So it's been like a million years since my last playlist. But it's finally here, the wait is over. Today I'm going to focus on just one band, because that makes this whole thing a lot easier for me.
TISM (This Is Serious, Mum)
From Australia. Probably one of the more interesting bands I've discovered in forever. Most of you will probably know them from the "Sex Bunny" video featuring the track "Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me". Catchy pop tunes laced with clever (and sometimes not so clever) generally highly offensive satirical lyrics and themes. At this point I'm basically recommending getting everything they've ever created. Highly entertaining stuff, sure to make even the most depressed emo feel a little bit good at least.
The following songs are entitled "Whatareya?", "Greg! The Stop Sign" and "If You're Not Famous At 14 (You're finished)". Other honorable mentions would be "I Might Be A Cunt, But I'm Not A Fucking Cunt", "Defecate On My Face", "(There's Gonna Be) Sex Tonite" and "(He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River", which is also known as the song that made Flea (from The Red Hot Chilli Peppers) go cry to his mum.
This time in my life is really not too nice. Normally Ithink of myself as an upbeat person. I've had a few snags in the past but nothing major. This time, is the closest I've ever been to being emo. Wtf.
I've been at my workplace so much this last month, I almost lost track of time. Suddenly it's the 27th and my first actual day off work... and when I say day off I mean I only have to be there fron 6PM to midnight-ish. Really there's a lot of stuff going on in my life recently, some good and some not so good at all.
I work as a chef at a cafe/restaurant in Copenhagen. I'm classically trained in semi-fine french cuisine, and what I'm doing at this job is so far from what I invisioned when I started, and what I love about cooking. However a lot of new stuff is happening in the kitchen these days, a lot of changes going on, so I'm sticking around for now, hopefully it will get good soon. While I'm working in a kitchen with people who really should not be calling themselves chefs, I'm constaltly aiming for that one star, that will prove I'm more than a foot soldier.
Anyway, on to the playlist. The last month has been very chaotic for me, so there isn't a lot of different stuff on this time around. There is, however, some great ones.
Oh well, that's it for today. It's funny how life just wants to keep you down. Just got the call... my boss is quitting, so I'm off to work. Sometimes I just feel like somebodys dog.
So I had a beer in my freezer for a few days, put it there when I was drunk and wanted more, but like I forgot it and stuff. So I took it out and put it in my fridge on friday. And it's kind of dull now. I'm not really sure what's wrong with it, it just doesn't taste right.
I'm a music fanatic, before everything else. I'm the type of person who can never leave the house without my iPod and a set of kickass headphones, of which I have several. You probably know the type already, there's a few of us kicking around out there, in busses, trains and metro stations worldwide.
And when I say music fan, I mean that in the most literal sense possible. I have these phases I go through. Sometimes I'll get completely obsessed with one artist or band and just play nothing but that for weeks on end. Sometimes I just hook onto specific genres or styles.
This is basically just an attempt to capture my musical obsessions month by month. Please feel free to follow along and get inspired, or amused. Whichever. The following is a list of songs I've been listening to the most for the past 25 days. Or that I've listened to a little and it just made a big impact.
So I sort of started doing more productive things with my time recently. It's really the era of easy to use utilities that make people like me, as in the technologically retarded, video game creating geniuses. While I seriously need to consider brushing up on my drawing skills as well as coding, I do believe that sometime around 2015, I just might be able to make something worthwhile.
I wanted to go into the game making business when I was younger. However, around 7 years ago someone talked me out of it. "There's no future in video games." he said. "I highly recommend you choose a different profession." And he was right. I took the cooking route. And now my brother who chose like I wanted to, is unemployed, while I am shoveling cash like it's cow shit. Anyway that's not important.
I might have inspired a friend of mine to start working on a game. He already has a playable engine written and it basically just needs the finishing touches, graphics and whatnot. So I figure why not, and I'm jumping on his wagon. Who knows, maybe this is my big break. Independant video games are pretty much the bee's knees these days if you ask me.
My last blog talked about how my mothers dog was keeping me from playing Fable 2 before christmas. Well now he's out of the picture, it's the 28th of December, and I still haven't played the game more than up to the point when you return to Bowerstone for the second time. Thisy has nothing to do with the dog in the game. I can't blame Peter Molyneux for anything wrong in my life anymore. It all boils down to my own unstable mental situation.
For some reason, I have a hard time sitting down and playing a game I know will take a long while to finish. Another good game that I left on the shelf after a few days is Fallout 3. And this really puzzles even me. The Elder Scrolls series is one of my favorite game franchises ever, and I just ate up Oblivion when it came out. Played right through it twice when I got it the Xbox 360, and again when I finally got my PC upgraded to handle it. I was really psyched about Fallout 3... I was ready for it. And it was great at first, I had nothing bad to say about it. I still don't, but I can't play through it.
My mind has a bad habit of going through different types of dementia. I've had insomnia for a month and a half a few years ago. I actually did not sleep at all for 1½ month all I would do was sit at my computer and stare at the screen. A feeling very much akin to what I felt the years I spend playing World of Warcraft. I've been through radical depression. I basically stayed in bed whenever I wasn't working. I've had times when I just couldn't play games with sound, in fear of becoming a recluse. For some reason having the TV on in the background made it feel more acceptable.
Somehow I feel I'm beginning to see the light at the end of the crawlspace I'm in. World of Goo, Braid and most recently REZ HD has sort of relit my spark for gaming. However, I still can't shake the feeling that whatever I do, be it gaming or drawing... or writing a blog entry, it's always going to be a waste of my time. But really what's to waste. I seem to just stagger along like some kind of zombie in disguise among smiling faces and worrilessness (is that even a word?).
Last time I went to the doctor to get checked out, he told me I'm perfectly fine. No dementia, no paranoia, nothing. So at least that's something. I did get him to give me pills for the depression that one time, but only because I actually had a panicattack in the waiting room and I think he felt pitty. Isn't that just fucking neat.
So I went out and purchased Fable 2 today. Looks rather cool so far... as in it basically looks like a prettier Fable 1. However, certain event makes me unable to play this game, and it all comes down to Peter Molyneux and his dog companion.
A little bit of backstory is in order I believe. My mum and her husband went on vacation about a week ago, they're coming back for christmas (the 23rd), and they left their dog with me to take care of while they're away. Now this dog, Dino, is pretty much a nutter. He's lived in the country all his life, hasn't seen a lot of people (or dogs) so he doesn't really understand when he sees them, that they're not out to get him. I'm not actually sure he knows he's a dog himself.
Anyway. 5 minutes into the game, and Dino goes fucking nuts when he hears the dog. It doesn't get any better when he sees the television, and i have to turn it off to make him calm down. Even after the tv is off, he keeps barking at the screen. So basically I can't play this game 'till after christmas.
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