Yup, I am still alive.
I've just been busy with family stuff. Expect updates beginning again after New Years.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Shining - In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster (2005)
I'm still in a jazz mood so here's some more.
Shining is an experimental jazz group from Norway, not to be confused with the black metal band of the same name from Sweden. Their music is best described as Progressive Rock Jazz Fusion and its great.
1 Goretex Weather Report 5:00
2 Redrum 1:37
3 Romani 3:19
4 Perdurabo 3:02
5 Aleister Explains Everything 3:23
6 31=300=20 (It Is by Will Alone I Set My Mind in Motion) 4:24
7 Where Death Comes to Cry 2:22
8 The Smoking Dog 3:57
9 Magazine RWRK 6:32
10 You Can Try the Best You Can 5:21
Shining - In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster (2005)
Eh what the hell here's another Shining release. This ones called Grindstone.
1 In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster 5:40
2 Winterreise 3:33
3 Stalemate Longan Runner 4:15
4 To Be Proud of Crystal Colors Is to Live Again 0:49
5 Moonchild Mindgames 3:06
6 The Red Room 2:16
7 ASA NISI MASA 1:52
8 To Be Proud of Crystal Colors Is to Live Again 1:09
9 Psalm 7:20
10 -... ,- -,-, .... 2:07
11 1:4:9 5:03
12 Fight Dusk With Dawn 6:53
Shining - Grindstone (2007)
Shining is an experimental jazz group from Norway, not to be confused with the black metal band of the same name from Sweden. Their music is best described as Progressive Rock Jazz Fusion and its great.
1 Goretex Weather Report 5:00
2 Redrum 1:37
3 Romani 3:19
4 Perdurabo 3:02
5 Aleister Explains Everything 3:23
6 31=300=20 (It Is by Will Alone I Set My Mind in Motion) 4:24
7 Where Death Comes to Cry 2:22
8 The Smoking Dog 3:57
9 Magazine RWRK 6:32
10 You Can Try the Best You Can 5:21
Shining - In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster (2005)
Eh what the hell here's another Shining release. This ones called Grindstone.
1 In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster 5:40
2 Winterreise 3:33
3 Stalemate Longan Runner 4:15
4 To Be Proud of Crystal Colors Is to Live Again 0:49
5 Moonchild Mindgames 3:06
6 The Red Room 2:16
7 ASA NISI MASA 1:52
8 To Be Proud of Crystal Colors Is to Live Again 1:09
9 Psalm 7:20
10 -... ,- -,-, .... 2:07
11 1:4:9 5:03
12 Fight Dusk With Dawn 6:53
Shining - Grindstone (2007)
Monday, December 15, 2008
Looking Forward To Next Semester
As I said next semester I wont be continuing my Hardcore radio show. However, I'll have another show this time for playing Metal of the atmospheric style (think doom, drone, prog, post, etc). It will be called "Lost In A Black Hole" and will be 2 hours long instead of one. Check this blog for updates on the day and time for the new show which will be beginning in the end of January.
Also I would like to wish everyone luck on their finals in the upcoming weeks.
Also I would like to wish everyone luck on their finals in the upcoming weeks.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
John Zorn's Masada - het (eight) (1997)
It's one week from Hanukkah and I'm in a jazz mood so here's an early Hanukkah gift from myself to all my fellow Jews.
Jazz saxophonist John Zorn, who was born Jewish, has led a highly prolific career playing and composing in many different styles of jazz and other music. Some of the music he made may not even by considered "music" by the average joe, namely his extreme music jazz fusion groups Naked City and Painkiller. In these groups hes performed with people you may consider to be some of your favorites like Mike Patton, Bill Laswell, and Baltimore's own Bill Frisell. Some other of John Zorn's works include his work on movie and television scores, his work with orchestras, his solo jazz career, his record label Tzadik, and his Klezmer influenced jazz fusion project Masada, which I will be sharing with you.
