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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
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12:32 pm - First year list! With stuff!
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Hey! SO, since I'm bank-ridden with the flu, and coughing and wheezing like a mine-worker, I decided to present you with this year's list of most awesomest music. I know that we still have three weeks to go, so perhaps there'll be some last minute changes, but until that time, this is IT!
1: Funeral Mist- Maranatha
By far the most impressive record of the year. This is fast, raw, all-overpowering, bloodthirsty black metal. The entire album is built up so well. Every now and then a song brings some eerie tranquillity before you're grabbed at the throat and pushed back into hell again. The song "Anathema Maranatha" is my favourite, with a chilling refrain and an outro which made me mutilate myself on several occasions.
http://alexi-metalheaven.blogspot.com/2009/03/funeral-mist-maranatha-2009.html
2: Drudkh- Microcosmos
For a long time, it was between Durdkh and Funeral Mist. But whereas Funeral Mist encompasses rage, Drudkh is all about atmosphere. This is black metal, but made from a "Ukranian farmer in the woods" perspective. And as horrible as this might sound, it really feels like you're with a couple of people from the woods around the campfire, singing songs and remembering days gone by. With the addition of feedback. But especially "Ars Poetica" is a beautiful song, as are all 4 real songs on this magnificent album.
http://blackmetalownsyou.blogspot.com/2009/06/drudkh-microcosmos.html
3: Anaal Nathrakh- In the constellation of the black widow
What can I say, I love anger. And from the first second onward, you flesh will be removed from your bones by the sheer power and hate spewing from your speakers for half an hour. Good lord. This is pure and absolute assault. And that's why I like it. Even though it is a band you can only listen to ever so often, you're always left with the impression that you're lucky you came out alive. And, for a change, the riffing on this album is actually quite good as well, mixing the grind and hardcore bits with decent death-metal. Especially the song "Oil upon the sores of lepers" stands out for me.
http://blackmetalownsyou.blogspot.com/2009/07/anaal-nathrakh-in-constellation-of_02.html
4: Mouthbreather- thank you for your patience
I've become a bit of a cynical twat. Every 'new' screamo band is hailed by me with words like 'oh yeah, X did the same thing 10 years ago. But better.' or 'wow, you almost sound like X'. I hate it, but it's there. And then, sudenly, a band plays in your town, and you have to revise your whole mindset. Yes, they sound like Wow, Owls! And yes, they sound like Transistor, Transistor. But they seem to make a mix of these bands, add some of their own, and give an extremely dancable mixture of heart-driven screamo. I was dancing my ass off then, and I still do so when I play the record, especially "Girth of a nation". Best screamo record of the year, no doubt.
http://www.mediafire.com/?m0qd10twn5y
5: Molina/Johnson
Jason Molina is my saviour, not Ian McKaye. And even though he tends to produce fairly bland country records with Magnolia Electric Co., each record has at least two songs that make me fall in love with him again. And even though he brought out "Josephine" with said band, this record obliterates it completely. This is a record done in three days. Remember his heart-rendering solo records? Imagine those with slightly better production, and the addition of a slightly morose friend with a beautiful fragile voice. This is the ideal autumn record. Put it on, get some hot chocolate and sit close to someone you love when you quieytly mumble along with "For as long as it matters". Goosbumbs.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?gzmnlyyojz4
6: Converge- axe to fall
Put on record, bend over a little, and as the first guitar note resonates, run head first into a wall. Then, go spastic, jump onto people, grab kitchen utensils and run into the streets screaming indecipherable threats, run back home, jump back into the living room through a window and start gnawing on either your loved ones ankles or the closest chair. That's kinda how this record should take you. Even though some people talk this record down because of the "Mastodon influences", that's nonsense. The thing is that you now actually hear what the guitarist is playing instead of a static vortex of destruction. This is poignant, gripping and intense and deserves to be heard and shouted along to. The song "Cutter", whilst short, makes me want to strangle people every time I hear it. Awesome.
