Yet I can’t stop going there. Probably because it’s new. But I prefer MySpace. I like my page to have the graphics, fonts, and EVERYTHING I want it to have. Not this boring shit Facebook’s got going on over there. I’ve heard it called more ‘mature’. Since when does ‘mature’ mean fucking boring and without character!?!
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He took one of my favorite protest songs and made it relevant again:
For those of you who don’t know who Saul Williams is, he’s the dude in the movie K-PAX. Before his movie career he was better known for his spoken word hip-hop. Motherfucker is good. Listen intently to the lyrics from Penny For A Thought, Nigga’s Way Back, or Tao Of The Now. My friend John Noto knew I was into political music and, despite being primarily into Punk and Metal, was also into Hip-Hop and Rap (hell the third album I ever owned as a kid was RUN D.M.C.’s “Raising Hell”). He put on Penny For A Thought for me and I was instantly hooked. He’s been around for quite some time now and his music spans many different styles and genres. I just found this cover song’s video (Niggy Tardust, the album the video is from, is a collaboration with NIN’s Tent Reznor). and thought I’d pass along info about a great artist in case some people didn’t know about the man.
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They’re out of their minds.
Seriously. Who the fuck would want to pay $20 for a month’s subscription to a site with naked chicks when it’s the INTERNET - there’s free porn everywhere. Maybe e-n00bz. People that don’t know about shit like RedTube.com or anything. Hell, even DeviantArt.com has tons of naked punk and goth chicks. Want pictures? Worldsex.com has got you covered. Assuming you’re into that shit. But Christ, $20 to look at a site where most of the girls are FUGLY. Like, beyond what you’d normally see in real life. Talk about libido-killers. Thankfully, there’s some real gems in there that might justify you ever wanting to look at another woman naked again, thus resurrecting your libido once again (Ia! Ia! It rises forth like mighty Cthulhu!). But $20 a month? Fuck that. Use free websites.
Twenty-Fucking-Dollars. I’d rather spend that on lube.
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I’ve discovered the ultimate way to break an internet addiction: buy an XBOX 360. Alright, I wasn’t addicted to the internet, but I did spent a lot of time on here. hen I bought the 360 and BAMF! I haven’t been online in months. Well, besides really brief moments, such as looking up local food delivery places or Google mapping some shit. But other than that I haven’t been on in months.
My friend Steve’s been nagging me about blogging, so fuck it. I might as well start again. I’ll try to do this weekly at worst, daily at best. So…
…I’ve been playing a lot of Call of Duty 4 and through that medium I’ve realized that I’m getting old. I’m getting my ass kicked my kids that haven’t even hit puberty yet. For those of you that don’t know, it’s a modern day war game where the players are split into teams and they kick the shit out of each other. But the BOX 360 uses a headphone/mic set up so you can talk to your teammates and talk shit to the opposing team while in the ‘game lobby’ (the pre-game). 90% of the bastards that have the top scores have high-pitched, squeaky little voices. I often inquire as to their ages and most of them aren’t any older than 13. Most tend to be 11, as if to turn twelve has the prerequisite that you play COD4. Seriously. There’s a shit-ton of 11 year olds in there. And they’re kicking my ass. Fuck these little bastards and they’re awesome hand-eye coordination. I spent my early years outside, riding bikes and playing tag. Or playing D&D. But these punks are born with controllers in their hands and thus they game through their formative years. And kick ass.
The meek are inheriting the earth.
Assholes.
It doesn’t help that I’m on 4 different heavy painkillers, so I’m trying to have hand-eye coordination through a medication fog. But still. At least some days I manage a good 25 kills, 6 deaths type score. Other days, not so good.
“Enemy airstrike on your position.”
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I haven’t been blogging. It’s not for lack of excitement in my life or a lack of video games, politics, or bullshit to rant about either. I’ve just not been blogging. But winter’s coming and I live in the fucking Snow Belt. Rest assured. Blogging will begin anew.
This message goes out to the 4 people that read my blog.
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About a year or so ago, maybe even two years ago, I went to visit my friend Steve of HMTK.com fame for a night of Hackmaster and hanging out. While Val and I were waiting for the rest of the group to show up Steve showed us a new game he was working on. The game, tentatively called “Quads” at the time, was fashioned out of stone tiles he made in his basement. I mean it was an impressive set of pieces and the box he made was also really nice. The game reminded me of Tri-Ominos, Dominoes, and something else (I can’t remember the name of it off-hand), but while reminding me of these games it was still unlike them. I liked it - a lot. It was very tactical and very much a thinking man’s (or woman’s) game, yet light enough that even mathematically-challenged people such as myself and Val could play it.
The reason I felt it was a thinking man’s game was because of the forethought required when placing tiles. Basically, you place tiles and… and… ah hell, there’s a frickin’ Flash video on how to play. Why am I going to waste everyone’s time trying to explain a game I haven’t played in years. The the video, Found Here, is on the SimplyFun Board Games page for Quartiles. Just follow the link. It’ll take you to the page that describes the game and has the video on how the game is played. Steve’s page about the game, found here, delves more into the game and whatnot. He’s much better at explaining stuff like this.
