Sunday, March 27, 2011
Oh boy
I remember now why I don't drink wops. I think I'm going to try to avoid Everclear for a while now.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Far Beyond Excessive
Okay, I know I haven't done a real post in a long long time because the past half dozen posts or so were dedicated to my top 10 albums of the year. So, I decided to make a post about what's up in my life for all the deaf readers of the Stiche Corner who have been left out recently.
Where to begin? Oh yeah, there's a fucking blizzard of ridiculous proportions heading to Moorhead tomorrow. According to the Nat'l Weather service, this place is due to a solid 9 to 17 inches of snow and rain from on Tuesday. Yeah, I know, it's flipping May 21st and we're due for over a foot of snow and/or rain. It's lame. With that said, I don't have class tomorrow really so it's not like I have getting class canceled to look forward to, it's just another few inches of flood waters as far as I'm concerned. Damn.
Let's see, what else... Oh, I've applied to about a dozen positions in the F-M area, Duluth, and Rochester and I still haven't heard anything from anybody. I'm not too worried about it yet. I have pretty good grades, am a dude in a traditionally female profession (glass elevator), and am at least halfway competent so I'm not in panic mode yet.
Where to begin? Oh yeah, there's a fucking blizzard of ridiculous proportions heading to Moorhead tomorrow. According to the Nat'l Weather service, this place is due to a solid 9 to 17 inches of snow and rain from on Tuesday. Yeah, I know, it's flipping May 21st and we're due for over a foot of snow and/or rain. It's lame. With that said, I don't have class tomorrow really so it's not like I have getting class canceled to look forward to, it's just another few inches of flood waters as far as I'm concerned. Damn.
Let's see, what else... Oh, I've applied to about a dozen positions in the F-M area, Duluth, and Rochester and I still haven't heard anything from anybody. I'm not too worried about it yet. I have pretty good grades, am a dude in a traditionally female profession (glass elevator), and am at least halfway competent so I'm not in panic mode yet.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Sax Man
I'm sorry guys about relying so heavily on YouTube videos lately, but this has to be on here.
I wish I could look half as good as this man does in his outfit and mustache.
I wish I could look half as good as this man does in his outfit and mustache.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Well, I guess this is it
It was never my intention to drag out this top albums of the year, it just kind of happened. I've had this top 10 since December so it's hard to explain that I've been this lazy for four months, but that's exactly what it is...
Without any further adieu, my top albums of 2010...
2.) Arcade Fire, The Suburbs... I forgot to put 3 on my last post... whoops... this would have been it... Anyways, just look at the last post for my thoughts on this album.
And my top album of the year... You can go fuck yourself, it's a tie for first place.
1.) (Tie) The Social Network Soundtrack - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross.
It pains me to put a fucking soundtrack in the top spot for my albums of the year, but for those who know me it might be somewhat obvious. I've always dug NIN and I've always been of fan of Post-Rock which means I can wrap my head around instrumental tracks and songs that kind of hang around. With this album, the tracks that hang around are simply beautiful and I can't find a track that shouldn't belong. With all that said, this is an amazing dark ambient album, but it just so happens to be a soundtrack. It's not only a soundtrack, but it helps make The Social Network what it is, a ridiculously impersonable film that makes the viewer question their friends.
And number one (I guess part two). I really had a hard time differentiating the top album because I had such a terrible time figuring out how much I loved each album (this will make sense once you see what my other top album is). The problem is that each album is so different in so many different ways. Not only that, each album is perfect as far as I'm concerned which makes any further criticism mute as far as I'm concerned.
Anyways, here's my (other) top album of 2010
1.) The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt.
This album is a fucking powerhouse. I consider myself very lucky for discovering this album. Sure, it's a folk album but that's like calling Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of The Moon just a rock album... But hell, I have to make it clear that I'm a fucking raving Bob Dylan fan and The Tallest Man on Earth in all his Scandinavian glory invokes Bob Dylan with his nonchalant, gravely voice but there is somehow something more...
I honestly can't put my finger on what makes The Wild Hunt my album of the year. It such as shit isn't the production. I guess it isn't the mysticism surrounding a Swede sounding like Bob Dylan and making magical music. I guess It's just the fact that this is an amazing album... I hate to say it, but Nuff' Said.
Without any further adieu, my top albums of 2010...
2.) Arcade Fire, The Suburbs... I forgot to put 3 on my last post... whoops... this would have been it... Anyways, just look at the last post for my thoughts on this album.
And my top album of the year... You can go fuck yourself, it's a tie for first place.
1.) (Tie) The Social Network Soundtrack - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross.
