The Majestic Beauty that is Sigur Rós.

Sigur Rós is one of my favorite bands ever.

They make some of the most beautiful music out there.. their latest record (which is pretty much my number one pick for 2008, and WAY the fuck up there in my 'OF ALL TIME' category, which, if you know me, is a pretty damn huge thing to say!) 'Með suð í Eyrum við Spilum Endalaust' (which means, With Buzzing in Our Ears We Play Endlessly) is a fucking brilliantly luscious, sprawling, dreamy, epic, glorious, beautiful piece of art.

i've been completely in love with it since it sank its soft, loving claws into my heart and soul, when it first came out last year.. but upon purchasing it on vinyl the other day, the flames of adoration and love were rekindled a hundred times over! Holding a copy of one of your very favorite special albums on vinyl is always a lovely feeling. Seeing the cover art all big and nice, slicing open the side, gently taking out the record, putting it on the turntable, carefully putting the needle at the beginning of the first track... the crackles... and then, the beautiful beautiful sound.

Even though you pretty much have no idea what they're even singing about, (unless you do your nerdy research like me!) this record really stirs up the emotions. The feeling is definitely there. The songs themselves absolutely cross over the language barrier, and it hits you soft and sweet right at the core. FEEL IT! Pure, beautiful, raw, emotion.. at it's purest, most instinctual, absolutely universal in essence.. what we are all made out of... MUSIC.

i love this record. i love this band. i highly recommend giving it a listen.


This track, Ára bátur, is probably my favorite.
Honestly, one of the most beautiful pieces of music i have ever had the pleasure of hearing.




(translation)

Ára bátur (Row boat)

You tried everything
Yes, a thousand times
Experienced enough
Been through enough
But you it was who let everything
Into my heart
and you it was who once again
Awoke my spirit

I parted, you parted

You stir up
Emotions
In a blender
Everything in disarray
But it was you who was always
There for me
It was you who never judged
My true friend

I parted, you parted
(hopelandic)

You sail on rivers
With an old oar
Leaking badly
You swim to shore
Pushed the waves away
But to no avail
You float on the sea
Sleep on the surface
Light through the fog

(hopelandic)

Sigur Rós - "Með suð í Eyrum við Spilum Endalaust"

A Brief History Of The Newest Metal Sub-Genre To Emerge From Brooklyn....

DOWNSYNDROME-CORE!

(an in-depth analysis, and more shocking evidence of this growing sub-genre, after the jump.)

The roots of Downsyndrome-Core can be traced back to the early days of avant garde music and unusual artists.
In the 1950's, One notable act is: 

Refresh Your Cynical Soul!

Trials and tribulations of your day to day life got you down?  Feeling like everything is meaningless and futile? Feel like you haven't truly smiled or had a good soul refreshing laugh in far too long?   Well... that shit pretty much never goes away.. so learn to accept it... 
BUT, these lil videos here are a guaranteed smile and have the power to maybe even brighten your day just a little bit..  the precious innocence of a life not yet tainted by the harsh realities of this corrupt Michael Jackson-less world, the pure unadulterated joy and happiness exuding from these pure natural bags of meat and bones.. its just absolutely beautiful. Enjoy. 
















Allow yourself a minute to give pause and reflect on your life. Try to relate to the unabashed joy these precious innocent children are experiencing. Let go of the asinine,  trivial problems that eat away at your mind, body, and soul every day. Try to really live your life, and feel true happiness. Babies possess the answers to all the mysteries of the universe, only growing up in this horrible society and world really sucks the magic right out of us all. We can learn a thing or two from their infectious, angelic, natural little selves.  Breathe.


-MM

SlIPKNOT Better Watch Out! This Kid Is The 'Next Big Thing!'

Well.. He's definitely a 'big thing' alright... so, i guess it's written in the stars for him!

The big fat semi-retarded stars!

