I'm cleansing my palate, so the rest of the review will come later. And by cleansing, I mean listening to things other than Kaiser Chiefs, which is actually a lot easier than some might think. For instance, right now, I'm listening to the Killers and then next song is Tainted Love. See? I do listen to other bands. I was deviantart because I like checking the doctor who search and rather unsurprisingly this pretty piece is still the most popular piece. Glancing over the page though I found a neat little piece that makes me laugh. So here it is: It only plays through once, which is unfortunate, but it goes fairly slow so you'll be able to read all the wonderful text. Anyhoo, enjoy. It's snowing again just by the way. Damn annoying if you ask me. My shoulders were just starting to feel better. Oh well. Shit happens.
Now for my 410th entry I present a song by song analysis of Yours Truly, Angry Mob. Enjoy!
We are the angry mob/ We read the papers everyday/ We like who we like/ We hate who we hate/ But we're so easily swayed/ We are the Angry Mob
Ruby: A love song. Actually, an unrequited love song, which makes it better. A good lead off single because its closer in style to Employment than some of the other potential singles on the album. All in all a very simple song with a goofy chorus and a highly redeeming middle eight. Lets move on shall we?
The Angry Mob: A war cry for the disenchanted masses. A song with two different choruses that ends with summation of what the whole song is about. "We are the angry mob...But we're so easily swayed." Drunken brawls and declaration of sheep-hood. The best song on the whole album in my opinion.
Heat Dies Down: So you start with talking about a relationship and a cheating boyfriend (I have no idea how you know/When I dip my toes in other people's oceans). According to interviews the chorus refers to fame backlash, which makes sense when taken by itself. Within the song though, the chorus doesn't make too much sense. The song ends with the end of the relationship and the boyfriend saying "Because I have a wider knowledge of the world/I just can't face another argument/About the rent." A good contender for being made into a single and a good overall song that's fairly representative of the whole album.
Highroyds: First things first: OMG drug reference!! Though he could be saying that some girl still has his dinner money, but I like the idea that it's dealer money, far more fun. A fun fluff song that might be more, if only I could understand more of what Ricky was singing. I suspect it's mostly about the boys when they were young. Fun fluff basically, not that there is anything at all wrong with that. Oh and there's lots of "ooh"ing which is terrif.
Love's Not A Competition (But I'm Winning): Twinkly stars start out the song and then there's a fucking acoustic guitar and more twinkly stuff. Second verse brings in awesome drum rolls that make me slightly more giddy than I was seconds before. There's a higher single string guitar part that plays throughout the song that adds to the whole calm atmospheric feeling. The last part of the song ends with Nick and Rick singing two different parts over each other. What the hell is the song you ask? Here: Love's not a competition and I won't be the one to disappoint you anymore. That's what the song is about. One of the slower tracks album, but very fabu.
Thank You Very Much: Being famous can kind of suck. You have people nitpicking your whole life and adoring fans trying to steal mementos and begging for pictures and to sign their boobs. And whilst famous star X is complaining about this, Kaiser Chiefs kindly remind them that everyone use to be the crazy fan begging for an autograph and screaming in your face. Yes it sucks, but just remember; You use to be one of them. "I just imagined I that I'm you/And there's nothing, nothing, nothing I can do."
Right, so the last seven tracks will be up either tomorrow or Monday. Enjoy the first halfish and don't forget to listen to the album yourself. See you tomorrow (or Monday.)
I'm working on my complete review of Yours Truly, Angry Mob but I have some article/stuff that I've been wanting to share with y'all so...here it is! Nothing too special and all fairly self explanatory. Coxon Considers Blur Reunion? And the rumor train keeps on rolling. Mika Celeb Fanclub Grows: Nore is shocked. Well, not that shocked. Doctor Who, on drugs. I really wish this was true, and seems like it could be true. But it's not, sadly. :sigh: Back to reviewing. Not that I really have the right to complain. And I'm not. I'm just lazy is all and don't want to work this hard. But at least I have a vaguely good excuse for repeatedly listening to YTAM. :)
Here's what the album is missing: Climax. The band tries their damn best to have climax points in all the right places, but given the fact that KC are not an orchestra and what I'm listening to is not a live performance, with some extra oomph, it ain't gonna happen. That's the problem with them forsaking the ooohs and aaahs that made them so famous; they can't reach that climax point. What so many pop and rock bands don't realize is that those cheesey sound effects are necessary to reach the heights listeners are expecting any given song. The overall effect of not having climaxes makes the album seem climax-less and flat. That feeling takes away from the utter brilliance that underlies "Yours Truly, Angry Mob." My boys have grown up quite a lot since "Employment" but it seems that without Rick's trade-mark screams, the songs never reach the climax this listener is expecting. Here's what the album has in spades: Guts. Musically speaking Kaiser Chiefs have matured since 2005, maybe not as drastically as some of the critics have said, but what has truly matured, a whole hell of a lot, are the lyrics. The lyrics, always an important part for me, have moved away from "Yeah, we're going to get drunk, and the world is crazy and we're crazy, etc." to "My fucking god, we've seen the world, and it's a whole hell of a lot bigger than Leeds." The subjects of the songs vary from fame backlash to ending relationships, but they all portray a growing maturity that one would expect and hope for in a second album. Some of the songs, as this band is want to do, don't make a lot of sense, but this may be because I'm only getting 85% to 90% of what Rick is singing. I can tell you this though; If I had no idea who Kaiser Chiefs were and heard "The Angry Mob" I would buy the album, no questions asked. Highlights of "Yours Truly, Angry Mob": The Angry Mob I Can Do It Without You My Kind of Guy Everything is Average Nowadays (Modern Way's sucessor) Try Your Best Retirement I swear I'll have more tomorrow. I just need to listen to the album a few more times (even though I've listened to it three times) so that I can get all of the lyrics. I promise there will be a second part. For the mean time if you'd like to hear the album yourself here's a link. You might need an nme.com account (I have one, so I don't know), but it's free so not too much of a bother. I would definitely recommend listening to it yourself.
We started writing vignettes in creative writing. Ms. B-A told us to write about a moment we could write about in detail. We were told to make a list of 10 events, then pick two and write ten things about each. I picked having Mr. Sharp kick me in the bum in math last year and discovering KC. I decided over my mini-break to write about KC because I love them ever so much. So today I wrote the vignette and realized something: Kaiser Chiefs, in their own small way, significantly changed my life. I also remembered that I'm mad about the boys and that I really need a life. Looking over my journal entries I've written 88 entries, not including this one. KC seems to pop up in the oddest places and there is a trend toward obsessive. I'd say starting around the time they won those 3 Brit Awards, though my crush on R started earlier. It's all so odd and wonderful. And the thing is, they are my favorite band, they did change my life, and I'm not ashamed to say I'm a fangirl. I'm not better than other fangirls, I'm not a worse person because I'm a fangirl, and I'm certainly not a worse person for loving a band. :sigh: Now why won't they release YTAM sooner in the States???
Now that I have my all my pent up rage against my history class out in the open (not that my other 6 classes will be saved...) I have to post this. Not because I agree with the big text portion, but because the quote is fucking genius. Mind you, I'm still a hypocritical music snob, but this does not stop me from denying the genius of what Mr. Way has to say. I don't like (but don't hate) MCR, but Gerard has it right.
We'll all know that I've gone over the deep end when I talk about buying a machete. Enjoy the story kids!
