reoffender's Last.fm Journal

Back in Your Head music video!!!

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:36:06 +0000

The official back in your head music video is up on Youtube!!! Such a cute video. Especially the 'run run run' bit.

Wish I could've been one of the extras, then I could vaguely point out which white thingy I was. Oh the limits of living on an island.

I <3 Tegan and Sara!!

Politicisms of Stars

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:18:52 +0000

I just read a 2005 interview with Torquil Campbell of Stars at Under the Radar and I'd have to say it's one of the best interviews i've read in a long time.

They touch on the regular topics of songwriting and the Canadian music scene but the parts relating to American politics interested me the most. There's also a mention of one of my fav lines ever "I hope you're drunken daughters are gay" from the track He Lied About Death.

Highlights:

"My life is boring, why would I write about that?"

"Some perverts go to jail, some go to the White House."

"Osama Bin Laden and George Bush are the same person, fighting their fake war to make money off of people's backs. I think fundamentalist Islam and fundamentalist Christianity are best friends, and we suffer under their chaos, while 95 percent of the rest of the world just wants to find a pretty person to marry and have kids with."

Mistaken Lyrics of TnS

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:05:23 +0000

Since i've taken a vow of Con-poverty (with the exception of the title track, which I accidentally heard on their Youtube video) I need to find other ways to get my Tegan and Sara fix, hence this journal entry.

As a huge fan of Tegan and Sara I'm ashamed to admit that for ages now I haven't really known their lyrics perfectly. This is pretty unfortunate since they're my favourite band to play and sing along to on the guitar. Most of the time the lyrics pretty easy to catch or at least just kinda make up as you go along. I decided to share some of my mistakes...they vary from understandable errors to embarassingly off and just plain nonsensical.

When I get up
Feel the rhythm in my fingers
I get up
Feel the rhythm in my left hand [laughter]

So keep the light on
Before you hop into bed
Cause baby this is
The last of this love [honest look] that I’ll ever give
This is your last love [look]
This is your last love [look]
This is your last love [LOOK!]

Watching old baseball games
And those dodgy [low budget] tele-a-thons

And when I get out for good behaviour
I’m writing love songs
‘stead of writing mean [Silly banging knee] songs

not your fault the tires are tired the camera moves
and your [driver’s been pulled] dry wall’s been built

I would go to jail with omnivores [only boys]
Just to prove I was as tough as you

And of course

If you’re gonna get off [up]
You might as well get off [up] with me

2007 Albums already out or leaked or just not out at all

Thu, 7 Jun 2007 06:43:51 +0000

Released
Wincing the Night Away- The Shins
As much as I enjoy the Shins they seem to be a band that I don't mind having a sporadic relationship with. Occassionally i'll fall into a Shins pit and need to listen to them but I usually crawl out pretty quickly. Consistently good but that isn't always a good thing. The new album is what you'd expect from them.

Neon Bible - Arcade Fire
One of the most anticipated albums of the year, not by me but in general. Following up their first album Funeral, it took time for me to warm to it but now I love it, Arcade Fire or The Arcade Fire or whatever have successfully lived up to their reputation. Favourite: My Body Is a Cage

The Reminder - Feist
Have recently been trying to catch up with feist. For a long while I had only heard Mushaboom which I loved, awesome music video as well, but have been expanding lately. After listening to the Monarch and Let It Die albums i'm convinced i'll love this new cd. Just need to get around to actually listening to it.

Leaked
The Con - Tegan and Sara
This album is due to be released on July 24th. It's just a matter of me waiting. I've actually got the leak on my computer right now but after reading Sara's post on myspace I decided to wait for the release. It's killing me not to listen to it but I want to at least try to hold out for as long as humanly possible.

People have had mixed reactions to the cover. I didn't really get it at first but have warmed to it now. I like the old-ish feel and based on the cover it looks like this album will have a darker sound.

Anticipating
In Our Bedroom After the War - Stars
Stars is a band that seemed unremarkable to me initially but after some time of casual listening I realised I love them. Now I can't stop listening to them and am eagerly awaiting their new one.