http://www.mediafire.com/?nvwmzyl45ji
7: Bill Callahan - Sometimes I wish we were an eagle
When this came out in March I believe, Herman texted me that this was going to be the best record of the year. But since he has always had a penchant for old, sad men I kinda put it aside. But I suddenly found it trickling into my everyday playlist. The dark, gloomy voice of Bill Callahan (ex-Smog) combined with the sparse but enchanting orchestrations give a very odd mixture of springtime hope and autumn defeat. The lyrics are witty and sad, and especially the song about Joanna Newsom, who left hem for a comedian, makes you just want to grab him and hold him and tell him everything will be ok in the end. Not that he will believe you, but still. Listen to "All thoughts are prey to some beast" and fall in love.
http://rapidshare.com/files/214538982/Bill_Callahan_-_Sometimes_I_Wish_We_Were_An_Eagle_-_2009.rar
8: Gris/Sombres forets- Miserere Luminis
For quite some time, I was a big fan of the so-called suicidal blackmetal. Extremely dramatic blackmetal with orchestrated bits and pieces, piano interludes with tortured screams etc. But this soon started to bore me, so I moved on. And then this jewel came along and dragged me back down. This is for me all that suicidal black should have. The classical atmospheres, haunted clean vocals, shredding shrieks, deep grunts, weird songstructures and an overall feeling of discomfort. This record, along with Toorn- De Galgenberg and Kilte-s/t, revived my interest in this genre. I hope it can open up some of it for you. "Miserere Luminis" is the perfect song. Too bad about the ending of the record though.
http://trulmalder.blogspot.com/2009/11/gris-sombres-forets-miserere-luminis.html
9: Coalesce - OX+OXep
Sean fucking Ingram. SEAN INGRAM. The fist singer ever who left me with jaw wide open and eyes ajar. Lydia and I went to see them perform this year, and HOLY SHIT! Amazing voice, amazing guys, scary guitarplayer. This is just such a well-balanced record. Odd intermezzo's, raging blasts, weird time signatures and above all Sean fucking Ingram bellowing out his intelligent lyrics. Must have for everyone who ever liked the chaotic metalcore times from the 90s.
http://www.mediafire.com/?anm20lhnzln
10: Drowning with our Anchors- You can never go home again
Number 10 on the list is always difficult. I still had some 6 records I wanted to put in, but I chose this one out of sentiment. I saw DwoA perform in the beginning of this year and for half an hour, I was lost in the crowd, carried along by their music. Raw, intense emotion, disguised as a post-rockish mix of Funeral Diner and City of Caterpillar. But so much more than that. The people in this band, all of them, are so so sweet. They really pour their hearts out on stage AND off stage, and you almost feel obliged to share your innermost fears and desires with them, either via talking or via getting lost in their music. It's quite a listen, and I can imagine you don't really get/like the music on record, but do yourself a favour and go see them perform and be amazed. Pure.
http://www.mediafire.com/?mdfzb1jhncq
current mood:  sick
current music: Toorn- Het Laatste Oordeel
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| Saturday, November 28th, 2009
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2:24 pm - Call me Ahab
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| Thursday, November 12th, 2009
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2:12 pm - Time as Methodology
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Hey lovely people!
Things are looking up for Alethe! (First of all, Alethe is the new name of the monsterband formerly known as Liar Liar Cross On Fire. Add us asap on www.myspace.com/aletherevealed)
We're releasing our new record in january probably! It's going to be called "A Rage of Rapture Against the Dying of the Light", and will be released on Apollon Records. In februari, we'll tour Europe together with Fehler (An amazing sludge/core band),and next wednesday, we're playing in Amsterdam together with Bone Awl, a fucking harsh blackmetal band. This is our first show ever with a "proper"blackmetal band, and I really hope that this will launch us into obscureness. It was always difficult to get shows outside of the social circles, and now suddenly I was called for this show by someone who digged our music. AWESOME!
This will be our first show as a quintet! After two years of harsh noise, we kinda knew that an extra guitarist was kinda needed to bring somewhat more texture to the sound, and luckily Demian, guitarist of Fehler and banjo-player on our record, was really siked to join us. The first sessions were cool, but when we played Non Timetis Messor for the first time with Demian, I lost it. Amazing. Be there!
