Which is Your Favorite?
Coheed & Cambria
20 (83%)
Nine Inch Nails
0 (0%)
Modest Mouse
1 (4%)
Silversun Pickups
1 (4%)
Say Anything
2 (8%)
Mars Volta
0 (0%)
and so we have a winner
thanks to the whole 24 people who voted...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
No! Not Aziz!!!
Paint
Peering over the artist’s shoulder
A most vibrant scene I saw him paint
I could swear I was amongst the twelve people
Namely the coroneted one in the center of the table
This work made mine seem piercingly quaint
The Well
A somber mood I was that day
When I found the other place
From the path I found myself astray
Where a water-filled well I found with grace
A shove sent me to drowning in dismay
Acheron
Drifting timid along the stream of woe
A cold journey into the midst of Hell
To the rancor shores where the dead souls swell
Charon showed me the cursed torment below
Dreadful aversion, thus, began to grow
The terrors I witnessed I shall not tell
How wondrous I rose from where I had fell
Returning with my long lost soul in tow
Across the black river I commandeered
The ferry from its infernal captain
To return to the blue world once more
Escaping from all that I had once feared
Where our fellows burn in their hollow sin
In the words that line our forgotten lore
all^^-(C) Brett Holden
afternoon...it is time to update you on the poll.
Which one is your favorite?
Coheed & Cambria: 18 votes - 85%
Nine Inch Nails: 0
Modest Mouse: 1 vote - 4%
Silversun Pickups - 0
Say Anything - 2 votes - 9%
Mars Volta: 0
well...well...out of 21 votes so far Coheed & Cambria is in the lead with an outstanding 18 votes. Owing to the fact that most of those votes came from registered users on Cobalt & Calcium...well whatever.
hope you've enjoyed the my three poems. I wrote those about seven months ago now.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Franz Ferdinand: Tonight (A Review)
3.5 Out Of 5
Franz Ferdinand's latest album doesn't exactly break new ground. Somehow they managed to throw their debut album and the long-winded sophomore title into 42 minutes of debauchery.
The opening track "Ulysses" is a fiery tune exploiting a character's use of drugs and getting high. It's simple and catchy which happens to be a central theme on this record. "Turn it On" rolls through quickly and nearly eggs you on into turning to track 3.
"No You Girls" breathes fun and dirty excitement ("kiss me where your eye won't meet me") onto the album and seems to pause and shout "Hey! We can still do amazing songs!"
"Send Him Away" holds an interesting Beatles-esque tone which doesnt' really fulfill the ear. "Twilight Omens" his perhaps one of the better cuts and definitly as the most interesting melody. Skimming through "Bite Hard" and "What She Came For" we find a rolling tune entitled "Live Alone" that nearly embodies a nonchalant edge of coolness. Past the brutish "Can't Stop Feeling" we find a seven minute acid trip entitled "Lucid Dreams". Vastly different than the version we heard before the album dropped "Lucid Dreams" holds its own with the better songs but almost makes you wish this dance would end since by the time it does....you've already had a heart attack. Tripping over "Dream Again" we find the last and good "Katherine Kiss Me".
All in all the record isn't anything new like promised. Yet its the moments where "Take Me Out" shines through that atleast makes it a worthy Franz Ferdinand record.
Franz Ferdinand's latest album doesn't exactly break new ground. Somehow they managed to throw their debut album and the long-winded sophomore title into 42 minutes of debauchery.
The opening track "Ulysses" is a fiery tune exploiting a character's use of drugs and getting high. It's simple and catchy which happens to be a central theme on this record. "Turn it On" rolls through quickly and nearly eggs you on into turning to track 3.
"No You Girls" breathes fun and dirty excitement ("kiss me where your eye won't meet me") onto the album and seems to pause and shout "Hey! We can still do amazing songs!"
"Send Him Away" holds an interesting Beatles-esque tone which doesnt' really fulfill the ear. "Twilight Omens" his perhaps one of the better cuts and definitly as the most interesting melody. Skimming through "Bite Hard" and "What She Came For" we find a rolling tune entitled "Live Alone" that nearly embodies a nonchalant edge of coolness. Past the brutish "Can't Stop Feeling" we find a seven minute acid trip entitled "Lucid Dreams". Vastly different than the version we heard before the album dropped "Lucid Dreams" holds its own with the better songs but almost makes you wish this dance would end since by the time it does....you've already had a heart attack. Tripping over "Dream Again" we find the last and good "Katherine Kiss Me".
