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rusty_haloThis is a good article.
This is fucking creepy.
Did you guys see the Daily Show last night? It was brilliant; I haven't laughed so much in a long time. I love that Jon cracked up and couldn't even look at Stephen Colbert once he said his name was really "Ted Hitler." Heee. Plus, it managed to be hilarious and, simultaneously, have more relevant and insightful commentary than anything else you're going to see on mainstream TV.
I've been eating a lot of blood oranges lately. They both fascinate and repulse me. There is something just wrong about eating such a sweet happy fruit as an orange and finding it to be this hideous raw blood color inside.
I've been listening to two records, Pig's "Praise the Lard" and "Sinsation." Both brilliant.
I am sad because I seem to have missed the boat on this one. This guy was/is brilliant, but hasn't released anything significant in a while, and the quality of his work has gone way downhill compared to his early stuff. He looks to be fading into obscurity (though there are certainly hard-core fans in existence, as anything rare of his on eBay goes for *massive* cash). Plus, rumors would indicate that his health is not great, and that his disappearance from the latest KMFDM tour could be due to rehab. As a long-time, perpetually disappointed Alice in Chains fan, can I just register my extreme disgust with that drug? I mean, wrecking people's lives is bad enough, but wrecking art that I enjoy??? Goddammit, stop!
Well, who knows... maybe he'll pull off some kind of comeback. He's only a couple of years older than Trent Reznor (who is 40), and Trent is making a huge comeback this year. Well, at least, I assume he is, given that the walls of the building across the street from me are papered with NIN logos. (Just like my bedroom in 1995!)
Seems like this industrial rock-type genre is kind of dying out, though. Which is really depressing, since it's my favorite. But I survived "grunge" disappearing; I'm sure I'll live through this.
But I want music that makes me feel passionate and alive, engages my full emotional attention AND makes me think. And that reflects images and ideas that appeal to me: something that I can relate to and find beauty in. Not just something that is sort of mildly entertaining as a social event, somewhere to go with your friends, sit and have a beer while the band plays. (Sorry, Common Rotation.) There's a place for that, but I want more.
I don't know ... life goes on, something will come up. It always does.
But I am sad that I missed this... it was happening during the nineties and I never got further than KMFDM, never thought to ask "Who is singing these amazing songs on NIHIL and where can I hear more?" Damn. Well I also have to remind myself that my first concert wasn't even until 1997 (Lollapalooza 97, I was 14 or 15), so it's not like I would've been likely to see them live anyway.
But I am happy that I've discovered this, and that there's so much to explore. I just got a bunch of CDs that I ordered of side projects that Raymond's been involved with: CDs of his ex-girlfriend that he did the music for, and a bunch of Japanese projects. And I still haven't collected all the Pig CDs either. At least the man has been prolific; for that I am grateful. (Even if eBay is damn expensive!)
Um yeah, actually there's not much point here, I'm just posting for the hell of it.
I guess, the thing is, you know, I have this obsessive personality thing. I like to feel passionate about something and to channel my energy toward it in some way. The problem is finding a healthy way to channel my energy toward something, in a way that helps me to grow as a person, and to have interesting experiences. It worked well with Buffy fandom because I found my place: running All About Spike. It worked with Uranium 235 before that; my place was running their website/street team/merchandise/etc. Both situations offered me a way to develop my skills: reading, writing, web design, marketing, etc., and to travel to interesting places and meet interesting people.
The problem with this is that I don't see any way of channeling my energy toward it. There's not likely to be tours or new records anytime soon, and the fan community has largely moved on to other things by now. I get bored with just passively absorbing something; I want to actively devote my attention toward it. If there's no way to be active (running a fan website, or traveling around following the band, or filling some kind of void in the fandom that proves useful, whatever)... I'll just get bored and move on. Which is what I expect I'll do in this case, once I finish absorbing as much of this art as possible.
Which is sad, because it's rare for me to find something that evokes such a passionate response.
This is fucking creepy.
Did you guys see the Daily Show last night? It was brilliant; I haven't laughed so much in a long time. I love that Jon cracked up and couldn't even look at Stephen Colbert once he said his name was really "Ted Hitler." Heee. Plus, it managed to be hilarious and, simultaneously, have more relevant and insightful commentary than anything else you're going to see on mainstream TV.
I've been eating a lot of blood oranges lately. They both fascinate and repulse me. There is something just wrong about eating such a sweet happy fruit as an orange and finding it to be this hideous raw blood color inside.
