Archive for the 'music' Category

it’s been a long time, since i took the time to leave physical manifestations of myself  in the “blogosphere.”
Does anyone use that word anymore?
regardless, i’ve been in chicago for a few months and my life has quickly become something i was desperately trying to avoid whilst in new york: an adventurous journey into the depths [...]


two new videos

19Nov07

this is hadouken!’s new video for “Leap of Faith.”
I have mixed feelings about it. It reminds me too much of a more mainstream Linkin Park-esque vibe that I don’t necessarily appreciate. It also has a heavy metal influence in the beginning that doesn’t really mesh well either and the nu-rave elements are somewhat lost in [...]


<3 the teenagers.
this video isn’t up to their previous video, but it’s still an amazing song.

here is the previous video, just in case.


regina spektor

04Oct07

she’s one of the few singer / songwriter types that i can actually listen to without evoking images of mall ridden teenagers in uggs and bad scarves.
the other is tori amos. unfortunately, tori amos is too obvious as a gay icon for me.
regardless, i really do love this song and the simplicity in the a [...]


i’ve never been a fan of mainstream hip hop.
i always perferred something with more of a strong lyrical message like common’s older stuff or even lupe fiasco’s last album. though i loved N.E.R.D. back in the day, when Pharrell used to wear the tube socks with stripes up to his knees. it was because those [...]


video vomit

24Sep07

so usually i try to post one video at a time, but instead of meticulously rationing my current video list i just decided to put them all up and perpetuate my laziness. 
some of them are old and some are new, but i’m thoroughly enthralled with all their synth beats and raspy vocals (the same exact reasons why some of [...]


this is one of the videos being posted by some of the music blogs i read.
i usually love this sorta 80s inspired synth rock, but i’m iffy on this. I’m not sure if I love the falsetto section…