Klezmer music, for those of you that don't know, is traditional Ashkenazi Jewish music from the 15th century. I don't really know the history of the music but it has had a revival in the united states in the last 20 years. Partially due to avant-garde jazz musicians such as Zorn. When John Zorn wrote the music for Masada he was trying to become more in touch with his Jewish heritage, saying "The idea with Masada is to produce a sort of radical Jewish music, a new Jewish music which is not the traditional one in a different arrangement, but music for the Jews of today. The idea is to put Ornette Coleman and the Jewish scales together."
So here it is the eighth section of the Masada songbook and a happy Hanukkah (and other less important winter holidays) to all.
1. Shechem 11:25
2. Elilah 4:38
3. Kodashim 4:39
4. Halom 1:59
5. Ne'eman 9:56
6. Abed-Nego 7:13
7. Tohorot 4:39
8. Mochin 6:36
9. Amarin 4:28
10. Khebar 4:40
John Zorn's Masada - het (eight) (1997)
Jazz saxophonist John Zorn, who was born Jewish, has led a highly prolific career playing and composing in many different styles of jazz and other music. Some of the music he made may not even by considered "music" by the average joe, namely his extreme music jazz fusion groups Naked City and Painkiller. In these groups hes performed with people you may consider to be some of your favorites like Mike Patton, Bill Laswell, and Baltimore's own Bill Frisell. Some other of John Zorn's works include his work on movie and television scores, his work with orchestras, his solo jazz career, his record label Tzadik, and his Klezmer influenced jazz fusion project Masada, which I will be sharing with you.
Klezmer music, for those of you that don't know, is traditional Ashkenazi Jewish music from the 15th century. I don't really know the history of the music but it has had a revival in the united states in the last 20 years. Partially due to avant-garde jazz musicians such as Zorn. When John Zorn wrote the music for Masada he was trying to become more in touch with his Jewish heritage, saying "The idea with Masada is to produce a sort of radical Jewish music, a new Jewish music which is not the traditional one in a different arrangement, but music for the Jews of today. The idea is to put Ornette Coleman and the Jewish scales together."
So here it is the eighth section of the Masada songbook and a happy Hanukkah (and other less important winter holidays) to all.
1. Shechem 11:25
2. Elilah 4:38
3. Kodashim 4:39
4. Halom 1:59
5. Ne'eman 9:56
6. Abed-Nego 7:13
7. Tohorot 4:39
8. Mochin 6:36
9. Amarin 4:28
10. Khebar 4:40
John Zorn's Masada - het (eight) (1997)
Thursday, December 11, 2008
The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand (2007)
Holy shit Mark likes drone now???
I wish I could answer 100% yes to that but I am still somewhat of a noob to it. However, I've been attempting to find more drone that interests me and I happened to find my biggest discovery in a while, The Angelic Process. Now I share it with you all.
The Angelic Process are from macon, georgia which is possibly the perfect place for inspiration for atmospheric metal besides alaska. It's kind of hard to describe exactly how this band sounds but I'll make my best attempt. Its like the atmosphere of post-rock combined with the intensity of sludge metal to form a sound that could only come from what has to be one of the most depressing places to live in America. If I could put into words how much I have loved this album in the 3 listens I have given it so far I would have no doubt about whether you would download this.
Unfortunately for someone like me who has just gotten into this band there is some bad news. Earlier this year K.Angylus, one of the members of this 2 man project, passed away. Hopefully his legend will live through the beautiful music he made.
1. The Promise of Snakes 9:32
2. Million Year Summer 3:52
3. The Resonance of Goodbye 5:14
4. We All Die Laughing 6:05
5. Dying in A-Minor 8:19
6. Weighing Souls With Sand 5:19
7. Mouvement - World Deafening Eclipse 1:59
8. Burning in the Undertow of God 6:46
9. Mouvement - The Smoke of Her Burning 4:16
Hidden Track. How To Build A Time Machine 4:11
The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand (2007)
I wish I could answer 100% yes to that but I am still somewhat of a noob to it. However, I've been attempting to find more drone that interests me and I happened to find my biggest discovery in a while, The Angelic Process. Now I share it with you all.
