...before you say anything about music today. Many rockers have bitched about the status of music today. They are right about mainstream music, but there are and will always be artist for the sake of art even if a dime cannot be made. Here are 25 albums you might not have thought you needed, but you do. Peoples!!!! Comment with your own thoughts, or add some albums to the List
01 Refused
The Shape of Punk to Come
02 The Fire Show
Saint the Fire Show
03 Television
Marquee Moon
04 Interpol
Turn on the Bright Lights
05 Modest Mouse
This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About
06 Broken Social Scene
You Forgot it in People
07 Mr. Bungle
Disco Volante
08 Gang of Four
Entertainment
09 The Microphones
Glow, pt. 2
10 The Liars
They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument On Top
11 TV on the Radio
Return to Cookie Mountain
12 Laddio Bolocko
The life and times of Laddio Bolocko
13 Queens of the Stone Age
Rated R
14 Pinback
Summer in Abandon
15 Mouse on Mars
Idiology
16 Minus the Bear
Highly Refined Pirates
17 Beauty Pill
The Unsustainable Lifestyle
18 Fiery Furnances
Bitter Tea
19 Death from Above, 1979
You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine
20 Do Make Say Think
& Yet & Yet
21 Mogwai
Rock Action
22 Pavement
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
23 Ugly Casanova
Sharpen Your Teeth
24 Wolf Parade
Apologies to the Queen Marry
25 Cursive
The Ugly Organ
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Sunday, January 28, 2007
In an attempt to post more in January
watch kurosawa's dreams!!! a beautiful surrealist film
heres an explication of the allegory of the peach orchard:
(the link is for another scene in the movie)
Forgotten Life
Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams is a surrealist film that involves eight vignettes each introduced as a dream the narrator has had. The plot is not to be understood literally, because of its allegorical nature and content. Items, colors, music, characters and anything else found inside each story is important to the brevity of meaning the director (Kurosawa) wants the viewer to realize. This essay aims to give a short synopsis of the plot of the second dream “The Peach Orchard,” but more importantly aims to explicate the hidden meaning behind what happens.
In the “Peach Orchard” a young boy serves up some food for himself, his sister and her friends. After gazing at the decorative dolls (which are there to celebrate the peach harvest) he notices he made one too many servings of food, because he thought there was another girl. His sister does not believe his findings and thinks he is sick. Angry, the boy looks around only to find another girl dressed in pink and holding bells. She runs off, but he follows her all the way to the devastated peach orchard (his parents cut down all the peach trees). She disappears when he is confronted by the spirits of the peach blossoms. They scold him for what his family did, but after realizing how much he loved the blossoms they show him the peach orchard in bloom one last time. Afterward the lone girl reappears, then disappears leaving one lone peach tree.
“The Peach Orchard” is ripe with symbolism. The intrinsic value of nature is the message conveyed by the scene. The spirits show themselves to teach the naïve what they are actually doing to nature. The peach blossoms are cut, so the spirits are neglected. The spirits are full of life, as in nature. The spirits thought the child was naïve; that he did not truly understand the significance of the dolls, the holiday or what it is to have a peach orchard in bloom. However, the little boy was older in intellect than even his parents, because he saw through his parent’s action and understood the intrinsic beauty of the trees. No profit is greater than the value of nature; therefore, his parents made a grave mistake.
The boy seems to hallucinate the girl to bring himself closer to the devastation. Similar to an open casket, he wanted to get closer to the death of what he loved and to say a final goodbye. The girl in pink symbolizes a peach tree. At the beginning of the scene the boy is the only one to notice there is something missing (i.e. the sixth girl). His sister and friends do not notice the being missing; they represent those that see nature as a way to profit (like their parents). The moral here is that killing a tree is equivalent to killing a person. Nature has life, and it is hard to see by those who turn a blind eye, but the life is there.
On a literal translation, the boy must have hallucinated the spirits, but what he sees is too vivid and articulate to be a mere hallucination. The dolls dance and sway slowly back and forth in union like trees moving in wind. The spirits are showing that nature is alive and has a heart if its own. The heart is brought about by all the dolls moving at once. Everything is connected together in harmony as nature and all its beings are connected as one ultimate entity. To cut down trees is to end a small part of natures being, but any death is significant to nature as a whole and especially to any beings directly connected (e.g. the boy and wildlife living there). The boy says “Peaches can be bought, but where can you buy a whole orchard in bloom?” The whole is worth more than the sum of the parts. The death of the orchard is also a death in the heart of the boy.