With a machete in her right hand and a hand gun in her second right hand (newly added for better weapon wielding) Nore jumped into the her history class declaring in a loud and shrill scream, "You're all gonna die motherfuckers! Except you Jackie, but you should leave now, just in case." Having thusly prepared the class for their deaths, Nore put her headphones on and turned on her mp3 player. "Ah yes," she murmured, "Everyday I Love You Less and Less, how perfect. MWHAHAHAHAHA." In 15 minutes (approximately 4 songs) the once boring classroom was turned into a shimmering ruby of blood. Arms and legs were scattered everywhere, blood and guts glistening in the harsh fluorescent light. Amidst this scene of carnage, Nore sat contentedly bobbing her head up and down to the beat. Every few seconds a hint of melody would stream through the woman's half opened lips, just a few words here and there. There had been no screams, no gun shots had been heard. It took the police a hour to even find out about the grizzly massacre. When asked why she had committed this haneous act Nore simply said "I don't know. I guess I just snapped. If only everyone hadn't been acting like such twats, I wouldn't have had to kill them. But they were acting like twats, so I had to."
I only know that it has something to do with soccer/football. Anyway, that's not the point. The point is this article on DiS which I found quite funny because it could be related to football (I assume) as well as the music scene. Yes, obviously the players are musicians, but read the descriptions and you'll see what I mean. I know the majority of the people on the list, even if I haven't listened to anything by them, so overall the descriptions seemed fairly accurate. I particularly thought Alex Turner's description was very apt. Mostly though, I just love when music people do this kind of shit. It's always so interesting what they have to say. Speaking of people saying things, DIY (the lucky little shits) have "Yours Truly, Angry Mob" and so have decided to let us mere mortals in on the fun. This does not mean we get to listen to album, no we get to read a track by track description of it. I was so excited when I saw the headline "First Listen!" because I assumed I would actually get to listen. Sadly this was not the case, though the descriptions did leave a huge fucking grin on my face and a prayer in my heart that NME will do with YTAM what they did with "Empire" so I'll get to listen to it for a whole month before its release in the States. :crosses fingers: I tend to not talk about politics, not because I don't care, but because I don't pay attention. That doesn't mean I don't care though. I only really care though when rock stars and Al Gore decide to do things like talk about their political opinions, or copy Bob Geldof, which ever applies. You see, British pop/rock stars have decided that their new pet cause is nuclear disarmament in the UK. Now I'll admit, the only reason I even paid attention to the article was because Kaiser Chiefs were in the headline, but that doesn't mean I didn't read it. I did. And the rock stars, or at least 53 British bands, want the people to say no to nuclear weapons. Which is a nice idea and I'm sure that the fact that so many popular bands are against this will make some small difference, but honestly? Doesn't matter. Russia, that wonderfully huge country at the top of the world, has nukes and so does the US. The UK may be small, but as The End of the World taught us only Australia wants to live on this Earth without nukes. At least that's the message I got. So yeah, nuclear disarmament ain't happening UKers. Now for some cool reviews from DIY: Pigeon Detectives and Kaiser Chiefs. Because of these reviews I've decided two things: I'm going to start calling the Pigeon Detectives, t'Pigeons and that all good music (with some obvious exceptions) comes from Northern England and Scotland. :nods: Now go listen to t'Pigeons and t'Chiefs!
Nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd. WHY DON'T I LIVE IN LONDON????????? WHY DO ALL THE BEST BANDS DO COOL THINGS IN LONDON????? WHY WON'T VIRGIN RADIO TELL ME WHEN THEY'RE PLAYING THE GODDAMN FUCKING BLOODY ACOUSTIC SET??????? :twitch: I also hate the fact that I'm so obsessed that I really was screaming in my head about this whole thing. :sigh: But I love them anyway. Even if I don't live in London and all the really cool bands do cool things in London and Virgin Radio sucks ass. Strange side note. Why is the phrase "suck ass" instead of say "suck dick" or balls? Hmmm...I really shouldn't be thinking about that. So yeah...still sadly obsessed
That small minority would include the lovable Nick Hodgson who decided to update the band blog today. Reading his entry brought two questions/thoughts to my mind. The first was, "What the fuck is this guy on?" The second was that the entry reminded me of something I said awhile ago: "From now on I will always assume that rock musicians are either high or drunk constantly." All in all though KC's attempts at this blogging thing are rather amusing and in some small remote way remind me of when I first started blogging. Mind you I was much younger and not at all famous, but still, very similar. Someone else who updated, not today, but yesterday, was Kirkland Ciccone. The DIY site updated its self yesterday and along with that came two new columns from Mr. Ciccone. The one that I liked particularly was on defining what kind of music the Klaxons make. In reading the article I was reminded of how very desperately I want to be Mr. Ciccone and I also made the decision that a lot of cool people come from Scotland and/or Northern England. Honestly though, I really, really want to be Kirkland Ciccone. Really. And now for random links to articles I've read over the past few days!! Huzzah! A Pitchfork drinking game. Alcohol can be substituted with diet Coke if necessary. Lily Allen gets in a fight. No one is shocked. Summer concert etiquette, or something I don't have to worry about. Read all the articles in this link. The reviews of this Dr. Who story arc are hilarious and make me want to see the episodes so badly. :sigh: I love the Doctor. Hot Fuzz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Watch the trailer and prepare yourself for April 13th. :breathes out dramatically: Now that I've gotten all of those articles out of the way I can go back to wondering why people hate updating on Sundays so much. And what the hell Nick was on when he wrote that entry.
Snow days suck. As do green-eyed monsters, Windows Internet Explorer, f-ed up computers, and Madame Bovary. Mainly, though, snow does suck because I've got shite to do and my Dad's using my computer while his is being fixed. So I have none of my links, none of my privacy, and I had to download Firefox because I was so frustrated with Explorer and couldn't take it anymore. Of course I'll have to uninstall it before I shut down this computer (the main one) because I use it so infrequently and mums and dad don't care for Firefox (for some bizarre reason). Other things that suck are therapists, men, and not living in the right country. But these are constant complaints (for the most part) so there's no need to dwell on them. I'll just be incredibly glad when I'm gone from this house. So very, very glad.
I'm still in pain from shoveling ice/snow yesterday (damn you lactic acid!!) but I've got things to share, so I'm going to share them dammit. Besides, if I share all of these happy things before I go talk about last weeks events with the Farbster, I'll have happy things in the back of my head, as if that makes any sense. Also I have some things to look forward to. So on to the happy things!! The Brit Awards were last night and unsurprisingly Arctic Monkeys won the major awards they were nominated for. DiS have an excellent little article with a full list of the winners and some very amusing commentary as well. Hopefully YouTube will have the Monkeys' acceptance speeches, because honestly I really want to see Alex Turner as the Scarecrow. And the whole band as the Village People. Oh, so funny. Bloc Party did something very unexpected. They cracked the Billboard Top 20. They're British and not Coldplay or U2. I'm in shock. This does bode well for KC though, which means they might make more stops in the States. But congrats to Bloc Party! Good Weather for Airstrikes posted an excellent list of artists who they predict will be big in 2007. I was mostly pleased with the list, except for Mika who makes me cringe, but I hope that Derek is right about the majority of the list. Especially Lily Allen, Air Traffic, and Maxie Poo, and horribly, horribly wrong about Mika. Lastly, I've decided that instead of doing beach week at the end of my senior year, I should go to Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. Sure I might not know the majority of the current lineup, but Franz Ferdinand is going so who cares!! Now I just have to convince the parents the at 19 I'll be old enough to fend for myself at a festival in Tennessee. Tricksy.
