Khanate - Clean Hands Go Foul
Wolves In The Throne Room - Malevolent Grain
Animal Hospital - Memory
Everlovely Lightningheart - Sien Weal Tallion Rue
Mass of the Fermenting Dregs - World Is Yours
A Storm of Light / Nadja - Primitive North
James Blackshaw - The Glass Bead Game
Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
Boom Boom Satellites - Back On My Feet
Portland Cello Project - The Thao And Justin Power Sessions
Bloody Panda - Summon
Greymachine - Disconnected
Jesu - Infinity
Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
Grizzly Bear - Vecktamist
Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
Final - Infinite Guitar 3 / Guitar & Bass Improvisations 3
Pyramids With Nadja - Pyramids With Nadja
Nadja - Under The Jaguar Sun
Tyondai Braxton - Central Market
Various - Transmissions From Sinai
King Midas Sound - Waiting For You
Ben Frost - By The Throat
...in case you were wondering
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Temptation
Don't need it, probably have most of the music on it, but as someone who owns one or two Japanese import CDs and stupidly limited bits of vinyl I'm finding it really difficult not to preorder. Stunning bit of packaging isn't it?
Monday, June 1, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Haven't bought one of these for a while
A CD! (plus it makes an interesting picture against that background - all gets a bit fractal)
Friday, April 17, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Vinyl Fetishism
And so it continues...
The above pictures are from Sunn O)))'s vinyl only albun Dømkirke. As live documents go I can begin to understand the good points of releasing these things in vinyl format purely for the fact that the photography and artwork are really given chance to shine. I still don't buy the idea that this can only be listened to via an 'analogue' format.
This is a ridiculously limited companion piece to Larsen's La Fever Lit called LLL. Another live album with really nice artwork - this one seems to have a heavy duty screen print.
Since I am SURE you are aware of Sunn O))) I'm going to post a Larsen tune. This isn't from LLL rather it's big brother La Fever Lit, unlike most of the stuff they do it has vocals so isn't terribly representative, but hey! I like the tune:
mp3: Larsen - LeFrack City Limits
The above pictures are from Sunn O)))'s vinyl only albun Dømkirke. As live documents go I can begin to understand the good points of releasing these things in vinyl format purely for the fact that the photography and artwork are really given chance to shine. I still don't buy the idea that this can only be listened to via an 'analogue' format.
This is a ridiculously limited companion piece to Larsen's La Fever Lit called LLL. Another live album with really nice artwork - this one seems to have a heavy duty screen print.
Since I am SURE you are aware of Sunn O))) I'm going to post a Larsen tune. This isn't from LLL rather it's big brother La Fever Lit, unlike most of the stuff they do it has vocals so isn't terribly representative, but hey! I like the tune:
mp3: Larsen - LeFrack City Limits
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
3am music
This is from the new Fink album (out at the end of May I think). It's a lovely little melancholic number full of half spoken lines and has a slightly... weary but nostalgic feeling to it. Maybe that's just me.
Musically it starts as a fairly simple acoustic number but has this clever trick where it changes style halfway through without you noticing until you're nodding your head, and there is this beautiful little two note piano riff towards the end.
Really nice song, looking forward to the new album.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
A new addiction - what could possibly go wrong?
Over the last few months, despite the steady stream of sulking, procrastinating and general stagnation, I've been slowly and surely downsizing my CD collection. Part of me is using the 'de-cluttering exercise as a means towards content' as an excuse, although personally I think my subconscious is up to something more serious...
So, what's the first thing to do after clearing up a ton of physical space by digitizing the CDs I may listen to again and selling most of the others?
That's right! I buy a record player and start collecting music on an even more bulky and awkward to store format.
The first fruits of this new obsession can be seen above, let's have a look at them in more detail.
Wolves in the Throne Room - Live at Roadburn 2008
This is a live recording of the excellent 'Black Metal'-esque band (or, as has been pointed out by other more informed sites, due to there pro-environment leanings they could be described as 'Brown Metal'-esque) Wolves in the Throne Room from last years Roadburn festival. Two sides of vinyl and a DVD with some extra music all excellently recorded and well worth tracking down.