While the spirits dance soothing Japanese music is played, but when the boy notices the peach orchard is gone western music (classical, and an ugly organ chord) is played mirroring each way of life. The Japanese music symbolizes the traditional way of loving nature, while the western music is played when the trees are dead symbolizing the western style of thought. Brushing over the intrinsic value of nature and seeing it as a means to money. Furthermore this is also symbolized when the boy refuses to eat the extra serving of food. His sister is fine with the waste of sustainable resource, while the boy does not want to take more than he should. Food comes from nature, therefore, he does not want to take more from nature than he should.
Lastly, the bells seem to represent a deeper understanding of life and death. The old man in the last dream clangs bells in a funeral procession, but does so as a celebration of the dead. In this scene, the bells are used to bring the boy closer to the devastated peach orchard; hence, he is brought closer to death and its significance. He is given a deeper understanding and realization when the spirits scold and dance for him. After they leave, he sees the lone peach tree while at the same time the bells clang. This represents the fluidity of life and death, since another tree is now growing as the circle of life continues.
heres an explication of the allegory of the peach orchard:
(the link is for another scene in the movie)
Forgotten Life
Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams is a surrealist film that involves eight vignettes each introduced as a dream the narrator has had. The plot is not to be understood literally, because of its allegorical nature and content. Items, colors, music, characters and anything else found inside each story is important to the brevity of meaning the director (Kurosawa) wants the viewer to realize. This essay aims to give a short synopsis of the plot of the second dream “The Peach Orchard,” but more importantly aims to explicate the hidden meaning behind what happens.
In the “Peach Orchard” a young boy serves up some food for himself, his sister and her friends. After gazing at the decorative dolls (which are there to celebrate the peach harvest) he notices he made one too many servings of food, because he thought there was another girl. His sister does not believe his findings and thinks he is sick. Angry, the boy looks around only to find another girl dressed in pink and holding bells. She runs off, but he follows her all the way to the devastated peach orchard (his parents cut down all the peach trees). She disappears when he is confronted by the spirits of the peach blossoms. They scold him for what his family did, but after realizing how much he loved the blossoms they show him the peach orchard in bloom one last time. Afterward the lone girl reappears, then disappears leaving one lone peach tree.
“The Peach Orchard” is ripe with symbolism. The intrinsic value of nature is the message conveyed by the scene. The spirits show themselves to teach the naïve what they are actually doing to nature. The peach blossoms are cut, so the spirits are neglected. The spirits are full of life, as in nature. The spirits thought the child was naïve; that he did not truly understand the significance of the dolls, the holiday or what it is to have a peach orchard in bloom. However, the little boy was older in intellect than even his parents, because he saw through his parent’s action and understood the intrinsic beauty of the trees. No profit is greater than the value of nature; therefore, his parents made a grave mistake.
The boy seems to hallucinate the girl to bring himself closer to the devastation. Similar to an open casket, he wanted to get closer to the death of what he loved and to say a final goodbye. The girl in pink symbolizes a peach tree. At the beginning of the scene the boy is the only one to notice there is something missing (i.e. the sixth girl). His sister and friends do not notice the being missing; they represent those that see nature as a way to profit (like their parents). The moral here is that killing a tree is equivalent to killing a person. Nature has life, and it is hard to see by those who turn a blind eye, but the life is there.
On a literal translation, the boy must have hallucinated the spirits, but what he sees is too vivid and articulate to be a mere hallucination. The dolls dance and sway slowly back and forth in union like trees moving in wind. The spirits are showing that nature is alive and has a heart if its own. The heart is brought about by all the dolls moving at once. Everything is connected together in harmony as nature and all its beings are connected as one ultimate entity. To cut down trees is to end a small part of natures being, but any death is significant to nature as a whole and especially to any beings directly connected (e.g. the boy and wildlife living there). The boy says “Peaches can be bought, but where can you buy a whole orchard in bloom?” The whole is worth more than the sum of the parts. The death of the orchard is also a death in the heart of the boy.
