Anything but effete following the immortal one-two of OK Computer and Kid A, Radiohead returned with a record of Kid A session cuts that included this, an absolutely singular track in a catalog with no shortage of standouts. “Pyramid Song” is at once a travelers’ song for those skirting the outer reaches of consciousness (note the aquatic imagery), a nostalgic ode to a dystopian future (“astral cars”), and the slurred, drunken waltz of the damned (that piano). One can’t help but marvel at how the boys’ talents come together on this one, too; budding composer Jonny Greenwood’s orchestral arrangement is impeccable, Nigel Godrich’s sonic touches as producer have seldom been so essential, and Phil Selway’s drumming practically conjures a mist of eerie intrigue around the whole thing. Perhaps most of all, “Pyramid Song” testifies that no matter how far-flung Thom Yorke’s state of feeling, Radiohead are ever capable of bringing us to feel it too.

the little man(by NBA standards) with the biggest heart.

there’s too many memories to really go through one by one, but obviously the playoff series with the Raptors with the back to back Vince and AI 50 point games and this video are the first things that come to mind for me.

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Okay I lied to my manager/boss… (Plz help reduce my stress level)?
So Last week, my boss gave me a specific task to do a couple days ago outside the workplace… and apparently I already had all the answers so I just decided to make bullshit as if I did the assignment to take a day off. A colleague knew I wasn’t gonna do it so she decided to tell the boss and my boss has been playing mind games with me for the whole week where all along he knew I was lying but I continued to lie and he confronted me today and I felt so STUPID!!! He told me I can stay and continue to work here but this time i gotta be more honest – or I can leave. I feel like a liar working there now… although he gave me a chance… it’s awkward and I’m kind of stressing. Should I leave and find another job?

I have to complete a certain amount of hours of work in order to graduate from university.

Or you can just go back to your boss and apologize in a candid sincere way, and just keep working. When you get what you need, you can make the decision to move on or stay.

Good luck
Diane | Nov 20, 2009

Since you still feel bad, I suggest taking the boss aside and explaining how embarrassed you were because of your actions and that you are making a real effort to do better. Ask for a fresh start, he seems reasonable.

Also, you should punch that other bitch in the mouth for being such a back-stabber.
Pixie | Nov 20, 2009

Quick info: Produced by Madhouse. Directed by Morio Asaka. Based on a manga by CLAMP.

Expectations: I know there’s going to be this robot girl, but other than that the only thing I know is the fact that I’m not the target audience.

Is that a castle? Because it looks like a castle to me.

Impressions: On one hand the main character being voiced by Tomokazu Sugita is distracting because when I hear his voice Gintoki instantly pops up in my head, but on the other hand, his briliant voice acting makes the show much better than it would have been without him. Really, the humour wouldn’t have been even half as funny without him *goes to sacrifice some sheep at her Tomokazu Sugita shrine*.

And humour here is important, because so far, this show looks like nothing more but a magical girlfriend story. Even though in this case the “girlfriend” is actually cute instead of the usual annoying. And even though the main character is neither the prince of Bishounenia nor a testosterone volcano, he does not give off an air of a hopelessly lame protagonist, which is the usual thing with these kinds of stories.

Now that I think about it, this episode was actually quite good, very unexpectedly good, but I’m not really sure whether it’s really worth to watch on, maybe I should just read the manga this anime is based on. I’m not really a fan of CLAMP but now that I think about it, I never read any of their manga from beginning to the end, so maybe its about time I did that.

Rating: 7.8/10

Yay for another decade list of albums that influenced my growing up as a teenager. This list probably means jack-shit in the grand scheme of things, but regardless here are my top 40 records that I think owned. Just a note that one a band has had an album already appear, no more will come up, just to share it around.

