December 2008
51 posts
“Warner Bros is ferrrrrveeerrr… I should write words that I can...”
– Dissertation continues to not go well.
Death Cab For Cutie- The New Year.
“As...
She & Ben.
Awk well isn’t that lovely.
Their kid would be more indie than the love child of Parker Posey and a Stroke.
I’m all for it.
He's paper crumplingly attracted to her.
I really liked Twilight. I really did.
Sure they need a bigger effects budget… I mean… the twinkling was a bit of a let down.
However there were a couple of head scratchers…
Vampire Baseball.. I was dumb and had to ask why they could only play during thunderstorms… they’re loud. However my biggest problem was… they played ALL of Supermassive Black Hole…...
Top 5 Movies of 2008.
Honorable Mentions: Speed Racer, Sweeney Todd.
5. Hellboy 2.
4. Iron Man.
3. High School Musical 3.
2. Wall• E
1. The Dark Knight (Well, duh.)
Notes.
By the time February rolled around Juno (and Cloverfield) could only disappoint.
I have not seen either No Country For Old Men or Burn After Reading, I’m not cool.
I really thought Australia would be massive… I am a flaming...
“Oy vey yourself.”
– Dad.
New Year's Resolutions.
1. Y’know… get into university.
2. Get on to recording ‘Bogie and Bradley’.
3. Get Air Yeezys… they’re just so awesome.
4. Blog much, much less frequently.
5. Get started on the great american novel.
Cratchet, you're working through Christmas.
2 Days after Christmas and I’m doing art homework…
necessary, sure. spirit-breaking, certainly.
Nuked The Fridge.
I started the year by watching the first Indiana Jones… I’m ending it watching the fourth…
First off, Shia LaBeouf is not the problem… he in fact turns in a pretty good performance… the problem is (umm… spoliers… not just for spoiling the movie but for spoiling your faith in the entire film industry)
‘Indiana Jones Meets A Freaking Alien’...
The Gaslight Anthem- The 59 Sound
I don’t...
Stray Tracks 2008.
Usher- Moving Mountains (So ridiculously good.)
We Are Scientists- Ghouls
Dead & Gone + My Life Your Entertainment- T.I
Kids- MGMT
Goodnight, Travel Well- The Killers
Be Somebody- Kings Of Leon (Best song on the album by quite a bit)
I’m Yours- Jason Mraz (New mellow acoustic man appears in a year when Jack Johnson releases complete duffer of an album. Coincidence?)
American Boy-...
i’m pretty sure i put things on when i’ve been drinking… i’ve become everything i loathe.
and i spilt parky’s drink.. i feel bad about that.
Hey! Hey! You! You!
Flicking through music channels today I was reminded of something,
Everything about ‘Girlfriend’ by Avril Lavigne is offensive. Everything. The song, the video, her face, everything.
It’s like ‘Doncha’ by the Pussycat Dolls but without any sense of guilt (because we all remember the line in that song about not doing it if it were to break up “a happy...
I’m losing my voice I think.
Oy.
My Albums Of The Year (12)
Fall Out Boy- Folie A Deux
“You can only blame your problems on the world for so long, before it all becomes the same old song…”
Earlier in this albums of the year thing I declared the Walkmen as my favourite band… I was so wrong. It’s clearly Fall Out Boy, they symbolise everything I love about pop music. Giant hooks, a desire to turn everything they do into an...
Shiny, Sullen, Vampires Holding Hands (But that's...
I really wish I didn’t want to go see Twilight…
but gosh darn it that is some immaculate hair.
My Albums Of The Year (11)
Conor Oberst- Conor Oberst
“There’s nothing that the road cannot heal”
Conor Oberst: Hey guys I’m going to do a solo album!
The Entire World: And what do you call the last 10 years?
The thing about Conor Oberst is… he’s a loose cannon. He wants to insult beloved and recently deceased radio DJs on a stage named after the man? He’ll do it. He wants...
My Albums Of The Year (10).
Vampire Weekend- (Self Titled)
“Feels so unnatural. Peter Gabriel too.”
