warble "Why did you kill me mommy?" and you get the picture.
Like the title, Train of Thought has the feeling of a long trip, a tour of Mike's musical brain. It starts with some punk ska, descends into a valley of politico-pop, flirts with indie darlings, mixes it up with lo-fi genius, visits the country and ends with some really weird avant-garde stuff.
Here's the breakdown for Train of Thought
Orange Alert - The Briefs
I gotta be honest, I'm not a huge fan of punk or ska, genres that Mike has a huge hard-on for. It's a pretty bombastic opening, and, after a couple of re-listens, it's a pretty decent song.
Vibrator-the Electric
Listen to the beginning closely. What's that? This song is done with dildonics? Yes, it's true, sex toys are making their way back into mainstream music. Not only does the vibrator serve as the beat that powers this fantastic machine of a song, it serves as subject matter. A double whammey. I dig this song, but I'm biased, I recommended it to Mike.
Oh Canada! - Five Iron Frenzy
A ska salute to Canada. Wouldn't it be great if someone used this song to promote to Canada in the USA. Imagine this song set to the imagry of lesbians getting it on. Our women are hot and they can marry. Take take, America!
Star-Spangled Banner - Rivers Cuomo
I never got onto the Weezer train, so honestly, Rivers Cuomo means very little to me. I'm a Canadian too, so I'm not big on the American anthem. Oddly enough, when I listen to the song, I focus on the chords in the background. Sounds like a mix of a mosquito plate and an organ put together. Music that kills insects.
America, Fuck Yeah (Bummer Remix) - Team America
America, Fuck Yeah as a cotemplative ballad. I'll be very disapointed if Trey Parker and Matt Stone don't get one of their songs from Team America for this year's Oscars. There's too much venom and wit in their lyrics to be ignored. But ignored, they will be, as Mick Jager will win for Alfie. Just wait, you'll see.
Kiss Me, Son of God - OKGo
Another odd pick for Mike. Not sure what I think about it.
Kissing the Lipless - The Shins
One of my favourite songs on the CD. The song has a frantic energy, reminding me of makeouts and drive-thrus. I think that it's the sharp chords after the corus. Or maybe it's the sheer simplicity of the music. Highly recommended.
Camaro - Frankie and the BJs
Another fave from mine on the CD. Mike's buddies made it, so don't go looking for it on Kazaa. A nice pastiache of hipster irony and gleeful earnestness. Clever and funny.
Wild Packs of Family Dogs (2004 remaster) - Modest Mouse
A nice little ditty from last year's critical darlings and Calgary fan favourites, Modest Mouse. Not nearly as good as Float On, decent none the less.
Breakfast at Denny's - Combusitble Edison
Martin Denny inspired lounge music. If the title is anything to go by, Breakfast at Denny's should feel like a trip through a jungle on Mars. Retro-futurism and pancakes. An interesting mix.
Bring the Rhino Across - Chris Lawson
My favourite discovery of Mike's next to the Arcade Fire. There's plenty to love in Bring The Rhino Across. There's the over the top use of the synth, the female/male duet near the end, and aself aware examination of the material, to name a few. An incredibly quotable song, one that can be used in casual conversation, if you're bold.
Monkey on Your Back - Clinic
Is it right for me to be reminded of Damon Alburn's involvement with Blur when I listen to this song? Because that's what it does for me.
Hockey Monkey - James Kochalka Superstar
James Kochalka reminds me of Victoria. I remember listening to Monkey versus Robot while high on mushrooms while looking at a pile of oh too bright froot loops that I had thrown across the room. Is Hockey Money as good Monkey Versus Robot? That would be like comparing Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes with the original. One's a satiral examination of man (or monkey) versus machine and the other is the musical version of MVP: Most Valuable Primate. A version of MVP that doesn't suck. No feces throwing or strange monkey backflips in this one.
Hit Me! - The Sounds
Mike says that it's a riot grrl version of 80's girl rock. Who am I to argue? Great garage rock with a twist of funk. You know that it's there. Another gem on the CD.
I've Got It All(Most) - Modest Mouse
Much better than the other Modest Mouse song on the CD due to it's polish and great lyrics. "How can someone so inconsistant mess up so consistantly?" Great quotable stuff.