40. The Killers – Hot Fuss (2004)

I remember back in 2004 when The Killers were the ultimate hype of the year, and so they should have been, they were great, and Hot Fuss was an amazing album. From “Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine” through to “Everything Will Be Alright”, this album owned my summer and was one of my first transitioning albums from my young, 13-year old rap and hiphop faze (everyone’s been there, okay?). I’m not sure if it was their catchy one-liners, or dominate 80’s synths, that would go on to really influence the bands I enjoy in music, but The Killers catchy pop riffs backed with Brandon Flowers lyrics “Make this go away without a word” in “Midnight Show” lifted my adolescence. What a shame The Killers never got back to this status as the following 2 albums that followed (not including Sawdust, b-side albums don’t count).

39. Sigur Rós – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (2008)

For me lyrics are a huge part of who I do and don’t enjoy listening to. So when Icelandic band Sigur Rós came into my life it breached all contracts. Understandably, hardly any of their tracks are in English but for some reason it doesn’t seem to faze me. Their music is simply so divine by tune of the song you can gather what it is about. And if you still don’t know you can make it up really. I suppose the influence of Thom Yorke putting forward that “this band is going to be huge” also helps ones inhibition and self promotion. I think with or without the word from Yorke Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust was always going to be a fantastic album.

38. The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow (2003)

Having your bands name come out of Natalie Portman’s mouth I guess impacts on a small minority of followers. Having your band pasted all over a soundtrack is another. Regardless, The Shins were always going to be as rated as they are, and their fantastic debut is no exception. Realistically, Garden State was an indie film, and although there have been amazing indie’s before it, ie. The Virgin Suicides collaboration with Air, Dappled Cities writing out the last couple of anthems for Disney. The Shins success has also been filled with rock n roll back-story that critics love to hear, from front-man James Mercer receiving death-threats from a neighbor while trying to write and record Wincing The Night Away. Chutes Too Narrow is full of fun and vibrant “indie” tracks that have easily impacted on the decades explosion in the indie world.

37. The Postal Service – Give Up (2004)

Ben Gibbard and James Figurine seemed like an unlikely couple, and many were skeptic from the start. One gave his soul to promotion on The OC and is now more commonly known as the king of the indie world, though 7 records in and signed to a major label. The other half of The Postal Service is an electronics genius. But when the two got together to do Give Up it proved a fantastic combination of talents, even among the music world. “Such Great Heights” has boastfully been covered more times by more artists than most (Ben Folds, Iron & Wine etc), not to mentioned a sneak cover every now and then, with one of the greatest lyrics in a song written, also covered by Teddy what’s-his-name. Give Up oozes confidence from start to finish.

36. Peter, Bjorn & John – Writer’s Block (2006)

For a good 18 months people all over the world could not stop whistling that pop brilliance that came out of the world wide hit “Young Folks”. It was enjoyable regardless of people not listening to the lyrics and hearing what the song was really about “If I told you things I did before, Told you how I used to be, Would you go along with someone like me?“. Writer’s Block is solid gold in every track from start to finish. In its lyrical brilliance of “Objects Of My Affection” to the short and sweetness of “Start To Melt” that you never want to end. And the devistating heart-break of “The Chills” with “Don’t know about love, But I know the lack of it” that rings in your ears for days after.

35. Iron & Wine – The Shepard’s Dog (2007)

After releasing multiple albums revolving around a simple husky voice and an old acoustic guitar, Samual Beam, better known as, Iron & Wine turned up the amps, switched on the distortion, and layered as many tracks down per song as possible to produce one of the fantastic albums of 2007. Though as Iron & Wine’s style of song-writing goes, it can be a bit hard to tell what he is writing about, The Shepard’s Dog tells the great Beam stories of love, loss, what he wants, and what seems out of reach, “There is a house by the sea, And an ocean between it and me“, though as Beam assures no distance is too far out of reach. This in-turn creates one of the fantastic folk records of the decade.

34. Augie March – Sunset Studies (2001)

While it seems apparent that not much “super-fantastic-omg-amazing” music comes out of the western parts of the southern hemisphere, Augie March are this fantastic Australian band that have circulated around for years. Though it wasn’t until 2006 and the release of the chart topping hit “One Crowded Hour” was released that they would come to fame, but I remember hearing back when I would have been so young hearing “There Is No Such Place” and the beautiful song that it is. Augie March seem to be king at beautiful arrangements of piano & guitar that can span out for any length of time, like on the eariness of “Hole In Your Roof” another key track.

