December 12th @ the Gaelic Theatre (what happy birthday that was for me!)

Photos (click on them to see bigger)!

Look! Photos!

Mum and I went on a holiday - to this:

I also went and watched my two uncles do beach sport things. There are actually two people in this photo:

And then this is another photo of Blood Duster because they’re fantastic:

And then Slaughterfest 2009 @ the Sando, Newtown.
Boonhorse:

Summonus:

Looking Glass (swoooooooooooooooooon LOOKING GLASS!):

Ebolie:

Pod People:

And that is all for now

OH YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

There are no photos of Immolate. Me and Metz sat drooling over the merch table. They’re not exciting.

Blood Duster fucking rock.


(Clickity)

The Dwarves are genius

Nick and Michele

Why yes, you are correct – I’m a terrible blogger. Essentially, I just can’t be bothered. I really should just record videos of myself on a random rant and upload those here, because by the time I yell what I think at whoever is listening, I can’t be assed repeating it in written word form. It’s kind of like “oh I feel better now, oh wait… I was going to share that on my blog, not that small, now clearly distressed, child”. But in the spirit of pretending-to-be-busy-because-my-manager-can’t-see-my-computer-screen-and-what-she-doesn’t-know-won’t-hurt-her, I thought I’d better actually write something.

So in previous posts I have discussed the song “Smash the Control the Machine” by OTEP. In a nutshell – hated the song, was still vaguely looking forward to the album. So after hearing said album, I have to say that I wasn’t overly excited by it, but it wasn’t really bad. But I have to let go of OTEP as SEVAS TRA and move on. Unfortunately it’s hard because SEVAS TRA was so fucking good. After the dismal effort that I thought ASCENSION was, STCM was actually alright. Once I got over the fact that Otep Shamaya doesn’t sound nearly as evil as she did on SEVAS TRA (or even HOUSE OF SECRETS for that matter), or that Moke’s drumming let me down a little (lol because it wasn’t as good as SEVAS TRA), or that I knew half the lyrics from previous albums / spoken words / journal entries / twitter updates / etc / etc it was actually quite enjoyable. I didn’t feel like punching out the person sitting next to me on the train (like I did with ASCENSION) which was quite a relief because I wasn’t looking forward to explaining it to the cops. At times I felt like I was in that scene in A Clockwork Orange where he’s strapped down to the chair and made to watch horrible clips of violence to condition him against his evil ways. It’s hard to escape Otep’s intense opinions and while she has an effective way of bringing situations to people’s attention, I don’t particularly enjoy feeling like I’m being preached at. But at the same time, her delivery is quick, witty and biting, and the switch in musical direction suits Otep’s voice better. Evil J is a steady backbone as usual and Rob’s extracurricular  activities have done wonders for his craft.

I want to be a little more energetic about this post, but the usual amount of obnoxiousness, spite and crassness I usually aim for is reserved for things that really boil my blood / get me hot, and this album is kind of like a hug from your senile grandparents – it’s nice because you love them, but you can’t be too impressed because they’re drooling on you. Part me of me really wants to love the new direction OTEP is going (kind of like how everyone wants to be friends with Regina George), but then I realize I don’t really like it so much (like Regina George is a stuck-up bitch).

Because, at the end of the day, I’m really good at getting things to you while they’re still relevant. Not my fault this time #technology fail

Enjoy!

(My backyard at around 5/5.30am)

(Front yard and down the street at closer to 5.30am)

(Train station at 7am)

(View from work at 8.30am)

I love Cherry2000. Like, you have absolutely no idea. I can’t even begin to comment on how excited I was to *ahem* FINALLY get to see them live. If you like your rock, and you like your electro, do yourself a favour and check out Cherry2000. And do it RIGHT NOW:

http://www.myspace.com/cherry2000

I’ve tried to write this review so many times that I’ve given up trying to be intelligent or nice about it.

I hate this song. And it’s sad that I do because I was really pumped about this album. Man, what is this shit? Old-school OTEP line up back together and the best you can do is a cut-up job of the worst song from your last album? I cannot forgive you for the abomination that was “Confrontation.” (Oh Oh! C wut eye did thurr? *Otep joke*)

I can hear it now, the full contingent of Shadow Soldiers hating on me with all their MySpace evil.

Look, it’s not that I don’t agree with what Otep Shamaya has to say, it’s just that I’m tired of hearing the same songs. Whatever happened to the fantastic poetry and awesome power of Sevas Tra? Fuck man, regardless of the amount of effects on Otep’s voice, she still slammed a punch into your side while smoking a blunt, and that rap-metal / beat-poet cool was everything Limp Bizkit dreamed they had (but didn’t, because Limp Bizkit suck). Man, I remember rumors that Marilyn Manson was terrified of Otep Shamaya (but I’m sure that might be something along the lines of a big dog being scared of choking on the little Chihuahua).

Hell, I remember when Otep furiously denied any effects on her vocals. Funny that.

It’s disappointing to look at what OTEP are doing these days. It’s not revolutionary, it’s repetitive. It’s not empowering, it’s pathetic. It’s not special, it’s boring. In this day of economic crisis, job market crashes, unhappy political environments, etc, etc, it’s seems like every man and his dog is writing songs about being shat on by the powers that be. You’d think with the charts saturated in complaining, a band with OTEP’s track-record for politically charged tirades would do something… you know… good.

For all my rage about this song, I can’t 100% write off this album just yet. I’m very curious to know what Emilie Autumn contributed, and there’s always the chance that the album is far better then this song.

But Gods, please don’t let there be another shit Nirvana cover.

SMASH THE CONTROL MACHINE will be released on August 18th

This is how we do it.

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