The Angelic Process are from macon, georgia which is possibly the perfect place for inspiration for atmospheric metal besides alaska. It's kind of hard to describe exactly how this band sounds but I'll make my best attempt. Its like the atmosphere of post-rock combined with the intensity of sludge metal to form a sound that could only come from what has to be one of the most depressing places to live in America. If I could put into words how much I have loved this album in the 3 listens I have given it so far I would have no doubt about whether you would download this.
Unfortunately for someone like me who has just gotten into this band there is some bad news. Earlier this year K.Angylus, one of the members of this 2 man project, passed away. Hopefully his legend will live through the beautiful music he made.
1. The Promise of Snakes 9:32
2. Million Year Summer 3:52
3. The Resonance of Goodbye 5:14
4. We All Die Laughing 6:05
5. Dying in A-Minor 8:19
6. Weighing Souls With Sand 5:19
7. Mouvement - World Deafening Eclipse 1:59
8. Burning in the Undertow of God 6:46
9. Mouvement - The Smoke of Her Burning 4:16
Hidden Track. How To Build A Time Machine 4:11
The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand (2007)
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
In The Woods... - Heart of the Ages (1995)
In The Woods... is what progressive rock band Green Carnation were doing during their break while Tchort was a member of the black metal legends Emperor. In The Woods... created a brand of progessive metal that blended black metal, doom metal, and experimental rock of the 60s/70s to form a sound that would later influence many in the avant-garde black metal scene. The album Heart of the Ages, which was the bands first full length release, shows the beginnings of their experimentation beyond the typical black metal sound. They achieve this by adding keyboards, female vocals, clean signing along with black metal and death metal style vocals, long songs, tempo changes, and other things that are considered "progressive" or "avant-garde".
1 Yearning the Seeds of a New Dimension 12:23
2 HEart of the Ages 8:22
3 ...In the Woods 7:50
- Prologue
- Moments of...
- Epilogue
4 Mourning the Death of Aase 3:33
5 Wotan's Return 14:52
6 Pigeon 3:00
7 The Divinity of Wisdom 9:07
In The Woods... - Heart of the Ages (1995)
If you like this BUY IT and also check out all the other In The Woods... releases.
1 Yearning the Seeds of a New Dimension 12:23
2 HEart of the Ages 8:22
3 ...In the Woods 7:50
- Prologue
- Moments of...
- Epilogue
4 Mourning the Death of Aase 3:33
5 Wotan's Return 14:52
6 Pigeon 3:00
7 The Divinity of Wisdom 9:07
In The Woods... - Heart of the Ages (1995)
If you like this BUY IT and also check out all the other In The Woods... releases.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Porcupine Tree - The Psychedelic Era (mega post)
Some of you may know this but I'll say it anyway, when Steven Wilson originally formed the Porcupine Tree it was never meant to be taken seriously. Wilson and friend Malcom Stocks created the band as a hoax to pay homage to all the 70's psychedelic and krautrock bands they grew up listening to. When they formed the group they wrote crazy back stories about how the band met and random stereotypical events involving big festival concerts.
