Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Aurally Audacious Endeavours – The Album Leaf
Ambient music, to me, is one of the most interesting genres of music. The broadness of its capabilities and contrastingly, the simplicity of its sounds have the ability to keep you in awe, and more often than not, send chills down your spine.
Out of all instrumental music, Ambient is the most fun to listen to, because the instrumentals are so diverse and at the same time meld together in a way you’ve probably never heard instruments combine sounds. The beauty of it is, they almost sound like one.
The same thing goes with Post-Rock, only its the distance between those instruments used that create the atmosphere and, well, progressiveness of the songs. Ambient music creates that atmosphere immediately, and maintains it throughout. Each crescendo, each break in the beat, doesn’t take away from that atmosphere.
It’s hard to explain, but for me personally this is what ambient music does, and why I love it so much. So when I find out about bands like The Album Leaf, I’m always left speechless.
Which is fitting, considering this is music with no lyrics (for the most part).
Enjoy.
Check out their most recent albums, In a Safe Place and Into the Blue Again.
Alright,
Since I’m apparently a sellout for being bored on a Friday night and wanting to design something cool, because you know, I like to DESIGN THINGS, I’ll have to clear something up.
Haters be hatin’
Like jeez, all I did was put my face on the top of my blog. Apparently that’s a crime now. Fucking nothing pleases you god damn people. And in my opinion, it’s a damn good banner, so I think I’ll keep it.
Just to spite you.
Yeah, what now?
Friday, June 18, 2010
So…
Something’s different about this blog. Can’t put my finger on it.
NOTE: This is a first draft, if I can think of a better design, you’ll see it when you visit.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Look, something not stupid.
If you don’t get it, I’m not going to explain it to you. I basically copied what I understood from LOST, because I miss it that much, and tried to apply it to my own filmmaking. I mean, John’s wearing almost the exact same gettup, if you know what I’m talking about.
This was our CommTech exam. So we did something better than our previous ones, hopefully. We had to involve:
- A microphone.
- A screwdriver.
- A coffee cup.
- A set of keys.
Yes, the murder weapon idea is probably not the most creative, but we did this in two weeks, so cut me some god damn slack, you haters.
If you see it on YouTube, rate comment and subscribe. That way I have motivation to make more shorts just for you, because you’re such loyal, devoted and undyingly loving fans that I adore the most.
Also, mad respect to John who is probably the best actor I can find to do this kind of stuff, to not make it look stupid. Cause that’s hard. Go to his blog in the sidebar.
Now, you ungrateful ingrates.
This is obviously the last film for school. During the summer, if resources become available, there will be new videos. If not, my second channel will supply you with wonderful vlogs you can hate on all you want.
Get at me.
Hindsight
What can I say?
If there’s anything to say, it’d be that I’d never live it over again. I enjoyed every second of it, but I would never want to go through it again.
When everything is said and done, taught and learnt, experienced and reminisced upon, what could I possibly say? Four years isn’t a long time. Four years in high school though, is an eternity.
So, I’m leaving. I’m not leaving anything behind, though. If anything, I’m taking as much as I can with me. Not because I’m scared of what I’ll experience next, but because, like it or not, it’s defined me. The people, the experiences, the memories and the conversations. I don’t need to be told who I am, because by the end of high school, I should know enough who I want to be. Hopefully, that’ll continue as I grow older, because staying the same person your whole life prevents you from becoming a better one.
That’s beside the point though. I’ll look back, and smile a bit at what we did or what we saw. I’ll remember that one day or the things we did during class, and I’ll chuckle to myself. It’s like a snow globe, where I can shake up all those memories and let them fall into place in my mind. And I can enjoy them as they were; good times with good people. It’s my job not to forget that, because it wouldn’t be doing my time in high school justice.
It was hell, I’ll agree with that and I’ll never want to go back. But damn, it was a fun ride.
To you, and you know who you are,
Thanks. You made high school what it was. Don’t ever forget it, cause I won’t.
And really, that’s all I can ever say.
Now, the next four years will be interesting, and that’s all I’ll say about that.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Drool.
Things that are drool worthy? Come hither, I shall show you.
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Cool Material’s website name doesn’t lie, there’s some really good shit on this site.
Thanks to I SAVED LATIN!, I was able to find this and browse the first few pages and find to my pleasant surprise very interesting and cool items of clothing, shoes, tech, accessories and other knicknacks and, uh, paddywacks?
Nah, that’s not a proper representation of the kinds of things Cool Material showcases. But at any rate, I stumbled across this.
OVER HERE. Flash Player doesn’t let me copy paste awesomeness.
I like headphones. I have a pretty good pair of JVC’s. But this single color scheme, spiralling flexible cord and appearance in the cups like this thing would take some monster bass and be able to make my ears bleed while its almost silent to everyone else makes me
drool.
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I’m listening to Blink-182 and too lazy to change the song.
PSYCH.
Really though, I talked about AMC’s The Walking Dead live action series based off the long-running graphic novel series. I am amply excited. And, with io9, I can keep track of new production developments, like show still photographs giving sneak peaks to what everything looks like.
OVER HERE. Honestly guys, go to io9. It’s a really fucking great time waster.
At any rate,
drool.
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Obligatory contradictory image:
LOLcharmander.
Oh and,
/drool.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Hold on to your seats, I’m going MAINSTREAM!
Nah, not really. But Kid Cudi is well known, and he’s kind of famous. Never really thought he made good hip-hop until recently. Apparently he does.
So, why not?
But the purpose in showing you this is the music video. Did some research: directed by Nez Khammal. Do I know who that is? No, but I’m going to say this person is a good director.
The video struck me as a pretty good example of composition and aesthetic. Very beautifully shot, interesting locations, and nice subjects to focus on too.
Static shots + a split-screen effect = very nice video to look at.
Good interpolation of Gaga too.
Old song, I know, but whatever.
Cudi’s videos and songs seem to show a glimmer of hope in terms of the music videos as an art form rather than showcasing big asses and cameos. At least here they were done with style and class.