Our Love to Admire - Interpol

Third Album from Interpol to be released in July. Love this band and from the sounds of The Heinrich Maneuver it looks like Interpol will be as good as ever. Just another album i'm eagerly anticipating. Awesome cd cover as well!

When you can't delete songs you HATE

Tue, 15 May 2007 06:21:05 +0000

I'm facing a dilemma and to put it simply i'll use the completely over quoted words of Shakespeare'To delete or not to delete'.

After buying and ripping the Cruel Intentionsand
Thirteen soundtracks , both of which I love as a whole, I found that the tracks I would previously skip over on a cd player would be stuck in my iTunes.

I didn't think it'd be much of a problem but as a big fan of shuffle it drives me crazy when I have a good run of songs only to bump into Pay Attention To Me by Orlando Brown off the Thirteen soundtrack. This is easily the second most irritating song in history but second only because Who Let The Dogs Out is much more commonly heard. To a lesser extent You Blew Me Off is a similarly annoying song on a great soundtrack.

I considered deleting any songs I disliked but i'm a little pedantic about having complete albums/soundtracks. Hence my dilemma.

Also soundtracks which are predominantly or completely musical scores are great to listen to when the mood strikes but not really good for day to day shuffle listening. Love the following soundtracks but i'm thinking I should delete them off my Ipod and listen to the cds instead.

Great soundtracks soon to leave my ipod:
American Beauty
The Shawshank Redemption
Pan's Labyrinth
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, Volume 2

Slightly unrelated but I also have problems with artists I like who have albums I don't necessarily hate but don't EVER listen to. Jewel is my case point. Love Pieces of You but 0304 just wasn't my thing. I get that she was trying to change styles and that her clip for Intuition was supposed to be satirical but that just didn't make the album better. After much debating I deleted all of 0304 and resolved to have the cd on standby should my opinion ever change.

I'm sure most people would say stop whining and just delete what you don't like. But I just can't do it.

Sarah Blasko at Seymour...perfection

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:49:16 +0000

The speakers announced that Sarah Blasko would actually be on stage at the scheduled time at 8.30 so I made a quick stop at the toilets before taking my seat front row on the left of the stage. York theatre was as small as could be, perfect for an intimate little concert. You could hear everything from the rustling of paper to the tapping feet of Sarah on stage.

The five piece classical band played a quick instrumental and soon afterwards Sarah took the stage and you could feel the anticipation in the air. She played a nice mix of songs from her new release as well as 'old' catalogue occasionally chatting to the audience while guitars were changed. She sung beautifully and danced in her oh-so-blasko way. After about an hour there was a 20min intermission. Yes. An intermission at a concert. Completely unexpected but suprisingly it broke the ice a little for the audience.

The surprise guest was Holly Throsby. I'm a developing fan of hers and had been meaning to buy her album, her delightful 3-song duet set has definitely convinced me. Their voices were perfect for a duet even though Sarah apparently had a cold. Singing one of Sarah's then one of Holly's followed by a cover. It was a shame Holly left after only 3 songs leaving Sarah to finish the night.

Overall it was a nice relaxing evening with beautiful music and uncomfortable seats. Even the out of tune singing from the guy sitting behind me couldn't break the mood. Sarah Blasko proves to be a unique singer and performer.

Holly Throsby
http://www.last.fm/event/160235
Sarah Blasko

Just got 'Casino Twilight Dogs'!

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:17:49 +0000

While at the Youth Group concert at @newtown me and my friend forked out $25@ to order their new album Casino Twilight Dogs so we could get the free autographed tour poster (which has been on my wall since). I was starting to worry when the weeks went by and it still hadn't been delivered but today when i woke there it was on the coffee table! I was absolutely delighted and quickly ripped it onto my ipod.

So my first impressions. I'm liking it as a whole and especially like the tracks they played at the concert just cause they brought me back. Compared with skeleton jar...well i guess i haven't given CTD enough time but SJ as a whole is a stronger album. With CTD there are a few tracks in particular that I love like 'start today tomorrow' and 'on a string' and 'Forever Young' of course but I feel like even the weaker tracks on SJ aren't far below the standard of the new albums stand outs.

With all this in mind the album is definitely still an excellent progression for the band and I look forward to listening to it on loop =)

***1/2 out of 5

Emo Me?