Speaking about losing it, this tuesday, I went to the movie "Bright Star"with Lydia, about the life and love of the poet John Keats. A really impressive movie, good acting, beautiful pictures, endearing storylines and the ending was a reading of the poem Ode to a Nightingale by the actor who played John Keats. I'm not completely sure why, but I suddenly found myself in tears, listening to the poem. It touched something. Go see this movie.
xox
current mood:  head hurts
current music: Bad Religion- Shattered Faith
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| Sunday, November 1st, 2009
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9:02 pm
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"i'm gonna shout until i'm hoarse
drink until i can't see
laugh until i can't breathe
up here we'll be taller than the city
shout at the night
raise a fist to life
forget about suicide
if only for just one night.
when our hearts have all been beaten and bruised
and we're all pretty fucking confused
and I am always prepared to lose
so i'll explain it all to you
through alcohol and bad tattoos
if i talk and i laugh too loud
it's 'cause i'm trying to forget i'm sad
it's because things can get pretty bad
but i'd like to believe that...
...somewhere i'll find someone who's going nowhere
and we'll go there
and we'll go there
somewhere i'll find someone who's going nowhere
and we'll go there
and we'll go there
together."
Mandatory. http://www.mediafire.com/?yzmi2jymzzk
In local news, I'm dead. But, on the other hand, my band got signed! Yes, we still have to discuss some stuff, but with some certainty, we're on the roster of Apollon records (apollonrecords.nl). Now to get that worldtour.
current mood:  clinically dead
current music: Lja- Skamslaadte Engler
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| Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
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6:36 pm - Stolen footsteps
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Hey people!
Last saturday, I had one of the best nights in a very very long time. Bart, a good friend of mine from Nijmegen, had been harassing me for quite some time with a Canadian singer/songwriter, Eamon McGrath. He mailed that Eamon was playing in his city, and that I should come and that I could sleep at his place. Well, okay.
For some time, I have been kinda down and thinking that due to work and stuff, I wasn't really able anymore to party all night long. I mean, most nights, my eyes fall shut around 12ish. But this night, I danced till half past five. it was AWESOME.
The show itself was really good, Eamon is a really nice guy, as was his touringbuddy Peter, and his music is pretty intense. But after playing, the disco started, and boy, did I dance! Did we dance! I was "hakking" for what must have been two hours straight, Bart and me were rubbing onto Eamon to the music of LL Cool J, and all in all, as I said, I was stoked for an entire night. For those not in the know, "hakken" is dancing like this. You had to be here in the 90's to fully comprehend it. Don't try.
Yesterday, Lydia and I went to see Up. Lovely movie, lovely company. I had some doubts these last months, but that had to do more with me getting to terms with new routines than us. I love her. Look at this picture. Makes me smile like a mad squirrel every time.
I've just finished reading the book "Burning Fight: The Nineties Hardcore Revolution in Ethics, Politics, Spirit, and Sound", and it was awesome to read interviews with the people who inspired me then. (aka: Brian Dingledine, Greg fucking Bannick!, Chris Colohan, Mike Kirsch) and reading so many stories and learning so many new people and stories made me realise that they still inspire me! These last days, I've been playing loads of 90's hardcore, discovered some 'new' bands (like Racetraitor! HOLY SHIT!) and I'm feeling more happy with the hardcore scene. As all the old farts, I was complaining a lot these last years, but once again I was reminded that if you want change, you need to change things yourself. Prepare yourself for another posifest.
xo
current mood: tired
current music: Spitboy- Wizened
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| Thursday, September 17th, 2009
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5:47 pm - Howl mockery at the cross
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Today, I gave the best lesson I ever gave. Seriously.
I had my 6th grade (17-18 years old) and I had planned to teach them about First World War poetry (as you might know, my favourite poetic era). But I had to do something to spice it up, I thought. I mean, alas, but nowadys, kids aren't that impressed with war anymore. They've become fairly apathetic and lethargic in this area (as, I have to admit, I have a bit lately). So I wanted to bring the war closer to home.
So what a colleagaue of mine and I did, was hang aroun the school yesterday, waiting for everyone to go home. After that, we sealed off all windows of my classroom with wood and plastic, and taped all the curtains shut. Darkness imprisonates me.