All in all the record isn't anything new like promised. Yet its the moments where "Take Me Out" shines through that atleast makes it a worthy Franz Ferdinand record.
Friday, March 13, 2009
There Is No You/There Is Only Me
Refrain from Disturbing
A clock’s affinity to fall behind
Creases the straight lines in time
Shattering everything in the pause I lost
Letting me go in the art of defying cost
I’m a little tree kissing the gale
Floating along becoming frail
After the silence the perfect shown
Gracious in the defeat alone
Whole truths beside half lies
By episode two the light dies
Next in line
In the offing we’ve murdered the crime
- (C) Brett Holden
My new poem. I really don't want to get into what inspired it because to be honest it's just to personal. I mean some of my other stuff is just fun and ridiculous like the poetry influenced by mythology or King Arthur. i.e;
Bimbleton
I once knew a giant named Bimbleton
It was safe to assume he weighed a ton
Naughty little children he liked to eat
Or some he just squashed with his feet
Doesn’t that sound like fun?
-© Brett Holden
I know....it's just plain silly. But who cares? Writing doesn't have to be serious all the time. Getting ready to go to college as just got me up in a gazillion knots. Yes I made up the name Bimbleton.
This Is No Beginning
This Is The Final Cut
A clock’s affinity to fall behind
Creases the straight lines in time
Shattering everything in the pause I lost
Letting me go in the art of defying cost
I’m a little tree kissing the gale
Floating along becoming frail
After the silence the perfect shown
Gracious in the defeat alone
Whole truths beside half lies
By episode two the light dies
Next in line
In the offing we’ve murdered the crime
- (C) Brett Holden
My new poem. I really don't want to get into what inspired it because to be honest it's just to personal. I mean some of my other stuff is just fun and ridiculous like the poetry influenced by mythology or King Arthur. i.e;
Bimbleton
I once knew a giant named Bimbleton
It was safe to assume he weighed a ton
Naughty little children he liked to eat
Or some he just squashed with his feet
Doesn’t that sound like fun?
-© Brett Holden
I know....it's just plain silly. But who cares? Writing doesn't have to be serious all the time. Getting ready to go to college as just got me up in a gazillion knots. Yes I made up the name Bimbleton.
This Is No Beginning
This Is The Final Cut
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Reading Update #1
Reading List
15. Ulysses - James Joyce (3.5/5)
14. Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut (3.5/5)
13. Go Tell it On the Mountain - James Baldwin (5/5)
12. As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner (3/5)
11. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers (5/5)
10. Slapstick - Kurt Vonnegut (3.5/5)
9. Galapagos - Kurt Vonnegut (3.5/5)
8. The Giver - Lois Lowry (4/5)
7. The Chocolate War - Robert Cormier (4/5)
6. Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger (4/5)
5. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller (4.5/5)
4. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess (5/5)
3. Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut (4.5/5)
2. Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut (5/5)
1. Bluebeard - Kurt Vonnegut (4.5/5)
Fifteen books since the New Year. Yay!!!!
I've rated the books out of five stars. Due to reading books that are usually very well recieved by audiences and critics the scores are rather decent.
Bluebeard is a fictional autobiography of an abstract expressionist painter named Rabo Karabekian. The tale is a thoughtful look on the interactions of a younger male and an older females as well as the harroring events of the Armenian genocide. Movie planned for later this year.
Slaughterhouse Five - WWII soldier becomes unstuck in time and....well time travels...visits aliens...great sci-fi. Movie made decades ago!!
Cat's Cradle - Vonnegut's thesis. Great idea. That's all your getting out of me.
A Clockwork Orange - Amazing...Kubrick did us a favor and the book an honor.
Catch-22 - No real small parts since the chapters are divided representing almost every character introduced. Very funny. Movie not so funny.
Catcher in the Rye - the famous book about a young adolescent kicked out of boarding school and roaming the streets. Exciting in parts and hardly intellectually stimulating....good but not great.