For those of you interested in the musicality of certain things, parallel (aka one right after the other) fourths are very Asian sounding. Also, "A" natural, "C" natural, and "E" natural make a minor chord. Finally, the Pigeon Detectives need to fucking release an album anywhere so that I can have all of their pretty music. Ditto with Air Traffic. Yahoo! Music Jukebox tech support is the best possible tech support in the world. I emailed them about a problem I was having with my player about 2ish hours ago and I got an email from them and they fixed the problem! So now I can have "Trains to Brazil" without having to buy and import at ridiculously high prices!! I'm so happy. I can also have Air Traffic, the Pigeon Detectives, the Pipettes, Regina Spektor (legally), and the Arctic Monkeys' EPs!! Huzzah Yahoo! Music Jukebox tech support!!! Now for some Doctor/Ten-Inch fangirling: MY SUMMER WILL BE BLISS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my goodness I'm so excited!!! I was seriously thinking I would not see the new series until I was back in school, but now I'll be able to view it over the summer, when I'm sure to have the Sci-Fi channel. Much happiness. Read the captions. They had to the wonderfulness of this post. I mean, cor is Ten-Inch ever hot. The seventh picture down just epitomizes what makes Ten-Inch ever so wonderful. Besides his accent. Another online petition, accept this one has absolutely nothing to do with changing a person's looks. On a side note, if I get a Ten-Inch I would also like a Ricky. :evil perverted thoughts: I'm so horrible. That is all. :)
Lookie what I found!! Twiggy would die if she saw this!! Yay for the Doctor!!
This first part by dracothan. Here's some background information: Ten-Inch (as I believe I've pointed out) is Scottish, so some of what he says in this comic is Scottish slang. The artist is also Scottish, so it's authentic. Teehee...Scottish slang is cool. As for the characters, the Doctor is the Doctor, John is Joseph Merrick, Billie Piper is Billie Piper/Rose, and Amy is the artist.
This next one (and the last unfortch) is by JesIdres whose done other Doctor fanart, as well as Discworld fanart. She's neato. The characters are (from left to right) Casanova, the Doctor, and Carlisle (from Blackpool)
So that's it for today mateys. I've got some work to do, which I probably won't do. But yeah, have fun with the Doctor!
So my day was boring, which is normal for the weekend. And most days of the week. Nonetheless, I'm going to recount the days events as I wait for my download to finish (just 11 more minutes left!) and because I'm bored. And I don't want to practice. Right, shall we continue? So I woke up, had breakfast and read some articles in this weeks Newsweek. I then preceded to laze around on my computer and wish my sister a happy 21st birthday. Sometime after that mums and I went to get lunch (Five Guys) and I noticed that I was incredibly thirsty. Went home, had lunch and a diet Coke, then waited for mums to finish what she was doing on the computer so that we could go get my contacts and have my glasses adjusted. Went, did that, got dad guitar strings, then proceeded to the Oakton Music and Arts store to get him earplugs. Finally we arrived back home and I got myself a huge glass of water because I was thirsty again. I read Entertainment Weekly cover to cover (kind of) and then got back on my computer. Somewhere in there I thought about the aftermath of a certain situation and came to the conclusion that I came to yesterday, which is to fuck it all and live my life. I then read bits and pieces of an article on Wikipedia about Casanova and read the whole article on Wikipedia about Madame de Pampadour. I searched for "Blackpool" a miniseries with Ten-Inch in it, found that it really hasn't be released in the states and bookmarked a link to the amazon.co.uk for the dvd of "Blackpool." Did some more shit, had mums tell me that I needed to practice my clarinet, found a really good icon to add to my Doctor Who collection (It's Sonic!), and then found that someone had made a mix that had this song I really wanted and that the link for just that song doesn't work, so now I have finished downloading the whole damn thing so I could have that song. And now I have pretty graphics too, quite the bonus. So off I go to pratice. Yay.
Friday Five 1. If you were a crayon, which color would you want to be? Green, any shade
2. Which color do you think you would be regardless of what you wanted? Green, any shade
3. Would you rather be used and get blunt, broken and lose your wrapper, or not be used and stay pristine? Used, because green is the best
4. Would you rather be in a small set of crayons or a large set? I think I would like to be in a set of all green crayons, though actually I prefer coloured pencils
5. Would you rather be Crayola, or a different brand? I like Crayola, so sure why not be Crayola?
A Comic About Franz Ferdinand (actually it's about Alex Kapranos, but close enough)