After that, we made a trench-like contraption, using all the tables in the classroom to create a winding path through darkness. We taped cloths and boards across the tables (which were put on their sides) and made occasional openings therein. This gave us a path of about 10 meteres I thnik, winding and all.
This morning, before classes started, I put damp cloths along the path and I projected on a screen of 12m2 the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan (I know, I know, that's 2nd WW. But you get the idea). I put the volume on max, and I had my History colleague screaming at the kids, forcing them into the trenches (he was really screaming "GET IN YOU LAZY BITCHES! ON YOUR KNEES!". Awesome) and while they were crawling, they were surrounded by darkness, loud war-noises, flashes of light, and me, screaming at them thorugh the tables, punching the tabletops, yelling "MOVEMOVEMOVEMOVE!". I had put seats ready with the first poem of the day on it.
That was the start of the lesson. They were completely awestruck, slightly shocked, and immediately grasped the poetry it seemed. I had so much fun, they did as well in the end, I got lot of compliments from them for doing something weird but useful. *glowing with pride*.
But seriously, how can you read this poem and not be moved.
Dulce et Decorum est Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots,
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame, all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of gas-shells dropping softly behind. Gas! GAS! Quick, boys! -- An ecstasy of fumbling
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time,
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime. --
Dim through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning. In all my dreams before my helpless sight
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning. If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin,
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs
Bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, --
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori. *note: the last lines mean: It's sweet and beautiful to die for your coüntry.
current music: Napalm Death- Greed Killing
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| Sunday, September 6th, 2009
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10:19 pm - phantasmal myriads of sane bucolic birth
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Yesterday, I had half an hour of intense and immense fun, jumping around a trampoline, trying summersaults and failing fantastically.
The first week of teaching has passed and this is going to be my year. For the first time ever I decided to be a planner, and lo and behold, everything is working out as planned! Sheer. bloody awesomeness. Beside that, the kids are really enthousiastic from the start, and respond really well to my suggestions.
With these two parts, I want to tell the world that I'm getting more responsible, but I'm still a kid at heart. Fuck it! NEVER GROW UP!
current mood:  siked!
current music: Bad Religion- mediocrity
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| Sunday, August 30th, 2009
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10:29 pm - And so I'm living the lie of the days slipping by
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Yes, alive. Yes, busy as hell whilst having vacation.
A lot of thing have been happening. Since I have my first day of work tomorrow I'll summarise.
- I went to Rome for 5 days with Lydia. Heat, sun, warmth and culture. And rose-flavoured ice cream. And The Food not Bombs compilation for 10 euros. And the best cheese ever. And love. And nasal problems.
- I had a problem with my house, had to look for another one, then didn't. End of the line: I'll be living in Utrech for at least another year. After that, I'm buying. YES! BUYING! So I can finally get my metal-basement where Nargaroth can perform.
- I have a beard. Best idea ever.  . See?
- The band Liar Liar Cross On Fire is dead. We decided to change our name because we weren't the partymoshblackband anymore. We're now called Alethe, and if you ask me to explain the name, I'll show you the horrible pretentiousness of this band. Our new record will be awesome. We're talking with labels now actually. How weird is that?
- Lydia and I are amazing together. I want to name my firstborn son Varg Walthur Abubakari Kareem Abdul Jabbar, and she doesn't. This is the only glitch so far. And we'll get around that somehow.
xo
current mood:  good
current music: The Pine- Monocles
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| Thursday, June 25th, 2009
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10:40 pm - Even though...
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I should get to bed, I have talked way too little again about my life. Work is kinda getting me down due to bitching from all sides, including mine. But that's the comin vacation I think. This was my second year at this school, and I can really feel that next year will be (one of my) last. I want to develop myself, in a smaller school preferably. The huge moloch of organisation keeps on rubbing me in the face and I'm getting tired of fighting it constantly. I don't see it as giving up per se. But rather be forgotten than remembered for giving in. Innit.
And I saw this on Lydia's LJ and I wanted to do it too.
Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you. These words are from </a>![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) luna_puella
1. Tall
Yes, I am 2m04, which is 6"8ish I believe. I have always been one of the taller ones, but it wasn't until I was 14 that I really took off. I grew over 12 cm in 3 months, and you can still see the marks on my back. Even though people tend to think it has its downsides only, I really see it as something positive. I'm easily recognised, I can see everything and anyone anywhere, I can reach everything, and well, I've gotten used to it. I'm kinda lucky that my feet are quite small for my length, but buying clothing is hellish. Lengthsize 40 pants are not that easy to find. And even though I have the xchest of a small child, I do have monkey arms, so getting something with sleevs is neigh impossible. Yet still, I'm really happy with my height.
2. Phonology
A love of old. I'm getting angry with myself more and more for ignoring this part of my education, since I really loved it. But I don't have the time and the mental space anymore to constantly think about it. Strangely enough, I had a discussion in the train today about creole-formation, and I really felt the knowledge bubbling up again. I still love discussing language.
For the laypersons, Phonology looks at what comprises a sound made to communicate. And how these characteristics intermingle, how they influence, what are the minute differences with producing them whcih constitute a world of differences when listening. My thesis is still around here somewhere to download I think.
3. Metal
\M/ YES! When I was 9, my dad gave me a tape with Metallica's Black Album on one side, and some Mr. Big songs on the other side, and I actually played it until it fell apart. As I grew older, I got involved with black/death metal which was really popular at that time, bands like Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir. Then, suddenly, I got tired of it and started listening to punk. WHich lead me to hardcore. And then there was metalcore. And then Nu-metal. And suddenly I had gone full circle. 3,5 years ago I started listening to blackmetal again after hearing a song by Nargaroth which was so pissed off and full of hate that it kinda inspired me. Ever since, I have been listening to modern black metal, which is in many ways has so much more in emotion, pissed-offness (neologism) and heart than most of the modern hardcore bands. Many people tend to be surprised when I tell about the band I'm in, or the music I like. "But you're such a sweet guy!". But it is because of this music that I can be this positive. The best black metal bands are those which inspire a certain cathartic feeling in me, that by going through the negativity and hateful feelings, I can leave them behing and rise anew. This is certainly what keeps us as a band going. If you want to listen to what helps me, check out: Drudkh, Wolves in the Throne Room, Shining, Funeral Mist, Marduk.
4. Teaching
I knew I wanted to be a teacher since the first grade of highschool. I love talking to people, I know I'm pretty smart and so I can explain things things rather well I do think. That combined with my horrible sense of egocentric dramaqueenism and the constant desire to be liked made me try to be a Biology teacher at first. Because I suck at numbers, I failed. English then? Score!
But the most important part of teaching, to me, is the social part. Your involved with dozens of growing adults. You see little kids growing up. You see them form their opinions, evolve their relations, trying out their egos, and it's so so so so wonderful to be a part of this. Kids sometimes give me letters or presents, and I seriously cry when they're gone. They get to me every time. I do love them in a weird way. Anouk, who was also a teacher, always told people that she didn't want children "because she had 30 as it was". But how the hell could you not want children when you are working with them on a daily basis?! They're honest, slightly off-kilter and have way less inhibitions than most adults do. Recipe for succes and awesomeness!
Do I see myself doing this forever? I'm not completely sure. It wears me down, constantly giving everything, but I wouldn't do it for less. We'll see when I crack.
5. Love
Ahhhh, love. One of my better and worse points is that I have lots of love to give, and I happily spread it around. When I start a relationship, I go full power ahead, and I can easily tell whether or not this is something for me, because when a relationship is truly there, I feel an immense love for her, for life, for everything, gripping me after a couple of days already. I'm always kinda scared to tell this to the girlfriend, because it tends to scare people away, but I feel it anyway.
With Ilse, I had the first relationship ever where I could actually feel the love dying away. A month or two before it officially died, we were done. But still, I kept on gripping to ghosts past, hoping that it could be revived. But apparently, once my love is killed it's gone. Weird.
