Top 10 albums of 2011 list coming sometime in the next week or so. It's not going to be anything special, mind.

Watching, listening 12-16-11

Probably what's so great about Beavis and Butthead is people can both enjoy at its very base level, and others can enjoy it for its satire. I couldn't really enjoy either growing up though, but now that the show's back on I'm finally truly discovering it. The new episodes are fantastic and now I'm going back to the original starting at the beginning. Here's a full (old) episode, not sure how long it will be up though:



Others: House (1977 Japanese film)


Up there for taking the honors of worst band to do a search for, The The, is what I'm listening to at the moment. This song and the album it comes from mainly. Just some interesting left of the dial 80s pop music. This guy was definitely not with the times and maybe that's what's so interesting. Looking forward to listening to some other albums.



Others: Peter Gabriel, Tangerine Dream, Frank Black, etc

Now watching, listening...

Watching a lot of Bergman lately. Still in the middle of this one:

Scenes from a Marriage: never been married but it's still an interesting subject to explore, for anyone that has been a long/lasting relationship. Of course, this one is a sham as many can be, as it lacks love. Some pretty heavy stuff; not for the squeamish.



Also watching: ATHF, new Beavis and Butthead, other Bergman.

M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming: this guy always has some fantastic tunes. The first single is so good. Haven't listened to the whole album yet, but I'm working on it.



Also listening: Destroyer, Girls, Cut Copy, Kurt Vile, Grouper, Gang Gang Dance.

Finally came up with an idea for this blog-thing here. Now listening, now reading, now watching, etc posts. I'll start off with a now listening because I've been going through a number of '11 releases. First off:

Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow: A little disappointed with this one at this point but it may still grow on me. There aren't really any drop-dead gorgeous melodies, which is kind of sad. But at the same time Kate is developing as an artist, which is good for her at least. I hope she can put out more releases at a quicker pace now that she has her own record label.



David Lynch - Crazy Clown Time: Nice little album that reminds me of Residents at points. A number of quiet, dark songs with Lynch's nasally vocals on top. Pleasantly surprised with this.



Others: Listening to my own best-of album called "Val" coming out sometime on kikapu netlabel. New Tom Waits is decent. St. Vincent's new album has some really good tracks and some blah. etc

we all have small to large character flaws. it's just that your stupidity corrupts you of ever knowing that; this is why we argue; this is why we war.

at first you just want a friend. then you get a little older and you just want a girl.
but your shitty friends continually bring you down and insult any of your attempts at happiness.
in some cases, they even fuck up your chances with the girl you really want.

next, you realize women aren't as wonderful as you once thought they were, that they too are human and even if you somehow someway had some sort of relationship with one, all your problems would still be there, and perhaps even more considering how fucked up she may be too. so you end up hating women too.

so now you just want to be alone. but the world has beaten you and degraded you so much that you now also hate yourself. and you realize you just want to be dead; but that's not an option. so you laugh, because it feels better than crying. and you laugh at everything and never give them any satisfaction of a reaction besides laughter. and because you laugh people think you are an imbecile and find you boring and you're alone again. and finally, you realize you just want to be alone, because out of all the things and people you hate, you can still at least put up with yourself.

most of the time.

something

http://www.something.com/

still my favorite site after all these years.

Civilization

when you consider how few people want to “dive” in to anything

and just want a nice little bowtie on the surface

and now you’re told you’re the crazy one for wanting a bit of depth

maybe then you’ll realize why they all just want 

a little knot tied loosely on the surface

and then you grow up

or die young

civilization was chiseled into law by men who could not look outside the box

but it was not created by them

Going for broke

My car is broken, I have no job, and in the next two days I will have negative dollars to my name.

Any suggestions?

not so brave new world

considering the whole "where to now" with this blog thing. i did the redesign because i was bored. i'm trying to come up with some kind of niche to run with other than using this as if it were my twitter account.

Pet-peeve #2

People that actually say, "Grow up."

Get a sense of humor.

101 Ways to be a Nerd

32.Your girlfriend says she'd like to "role-play" sometime.

Your reply is, "Okay, Final Fantasy 7 or 8?"

if i really were 100% honest with you, you'd think me a creep and never want to speak to me again.

never say a single fucking word... but obliterate them with the words you write.

if i see one more heath ledger as the joker avatar i'm going to take a dump on the interweb.

i don't follow internet memes, i start them.

Twin Peaks

Finally getting into this show... after I don't know, 15-16 episodes? I do enjoy Lynch, but I wouldn't call myself a diehard fan, sometimes maybe I'm even a pseudo-fan at times. It's something about his style that both intrigues and disgusts simultaneously, as if it's intentionally in bad taste to almost dare you to continue watching, to challenge yourself; not to mention some of it can be a straight-up bore at times. He can also make some of the best actors/actresses seem like the absolute worst (other times they're just bad picks; to this day, I still don't get his obsession with Laura Dern). While I may not always respect his work as a artform, I do respect his originality. His films may be tough to get through sometimes but at least they're generally only a few hours, so I'm not exactly trudging too long through some of the torturous bits... and I will admit, I do leave with more to think about than most films; which is ultimately what I come to films for, to leave with something to ponder and possibly draw my own conclusions from. And whether that final impression is good or bad, great or awful, it's very rarely ever indifferent.

The problem with Twin Peaks for me inherently was that it wasn't only a few hours. Watching the first few episodes I could only say: "Oh, it's only 30+ hours to go." However, now I watch it because I find it entertaining, not because I want to leave with something (although I do anyway). The typical awkward Lynch humor is always there, but there are some genuinely funny moments through out too (Andy for example). Even some moments can be frightening or even emotional, if still marred by early 90s production values and sometimes bad acting. To be honest, I like most of the characters and actors here, the few that I don't have mostly grown on me (Lara Flynn Boyle is still such a bore though).

I do think I finally get Lynch now. It took all his movies and his TV series to do it, but I think I do. It's all just an ongoing capture of a stream-of-consciousness dream-state. But most of all, it's dark comedy, even if he never fully intended such.

To call Lynch pretentious or weird-to-be-weird is just too easy, and totally misses the point. That point being? I dunno.

does "adult-oriented" necessarily have to mean tons of sex and swear words?

well?

and I'll remain, the would-be collector of your automated love.

i hate this continuous shift our society has towards impatience and anti-intelligence all for the sake of being ordinary, or as conversation, or to be "cool." i wouldn't know or care about so many of my favorite things if i weren't originally slightly patient with most of them. good things hit you across the face with their immediacy. great things take time. sometimes lots.

but if you just want good and not great, fine, that's your prerogative.

nothing you ever said was genuine

and now I’m the bad guy for thinking there might have been love there

you know exactly what to say to people and exactly the right time to say it

and it makes everybody so happy for those moments

but that affection murders your soul

because everyone wants to be your friend

because everyone loves you

because you’re a sell out to yourself

and you can’t ever say the “wrong” thing

so the annoying ones never go away,

so the assholes never fuck off---

I’ve always said the wrong thing at the wrong time on the wrong side of the planet

so somehow we must be perfect for eachother

but no

what I’d give for one drop of affection

not even yours (it'd be fake anyway)

these paintings just stare back

these words no longer phase me

this self-hate is no more than some wounded half-philosophy

it’s not even self-hate anymore

it’s just fucking pathetic