It pains me to put a fucking soundtrack in the top spot for my albums of the year, but for those who know me it might be somewhat obvious. I've always dug NIN and I've always been of fan of Post-Rock which means I can wrap my head around instrumental tracks and songs that kind of hang around. With this album, the tracks that hang around are simply beautiful and I can't find a track that shouldn't belong. With all that said, this is an amazing dark ambient album, but it just so happens to be a soundtrack. It's not only a soundtrack, but it helps make The Social Network what it is, a ridiculously impersonable film that makes the viewer question their friends.
And number one (I guess part two). I really had a hard time differentiating the top album because I had such a terrible time figuring out how much I loved each album (this will make sense once you see what my other top album is). The problem is that each album is so different in so many different ways. Not only that, each album is perfect as far as I'm concerned which makes any further criticism mute as far as I'm concerned.
Anyways, here's my (other) top album of 2010
1.) The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt.
This album is a fucking powerhouse. I consider myself very lucky for discovering this album. Sure, it's a folk album but that's like calling Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of The Moon just a rock album... But hell, I have to make it clear that I'm a fucking raving Bob Dylan fan and The Tallest Man on Earth in all his Scandinavian glory invokes Bob Dylan with his nonchalant, gravely voice but there is somehow something more...
I honestly can't put my finger on what makes The Wild Hunt my album of the year. It such as shit isn't the production. I guess it isn't the mysticism surrounding a Swede sounding like Bob Dylan and making magical music. I guess It's just the fact that this is an amazing album... I hate to say it, but Nuff' Said.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Totally unrelated, (but kind of related) music post
What makes me excited...
And... (Come on, you knew I would make a post about this eventually)
And... (Come on, you knew I would make a post about this eventually)
A Girl in a Slayer Jacked
3. Girl Talk - All Day
Okay well this is awkward... This is a band (one many show (god above men)) who I've listened since 2006. That said, good God I love Girl Talk. It is really really close to being drugs on music (which only makes sense after listening to Girl Talk). This album is just as amazing as anything he has created before and that is nothing but awesome. You want some Wu Tang Clan beats on top of Radiohead? You've got it! You want Black Sabbath over anything??? Well there you go, it's there. I really wanted to give this the top album of the year, but I just couldn't... So good, but I just couldn't give a mashup the best of...
2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Okay, I just want to point out that I made my top ten mid-December so the fact that this album was the album of the year according to the Grammy's should be irrelevant, but I still feel like I need to point this out... Alright... is that cleared up?? okay?? Good. I have no problem in saying that Arcade Fire's 2004 album, Funeral, is at least to me one of the top 10 albums of the past 15 years. With that out of the way, The Suburbs manages to create a cohesive message of the existence of being from a suburb/small ass town/anywhere. I have found it almost impossible to suggest to my friends and classmates, but in that same breath, the album is not universally suggestible. Yeah, I love it and it is indie heaven, and sure lyrically the album can easily be dwelled on for years to come. But that shouldn't matter... The Suburbs has easily the best one-two combo as far as tracks come since I've been listening to music in The Suburbs and the track Ready to Start.
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That just isn't fair to such an awesome album so I'll put another track on the blog...
Goofy haircut aside, here's another amazing track off of The Suburbs.
If you don't dig Arcade Fire or Indie in the first place, this is a loss of a post... If you are somewhat intrigued, this just might turn into your album of the year, it's that good.
Okay well this is awkward... This is a band (one many show (god above men)) who I've listened since 2006. That said, good God I love Girl Talk. It is really really close to being drugs on music (which only makes sense after listening to Girl Talk). This album is just as amazing as anything he has created before and that is nothing but awesome. You want some Wu Tang Clan beats on top of Radiohead? You've got it! You want Black Sabbath over anything??? Well there you go, it's there. I really wanted to give this the top album of the year, but I just couldn't... So good, but I just couldn't give a mashup the best of...
2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Okay, I just want to point out that I made my top ten mid-December so the fact that this album was the album of the year according to the Grammy's should be irrelevant, but I still feel like I need to point this out... Alright... is that cleared up?? okay?? Good. I have no problem in saying that Arcade Fire's 2004 album, Funeral, is at least to me one of the top 10 albums of the past 15 years. With that out of the way, The Suburbs manages to create a cohesive message of the existence of being from a suburb/small ass town/anywhere. I have found it almost impossible to suggest to my friends and classmates, but in that same breath, the album is not universally suggestible. Yeah, I love it and it is indie heaven, and sure lyrically the album can easily be dwelled on for years to come. But that shouldn't matter... The Suburbs has easily the best one-two combo as far as tracks come since I've been listening to music in The Suburbs and the track Ready to Start.
.
That just isn't fair to such an awesome album so I'll put another track on the blog...
Goofy haircut aside, here's another amazing track off of The Suburbs.
If you don't dig Arcade Fire or Indie in the first place, this is a loss of a post... If you are somewhat intrigued, this just might turn into your album of the year, it's that good.
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