Maximo Park's New Video
Random Meme 1. What Curse Word Do You Use The Most? Shit, fuck, bloody, twat
2. Do You Own An Ipod? no, I have a gigabeat
3. What Person On Your Top 8-12 Do You Talk To The Most? umm...Cheese?
4. What Time Is Your Alarm Clock Set To? When my mums wakes me up
5. Do You Wear Flip-Flops When It's Cold? fuck no, that's just crazy
6. Would You Rather Take The Picture Or Be In The Picture? take the picture
7. What Was The Last Movie You Watched? ummm...Ruby in the Smoke? Does a Masterpiece theater movie count??
8. Do Any Of Your Friends Have Children? not in reality
9. Has Anyone Ever Called You Lazy? oh yeah, many, many times. I've even called myself lazy
10. Do You Ever Take Medication To Help You Fall Asleep? no
11. What Cd Is Currently In Your Cd Player? I don't know...haven't used a cd player in forever
12. Do You Prefer Regular Or Chocolate Milk? chocolate, but I mainly drink regular
14. Has Anyone Told You A Secret This Week? no
15. When Was The Last Time You Had Starbucks? when I got my fringe trimmed, so like a month ago, or so
16. Can You Whistle? yup :whistles:
18. Do You Think People Talk About You Behind Your Back? hopefully not
19. Did You Watch Cartoons As A Child? definantly
20. What Movie Do You Know Every Line To? none, just random quotes from different movies
21.Have You Ever Done The Dirty In A Field? no
23. Do You Own Any Band T-Shirts? Beatles, WAS, Arctic Monkeys, Keane, the Killers and 3 KC shirts
24. What Is Your Favorite Salad Dressing? ranch
25. Is Anyone In Love With You? -_-
27. Ever Cry In Public? 4th grade
28. Are You On A Desktop Computer Or A Lap Top? lap top all the way
29. Are You Currently Wanting Any Piercings Or Tattoo? a tattoo
30. Whats The Weather Like? absolutely freezing
31. Would You Ever Date Anyone Covered In Tattoos? depends on the definition of "covered"
32. What Did You Do Before This? listen to mums talk to Sophs, play solitaire
33. When Was The Last Time You Slept On The Floor? dunno actually
34. How Many Hours Of Sleep Do You Need To Function? 9-12
35. Do You Eat Breakfast Daily? yup
36. Are Your Days Full And Fast Paced? no not really at all
37. Do You Pay Attention To The Calories In The Package/Box? no
38. Do You Use Sarcasm? are you joking?
40. Are You Picky About Spelling And Grammar? depends on my mood
41. Have You Ever Been To Six Flags? no
43. Do You Get Along Better With The Same Sex Or The Opposite? depends...
44. Do You Like Mustard? sure, but not a lot
45. Do You Sleep On Your Side, Stomach Or Back? side, side, side, side, and then the other side
46. Do You Watch The News? I watch the daily show
47. How Did You Get One Of Your Scars? fell off the toilet and hit my chin on the sink
48. Who Was The Last Person To Make You Mad? -_-
49. Do You Like Anybody? no
50. What Is The Last Thing You Purchased? Lily Allen's debut
This past week has reminded me why relations with people are aggravating, annoying, and at times needlessly complicated. It also reminded me why imaginary relationships are so much easier to deal with. Unfortunantly I can't avoid real relationships, but thankfully the ones I have now are fairly simple, especially if I don't fuss around too much. I don't like drama, never have, never will, and so I'm forsaking anything dramatic. I feel better when I'm not having mental break downs and hissy fits all the time, so I'm just going to kiss off the dramatic and focus on me. That means Dr. Who, Kaiser Chiefs, British rock music, and Terry Pratchett will reign supreme with my friends giving me the added bonuses of manga, anime, yoai, pervertedness, and insanity. I like it better that way. So much simpler. The only drama I like is the kind not involving me and more than likely involving the Gilmore Girls. So much more fun. So there, a declaration of my intentions. I feel so much better now. And now, lyrics: All songs by Air Traffic Never Even Told Me Her Name Suzy was a glad-rag-clad clown run-around Never even told me her name But I found it in a half-burnt pin-up Polaroid Smiling through the wall at her place
Looking at her bed, I sat Sucking on a cigarette Wonder why I bothered to chase When I'm tired of making time I'm tired of making time
So I slip away on the story line I heard you on the Radio you were screaming out you grabbed me by my Heart and soul through the speakercone electric hands and Touched my face seemed to say we are here,we are
Suzy tried to call said "I'm not waiting for You to come and sweep me away" It isn't that I don't care I'm just all wired up Trying to think of something to say
Clinging to a credit card Waiting for the phone to stop Take me back to heaven again 'cus I'm tired of making time I'm tired of making sound
So I slip away on the story line I heard you on the Radio you were screaming out you grabbed me by my Heart and soul through the speakercone electric hands and Touched my face seemed to say we are here,we are
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Don't stop Don't stop I'm coming Down where I can find my feet again
So I slip away on the story line I heard you on the Radio you were screaming out you grabbed me by my Heart and soul through the speakercone electric hands and Touched my face seemed to say we are here,we are
Just Abuse Me I never knew you But now I'm haunted by your past, How long will this last?
I thought you loved me, You say you love me, Loves just a shadow that you cast.
And all my dreams come round in threes always Im independent but I'm tied to you You lied to me, I'd die for you But I can't read your mind.
I'm lost without you An empty feeling deep inside I want to run and hide
I'll let you use me And just abuse me But girl I want you to be mine
And all my dreams come round in threes always Im independent but I'm tied to you You lied to me, I'd die for you But I can't read your mind.
And all my dreams come round in threes always Im independent but I'm tied to you You lied to me, I'd die for you But I can't read your mind
Charlotte
Dont Cry Just Let It Pass You By Ill Be By Your Side Each And Everyday
Let Go You Gotta Lose Control Teach You How To Roll Never Be The Same
oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh
Cause Am Wasted Face Down On The Floor Cant Take Anymore Gave It All Away Lately I Cant Find The Eyes Help Me Realise That Am In Love Am In Love Am In Love
Losing,Am Losing All My Fame I Cant Stand The Days That Am Alone Tell Me Do You Feel The Same And Are You Glad I Came Can I Walk You Home
oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh
Cause Am Wasted Face Down On The Floor Cant Take Anymore Gave It All Away Lately I Cant Find The Eyes Help Me Realise That Am In Love Am In Love Am In Llllloooovvve
Your Face My Place Your Face My Place Your Face My Place At Night
I can't do this anymore. It's just that simple. I can't lie to him, I can't pretend that I feel differently than I do. I know it will hurt him, but it's killing me, so I'll be selfish and just tell him the truth. If there were a nice way to say "I've lying to you, I don't feel that way about you" I would, but there isn't a nice way. There's just the truth. It hurts, but it's better than being lied to. And there's no easy way to explain things, nothing that can be said to make it easier for him or for me. But my gut and my nerves will kill me if I don't just admit the truth. So I tell him the truth, crush his soul, break his heart, calm my nerves and know that in some small way I'm better than the person who broke my heart. At least I'll have that.
In checking my sites this morning I saw a headline on NME that chilled my blood and gave me flash backs to Brandon Flowers before "Sam's Town" was released. It read "Kaiser Chiefs condemn current indie scene." I just kept thinking "Please let Rick not have said, please let it have been one of the other band members." I didn't read NME's blip about what they said, instead I read DiS's take on it. First of all it was Nick who said that the indie scene was shite, and secondly his main complaint was that there isn't anything original about the scene. Which, interestingly enough is very similar to the complaint I made while I was only listening to the Beatles, that everything sounded the same.
In light of this I thought "Well what are they saying about their supports? That they aren't any good or something? And aren't they part of the indie scene (as DiS pointed out)?" So many questions, so few answers. I then decided that the best route to take would be to listen to some of these new bands that are so "average" and make up my own mind about the new indie scene. I haven't made a decision yet, but I do know one thing: If a band called the Twang is the next big thing in Nick Hodgson's mind, thank God 7digital is giving 30 second previews of the songs on their new album because otherwise "Yours Truly, Angry Mob" would be coming under some very hard scrutiny from this listener.
On a related side note, have I mentioned recently that I'm an music snob and no, I don't care that I am? Because I am a music snob and I don't care that I am. I have my taste in music and Mika ain't it. God Sophs is aggravating.
I'm sitting here, mostly bored, listening to everyone talk around me. It's rather fun actually. Anyway, that's not the point. The point is that I'm so bored that I'm looking at Metacritic.com's upcoming release schedule and found this out: Kings of Leon and Maximo Park release their album on the same day. Totally awsome. Also, Arctic Monkeys have given a release date for the States. It's the day after it's released everywhere else. So, let's see. In the grand total of brownie points I would say that Arctic Monkeys get...300 points. Kaiser Chiefs get...50 points and that's simply because their coming back to the 9:30 club and I love Ricky. Otherwise I think they would be in the negatives by now. So yeah. Arctic Monkeys might have to be my new favourite band. Maybe. Well I better be getting off. Techincally I'm not even suppose to be on this computer, but ya know, Mrs. Thompson loves me. Hopefully she won't figure out that we've been using the computers this afternoon. :)
No, I'm not particularly stressed out at the moment (just residually stressed constantly), but I've got an awful headache from reading tiny print without my reading glasses for about two hours. Yeah, that was a good move on my part. Anyway, I've figured out that an exploding brain kind of sounds like a fizzle or something like that. But yeah, my head definitely feels like it's a very bad mood. So, for some reason I decided to check things online this morning and in the course of things I found out that Arctic Monkeys arereleasing their newalbum in April. Needless to say the first thing I did was secretly congratulate them on being much faster than Kaiser Chiefs at recording their second album. I then noticed that the only dates given involved Mondays, which is not when albums are released in the States. So, that begs the question when will the album be released in the states? I then checked my handy-dandy guide to all releases and saw that they had the April 23rd release date and a nice little note next to the album title: "UK only; US release TBD." I love Arctic Monkeys for being so damn quick, but the least they could do is tell me when it's being released here. Oh well, Arctic Monkeys get continual brownie points for having written "A Certain Romance. This afternoon, as usual, I checked my music websites for interesting news, or any news of any kind. At DIY I also check the features section because they usually have something of interest for me to read. That's when I discovered this. I just looked at the headline and thought, "This is incredibly cruel" and proceeded to copy the link and not actually look at the real article. I don't know if I will because I'd go mad (or more insane than I am at the moment) listening to 30 second snippets of the new album. Absolutely bonkers. But we shall see, it is horribly tempting. In other KC news, Radio 1 is holding a cruel little contest for tickets to a gig I wouldn't be able to go to anyway. The band had this to say about the whole thing, which I found amusing. Also today in the UK the band released "Ruby" digitally, which means that me and my illegal copy will be friends for a little while longer. As for me? I had Broadway Night rehearsal which was dull and cold and lasted far too long. Not much else happened today really. Jackie freaked about Loghman's confession, but otherwise the day was very uneventful. As most days are. I like them that way. But yes, in just a little more than two days I'll finally get to relax a bit. All the stupid IB stuff I've been stressing about will be over and I'll get to concentrate on being horribly stressed out about getting into Mary Washington. What bliss. Edit: I listened to the previews and I suggest you listen to them, but I will say this: Rick doesn't sing on one of the tracks. I'm not sure who it is (my guess is Nick), but I know it isn't Rick. Teehee. Happiness is Ricky singing.