I vividly recall having a blast playing it and commented on how much the public would dig a game like this were they to play it. Steve said he hoped so since he was going to be marketing it. It looks like he was successful in the first part. Now people just need to play it so they can see how much fun it is. Looking at the pieces for the game it’s easy to see how beautiful both the pieces and the carrying box are made. This isn’t a game box you stash away in the closet. This is the type of thing you keep on your coffee table or next to your entertainment center for people to see. This is the type of thing you carry under your arm and bring to the park to play with strangers. For $40 it’s almost a steal considering most board games now-a-days range from $30-$70 and none look this good. I mean look at this thing:
That isn’t some cardboard monopoly board. That’s art. I plan on getting myself a set, and I think it is a GREAT idea for a gift so I’ll be nabbing a few for holiday presents. Now that it’s out I keep thinking back to the car ride home from Connecticut, where Steve lives, and talking about how much fun that game was and how impressed be both were (Val and I) that he made a game like that. Peep that shit, warriors.
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It should be noted right off the bat that I hate [hed] PE. I think their albums blow goats, their message (if you could call it that) is almost always juvenile, and they always struck me as a “rip-off band”. I literally felt pain when I heard their songs even before I knew it was them. Zero respect. Zero.
When I saw that there was a new video for their first single off the new album I expected the worst. Seriously. I mean, it’s [hed] fuckin’ PE. Here’s what I saw [I hope this video stays online]:
That’s actually pretty brutal and… and… good? Still, it was only one song so I expected the rest of the album to blow. I’m listening to it right now. It doesn’t blow. Man, I stand corrected. Okay, it’s still [hed] PE so it’s still got some juvenile lyrics I’d expect to come out of a high school hip hop act, but compared to their other albums the band has matured a bit. You can tell they’re less obsessed with sex and “the marijuana” and more upset with the state of the world around them. The music is a lot better too. I only expected “Suffa” to be decent, but out of 19 tracks (a sizable album for this day and age) more than half are worth listening too. Songs like “comeova2nite” will still make you want to puncture your eardrums with your fist, but lame songs are the minority on this piece.
About time.
As a side note, I do appreciate the vast number of styles present on the album. They definitely didn’t constrain themselves to one genre with this one. They went with what they felt and thus we have lots of punk, hardcore, metal, hip hop and Latino present, but not in a boring hodgepodge like so many other newer school bands of the day (shit bands like Slipknot and KoRn come to mind). If anything, check and see if your local library has the album and give it a listen. It’s not bad. Fuck I hate being wrong after abusing a band for so many years. Just be prepared for a total lack of political correctness. I respect that.
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I was browsing Taylor Mali slams today when I discovered the following video. I thought it was great and needed to be passed on.
Incidentally, if you haven’t peeped any Taylor Mali - do so. He’s amazing.
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I almost wept with joy. The Holmes haitus is over?
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I found an article that says something I’ve been ranting about since the early ’90s, only the author is much more articulate and less prone to vulgar language than I could ever be. Sorry, cuss words aren’t taboo to me (they really aren’t). Seriously, quit being a whiny, partisan asshole and just read the article, then tell me what you think. Keep in mind that only the weak-minded or ignorant believe all revolutions to be bloody wartime affairs. Ever heard the term “bloodless coup”?
How bad does it have to get before you people do something about it? How long until you decide that enough is enough and stand up for yourselves? “United we stand. Divided we fall.” Mean anything to you? The whole “Red state v. Blue state” thing is a very clever way to keep the People united and non-partisan, and thus we fall further and further away from what we should be (and could be) and more into a stratified, impotent society. Yay for us.
I hate pointing fingers at specific groups, but the Evangelicals are a serious setback to the country. With 1/4 of the voting power in America, they’ve done a lovely job of helping to sell us out to Big Money, people who claim to be Christian traditionalists, but then reject everything Biblical except in name. Good job. It’s nice to know that some Bronze Age religion calls the shots in a country that is supposed to be progressive. And by “progressive” I don’t mean Liberal. Don’t get me started on Liberals or Conservatives either. They’re the other assholes screwing this country left and right (ooooh pun!) with their partisan politics. A country runs on compromise. Polarization and the inability to compromise is a great way to stagnate the political machine.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not naive enough to think that America *was* something more than it is now. No, it’s always been a walking mess. We’re only 200 and change years old; we’re infants compared to the rest of the world. I’m bitching about what we could be.
Tsk. Whatever. I’m done ranting. Keep watching American Idol people. Keep arguing over useless divisions of paradigms. I hate to sound like a Pinko Commie (I like saying those two words for some reason), but it always has been and always will be about the Haves versus the Have-Nots, and unless you’re hitting up the Bohemian Club you’re a Have-Not, trust me. Hrmm, maybe I should check the news to see what Rights got signed away today?
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