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He Films the Clouds, Pt. 2

216 days ago

Now we’re apart.
Though not through choice.
Do we stay mute?
Or raise our voice?

Simple lyrics to an utterly beautiful song by a band called Maybeshewill. (Almost all their music is great.)

Listen to He Films the Clouds, Pt. 2


Summer So Far

223 days ago

This won’t be a long post, I haven’t felt like posting lately, but this summer has been interesting. I moved out to Tacoma, WA for a job, two buddies came with me, one has since returned home, the other remains.

I’ve been able to go camping twice so far on the Pacific, and both times it’s been super fun. Also had a nice couple of weeks at home before I left. Check out some pictures on my Flickr account.

Sweet Blue Crab on my Hand

And here’s an animated GIF I made while at the Grand Mere dunes with my dad:

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New Clutch Track: 50,000 Unstoppable Watts

272 days ago

I’m super excited about Clutch’s new studio album, the first that they’ll produce entirely on their own Weathermaker Music label. The album is called “Strange Cousins from the West,” and will be released on July 7th. MetalSucks.net has the new single, 50,000 Unstoppable Watts streaming on their site, check it out!

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33 Quotes; a Little Game

315 days ago

So I had kept this text file of interesting quotes or song lyrics (mostly song lyrics) that I heard. I haven’t added to it in years, but it still has some quotes that I really like. I figured I’d toss it up here and see if anyone can guess where they come from. I would say most of them are not too obvious, but there’s a few in there that you should recognize. Some of them are kind of deep, most of them are just interesting to me. Anyway, give it a try!

1. ‘Cause if you’re dumb enough to vote your fuckin’ dumb enough to believe ‘em.
2. You’re so cute when you’re sedated.
3. He Did it Just to Get a Rep
4. So He Thinks He’s Got a Little Fame, From the Sticker Game.
5. Seven times out of ten, we listen to our music at night, thus spawns the title of this program.
6. I Have a Kickass Harpsicord!
7. They say jump. You say how high?
8. Well I’ve wasted enough time on the edge of forever!
9. Nice day for a resurrection.
10. I’m worth a million in prizes.
11. This uniform makes my nuts rageous.
12. And gorgeous blonde assistants!
13. I’m doin’ fine, so leave me alone, so leave me alone, so leave me alone.
14. Thirty seconds till the end of the world.
15. What I wouldn’t give to see her pee, between two parked cars.
16. Magicians, Don Camaro has lost his mind.
17. Farts are jazz to assholes.
18. You wasted life, why wouldn’t you waste death.
19. I’ve got yo mother’s maiden name tattooed on my arm.
20. Believe me when I tell you she is all about destruction. It’s just about enough to make a grown man cry.
21. The season is coming, and bodies will pile up in sacks.
22. I stay cooly woolie, tell me something fresh ya huuurd me?
23. I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON’T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER.
24. Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
25. I wrote her a love letter but she don’t know how to read.
26. They promise the moon, they’re always coming, and going, and going, and coming… and always too soon.
27. Aw that’s just fancy talk for sexified!
28. Anyone who thinks you’ll take me out is just a dreama, if you think you’re the bomb, then I’m Hiroshima.
29. You’ll soon run out of chickens, Louie.
30. Constantly talking is not necessarily communicating.
31. She showed up on the scene, she was 17, now she’s 21, she does some more coke, she does some more coke, she drinks some whiskey, and she smokes some dope. She thinks she’s a star.
32. I know life’s a bummer baby, but that’s got precious little to do with me.
33. I’m so bad, my shadow chooses not to follow.

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Couple More Instrumental Post Rock Bands

322 days ago

Hey guys, it’s been a while since I’ve updated, and this isn’t an amazing update to boot, but figured I’d let you know about a couple of bands I’ve been into lately.

If you haven’t checked out my other post, please do, I list a bunch of the instrumental progressive rock bands that I listen to! Well, there is some singing in some of them, but oh well! So, onto the bands&hellip.

Mouth of the Architect (Dayton, OH)
The song Hate & Heartache starts out with a sample of some movie or something, haven’t quite figured it out, but it’s a pretty powerful message that turns into an awesome song!

Maybeshewill (Leicester, UK)
I actually found out about this band when searching for the source of the previous song’s sample, because apparently Maybeshewill has a song that has the same (but extended) sample in it! I think Maybeshewill did it first (in the song Not for Want of Trying), but oh well. This band’s a little harder than Mouth of the Architect, but both are excellent!

Years of Rice & Salt (London, UK)
I don’t quite remember how I heard about this band, but either way I found them or they found me on Twitter (that’s another article, Twitter’s pretty powerful…) and have a free downloadable EP so I figured I’d check them out. Definitely worth it, and eagerly awaiting a full length!

This has been one of my favorite genres to explore recently. There’s a ton of great stuff out there! Hope you enjoy checking these bands out.


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