At 11am this morning Loghman told me he likes me. About 20 minutes ago, Loghman told me it wouldn't work, family approval etc. In between I read, finished getting dressed, had lunch, looked at a dress, and played a few hands of solitaire. I worried a little about the fact that, for all intensive purposes, I was leading the poor man on, but mostly I was just reading. So there you have it folks my threeish hour romance with Loghman. At least he finally admitted the fact that he likes me. And now I don't have to worry about leading him on. In other news I was looking around deviant art yesterday and founded some very interesting pieces of fanart, mostly to do with Doctor Who, but one concerning the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. So here they are, for your enjoyment:
And now something for everyone who's read "Hamlet": The Comedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by reina_isabella. I know it's not a picture but it's fucking brilliant, even if you don't like/know anything about Doctor Who. As one last thing before I say adieu, would you like a jelly baby? [Instructions: Scroll to the bottom of the linked page and enjoy] Now, adieu
I need a subtitle that reads: I'm a Jealous and Bitter Girl. Sadly neither of my blogging programs let me have subtitles, so you'll just have to imagine the subtitle underneath my Monty Python's Flying Circus stolen title. Anyway, moving on. I've got a bunch of articles that I want to post tonight and each has a little story, kind of. So let's start with the one that reminded me of the Monty Python episode, that my title is stolen from. I should have known it wasn't Ricky. Ricky, thus far, has always CAPSLOCKED his journal entries. Nonetheless I was hopeful. Instead I get a lot of "..." and very little Ricky. I must admit though, I was slightly jealous that Whitey met SimonPegg, but otherwise, I was just disappointed it wasn't Ricky. Yes this does indicate insanity. Speaking of the Meteor Awards I saw this on the Arctic Monkey's website and vaguely remembered them being nominated and being not at all surprised that they won. By this point I'll be shocked if any European music award shindig doesn't give at least one award to Arctic Monkeys. Very, very shocked. I really, really "If Looks Could Kill." Honestly, I really, really do. So much so that I bought the friggin' album even though "If Looks Could Kill" is one of two songs that I like off it, just so I could have the song on my mp3 player legally. So I'm glad DIY like too. Yay for being of the same opinion yet again. And now for the horrible green-eyed monster that lives in me and only comes out when someone gets to meet someone that I really wish I could meet, or does something I really wish I could do. That person is my age and is named Heather. And goddammit to hell she was at the KC listening party and has now met/seen Alex Kapranostwice in one week. Yes, I'm completely ridiculous. No, I don't care that I'm completely and absolutely ridiculous. I'm completely and utterly jealous of this woman, who is my age, and seems to have this ridiculously amazing life that involves listening parties and meeting uber-cool people who I admire from afar. Damn her. And damn R, just because. >_< I need some angry music, but right now I'm listening to "Ruby" for the umpteenth million time this week. I don't think I even own any really angry music. But now would be an excellent time for some angry music. Oh well.
I've got things to post, I've got things to post!! Yay for not actually having a life, but plenty of outside resources!!!
And he finally updates. :hugs: He's so cute I just want to hug him and squeeze him and...other things. >_> HE'S SO CUTE!!! I can't stand it.
The end of the last chapter finished with..."everybody wants a piece of Kaiser Chiefs". Read the whole thing if you have no idea of what happened after the release "Employment" or just want a nice recap of the past 2 years in the life of KC. Personally I can't believe that Filter has them as one of their "Artists to Watch." Honestly if you haven't been watching them, where the hell have you been? Attack of the Titts!!! Omg, when I read that I just couln't believe what I was reading. Mind you it took me awhile to move my eyes from the picture (see here) to the actual article, but nonetheless. Attack of the Titts. Not to be believed.
Well that's it my pretties. Go read the blog because damnit, it makes me happy. ^_^ Fangirls rock.
There are two reasons as to why I could be in a good mood. The first is that I've just gotten for the second time in two weeks. The second (and far more plausible) is that I've been watching more Ten-Inch clips on youtube (thank you Sophs) and am now listening to peppy music. British peppy music. So Ten-Inch is dead sexy and I love Scottish accents. Or his Scottish accent specifically. Or just any accent found in the United Kingdom. Because honestly they're all sexy. But Ten-Inch is definitely sexy. Even with a beard and kilt. Or 90's floppy hair, very short hair, long side burns, no side burns. In fact even with contacts in that make him have scary blue eyes, he's still sexy. It's like R, sexy no matter what. In other Doctor news, I went through the Outpost Gallifrey database of Dr. Who episodes to figure out who was who in that picture I posted awhile ago have come up with the following* list. I then discovered that the artist had kindly given us the list already which made feel like idiot, but soldiered on anyway to complete the list. Thus far the Doctor (including the one after Rose, even though that season hasn't begun) has had 19 female companions. I didn't bother with the male ones, or the "only lasted one freakin' episode" ones, or Barbara from the first Doctor. Basically anyone who wasn't from the comic isn't included. Still, that's a lot. The Doctor be pimpin'. :...: Anyway, here's the list *Susan (the very first companion) Vickie Dodo (what an awful name) Polly Victoria Zoe Elizabeth (otherwise known as Liz and also the first one in colour) Jo Sarah Jane Smith (becuase that's her name goddamnit -_-) Leela Romana Romana II (she was a Time Lord, so she regenerated into a blonde) Nyssa (how would pronounce that?) Tegan (aaaahhhhh!! Tegan and Sara, god kill them all!!) Peri (Teehee, she has a guy name) Melanie (according to the description, she's obsessed with keeping the Doctor trim) Ace (the last TV companion until Rose) Grace (the main Dr. Who movie companion) Rose (the one saying "I thought I was special") Martha (The new one, aka not pictured) See, a lot.
1. Would you rather have a fun job that doesn't pay well or a boring job that does? Fun job that pays me enough to by CDs and food. And pay the rent and such things. So I think my actual answer is the boring job that pays well.
2. Would you sacrifice your morals for a job? No.
3. Would you ever take a job that requires you to be in costume? Possibly, though it would really depend on the costume.
4. What is your fantasy job? Music critic for DIY. Or techie for KC. :drool:
5. Would you like fries with that? No, thank you.
So, now an announcement. A rather medium sized one too. I got into CNU, my last choice, last ditch choice. I was more surprised that I found out so soon. I was expecting it later, like mid to late February. But no, I found out today, rather obviously. It was written (quite literally) all over the envelope. So that's rather exciting. I've now got two choices come May 1st. And I got UNO's out of the whole thing. So yay for me!