Hand Springs - The White Stripes
Hard rocking plus the spoken word. It's like rap, but done by whites. Oddly, it reminds me of a car commercial.
GT400 - Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
Another recommendation by myself.
Huun Huur Tu - Tuvan Internationale
Aboriginal throat singning from Australia, I think. Haunting, yet strangely beautiful. It stands out like a sore thumb, but a great song none the less.
Loop de Loop - Ween
Ween's version of a Fred Penner song. It's okay. Surreal.
Pickin' The Chicken - Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant
And then, out of nowhere, Mike throws in some guitar strumming. What the fuck? I guess that it's there so that we're easied into the country stuff. Technically sophiticated.
The Rodeo Song - David Alan Coe
Redneck roadrage, with *gasp* profanity.
Rodeohead - Hard n' Phirm
Remember when some country musicians from Canada redid Pink Floyd's the Wall as a country concept album? Looks like it was more influential than we hoped... and feared. Rodeohead re-imagines Radiohead as hoe-down music. Good country music, but better if you're aware of Radiohead's body of work. Admittedly, I didn't get it at first, but once I noticed the source, I enjoyed it much more.
Wayfaring Stranger - Jack White
Writen by Jack White once he started to fuck Renee Zelwiggerajigger. Jack White, why do you have the blues when you're fornicated with an Academy Award winner? My mind boggles!
Liquor and Whores - Bubbles
A song taken from Canada's answer to the Kids in the Hall, the Trailer Park Boys.
Whisky in the Morning-Buck Cherry
I thought that Check Berry did soul music. This sounds like hardcore rock. Is this song from a strange alternate universe, or am I missing something?
Garage Dayz Night-Beatallica
Everyone loves to mashup the Beatles. Danger Mouse mixed them with Jay Z to make the Grey Album. Some other smuck mixed them with the Beastie Boys to make the vastly inferior Beastles. What do we have here? The Beatles mutated into head banging music? I shouldn't like it, but I do... I do...
Tonight is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel - Barenaked Ladies
A couple of years ago, I worked the night shift in the boonies. My job was to chaufer a professional to a gas plant in the middle of nowhere. Our job was to watch water pumps and make sure that they wouldn't freeze. It was tedious, and I killed time having phone sex with Pearl. They played the song on CBC in the morning after a long day's worth of work. Morbid, and clever. One of my favourite Bare Naked Ladies songs.
Diary of an Unborn Child - Li'l Markie
Spooky pro-life song from the POV of an aborted featus. Imagine Alvin from the chipmunks warble "Why did you kill me mommy?" and you get the picture.
RoBlog 3.0
Lets try this again.
Thanks to a delibilitating bout of creativity, I've decided to revamp RoBlog. Think of it as a Tim Burton-esque re-imagining of the originial. Will there a wooden Marky Mark acting in front of ape people? That's still up for the jury to decide.
What's going to be different? For starters, I've decided to move all webjunk to Moon Karma Zero. Mike and Stephen have been pretty much keeping it alive for the last year and a half without my input, much to my eternal gratitude. I'm going to help them pick up the slack by (attempting to) post daily. If anything, it'll force me to go to MKZ daily instead of once a week.
I've also begun a writing blog, Broken Pornography, which I'll try to update every weekend. I'm using it as an online archive of whatever weird thought enters my head. Everything there is a first draft, so that's why the writing is so shitty. I'll probably end up harvesting everything there once my comic career starts.
Where does that leave RoBlog? I'm still figuring it out. It'll probably end up as a dumping ground for personal thoughts, movie reviews and other odd things. Think of it as an audio commentary for my life. An audio commentary where the director doesn't end up praising Chris Klein for his brilliant performance in American Pie 2. If I get lazy, it'll end up turning into a haven for my bookmarks on my computer.
And that's that. Enjoy the newest mutation of RoBlog.
Thanks to a delibilitating bout of creativity, I've decided to revamp RoBlog. Think of it as a Tim Burton-esque re-imagining of the originial. Will there a wooden Marky Mark acting in front of ape people? That's still up for the jury to decide.
