Eingya

I would play this record when/if:

I was lying haphazardly on top of my exhausted horse, my mighty steed that had carried me away from the din and clamor of a blood thirsty war, and I had come to an anomaly - a beautiful river with lilies and sparkling, flawless water. After using all my strength to lift my samurai awesome body off my horse, I'd fall with a defeated splash into the welcoming crystalline water. Unable to do anything but gaze blankly at the sun, who conversely was sparkling all the brighter while my life force grew faint (asshole sun!). With gaping mouth and multiple holes ridden in my war defeated body, arrow heads embedded in my arms and chest, I'd lay, quiet and content. Ribbons of blood would swirl away, making intricate patterns that added a strange incarnidine beauty to the otherwise unperturbed body of water - the water which flows through my very japanese pony tail and kimono (which is probably why I would be dying - kimono's do not offer much in the way of protection, you see), my dying body which diverts the flow of the peaceful water. Nature sounds all around me - the sounds of life and living, of simplicity and an age old wisdom for all ages; almost mocking man's folly at the conquests and idea of war, which is an idea brewed and concocted by the so called thinking ape. And all around me, the sound of nature, while just yards away, I know in my weakly beating heart that...

EVERYBODY WAS KUNG FU FIGHTING!!! DOODODODODODO DOO DOO DOO!THOSE CATS WAS FAST AS LIGHTNING! HUH!

Helios - Eingya

Czech it out, seriously. An electronic/post rock/ambient gem, created by Keith Kenniff.

Helios' Myspace

Rome Neighbors With Devendra Banhart remix

Big ups to Ces for this - the story isn't about you haha (except for the good song rec)

You know when you just put on a track and can feel that you're gonna dig it? Or, actually, back up - you know how people say 'you've gotta listen to this track!'?, and they build it up to be something great, and you're let down most of the time - some staggering number or percentage that makes you lose faith in humanity and that particular friend's taste in music?

I hate that, because I'm too nice (or too spineless) to say how I really feel about the song to their face (worst song ever, abomination in song form, could crap out better tunes with my musical farts et-cetera and so on and so forth), yet enough of an asshole to just secretly hate that person for the next five or ten minutes; depending on the severity of the letdown/how shitty/length the song was.

...But how good is looking back on that heartbreak, when you're 'musically inclined' friend comes through - and you sit there, unconsciously bobbing your head and raising the volume, and opening up your ears (if that's even possible - maybe good songs do that to you) even wider then the preset holes God/Allah/Homo Neanderthalensis gave you in your head... And you tell all your other friends, 'you've gotta listen to this track!".

That is something I love. But seriously, you guys gotta listen to this track

Download - Phoenix - Neighbors with Devendra Banhart remix

(link taken from Phoenix Diary)

*after writing this, I feel like all my friends will be afraid to rec me something, or they think I'm some sort of elitist - but I seriously like whatever you guys show me - if you know you have good taste, don't sweat it.

**there I go being spineless again, I am the boneless chicken of music critiquing.

***I just like to over-exaggerate to a fault to make my writing more interesting, sometimes fabricating scenarios like the one above (but it has happened before).

****no more explaining myself!

What We Must

This album is simply amazing. I haven't dug anything hard upon first listen in a long time. I normally would be bummed I just discovered it now, but I'm just happy I've had the pleasure of hearing this record. It's beautiful.

JAWSOME (or an ode to Jimmy)

(this is seriously 1/8 of all the shark action - facebook chat automatically deleted the rest of the feeding frenzy Jimmy and I spent creating for the better part of an hour - give or take)

Jimmy : hahahaaha. man this is hardcore.these sharks are rutheless motherfuckers.

...if you think about it, man... sharks haven't got much of a presence in the music scene
if any at all. we could change that

Eddie: duuude! sharkcore! post sharkcore

Jimmy: ship-shop (shark hip-hop)

Eddie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ETxDHXBeCE
who is your daaaaadddy hahaha! duude...that would be sick...findie rock?

Jimmy: hahaha

Eddie:grunge white sharks. fuck. dude please - lets make a shark themed band, name and everything.

