gloomchen

…damned funniest thing yet today. SN changed to protect the guilty as fuck. [15:45] otherperson: even the mention of derek’s name makes me cringe [15:45] gloomchen: agreed [15:45] otherperson: i fuckin’ hate that guy’s playing [15:46] gloomchen: same here. “and here is organ sample #344″ [15:46] otherperson: hahahahahahaha [15:46] otherperson: yep [15:46] otherperson: when i [...]

I received my first “jambox” as a Christmas present when I was 8 years old. My parents had just separated and money was tight; I was made aware of this when my mom pulled me aside mid-December to tell me that Santa Claus wasn’t real and that she couldn’t afford to get me a jambox, [...]

Cradle of Filth – Nymphetamine Roadrunner, 2004 1. Satyriasis 2. Gilded Cunt 3. Nemesis 4. Gabrielle 5. Absinthe With Faust 6. Nymphetamine Overdose 7. Painting Flowers White Never Suited My Palette 8. Medusa And Hemlock 9. Coffin Fodder 10. English Fire 11. Filthy Little Secret 12. Swansong For A Raven 13. Mother Of Abominations 14. [...]

The Faint – Wet From Birth Saddle Creek, 2004 1. Desperate Guys 2. How Could I Forget 3. I Disappear 4. Southern Belles in London Sing 5. Erection 6. Paranoiattacks 7. Drop Kick Punks 8. Phone Call 9. Symptom Finger 10. Birth Let’s get this out of the way before the review goes any further [...]

I have a new love: downloading music videos. I am creating my own MTV just for me, myself, and I. Most of the videos seem to come from European or Brazilian MTV. Unlike us stupid Americans, other countries actually play My Dying Bride, Death, and Lacuna Coil in regular rotation. Shit, I’m to the point [...]

For those who follow my LiveJournal at all (I refuse to call it a “blog”), you may have seen that in the past couple of weeks, I unearthed a whole pile of my old notebooks of writing. Let me clarify from the start that while I’ve been a crazily avid scribbler of randomness since I [...]

Original Soundtrack Wicker Park Lakeshore Records, 2004 1. Stereophonics “Maybe Tomorrow” 2. Lifehouse “Everybody Is Somebody” 3. Death Cab For Cutie “A Movie Script Ending” 4. Snow Patrol “How To Be Dead” 5. Broken Social Scene “Lover’s Spit” 6. The Stills “Retour A Vega” 7. Mazzy Star “Flowers In December” 8. The Legends “When The [...]

I have the new Fatboy Slim. I mentioned to folks that I might review it if nobody else wants to. Then I actually listened to it today. HOLY FUCKING GOD, AVOID THIS PIECE OF SHIT AT ALL COSTS. I mean, there is bad, annoying techno music in this world. Fatboy Slim has always been borderline [...]

Amon Amarth – Fate of Norns Metal Blade, 2004 1. An Ancient Sign of Coming Storm 2. Where Death Seems to Dwell 3. Fate of Norns 4. The Pursuit of Vikings 5. Valkyries Ride 6. The Beheading of a King 7. Arson 8. Once Sealed in Blood Certainly, the metal world is polluted with cheesy [...]

Danzig – Circle of Snakes Evilive, 2004 1. Wotan’s Procession 2. Skincarver 3. Circle of Snakes 4. 1000 Devils Reign 5. Skull Forrest 6. Hellmask 7. When We Were Dead 8. Night, Besodom 9. My Darkness 10. Netherbound 11. Black Angel, White Angel Glenn Danzig’s namesake band once tasted fame in the early 1990s with [...]