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:09:17 +0000

My emo test which takes into account how 'unknown' the band is. The other emo test I did said I was like 2% emo...unfortunately I have to disagree

1. Tegan and Sara
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3. Jem
4. Tilly and the Wall
5. Iron & Wine
6. Ivy
7. The Cardigans
8. Lisa Loeb
9. Interpol
10. Way Out West

For each artist add up the # of emo tags and divide by the number tags for the top tag.

33/532 + 56/798 + 6/201 + 5/203 + 42/977 + 2/54 + 13/398 + 6/90 + 32/1613 + 1/68
= 0.40058...

Divide by 10 to get the average emo-ness of the top ten bands

= 0.04

Therefore I am 4% EMO! Only double what it was before. I'm surprised really.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Jem Tilly and the Wall Iron And Wine Ivy The Cardigans Lisa Loeb Interpol Way Out West

Top Ten Survey

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 07:00:35 +0000

1. Tegan and Sara
2. The Corrs
3. Death Cab for Cutie
4. Interpol
5. Rachael Yamagata
6. Travis
7. Garbage
8. Lisa Loeb
9. Jewel
10.Michelle Branch

Now answer the questions according to the numbers:

-- what was the first song you ever heard by 6?
Ummm not too sure...maybe sing?

-- what is your favourite album of 2?
Probably Forgiven not forgotten but I love unplugged just cause they're so wonderful live.

-- what is your favourite lyric that 5 has sung?
"but you and I know the reason why i'm gone and you're still there"
never really liked repetition in songs but even though the chorus is just one line repeated I still love it.

-- how many times have you seen 4 live?
Once at the Enmore Theatre. I actually blinded Paul with my camera and the security guy came over and told me to stop taking photos.

-- what is your favourite song by 7?
#1 Crush, mainly because its from the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack and just cause it rocks!

-- what is a good memory you have considering the music of 10?
When she was playing Goodbye to you in a Buffy episode and when I saw her at Fox studios. She signed my cd and some dude's guitar which was pretty awesome of her.

-- is there a song of 3 that makes you sad?
Are you kidding? most of them really. I guess I will follow you into the dark. Its so so sweet but in such a depressing way. "love of mine someday you will die and i'll be close behind to follow you into the dark" see what i mean?

-- what is your favourite lyric that 2 has sung?
You're only just a dreamboat sailing in my head you swim my secret oceans of coral blue and red."

-- what is your favourite song by 9?
you were meant for me or maybe hands. a lot of her new stuff really annoys me, don't really know why i keep it on my itunes.

-- how did you get in to 3?
ummm really not sure actually. The first song I heard was probably title and registration...but have no clue where and when.

-- what was the first song you heard by 1?
Time Running on One Tree Hill but I fell in love with them after Don't Confess

-- what is your favourite song by 4?
Probably Evil, Direction would be a close second

-- how many time have you seen 9 live?
Never...

-- what is a good memory you have concerning 2?
Probably from when I was in primary school sometime and first got really into their music.

-- is there a song of 8 that makes you sad?
yeah Stay kinda makes me sad, or nostalgic at least. I listened to it a lot when it first came out and totally forgot about it until a few years ago. It was weird hearing it again and getting that old familiar feeling.

-- what is your favourite album of 5?
There's really only Happenstance

-- what is your favourite lyric that 3 has sung?
the glove compartment isn't accurately named and everybody knows it
and of course
if heaven and hell decide that they both are satisfied, illuminate the 'NOs' on their vacancy signs. if theres no one beside you when your soul embarks i will follow you into the dark

-- what is your favourite song of 1?
Most played is Walking with the Ghost and Don't confess but I also love Not tonight, downtown, divided, when i get up....i'll stop because I could really go on for ages

-- what is your favourite song of 10?
Goodbye to you, it was the first song i learnt to play competantly on the guitar so its special.

-- how many times have you seen 8 live?
Never...don't think she'll be touring anytime soon

-- what is your favourite album of 1?
tough one. So jealous and If it was you are tied. I really just can't decide

-- what is a great memory you have considering 9?
Listening to Pieces of You on my balcony on a nice cool evening.