..and oh man, that evil penetrating gaze -that begins around the 1:13 mark- really pierces deep into the depths of the soul... i think after watching this video, that 'next big thing' of a man has devoured a little bit of each of our souls...

(Note: If you pause the video at exactly 1:13, and stare into it's eyes.. you can actually FEEL your soul being torn asunder, and merging piece by piece, with his primal, earth dwelling mass of a demonseed 'soul' of a 'big thing' of a 'man'..

Be wary, young journeymen.. Doom and misfortune lie ahead!)

(Another Note: If you look into a mirror at exactly 7:06pm (which technically, if you think about it, is 6:66pm), under the macabre ambiance of a pink and yellow lava lamp, and you repeat the word 'Psychosocial' 6 times, then pull down your pants and grab your ankles....... 'The Big Thing' will appear in the mirror and french kiss you, deep and passionately (do NOT attempt to resist this!) He then will begin to suck out the remainder of your soul. And, right before leaving your empty shell to rot on the floor of your dirty bathroom, he takes his one long, black nail polished pinky nail, and gently tickles the spot between your asshole and balls (and/or vagina), AKA; 'grundle, taint, gooch, chode'... gently whispers the rest of the Slipknot song 'Psychosocial' into your anus, and disappears back into the dark netherworld wastelands.)

Oh well... Totally worth it!

-MM

(ya can't realllly hate tho.. this dude's just doin his thing.. feeling some musics.. embracing the outlet.. gettin some energy out.. havin a good time.. enjoying himself.. yaknow?  gotta have respect for that...... he's jus a little scary... ohwell.)

(Video, once again, lifted from my favorite ol' metal blog, METALSUCKS.NET)

AMAZING DAY FOR NEW RELEASES!!!

"One good thing about music, when it hits, you feel no pain." -Bob Marley

Let the never ending, ever flowing flood of new music crash over me!

You dont need to breathe when you're drowning in the life affirming floods of MUSIC!

"Radio, radio, radio, radio, radio, radio, radio.. When i got the music, i got a place to go!" -Rancid

September 29th, 2009

Dethklok - "Dethalbum II"

Alice In Chains - "Black Gives Way To Blue"

The Avett Brothers - "I and Love and You"

Zero 7 - "Yeah Ghost"

Paradise Lost - "Faith Divides Us, Death Unites Us"

Revocation - "Existence is Futile"

Paramore - "Brand New Eyes"

AFI - "Crash Love"

Strung Out - "Agents of the Underground"

Austrian Death Machine - "Double Brutal"

Dizzee Rascal - "Tongue N' Cheek"

Robert Earl Keen - "The Rose Hotel"

-MM

If Ya Want Somethin Done Right.....

Call in the pros!

Just Another Insane Dream My Brain Decided To Have...

I guess this first part stems off of the fact that maybe i'm a lil nervous cuz i'll be playing in a band again, and have to go through learning lots of songs, and being sure of how to play them, and comfortable, before getting on stage and preforming..... but anyways....

Awesome Metal Cover of the Super Mario Bros. Castle Theme!

By a crazy awesome experimental metal (Experimetal?) band called Nylithia.
And the video is fucking awwwwwesome too!
This shit is so bad ass! ENJOY!







(Lifted from my favorite jew dude metalhead brothers; MetalSucks.net)

-MM

HELLO NURSE... last show... GOODBYE NURSE..... sigh....

*UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE*

I, Metal Mykee, will now be fulfilling the duties of bassist for HELLO NURSE! and, therefore, saving them from breaking up and obscurity! they're so great and happy and fun and poppy and catchy.. and it was so sad to see them break up.... so.... my presence, and skills, and awesomeness was requested, and i graciously accepted the invitation!  so..... i now announce, Metal Mykee shall now be playing bass for Hello Nurse... and... COME TO SHOWS! =) i'm so super stoked! i love Hello Nurse.. and i love playing music... and i never played bass in a band before.. and i'm so super excited! yay yay yay!  MYKEE RETURNS TO THE STAGE! 