While the spirits dance soothing Japanese music is played, but when the boy notices the peach orchard is gone western music (classical, and an ugly organ chord) is played mirroring each way of life. The Japanese music symbolizes the traditional way of loving nature, while the western music is played when the trees are dead symbolizing the western style of thought. Brushing over the intrinsic value of nature and seeing it as a means to money. Furthermore this is also symbolized when the boy refuses to eat the extra serving of food. His sister is fine with the waste of sustainable resource, while the boy does not want to take more than he should. Food comes from nature, therefore, he does not want to take more from nature than he should.
Lastly, the bells seem to represent a deeper understanding of life and death. The old man in the last dream clangs bells in a funeral procession, but does so as a celebration of the dead. In this scene, the bells are used to bring the boy closer to the devastated peach orchard; hence, he is brought closer to death and its significance. He is given a deeper understanding and realization when the spirits scold and dance for him. After they leave, he sees the lone peach tree while at the same time the bells clang. This represents the fluidity of life and death, since another tree is now growing as the circle of life continues.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Politics
Fuck all who think a third party vote doesn’t count, Because what the other side fronts upon your true beliefs is just a manuever they have to swing you to their evil yet stagnant one party system.
I feel like a fool but I actually think that the fact that most of the candidates for president circa 2008 can articulate themselves alone makes me hope for a better future.
I need to stay in tune with the political world
Thus, it has begun
I feel like a fool but I actually think that the fact that most of the candidates for president circa 2008 can articulate themselves alone makes me hope for a better future.
I need to stay in tune with the political world
Thus, it has begun
Sunday, January 21, 2007
How to avoid Extreme PMS Attacks
How to avoid Extreme PMS Attacks
Ok, so the title is a bit redundant, all PMS worth avoiding is extreme. Said qualifier is added to quickly induce an image of the last time you had to endure stress beyond what your childhood imagination could conjure up. PMS, to the average male, should feel as unreal as fake plastic boobies, but as nice as a punch to the face. The bible claims that periods happen because of Eve’s folly, but something must be wrong or God screwed up because men suffer as well. Women can’t help but project their shit cloud onto their guys in the oddest of ways. I knew a girl who was absolutely sure she was pregnant when here period came- how backward is that? Freaked the hell out of me since I didn’t know she was under the period’s spell when she told me, so I couldn’t have told her the logical inconsistency. Most importantly, as men we shouldn’t have to deal with the harshest of harsh, we got the Y chromosome and it should come with some perks, namely, a PMS free existence. Follow these steps and you will be closer to actually enjoying life… all month even.
Always know of an exit strategy; spend a day becoming more familiar with your house and hers. If you find yourself in a room with no exit, you may find yourself in situation later where you have a girlfriend overtaken by the grips of her vagina, and you know that she can’t handle the vagina alone so her vagina is going to grip you just as tight. With an exit you can escape the bad vaginas grasp. The best strategy is to build trap doors and add escape routes wherever possible. When her vag compels her to hurl an axe at your innocent face you can drop down through your door in the floor and end up (hopefully) in China.
Bake Midol into chocolate and leave it around the house in various hidden but readily available spots. Put the Midol laced chocolate in Zip Loc bags so the chocolate stays fresh for as long as possible. It might be necessary to keep all the chocolate in a cool compartment like your fridge, but make sure she can’t get to it until the period of her period. When you realize what she is going through give her some of the chocolate to cool her down while you place it around your house, and keep some in your pocket in case you find yourself in a place without any readily available medication. Having chocolate around your house at all times will save your ass. Many women find chocolate as an escape and claim it helps with a bad period. Lacing the Midol inside the chocolate gives you an added advantage; she is sure to feel better for longer, so you are sure to feel better for longer.
If PMS has scared you into the point of hiding out on Mars you might want to consider only dating women who have gone through menopause. They might be too old for your tastes, but this strategy is more economically sound since you can save your money instead of spending it on baking and construction supplies. Thus, leaving you money for all the beer and hookers you will need. Hey, at least your life won’t be in danger every twenty-eight days.