Now links. First some bad news. Certain uber-special people in NYC got to hear the KC album over two months early. The bastards. Also happening in NYC, tonight, the band is DJ'ing for the Filter Magazine club night. Continuing on this theme, should I or shouldn't I? That very last bit (If you're interested in working in the music industry some day, this is an excellent way to get started!) kind of makes wonder if I should. But then again, I want to be a music critic, so does that count as the music industry? I'll be at the show. I can be creative. Oh, I don't know! Damn you Kaiser Chiefs!! This makes me both cry and laugh. But really, all I could think was "God, Pete Wentz is a twat." But then I read this and thought, "Yay for people who aren't Pete Wentz!" Yeah, I loathe that man. This just in. Just read the article, thingy. And that picture just makes me sick. Or extraordinaryly jealous. You pick. Now I have to go read the Filter article on it. There looked like there was a picture of Rick. Oh god I'm obsessed.
Actually that's not entirely true. Some are releasingalbums over here. Some won't admit they're coming for the festivals and are also releasing an album. Lotsaredoingboth. Others are just coming for the festivals. All in all Coachella in California and South by Southwest in Texas are drawing a lot of bands, even bands that are suppose to be recording (I'm looking at you WAS and Arctic Monkeys.) It's quite nice in a way. Makes me think that the US should have more festivals. Something like that anyway. It's just been rather funny reading about all of these bands heading over here and releasing albums and the like. I know I complain a lot about bands not coming to the States, so it's a bit hypocritical to complain about the fact that they are coming, but still. I wish they weren't all heading over just for these festivals. Because lord almighty I get bored in the summer when everyone's in Europe and the UK. But at least I'll have good music to listen to.
Oh I've got stuff. Right here in Nore's City. So here's the stuff. There will be an entry after this about the invasion of bands for festivals, but this stuff has nothing to do with that stuff, and the previous stuff involves a lot of stuff. Stuff, stuff, stuff. Oh, and there's a Dr. Who comic too. Very funny. Here comes the stuff!
Dr. Who Comic!! OMG!! (you'll have to click it to make it larger) With much thanks to Behind the Sofa who took it from bentlywg's blog, who got it from mimi-na. Woo. There got everybody. Enjoy!
I'm bored! Entertain me >_0 Elsewise...oh I don't know. I'll torture you with my opinion on the Russian Revolution and World War I including the stuff on the Versailles Treaty (otherwise known as the butt screwing of Germany). I demand entertainment for my poor beleaguered head. It's ever so tired. :dies:
Before I go collapse, here's something I found while I was being a slacker. I think it's only truly funny if you're really into the 10th Doctor, but it's sacrilegious, so that makes it funny too.
The Time Lord's Prayer
Our Time Lord Who art from Gallifrey Ten-Inch be thy name
Thy TARDIS come Time is undone On Earth & across the Universe
Give us this day our pre-danger/mid danger/post-danger hugging And indulge us our 'bigger on the inside' squeeing As we indulge those who *thud* amongst us
For thine is the specs appeal The trouser and the oral (fixation)
Never say 'never ever' The awesome of Rasillon
:giggle: I can't get over ten-inch. I'm such a child! Uhh...now to collapsing. P.S. thanks to nightbeast who posted this in the tennant_love community.
I got my Kaiser book today. This makes me incredibly happy. The thing is stuffed to the brim with quotes from R, which makes me even happier. I'm bringing it to school tomorrow and plan on drooling profusely and making everyone look at it. Oh yes, I am a fangirl. Don't know, don't really care either. I just am. Makes me happy on the inside. Terribly good distraction too. In other KC news, they announced who the supports will be on the NA tour. Unfortunately for me, I got the short end of the stick. The Walkmen and the Annuals. Hopefully I actually end up liking them a bit. I could have had the Little Ones if I lived in a different part of the country, but alas I don't so it doesn't matter. :sigh: I'm working on my writer's notebook at the moment so I'll end this quickly with some neato links. Oh my God it's Charlie!! Or Charlie's cousin...Shuuuuuuuuun Even if it's not exactly canon, it's still Hitchhiker's Now back to my review of Vile Bodies. Oh I do love that book so. Edit: Okay so the Annuals aren't too horrible. but the jury is still out on the Walkmen
God I'm tired. I can't remember whether or not I took a nap or not, but God I'm tired. This song is far too long, I don't care if it's good or not, I can't listen to a song for this long. :skips: God I'm tired. It snowed today which was neat, except mums and I passed 5 accidents on the toll road, which is just ridiculous. I have the suspcion though that there will still be school tomorrow. If there isn't I'll be pleasantly suprised and try my damnedest to get as much work as humanly possible done. But I still don't think there won't be school tomorrow. It's not snowing right now. Looking at radar it doesn't seem like there will be jack tonight or tomorrow morning. Damn and I was so hopeful. I really should go to bed now. I'm so goddamn tired. Goodnight.
Now that I've allowed myself to calm down (while still being inwardly beyond giddy) I'd like to announce a couple of things for those of you who read this blog and are interested in Kaiser Chiefs. First of which is that the band has posted their American tour dates. Today. At 1:09pm (it was on their site, I'm not that scary). :tries not to explode: And they're coming here. As in the 9:30 club. In April. April 7th to be exact. Which is exciting. Very exciting. Very goddamn exciting. THEY'RE COMING BACK, THEY'RE COMING BACK!!! OMG THEY'RE COMING TO THE 9:30 CLUB!!!!! I GET TO RELIVE MY FIRST CONCERT BUT WITH NEW MUSIC!!!!! OMG I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!! :squeals at a painfully high pitch: :scary smile: That's one week and 4 days after the CD is released. I wonder if I'll be able to memorize the whole thing that quickly. This is a real challenge, because I have to know all the words or...Anyway. My other piece of news is that they also posted the video for "Ruby" at 5:51pm on the website. It involves the building of a city around the band and the revealing of Nick's sideburns. I also have to note that sideburns, when in the wind, fly just like the rest of your hair, but it is far more amusing because...because it is. Anyway, it's a fantastic video and if you the directors style you should check out they're website because they've also done videos for Kaiser Chiefs (the second version of IPAR), Franz Ferdinand (This Fire), and The Zutons (You Will, You Won't), among others. Really, fantastic. Sideburns, miniature cities, Ricky. What more could you ask for? So yeah. That's it. I'm an obsessed monkey. Now...to Writer's Notebook!! On a small side, the blog has not been updated since it's first post. Oh how the famous fail at blogging. It's rather amusing.
Actually this is what I do when I don't want to write a conclusion for my IA and I remember somebody posted a link to a youtube search for David Tennant and then I see him in drag and go "ooh" and then find all things related to David Tennant in drag. Anyway...There's a British tellie program called "The Friday Night Project" and Mr. Ten-Inch was on it last week, I believe, and somebody was kind enough to post the whole thing on youtube in five parts. I watched the majority of it and it's all very funny. So you should watch and waste a goodly amount of time. Ten Inch!! Oh Billie Piper is a genius. So here are the links: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 Enjoy loves! I have to write that damned conclusion. See, didn't I tell you I was a fangirl?
ZOMG!!! I'VE BECOME A TOTAL DAVID TENNANT FANGIRL!!! OH GOD... When staring at icons of a person is an enjoyable way of wasting time, something is seriously wrong. When this is as equally attractive as this something must have gone haywire. And the fact that I'm willing to waste this much time finding pictures also says something about my character. Uh...too, too horrible darling, too, too horrible.
"I thought we were all driving round and round in a motor race and none of us could stop, and there was an enormous audience composed entirely of gossip writers and gate crashers and Archie Schwert and people like that, all shouting at us at once to go faster, and car after car kept crashing until I was left all alone driving and driving..."
Miss Agatha Runcible from Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh. And now dear friends I'm off to the races... By the by today is Ricky's birthday. Happy Birthday R.