33. Band Of Horses – Everything All The Time (2006)

Strongly influenced by the likes of Built To Spill and Interpol is the Seattle based 3-piece Band Of Horses with their stunning debut release of Everything All The Time. Like Built To Spill before them Band Of Horses follow the same multi-layered guitar, strongly dominated by lead rifs, arranged around Ben Birdwill’s beautiful and unique voice. Tracks like, “Our Sword” and “The Funeral” play key in this epic, 36 minute indie-pop gem of the decade that recieved critical praise among reviewers all over the world.

32. Daft Punk – Discovery (2001)

Something about the unflinching charm and optimism of Daft Punk’s Discovery is too lovable to hate on too much. It’s so damn happy and unassumingly danceable that it doesn’t grate on me the way other albums like it have. Though previous Daft Punk records seemed hard to listen to, after all, they were really just a combination of samples that the duo would use in their live sets, they just made tracks out of them, yet Discovery seems the perfect record for a group of this genre so early on. The duo from Paris who hit the dance bullseye in Discovery by combining a variety of old-school styles with modern studio techniques and meticulous production. And who is ever going to forget this album with singles like “One More Time”, the anthem to any party that will just never end.

31. Muse – Black Holes And Revelations (2006)

Muse has cemented its legacy among the faithfuls of the rock genre with this effort. Riding on the coattails of Absolution’s stunning success, Black Holes And Revelations simply is a stellar gem from top to bottom. Opening the curtains for this album is “Take A Bow” which has a strong political message included in it. Screaming “Corrupt, you’re corrupt and bring corruption to all that you touch”, the song really tells what the band thinks about the present world. Closing the album is one of its released tracks “Knights of Cydonia”. Galloping horses, a spectacular guitar work, the song closes the album on a high note implanting in your head “No one’s going to take me alive“, it really seems fitting for anthem of the decade.

Dana Perino clearly has spent way too much time in the Bush Administration and speaking out on Fox News. You expect people to be mostly bigoted and generally dumbed down on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program, but this is ridiculous (even by Hannity standards). Perino, a former spokesperson in the most recent Bush Administration appeared to have momentarily lost her mind when she uttered the following stunning words during an exchange on Hannity’s show:

PERINO: And we had a terrorist attack on our country. And we should call it what it is. Because we need to face up to it so that we can prevent it from happening again.

HANNITY: I agree with you. And why won’t they say what you just so simply said?

PERINO: They want to do all of their investigations. I don’t know. All of the thinking that goes into it. But we did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush’s term. I hope they’re not looking at this politically. I do think we ought it to the American people to call it what it is.

WTF?

I am pretty sure her boss George W. Bush was president on Sept. 11, 2001 during the worst-ever terrorist attack on U.S. soil. As the Think Progress article points out, Bush Administration people have been fond of citing how it supposedly has kept America safe from terrorist attacks during the last seven years (of its administration) by conveniently starting history after Sept. 11, 2001. Also, the Think Progress article points out the Anthrax scare/attacks (which I had forgotten about). if Fort Hood was a terrorist attack then were the Anthrax attacks terrorist attacks? This is a combination of partisanship and the stupidity of labels.

All are terrible tragedies and people need to stop exploiting them for political gain.

Back to Perino … I hope Dana will at least clarify her remarks. Say it isn’t so, Perino!

It’s becoming hard to believe President Obama’s administration is offering her a job.

Hmm… maybe she is talking about President George H.W. Bush.

Think Progress:
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/25/perino-terror-attack-bush/

UPDATE: Someone mentioned the D.C. sniper killings. Was that terrorism?

The Rasmus lanzó “Best of 2001-2009”, una compilación de  todos sus  éxitos de los últimos cuatro álbumes, incluyendo su impresionante tema “In The Shadows” que  vendió millones de copias alrededor del mundo, además   incluye la mayoría de sus sencillos y muchas más  algunas sorpresas.

Han lanzado siete álbumes y han vendido más de 3 millones alrededor del mundo.

