Went to see Bad Religion at Manchester Academy 3 last night
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Its 9pm its time for a meme!
And this one is particularly silly
Album of the Week: Corrosion of Conformity In the Arms of God
1. Stone Breaker
2. Paranoid Opioid
3. Is It That Way
4. Dirty Hands Empty Pockets (Already Gone)
5. Rise River Rise
6. Never Turns to More
7. Infinite War
8. So Much Left Behind
10. World on Fire
11. Crown of Thorns
12. In the Arms of God
This one’s been on the MP3 player for a couple of months now. Its a like a slow burning grass spliff that gradually gets you. Lots of surface impressions on the first couple of listens. Black Sabbath, Southern Rock, some catchy almost Metallica Ride the Lightning/Master of Muppets era rifts, and politically aware lyrics. Lots of separate elements floating in the air. Not bad for a bog standard Sabbath clone, and a nice one to nod off to on the train home. Then suddenly it clicked. All the elements came together and suddenly I have a molten metal classic on my hands. A collection of melodic but heavy as fuck songs which has a hypnotic quality to them. The political side the album suddenly changed from Americans whinging on about loss of their dream, to a full bloodied soundtrack to the apocalypse. Funny how I like my soundtracks to the apocalypse lately. This album after a listen or ten suddenly digged its claws in and refused to let go its that catchy.
Personal faves are the intense Infinite War, which is almost a modern update on Sabbath’s War Pigs, and In the Arms of God, which is an angry and crushing end to the album
Dear Uncle Lemmy
Watched the Channel 4 documentary about Motorhead last night, and I must say what top fun it was. Although the rest of the band, the roadies, the Super fans (who get their own dressing room at gigs!) were featured the camera spent the most time on one of my life’s biggest inspirations- Mr Ian Kiliminster aka Lemmy!
Favourite quotes.
“Buy in bulk that’s what I say” Lemmy brandishing a bottle of Jack Daniels after pouring himself a generous breakfast measure.
“Hello I am Lemmy, welcome to book at bedtime. Except I don’t seem to have brought a book!” Lemmy wearing only a grin and pair of tight black underpants.
“Its good if you can stand to be alone and enjoy it. Too many people have to be surrounded by noise all the time”
“I became a much better person through LSD”
Interviewer “Have you seen a doctor recently?”
Lemmy “A couple of months ago, because you have to go on tour for insurance”
Interviewer “What did he say?”
Lemmy “My livers okay, my lungs okay, my cloastrol’s okay, my hearts ok”
Interview “How do you feel about that?”
Lemmy “Bloody grateful”
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Because this one is halfway decent and easier than talking to my work colleague:
1. Go here.
2. Pass it on.
my answers
Couldn’t care less
…and I don’t mean that in a nasty way.
After the depression of last week the sun really is beginning to shine here in Newtland.
Its the polar opposite of last week.
Must say I’m enjoying it:)
In other news, we are reaching the light at the end of the tunnel on Rach’s Midwifery course. Her last assignment gets handed in tomorrow, and she’s done the lion share of work over the last couple of nights so its only proof reading tonight 🙂 After this its just being bored on her last placement for two weeks.
Lunch time of champions
Met keefybabe and lindabird at the Broadway hotel, which is the only decent pub in this here neck of the woods, this lunch.
lindabird had been to Wakey to join a Agency who would put her forward for Fujistui (a highly respected martial arts programme in these er parts) and IBM ( a well known maker of Nuclear missiles “our brand is our name”).
keefybabe couldn’t stop droning on about his new Mac, and subverted many conversations. He forced me to return his cds at gunpoint (the End: Sounds of Disaster and Censor “Empire Holds Down”) to which I gleefully capitulated and pressed Mastodon “Leviathan” and Dilligenger Escape Project “Miss Machine” into his hot sticky paws.
Thoughts and conversation turned to breasts, with the awesome revelation that keefybabe is hypnotised by them. I revealed also that when ever I go out these days I go out in a plastic protective bubble which gentlely dissolves over night, leaving beer my only salvation to a world of shocking stupidity.
They ordered lunch, so I was able to hijack talk onto the wildly popular topics of Bunnies and smart linoleum floors. Munching burgers, but leaving the salad ( a move they will regret in more advanced years) they were only able to nod and make positive noises.
Despite manfully downing 2 pintslindabird was able to drive keefybabe back to his mirrored prison (aka work) and to my home of joy.
The cats celebrated my homecoming and promptly fell asleep.
Another sunny day in leeds
Sorted out allot of mental issues I had with myself last night as poor Rachel hammered away at the her last assignment.
Especially good was the good soak in the bath, where for the first time in five years I felt as if I belonged in my skin and liked my age. Since I’ve turned 30 I’ve been guilty of looking back to some golden age back in the mid 90s when I was in my 20s considerably thinner, longer of hair (which didn’t have little streaks of grey in it). Working from home yesterday also did me good, since It gave me a rest and boosted my confidence.
I also in a spare hour finally finished the play test draft of my Monkey RPG, posted it to a private yahoo group for feedback. This was especially satisfying since I’ve been wittering on about it for the last 10 years, and is the first small step in getting it as a printed book. Pop over to d101games if you are interested in following my child’s progress.
Today I’m going to get my head down again and do allot of coding practice. I’ve got a project at work which needs me to do it in ASP.net/SQL server and I’ve been talking the talk for months. Now I have to walk the walk…especially since I most of the promotions at work need you to be able to web program using this combination.
So as the JCBs clank away outside finishing the Alex Beever college’s new car park, I’m popping of for a quick spot of brekky.
The sun is shining
At last!
Had a chronic dose of depression last week. Not because I was tired, not because I had got my self into a negative mode of thought, not simply because. No my life last week had various harsh realities, things that I had to face and sort out. Oh and while I was doing that nothing seemed to be going my way or right for me. So life sucked.
Then came Sunday things started to go right with me. My old pc which is five years old, gleefully accepted Windows XP pro, taking only 45 mins to install and run as smooth as butter. Yay! Then all of a sudden more thinks started coming right. Like dominoes falling perfectly into one another.
Still not out of the woods on many fronts, but I coping with life again and everything is coming up roses.
Weereeeeeeee’ssss Keef??
Its half three on a Friday and there’s been silence from Keef all day.
Whats wrong with the Universe today?
I want my money back!!!