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i am super very awful drunken..... okay... here are some thoughts... 

mykee is a drunk ass piece of mother fucker... and HELLO NURSE was/is such an amazingly poppy, catchy, fun, amazing awesome band... godamn my anus balls for missing out on so many shows over the years... ONE MORE HALF FORMED PLAN MIGHT KILL MEE!!! such is my life mr mike garcia................... fuck it.... holy drunk assholes..... how come i dont have a million 'followers' on metalmykee.blogspot.com ????   but.. regardless.... or... Joe Burch... Irregardless..... nobody cares... except the people who DO care... bug godamn if they're invisible or far away.... too FEW AND FAR BETWEEN... i miss you matty... and jets.... but really just matty P... whatever.. HELLO NURSE is so godamn catchy and poppy and fun and lovely... mr. mike garcia.. i love you and your smooth front man moves........

i could totally cry right now.......... godamn my emotional ass....




go listen to the legacy left behind.... HELLO NURSE




sigh.

Be Very Careful Who You Moon!

FULL MOOOOOOOOOOON!

Revocation - "Existence is Futile"

i like to look at this while i listen to the new Revocation album, 'Existence is Futile'

(Even tho this is Andy Williams from Every Time I Die, and has nothing to do with Revocation, except for the fact that it fucking RULES!)

(Also, i stole this Gif from my favorite metal blog METALSUCKS.NET .. Gotta represent!)

So... This debut album from up and coming death/thrash metallers, Revocation, is fucking AMAZING! Killer AND tasteful guitar work, bad ass world class shredding, nasty growling vocals, and some amaaaazing song writing!
The whole album is streaming right now at  http://www.existenceisfutile.info/ ..  so go listen to that whole shit before it comes out September 29th, on Relapse Records.. and then go BUY THAT SHIT!!  If you hurry up and pre-order it now, it comes bundled with a BRUTALLLLY BAD ASS tshirt!! all for only $22!! i got mine already! and it fucking RULES! woooo!

so.. go listen to the album.. get psyched.. and then BUY THAT SHIT!

SUPPORT METAL!

also, its very awesome to look at that headbanging pic up top here whilst listening!  FUCK THIS RECORD IS GOOOD!!

Revocation - 'Existence is Futile' - September 29th, 2009

-MM

The Flaming Lips - "I Can Be A Frog"

Good ol' amazing ass Flaming Lips.. They never fail me.. Every record since 'The Soft Bulletin' has been stellar, creative, original, and gorgeous.

It's been about 3 years since their last record, 'At War With The Mystics'.. and judging by this lovely little song, and the ever impressive talent and musical craftsmanship of Wayne Coyne and the Lips, i'm sure it is WELL worth the wait! New record EMBRYONIC is out October 13th... YAY!


The Flaming Lips "I Can Be A Frog"



i really like this song, and video.. simple, yet elegant and touching.. good ol' amazing ass Flaming Lips. LOVE IT.


The Flaming Lips - 'EMBRYONIC' - October 13th, 2009


-MM

The 20 Best Cartoons of the 90's.

I didnt compile this list.. but it is SO damn right on! With the exception of a few randoms left out (Chip & Dale's Rescue Rangers, Rugrats, DUCK TALES! to name a few!) they really mention EVERY cartoon that meant the world to me for the very formative years of my life. Known as, the 1990's.

The 20 Best Cartoons of the 90's

AMAZINGLY EXCITING UPCOMING MUSIC RELEASES FOR SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2009!

I trolled the internet for the last few months compiling a list of all the upcoming music releases i want to check out.. then i figured, perhaps other people might be interested in getting up on some exciting new music as well!!

There are shit loads of albums coming out over the next few months... here are a bunch that i, personally, am VERY VERY VERY VERY excited for!!! i hope some of you find this helpful and get up on some great new music! WOO! exxxxciting year for music this 2009 was.. yay.