The Rasmus son la banda de rock más grande de Finlandia y están celebrando su 15 aniversario este año.

El nuevo sencillo que se desprende de este BEST OF es, “October & April”, un dueto entre el cantante de la banda NIGHTWISH   “Anette Olzon”.

 BEST OF…NOVIEMBRE 2009

YA A LA VENTA!!!!!!

Jane Andrews, former royal dresser to Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, has been recaptured today at a budget hotel. Andrews, 42, worked for the duchess for nine years years before she was sacked in 1997 as part of a ‘cost-cutting’ exercise. She was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2001 for murdering her boyfriend, Thomas Cressman, after he refused to marry her. Against the wishes of Mr Cressman’s family She had been moved to East Sutton Park open prison in July in preparation for her eventual release. It is from this prison that she absconded three days ago. A member of the public recognised her at the Premier Inn on the M20, Junction 8, motorway services and called police. She was found in the company of her parents and older brother. They have not been arrested but have been spoken to by police. Tonight she is at Holloway Prison where her mental health will be assessed. Mr Cressman’s family are calling for her to be taken back to a closed prison. Personally, I can’t understand why she was ever moved to an open prison in the first place after serving just eight and a half years of her sentence. Truly this country’s justice system needs an overhaul to stop this kind of thing from happening. Thanks for reading.

Toshiba announced earlier today that they will be unveiling a brand new type of LCD HDTV that is so far beyond its competitors, that it is also beyond human eye comprehension.

“Where our meeger competition has only an LCD screen of 1080 Dpi,” said David Crowell, spokesman for Toshiba, “Our newest model has a 5000 Dpi on it’s LCD screen of HDTV-ness.”

So what does it mean for the consumer? “With this newest technology,” began Crowell, “it will be impossible to tell, but scientists have assured us that viewing the screen will show images clearer than your own eye can see.”

Reporters asked Mr. Crowell what the fuck he was talking about. “It’s detailed,” he explained, “so detailed in fact, that the high-definition cameras have detected a new color unlike anything previously seen or imagined in the human spectrum of color.”

Customers are reluctant to believe. “How can it do that,” said Trevor Manning, a divorced father of 2 unfortunate looking children, “I mean, if a human eye can’t see it, then…Alright, whatever. As long as I can say LCD HDTV really fast, then it’s ok. ” Upon hearing that the new Toshiba has even more acronyms involved than any other television on the market, he said he will buy one immediately.

Crowell warns that this television purchase is not to be taken lightly. “The screen is so crisp and clear, that synethesia may occur; that is, being able to literally see smells, taste sounds, or hear tastes. HD is now past the point of feeling like you are in the television studio, or sideline at the game, and has now catapulted the viewer onto an ethereal plane, a dimension never even conceived previously by human thought or imagination.”

Toshiba’s Tagline for the new 5K Dpi LCD HDTV will be, “My God, it’s full of stars!” Commercials are set to air on Super Bowl Sunday.

Una vigliaccata. Non posso definirla altrimenti. Aver messo di fianco al guardaroba del teatro una stanzetta adibita a succursale di libreria, con vendita di libri perlopiù di carattere teatral-artistico è una vera vigliaccata. Nei miei confronti, voglio dire. Per tacere il fatto che rimane aperta nelle sere di recita. Giusto quando vado a vedermi, che so, un Cirano un po’ eterodosso con Massimo Popolizio.

Un purchessia scaffale di libreria ha su di me, bibliodrogato ad uno stadio successivo a quello terminale, lo stesso effetto che può provocare una bottiglia di gin su un alcolista. Catastrofico, soprattutto per il portafoglio. Se poi anziché gin la bottiglia contiene armagnac, la fine è scontata.