I loved Lydia from the second date onward. We were talking in a cafe, and the spakle in her eyes as she laughed completely blew me away. I tried to cover it up by talking faster and faster about, well, music probably. But I knew it from then. I was reaaly hoping she'd feel the same. I told her I loved her after I believe three weeks? I'm not completely sure whether or not she was shocked. But we've said it to eachother a cvouple of times now, and it feels amazing. She's the first girlfriend to whom I'm not afraid to speak about my feelings. I'm one of those soppy romantic guys who likes to talk about things being forever. She's with me on this I think. Amazing.
current mood: sleepy
current music: Drudkh- Blood in our wells
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| Sunday, June 7th, 2009
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6:28 pm - PO-SI-TIVE-LY PO-SI-TIVE!
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High fives to the world!
Life has been treating me well. Quick update due to needing to steal someone's laptop to type this. And when I say steal I mean "covertly borrowing it for life-threatning situation, no really".
* Lydia is amazing. She dragged me into a comic bookstore. And a recordstore. And we have the healthiest lovelife I ever had. And her smile kills. Rant. <3.
* The band is amazing. Finished up the basslines and the banjotrack this thursday, on tuesday we are going to re-amp the bass to give it a NEKROKVLT-fuzz. Of doom. And I am going to scream 4 lines for the album. AFter that, we're done.
* I've just finished checking my exams, and I have (well, probably) only 4 out of 30 who have failed the exam. Which is ok. My favourite student (kinda) actually passed the test, while we were both hoping for "not too big a fail". Can't wait to see her face.
*New records coming out that are driving me mad. Anaal Nathrakh, Coalesce, Shining, Minsk. GIMME MORE!
* I just bought Ezra Pound's Literary Essays, with an introduction by T.S. Eliot! Woohoo!
Hope you're all well!
/ I've just edited out 5 typo's. Good lord. Next time you see these, pelt my head with pebbles.
current mood: SIKED
current music: xThrowdownx- RAISE YOUR FIST!
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| Monday, June 1st, 2009
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10:10 pm
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LOOK! KISSING GEEKS!
In other news, the new Coalesce album is mandatory for everyopne even closely related to loud music. Good lord.
current mood:  loved
current music: Coalesce- Dead is dead
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| Sunday, May 31st, 2009
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6:59 pm - IN MY HEART THERE'S A STAR NAMED AFTER YOU!
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Lads 'n lasses!
I've just returned from London (UK), and it was awesome! I was there to accompany 33 kids in their exploration of this wonderful city and, save 2 or 3 kids, they were all extremely motivated and posi! I actually walked around the National Gallery, looking at and discussing paintings with 5 kids for over 2 hours! These are the ones that keep me going. I'm bloody tired now though, and my bloodsugars are still going everywhere. Hopefully I'm able to recover soon.
With Lydia, everything (well, nearly ) is going absolutely amazing! We spent over 3 hours in a hammock yesterday, just chatting and kissing away. I'm feeling giddy everytime I see her. Wow. Her knowledge on books and words keeps on suprising and enrapturing me, and this morning we listenened to my bands, and she wasn't scared at all! Which either means that we have become a pop-band, or that she is THE BEST EVER. Time will tell.
This week, somewhere, I'm going to finish the recordings of the new LLCOF record (which will probably be called "Prometheans unbound"), so within the next months, a new wave of BR00TAL BLAKK will be cascaded along the ravished hills of Glandywwy. Be warned.
Now to get my head and bloodsugars in check so I can have a proper relationship. Argh! I'm in love again.
current mood: happy
current music: Burning Love- demo (THANKS MELISSA!)
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| Sunday, May 24th, 2009
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9:22 am - These are these days of our lives
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Okay, I seem to have internet working for some minutes now so I'll try to update.
In half an hour's time, we'll be starting our last hour of recording. These past two days were filled with ENDLESS drumtracks, but when we started to record the gutiars, we had two out of four layers within 2 hours time! So today, I'm finally going to play some bass. Siked! The last song of the album, "Non Timetis Messor", has somehow grown to become the track which reminds all of us of the great times in life, whether it be with girlfriend, friends, music or whatever, and it is hands down the most emotional track we have ever recorded. Every time we play it, I get goosebumps, and I just want to kiss people randomly. Well, semi-.
