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This Saturday!

mechagojira — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:01:02 GMT

I'm spinning at Die Maschinen, at our usual underground location... Come on out! Message me if you need to know where that is.

Breaking News!

mechagojira — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:57:37 GMT

News flash: A few hundred thousand Sudanese are dead in Darfur, thousands in Afghanistan, and at least tens of thousands of Iraqis are dead, along with American democracy. Oh, and one famous guy in New York died too.

2007 Music

mechagojira — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:15:39 GMT

Picked out some of my favorite albums of the past year in order to post about them, and turns out that I happened to pick ten, but then I realized Implant's "Audio Blender" came out in 2006, so here's my Top Nine Albums of 2007. Because I'm sure you're not tired of everyone else on your friends list doing so. In no particular order: I:Scintilla - Optics Soman - Mask Tommy Heavenly6 - Heavy Starry Heavenly Ulver - Shadows of the Sun Angelspit - Krankaus* Technoir - Deliberately Fragile Edge of Dawn - Enjoy the Fall Faun - Totem Trees Asylum - trees asylum i *I think this may have been initially released in 2006, but wasn't released in the US til 2007. If I had to pick one as my favorite of 2007, I'd probably go with Trees Asylum. And the album that didn't come out in 2007 that I listened to the most in 2007 was Captain Ahab's "After the Rain My Heart Still Dreams", which took me a few months to actually fully appreciate.

daily dose of j-goth

mechagojira — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:21:10 GMT

Your awesome morbidly cute j-pop for the day: Tommy Heavenly6's "my bloody knee-high socks". http://www.omegamerican.com/music/04%20my%20bloody%20knee-high-socks.mp3

1st Decade in the Machines

mechagojira — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:21:20 GMT

This might be my extremely low alcohol tolerance talking, but I want to have sex with Ulver's "1st Decade in the Machines" album. Not saying I want to have sex while listening to it, I mean I actually want to fuck the music itself. It's just that damn good.

Prospects, Titles

mechagojira — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:04:34 GMT

You know, I think I might consider trying some sort of career in politics if it weren't so damned depressing. The unfairness of it all, the election process that favors soundbites over substance, and the whims of the people that think being able to have a beer with someone is tantamount to competence. That, and a bleeding-heard socialist pacifist can't get too far in American politics these days. No, Hillary doesn't count as any of those. -- So a few months back I posted about good and bad band names. Following up on that, I've come up with the best and worst album names I can think of. Best: Public Enemy, Fear of a Black Planet. Encapsulates the band's message and music in one nice-sounding title. Worst: Fishbone, Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe. In addition to the fact that it's too long and awkwardly phrased, they apparently didn't realize that monkeys, you know, actually do have brains. Others?

2006 in Review

mechagojira — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 16:50:51 GMT

(crossposted from my livejournal) God, what a year. And so, 2006 just about draws to a close. Lots of ups and downs, travels and adventures, emotions and changes. Met lots of new people, became closer with some I already knew, and spent less time with lots of people I would have liked to. Worked too much, worried too much, indulged too much. Looking back, I think I'll focus on the good and move past the bad. I'm nothing if not a pillar of salt, so some select memories of the year: - A fabulous (and mostly heterosexual) New Years Eve at various parties, ringing the year in at Merrick's place, then JNA's after midnight. - Business trip to London! Going to Slimelight with Amy my second night there; then spending my one day off with her touring the city, taking a boat trip down the Thames, eating spy sushi, and more. Those days more than made up for the 94285925 hours I put in at the office while over there. - Finishing, producing, and releasing our cd. "In Goat We Thrust" isn't perfect, but I'm proud of it. And with its release, I'm three degrees of separation from Cameron Diaz. - Parties at me and Val's place. The year was bookended with our housewarming & holiday parties; I also had a fabulous birthday event and a succession of Bizarre Movie Nights. As far as I can remember, I kept my pants on through them all. All told we had about 75 people at our affairs since we moved in at the beginning of the year. - People visiting from out-of-town every few weeks. - Weddings: Karolyn and Brian, Corby and Jen, Gabriela and John, plus two others I was unable to attend. - Two return trips to San Diego, including one where I sang on stage for the first time in over 10 years. - Getting a spot as a resident DJ at die maschinen. Kicking it old-school with Rabbit and making the most of the times I had to spin. And now, on to 2007. I'm starting it off with my awesome Chinese Communist messenger bag.