Now with this joke band they had Steven decided it would be a good idea to write some music to go along with the whole fake back story. As Wilson was writing what he had intended as a joke, he realized that some of the music was actually pretty good. So then came Porcupine Trees first 80 min cassette called Tarquin's Seaweed Farm
1 Music for the Head (Here) 2:44
2 Jupiter Island 6:09
3 Nun's Cleavage (Left) 2:45
4 Clarinet Vignette 1:18
5 Nun's Cleavage (Right) 1:09
6 Space Transmission 2:56
7 Message From a Self-Destructing Turnip 0:28
8 Radioactive Toy 5:49
9 Towel 3:33
10 Wastecoat 1:10
11 Mute (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) 8:06
12 Music for the Head (There) 1:24
13 No Reason to Live, No Reason to Die 11:09
14 Daughters in Excess 6:46
15 Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape 20:39
Tarquin's Seaweed Farm (1989) - Part 1
Tarquin's Seaweed Farm (1989) - Part 2
Steven Wilson sent out the cassette tape to people he thought might like and it ended up spreading around the UK underground. Realizing he might have something with this joke he called Porcupine Tree he decided to write more music of the same throwback 70s experimental style. Two more cassettes were released in 1990 one being The Love, Death & Mussolini EP and the other being The Nostalgia Factory both of which were similar in style to Tarquin's Seaweed Farm. These demos caught the attention of Freakbeat magazine editor Richard Allen who had a record label called Delirium Records (a lot of good bands on Delirium btw check it out). Allen agreed to re-release the Porcupine Tree demos on album initially planning to release a double album of everything but later deciding to release what he considered to be the best of. This best of early Porcupine Tree came to be known as On The Sunday Of Life
1 Music for the Head 2:42
2 Jupiter Island 6:12
3 Third Eye Surfer 2:47
4 On the Sunday of Life... 2:11
5 The Nostalgia Factory 7:27
6 Space Transmission 2:59
7 Message From a Self Destructing Turnip 0:27
8 Radioactive Toy 10:00
9 Nine Cats 3:56
10 Hymn 1:14
11 Footprints 5:51
12 Linton Samuel Dawson 3:04
13 And the Swallows Dance Above the Sun 4:03
14 Queen Quotes Crowley 3:56
15 No Luck With Rabbits 0:46
16 Begonia Seduction Scene 2:20
17 This Long Silence 5:00
18 It Will Rain for a Million Years 10:49
On The Sunday Of Life (1991) - Part 1
On The Sunday Of Life (1991) - Part 2
After On The Sunday Of Life Steven Wilson went on to write more original music for his psychedelic rock band Porcupine Tree on Delirium Records. Porcupine Tree was more and more becoming a serious endeavor but at the same time still was paying homage to the 70s experimental sounds of bands like Pink Floyd and Can. The next release to come from them titled Up The Downstairs was probably the first Porcupine Tree release Steven Wilson meant for people to take seriously. This cd is really trippy and remains one of my favorite Porcupine Tree releases. The copy I have is the original not the remix version with Gavin Harrison so sorry to those that like real drums but to me this version is better.
1 What You Are Listening To... 1:00
2 Synesthesia 5:13
3 Monuments Burn Into Moments 0:22
4 Always Never 7:00
5 Up the Downstair 10:05
6 Not Beautiful Anymore 3:28
7 Siren 0:55
8 Small Fish 2:45
9 Burning Sky 11:09
10 Fadeaway 6:19
Up The Downstairs (1993)
Before Steven Wilson wrote Up The Downstairs he wrote a 30 minute single called Voyage 34 about an LSD trip. Wilson had initially intended to release Voyage 34 as a double album with Up The Downstairs but later rejected this idea and released the original Voyage 34 as a single in 1992. Then in 1993 Porcupine Tree released Voyage 34: Remixes which contained phase 3 and 4 of the voyage that began on the original single. Then in 2000 Porcupine Tree released a compilation of all 4 phases of Voyage 34 in an album titled Voyage 34: The Complete Trip.
1 Phase I 12:56
2 Phase II 17:26
3 Phase III 19:26
4 Phase IV 13:42
Voyage 34: The Complete Trip (2000) - Part 1
Voyage 34: The Complete Trip (2000) - Part 2
The next thing Porcupine Tree would release Moonloop contained the song "Stars Die" which would be the first Porcupine Tree song to get rock radio play time. The rest is history.
PLEASE BUY THESE ALBUMS IF YOU LIKE THEM! Also be sure to see Porcupine Tree live they put on a really good show.