Tonight I'm seeing Lydia again, and after that I'm off to Londen for 5 days, trying to get 33 children (15-17 yrs.) to behave in an orderly fashion whilst pretending to be interested in foreign culture. It's going to be a blast. But why, oh why, did I start a new relationship just before going off somewhere? Pining away for 5 days, looking forward to it :(.
And even though I still can't really tell you all about her, her name is Lydia, she's 22 years old, writing her thesis for Literature Sciences, she has the best taste in books I have ever known, she loves Canadians and their music, has a smile plus eyes that melt me every time I see them, and she smells like love.
Sappy bastard.
xox
http://www.vslcatena.nl/Members/moshaap/06 Rivers.mp3 (this song has been playing constantly these last days)
current mood:  enthralled
current music: Rain - Rivers ( BEST D.C. SONG EVER!)
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| Friday, May 22nd, 2009
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9:02 am - JESUS CHRIST LOOKS LIKE ME
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I'm off to record in half an hour's time, and I'm fucking fucking fucking stoked to do so. I'm feeling kinda tired, but inspired. Or summink. It's mainly nerves I guess. Above title is the theme of this weekend, Type O Negative's "Christian Woman" is far better for conveying the emotions and doubts we have than any of our songs would ever be.
And in local news, I have a new girlfriend! When I have somewhat more time, I'll rant on her awesomeness, but for now, just know that I'm smitten. YES! SMITTEN!
Which rhymes with kitten. QED.
current mood: WOOHOO!
current music: KinderTotenLieder- I
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| Monday, May 18th, 2009
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9:44 pm - Why did it take me so long to see?
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ALL THIS SHIT IS FREE!
I'm walking, well, crabwalking my way around the house, singing along with What Price, Wonderland? I still think this is a hugely underrated band, awesome screamo-ish indy. You can really feel the fun and the passion.
But so, yeah. Things have been excellent here. We're going to record our next seminal record this weekend, and be warned, it will have the BANJO OF DOOM. And one of the lyrics is so sucking intense when combined with the music that Joost and I tend to find eachother rolling around on the ground by the time we get to the last sentence. Which is "a welcoming omen of beating hearts" which I find the best line I have ever written. I'm SO STOKED!
And this wednesday, Lydia is coming over for the third date. It's scary how me match. I'm feeling butterflies again, we can talk about any imaginable book for ages, and she is the best kisser I ever had the pleasure of sharing this with. Giddy!
That's it. 5 more weeks of school, then I can really start harassing you with useless data. I love you guys.
current mood: woohoo!
current music: What Price, Wonderland? - 35 with a wink
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| Saturday, May 16th, 2009
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7:17 pm - like a child I wake
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| Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
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8:37 am - Made my day: the saga continues
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"BANANA SOY MILK TASTES LIKE IT WAS MILKED FROM THE BANANA BY GREAT ODIN HIMSELF."
Canadians, gotta love them
current mood: happy
current music: Dinosaur Jr.
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| Monday, April 20th, 2009
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9:56 pm - Made my day
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| Saturday, April 18th, 2009
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12:46 pm - Misanthropic Panzerfrost Dominion
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I had a swell couple of days! Even though tonight was the first night in two weeks time where I slept for more than 4 hours, and I had to take the day off of work yesterday, I'm kinda getting back on track.
This Thursday, Daniel and friends stayed over at my place. Even though we couldn't really talk for a long time, it was awesome to provide Mancunian friends a place to crash, and it was great meeting new people again. Daniel gave me the full discography of his band Hammers, and Melissa, YOU should definitely check this (as sould everybody else)! It's amazing rocking crusty hardcore, Ambulance-esque! www.myspace.com/hammers625
Last night I went to see Drowning with our anchors and Gods and Queens, and both bands were AMAZING! Again! The DWOA guitarplayer is Josh, the singer of Burial Year! We talked about life and about getting old...:) And then, when they played, I totally got a City of Caterpillar vibe! YES! YES! YES! I was crooning along, eyes closed, bumping into people (Wally mostly) and just, you know, out there. Amazing.
