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Nice. Hopefully my CD and tshirt aren't too far away.

 

The wife and kid were heading out the door a few minutes ago and the dude says, "dad, there's something weird on the floor".

I go, " it's grand, I'll clean it up, you head off".

I go over with a tissue and there's a bit of bitumen that must have come in on someone's shoe so I clean it up and fuck it in the bin. But, as often happens in these cases my mind wanders off and I start thinking, imagine this was the start of an episode of The X Files. I'm like, "yeah bud, give 'em hell at the ball game. When you get back we'll pay catch and go for hotdogs, champ!" Then kiss the wife goodbye and pull a Bud Light out of the fridge, oblivious to the fact that I'm about to have my anal cavity reconfigured by a Martian.

Long time since I've read 1984 but my impression from a distance is that it has more impact due to being darker in tone, and more gritty. Brave New World is about the dulling of the senses through gluttony and luxury, which is probably more true of modern western civilisation than the ultra bleak Stasi-esque grimness of 1984. It seems less harrowing in many ways. You get to chill out and fuck whoever you want but there are few, or no emotional highs to be experienced. But then, there is no obvious suffering either- if you're on Soma, at least. It's maybe harder to sell a future of being drug hazed and banging babes as an existential threat than it is having rats chew off your face 

couldn't put it better myself man. It isn't as dark as I thought it would be like 1984.

And yet, BNW is potentially more of an accurate imagining of where much of humanity was headed. Between drugs, TV, and the ever encompassing reach of technology into our lives, that dulling of the senses, the dropping out of reality, becomes a much bigger threat. Again, that's dependent on where you happen to have been born,  but it was prescient none the less.

Electric Wizard – Dopethrone

Great stoner doom 

I don't listen to much stoner doom, but Electric Wizard at their best really infused the experience with such negativity and hate it is hard not to like it! Stoner is usually a bit too generic and cartoonish- and EW have albums like that too- but Dopethrone is pure nihilism.

MB have a new EP or album on the way and I'm really curious to hear it. The revamped line-up, combined with age and wisdom (?) will without doubt add some fresh elements to the band's sound. But, to be fair, the last ten years has seen them expand their musical world so much that they have really opened the door for whichever type of experimentation they may choose. I was listening to an old Metal Ireland podcast interview with Frank and Darren from when Rust & Bone came out and you can see at that time they had transcended the confines of Doom Death by then. I wonder now with Frank no longer playing the guitar, how the dynamic of songwriting might have shifted about. I have high hopes. I know the new guitarist is a mean shredder, and I've no doubt there will be tasty solos to be had- I just hope they maintain some kind of balance on that front.

Beherit- Bardo Exist.
The Cure- Faith.

The Cure- Faith CD

Long time since I've read 1984 but my impression from a distance is that it has more impact due to being darker in tone, and more gritty. Brave New World is about the dulling of the senses through gluttony and luxury, which is probably more true of modern western civilisation than the ultra bleak Stasi-esque grimness of 1984. It seems less harrowing in many ways. You get to chill out and fuck whoever you want but there are few, or no emotional highs to be experienced. But then, there is no obvious suffering either- if you're on Soma, at least. It's maybe harder to sell a future of being drug hazed and banging babes as an existential threat than it is having rats chew off your face 

Les Joyaux De La Princess/ Death In June- Östenbräun.

The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud- The Smell of Blood But Victory disc 2.

Doomsday for the Deceiver on now to see what he fuss is about. Way better than I expected it to sound going from the first song. Really fucking cool vocals! It's so catchy.

New Model Army- youtube mix.

Just think, if Jason never left Metallica, the world would never have been graced with Echobrain 

I've never heard a single note of F&J. Must give them a spin.

Beherit- Bardo Exist. This is hitting the spot for me in a way that I doubt it would have if I'd picked it up when it came out.