:throws large blunt object in random direction: Ha! That's what you get you old maggoty son of a bitch wank. :twitch: And no this has nothing to do with KC and entirely to do with my hormones having a field day with my emotions for no apparent reason. Now where did that I put my spear...
They all look so damn serious and there's Whitey who looks like he's winking, but you can't be too sure. In a very odd way it makes me laugh, because I can't imagine KC being so damn serious. It's kind of like when the Doctor (10th) gets all hyper angry/serious. You can't take it seriously because not two seconds ago he was licking the damn door. :shakes head: At least I know they didn't start out seriously. They started out singing about boobs and booze. Umm...let's see. I got into college. I'm still getting over that damn cold which sucks. I watched "Bright Young Things" which was incredibly enjoyable. Stars Emily Mortimer and David Tennant. Tennant plays a character nicknamed Ginger which just makes me incredibly happy for no real reason. In any event, there's not a lot going on. I do feel like such crap though. And I'm bored. Ugh.
OMFG I GOT INTO COLLEGE!!!!!! I'M NO LONGER A LAME ASS!!!!!! HUZZAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, dear friends, I got into college. In fact I got into Hollins University which is uber-exciting. Not only is this great new in general, but now I can say with certainty the year I'm going to be graduating in. I'm the class of 2011 bitches! So yeah. I'm in college. Kind of. I'm accepted at least, which is really fucking awsome. I'm going to go collapse now. Stupid cold.
I'm listening to a movement of George Telemann's Canonic Sonatas. Tis pretty and very cool. I'm also going to be doing a presentation on Mr. Telemann sometime soon, and it's nice to listen to the inspiration for acting like a five year-old in music class. Yeah, I think I had a good reason. Anyhoo... I read A Catcher in the Rye in 9th grade and hated it. I hated it because it was a stupid son of a bitch whining about absolutly nothing and then either trying to commit suicide or actually committing suicide, I can't remember at the moment. So when I saw this I smiled because it's true. That's exactly what Holden would have said. If it were at my high school it would, for the majority of the class, be true. For those of us who aren't "goddamn phonies" (uuhh I hate that word) we would all revolt and kill the little wanker. Because you know what? He's the fucking phony. In Kaiser Chiefs news I found two articles about the little so and so's yesterday that I found amusing. First links to them and then the bits I found amusing: Oooooooh: New Kaisers album and Kaiser Chiefs Reveal New Album Details. The first article is from Drowned in Sound which is a British site, while the second one is from Filter Magazine which is American. What I loved about both is that they stick it to KC, but for different reasons. DiS says "So they'd better have something to show for all that time saved flogging the same, tired song for the last two years." The sad bit is that it's true. I've been listening to "Employment" for god knows how long. I have all the lyrics memorized, even "Teammate" which I don't like that much. "Yours Truly, Angry Mob" is very much like Franz Ferdinand's second album in that we, the fans, have been waiting for-fucking-ever for new material. Which leads nicely into my next quote from Filter: "Yours Truly, The Angry Mob will be released globally on February 26th, but sadly North America will have to wait or endure extortionate import prices as it’ll be available here on March 27th." North American fans, who got the first album later and didn't get nearly as many shows as Europe will have to wait longer than the rest of the world. Now I know I've complained about this before, but it doesn't change the facts. The North American fans get the short end of the stick consistantly unless we're willing to either pony up a shitload of money or compromise and deal with bootlegs. Now I have no problem with bootlegs (as a certain folder on my desktop can attest to) but not everyone has the capablities or resources to do as I do. So, not only has everyone had to wait an eternity for new material, but certain geographic areas have to wait longer than the rest of the world. The only bright side? "Yours Truly, Angry Mob" comes out the day after my musical investigation is due. As I said to Ms. Anastasio, it's like a little reward for me. I just wish it came sooner.
So I've listened to this song 6 times (so far) and here's what I've come up with (save the chorus). This is chronological order, which isn't how it's written on the page at the moment, but anyway, onto the song!
Let it never be said that romance is dead... There is nothing I need 'cept the function to breathe But I'm not really fussed, doesn't matter to me... Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby... Know what you're doing to me... Cuz there' nothing at all, 'cept the space in between Finding out what you're called and repeating your name...
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww. It's a wuve song!! :huge fucking grin: And it's completely straight forward, except the middle eight which questions the whole thing (Could it be that you're joking with me and you don't really see you and me), but otherwise it's a plain old love song. :huge fucking grin again: I'm so happy. :D and <3 The neatest thing though is that it changes between major and minor, which is just so totally awesome and wonderful. God I love them!!!! Every last heart sick one of them. I'm so happy!!!!!!!! If you want to listen to the song yourself, click on the following link, pick Monday (or latest show) and skip ahead to the 25 mark (should be 19:25:00 or something like that) and you'll hear a bit of background info (about 30secs worth) and then the song. Tis fabulous.
Well it's beginning. Today was the first day single "Ruby" was played on British radio and the single is coming out in a month and 11 days in the UK and shortly thereafter "Yours Truly, Angry Mob" the band's second album will be released every where but North America. North America gets the album March 27th, a day more than a month later than the rest of the world. Now I could complain, bitch and moan and swear not to listen to KC ever again, but it's a bunch of bullshit. This is how the system works and I just have to suck it up. Now why don't I just buy it import? Because I don't know whether my purchase will count towards American sales. I doubt it and so I don't buy import. I want the band (as well as other bands) to realize that they have American fans and that maybe they shouldn't treat us like secondary citizens. Oh well. I can only do my little part. In any event, here's the link to the news item concerning the release of "Truly Yours, Angry Mob" which comes out March 27th. There's a tracklisting which looks exciting. So the slow progression goes. I truly hope they don't disappoint. (As a side note the link page has a music player that starts automatically so unless you want to listen to a Kaiser song, just press the little block to stop it.)
I have two songs vying for attention now: "Sunday, Sunday" by Blur and "Monday" by the Mamas and the Papas. Anyway...onto the entry! Stravinsky, as I may or may not have stated before, is the devil. I have about 2 good partial recordings and one really bad complete recording. I think I'll record it at Nancy's tomorrow or sometime after. I'm not recording it tonight because my mind is about to explode. I'm tired. I'm annoyed with Mums because she's annoying. But "Ruby" is being played tomorrow sometime during Jo Whiley's show so I have something to look forward to. What else? Oh yeah, tomorrow's a blue day which is always a good thing. I'm off to early bed now. Nite.
As we speak I'm "preparing" myself to be initiated into PEO. God help us all. Anyway, KC's website is really up and functioning now. I've saved one of the pictures that's on the site. I've also figured out how to read a "Thank You" list. Or at least, I know Peanut's last name which was a big help. It's kind of cute in a way. But they also have a blog. It's called the "Angry Blog" with a the sub-header reading "Everyday rants from Kaiser Chiefs." I laughed at that. I then preceded to read it and laugh some more. But I figure you should be able to enjoy it yourself so here's the link. Finally here's the picture I saved. Sorry for the quality, it's a screencap from Paint.
In other news I got an email from my admissions counselor at Hollins. Here's the important bit: "Our Admissions Committee will meet to discuss your application and I will be in touch with you in the near future." Oh dear god. That's all I have to say. Now I'm going to play solitaire in preparation for being initiated. Oh, one last thing: Ricky is still a sex god. Yes I've said it; Sex God.