What's going to be different? For starters, I've decided to move all webjunk to Moon Karma Zero. Mike and Stephen have been pretty much keeping it alive for the last year and a half without my input, much to my eternal gratitude. I'm going to help them pick up the slack by (attempting to) post daily. If anything, it'll force me to go to MKZ daily instead of once a week.
I've also begun a writing blog, Broken Pornography, which I'll try to update every weekend. I'm using it as an online archive of whatever weird thought enters my head. Everything there is a first draft, so that's why the writing is so shitty. I'll probably end up harvesting everything there once my comic career starts.
Where does that leave RoBlog? I'm still figuring it out. It'll probably end up as a dumping ground for personal thoughts, movie reviews and other odd things. Think of it as an audio commentary for my life. An audio commentary where the director doesn't end up praising Chris Klein for his brilliant performance in American Pie 2. If I get lazy, it'll end up turning into a haven for my bookmarks on my computer.
And that's that. Enjoy the newest mutation of RoBlog.
Monday, November 22, 2004
Furries needs God's love too, you know
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This site is dedicated to spreading the Gospel in the werewolf and furry communities. It is my hope that many trans-species people will accept Jesus as their Savior through this ministry. I will explain the etymology of this website's name. I got the idea from Werewolf Tobias' tradition of calling a werewolf stronghold a House. Well, I'm a dragon, so my ideal stronghold would be a Castle. And since this is MY website where I am MASTER, I call this my Castle.
Please do not take offense at what I have to say on my website. I know I can be quite bold and frank at times, but I need to tell you what God thinks about you. God loves you so much that He let His only Son, Jesus, die on the cross to pay the penalty for your sinful nature and create a new sincere heart in you so that you can be close to Him. If you are searching for God, you need to listen to God's messengers because that is how God is speaking to you right now. God will not speak to you through your senses. He speaks to you through His Word - the Bible.
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Monday, October 25, 2004
Hunter S. Thompson: "Richard Nixon would be my man if he ran today.
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Richard Nixon looks like a flaming liberal today, compared to a golem like George Bush. Indeed. Where is Richard Nixon now that we finally need him?
If Nixon were running for president today, he would be seen as a "liberal" candidate, and he would probably win. He was a crook and a bungler, but what the hell? Nixon was a barrel of laughs compared to this gang of thugs from the Halliburton petroleum organization who are running the White House today -- and who will be running it this time next year, if we (the once-proud, once-loved and widely respected "American people") don't rise up like wounded warriors and whack those lying petroleum pimps out of the White House on November 2nd.
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Thursday, October 21, 2004
Monday, October 18, 2004
More Puppet Fucking!
In the wake of Team America: World Police, many viewers have come out of the theater with urges that they didn't have before the film. We're talking about the urge to see puppets fuck. Thankfully, Broadway has proved on outlit for your perverse, perverse desires. Avenue Q is the Tony award winning Broadway musical that features an all puppet cast that sings about love, drinking and internet porn. If you want to check out the lyrics of their songs (totally in the vein of South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut), check out the link.
In the wake of Team America: World Police, many viewers have come out of the theater with urges that they didn't have before the film. We're talking about the urge to see puppets fuck. Thankfully, Broadway has proved on outlit for your perverse, perverse desires. Avenue Q is the Tony award winning Broadway musical that features an all puppet cast that sings about love, drinking and internet porn. If you want to check out the lyrics of their songs (totally in the vein of South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut), check out the link.
Friday, October 15, 2004
Lynne Cheney's Sisters
It seems that in the wake of the last American Presidential debate, everyone has been talking about Kerry's shout out Lynne Cheney. Today, I'd like to give mad props to Cheney. Not only is the homosexual offspring of Dick Cheney, but she's also of the Western lesbian epic, Sisters. Check out more body tingling excerpts in the link.
"Let us go away together, away from the anger and imperatives of men. There will be only the two of us, and we shall linger through long afternoons of sweet retirement. In the evenings I shall read to you while you work your cross-stitch in the firelight. And then we shall go to bed, our bed, my dearest girl."
It seems that in the wake of the last American Presidential debate, everyone has been talking about Kerry's shout out Lynne Cheney. Today, I'd like to give mad props to Cheney. Not only is the homosexual offspring of Dick Cheney, but she's also of the Western lesbian epic, Sisters. Check out more body tingling excerpts in the link.