The Chocolate War - boys will be boys.
The Giver - what a mind bender!!! if only the sequels were as great.
Galapagos - interesting take on Darwin and evolution. Not the most satisfying Vonnegut.
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - great classic novel about childhood and growing up as well as a great account on the social workings of America.
As I Lay Dying - Odd but intriguing writing style. The plot is rather overly simple but maybe that adds to the appeal. Basically, mother dies-transport body-have trouble transporting body-on with more but you'll understand if you read it. Still reccomend it but don't expect an Earth shaking read.
Go Tell It on the Mountain - Personally, I have not read Roots. But I can tell if you have than this book is a must.
Mothernight - Not sci-fi like usual Vonnegut. An entertaining yarn about an American living in Germany during WWII and spying for U.S. Than becomes war criminal. Injustice!!! Some of the mushy lovey parts were weird.
Ulysses - Previously banned from America!!! Ulysses makes a Beyonce video look like pornography to be honest. I suppose America really was a conservative nation at one point in time. The constant stream of incoherent thought and no quotations makes Ulysses a rather difficult read. An interesting observation on the lives of ordinary men and women in Dublin Ireland. Prepare to read on it for a couple weeks.
Well its about time to work up to another fifteen.
p.s. she broke my heart. that's all i'm going to say.
15. Ulysses - James Joyce (3.5/5)
14. Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut (3.5/5)
13. Go Tell it On the Mountain - James Baldwin (5/5)
12. As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner (3/5)
11. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers (5/5)
10. Slapstick - Kurt Vonnegut (3.5/5)
9. Galapagos - Kurt Vonnegut (3.5/5)
8. The Giver - Lois Lowry (4/5)
7. The Chocolate War - Robert Cormier (4/5)
6. Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger (4/5)
5. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller (4.5/5)
4. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess (5/5)
3. Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut (4.5/5)
2. Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut (5/5)
1. Bluebeard - Kurt Vonnegut (4.5/5)
Fifteen books since the New Year. Yay!!!!
I've rated the books out of five stars. Due to reading books that are usually very well recieved by audiences and critics the scores are rather decent.
Bluebeard is a fictional autobiography of an abstract expressionist painter named Rabo Karabekian. The tale is a thoughtful look on the interactions of a younger male and an older females as well as the harroring events of the Armenian genocide. Movie planned for later this year.
Slaughterhouse Five - WWII soldier becomes unstuck in time and....well time travels...visits aliens...great sci-fi. Movie made decades ago!!
Cat's Cradle - Vonnegut's thesis. Great idea. That's all your getting out of me.
A Clockwork Orange - Amazing...Kubrick did us a favor and the book an honor.
Catch-22 - No real small parts since the chapters are divided representing almost every character introduced. Very funny. Movie not so funny.
Catcher in the Rye - the famous book about a young adolescent kicked out of boarding school and roaming the streets. Exciting in parts and hardly intellectually stimulating....good but not great.
The Chocolate War - boys will be boys.
The Giver - what a mind bender!!! if only the sequels were as great.
Galapagos - interesting take on Darwin and evolution. Not the most satisfying Vonnegut.
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - great classic novel about childhood and growing up as well as a great account on the social workings of America.
As I Lay Dying - Odd but intriguing writing style. The plot is rather overly simple but maybe that adds to the appeal. Basically, mother dies-transport body-have trouble transporting body-on with more but you'll understand if you read it. Still reccomend it but don't expect an Earth shaking read.
Go Tell It on the Mountain - Personally, I have not read Roots. But I can tell if you have than this book is a must.
Mothernight - Not sci-fi like usual Vonnegut. An entertaining yarn about an American living in Germany during WWII and spying for U.S. Than becomes war criminal. Injustice!!! Some of the mushy lovey parts were weird.
Ulysses - Previously banned from America!!! Ulysses makes a Beyonce video look like pornography to be honest. I suppose America really was a conservative nation at one point in time. The constant stream of incoherent thought and no quotations makes Ulysses a rather difficult read. An interesting observation on the lives of ordinary men and women in Dublin Ireland. Prepare to read on it for a couple weeks.
Well its about time to work up to another fifteen.
p.s. she broke my heart. that's all i'm going to say.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
You Can't Fight in Here!!! This is the War Room!!!