For previous numbers, check out the following entry: 4.23.06 I think there are some other entries about the competition but I'm too lazy to find them. Anyway, here are the numbers as of today:
Icons (because invariably I have more of them than pictures) Dr. Who: 22 (:D and it's only been a few weeks at the most!) Franz Ferdinand: 15 Hitchhiker's: 23 (which is a lot considering how no one makes HHGG icons) Kaiser Chiefs (Ricky): 40 (Fucking Christ I didn't know I had that many) Keane: 12 (they lose) Misc. Bands: 15 (the same as Franz!) Ok Go: 9 (nm, they lose) Random: 42 (huzzah! More than Ricky!) WAS: 9 (oooh it's a tie as to who loses!)
Pictures (where everyone else loses horribly to my obsession with Charles Richard Wilson and his band) Everyone Else: 36 (not bad, considering what's coming next) KC-Ricky: 64 (that's right 16 rows of 4, my fucking god) Killers: 15 (why do I still have this folder? Oh right, Brandon Flowers use to be gorgeous)
Please note that save the icon competition, the competition is only between bands. It's more interesting that way.
Check this. If it doesn't say "0 days to go" and shows like a real website, then you've missed possibly one of the funniest things ever. Well not ever but still pretty damn funny. By the by, it's 12:39pm in London. Which might account for the zero days, but anyway. I find it funny. They've changed it as of 4:31pm EST today. Damn bastards...>_< I want the new website! Oh well...people have made new DW icons so I'll be happy. They updated again (5:37pm EST). I'm just annoyed now. At least I'm listening to "Skip to the End" by Futureheads. Otherwise there'd be shouting.
This is a bit silly considering how 2006 is gone and past, but since I'm listening to good music right now, I thought I might "reveal" my song of 2006. It might come as surprise because it's not by Kaiser Chiefs. In fact it's by the Guillemots. My song of 2006 is "Trains to Brazil." That's it for the second day of 2007.
So I'm nearly done being a spazz. I've diverted my attention from KC to my other main obsession, Dr. Who, all in an effort to avoid Russian political history which is almost the same as Russian history. I've also been listening to things other than KC, such as the Jam, Guillemots, Arctic Monkeys, We Are Scientists, and Arcade Fire. I'm also eating chocolate but that has more to do with Russian political history than KC. In any event, I was reading a review of "The Runaway Bride" (the Dr. Who Christmas special) over at Behind the Sofa and found this to be very amusing. Just one little side note for those not obsessed with Dr. Who: Freema Agyeman is the actress playing the Doctor's new companion. Now onto the quote!
The Bumper Book of Made-Up Doctor Who Facts has this to say about The Runaway Bride: Russell T Davies is now so proud of his own work he's designed his car to look like the TARDIS so he can cause havoc on the motorway, has bought 800 pet spiders, and dresses up as Santa and shoots people, so that he can relive his favourite moments. So far 5 lawsuits have been filed, all by Freema Agyeman. David Tennant has spoken out in his defence, saying "She's just not used to him yet. I almost sued him last year when he came after me with a sword trying to cut off my hand, but then I realised that he was just playing make believe. What a scamp!"
So I've listened to the radio program. These are notes I took. Keep in mind that a) I was hyper and b) I was also answering questions about Russian political history. God my head...
Musicians are huge dorks, no matter what anyone says Not everything the clash did is solid gold good, or even copper good Something happened and I couldn't here it, why isn't there a rewind button? I'm a horrible person on the inside Did I mention musicians are also loons? incoherent loons? Fans are crazy too, including myself because I'm completely loosing it The lead singer for Mumm-Ra sounds like a girl From now on I will always assume that rock musicians are either high or drunk constantly 1990's- You're Supposed to be my Friend Nick-grape/star fruit Ryan Jarman is constantly drunk (at least) "Hey Scenesters!" is a good song nonetheless The Killers? What are they doing playing the Killers????? Random commentary is good (I so totally love Ricky) Do they realize their mics are on? Do they realize how mean they are? Richard Swift - kisses for the misses Ricky likes 17, Scrooged and Wallace and Gromit and hates cheese I suck at solitaire when I'm hyper :dies: No!!!!!! Evil gf Weird music... What is it with obvious sounding synth keyboard? Why does everyone love it so much? Random question: Why would someone read a text that their girlfriend sent them on the radio and then answer it? Ricky and Tapper have the same birthday!! January 17th!! Now I know for certain, since Ricky said it Bye-bye...I'm going to kill the Russians now and their evil history
(Alright I did a little cleaning up for grammar and spelling. I can't help it! I like my entries to be readable.)
[mood| brain dead yet giggly while still being crushed and envious (evil gf)]
I go and listen to Ricky and Nick on BBC Radio 1 (huzzah archives!!) I wanted to post a couple of links. The first isn't so much for the comic (which is alright by Mata standards) but mostly for the "diary" entry. Read and laugh dear friends. The second link has to do with today's lunch conversation, when Mar tried to steal cookies from Matt and failed miserably at being ninja. Anyway, I found it funny and you might too. Have fun dearies! And such is the nature... You fail! Now to R&N...
:sigh: :sigh: :sigh: :sigh damnnit: There. I've emoted. Even though the quality of the pictures are incredibly crappy. And tomorrow I will probably emote some more. Me animal, you animal...
Since I don't know when (or more likely after I started listening to KC) I've been reading This is Fake DIY. They're a neat little outfit that is both entertaining and informative. Sure they don't have all the news and certainly not as quickly as NME but that's all right. They also rarely pay any sort of attention to American bands, save the ones that are in love with the UK or are really big (OK Go, the Killers, etc.) Kirkland Ciccone is my hero and with few exceptions I agree with their reviews. I trust them slightly more than NME but that's mainly because DIY's website is far easier to navigate than NME's. So when DIY suggests a band, I tend to pay attention. It isn't always easy, considering how British bands don't (never) release albums in the UK at the same time as in the US, so some things slip past me. Or I just forget that I was suppose to be paying attention to band X until I'm reminded again. Such a reminder was given to me in DIY's end of the year wrap up. Everyone in the blogosphere does one in one form or another. Most music blogs do a top multiple of 5 list of CDs and/or songs of the year. Most of these lists are extraordinarily similar because everyone in the blogosphere listens to the same kind of music. Or something like that. Anyway, DIY decided to forgo that particular route and instead released a "2006: Top Stuff" list thing. I read this list with much bemusement and partial agreement. Some things I have no opinion because I either didn't see it (Celebrity Big Brother for instance) or couldn't listen to it (Girls Aloud and the Long Blondes' album). And then there was a little reminder in the form of this: "No one buying Duels' album Far be it for DIY to be accused of exaggerating, but 'The Bright Lights And What I Should Have Learned' is a pretty damn ace debut album. Unfortunately, shamefully few people seemed to have caught on to this fact. Even despite 'Brothers And Sisters' shockingly appearing on Final Score on BBC 1. Yes, we know, Duels aren't a band who look like they'd make a good 5-a-side team. Instead, there's always the hope 'What We Did Wrong' features on Strictly Come Dancing." And I thought to myself, "Oh yeah. I meant to listen to that. I read the review. Hmm...I think I'll listen to that." So I have been and DIY is right. And the other thing is, is that they've released singles too, with songs that aren't on the debut. I haven't listened to that yet, but given the album I would be dismayed if it weren't ace too. If you want more information or to read proper reviews from DIY here are the links: Opening for KC (always a good thing) Interview A review of their debut "The Bright Lights and What I Should Have Learned" The omnibus of information on Duels at the DIY site I don't do this too often, unless it's KC. So they must be pretty good right?
brain dead yet 
giggly while still being 
crushed and 
envious (evil gf)]
