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The most overrated things ever

2006-11-02T22:41:00.000-08:00

I was thinking about this, and realised that some things are overrated beyond all doubt. This is what they are.
1. Steve Irwin
Yes, he was a conservationist, yes, he raised awareness, yes I'm sorry that he died, but I don't care that much. In my book, jumping on animals is NOT conservation. Bring back David Attenborough, I say!
I do NOT want to see any more tribute sites or pictures, as it was not at all unexpected that he died considering all the stupid foolhardy stuff he did daily. Bah.
2. Cyanide and Happiness
Some comics are excellent, while others have funny jokes but rubbish drawings, and others have rubbish jokes but good drawings. Then, there is cyanide and happiness. It has ROTTEN jokes and SHITTY drawings. AARGH! Why do so many people like it?
3. Leonardo Da Vinci
His science was incredible but his art really wasn't that good. He had serious problems with proportion, and the mona lisa was a very ugly painting. Plus, he inspired the Da Vinci Code. BAAH! OVERRATED!
4. Black
I am sick of black. I am tired of emo and gothic subcultures, for whom it seems to be a uniform. It is boring. It is an absence of colour and I really don't like wearing it, no matter "how flattering it is to my sillouette." More like it makes me a sillouette. I'd rather wear green, thanks.
5. Windows PCs
Windows is terrible. I say this from experience. It's always breaking down and full of stupid errors. The only good thing about Windows is that it gave Edie Brickell and Weezer a bit of money and exposure with the '95 version. But then, what do you get with XP? Crappy David Byrne, that's what! As someone said, the first thing we learned in year seven was that David Byrne's Like Humans Do was one of the worst songs in the world. That was after we learned how to turn our computers on.
6. Placebo
They gave Elbow a bad reputation, and Brian Molko sounds like a gerbil.

I decided to update more often...and rant

2006-10-31T00:54:00.000-08:00

So. A rant about a few things that have been bothering me:
1. Ten Things I Hate About You
This is NOT a good movie, no matter what anyone says. Just because it has Heath Ledger in it, does not mean it has any merits. It just plays on cheap laughs and of course, it is full of shitty teen high school love story drama-ness. Full stop, it's BAD. Unfortunately everyone my age seems to love it.
2. If you like indie music just because you heard it on the OC, you're an arse-hat
Need I stress this more. The OC is a truly rubbish show, it just happens to have some truly brilliant music on the soundtrack. This doesn't mean anything. Blue Crush had Firesuite by Doves on the soundtrack. Did the idiots who saw it go out and rave about Doves? No.
I don't mind the music being there because it boosts the popularity of the artists and means it's easier for me to buy their albums.
Incidentally, I find out about the music and THEN find out that it was on the OC at one time or another. Almost every band I listen to has been on the OC once!
What I hate, however, is stupid people liking the music JUST because it's cool. Today I saw some silly little year sevens talking about Frou Frou. It was on the OC. Bastards....
3. People who won't allow me to express my opinions
I've really had enough of this. I know I'm blunt, but other people say things in a more abrupt or rude fashion than I do and THEY don't get canned!
Say for example I mentioned that I didn't like My Chemical Romance. Some mouldering individual attacked me for expressing my dislike for what is an incredibly overrated, lame, emo band. Then this mouldering one went on to say that the Grates sounded like a bunch of groupies who picked up guitars and became a band! That's not fair! If she can say that, than surely I can mention that I dislike MCR!
ARGHH!
This goes to anyone who reads the blog. I'm not attacking your mother or spreading lies and slander about some innocent dude. If you don't like it, don't read it, and don't bother complaining.

Elbow the confronting

2006-10-24T04:05:00.000-07:00

I love Elbow. I freaking adore Guy Garvey's beautiful melodic vocals, and just about everything else about them. Not many would agree, so here's a little story.
I was into Doves. Couldn't stop playing There Goes The Fear, when my brother came in.
"Hey listen to this! I found this band called Elbow..they sound like Doves!"
I listened to the song previews. They sounded pretty good. Then a while later I was at JB HiFi store with my Dad and we looked for Elbow. Two CDs. Leaders of the Free World, and Cast of Thousands? But which one?
"That one!" I said decidedly, jabbing my finger at the former. It looked funnier. And I'd made a good choice. Leaders was a melodic, bubbly, happy album with kickarse tracks and singalong choruses. I was hooked.
Now here's why it would have been bad to choose the other one...
I told my friend about Elbow.
"Arrh Elbow! They sound like killing babies!"
"What?" I said, confused. "Surely not!"
I had no idea where she'd gotten that idea from until I got Cast of Thousands. On first listen I was freaked out.
You see, Elbow are confronting. You have to have a certain amount of perseverance and/or bravery to get over the fact that this man is talking about sex tools, pulling ribs apart, and corpses in bathtubs. And it was quite strange - Cast of Thousands is a very close sound. Sounds as if Guy is leaning over your shoulder to tell you dark secrets that maybe he shouldn't know about in the first place.
I mean, so you know a little about Elbow's slightly disturbing approach, take the topic of SUICIDE for example. Doves would sing about persuading your friend not to commit it. Feeder would sing about missing your friend when he's committed it. Elbow would sing about cleaning bits of him off the bathroom wall and having a stiff drink afterwards.
Second listen, I realised I loved Cast of Thousands...it was just that first listen. So, a few pieces of advice. If someone recommends Elbow to you, get Leaders first. Don't be scared of the lyrics. And give it more than one listen before you make up your mind. Elbow can't be summed up by some ambient sounds in the background of a 1:24 minute filler track!

