Comic Books, Drag Race, & Life in New Zealand
by krisis
If you were hoping to slag my new song and tell me how muddy the metaphors are and how derivitave the guitar work is, go say so at the Ani DiFranco Muse Board. The way i see it, either they’re going to say exactly that or it’s similar enough to Ani that they’ll like it :p
by krisis
Things with which you can stay awake at night: Atomica, from the crack addled brains that brought you Bejeweled and Alchemy or Sitcom Character or Dictator … the name pretty much says it all. I’m several repetitions into the Reckoning and Revelling and my teeth feel tired and typing is not quite so easy as it should be, so i’m contemplating sleep. But first i must rise above the ranking of 5000 in Atomica!
by krisis
Um, just to clear up any confusion caused earlier this week, while i didn’t write “Heartbreak Even,” i am feeling it. And, everyone should have someone feel that towards them if they never have the chance to have it written… and i don’t write quite that well.
by krisis
Well, to be fair to my mother, i never liked the live version of “Heartbreak Even,” and now it’s eclipsed my entire musical collection, so… there’s something to be said for studio production.
by krisis
Randomly, let’s rank all of the songs on the Ani DiFranco album after three days of listening! “Heartbreak Even” is definitely the best song in the set, but “So What” and “Marrow” are vying for the next best slot. Funkalicious “Ain’t That The Way” and “o.k.” are quite good, but i think they’re slightly topped by the guitar-based “grey” and “Imagine That.” “Garden of Simple” and “Subdivision” occupy a more middling acoustic rank on the charts, though “Your Next Bold Move” is surprisingly great. “Reckoning” is slow and thoughtful but i don’t mind, because the album needed that exact emotion once and it fits perfectly. “Tamburitza Lingua,” “What How When Where (why who)” and “Fierce Flawless” are all songs that are good and bad at once, with parts i’m obsessed with and parts i find rather boring. Past that i could take or leave the rest of the album, instrumentals and all. Obviously i’m still only three-quarters of the way through appreciating Reckoning, but i honestly can tell you i’ll never truly love “School Night” or “Old Old Song” since they’ve got two bad verses for every good one, and “Rock Paper Scissors” and “Sick of Me” are both a little too off kilter to catch my attention. So, there’s some unwarranted opinion that’s bound to change sometime soon; “Heartbreak Even” cannot possibly stand up to another week of continuous repeat, can it?