E quella sera l’armagnac che mi son trovato davanti e che ho scolato in un sorso attaccandomi alla bottiglia (ovvero che ho comprato senza un minimo e decente istante di esitazione, e non voglio ricordarmi del prezzo, nonostante il minimo sconto elargitomi) è lo (scomodo, visto il formato) volume di 2001 Odissea nello spazio: dizionario ragionato, opera abbastanza recente di Giuseppe Lippi, attuale direttore di Urania (dopo un cursus honorum editoriale ben più che ragguardevole)

Ammetto che qualche occhiata stranita nel pubblico l’ho incrociata, vedere un Cirano portandosi dietro un simile testo difficilmente celabile non è esattamente il modo migliore per passare inosservati…

A casa, oltre a solluccherarmi (lo, so, il verbo non esiste, ma rende l’idea) fra le notizie più disparate sul cast (compresi i nomi di alcuni attori che interpretavano le scimmie nella prima parte), su quel folle di Kubrick e la sua famiglia, sulla storia e le varianti e i seguiti, su HAL 9000 (ovviamente!)… ritrovo, anzi trovo finalmente per esteso una cosa che da decenni avrei voluto leggere: le istruzioni per l’uso del gabinetto a gravità zero, presenti in una famosa breve scena del film. E che, come scopro sempre compulsando il “Lippi” avrei potuto trovare già in rete, ad esempio qui. Nel libro sono (anche) tradotte in italiano (per la prima volta?)

Fantastico. Da una settimana è il mio livre de chevet. E la sera mi addormento sorridendo.

Ah, e Cirano?

Il cadetto guascone è da sempre uno degli dèi del mio Olimpo personale, inutile racconti di quand’ero al Palaqualcheccosa la sera di una decina di giorni addietro a sentire il buon vecchio Guccini facendo il coro (…io non perdono e tooooooccoooo) assieme a tutto il pubblico.

Popolizio e compagnia me lo han però presentato con vesti ottocentesche, tagliando abbondantemente qua e là scene e battute (tradotte comunque in rima), ogni tanto guittando un po’ con l’uso del dialetto e a parte forse la scena del balcone dove, lì sì, ho ritrovato il mio amico Rostand, confesso che non mi ha per niente entusiasmato, mentre il pubblico genovese col quale sono spesso in disaccordo applaudiva entusiasta, puranco le classi liceali presenti… bah!

Oltretutto la giovine (e ovviamente carina) Roxanne prevista del cartellone, non so se per problemi di malanni stagionali e per altre cause (ho trovato in rete diverse critiche su questa mise en scène, che magari non ci andavan proprio giù duro come un maglio, ma riconoscevano comunque ben pochi meriti alla bionda giovinetta) era stata sostituita da altra attrice in gamba ma ben più matura in età, con ovvio e spiacevole effetto straniante, tacendo la delusione estetica per i miei lubrici occhi…

Ano de 2001 foi marcado pelo sucesso Can’t Get You Out Of My Head, principalmente aqui no Brasil, onde Kylie ficou mais conhecida.

Love At First Sight

Saturday Night Fever, 1977 – Direção: John Badham – Elenco:John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Donna Pescow.

Divertidão, simples rápido e profundo até.

Primeira vez que vejo esse filmão, que não vou chamar de obra-prima pelo simples fato de não o ser. É divertido, tem seus momentos, bom de assistir, tranquilo, não é pesado, leve, reflexivo em alguns momentos, mas nada muito estrondoso pra se transformar em uma obra-prima, portanto já falo, amei o filme, só que não o julgarei como coisa maior do que é.

Aqui Travolta é Tony Manero ( e eu não vou ficar com esse blá,blá,blá de que foi o papel que o transformou em estrela e etc.), um cara foda e normal ao mesmo tempo. Foda porque nas pistas de dança nem o criador da palavra ou inventor dos movimentos ganham dele. Normal porque é apenas um jovem sem estudos que trabalha duro e ganha nada, revoltado com a familia depois descobre que não quer mais essa vida.

Mas não é só Travolta que é humano no filme, todos os personagens são. Pra começar o filme é muito mais humano e honesto do que eu sonhava que seria. Na verdade eu pensei que seria um filme tolo com algumas danças legais e nada mais. Errei feio. O filme retrata toda juventude de uma época de maneira quase perfeita, me lembrando até Mottola com a juventude de hoje. Aqui o diretor chuta o baile, a lata e tudo o que tem na frente e mostra que os jovens que iam aos bailes daquela época amavam dançar, sim, mas que também adoravam uma putaria transloucada.