I've noticed a bunch of my friends cant figure out 2 part rars. For the technologically disabled you need to download both parts in order to extract the files. Don't only download the first part expecting to get the first half of the cd...
Now with this joke band they had Steven decided it would be a good idea to write some music to go along with the whole fake back story. As Wilson was writing what he had intended as a joke, he realized that some of the music was actually pretty good. So then came Porcupine Trees first 80 min cassette called Tarquin's Seaweed Farm
1 Music for the Head (Here) 2:44
2 Jupiter Island 6:09
3 Nun's Cleavage (Left) 2:45
4 Clarinet Vignette 1:18
5 Nun's Cleavage (Right) 1:09
6 Space Transmission 2:56
7 Message From a Self-Destructing Turnip 0:28
8 Radioactive Toy 5:49
9 Towel 3:33
10 Wastecoat 1:10
11 Mute (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) 8:06
12 Music for the Head (There) 1:24
13 No Reason to Live, No Reason to Die 11:09
14 Daughters in Excess 6:46
15 Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape 20:39
Tarquin's Seaweed Farm (1989) - Part 1
Tarquin's Seaweed Farm (1989) - Part 2
Steven Wilson sent out the cassette tape to people he thought might like and it ended up spreading around the UK underground. Realizing he might have something with this joke he called Porcupine Tree he decided to write more music of the same throwback 70s experimental style. Two more cassettes were released in 1990 one being The Love, Death & Mussolini EP and the other being The Nostalgia Factory both of which were similar in style to Tarquin's Seaweed Farm. These demos caught the attention of Freakbeat magazine editor Richard Allen who had a record label called Delirium Records (a lot of good bands on Delirium btw check it out). Allen agreed to re-release the Porcupine Tree demos on album initially planning to release a double album of everything but later deciding to release what he considered to be the best of. This best of early Porcupine Tree came to be known as On The Sunday Of Life
1 Music for the Head 2:42
2 Jupiter Island 6:12
3 Third Eye Surfer 2:47
4 On the Sunday of Life... 2:11
5 The Nostalgia Factory 7:27
6 Space Transmission 2:59
7 Message From a Self Destructing Turnip 0:27
8 Radioactive Toy 10:00
9 Nine Cats 3:56
10 Hymn 1:14
11 Footprints 5:51
12 Linton Samuel Dawson 3:04
13 And the Swallows Dance Above the Sun 4:03
14 Queen Quotes Crowley 3:56
15 No Luck With Rabbits 0:46
16 Begonia Seduction Scene 2:20
17 This Long Silence 5:00
18 It Will Rain for a Million Years 10:49
On The Sunday Of Life (1991) - Part 1
On The Sunday Of Life (1991) - Part 2
After On The Sunday Of Life Steven Wilson went on to write more original music for his psychedelic rock band Porcupine Tree on Delirium Records. Porcupine Tree was more and more becoming a serious endeavor but at the same time still was paying homage to the 70s experimental sounds of bands like Pink Floyd and Can. The next release to come from them titled Up The Downstairs was probably the first Porcupine Tree release Steven Wilson meant for people to take seriously. This cd is really trippy and remains one of my favorite Porcupine Tree releases. The copy I have is the original not the remix version with Gavin Harrison so sorry to those that like real drums but to me this version is better.
1 What You Are Listening To... 1:00
2 Synesthesia 5:13
3 Monuments Burn Into Moments 0:22
4 Always Never 7:00
5 Up the Downstair 10:05
6 Not Beautiful Anymore 3:28
7 Siren 0:55
8 Small Fish 2:45
9 Burning Sky 11:09
10 Fadeaway 6:19
Up The Downstairs (1993)
Before Steven Wilson wrote Up The Downstairs he wrote a 30 minute single called Voyage 34 about an LSD trip. Wilson had initially intended to release Voyage 34 as a double album with Up The Downstairs but later rejected this idea and released the original Voyage 34 as a single in 1992. Then in 1993 Porcupine Tree released Voyage 34: Remixes which contained phase 3 and 4 of the voyage that began on the original single. Then in 2000 Porcupine Tree released a compilation of all 4 phases of Voyage 34 in an album titled Voyage 34: The Complete Trip.
