yamamanama | Sep. 2nd, 2006

Wait a minute... statue of Liberty... that was our planet. They blew it up! DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!

Anyway, this is another musical entry. Even though nobody reads this.

Eyeless in Gaza - Staring
The two people who got this (please, if you download something and like it, or not, whatever, tell me, ok? Even if you're not downloading, please tell me what you're doing that's so damn important. That's what comments are for.) don't have to worry, but the rest of you, GET THIS. It's good. Better than that stupid flash thing that has a screenshot from Super Mario Bros. along with some screaming and what could be a chainsaw. You know, when your flash took less effort to make than Super Penis Bros. and is also less entertaining, you know you should just give up. Ok? Also, I know I already posted this, but maybe two people got it.

End rant.

The lyrics are:

a light so low- driven like the snow upon the ground-
empty now of tears running down-turning to a sneer
laugh aloud-the only thing to do is laugh out loud-
to give a voice to tears running down-
cutting all that's dear
you’re forsaken and you were taken in- oh to think that
with every yearning sound you’re forsaken-how you were
taken in and your lights forsaken, low-burned almost down
to the ground
and ah, burn too low and you will disappear- were will you
go when you’re not a friend to yourself?
ah, never ever-never do that-

Shapes and Sizes - Island's Gone Bad
Courtesy of Asthmatic Kitty Records. I don't have the lyrics. But I could probably get them if I wasn't so lazy.

So, yeah, I found that post-rock site thingus (the word blog needs to be purged from the English language, and I can think of a couple of others) with lots of songs, not all of the post-rock genre.

Damn Dirty Apes
They're actually good. I'm really surprised by that. I was expecting some noise or a few Malaysians picking up some instruments and just jamming (or possibly taking a thirty second clip of Jimi Hendrix, which is what I suspect the Monkey Butlers of doing) a la the Monkey Butlers of Pepperell, Mass, but nope. It's actually something GOOD. Malaysian Post-Rock good.

Heh, Pepperell. What a funny name.

Everybody Loves Irene
This is trip-hop from Indonesia. I'm in the process of ripping the rest of it from the Myspace Flash Player Thingus, but one of the songs is up for downloading.

Chinese music is actually really good. If you want it, check the comments for the previous entry. I'm too lazy to repost them. Oh, wait, you can't do that.

They're slow. Be patient.
http://img01.rockacola.com/big5/download/11047_24654.mp3
http://img01.rockacola.com/big5/download/11047_24656.mp3
http://img01.rockacola.com/big5/download/11047_24659.mp3
http://img01.rockacola.com/big5/download/11047_24662.mp3
http://img01.rockacola.com/big5/download/11047_24666.mp3

Anyway, Paris Hilton. She has an album out, you know. And it got good reviews. I guess it's good music if you lived in a cave your whole life and can only listen to Top 40 ClearChannel stations or Radio Pyongyang, but to anyone else, the song I looked up on YouTube was really terrible.

Anyway, if you aren't going to actually listen to the songs or say anything about them, please, let's talk about stuff. Like, what words do YOU want purged from the English Language? Or... what are some funny place names? Do you find something funny about the word tromboner? How about Bangkok? What would you do if you had monkey butlers? Would they wear bow ties and tuxedos? ADMIT IT, YOU DON'T READ THIS, DO YOU?