Finally finished a new track!!!

After far too many months of collecting cobwebs in the inner depths my laptop's hard drive, the nice collection of 1's an 0's that I arranged finally evolved to a completed track. It's a rather mellifluous affair, with pianos, stringed instruments and such providing your ears with the aural companionship they so desire. You can listen to it here on my Myspace.

There's one little piano bit in it that I recycled from an old track I wrote back in 2004 (I was only 19 back then -aaahhh...) but was never really happy with as time went on. -Not the zenith of my compositional works I must say! I thought the little piano hook had potential so it was only a matter of time before it manifested itself again somewhere. That's one little bit of information I've had stewing in the back of my mind for 5 years that I can be relieved about now that's its gone through to fruition!

+This is definitely going to be the last track I do along this style for a long time though... -Expect hard, fast, harsh abrasiveness next!

OverKill - The Rip 'n' Tear

Just can't stop listening to this song:



-Just plain and simple downright gut level metal...

"We're In Jail Because We're Fat"

This may be a contender for the most ludicrous concept for a song ever written. The song is "Jailhouse Rap" by the felicitously named group "The Fat Boys". It chronicles the tale of 3 obese men who steal food due to an innate and indomitable hunger, who as a result end up going to jail for their culinary crimes.

It features the highly entertaining beat boxing skills of Darren "The Human Beat Box" Robinson who ultimately died as a result of his weight at age 28 (1967 – 1995 RIP). If there was a definition of the antithesis of selling out, Darren would be it.

Alex Sector - The Best Look In the Universe

Seriously, the best look anyone can have is the "Alex Sector Look". If you don't know who Alex Sector is, there's something wrong with you or you're too young. If not, and you've just had a memory lapse, here's the intro to the cartoon:

Mask

and an episode with Alex in it where he exhibits his superior zoological intellect:

The Roteks Part 1
(skip to 4:28)
The Roteks Part 2
(skip to 1:00)

The music in the 2nd part of the episode at 1:38 bears a striking resemblance to the shogun assassin theme:

Shogun Assassin

Here's my attempt at the Alex Sector look only a week ago (I skipped Mach 3'ing my head for a week so it would have looked better if I did):




You can buy a M.A.S.K t-shirt here:

Mask T Shirt

I'm so annoyed with myself for trimming. I only did it because food kept getting in the tash! Even people I don't know are telling me trimming was a mistake... -I agree fully with them. I need patience, or maybe a straw like Jamie Hyneman (god bless him):




Other cool facial hair:

The Sunday Times - Proof Of Societies Exponentially increasing Decay

First off the bat... I don't read the UK version of the Sunday Times, but I witnessed an ad tonight that is undeniable proof that the very fabric of society is deteriorating more rapidly than I had anticipated. Since abstaining from most forms of TV for the last 2 months in utter vehement disgust at the dross being fed to us, the public, my return wasn't bolstered with optimism to say the least.




The ad in question was for The Sunday Times. The entire selling point of the ad was the rise and harmartic fall of celebrity Britney Spears. -Since when is this riveting, groundbreaking, or at its best even relevant news? -Let alone the entire driving force behind the marketing campaign for a semi-respected Sunday newspaper?

-Rhetorical questions aside (I'm sure I've 1 or 2 left!), but this absolutely astounds me. I see Tyler Durden's words coming true before my very eyes. Not only do celebrity magazines concern me, now this has leaked into major Sunday news reporting. Utterly laughable. Friedrich Nietzsche would say "I told you so" if he was still with us. Newspapers are as a result amongst my new media boycott also. The question is, what next? -How can one escape the mind numbing obliteration of intellect as each form of media is decimated leaving us this vacuous, wanton drivel? I'm not sure that the fact that this will be published or that it will sell scares me more...

Grrrr.... BLAKE ANGRY!!!

1980's Headphones

I was watching The Terminator today. I simply have to have the walkman and headphones that Ginger uses:



I went through several hundred pairs of these headphones as a kid, but it seems they're out of production now. I don't even care if there's a loss in fidelity of sound once I look like I'm actually from 1985. It's simply the best design ever: foam, metal band, bad sound quality etc. All incredibly impractical but a worthy trade for the coolest look ever. Now all I have to do is tape all my mp3's onto cassette.

I also want a pair of Gargoyles sunglasses. No better way for a cybernetic organism to enhance his look before he goes about his daily business of alphabetised systematic execution of individuals from the phonebook:

The Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival 2009

Rory fest 09 did exactly what I expected it would do. The festival was powered by Rory's charismatic blues rock and enough Buckfast and Dutch Gold to anaesthatise the entire worlds population of elephants.



The weather held up amazingly well while numbers arrived fast and thick from the Thursday onwards and over the course of the 4 days there was numerous quantities of complimentary swigs from bottles of Buckfast, wine and bottles of spirit in return for friendly banter and comradery between total strangers. The craic was absolutely mighty and the alcohol induced sunburn was plentiful. And a big round of applause to the clean up crew who had the place spotless within minutes of the end of the festival. -Til next year...