Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Barbara
I'm a super awful writer and only know like three adjectives and say "like" like every three words but I'm gonna tell you what I think of Barbara, We Are Scientists's latest album. even though you might not care, and you probably already know how much I love her.
01 Rules Don't Stop
02 I Don't Bite
03 Nice Guys
04 Jack & Ginger
05 Pittsburgh
06 Ambition
07 Break It Up
08 Foreign Kicks
09 You Should Learn
10 Central AC
in my opinion, she is WAS's best album. she's definitely my favorite. I love her so much. I can honstly say that I love every song on her. she is such a good album.
it's a very short album, barely half an hour and only ten songs, but I think the length is perfect. obviously, since WAS is my very favoritest band of all time, I want them to have as much material as possible so that I can listen to nothing but them forever and ever and ever, but I really love the length of this album. maybe it's just because I have a short attention span, but I think the best songs are always short and to the point, and leave you wanting more. (I also really like repetition.) every song on Barbara leaves me wanting more.
I was really nervouse about Barbara, but I'm so glad that it was for naught. I was especially worried because they kept saying their main influence for this album was Weezer. =/ I do like a few Weezer songs, but...come on. (although I do totally think that Pound for Pound sounds like Weezer. I think my sister said she thinks that Keith even sounds like Rivers on it.) I think I read in an interview that they were trying to be like Weezer by making the songs short, to the point, and as simple as possible, but when I think of short and to the point, I don't think of Weezer, I think of The Futureheads first album! why couldn't you say you were trying to be like The Futureheads? The Futureheads > Weezer.
this album really suprised me. not in the same way Brain Thrust Mastery did; when I heard BTM, I was completely shocked. but it was in a very, very good way. I wasn't really sure about some of the songs I had heard live versions of, especially Pittsburgh, but I knew I couldn't really make a decision until I heard the album version. but I was so wrong about Piitsburgh! I love that song. I love every song on Barbara. Jack & Ginger surprised me the most. THAT SYNTH LINE. that guaranteed my love for that song, even if they leave it out when they play it live sometimes.
but yeah, I love the whole god damn thing. I was a little unsure about Foreign Kicks at first, but then Keith said "baby", I was like *swoon* *dies*.
Ambition is my favorite song on the album.
Break It Up is the one that's always stuck in my head. You Should Learn gets stuck in there a lot, too.
Central AC has the best guitar solo ever.
I Don't Bite will always be "Carol" to me.
if you're the night sky, act like the night sky.
01 Rules Don't Stop
02 I Don't Bite
03 Nice Guys
04 Jack & Ginger
05 Pittsburgh
06 Ambition
07 Break It Up
08 Foreign Kicks
09 You Should Learn
10 Central AC
in my opinion, she is WAS's best album. she's definitely my favorite. I love her so much. I can honstly say that I love every song on her. she is such a good album.
it's a very short album, barely half an hour and only ten songs, but I think the length is perfect. obviously, since WAS is my very favoritest band of all time, I want them to have as much material as possible so that I can listen to nothing but them forever and ever and ever, but I really love the length of this album. maybe it's just because I have a short attention span, but I think the best songs are always short and to the point, and leave you wanting more. (I also really like repetition.) every song on Barbara leaves me wanting more.
I was really nervouse about Barbara, but I'm so glad that it was for naught. I was especially worried because they kept saying their main influence for this album was Weezer. =/ I do like a few Weezer songs, but...come on. (although I do totally think that Pound for Pound sounds like Weezer. I think my sister said she thinks that Keith even sounds like Rivers on it.) I think I read in an interview that they were trying to be like Weezer by making the songs short, to the point, and as simple as possible, but when I think of short and to the point, I don't think of Weezer, I think of The Futureheads first album! why couldn't you say you were trying to be like The Futureheads? The Futureheads > Weezer.
this album really suprised me. not in the same way Brain Thrust Mastery did; when I heard BTM, I was completely shocked. but it was in a very, very good way. I wasn't really sure about some of the songs I had heard live versions of, especially Pittsburgh, but I knew I couldn't really make a decision until I heard the album version. but I was so wrong about Piitsburgh! I love that song. I love every song on Barbara. Jack & Ginger surprised me the most. THAT SYNTH LINE. that guaranteed my love for that song, even if they leave it out when they play it live sometimes.
but yeah, I love the whole god damn thing. I was a little unsure about Foreign Kicks at first, but then Keith said "baby", I was like *swoon* *dies*.
Ambition is my favorite song on the album.
Break It Up is the one that's always stuck in my head. You Should Learn gets stuck in there a lot, too.
Central AC has the best guitar solo ever.
I Don't Bite will always be "Carol" to me.
if you're the night sky, act like the night sky.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
so I assume that everyone has seen the LOST finale now
if you haven't, divert your eyes now.
I loved the finale, but I feel like I need to watch it again. when I watched it last night, I only cried once, I think during Charlie and Clarie's reunion (<3<3<3), but I think that if I watch it again I'll start balling. I can't believe it's over. I am way too attached to LOST.
first off:
FUCK YEAH RICHARD ALPERT IS ALIIIIVEEE!!!!!!!!!!