I've been listening to two records, Pig's "Praise the Lard" and "Sinsation." Both brilliant.
I am sad because I seem to have missed the boat on this one. This guy was/is brilliant, but hasn't released anything significant in a while, and the quality of his work has gone way downhill compared to his early stuff. He looks to be fading into obscurity (though there are certainly hard-core fans in existence, as anything rare of his on eBay goes for *massive* cash). Plus, rumors would indicate that his health is not great, and that his disappearance from the latest KMFDM tour could be due to rehab. As a long-time, perpetually disappointed Alice in Chains fan, can I just register my extreme disgust with that drug? I mean, wrecking people's lives is bad enough, but wrecking art that I enjoy??? Goddammit, stop!
Well, who knows... maybe he'll pull off some kind of comeback. He's only a couple of years older than Trent Reznor (who is 40), and Trent is making a huge comeback this year. Well, at least, I assume he is, given that the walls of the building across the street from me are papered with NIN logos. (Just like my bedroom in 1995!)
Seems like this industrial rock-type genre is kind of dying out, though. Which is really depressing, since it's my favorite. But I survived "grunge" disappearing; I'm sure I'll live through this.
But I want music that makes me feel passionate and alive, engages my full emotional attention AND makes me think. And that reflects images and ideas that appeal to me: something that I can relate to and find beauty in. Not just something that is sort of mildly entertaining as a social event, somewhere to go with your friends, sit and have a beer while the band plays. (Sorry, Common Rotation.) There's a place for that, but I want more.
I don't know ... life goes on, something will come up. It always does.
But I am sad that I missed this... it was happening during the nineties and I never got further than KMFDM, never thought to ask "Who is singing these amazing songs on NIHIL and where can I hear more?" Damn. Well I also have to remind myself that my first concert wasn't even until 1997 (Lollapalooza 97, I was 14 or 15), so it's not like I would've been likely to see them live anyway.
But I am happy that I've discovered this, and that there's so much to explore. I just got a bunch of CDs that I ordered of side projects that Raymond's been involved with: CDs of his ex-girlfriend that he did the music for, and a bunch of Japanese projects. And I still haven't collected all the Pig CDs either. At least the man has been prolific; for that I am grateful. (Even if eBay is damn expensive!)
Um yeah, actually there's not much point here, I'm just posting for the hell of it.
I guess, the thing is, you know, I have this obsessive personality thing. I like to feel passionate about something and to channel my energy toward it in some way. The problem is finding a healthy way to channel my energy toward something, in a way that helps me to grow as a person, and to have interesting experiences. It worked well with Buffy fandom because I found my place: running All About Spike. It worked with Uranium 235 before that; my place was running their website/street team/merchandise/etc. Both situations offered me a way to develop my skills: reading, writing, web design, marketing, etc., and to travel to interesting places and meet interesting people.
The problem with this is that I don't see any way of channeling my energy toward it. There's not likely to be tours or new records anytime soon, and the fan community has largely moved on to other things by now. I get bored with just passively absorbing something; I want to actively devote my attention toward it. If there's no way to be active (running a fan website, or traveling around following the band, or filling some kind of void in the fandom that proves useful, whatever)... I'll just get bored and move on. Which is what I expect I'll do in this case, once I finish absorbing as much of this art as possible.
Which is sad, because it's rare for me to find something that evokes such a passionate response.
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Date: 2005-02-17 04:04 pm (UTC)Oh and I just friended
{{HUGS}} because I miss you something awful.
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Date: 2005-03-07 03:08 pm (UTC)Blood oranges rock. The health food store near me has the best, freshest, most delightful organic ones. Mmmmmm...
*huge hugs*
*misses you immensely*
I hope we will see each other at some point this year. Any idea where you're going to be? I'll probably do something in NYC in April (Amber Benson's there, I forget the details), I'll probably do ComicCon, and I'll probably do DragonCon. Not sure about anything else yet.
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Date: 2005-03-07 06:34 pm (UTC)I want to see you but just have to figure out how.
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Date: 2005-03-07 06:40 pm (UTC)And y'know, if we don't see each other this year, there's always next. We'll figure it out, and LJ is great for staying in touch. :)
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Date: 2005-03-07 06:50 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-02-17 05:04 pm (UTC)About the creepy MPAA thing... So is the phrase "G-rated" (or "PG-rated" or "X-rated") actually trademarked? How bizarre. And are they actually intending to send letters to everyone with MPAA ratings on their websites? Because that's a lot of sites.
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Date: 2005-02-21 03:09 pm (UTC)