Duncan McLeish - Making the Wasteland what it says on the tin since 2010!!
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Fallout: New Vegas
Well I succumb to temptation and bought the new Fallout game...We may have an obsession situation here!!
Duncan McLeish - Making the Wasteland what it says on the tin since 2010!!
Duncan McLeish - Making the Wasteland what it says on the tin since 2010!!
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Long overdue update and blog!!
I am ashamed to have allowed my blogging to lapse again!!
Almost a month since the last blog is truly inexcusable!!
So what have I been up to of late?? Well first and foremost I have relocated back to the home of my childhood...this is mainly due to necessity as my girl is about to lose her job and thus living in our rented private flat is too expensive for us both.
I saw one of the best gigs of my life two weeks ago, Level 42 (i know..not what you would expect me to go to!!) were fantastic, playing with the intuitive ability you only gain from years and years of carving your craft they played flawlessly!!
Last week I saw The Birthday Massacre..once again they proved to be arguably one of the best live bands about right now!! The new material from Pins & Needles sat well with all the older material which adored their set-list.
Tattoo fever has gripped me again..this time only a small one hahaha. This Halloween I get a tattoo from a friend who has only recently taken up this profession and in that year and a half has shown the artistic styles of more seasoned tattooists. I am getting an Owls head with antlers on my left wrist...pics will follow.
I turned 29 on 30 September and I got wonderful presents and had a great meal with Corrinne, John & Pete.
And I think that's us up-to-date until Halloween.
Hope all is well with you.
Much love
FrEaK xXx
Almost a month since the last blog is truly inexcusable!!
So what have I been up to of late?? Well first and foremost I have relocated back to the home of my childhood...this is mainly due to necessity as my girl is about to lose her job and thus living in our rented private flat is too expensive for us both.
I saw one of the best gigs of my life two weeks ago, Level 42 (i know..not what you would expect me to go to!!) were fantastic, playing with the intuitive ability you only gain from years and years of carving your craft they played flawlessly!!
Last week I saw The Birthday Massacre..once again they proved to be arguably one of the best live bands about right now!! The new material from Pins & Needles sat well with all the older material which adored their set-list.
Tattoo fever has gripped me again..this time only a small one hahaha. This Halloween I get a tattoo from a friend who has only recently taken up this profession and in that year and a half has shown the artistic styles of more seasoned tattooists. I am getting an Owls head with antlers on my left wrist...pics will follow.
I turned 29 on 30 September and I got wonderful presents and had a great meal with Corrinne, John & Pete.
And I think that's us up-to-date until Halloween.
Hope all is well with you.
Much love
FrEaK xXx
Monday, 20 September 2010
The Birthday Massacre
Well one of my favourite bands have hit out hard with a new album worthy of you time.
As you may know from reading my blog page, The Birthday Massacre have been a favourite of mine for many years!! I got into them back in 2005 after hearing about them on a forum site and quickly listened to their album Nothing & Nowhere.
It mixed fantasy sounds, 80's new wave pop and nu-metal to create something very original and yet so very familiar!!
I quickly got a copy of Violet (an ep that was lengthened into an album release) and got the Blue music video dvd.
By the time Walking with Strangers hit in September 2007 I was fanatical about the group and finally got to see them live last year in Glasgow as reported in my Violet Prison 15 July 2009 blog.
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With my purchase of their Show & Tell dvd at the end of last year it was only a matter of time before they released another album....and it's finally here.
Pins and Needles is the quintessential Birthday Massacre album...huge synths, 80's new wave, goth pop and fantasy sounds are all mixed into a seamless soundscape.
To top it all off I get to seem them again on 13 October 2010 at the Classic Grand in Glasgow.
If you haven't had the pleasure yet...do something about it...you wont be sorry you did!!!
Thursday, 9 September 2010
Carpark North
Few things in life make me as happy as when I find a band I've never come accross before and they are just so honestly in the right place for my heart to skip a beat....with this in mind, when I came accross Carpark North and listened to 'Berlin' from their first album 'All Things to All People' I knew I had heard something a bit special.
Its clear that this Danish three piece from Århus (I place I have actually visited when auditioning for the mighty Hatesphere) are all about stadium filling rock songs with hints of new wave synths. In fact listening to them makes me feel that 30 Seconds to Mars could easily copied their newer sound right off a Carpark North album.
I love pimping things I really like to people so check them out!!
All Things to All People
Grateful
FrEaK xXx
Tuesday, 7 September 2010
Mose Giganticus
Gift Horse (2010)
Oh how I love this band...epic like early Mastodon with quirky synths and vocoders this album is all kinds of good :)
Check it out if you havent yet!!
Friday, 20 August 2010
Two Brothers...Two Musicial Paths...Rocking My Ipod This Friday :)
Rob Zombie
Spider One
Between them they have infused their respective style of metal with B-Movie Horror (Rob Zombie) & B-Movie Sci-Fi (Spider One)
This morning, as I sit sipping green tea, I tip my cap to you!! ALL HAIL JESUS FRANKENSTEIN!!!! :p
Spider One
Between them they have infused their respective style of metal with B-Movie Horror (Rob Zombie) & B-Movie Sci-Fi (Spider One)
This morning, as I sit sipping green tea, I tip my cap to you!! ALL HAIL JESUS FRANKENSTEIN!!!! :p
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