Gods and Queens was really good as well! I was shouting at the singer beforehand because he was making horrible jokes about people with glasses. But then I insulted him for being such a puny human, so he gave me a beer. Weird, but funny. After they performed their Unwoundish set, with HEAPS of noise and feedback we just talked for a while about everything. I still get amazed at the huge amount of sweet, passionate people involved in "the scene". If the world was a screamoshow, peace would dominate. And glasses would rule.
I'm still tired, but I got a lot to do. Take care you all!
1. Put Your iTunes on Shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write down the name of the song no matter how silly it sounds!
4. Put any comments in brackets after the song name.
What do your friends think of you?
This picture was my heart (Kite Flying Society) well, yes, everybody still thinks I'm to nostalgic
If someone says, "Is this okay?" You say?
Flowers for nothing! (Jellyroll Rockheads) True, I'm a hippy
How would you describe yourself?
What Could've been (Fucked up) :D like!
What do you like in a guy/girl?
The Prince of Parties (Flight of the Copnchords) :D
How do you feel today?
No Place Left (Facedown) yes, I was just looking at my desk, and it's true.
What is your life's purpose?
My Two Feet (The Pine) True. Put me in a wheelchair and I'll kill myself.
What is your motto?
Black Candles Burning Out (Drowning the light) \M/
What do you think about very often?
Bleed alone (Impure Wilhelmina) Uhm. No. But I do bleed a lot. Got terrible gums.
What is 2 + 2?
Joe's Dad looks like Michael Moore (L'Antietam) meh
What do you think of your best friend?
Neuvo (UUTUUS) Well, Jip does like Finnish hardcore.
What do you think of the person you like?
...And Heaven Fell (Musta Surma) All my friends are heathens.
What is your life story?
Alone and unaware, the landscape was transformed in fornt of our eyes (Red Sparowes) . Good one!
What do you want to be when you grow up?
United and Strong (S.O.D.) HELL YES!
What do you think of when you see the person you like?
Sweet Surrender Be True (Esmerine) :D
What will you dance to at your wedding?
Stations-Seed of Corruption (Big Black) :)
What will they play at your funeral?
Dark 3.12 (Darkspace) Oh man, 18 minutes of blastbeats. AWESOME! Best funeral ever!
What is your hobby/interest?
Territory (Sepultura) I'm a Lebensraumy kinda guy
What is your biggest fear?
Original (Lifelover) being exposed for the bland, standard guy I am.. True.
What is your biggest secret?
Lie here as if we're dead (Umlaut). I'm a zombi. True story.
What do you think of your friends?
Street Spirit (Radiohead) That's what they got.
What will you post this as?
Misanthropic Panzerfrost Domination (Panzerfrost). German black. Gotta love it.
current mood:  okay
current music: Furia - Idzie Zima
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| Monday, April 13th, 2009
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9:46 pm - Some are born to wander blind...
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My best friend told me today that he was in the EXACT same position as me. We cried, together. It was so fucking sad. I hope I could comfort him.
When I got home, I blasted  through the house. While I was literally screaming along with the entire A-side, I came to realize that, if I had to make a list with the most influential records, this would definitely be number one. The anger, the passion, the rage, the emotion, the purification through fire, amazing. You probably all have this. If not
http://rapidshare.com/files/86481451/Catharsis_-_Passion__1999_.rar
This is MANDATORY if you ever want to get the entire me. I wanted to post the lyrics, because they're amazing, but they wotk so much better with music at top volume. Again, I was crying whilst screaming TAKE EVERYTHING, FAKE EVERYTHING, FUCK EVERYTHING, BREAK EVERYTHING. The Witch's heart. Goosebumps.
These have been trying times.
Looking at a top5 most influential (well, as a mindgame, I know they'll change overnight)....
1: Catharsis- Passion
2: Poison the Well - Opposite of December
3: Funeral Diner- Difference of potential
4: Metallica- s/t
5: Belle and Sebastian- Tigermilk
I think this is pretty near to the TRVE 5. The last two are not all toooooo sure, but the first 3 remain without doubt.
What are yours? Or, if you don't really feel like a top 5, what is the one album you'll always have?
current mood: sad
current music: Modern life is war
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