Bouncy, bright, unassuming pop from four Ivy Leaguers (one of whom is Chachi from Happy Days nephew. Fact!) seemingly became one of the most talked about records of the year for some reason… not that it’s not great, it’s just a bit weird when you think about it. The songs are not offensive, the...
Penelope! No!
My car and I were in a hedge this morning. That was a strange experience. People who say everything slows down in moments like that are just giant liars, it’s a blur full of “Wait- what’s happening?… Uh-oh.” Then bam, you’re in staring at a field with your car at a 45 degree angle. It would’ve been hilarious to see happening I think, it was at a cartoon...
The perils of not tabbing things you write.
...
My Albums Of The Year (9)
Death Cab For Cutie- Narrow Stairs
“You can do better than me but I can’t do better than you”
In an world without the OC what does a band who quadrupled their fanbase from it do? Write a bitter album about getting old and growing up. (See also. The Walkmen)
I love Death Cab. ‘From You Can Play These Songs With Chords’ through to ‘Plans’… This...
My song for the Innuendo Song Wars.
I had a synth...
My Albums Of The Year (8)
Lightspeed Champion- Falling Off The Lavender Bridge.
“This will never happen for you”
When Test Icicles split up it could not have been predicted that one of them would end up being a Weezer obsessed, OC referencing troubadour for the new millennium… because Test Icicles were terrible and Lightspeed Champion is not.
So after inadvertently starting nu-rave off Dev went to...
The Proud Deering Christmas Song. Demo.
Well here's what I think.
To anyone not in U5 periods 5+6 you could probably skip reading this. Go fly a kite.
2-300 words is not that long to do over a period of a fortnight+. Yes, the reaction to the query was ridiculously overblown but the question itself was bit silly too. The actual ‘argument’ was baffling, if you had a transcript.. it was like they weren’t talking to each other at all, just...
My Albums Of The Year (7.)
Oasis- Dig Out Your Soul (Yes, Seriously)
“If you wont save me please don’t waste my time”
Me: Hey, you know what’s a really good album?
Jonathan: What?
Me: The new Oasis album.
Jonathan: …If you say so
My brother’s attitude is probably the same as a lot of people’s, Oasis are a polarizing band. I’ve always liked them, in interviews and on...
Shopping in Belfast.
Or in the timeless words of Lil Wayne: “I’m try’na be polite but you bitches in my hair like the fucking police”.
I may or may not have been hit on by a middle aged gay man too, but I’m not 100% sure so that’s a story for another occasion entirely.
There are few things sadder in Mario Kart than seeing a blue shell, getting nervous, then realising you are no where near where it is going to hit.
My Albums Of The Year (6)
Bloc Party- Intimacy (Or: How To Lose Fans and Alienate People)
“He’s not returning”
‘What in the good name of all that is holy was that!?’- My initial reaction to hearing Mercury for the first time (It’s amazing how many of my albums of the year are starting with ‘I didn’t like this at first’). It stands up there with my first listen to...
Wale- Warick Avenue.
Well done Wale, you made...
My dad has been singing the hook from ‘So What’ all night.. from a guy who I always thought was more the talk radio sort it’s unsettling.
My Albums Of The Year (5)
Lil Wayne- Tha Carter III
“Assassinate me bitch!”
K.. so I was really disappointed when this first came out, I thought it was a loose, overly long mess… fortunately over a couple of listens I realised that’s part of its charm. I loved the Leak EP and the mixtape tracks I had heard… I also enjoyed the UK press’ bemusement to this dreadlocked guy appearing as...
“In 2009, Walt Disney…. will still be dead.”
– The recording of my voice over for the dissertation is not going well.
witterless:
Grab the book closest to you. Go to page 56. Find the 5th sentence. Write that sentence in the text box.
“Leonard McCloud.”
Downtown Owl- Chuck Klosterman.
WatchJay-Z (feat. Santogold)- Brooklyn Go Hard.
Font based video… kind of like ‘Take On Me’ mixed with Microsoft Word.
This reminds me of ‘Swagger Like Us’, not in a good way, the whole let’s just loop one phrase repeatedly thing better die off fast, it’s probably not a coincidence that Kanye produced both… the verses are actually pretty good though.
I think I missed my true calling- to make music...