There's a bunch more good shit comin out in november and december too.. but i figured for now, i'll just do september and october.. and make a new list as releases get announced! WOOOO!! FUNNNN!! (FOR ME!!)


(List after the jump...)

The Problem With Going To Sleep Early For Once.....

The problem with deciding to get my tired ass to sleep early for once is I have dreams about ladies in senate, trying to get some sorta house zoning bill passed.. and taking inspiration from a They Might Be Giants song, she realizes she can filibuster 'vigilantly'.. reciting the words to songs from the Little Mermaid soundtrack, explaining each verses deeper meanings as they go.. and everybody in senate was so annoyed.. then it was off to the wilderness with some 'EXXXTREME' friends.. and i almost dropped an expensive ass video camera while base jumping off a huge mountain into the parking lot of the shopping center i had my first 2 jobs at when i was younger.. only to be met there by Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, who picked me up in a Honda Element. And i was having such a crazy day and i wanted someone to talk to, so i was whining to him about stuff, and telling him i wished he still had a mouth so we could talk... and he showed me that he actually, contrary to the portrayal of Deadpool in the Wolverine Origins movie (not the actual Deadpool from the comics), he DID still have a mouth and we could talk.. and i decided a cigarette would be really good, but he made me wait a few minutes cuz he had the AC going in the car.. and we drove past the old pool club in the neighborhood i grew up in, and there was a lady sitting on her front lawn, watching her kids play with toys.. she was all sexy and skinny and over tanned and rich and desperate housewives-ish, complaining to her kids that her foot really hurt, and Deadpool now turned into my friend Chris Catapano (who if you know him, makes it even weirder) and he wouldnt drive off cuz he was getting turned on by the crazy housewife lady's rants.. and i was even thinking that she was lookin to get banged by some strapping young poolguy-esque dude, and i was thinkin bout goin to talk to her bout it.. but then i was at my parents house trying to fix an old Nintendo i had plugged into the washing machine.. and i ended up hacking a game of Castlevania so i had Mario AND a side scrolling jet fighter with lasers to shoot at the same time as Mario's fireballs, and i was fucking shit up.. crazy ghosts and monsters.. and i told my dad the Nintendo works just fine.. then i opened the freezer for some icecream, but there wasnt anything good in there, and i turned to check out this shelf full of lotsa random toys and old stuff.. and i saw all my old electric toothbrush sets i used to have when i was little, a Mickey Mouse one... and some others, that i didnt really have in real life.. and i was wishing i still had the one He-Man one i used to have.. and my dad said that it was at my grandma's house, and i could go get it! but i had to probably do some chores for her.. then i got a call from my friend Beth, who told me she found a way to take regular disposable lighters, and make them super strength and indestructible, and she was gonna start selling them and make lots of money, and she gave me a whole bunch of them, and i went to the gas station and picked up a whole tray of lighters for her to use to start up her new business venture.. but then i was playing some old school computer games with a friend, and we got stoned, and then my friend Dennis, (whom i worked with in the kitchen at Shaffer City a long time ago, who is now as of very recently BACK in the kitchen there) knocked on the door and asked if we wanted anything on the side of---- and i responded YES before he even finished asking, cuz for some reason i knew that he was making us some big ass microwave pizzas, and he put pasta and BBQ sauce on them, and cut them up in really fucking weird shapes.. then we turned on the TV and the senate lady was still filibustering vigilantly, with Little Mermaid songs, talking about how Ariel is telling little girls how to feel pretty in the morning by counting the number of cocktail shrimp they put on their eyes when they wake up... =\ 1-2-3... .......... and then i guess i woke up.... and now its 4am... and.... dammit! no more going to sleep early!

so it begins.....

well.. i have FINALLY started my own blog.. let's see what sorta exciting things we can share with each other.. ENJOY!