Jimmy: hahaha that was the plan!

Eddie: your plan is THE plan

Jimmy: hahha. we can infuse metal with gangster rap, and all our lyrics will be about sharks

Eddie: hahahah

Jimmy: our first single will be S.H.A.R.K.S. MAN

Eddie: hahaha...
im tryin to come up with the acronym
...
sharks hate all reef killers son get the harpoon W.W.E. YAAAAALL

Jimmy:

hey you, get off mah sand,
you don't know me and you don't know mah band,
who be getting flam when it come to the jam,
here i am, here i am, the SHARK man
baby seal baby seal HEY the SHARK man

Eddie: hahah YES! see? this shit writes itself!

Jimmy: sharks hate all reef killers son SHARK get the harpoom, WWE yall

bring da motherfuckin manfelsh, bring da motherfucking manflesh

Eddie: hahahaha YES! duuude, that shit's so good...

sorry i was listening to austrian death machine. hahaha! bring the muthauckin manflesh

Jimmy: haha, its ok

Eddie haha gold. i feel like im not participating in the song writing.
every guitar riff will just be the!!!oooh shit - some heavy ass break down!

Jimmy: yeah

Eddie: - just minor 2nds all over haahahah, like the jaws theme song

Jimmy: hahaha.

shark-cunts rule everything around me SCREAM get assistance, chomp-a chomp-a dead yall

Jimmy: well, laptop battery is dyin, catchya later

Eddie: aright man, sorry i was cookin dino chicken nuggets. im saving this convo, cuz its so awesome.

Jimmy: hahaha, maybe post on your blog?

- WORD, son, damn straight this went on the blog!

Best facebook chat convo ever? - I think so! Jimmy never fails to make me laugh, just because he's one of the few people who would get as excited about this as I would, and would play along with it for so long. That's why he's a great friend, and why we have a million inside jokes in the short time we spent being black and kickin' it - I miss ya brother.

CHIKKA CHIKKA SLIM SHAAADYYYYY

The most awesome thing I've discovered today (maybe in years)

You all may already know about Austrian Death Machine, the Shwarzenegger centric metal band, but I just stumbled upon this most amazing group today (5 minutes ago to be exact). The cover art for their album Total Brutal (dropped in 08) really sums up how bad ass these guys (and the Governator) really are. There is nothing else that needs to be said, except...

GET TO THE CHOPPA!

WHO IS YOUR DAAAH DEEEEEEEEEEE!!!?!?!?

+63 Emergency

(I'm from the Philippines, and Typhoon Ondoy is devastating the country at the moment - Typhoons aren't uncommon back home, but there hasn't been one this bad as far back as I can remember. As I sit comfortably dry in Southern California, I can't stop thinking about all my family and friends affected - rich and poor are struggling through the onslaught of rain.)

Please check out my cousin Lille's post on the current crisis effecting the Philippines - Typhoon Ondoy.

+++More Than A Month's Worth Of Rain Fell In Just 12 Hours by Lille Bose

All the information I know about the natural disaster is coming from her and relatives dealing with the onslaught of rain back home. It bothers me that there seems to be zero coverage about Typhoon Ondoy on mainstream media networks, and the devastating affects it is having in the Philippines. The large population of poor people will have no means to deal with the mass flooding - many people's homes will have been destroyed, or in extreme cases, swept away in the torrential rain. I've seen video footage of underpass walkways that were completely flooded to the brim - underpasses I've taken myself and I can't believe the extent of the flooding! Busy streets in the central business district have had their pot hole marked streets covered in a milky, destructive layer of brown rain water.

More information from a local source can be gleaned from checking out this link here:

+++Typhoon coverage

If you are able to help (and plead you to do so), think about donating money to the Philippine Branch of the Red Cross. Lille used a U.S credit card to donate to help the cause, so don't feel like you can't help.

+++Red Cross

Keep the Philippine people in your thoughts and (if you believe in a high power) prayers.

Much Love,

Eddie

Needless To Say

It feels like I always say, 'needless to say' when I write up here.

Needless to say, this probably won't be the last time you see that phrase used on this website.