Thursday, October 14, 2004
Bizzare!Bill O'Reily's Sexual Harassment Suit
Stolen from the Smoking Gun, prepare to be literally shocked and amazed.
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Stolen from the Smoking Gun, prepare to be literally shocked and amazed.
During the course of his perverted ravings, Defendant Bill O'Reily told Plantiff that if that they would then engage in sexual intercourse. When Plantiff Anrea Makiss again reminded Defedant O'Reily that she did not want to participate, reminding him that he was her boss, O'Reilly said "you just have to suspend that".
During the course of Defendant Bill O'Reily's sexual rant, it became clear that he was using a vibrator on himself. Plantiff was repulsed.
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Movies I Want To See: the Calamari Wrestler
The Calamari Wrestler mixes my two favourite genres of film together into a splendid sea-food dish of cinematic greatness: Japanese wrestling movies and movies about calamaris that manage to triumph over adverse conditions. Directed by Japan's self proclaimed "Ed Wood Jr. with talent", the Calamari Wrestler aims to please with romance, over the top wrestling moves, bizzare comedy and a squid with a heart of gold.
The Calamari Wrestler mixes my two favourite genres of film together into a splendid sea-food dish of cinematic greatness: Japanese wrestling movies and movies about calamaris that manage to triumph over adverse conditions. Directed by Japan's self proclaimed "Ed Wood Jr. with talent", the Calamari Wrestler aims to please with romance, over the top wrestling moves, bizzare comedy and a squid with a heart of gold.
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
A Night At The Hip Hopera
In the wake of Dj Danger Mouse's megaton attack of copywrite law the Grey Album, it seems that everyone has been trying to create the Big New Mashup. Enter the Kleptones. Taking off where Danger Mouse left off, the Kleptones mashup mixes Queen's arena rock styles to a melange of hiphop from the last two decades. It's better than Batboy the Musical. This, I promise you.
In the wake of Dj Danger Mouse's megaton attack of copywrite law the Grey Album, it seems that everyone has been trying to create the Big New Mashup. Enter the Kleptones. Taking off where Danger Mouse left off, the Kleptones mashup mixes Queen's arena rock styles to a melange of hiphop from the last two decades. It's better than Batboy the Musical. This, I promise you.
Mixture, an new mix CD
1)Flock of Seagulls-I Ran
2)Radio Birdman-Descent Into The Maelstrom
3)the Replacements-Alex Chilton
4)Veronica Tangent-Clean Shaven Pussy
5) Eels-My Beloved Monster and Me
6)United Future Organization-Upa Neguinho
7)The Smiths-This Charming Man
8)Badly Drawn Boy-The Shining (Avalanches remix)
9) Buffalo Daugther-Great Five Lakes
10)American Analog Set-Weather Report
11)Lampchop-What Else Could It Be
12)Lovage-Sex (I'm a Man)
13)Zero7-In The Waiting Line
14)the Polyphonic Spree-Section 9
15)Gary Jules-Mad World
About two years ago, around the time when I broke up with Pearl, I developed a mad facination with late 80's rock and New Wave. What can I say? I was crazy back then. That said, one of my projects during that period was to create a mix CD featuring what I considered to be some of the best rock from that decade of excess that those of us that grew up during the 90s tried to forget. The CD was going to be called "Rock Rock". Clever, né? Sadly, like most of my creative ventures, I never completed it, but a partial playlist stayed on my old computer. Flashforward to 2004, and I've dug up my old computer, complete with my 400 plus library of music. Filled with ambition, I decide to pull a Lazurus and finally burn "Rock Rock". Pulling out my files, I rediscover a lot of music that I've loved in the past, and scrap my idea of making a CD of pure rock music, and decide to make a CD of music that I won't grow sick of. Mixture is the end result. The first couple of tracks, from I Ran to Alex Chilton are pretty much all the remains of my rock CD. Tossed at the wayside was Thee Michelle Gun Elephant's Black Tambourine and the Hot Snakes' Automatic Midnight. I decided to add Veronica Tangent's Clean Shaven Pussy because I like to represent my old home of Victoria's music scene. United Future Organization and Buffalo Daughter filled my quota of Japanese music, bonus points were added since an Englishman could appreciate the music since they lacked Japanese lyrics. I put Zero7's In The Waiting Line, the Polyphonic Spree's Section 9 and Gary Jules' Mad World because they've bookended a bunch of great films that I've seen the last couple of months. Kudos to anyone that can catch the cinematic references.