Ok, so the title is a bit redundant, all PMS worth avoiding is extreme. Said qualifier is added to quickly induce an image of the last time you had to endure stress beyond what your childhood imagination could conjure up. PMS, to the average male, should feel as unreal as fake plastic boobies, but as nice as a punch to the face. The bible claims that periods happen because of Eve’s folly, but something must be wrong or God screwed up because men suffer as well. Women can’t help but project their shit cloud onto their guys in the oddest of ways. I knew a girl who was absolutely sure she was pregnant when here period came- how backward is that? Freaked the hell out of me since I didn’t know she was under the period’s spell when she told me, so I couldn’t have told her the logical inconsistency. Most importantly, as men we shouldn’t have to deal with the harshest of harsh, we got the Y chromosome and it should come with some perks, namely, a PMS free existence. Follow these steps and you will be closer to actually enjoying life… all month even.
Always know of an exit strategy; spend a day becoming more familiar with your house and hers. If you find yourself in a room with no exit, you may find yourself in situation later where you have a girlfriend overtaken by the grips of her vagina, and you know that she can’t handle the vagina alone so her vagina is going to grip you just as tight. With an exit you can escape the bad vaginas grasp. The best strategy is to build trap doors and add escape routes wherever possible. When her vag compels her to hurl an axe at your innocent face you can drop down through your door in the floor and end up (hopefully) in China.
Bake Midol into chocolate and leave it around the house in various hidden but readily available spots. Put the Midol laced chocolate in Zip Loc bags so the chocolate stays fresh for as long as possible. It might be necessary to keep all the chocolate in a cool compartment like your fridge, but make sure she can’t get to it until the period of her period. When you realize what she is going through give her some of the chocolate to cool her down while you place it around your house, and keep some in your pocket in case you find yourself in a place without any readily available medication. Having chocolate around your house at all times will save your ass. Many women find chocolate as an escape and claim it helps with a bad period. Lacing the Midol inside the chocolate gives you an added advantage; she is sure to feel better for longer, so you are sure to feel better for longer.
If PMS has scared you into the point of hiding out on Mars you might want to consider only dating women who have gone through menopause. They might be too old for your tastes, but this strategy is more economically sound since you can save your money instead of spending it on baking and construction supplies. Thus, leaving you money for all the beer and hookers you will need. Hey, at least your life won’t be in danger every twenty-eight days.
Friday, January 19, 2007
Writing
Look at my blog
see it run
run blog run
into the distance
far below where my writing legs can go.
i ran into a distance far greater
for i have been cheating on my blog
with a magazine
things have been hard
between blog and me
but i am gonna try and stay true
and sleep with my blog as much as i can
for i am just a man
and a mortal
and i can't please all the places i write for
all the time
but don't worry
we fuck often
yours truley
the brandon d
see it run
run blog run
into the distance
far below where my writing legs can go.
i ran into a distance far greater
for i have been cheating on my blog
with a magazine
things have been hard
between blog and me
but i am gonna try and stay true
and sleep with my blog as much as i can
for i am just a man
and a mortal
and i can't please all the places i write for
all the time
but don't worry
we fuck often
yours truley
the brandon d
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
HEYY!! UHUH!!!!
so, i have been working out harder than my elbows, and i have been staying away from pot like a gardenphobiast, and i have had the worst gas of my life on treadmills to large amounts of nearby joggers, most of them hot, most of them hold their nose, but i enjoy making hot girls cringe over anyone else because they also get gas, i didnt realize this until today, but they do, and im sure they experience it less than most since guys try and hold their filth, so im gonna give em what they have been pining for, i dance like a sober sarcastic hippy willing love like a prostitute, my roomate blows amazing glass, he showed me a pendant he made today and i nearly shit a package marked with a this side up sticker but handled improperly, come to think of it my roomates do lines of blow ontop of my "mmm burgers" sign i got at tomfoolery and i dont even flinch, what have i become, i don't judge anyone, only myself and people with egos higher than their actual worth, but enough of this flabergasting lollyganging thought experiment because its turning my brain and insides into shivilry, two minutes ago i through two wine bottles at the loud ass chico train and scouffed because it deserved it, running right next to my apartment and shit
the previous was written as fast as possible to the rapture Pieces of the People we Love
the previous was written as fast as possible to the rapture Pieces of the People we Love
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