Nadja/A Storm of Light - Primitive North
I've mentioned this before and in the flesh it's even nicer to own. Two bits of lovely blood-moon coloured vinyl one of which features a beautiful etching and a CD containing all the music so I can fetishize the vinyl properly by keeping it virginal, pure and unplayed.
Everlovely Lightningheart - Sien Weal Tallion Rue
There are two things I'll never understand about this band: first is why they insist on releasing such limited quantities of their music, and second is what they were doing on a heavy metal label like Hydrahead. Anyway, this is their final album - one of the grand total of 300 produced. I've got the 'purple puke' coloured version, along with a meat-based doily collage, a couple of badges and a bit of cloth with unspecified stain (oh yes!). The music has a very much 'geographical' feel, by that I mean the atmosphere created by the songs definitely puts me in mind of landscapes such as the one pictured in the gatefold. Not that the music is particularly static when invoking talk of geography - there is a definite feeling of traveling associated with each track as the musicians subtly shift melodies and instrumentation. BTW Yes I am aware this sounds like bollocks but I'm not a very eloquent person and wanted to say something more than "it sounds nice".
Since so few people are going to hear this I feel obliged to give you a sample, so from the second disc may I present Yarrow Lophophora...
mp3: Yarrow Lophophora
I'm off now to resist the temptation to spend $200 on a Boris album - wish me luck!
So, what's the first thing to do after clearing up a ton of physical space by digitizing the CDs I may listen to again and selling most of the others?
That's right! I buy a record player and start collecting music on an even more bulky and awkward to store format.
The first fruits of this new obsession can be seen above, let's have a look at them in more detail.
Wolves in the Throne Room - Live at Roadburn 2008
This is a live recording of the excellent 'Black Metal'-esque band (or, as has been pointed out by other more informed sites, due to there pro-environment leanings they could be described as 'Brown Metal'-esque) Wolves in the Throne Room from last years Roadburn festival. Two sides of vinyl and a DVD with some extra music all excellently recorded and well worth tracking down.
Nadja/A Storm of Light - Primitive North
I've mentioned this before and in the flesh it's even nicer to own. Two bits of lovely blood-moon coloured vinyl one of which features a beautiful etching and a CD containing all the music so I can fetishize the vinyl properly by keeping it virginal, pure and unplayed.
Everlovely Lightningheart - Sien Weal Tallion Rue
There are two things I'll never understand about this band: first is why they insist on releasing such limited quantities of their music, and second is what they were doing on a heavy metal label like Hydrahead. Anyway, this is their final album - one of the grand total of 300 produced. I've got the 'purple puke' coloured version, along with a meat-based doily collage, a couple of badges and a bit of cloth with unspecified stain (oh yes!). The music has a very much 'geographical' feel, by that I mean the atmosphere created by the songs definitely puts me in mind of landscapes such as the one pictured in the gatefold. Not that the music is particularly static when invoking talk of geography - there is a definite feeling of traveling associated with each track as the musicians subtly shift melodies and instrumentation. BTW Yes I am aware this sounds like bollocks but I'm not a very eloquent person and wanted to say something more than "it sounds nice".
Since so few people are going to hear this I feel obliged to give you a sample, so from the second disc may I present Yarrow Lophophora...
mp3: Yarrow Lophophora
I'm off now to resist the temptation to spend $200 on a Boris album - wish me luck!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Things that I've been listening to today:
I think this is the latest release involving Nadja (difficult to say really as the discography is a little bit 'epic' to say the least). Anyway, I've been listening to a copy of the above nadja/A Storm of Light split I *cough* found *cough*and I just needed a way to shout out FUCK ME THIS IS GOOD!!! that didn't involve actual shouting.If you like your metal to be big, epic, loud, slightly transcendental etc, then you should do yourself a favour and buy a copy. It's available on 2x12" (blood moon or glacier colours *sweet!*) with a copy of the same music on a bundled CD so there is no excuse really - other than the price in these harsh economic times, but what are you going to do?