1)Flock of Seagulls-I Ran
2)Radio Birdman-Descent Into The Maelstrom
3)the Replacements-Alex Chilton
4)Veronica Tangent-Clean Shaven Pussy
5) Eels-My Beloved Monster and Me
6)United Future Organization-Upa Neguinho
7)The Smiths-This Charming Man
8)Badly Drawn Boy-The Shining (Avalanches remix)
9) Buffalo Daugther-Great Five Lakes
10)American Analog Set-Weather Report
11)Lampchop-What Else Could It Be
12)Lovage-Sex (I'm a Man)
13)Zero7-In The Waiting Line
14)the Polyphonic Spree-Section 9
15)Gary Jules-Mad World
About two years ago, around the time when I broke up with Pearl, I developed a mad facination with late 80's rock and New Wave. What can I say? I was crazy back then. That said, one of my projects during that period was to create a mix CD featuring what I considered to be some of the best rock from that decade of excess that those of us that grew up during the 90s tried to forget. The CD was going to be called "Rock Rock". Clever, né? Sadly, like most of my creative ventures, I never completed it, but a partial playlist stayed on my old computer. Flashforward to 2004, and I've dug up my old computer, complete with my 400 plus library of music. Filled with ambition, I decide to pull a Lazurus and finally burn "Rock Rock". Pulling out my files, I rediscover a lot of music that I've loved in the past, and scrap my idea of making a CD of pure rock music, and decide to make a CD of music that I won't grow sick of. Mixture is the end result. The first couple of tracks, from I Ran to Alex Chilton are pretty much all the remains of my rock CD. Tossed at the wayside was Thee Michelle Gun Elephant's Black Tambourine and the Hot Snakes' Automatic Midnight. I decided to add Veronica Tangent's Clean Shaven Pussy because I like to represent my old home of Victoria's music scene. United Future Organization and Buffalo Daughter filled my quota of Japanese music, bonus points were added since an Englishman could appreciate the music since they lacked Japanese lyrics. I put Zero7's In The Waiting Line, the Polyphonic Spree's Section 9 and Gary Jules' Mad World because they've bookended a bunch of great films that I've seen the last couple of months. Kudos to anyone that can catch the cinematic references.
Thursday, October 07, 2004
Anal sex as comedy
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This was going to be my first time foraging in the ass forest, and I wanted to have a reminder of my trip, a memento I could carry with me the rest of my life…so I decided to film us.
I planned this beforehand, but I was afraid she would decline, so instead of being mature and discussing this with Jaime, I just made the executive decision to get it on camera…without telling her.
That alone is pretty bad. But instead of just setting up a hidden camera…I got my friend to hide in my closet and film it.
No really--I know that I will burn in hell. At this point, I’m just hoping that my life can serve as a warning to others.
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Wednesday, October 06, 2004
Ain't It Cool Talkbackers provide biting political commentary
It's a weird age when the funniest political commentary comes from the infamous Ain't It Cool talk back.
You guys thought Road Warrior was cool, right? Well, let's make it a reality! A Kerry presidency would just be politics as usual, but four more years of Bush would get us that post-apocalyptic dystopia that we all know and love. Think about it... four more years of Ashcroft could make Equilibrium a reality, which means lots of guys with biker helmets and black leather trenchcoats to rebel against, and that's ALWAYS cool! No industrial regulation means pollution which means climate change which brings about all sorts of natural disasters, so there's a possibility of some Godzilla shit going down, or at least some Perfect Storm type shit. In fact that's my real criticism of Bush, he's not evil enough. C'mon, George, drop that facade of legitimacy and start pressing red buttons; If we're gonna die (and we are gonna die,) then "let us make such an end as will be worth remembering!"
It's a weird age when the funniest political commentary comes from the infamous Ain't It Cool talk back.
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