Gary Floyd

To think, I finished reading Jurassic Park last night,

Let's talk about some of the music coming out (or has already come out) Kanye West-Heartbreak and 808's-If it weren't for Cryptopsy's The King Beneath, this would be the worst album of the year. It has a neat idea (old 808 drum machine beats and electro/synth pop production), but it's terrible overall. Also, I fucking hate Auto-Tune/The Vocalizer. Metallica-Death Magnetic-Wow, they still got it. While hardly their best work, it's a step in the right direction, and almost forgives the sins of Re-Load and St. Anger. There's a few weak tracks ("Unforgiven III", "The Judas Kiss"), but not bad overall. Darkspace-Darkspace III-Ambient Black Metal done right. A good, cold winter night outside album, with a good use of keyboards (holy shit, they actually know how to use a synth!), and some effective atmosphere. It may be a bit too long (79 minutes and 14 seconds), but if you have patience for this sort of thing, it's good. Also, if you want an equally good, but shorter, go with Coldworld's Melancolie². Q Tip-The Renaissance-Yeah, this is the best hip hop album of the year bar none. Nobody's paying attention to it, which is a shame. "Johnny is Dead" is a great song BTW. The Killers-Day and Age-Not as fun as Hot Fuss, but better than Sam's Town, it at least sees them remembering "hey, we're a dance band that's supposed to be disposable fun." The single suck, and Brandon Flowers still can't write lyrics for shit, but oh well. Hardly an album of the year, but not terrible either. File it under the same category as Hot Fuss-a guilty pleasure-and you got something. Re Up Gang-Clipse Presents the Re Up Gang and We Got it For Cheap Vol. 3-The official first Re Up Gang album is pretty unspectacular, though the We Got it For Cheap Vol. 3 mixtape, while not as awesome as the last one, is awesome none the less, and a fave on my IPod. Ad.ver.sary-Bone Music-Definately one of the most slept on albums of the year, this is the best industrial album of the year.

The new Lil Wayne mixtape is pretty bad.

Yeah, it was him. God, I hate that man. Here's a video No Mike, it's not.

' Wait for it...

DruidAnthony420 (6 days ago) This Jew ->"Rahm Emanuel" is a Jewish terrorist that works for Israel killing off people! just like Obama! a lair that's not even board in America! You can't get any Birth records of Obama Hussians He will not let them be release to the public! 911 is an inside job for the British Corporation the same corporation Obama works for enslaving Americans! He wants your child of American to be forced to go to Army Training from ages 18-25 with out a choice! Train to kill for Israels Illegal wars!

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I've been listening to a lot of Raymond Watts aka. PIG lately. SINSation and The Swinging/Red, Raw, and Sore are awesome.

I find it amusing that they now love Black Metal, and have a column dedicated to metal. Stylus did it first, and better (though the guy behind has a blog now, and is a major tool.) I might check the torrent out, and I hope everything here is better than what I heard earlier, which sounded kind of "meh" to me.

"Don't Tell Agent KANERULESFAN's Dead."

I really miss Hotbutter. An idiot, but a really fun one. If tank_abbott is allowed back, then Hotbutter should be allowed too.

I say throw him out. The gimmick started great, but like most, grew stale quickly. Time to "Pull the Plug" as Chuck Schuldiner once said.

I honestly think this is the perfect ending for Vic-he ends up working for the ICE. In the process, he now has to obey the law-no exceptions whatsoever. He'll be miserable, and work will be like a personal prison for him. He won't even want to be a cop anymore, because he can no longer do what he does. It's his own personal hell, and it's a fitting ending for him. Well, or at least I think so.

IT WILL OBVIOUSLY BE GREAT!!!!!! Yeah, well they also gave St Anger 4 stars, as well as 50 Cent's The Massacre, Emiem's Encore, and several other shitty albums. 4 stars from Rolling Stone don't mean shit. Oh, and they gave Mick Jagger's Goddess on the Doorway 5 stars-no solo Mick Jagger solo album is good ,you out of touch cocksuckers. Also, quit fooling yourselves: this is not Guns N' Roses. Yeah, it's called Guns N' Roses, but it's not, ok people. It's just Axl Rose (and his enormous ego's) solo project. Nothing more, nothing less. Oh, and it's pretty unlikely it will live up to all the hype. Don't agree? Tough shit. Quit sucking the guy's cock and face the facts. Unless you forgot The Spagghetti Incident.

Oh, it will make cash, I just doubt it will make as much as expected. Let's just say, remember Michael Jackson's Invincible?

I've heard eight of the 12 tracks slated to be on the official album and no way. Couple of decent tracks, but for the most part, it's uninspired crap. I'm not a huge fan of Love Below, but it was a lot more dynamic than anything on this is going to be. Kanye's a fabulous producer, but anyone could create the sparse backdrops he's got on this album. I heard six of them earlier today, and I have to say, it sounds horrible. It's got an interesting idea (using the old 808 Drum Machine and trying out Electro Pop/Synth Pop), but the Auto-Tune/Vocalizer shit is dreadful, and everything I've heard sounds uninspired and soulless. Also, the new Q-Tip album may be my pick for Hip Hop album of the year.

Eh, too easy.

I heard there's a part of the original ending that will make this cut. I disagree. The Squid works because it's used as a means to bring humanity together, or at least that's what I always thought of it. Sure, it killed millions, but still. The thing is, the plot calls for an event that kills millions and causes Russia and the U.S. to sort their shit out. If they at least get that, I'll be satisfied. 1.) As Milky Said, you got his name wrong. 2.) If it makes you feel better,

and make art like this doesn't inspire me to believe in my country, but honestly, it fucking freaks me out. I thought we were above this cult of personality type shit in the United States. I hope he does well for the sake of our country, but the guy is just another politician for fuck's sake. My thought on that picture: even atheists need a savior, apparently. Oh for fuck sakes...

That reminds me, I need to get Pagan Terrorism Tactics in the future. Is it as good or better than When the Kite String Pops?

Between this and the discussion of banana bread in the EHME's Friend Died thread, I feel like you've been watching the Michael McDonald/"I Keep Forgettin'" episode of Yacht Rock. "Yacht Rock" may be one of the best things I've ever seen on Youtube. The Van Halen and Jimmy Buffet ones are genius. As for Kanye's upcoming album, well, I'm not really looking forward to it, though I always felt personally that he's a better producer than rapper. Finally, I've been meanng to check out The Sparks for ages, but haven't had the time to.