"It's eerie isn't it? It's like looking into the future"
Holy lol, Batman! I don't really care about Iggy Pop either way, I don't listen to classic rock but this is sure to annoy lots of people. And who knows, it might turn out sounding good? Hope he guests on a remix of Dinosaur!*
One of the best decisions i ever made was to follow Icp on twitter. Not only does it mean occasional personal tweets that are riddled with lols, but I also am kept bang up to date with all that is fresh in the juggalo world! ICP are wizard trolls, perhaps unintentionally, and when im not enjoying their wiggery ways, I'm enjoying how mad they make ppl. Plus Juggalo Island is a bit of a summer jam it has to be said. I thought they had peaked with Miracles but when I saw the infomercial for their new release I felt a warm glow inside, mainly because of the BONUS COVER ALBUM featuring FRED DURST and a CHRISTINA AGUILLERA cover described as "fearless". Srsly, tell me this isn't going to be amazing!
A case of cheap fizzy drink and a couple of fat ugly people in make up to the first ninja to get through all 19 mins of the infomercial!
This was sent to me the other day and from the title; 'Talented Teen Does the Impossible: Makes LMFAO listenable', I knew this was only going to go downhill for me. LMFAO have sold multi-platinum, lads. How is that unlistenable? I blame Adele for this, pop music is now about 'artists' and not about what it used to be about. You know, dancing and singing and FUN.This is what we call a craic vacuum: when all the fun is sucked out of something.
Aaaanyway, lets examine the evidence..
Imagine a young Jack Black that wasn't anyway funny
Though I'm guessing he's going for extra points on the ironing of it all
His voice is good, fair enough, but everything this represents..no. Just no. Blues is meant to be based on hardship and struggle. The only struggle this dude has had is getting off the couch, amirite?
'Pizza hut or Dominos? Lief is hard let's sing teh blues'
Am I being too hard on the kid? Should he write his own damn material? Will he see the light when he starts drinking and meets that special girl in the chipper at 3am?
A few months ago I wrote what I thought would be a once off post about the Marina and the Diamonds song 'Hollywood', which was a bit of a choon. I tried to explain her (yeah, 'the Diamonds' are her fans.. :-/) appeal and how I linked her sound/themes to System of a Down. In the last week her new single Primadonna has been battering the airwaves and her new album is top of teh chartz. (yeah, they're still a thing).
Dat accent! Plus the melody is so good.
I prefer the old, brunette Marina. If ur listening Marina, u have the ability, ur hair was nicer back den. Though it's probably a STATEMENT. Actually this is 'part 4' it seems.. who is real marina???
00.37: Snare hit! And that's what I call generic club-girl pop...
...until 00.50 where her vocals drroooppp in that unique way
Love the backing vox that are perfect 'I'm a dumb rich girl' shtyle.
Not sure what's going on in the video really, if u such a primadonna y u spend ur time in an empty old house??!
Dem eyelashes and dat tat :-/ not sure if want. Though she is pretty adorable usually it seems.
She has a dog and turtle/tortoise though, that's pretty cool.
brb, starting a 'bring back "hollywood" version of marina' campaign
Yours truly is of course one of said ska-loving nerds. Less Than Jake were the most fun when I saw them last year and I've gushed lyrical about MC Lars before on this blog. So when I recently discovered they performed on stage together I, like many others..(okay like a few others at least) have some hope that LTJ ft MCL could happen.
Not sure if anyone really knows what's going on (esp. the two randomers on stage) but more of this plz.
While being nerdy and checking the analytics of this blog I was bemused to discover the most common phrase entered into google search to lead ppl here. It was not my compelling, ongoing journey to discover the most lolworthy bad films in Dodgy Film Club, nor was it my revolutionary Twitter-sized Reviews, oh no. The most searched term (that leads ppl here from the google machine) is ‘pop punk drinking game’.
Now, I have a few posts about pop punk, and I also put together a drinking game for The Room...But combining both? Do ppl want a pop punk drinking game? Either way..here is pop punk drinking game v1.0
Even though skate punk is probably my favourite of all genres (I've been listening to it for 10+ years now :/) I find it hard to keep up with new bands or get properly excited about new releases. Maybe it's because I've heard alot of it before, maybe it's because, paradoxically, I want it to also keep to the same formula, but most of the newer bands pass me by for one reason or another.
Luckily though the good folks at skatepunkers.net are there to kick me up the arse every now and then, giving me access to the most crucial of knowledge, with a kind of collective, manic grin borne out of the joy of sharing music and their exasperation that I haven't heard so many great bands!
The latest find for me from there has been Symphony of Distraction. Ever wished NOFX had a better singer? Ever wish melodic punk bands could be faster?
Ever wish Pennywise had a sense of humour? Well then Symphony of
Distraction are the band for you! Their EP Pudwack was released in 2010
and it's fast and melodic, sure what more could you want?
Really nice production, clear and heavy but not over-produced
A drummer that plays as if he wants ppl to circle pit rabidly the entire time
Lyrics that have just the right amount of humour, anger, satire and self deprecation
Occasional forays into sweet guitar riffs
Samples that are used sparingly
Melodic vocals and harmonies
It's hard enough to track them down on youtube...this currently be my favourite song:
Samples = always fun
Breakneck speeed
The vocal melodies are so good
00.53: The guest (I'm presuming..) vox and the 'oooohhhs' in the background <3 <3
1.30: Samples are still always fun (when not over done obvs)
There's some of that occasional riffage in the outro, mmm.
Harmonies!
Uncoventional timing for the vocals <3
Lyrics that pit resignation to being an alcoholic against a dark sense of humour, always good
It's just good skate punk, no over-analysis on my part can explain it!
So yes, I've just ordered their new album 'Call It Off John' (which I'm sure is another hilarious in-joke that I'm not privy to) and you can do the same here. I'm sure to be rambling on about the album when I get it from the wonderful playground that is Japan. They also use the facebooked and have criminally few likes so go there and set that right and ask them to get in here and explain some damn in-jokes to me.