É até engraçado quando agente logo no inicio do filme, ouve os caras falando que cada um tem um determinado tempo pra poder “comer” as garotas que conseguirem no banco de trás do carro. Até porque, todos precisavam fazer o mesmo, e o pior de tudo, fazem, e na mesma noite (!) e no mesmo carro (!). Outra humanização é ver um dos amigos tendo que se preocupar com a cagada que fez ao engravidar uma de suas namoradas e vendo que não tem pra onde fugir, pensando até mesmo em aborto e vendo que não daria pra acontecer, tendo um destino trágico por isso, por ser jovem e não saber o que fazer. Temos uma moça apaixonada de mais e que por não ser correspondida acaba dando pra todo mundo que aparece e se arrependendo por isso. Enfim, uma juventude louca e que viveu seu tempo.

O Tony Manero de Travolta é o tipo de cara de que todos gostam, ou seja, o anti nerd legítimo. É um herói desde o primeiro frame, desde a primeira sequencia onde demonstra só pelo seu andado ser um cara descolado. Mas ele tem uma família que não o reconhece pelo que é e que vê coisas que ele não vê. Trabalha em uma loja de tintas onde ganha praticamente nada e que provavelmente passará o resto de seus dias ali. Mas no salão de dança ele é o superman. Ele é o cara que todas as garotas querem beijar e fazer besteirinhas. Ele é o cara que todos abrem espaço pra que passe. Ele é o cara que arregaça na dança. E numa época onde quem dançava mais tinha o ‘pinto’ maior por assim dizer, Tony Manero era o cara com o maio “pinto” da região.

O mais engraçado é que em um determinado momento, Manero desabafa e diz que não quer ser endeusado pelo povo da discoteca, ele dança pelo simples fato de dançar e se divertir com isso. Ele é apenas bom e persistente, por isso se sai tão bem na plataforma. Porque agente sempre se destaca em coisas que agente realmente sabe fazer e gosta de fazer, mas como todos queremos ser como Manero, tentamos ser bons em tudo de uma vez e estabacamos logo com a cara no chão e nunca conseguimos ser tão bons ou queridos como ele , que dança simplesmente porque gosta e não tenta se mostrar pra ninguém.

As tomadas na discoteca são lindas e espertas. Com movimentos de câmera safadinhos e nos momentos certos o diretor decupa coreografias magníficas e momentos já eternizados na cultura em geral.

Um filme cultuado pela grande massa que dançou e passou pelo que esses jovens passam na película, é também um ótimo passatempo pra quem não quer ver nada pesado de mais e se divertir abessa. É divertido de mais, me fez assistir quase sem pausar (sim, sou humano e tenho que mijar), o que não fez meus olhos cansarem nem pensarem em se fechar de tédio, apenas os tornou mais abertos e mais receptivos ao que o pensamento cultural daquela época era e como é hoje.

3.5/5

Authored by Greg Palast, Greg Palast.com on Tue, 11/17/2009 – 11:46

On September 11, 2001, my office building, the World Trade Center, was attacked by al Qaeda, a murder cult of Saudi Arabians, funded by Saudi Arabians. And so, in response to the Saudis’ attack, America invaded … Afghanistan. Like, HUH?

And here we go again. New York Times headline last Friday: “Pakistani Army, In Its Campaign In Taliban Stronghold, Finds A Hint Of 9/11.”

Google it and you’ll find the Times report repeated and amplified 5,785 times more.

Taliban = 9/11. Taliban = 9/11. Taliban = 9/11.

Your eyelids are getting heavy. Taliban = 9/11. Taliban = 9/11.

It’s the latest hit from the same crew that brought you Saddam = 9/11 and its twin chant, Saddam = WMD, Dick Cheney’s chimerical tropes which the New York Times’ Judith Miller happily channeled to the paper’s front page.

And they’re at it again.