The Sunshine in the Night
Shining bright star fastened on our chest
With blackened words carved across our vest
Behind the fence they burned their prey
So that the smoke stacks had no rest
We cheered the villains as our bows danced along the strings
As we wished we could have remained in hiding from this tyrannical crest
The golden interlaced triangles are still burned into my breast
After witnessing the act of which the scoundrels could do best
Our melodies, I fear, were not enough to see us through the day
Where we could walk over the graves where we now rest
Shining bright star fastened on our chest
With blackened words carved across our vest
Behind the fence they burned their prey
So that the smoke stacks had no rest
We cheered the villains as our bows danced along the strings
As we wished we could have remained in hiding from this tyrannical crest
The golden interlaced triangles are still burned into my breast
After witnessing the act of which the scoundrels could do best
Our melodies, I fear, were not enough to see us through the day
Where we could walk over the graves where we now rest
© Brett Holden
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Best Rock Songs 1990-2008/Top 15 Films
5. Closer (1994) – Nine Inch Nails
4. Shine – Collective Soul
3. Save Tonight – Eagle Eye Cherry
2. The Man Who Sold the World (1994) - Nirvana
1. Living Together (2007) – Circa Survive
The above/below list was compiled on February 25, 2009. Easily, one may spot that it definitely DOES NOT list the greatest songs of 1990-2008. However, it has a whole lot of songs that have made it on published top 100 etc. lists such as VH1 and Rolling Stone. It also holds my own personal twists which one may glean on number twenty-three for example. Bear in mind they are not listed in order of least great to greatest or vice/versa. They are merely numbered (I did try and save a few of the better ones for the top of the list though to add a little suspense).
4. Shine – Collective Soul
3. Save Tonight – Eagle Eye Cherry
2. The Man Who Sold the World (1994) - Nirvana
1. Living Together (2007) – Circa Survive
The above/below list was compiled on February 25, 2009. Easily, one may spot that it definitely DOES NOT list the greatest songs of 1990-2008. However, it has a whole lot of songs that have made it on published top 100 etc. lists such as VH1 and Rolling Stone. It also holds my own personal twists which one may glean on number twenty-three for example. Bear in mind they are not listed in order of least great to greatest or vice/versa. They are merely numbered (I did try and save a few of the better ones for the top of the list though to add a little suspense).
I think it is appropriate to add my list of CURRENT favorite films of all time!
15. Boogie Nights - Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson (Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynold, Philip Seymour Hoffman) (1997)
14. Capote - Dir. Bennet Miller (2005) (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener)
13. Superbad - (2007) Dir. Greg Mottola (Jonah Hill, Michael Cerra, Seth Rogen)
12. Silence of the Lambs - Dir. Jonathan Demme (1991) (Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins)
11. Donnie Darko - Dir. Richard Kelly (2001) (Jake Gyllenhaal, Maggie G., Patrick Swayze)
10. The Shining - Dir. Stanley Kubrick (1980) (Jack Nicholson)
9. The Matrix - Dir. Wachowski Brothers (1999) (Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishbourne)
8. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - (2003) Dir. Peter Jackson (Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortenson)
7. Reservoir Dogs (1992) - Dir. Quentin Tarantino (Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi)
6. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - Dir. Frank Darabont (Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman)
5. Fight Club (1999) - Dir. David Fincher (Edward Norton, Brad Pitt)
4. Children of Men (2006) - Dir. Alfonso Cauron (Clive Owen, Julliane Moore, Michael Caine)
3. A Clockwork Orange (1972) - Dir. Stanley Kubrick (Malcolm McDowell)
2. There Will Be Blood (2006) - Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson (Daniel Day-Lewis)
1. Pulp Fiction (1994) - Dir. Quentin Tarantino (Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman)
1970s - 1
1980s - 1
1990s - 7
2000s - 6
Well....I too notice the lack of movies before the 1990s but bear in mind I was born in 1990!!! I know there a plenty of wonderful, fascinating films preceding my birth (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Dr. Strangelove, Planet of the Apes, Casablanca etc...) but I grew up with the films (of course, some I didn't see until I was older such as Boogie Nights for good reason)
goodnight
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