Here's a blog about things that hipsters hate (and there are oh! so many things).
First on the list: Other Hipsters. To be a true hipster, one does not identify oneself as such. That is why you will often hear dudes in skintight jeans and chicks flashing calculator wrist watches muttering: “Fucking hipsters...”
There is at least ONE post on the dislikes of Hipsters that SK can identify with.
Let me explain: The band members are fans of Aqua Teen Hunger Force (an American animated television series shown on Cartoon Network as part of its Adult Swim late-night programming block), and in 2007, Mastodon performed the opening song of Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, "Cut You Up with a Linoleum Knife".
I demand: This clip needs to be played everytime right before any movie starts.
Let me get this straight: Mastodon is a great band with an appreciation of sludge metal bands like Melvins and Neurosis - picking up pace. Their other stuff is surely more... "serious" (musically speaking)
Hellcat Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. The label, an off-shoot of Epitaph Records, was started as a partnership between the owner of Epitaph, Brett Gurewitz from Bad Religion and Tim Armstrong of Rancid, the latter of whom is generally responsible for signing the bands. The label specializes in ska, punk, oi!, psychobilly and hardcore bands.
So let's focus on those reggae/rocksteady/ska/whatever bands on Hellcat Records to boost a proper laid-back summer vibe.
The Aggrolites: "The group's upbeat, soul-infused reggae attack puts the rock back in rocksteady. Mixing ska, Motown and punk-rock energy with Jamaican rhythm, The Aggrolites tear it up with the intensity of The Clash and the heart of the Caribbean." - Ink Magazine (February 2009)
"So, when you are in the mood to drop your troubles and kick your baggage to the curb, call on The Aggrolites. Forget yourself and feel the dirty reggae!" The Aggrolites - The Sufferer mp3 (right click and save as)
The Slackers: "The band was basically attempting to embrace Jamaican ska, reggae and rocksteady and play it as best as it could, and be true to it, and to ourselves, and bring up other influences that were inspiring us, from bebop jazz to Latin salsa music to British Invasion music, country music. It all comes into the band. We're listening to so much music that we integrate all kinds of styles and influences. But we started out trying to play this music as close as we could to the original and from there, use it as a launching pad."
"Building a diverse catalog, with Jamaican music as its foundation, and after spending more than half the year on the road on average, the band has built one of the most diverse audiences of its generation. You'll find families, rudies, rastas, punks and everything in between at a Slackers show. You'll see the hardcore Agnostic Front freak who spends his Sunday afternoons grooving with his girl to Slackers records."
Tim Armstrong: Musician and songwriter best known for his work with Rancid, Operation Ivy, Dance Hall Crashers, and the Transplants. He is also the owner and operator of Hellcat Records. His backing band: The Aggrolites
Westbound Train: "If the classic soul, smooth reggae, and distinctive storytelling , has you stepping into your neighborhood record shop in search of Otis Redding, the Wailers, or The Specials, nobody would be more stoked than the members of Boston's modern reggae/soul outfit."
"I am fascinated by life in metropolitan areas, surrounded by millions of other people... I love neon signs and public video screens. AND rooftops. Everywhere. Concrete is romantic and beautiful to me."
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Hongkong
Tokyo
Shanghai
colors, lights, details... makes me feel like wanting to walk off and start bladerunning (not inline-skating... moron!)
Destroy all the polygons in each level, by starting a chain reaction. Click on any polygon to start the raction.
The more you destroy, the better you score. Reach the target scores for medals. Medals give you upgrade points to upgrade your polygons.
Refreshing diversion! - Trust SK!
btw: If anyone is on twitter, set your location to Tehran and your time zone to GMT +3.30. "Security" forces are hunting for people blogging about the current abuses of pro-democracy protesters using location/timezone searches. The more people at this location, the more of a logjam it creates for forces trying to shut Iranians' access to the internet down. Please cut & paste & pass it on.
“Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain.”
- Saadi
"This week Iranians turned out in record numbers not seen since the beginning of the Iranian revolution to change their current President Mahmood Ahmadinejad.
Their willingness to exercise their democratic right was both historic and uncommon in the Middle East. Iranians longed for change the same way people in the United States, and indeed worldwide, longed for a new beginning after the Bush years. They were tired of an increasingly delusional President who has thrown their country into economic turmoil and portrayed their country as a conflict seeking entity in the Middle East.
But today the same Iranian regime that has denied a dialogue with the world, denied human rights, denied democracy, denied the Holocaust, is blatantly denying the will of its people by committing massive election fraud to reelect Mahmood Ahmadinejad, and arresting journalists and opposition leaders in broad daylight.
Accepting this deception will be costly not only for the people of Iran but also for the people of the Middle East, with far reaching consequences worldwide.
As you read these words, the people in Iran have taken to the streets in nationwide protests. Despite brutal government suppression tactics the Iranian people are courageously fighting for their rights. As antiriot police batons crush the bones of demonstrators whose only protest is election fraud, Iranians are screaming for the world to hear them: WE DENOUNCE MAHMOOD AHMADINEJAD!
The people of Iran now ask for your support!
We do not expect you to fight our struggle but to help us fight it. We expect people worldwide to put pressure on their governments and politicians not to accept the legitimacy of the Iranian elections and the fraudulent presidency of Mahmood Ahmadinejad. Democratic societies worldwide must not leave the Iranian people alone now that they have risen to the challenge. Instead they need to align their policies with the will of the Iranian people.
Friends, we ask you not to let 70 million people in Iran be taken hostage. Any government that accepts Mahmood Ahmadinejad as the new president of Iran has betrayed the Iranian people, endangered world peace, and has no sympathy for human pain."
The Vandelles are best described as Dick Dale getting high with The Jesus and Mary Chain. That sounds pretty promising doesn't it? (image is taken from their EP)
There’s no ultimate ‘win’ or ‘completion’ in Tetris. In 1988, science masters student John Brzustowski wrote a thesis concluding that the random nature of the shapes which appears mean it is impossible to develop an infinite winning strategy and that it is inevitable that players will lose eventually.
Seriously... I don't expect you to read through this at all but to appreciate the fact that stuff like this is "submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of science".
SK recommends: Chapter 1 -> 1.2 TETRIS meets Plato
moreover I´m thinking about printing out Chapter 4 pages 30-33 "A recipe for your defeat" and leave copies in random mailboxes...
[Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that?...]
nothing to add this time... (find it out for yourself)
[A Place to Bury Strangers has been affectionately lauded as New York City's "loudest band" by various indie reviewers and bloggers throughout the course of their live music career, as well as "the most ear-shatteringly loud garage/shoegaze band you'll ever hear" by The Washington Post. The New York Times applauded their revival of "the ominous, feedback-drenched drones of the 1980s"] Wikipedia entry
"the most ear-shatteringly loud garage/shoegaze band you'll ever hear" - That was saying something!