Every war begins with a lie. In addition to Saddam = WMD, I’m old enough to remember the Gulf of Tonkin resolution authorizing the war in Vietnam, based on a fictional Vietnamese gunboat attack on our Navy. (White House recordings have Lyndon Johnson gloating privately, “Hell, those damn stupid [US] sailors were just shooting at flying fish.”)

Read the rest of the article here:

http://www.plumblinemag.com/en/content/taliban-911-afghanistan-hypnosis-greg-palast

The Handsome Family – Twilight
Carrot Top 2001

Listen while reading:

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We arrived in 2001 and so did the fifth regular full length Twilight. And you can call me a fool but I said In The Air would sound more vital and maybe a bit more catchy and not as haunting as Through The Trees. And that’s right and you maybe call it sounding airy. Do you get what I mean? The airy sound and the album title, In The Air, right…and now look at the title of the 2001 album, Twilight – yap…You can tell that the album must sound different than In The Air just by reading the title – and it seems to be true because the overall picture of the record is again more haunting and myterious. At the same time they use the keyboards in a very expressive and generous manner (as they did on In The Air) wherefore I would call Twilight the perfect combination of Through The Trees and In The Air. But I can imagine that this is a bit of a challenge for some listeners because you mustn’t forget that we still talk about a form of country music here. And I think there are other genres who are easier to digest than some mixture consiting of country, spooky atmosphere and relentless keyboard usage. But, and this should be a big BUT, don’t judge the music only because of the words you read, take the time and give a good listen to it and you will see the beauty of it. And before I continue writing about Twilight itself, I have an advice for you: Never, and I really mean never, use a track you like as the melodie your alarmclock will play to wake you up. Not only that you develope a certain hate against it but you ruining your album experience at least forever because your mind will get in a very freaky condition if you listen to the same track in a regular way and you say to yourself that there is no point of hating this track because it sounds like super cool but your body is in a real rush for it is the cursed sound you hear everytime you have to get up. Believe me, this is nothing you want to feel ever in your whole life – and I can tell you because I can’t listen to Cold, Cold, Cold in a normal fashion anymore because of my stupidity. But hey, what’s done is done, right? Arrrgg…Ok, back to topic. As you listen to Twilight and you know the other releases that followed this record you can perceive certain characteristics of the following albums. For example the track Birds You Cannot See – I think it points towards songs like The Loneliness Of Magnets from their 2009 release Honey Moon. But I think I will do this in retrospect when we arrive there. In the end I think Twilight eredicated the weaknesses (if you call them so) of In The Air and proved that The Handsome Family was back in their full capacity combining the best moments of In The Air with the characteristics of their masterpiece Through The Trees to bring some first class unique sounding alt. country, call it southern gothic, into being.

I’ll fondly remember 2001 as the year that I began to really appreciate music, and it was the year I probably first realized I preferred rock and metal music over other types (and my affair with pop and electronic music was temporarily over.) Again, with many of these choices that are below, I didn’t fully appreciate the albums until years later, with the exception of my first 2 picks. These albums are in NO particular order, but rather the first albums that sprung to my mind in my brains musical encyclopedia.

1) System of a Down – Toxicity

Here it is – probably the first album that made me go, WOW in terms of heavyness. This album from start to finish is pretty unforgiving for the majority of it. I discovered this album through the success of the song “Chop Suey”, after hearing this I knew I had to get the whole album. Even though the album is heavy, there are some beautiful songs in this album too, including the closer “Aerials” and “Atwa”. This album got regular play on my upgraded personal CD player (no more tape player to school!) including a rather embarrassing loud play in the IT suite in school. It was my first time bringing music into school, and I thought I plugged my headphones into the right slot in the screen, but turns out I had to plug it into the computer, and yeah, Prison Song played at top volume (I forgot to check the volume too!) and my teacher was not pleased at all. Hilarity ensued. One of the few albums that I still own today and listen to on a regular basis. I’ll never forget this album; it introduced me to metal. And John Dolmayan was a huge influence on my drumming too, and playing along with these songs are always great fun for me.

