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I went to see Godhead unplugged last night (opening up for Jonathan Davis unplugged). Unfortunately I got there late and only caught their last two songs. Grrr. But they sounded awesome, so if you have a chance to see them, I recommend going.
Seeing Godhead gives me all kind of flashbacks to the olden days, following bands around with Steff and Chrissy and April and various others who came into and out of our circle. I had so much fun back then. I wish I could recapture the inherent thrill of SEEING LIVE MUSIC OMG!!! I mean, I still enjoy really good live music, but mostly I've gotten pretty cynical about everything else... the crappy opening bands and the gross venues and the annoying groupies....
Jonathan Davis was okay. I recognized the final three (non-cover) songs as Korn songs, and I'm pretty sure that the (fairly pathetic) reason I knew them was from watching Total Request Live back in the day. (Ah, Carson Daly, how I do not miss you.) Which is kind of depressing because I really liked the first Korn album, and kind of liked the second album, but then I decided that they were just repeating themselves in increasingly dull circles.
Um, the performance was good, though. Oh, and he played one of his songs from "Queen of the Damned" and bitched that the song was about stuff in the book that was cut from the movie, and how he doesn't understand movie producers. Dude, I don't think anyone who had the misfortune to see "Queen of the Damned" can claim to understand movie producers. Also it occurred to me that he was basically paid to write a bunch of Anne Rice filk for that movie--and his contribution was the most artistically sound aspect of the entire film (it certainly wasn't the writing, directing, or acting!).
And then these stupid frat boys decided to start a mosh pit during an ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE, so I had to duck out of the way and huddle over on the side--and still got slammed into! Today, my neck hurts. Ugh.
What else? Oh yeah, I read the book "Howl's Moving Castle" and then watched the movie. This is one of those rare occasions where I liked the movie better than the book! I think the movie started with some of the more interesting aspects of the book and then went completely off in its own direction with the anti-war themes and the Howl transforming into a bird thing. Plus the movie seemed less traditional and more morally ambiguous (like the Witch not being so bad), although I was a little annoyed that it left out the whole connection to the real world. Overall, the book was a decent read but I'll forget it next week; the movie will stick in my mind much longer. Plus Miyazaki's images are just so vivid and gorgeous.
Meanwhile I'm still re-reading "Queen's Play." Lymond just met the Dame de Doubtance, and the whole thing makes so much more sense now. It's really weird to read a story that you can't fully understand until you've read it already.
Oh, and um, the totally awesome![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jaydk (who *really* needs to update her LiveJournal) sent me tons of links to Doctor Who fanfiction. I never though I'd say this, but I spent a good amount of time today reading hot Doctor Who porn. I love fandom.
[Cross-posted to InsaneJournal]
Seeing Godhead gives me all kind of flashbacks to the olden days, following bands around with Steff and Chrissy and April and various others who came into and out of our circle. I had so much fun back then. I wish I could recapture the inherent thrill of SEEING LIVE MUSIC OMG!!! I mean, I still enjoy really good live music, but mostly I've gotten pretty cynical about everything else... the crappy opening bands and the gross venues and the annoying groupies....
Jonathan Davis was okay. I recognized the final three (non-cover) songs as Korn songs, and I'm pretty sure that the (fairly pathetic) reason I knew them was from watching Total Request Live back in the day. (Ah, Carson Daly, how I do not miss you.) Which is kind of depressing because I really liked the first Korn album, and kind of liked the second album, but then I decided that they were just repeating themselves in increasingly dull circles.
Um, the performance was good, though. Oh, and he played one of his songs from "Queen of the Damned" and bitched that the song was about stuff in the book that was cut from the movie, and how he doesn't understand movie producers. Dude, I don't think anyone who had the misfortune to see "Queen of the Damned" can claim to understand movie producers. Also it occurred to me that he was basically paid to write a bunch of Anne Rice filk for that movie--and his contribution was the most artistically sound aspect of the entire film (it certainly wasn't the writing, directing, or acting!).
And then these stupid frat boys decided to start a mosh pit during an ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE, so I had to duck out of the way and huddle over on the side--and still got slammed into! Today, my neck hurts. Ugh.
What else? Oh yeah, I read the book "Howl's Moving Castle" and then watched the movie. This is one of those rare occasions where I liked the movie better than the book! I think the movie started with some of the more interesting aspects of the book and then went completely off in its own direction with the anti-war themes and the Howl transforming into a bird thing. Plus the movie seemed less traditional and more morally ambiguous (like the Witch not being so bad), although I was a little annoyed that it left out the whole connection to the real world. Overall, the book was a decent read but I'll forget it next week; the movie will stick in my mind much longer. Plus Miyazaki's images are just so vivid and gorgeous.
Meanwhile I'm still re-reading "Queen's Play." Lymond just met the Dame de Doubtance, and the whole thing makes so much more sense now. It's really weird to read a story that you can't fully understand until you've read it already.
Oh, and um, the totally awesome
jaydk (who *really* needs to update her LiveJournal) sent me tons of links to Doctor Who fanfiction. I never though I'd say this, but I spent a good amount of time today reading hot Doctor Who porn. I love fandom.[Cross-posted to InsaneJournal]