I. love. you.
I only had two real problems with the finale:
1) there were so many unanswered questions. what would have happened if Smoke Monster had left the Island? what would have happened if the Island had been destroyed? what is the Island, if it actually is it's own entity? who does the Island need to be protected from? why does it need protecting? what is really going to happen if someone who's not supposed to gets their hands on the light? what about Walt and Aaron, aren't they special? (seriously, no one cares if Walt doesn't look his age.) and about a billion other questions I can't remember. but really...those don't bother me. it's LOST. I stopped expecting answers halfway through season three.
2) I'm an Atheist. I don't really believe in anything. I don't believe in any omnipotent and/or omniscient being, karma, faith, astrology, reincarnation, heaven, hell, or an afterlife. so it kind of irks me a little that faith is the big winner. I don't mind faith, I don't mind religion, there are good stories based on faith and religion. but such blind faith? that's kind of scary.
I've pretty much preferred Jacob to MIB for the whole series, until I saw Across the Sea. of course, I felt extremely sympathetic towards Smokey after seeing that episode. all he wants to do is to leave, and it's not fair that he can't leave, and I hate that he can't leave, but fate is holding him. he is a villain because he kills everyone in his way, which makes him completely selfish. but I still want him to be able to leave, but with no repercussions.
and the alternate reality is just limbo/purgatory/bardos? it really irks me that that whole reality isn't real. I mean, it's "real", but it's not real. does that make sense? it's like when Harry spoke to Dumbledore in Deathly Hallows. sure, Dumbledore muttered some deep, philosophical mumbo-jumbo about how just because it's a dream, doesn't mean it's not real, but...Dumbledore is still gone. Jack Jr. is still just a figure of Jack's dead imagination. :( and I LOVED Jack Jr. like he was my own son. don't get me wrong, if they're going to an afterlife, I'm glad they're going happily, and together. I just wish that there lives could have been as fulfilling. but then there wouldn't have been a show. argh.
end.
PS: Jack Jr., your name may be "David", but I will always call you "Jack Jr.".
PPS: basically, I think that all of the resentments I hold against LOST and the finale are based on the fact that JACK JR. DOES NOT EXIST OUTSIDE OF LIMBO.
PPPS: and for the record, I never thought Sun OR Jin was the Kwon written on ceiling in the cave. I thought it was Sun AND Jin, because they are a team!
here are some articles about the finale that I enjoyed:
See You In Another Life, Brotha
LOST Finale Recap: Case Closed
Faith, science and smoke monsters: An atheist response to the Lost finale
LOST finale party
LOST is over. Now what?
I loved the finale, but I feel like I need to watch it again. when I watched it last night, I only cried once, I think during Charlie and Clarie's reunion (<3<3<3), but I think that if I watch it again I'll start balling. I can't believe it's over. I am way too attached to LOST.
first off:
FUCK YEAH RICHARD ALPERT IS ALIIIIVEEE!!!!!!!!!!
I. love. you.
I only had two real problems with the finale:
1) there were so many unanswered questions. what would have happened if Smoke Monster had left the Island? what would have happened if the Island had been destroyed? what is the Island, if it actually is it's own entity? who does the Island need to be protected from? why does it need protecting? what is really going to happen if someone who's not supposed to gets their hands on the light? what about Walt and Aaron, aren't they special? (seriously, no one cares if Walt doesn't look his age.) and about a billion other questions I can't remember. but really...those don't bother me. it's LOST. I stopped expecting answers halfway through season three.
2) I'm an Atheist. I don't really believe in anything. I don't believe in any omnipotent and/or omniscient being, karma, faith, astrology, reincarnation, heaven, hell, or an afterlife. so it kind of irks me a little that faith is the big winner. I don't mind faith, I don't mind religion, there are good stories based on faith and religion. but such blind faith? that's kind of scary.
I've pretty much preferred Jacob to MIB for the whole series, until I saw Across the Sea. of course, I felt extremely sympathetic towards Smokey after seeing that episode. all he wants to do is to leave, and it's not fair that he can't leave, and I hate that he can't leave, but fate is holding him. he is a villain because he kills everyone in his way, which makes him completely selfish. but I still want him to be able to leave, but with no repercussions.
and the alternate reality is just limbo/purgatory/bardos? it really irks me that that whole reality isn't real. I mean, it's "real", but it's not real. does that make sense? it's like when Harry spoke to Dumbledore in Deathly Hallows. sure, Dumbledore muttered some deep, philosophical mumbo-jumbo about how just because it's a dream, doesn't mean it's not real, but...Dumbledore is still gone. Jack Jr. is still just a figure of Jack's dead imagination. :( and I LOVED Jack Jr. like he was my own son. don't get me wrong, if they're going to an afterlife, I'm glad they're going happily, and together. I just wish that there lives could have been as fulfilling. but then there wouldn't have been a show. argh.
end.
PS: Jack Jr., your name may be "David", but I will always call you "Jack Jr.".
PPS: basically, I think that all of the resentments I hold against LOST and the finale are based on the fact that JACK JR. DOES NOT EXIST OUTSIDE OF LIMBO.
PPPS: and for the record, I never thought Sun OR Jin was the Kwon written on ceiling in the cave. I thought it was Sun AND Jin, because they are a team!
here are some articles about the finale that I enjoyed:
See You In Another Life, Brotha
LOST Finale Recap: Case Closed
Faith, science and smoke monsters: An atheist response to the Lost finale
LOST finale party
LOST is over. Now what?
Monday, May 3, 2010
xkcd (and lefthandedcarttons) favorites part 10
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Sunday, April 4, 2010
xkcd favorites part 9
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Sunday, March 28, 2010
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