1 Phase I 12:56
2 Phase II 17:26
3 Phase III 19:26
4 Phase IV 13:42
Voyage 34: The Complete Trip (2000) - Part 1
Voyage 34: The Complete Trip (2000) - Part 2
The next thing Porcupine Tree would release Moonloop contained the song "Stars Die" which would be the first Porcupine Tree song to get rock radio play time. The rest is history.
PLEASE BUY THESE ALBUMS IF YOU LIKE THEM! Also be sure to see Porcupine Tree live they put on a really good show.
I've noticed a bunch of my friends cant figure out 2 part rars. For the technologically disabled you need to download both parts in order to extract the files. Don't only download the first part expecting to get the first half of the cd...
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Final Episode
The final episode of my show for the semester and I Told U I Was Hardcore is over. The playlist was.
1. Swallow The Sun - Hope
2. Agalloch - Not Unlike The Waves
3. Electric Horsemen - Iron Sharpens Iron
4. Opeth - The Night and the Silent Water
5. Virgin Black - In Death
6. The Doors - The End
Extra Song. Russian Circles - Death Rides a Horse
One error I made was that I accidentally said I saw StS in 2006, it was actually 2007, I sometimes get my years messed up. The one thing I was still right about though is that it was their first time on US soil.
Please check out Electric Horsemen, they are a great new band from Lancaster, PA.
Electric Horsemen Myspace
I also mention Reptilian Records on the show. If you are in the baltimore area check out their store that's right next to the Ottobar. They are having somewhat of a clearance sale right now before they close shop for a little. Fuck this economy etc.
Reptilian Records
This episode is available for streaming in the upper right hand corner of my blog and also available for download at this link I Told U I Was Hardcore Final Episode
1. Swallow The Sun - Hope
2. Agalloch - Not Unlike The Waves
3. Electric Horsemen - Iron Sharpens Iron
4. Opeth - The Night and the Silent Water
5. Virgin Black - In Death
6. The Doors - The End
Extra Song. Russian Circles - Death Rides a Horse
One error I made was that I accidentally said I saw StS in 2006, it was actually 2007, I sometimes get my years messed up. The one thing I was still right about though is that it was their first time on US soil.
Please check out Electric Horsemen, they are a great new band from Lancaster, PA.
Electric Horsemen Myspace
I also mention Reptilian Records on the show. If you are in the baltimore area check out their store that's right next to the Ottobar. They are having somewhat of a clearance sale right now before they close shop for a little. Fuck this economy etc.
Reptilian Records
This episode is available for streaming in the upper right hand corner of my blog and also available for download at this link I Told U I Was Hardcore Final Episode
Sunday, November 30, 2008
diSEMBOWELMENT - Transcendence Into The Peripheral
I have recently rekindled my love for the slower forms of metal and thought I would share one of the gems of the 90s death doom metal scene with my friends. DiSEMBOWELMENT was an Australian death/doom metal band in the late 80s-90s that was very influential in creating the sound that would later be known as death doom metal.
A little bit about their style from wikipedia:
"The band played very slowly (and occasionally with great speed), and relied equally on the atmospheric effects of droning guitars and constant riffing. Disembowelment is credited by many other doom metal groups as being the originators of death/doom, along with the band Winter. The band was known for its atmospheric chanting, slow riffs and spiritual dark elements present in their symphonic, heavily distorted style."
So here for your listening pleasure is diSEMBOWELMENT - Transcendence Into The Peripheral (1993).