Now, some links.
Here's a hilarious Elbow interview
Here's a link to their myspace, where you can hear the happy songs from Leaders of the Free World
Lastly, and not for the fainthearted, here's a link where you can hear the songs Powder Blue and Newborn. Slightly disturbing imagery, but both beautiful songs. Here

Anyone a Doves fan?

2006-08-29T16:05:00.000-07:00

I've got to say, I love the band Doves. The only problem is that NO ONE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD KNOWS ABOUT THEM! I mean, I ask at school about Doves. Only one girl knows who they are, even though a lot of them watch the doomly OC and probably have heard Caught By The River.
Now, I have no idea how I can get the average person to post comments, as my blog isn't exactly whiz bang and no one notices it. But still. Can someone possibly answer these questions about Doves?

1. Why the hell does my album leaf for Some Cities only provide lyrics for half the songs? Is it supposed to do that, is it a universal glitch, or is it just mine?

2. Why does every reviewer like Lost Souls the best? And thinks Some Cities is a let down? Personally, I didn't like Lost Souls nearly as much as the others - too instrumental.

3. Why is it impossible to find any information about the band members of Doves? I mean, all I know is the stuff they say everywhere, Sub Sub, the studio fire, blah blah blah. For just about every other band in the entire world it is possible to pull up long stalker-esque dossiers on every single member. As a contrast, take facts I know about the lead singer Jimi Goodwin:
*He looks exactly like a teacher who used to be at my school (Mr Wigley.) Ironically, I can't make comparison photos because Mr Wigley seems to be just as elusive.
*He chain smokes
*He's from Manchester
*He's mates with Elbow
*He sats fuck a lot
Brilliant. I could write his life story.

4. Last but not least, why does no one know about Doves? They're by far not as wanky as Coldplay, or as over-hyped as the Arctic Monkeys. They're from flipping MANCHESTER! And they were on the OC. Normally when a band is on the OC everyone immediately goes out and buys a million cds.
Personally I don't want Doves to be popular, but can someone know why they are?

(I'm sick today. Got nothing better to do. And yes, that picture is Jimi Goodwin. Or Mr Wigley, depending on what way you look at it.)

What the hell is with this photo?

2006-05-29T03:04:00.000-07:00

Well, don't get me wrong - I love the French band Air. But they are two thirty year old men who sing like little girls with French accents - that in itself is scary. My brother thinks they are gay. Hell, the more I see - such as the clip for Sexy Boy - the more I think they're gay as well.
A conversation with my brother went a little like this:
"I don't think Air are gay - both the guys have kids."
My brother replies with "Are you sure it wasn't an anal birth?"

The image above - I looked on the internet for an image to put in my "AARGH SCARY" folder. My AARGH SCARY folder is where I put freaky things like centipedes made out of dolls, overblown Wacko Jacko caricatures and pictures of Brandon Flowers wearing way too much eyeliner than is good for him.

Then, I found this photo. It is scarier than anything I have in AARGH SCARY. I went to the website that hosted it - and found a review of their album Talkie Walkie. The image has no caption. Why are they like that? What is the guy holding? What is the meaning of this image???? WHAT THE HELL!!!

Basically, if you have any idea about what the original image is, can you please tell me? I'm lost!
You should also check out Air's website www.intairnet.com
It's even got the game pong there! An awesome site.
Still wondering about that picture though.....

Hello and welcome to the blog of evilness!

2006-05-27T21:20:00.000-07:00

Well, my name is louisa and I got a blog so I could post comments on that of my cousin's. No other reason. There's nothing exciting happening here. I'm trying out my new sexy macintosh keyboard plugged into my lame old acer laptop (which is too rubbish to have a functioning keyboard) and I'm eating a Granny Smith apple at the encouragement of my health conscious mother, who accuses me of not eating enough fruit (true.)
She tells me that it is "world wee week" (tragically true!) and that therefore we have to drink lots of water. God I hate drinking water when I'm not thirsty!
Not much happening at all. And tomorrow it's monday. >:0
How awful!