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Guess who has purchased a record player so he can start listening to even more of this sort of obscure avante-garde metal? Oh Yes... Yes indeed!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Who needs to go to the real world...
...to see a beautiful sun rise. And who exactly am I kidding? :-/
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Shoshin
What you see here is the exact point when music takes on a very much real, very much physical and very much spiritual presence - and all you can do is get down on your knees and praise the gods of the Sunn amplifier, the gods of the speaker stack and the gods of the Les Paul guitar. And you will, and it will be good...Too much?
OK, tonight I have mainly been watching Sunn0))).
It was very loud...
I bought a t-shirt...
That is all...
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Things to do at 4:30am if you're bored and stuck outside Waterloo station...
#31.Explore!
Possibly asking for trouble a bit, but if you've missed the train back home and are a bit drunk, having a bit of an explore seems completely reasonable.
I think this tunnel is where Banksy staged an exhibition last year and is still full of really cool graffiti.
Wouldn't mind going back and taking a few more pictures when I'm feeling a little less... unstable.
Possibly asking for trouble a bit, but if you've missed the train back home and are a bit drunk, having a bit of an explore seems completely reasonable.
I think this tunnel is where Banksy staged an exhibition last year and is still full of really cool graffiti.
Wouldn't mind going back and taking a few more pictures when I'm feeling a little less... unstable.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Delicious Dump
I'm going to regret the title to this post...
Anyway, sometimes I wonder if anyone looks at my delicious bookmarks. The link is some what hidden away, except to anyone who looks at my profile on facebook, but does anyone who stumbles across this site look at them? Who knows? Does anyone care? Probably not - but I'm going to stick a few highlights up, they do at least make it look like I'm doing a proper update.
Video: Fever Ray - “When I Grow Up” @ MBV
Really creepy (in a good way) new video from one half of The Knife.
Personal time management software - ManicTime.com
I'm slightly afraid to try this, and at the same time there is sneakily evil part of me that wants to find out exactly how much time I'm wasting at work. I reckon a good 90% ;-)
Spicy Potato Bread
Time to crack out the baking skills.
Microsoft Recite Voice Technology Preview Home
Clever little audio note taking tool for windows mobile, allows you to do an audio search over notes you've recorded. One of the few potentially useful Windows Mobile apps I've found.
Southern Lord Records » sunn 0)))-”Monoliths & Dimensions”
Yay! New doom! And this time with strings... and an upright bass trio? and a Viennese woman’s choir?? Can't wait for the live shows for this one.
Pointui
Another windows mobile tool, replaces the touch flow interface found on my HTC Touch Diamond... and is so much better!
Every Swear Word on Every Episode of the Sopranos, Ever, in Chronological Order. (video) - Boing Boing
I can't watch this till the end - if there is such a thing as too much swearing this is it.
8-bit video game neckties probably won’t pass as formalwear on [technabob]
Don't care if they won't, I want the pong one.
Kinetica Art Fair
Carnivorous art, man-animal-machine hybrids, mechanical drawing machines, subliminal installations, pole dancing robots... I'd like to go to this, but it's over my birthday weekend and I doubt anyone I know will want to go to this.
Mozilla Labs » Blog Archive » Introducing Ubiquity
Excellent idea, it's like an additional command line interface for the internet. I just wonder if it will catch on outside the geek community.
...
Anyway that will do for now.
Anyway, sometimes I wonder if anyone looks at my delicious bookmarks. The link is some what hidden away, except to anyone who looks at my profile on facebook, but does anyone who stumbles across this site look at them? Who knows? Does anyone care? Probably not - but I'm going to stick a few highlights up, they do at least make it look like I'm doing a proper update.
Video: Fever Ray - “When I Grow Up” @ MBV
Really creepy (in a good way) new video from one half of The Knife.
Personal time management software - ManicTime.com
I'm slightly afraid to try this, and at the same time there is sneakily evil part of me that wants to find out exactly how much time I'm wasting at work. I reckon a good 90% ;-)
Spicy Potato Bread
Time to crack out the baking skills.
Microsoft Recite Voice Technology Preview Home
Clever little audio note taking tool for windows mobile, allows you to do an audio search over notes you've recorded. One of the few potentially useful Windows Mobile apps I've found.
Southern Lord Records » sunn 0)))-”Monoliths & Dimensions”
Yay! New doom! And this time with strings... and an upright bass trio? and a Viennese woman’s choir?? Can't wait for the live shows for this one.
Pointui
Another windows mobile tool, replaces the touch flow interface found on my HTC Touch Diamond... and is so much better!
Every Swear Word on Every Episode of the Sopranos, Ever, in Chronological Order. (video) - Boing Boing
I can't watch this till the end - if there is such a thing as too much swearing this is it.
8-bit video game neckties probably won’t pass as formalwear on [technabob]
Don't care if they won't, I want the pong one.
Kinetica Art Fair
Carnivorous art, man-animal-machine hybrids, mechanical drawing machines, subliminal installations, pole dancing robots... I'd like to go to this, but it's over my birthday weekend and I doubt anyone I know will want to go to this.
Mozilla Labs » Blog Archive » Introducing Ubiquity
Excellent idea, it's like an additional command line interface for the internet. I just wonder if it will catch on outside the geek community.
...
Anyway that will do for now.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Shh... you had me at "zen concept of shoshin"
From the Southern Lord blog:
SUNN O))) Grimmrobes/Shoshin 22nd February 2009 @ Corsica Studios
With honor, SUNN O))) is announcing one exclusive live performances in the United Kingdom, the first since their phenominal Altar concert at The Kentishtown Forum December 2007, to recognize the 10th anniversary of SUNN O)))’s creation. To coincide with the recording of the first album, The GrimmRobe Demos, SUNN O)) will be playing material from it exclusively. It will be a return to their primal origins, and approach respecting a zen concept of shoshin, the beginner’s mind, the yet undyed pure wool, the clarity in initiation upon the untraveled. The attitude of embodying the basics precisely, point by point, line by line, with an immovable faith in the teaching, experience and of beyond the possibility. Of openness, eagerness, and lack of preconceptions when approaching, even with much experience, just as a beginner would upon the initial impetus and thirst to seek the path. And so, with this mindset, they will be approaching these live concerts. Pure, raw, uninhibited invocations featuring O)))s core members: Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson ONLY. No guests, no vocals, no keyboards. We hope you will join us!
Corsica Studios
Unit 5 Farrell Court
Elephant Road
London
SE17 1LB
www.corsicastudios.com
www.last.fm/event/904486
Roll on Sunn0)))day
SUNN O))) Grimmrobes/Shoshin 22nd February 2009 @ Corsica Studios
With honor, SUNN O))) is announcing one exclusive live performances in the United Kingdom, the first since their phenominal Altar concert at The Kentishtown Forum December 2007, to recognize the 10th anniversary of SUNN O)))’s creation. To coincide with the recording of the first album, The GrimmRobe Demos, SUNN O)) will be playing material from it exclusively. It will be a return to their primal origins, and approach respecting a zen concept of shoshin, the beginner’s mind, the yet undyed pure wool, the clarity in initiation upon the untraveled. The attitude of embodying the basics precisely, point by point, line by line, with an immovable faith in the teaching, experience and of beyond the possibility. Of openness, eagerness, and lack of preconceptions when approaching, even with much experience, just as a beginner would upon the initial impetus and thirst to seek the path. And so, with this mindset, they will be approaching these live concerts. Pure, raw, uninhibited invocations featuring O)))s core members: Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson ONLY. No guests, no vocals, no keyboards. We hope you will join us!
Corsica Studios
Unit 5 Farrell Court
Elephant Road
London
SE17 1LB
www.corsicastudios.com
www.last.fm/event/904486
Roll on Sunn0)))day
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Wolves in the Throne Room
Behold! Wolves In The Throne Room, honestly...They play by candlelight so its a tad difficult to take a decent picture with a crappy camera phone. Rather good live, apart from the candles they don't mess around with the usual theatrics associated with black metal so no face paint or spiky gauntlets to distract from the music. And speaking of the music I do like the way that the thrashing guitars, furious drumming and screamed vocals somehow blurs into something beautifully sad - not many bands can pull off this trick.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Art Appreciation Lesson 1
I don't really get on with paintings, especially old ones. All other forms of art I'm OK with - I love music, a simple chord or a couple of notes on a piano can be enough. I like photography too and have a lot of time for people who have the ability to capture a moment in time successfully. I even like some of the more unpopular forms of modern conceptual art, I like the idea of art which is created because of a new unique idea rather than worrying about skill or technique.
But painting has always left me a bit cold so I've been trying to rectify that with a visit to The National Gallery today.
Can't say it worked. There are too many pictures of Jesus and his cohorts being tortured to death for my liking - don't really care how well these sort of scenes are painted, I just don't enjoy looking at them.
However there are a handful of paintings I can appreciate, thought I'd share them with you:
1. Perseus turning Phineas to Stone by Luca Giordano
Gotta love a bit of Greek Mythology, especially when it involves monsters and people turning into stone. I like the rather silly theatrics involved in this scene, and the stone effect is done very well.
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2. Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve ('The Ambassadors') by Hans Holbein the Younger
This one is a puzzle and I like puzzles. There are all sorts of objects on the table which are meant to be deeply meaningful but the one thing you can't ignore is the massive distorted skull. There are so many questions about that, why is it there? what does it mean? how did they go about painting it and why hide it in such a weird way?
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3. An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump by Joseph Wright of Derby
There are some interesting musings on science, religion and magic with this one. Back before we knew about matter at a molecular level no one was really sure what happened in a vacuum. When the vacuum pump was invented and scientists started showing that things such as fire or life couldn't exist in a vacuum it lead to some interesting 'debate' along the lines of 'if there is no life in a vaccum then there is no God in a vacuum'. Of course when the religious lot caught onto this and struck back with the 'but God is omnipresent and must exist everywhere' public displays of this experiment were banned and the scientists had to go undercover so to speak and started showing this in private like a magician doing a private show - hence the painting. Anyway, I like it - I like all of the different expressions on the participants, especially the "fuck you religion! I'm doing science!" look on the face of the man in the red.
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4. The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her Last Berth to be broken up by Joseph Mallord William Turner
I can relate to the boat... :-/
But painting has always left me a bit cold so I've been trying to rectify that with a visit to The National Gallery today.
Can't say it worked. There are too many pictures of Jesus and his cohorts being tortured to death for my liking - don't really care how well these sort of scenes are painted, I just don't enjoy looking at them.
However there are a handful of paintings I can appreciate, thought I'd share them with you:
1. Perseus turning Phineas to Stone by Luca Giordano
Gotta love a bit of Greek Mythology, especially when it involves monsters and people turning into stone. I like the rather silly theatrics involved in this scene, and the stone effect is done very well.-
2. Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve ('The Ambassadors') by Hans Holbein the Younger
This one is a puzzle and I like puzzles. There are all sorts of objects on the table which are meant to be deeply meaningful but the one thing you can't ignore is the massive distorted skull. There are so many questions about that, why is it there? what does it mean? how did they go about painting it and why hide it in such a weird way?-
3. An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump by Joseph Wright of Derby
There are some interesting musings on science, religion and magic with this one. Back before we knew about matter at a molecular level no one was really sure what happened in a vacuum. When the vacuum pump was invented and scientists started showing that things such as fire or life couldn't exist in a vacuum it lead to some interesting 'debate' along the lines of 'if there is no life in a vaccum then there is no God in a vacuum'. Of course when the religious lot caught onto this and struck back with the 'but God is omnipresent and must exist everywhere' public displays of this experiment were banned and the scientists had to go undercover so to speak and started showing this in private like a magician doing a private show - hence the painting. Anyway, I like it - I like all of the different expressions on the participants, especially the "fuck you religion! I'm doing science!" look on the face of the man in the red.-
4. The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her Last Berth to be broken up by Joseph Mallord William Turner
I can relate to the boat... :-/
Friday, January 23, 2009
Best album of 2009 for connoisseurs of doom
Actually bandying around words like doom is a complete disservice to this album. It is a masterclass in restraint and tension - the last song is 33 minutes long, it takes about half an hour for the song to start in the traditional sense.
I think it is bloody marvelous. Purchased from the ever reliable Inoxia Records.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Best album of 2009 already?
According to certain sources the album of the year has already been released by Animal Collective. I am going to have to agree with Mr Ellis on this one, in small doses its fine but as a whole its just too - nice...Or maybe I'm too damn miserable to enjoy it? Cool cover though.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Best Albums of 2008
2008? Remember that one? Still trying to cling on to it? I certainly am...
Anyway, here is my list of albums/EPs/whatever that were released in 2008 and which are well worth your time in my opinion. This list is culled from my last.fm charts over the last 12 months with some editorialising to make sure certain albums got a special mention
Boris - Smile - Live at Wolf Creek
Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
Ascend - Ample Fire Within
Helms Alee - Night Terror
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - Like, Love, Lust & The Open Halls Of The Soul
Jesu - Battle of Mice Split EP
Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
Sunn 0))) - Dømkirke
Nadja - Thaumogenesis + Thaumoradiance
It's been a very noisy year...
Some notes:
Anyway, here is my list of albums/EPs/whatever that were released in 2008 and which are well worth your time in my opinion. This list is culled from my last.fm charts over the last 12 months with some editorialising to make sure certain albums got a special mention
Boris - Smile - Live at Wolf Creek
Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
Ascend - Ample Fire Within
Helms Alee - Night Terror
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - Like, Love, Lust & The Open Halls Of The Soul
Jesu - Battle of Mice Split EP
Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
Sunn 0))) - Dømkirke
Nadja - Thaumogenesis + Thaumoradiance
It's been a very noisy year...
Some notes:
- This was going to be a much longer post with reasons why each release was included. However, I kept changing my mind and judging by the rate I was writing it would have been around April when I finished.
- Boris managed to release Smile 3 times this year, the live version is the best IMHO as they clearly allowed the songs to evolve over time.
- Jesse Sykes sneaks in here as I think the CD technically came out in 2007, but the vinyl was released in 2008.
- Sigur Rós win the prize for most expensive album I've ever brought (it comes with a very nice book of photos - one of which I'm using as the background on this site)
- Sunn 0))) are in the list grudgingly as they refuse to release this album digitally and hence I wasn't able to get a legal version.
- I've included nice legal links to places where you can download/purchase these releases. My general rule nowadays for guilt free purchasing is: first choice - emusic, second choice - get it from the band, third choice - get it from the bands label, forth choice - amazon
... or bleep, or conspiracy - Best bet if you want to go down the illegal route is here
Monday, January 19, 2009
Although getting back to graphs about google results, this is pretty funny:
...For the love of God do not google that result - unless you are someone I don't like, then make sure safesearch is turned off and go straight to image search.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Friday Favourites - YouTube
Since my attempt at automatic posts didn't work completely to my satisfaction I'm going to try a more manual approach. Every Friday I'll dig into my online bookmarks and try to summarize stuff... you know... *sigh*
Anyway, this week I'll just do YouTube,
バカロボ キントレーZ
In Japan they have these competitions to make 'useless' robots - I like that idea - I am a useless robot... Anyway the execution of this one is suitably bizarre/nightmarish to warrant a click on the favorites link.
Autolux - The Science of Imaginary Solutions
There is something about girls singing whilst hitting things hard that I like... What I don't like is this song was recorded two years ago and is still not on an album!
Autolux - Turnstile Blues
More music from Autolux - I was feeling nostalgic.
Bit.Trip Beat video
Interesting new game for the Nintendo Wii... Looks like a single player take on the rhythm action genre with a healthy does of pong thrown in. Lovely 8 bit visuals and audio.
"The Mother of Invention" Official Trailer in HD
Trailer for a film about an inventors competition. Could be awful, could be 'charming', could be just a bit dull... Might be worth keeping an eye on...
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Right that's your lot. Onwards to oblivion and all that...
Anyway, this week I'll just do YouTube,
バカロボ キントレーZ
In Japan they have these competitions to make 'useless' robots - I like that idea - I am a useless robot... Anyway the execution of this one is suitably bizarre/nightmarish to warrant a click on the favorites link.
Autolux - The Science of Imaginary Solutions
There is something about girls singing whilst hitting things hard that I like... What I don't like is this song was recorded two years ago and is still not on an album!
Autolux - Turnstile Blues
More music from Autolux - I was feeling nostalgic.
Bit.Trip Beat video
Interesting new game for the Nintendo Wii... Looks like a single player take on the rhythm action genre with a healthy does of pong thrown in. Lovely 8 bit visuals and audio.
"The Mother of Invention" Official Trailer in HD
Trailer for a film about an inventors competition. Could be awful, could be 'charming', could be just a bit dull... Might be worth keeping an eye on...
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Right that's your lot. Onwards to oblivion and all that...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
LL Phil-J... virtually
I've been playing a fair bit of Fable 2 recently, it reminds me of GTA IV - a lot. Not so much because of the wonderfully featured open world, or the creative ways you can dispose of enemies, but because of the importance it puts on relationships. As the videogame industry matures this is something I'd definitely like to so more of.So far in Fable 2 I've been married twice (at the same time - go bigamy!), had a kid, been divorced once (disappearing for several game years to become a fascist prison guard put some what of a strain on one of my relationships), and as you can see from the picture everyone loves me!
If only the real world was this easy and didn't involve sulking too much and listening to sad songs sung by muppets...
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
Favorites of darthphil
Review - World of Goo - Consolevania Series 4
Posted: 04 Jan 2009 05:50 PM CST
Ryan reviews World of Goo.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
New Years Resolutions
1. Stop Smoking
For this attempt I'm channeling the spirit of Allen Carr through video games:
Basically this involves being told how all the 'good things' I associate with Cigarettes are lies through the medium of really bad mini games.
2. Do something with SharepointTillIDie.com
I do actually own the domain, so it's about time I did something with it - this could involve just blogging about how great/frustrating/bemusing SharePoint is to work with with the odd google AdWords widget to bring in some cash, or it could be the beginning of a rather unique consulting empire... ha!
3. Weird Music Festivals
I subscribe to The Wire, so I'm always seeing adverts for interesting looking European music festivals, why not give one a go? Or at least try to get to one of the ATP Festivals or Supersonic this year, even if this involves a solo trip since my taste in music is so much more awesome than everyone elses :-)
4. Update this blog more often
I'm experimenting with some automatic posts from delicious and YouTube. In theory a review of World of Goo should pop up soon... Incidentally how can you fail to love a game which has these sort of messages popping up:
Just perfect... :-/
I'm tempted to try to get facebook to update this blog too, but since my facebook profile is already being updated automatically when this blog updates there is the possibility of creating a nasty paradox and breaking the Internet, so maybe not.
5. Invent Time Machine
Speaking of paradoxes...
For this attempt I'm channeling the spirit of Allen Carr through video games:
Basically this involves being told how all the 'good things' I associate with Cigarettes are lies through the medium of really bad mini games.2. Do something with SharepointTillIDie.com
I do actually own the domain, so it's about time I did something with it - this could involve just blogging about how great/frustrating/bemusing SharePoint is to work with with the odd google AdWords widget to bring in some cash, or it could be the beginning of a rather unique consulting empire... ha!
3. Weird Music Festivals
I subscribe to The Wire, so I'm always seeing adverts for interesting looking European music festivals, why not give one a go? Or at least try to get to one of the ATP Festivals or Supersonic this year, even if this involves a solo trip since my taste in music is so much more awesome than everyone elses :-)
4. Update this blog more often
I'm experimenting with some automatic posts from delicious and YouTube. In theory a review of World of Goo should pop up soon... Incidentally how can you fail to love a game which has these sort of messages popping up:
Just perfect... :-/I'm tempted to try to get facebook to update this blog too, but since my facebook profile is already being updated automatically when this blog updates there is the possibility of creating a nasty paradox and breaking the Internet, so maybe not.
5. Invent Time Machine
Speaking of paradoxes...
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