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Dream Theater Is A Joke
They write their entire new album in approximately a day which just adds to my and a lot of other peoples theory that at this point they are only in it for the money. This is my impression of Dragon Theater writing process.
petrucci - Hey, check out this solo its totally awesome
portnoy - Holy shit that's good alright lets just throw on 70 mins of rehashed music from 60s-70s bands around this solo. Anyone got any ideas for lyrics?
petrucci - I wrote some poems in middle school lets just use those
portnoy - Good idea our fans are retarded and will buy it anyway. Everyone search your houses for old grade school writings.
labrie - Awesome this means well be on tour soon and can charge our fans $400 to take pictures with us!
rudess - Hey, I'm just in this band because you guys were stalking me.
FUCK Dream Theater and to think I used to like this band.
petrucci - Hey, check out this solo its totally awesome
portnoy - Holy shit that's good alright lets just throw on 70 mins of rehashed music from 60s-70s bands around this solo. Anyone got any ideas for lyrics?
petrucci - I wrote some poems in middle school lets just use those
portnoy - Good idea our fans are retarded and will buy it anyway. Everyone search your houses for old grade school writings.
labrie - Awesome this means well be on tour soon and can charge our fans $400 to take pictures with us!
rudess - Hey, I'm just in this band because you guys were stalking me.
FUCK Dream Theater and to think I used to like this band.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Let The Right One In
Let The Right One In on imdb
The best movie of 2008 hands down. I recommend this movie to anyone that likes a good story with character building. If you were disappointed by the hype surrounding The Dark Knight definitely check this movie out.
Basically the plot is an awkward bullied kid named oskar ends up meeting a strange girl that moved into the same apartment complex as him. He falls in love with her but doesn't know she is a vampire (I didn't spoil anything the viewer knows this from the 2nd scene). I loved this movie because it gave Eli (the vampire) a back story and a conscience which is how a vampire should be. Not some mindless killer like how they are portrayed in a lot of American horror films. I think American horror directors get zombie and vampire confused or are just in it for the money. If you like movies that make you think and don't have a black and white portrayal of good vs. evil then definitely check this movie out if you can find it.
In case you are wondering there is already a Hollywood remake in the works...
Also in other news, WMBC studio is working again so I will be posting my most recent recording soon. In Addition here are some links from stuff that was mentioned in the show.
Mind Of Asian playing Towson on Saturday (I will be there)
Mind Of Asian
Korean woman performs her own plastic surgery
Not for the weak of heart
Next weeks show is going to be a history of hardcore starting with punk rock and going into at least early 90s post-hardcore. There will be modern stuff if time allows.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
Peace In The Middle East
This Tuesday, election day, on wmbc radio Hasan Ali and Mark Max will be putting aside their religious differences to bring peace to the middle east through music. That's right, an election day special show full of politically charged music. You'll get to hear some anarchist grind/crust from hasan and randomness from yours truly. Tune in for some political relief on a stressful day for those who care about this sort of thing. Now for George Carlin on voting
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Mr. Bean and Mark's Favorite Breakdowns on WMBC
This wednesday October 29 on WMBC from 6-7pm eastern US time I'll be playing a playlist of my 20 favorite breakdowns because of my anger at the horrible breakdown videos that are on youtube. My show will feature songs from a large variety of music and not just deathcore like everyone on youtube does. To tune in go to WMBC Radio and then listeners ----> hi-fi.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Blackrose Immortal
Will you fuckers stop screaming out Blackrose Immortal and other random song titles at Opeth shows? Seriously I'm fucking tired of this, if you know anything about Opeth you know they will not play that song and even if they would play the song it would already be in the setlist because get this, THEY DON'T FUCKING TAKE REQUESTS. As a result of Opeth not taking requests all your screaming out random song titles does is interupt Mikael rudely while hes trying to tell a story or introduce a song. Incase you didn't know interupting an artist is a form of heckling. Please from now on shut the fuck up and realize Mikael is NOT A FUCKING JUKEBOX.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
I Told U I Was Hardcore Episode 6
Links from the 6th episode.