2) Muse – Origin of Symmetry

My older brother actually bought this album the week it came out, and I stole it from him one day and decided to give it a listen; curious as to what my brother was listening to those days. With the opener “New Born” I was thinking “oh great, boring music time” until the heavy guitar refrain came in; suddenly, my ears perked up and I was interested. At the time, I found it a little difficult to pay attention to, simply because of some of the  songs durations (a problem I certainly do not have now) but I liked it. “Plug In Baby” and “New Born” were instant favourites for me, of course the fact that they were both heavy and radio friendly made me love them even more. I eventually over the years began to appreciate this album very much, and I’m glad to put this album in my Top 10 favourite albums of all time. This album has it all, beautiful ballads, amazing piano and synth work, along with really great guitar parts and effects, and absolutely  grooving drums. “Citizen Erased” is still one of my favourite songs to listen to, and it gets regularly played at top volume in my apartment. It really is Muse’s statement of intent for their next few albums, alternative rock with progressive tendencies and dreamy soundscapes at times. It’s also their way of giving a big middle finger to their critics at the time, who called them just another Radiohead rip-off.

3) Incubus – Morning View

Morning View was an album that I’ve had on my computer for many years, and I was well aware of “Wish You Were Here” and “Are You In?” just because they both had heavy rotation on radio at the time. But, I never completely got into this album until as late as last year. “Blood On The Ground” came on shuffle on my iPod, and I was hooked. This album has it all, great pop style melodies, memorable lyrics, heavy guitar passages, great drumming (with amazing hi-hat and splash cymbal work by Jose Pasillas), funky basslines and great atmospheric sounds that make this album a sonical bliss to listen to. This album gets repeated plays on my computer/iPod, almost daily. Certainly another Top 10 candidate for favourite albums of all time.

4) Daft Punk – Discovery

And, here it is, the first electronic/dance album on my decade in review! The summer of 2001, my friends and I always went to the local swimming pool every week for a good swim, funnily enough. But anyway, on the radio, constantly, was the song “Digital Love”. I loved it. Fantastic synth passages in that song. Anyway, I would call this Daft Punk’s magnum opus. A fantastic album from start to finish, with almost every song ready for the radio, and can instantly elevate my mood from bad to good. Such a feel-good album.

Honorable mentions (there were many great albums in that year! However, I feel I couldn’t write a good enough review about them)

Tool – Lateralus
Transatlantic – Bridge Across Forever
Weezer – The Green Album

2002 will be up in a few days. And I know for certain that there are some amazing albums from that year too.

Iain

Thể loại : Kinh dị, Giả tưởng, Mỹ

Năm : 2001

Hãng sản xuất : MGM

Đạo diễn : Victor Salva

Diễn viên : Gina Phillips, Justin Long, Jonathan Breck, Patricia Belcher, Brandon Smith

Nội dung : Trên đường trở về nhà sau kì nghỉ xuân, Darry và Patricia phát hiện một kẻ kì lạ đang theo dõi bọn họ, kinh hoàng hơn nữa khi hắn không phải là một con người và thứ hắn cần chính là bộ da của Darry. Từ đây diễn ra cuộc trốn chạy trong tuyệt vọng của đôi bạn trẻ khi phải đối mặt với một quái vật mà họ chưa từng gặp trong đời. Liệu Darry và Patricia có thoát khỏi bàn tay của tên quái vật đó hay không?

Audio : English

Subtitles : English – Vietnamese

Chất lượng : HD

Giá : 15.000 đ / 1DVD

Again I’m missing quite a few of our flyers from 2001 but we’re slowly piecing them all back together!

Fri 1st Feb 2001 @ The 13th Note:

Fri 16th Feb 2001 @ Glasgow School of Art – feat Tech Itch:

Fri 30th Mar 2001 @ Glasgow School of Art – feat Decoder:

Fri 17th Aug 2001 @ Glasgow School of Art:

Fri 21st Sept 2001 @ Glasgow School of Art:

Fri 16th Nov 2001 @ Glasgow School of Art – feat Total Science:

Fri 7th Dec 2001 @ Glasgow School of Art – feat Cause 4 Concern: