should i stay or should i go (2)

I think I'll go.
But first a list of tedious tasks to perform before I can move:

• export this set of posts
• format it to be able to upload it to WP (hopefully don't loose the posting dates)
• import into WP
• correct, edit images, ...

pffff ...

walter making friends

No need for a lot of explanation. Check out the whole series and the photographers site.
And the story here.

Thrasher mag

Having serious doubts about having ditched my entire Thrasher skate magazine collection a few years back, there is now a sparkle of hope of ever reading them again.
Thrasher magazine has now posted online their first 12 ever magazines!
January 81 'till December '81.

Ride on!

(via BoingBoing)

calirezo

Via Boing Boing I noticed the work of Calirezo.
This French artist draws/paints with a tablet directly onto her PC.
Apart from the obvious portfolio, her site also features a making of section, including a short clip that shows how she works.

One way or the other I do feel however her work has a creepy feeling to it, maybe because of the typical real-but-not-real aspect of digital drawing? See for yourself.

hüsker dü

While the storm rages and the wind howls outside, I started digging into my record collection to stumble upon one of the pearls of 80's hardcore : Hüsker Dü.

It was Candy Apple Grey (their 1986 album) that first introduced me to their music with songs like "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely".

This lead me to their 1987 " Warehouse: Songs and Stories" with "Could You Be The One?" and 1984 "Zen Arcade", probably their best album, which kicks off with a blazin' " Something I Learned Today".

Not only did they feature good rocking songs (mainly Bob Mould's songs) but also heartbreaking emo (courtesy of Grant Hart) like "Never Talking To You Again".

But their most famous song is probably "Diane" from their 1983 "Metal Circus" EP, with rather sinister lyrics about a murder victim. This songs is probably best known to most of you in the 1995 version by Therapy? on their "Infernal Love" album.

heavenly funk

Fifteen years later this comes true.
One icon in music less.
R.I.P. James.

kiwi !

Kiwi !

circular sarcasm

This woman definitely gets the point, although she rather spoils the plot by posting the clue to the story.
Try grasping the point without reading her explanation. If you don't get it straight away, this video may well be addressed to you.

For those who got it : here she is her lovely self.

fighting migraine

And realizing this is really not the tune to get it out of your head.
But then again, ween absolutely rocks and "God Ween Satan" is one of their masterpieces.
(Other pieces of sheer genius are "Pure Guava" "Chocolate and Cheese" and " The Pod", full discography and stuff here )

featuring : WeenRadio.com where they broadcast their music

video gallore : Roses Are Free, The Molusk and Push The Little Daisies

amazed ?

Frequently people do get really upset about other peoples actions, crying in outrage over the injustice done to them in person or to society as a whole.
Next thing we know it appears like everybody clean forgot what happened and the great perpetrator is reintroduced to his or her previous position in society (or even promoted).

While these are the same people that decide this reintroduction is the most normal of things, they still seem to find a way to be amazed about this reintroduction happening at all.
On the one hand they question the lack of punishment or justice served, yet they themselves are the driving factor behind this reintegration.

I guess this is part of what makes people people : being blatantly inconsequent, which means there is still hope for me ...

afternoon soundtrack

When I was first confronted with Refused in 1997 , they were already well known within the emo/hardcore world.
Their 1998 record "The Shape Of Things To Come (a chimerical bombination in 12 bursts)" blew me away.

Althoug not entirely unique in it's style, Refused managed to get it right and how!
Here you can check yourself what I mean.

It's energetic, frenetic with a sufficient dose of emotion on the verge of pathos. It swings, it rocks and it rips through your soul.