The commercial I played
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/261291.html
Links to the shows I mentioned:
Grief and Magrudergrind Friday at The Nowarehouse (I might be there)
http://profile.myspace.com/nowarehouse
http://www.myspace.com/officialgrief
http://profile.myspace.com/magrudergrind
Opeth, High On Fire, and Baroness at Ram's Head Live on Sunday (I will be there)
http://ramsheadlive.com/
http://opeth.com
http://www.myspace.com/highonfireslays
http://www.myspace.com/yourbaroness
The commercial I played
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/261291.html
Links to the shows I mentioned:
Grief and Magrudergrind Friday at The Nowarehouse (I might be there)
http://profile.myspace.com/nowarehouse
http://www.myspace.com/officialgrief
http://profile.myspace.com/magrudergrind
Opeth, High On Fire, and Baroness at Ram's Head Live on Sunday (I will be there)
http://ramsheadlive.com/
http://opeth.com
http://www.myspace.com/highonfireslays
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Saturday, October 18, 2008
I Think This Band Is A Joke But I Love It
And you will too.
I happened to stumble across a band that the term experimental wouldn't cover it. They are a grind/noise/everycore band from Fortuna, California called Antarctica. Their music is all over the place similar to iwrestledabearonce but I think they take their music even less seriously and I can't get enough. Their myspace is right here
They've released one EP titled "S.O.C.K." which apparently stands for "The Somatic Origin of Contemplating Kreatophagia" (O_O) and they are entering the studio in January to record a full length album. Here is S.O.C.K. for your listening pleasure
Antarctica - S.O.C.K.
Also a project I've been digging lately is the mash-up project between Animosity [technical death metal/deathcore] and Drumcorps [Breakcore]. They combine to make some amazing experimental music. The 3 song EP is availble for free download from the Drumcorps website. Here's the link
Animosity & Drumcorps - Altered Beast
I happened to stumble across a band that the term experimental wouldn't cover it. They are a grind/noise/everycore band from Fortuna, California called Antarctica. Their music is all over the place similar to iwrestledabearonce but I think they take their music even less seriously and I can't get enough. Their myspace is right here
They've released one EP titled "S.O.C.K." which apparently stands for "The Somatic Origin of Contemplating Kreatophagia" (O_O) and they are entering the studio in January to record a full length album. Here is S.O.C.K. for your listening pleasure
Antarctica - S.O.C.K.
Also a project I've been digging lately is the mash-up project between Animosity [technical death metal/deathcore] and Drumcorps [Breakcore]. They combine to make some amazing experimental music. The 3 song EP is availble for free download from the Drumcorps website. Here's the link
Animosity & Drumcorps - Altered Beast
Friday, October 17, 2008
I Can't Stop Thinking About This...
...and randomly quoting it. This has to be one of the best interviews ever recorded.
The guys in tony danza are probably the funniest dudes in music and I could only dream of conducting an interview like this.
The guys in tony danza are probably the funniest dudes in music and I could only dream of conducting an interview like this.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
lol blogz
So I made this blog thing for a couple reasons. One being to talk about new obscure music and movies I like or don't and see if anyone gave a shit about what I think. The other being, that I'll be using this blog to discuss my radio show and other things that are happening at wmbc. My show is called "I Told You I Was Hardcore", if you get the reference great don't call attention to it, and I play new experimental hardcore music on my show along with some meme comedy, special guest interviews and other randomness. It comes on 6pm-7pm eastern U.S. time and if you can't listen live the most recent episode will be on this page available for streaming. The link to the wmbc website is http://wmbc.umbc.edu. We are a college radio station however we are free from the fcc because of only having an online broadcast. Also, the power of the webs makes it so you can listen from anywhere in the world.
A word about the title is that deathcore breakdowns remind me of rap music so its just sort of a phrase I came up with.
A word about the title is that deathcore breakdowns remind me of rap music so its just sort of a phrase I came up with.
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