It's because I am Australian

Last year, me and my dude, Mike sat down with Actionhank from Dayton to discuss one of my favorite topics.

Here is the pod-cast.

http://www.powerupfighters.com/2010/01/podcast-episode-23-sluch-and-dr4go/

Oh and the title is because of the accent, if you don't know me, it might throw you off for a minute... or forever.

LOL

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Alive!

Well y'all it is not only a new month but a new year. So to celebrate here is our new music player!

Now I am not afraid to eat humble pie, last time I checked Fileden was being mighty screwy and not being helpful at all. I thought it was still like that but thankfully it isn't and I can finally upload my music to the site again yahh!

I actually wrote an entry (which I have deleted lol don't want to slander anybody unless they deserve it) that we were not going to get no new music but it turns out I was wrong. So without anymore fanfare, here is this months three.

Monster: Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga has divided a lot of people but for people who actually like her (yes they do exist lol) she is a nice singer and a great performer. The title song from her new album 'The Fame Monster' is an awesome piece of pop. It's trademark Lady Gaga and like always she goes the extra mile, instead of he took my heart, she says "he ate my heart" lol Gaga... you are so... umm... gaga?!

Alive: Leona Lewis. Another of our most featured in my music lists is Leona. Anyone whom follows this blog knows I love me some of Ms. Lewis and this song from her new album 'Echo' is probably one of my favorite songs in recent memory. The lyrics are perfect and I swear it should be used for 'Lost' promo. Perfect for it I tell you.

Building a Mystery: Sarah McLachlan. I am actually surprised I have not used Sarah before, she is one of my all time favorite artists and this is one of my all time favorite songs. This song made me a Sarah fan... truth. Also how awesome is it when she says "you are a beautiful, a beautiful fucked up man"? It was so unexpected yet so fitting.

Well that's our songs for this month.

Enjoy!

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P.S. I finally got my first comment on my blog in awhile and LOL it was not just spam but it was spam in a different language! Cracks me up.

Awesome and not so Awesome

LOL so that title is not quite rants and raves so I think I might stick with R & R. The inspiration for this title is mainly because of two things. My Xbox 360 and Fileden screwing with me. It's a non brainer which one is awesome and which is not so awesome eh?

My Xbox 360 is everything I ever wanted in a game system. It plays my current favorite game (Tekken 6), it is backwards compatiable so I can play my old favorites like Ninja Gaiden Black and Brute Force. I can go online with it thanks to my brother in law Larry and play Tekken online (not so awesome tho) and download games and demos (awesome). It is packed with cool demos and games and a massive hard-drive. On top of that, I can save music to my hard-drive and actually listen to that instead of the game music which is too pimp. I am so happy I finally caught with this generation of gamers and it's all thanks to my awesome American family. I LOVE y'all.

The not so awesome is Fileden. Much like how MyFlashFetish was cool for a minute and then started realitating (a.k.a acting stupid and not making sense) it looks like Fileden the storage place for my mp3's which work in conjunction with my mp3 music player on this very site is heading the same route. Why do people need to mess with a good thing for? Because of this major realitation I now can not make my year end player I was planning. Thanks... Merry Christmas indeed.

Well this will probably be my last blog for this year, this, my first real year of blogging and it was cool. I will keep it up in the new year and keep y'all posted and interested in my rants and raves.

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p.S Can't believe we are coming to an end of another decade, wow.

I like Lists

It is ironic that my two blog posts for this year are both related to my music player but hey, that's the way the wind blows I guess.

I actually created this list a couple weeks ago but only now I have got around to putting it down. It is not that I am super busy, it is just I don't blog as much as I used to. Hopefully I will find more reasons to blog in 2010.

Anyhow, back to the title. I like making lists. It goes all the way back to my childhood. I am not the most organized person so it puzzles me that I like making lists but that is something I find myself doing a lot. Now immediately after I completed my song list for this month. I thought about the one constant thing in my blog. The one constant was, every month, no matter the month, I would do a blog dedicated to explaining why I choose certain songs for my music player. I then decided to do my top 5 songs from these 36 different songs I have picked over the course of 2009.

Without further ado and in no specific order.

My Top 5 blog songs!

*Run by Leona Lewis. Big fan of Leona, massive fan of this song even through it never came out as a single in US and not I am not even a fan of the original. Leona just put her own spin on it and in my opinion, killed it. This song is also forever associated to me with my short story 'Run' as well, even through they explore different themes.

*After the Hurricane by Jazmine Sullivan. Another new favorite female artist of mine. I love the raw imagery in this song. Once again, not a single through it was used in a tv show I watched but I was a big fan before it was.

*Viva La Vida by Coldplay. I always liked Coldplay but I never consider myself a big fan. This song made me a fan and now I am actually enjoying their music a lot more. The song and video go hand in hand so well.

*Don't Trust Me by 3OH3!. Very random among these other songs but my music player was never predictable. I actually enjoy this strange song and lol ain't afraid to admit it. Truly a guilty pleasure.

*I Like it Rough by Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga had a great year in music, becoming the new 'It' girl and everything. 'The Fame' was one of the few albums I listened to this year that I enjoyed from beginning to finish. This song is hands down one of my favorites off an album of favorites.

Well that's the list. I think I might celebrate this list by turning it into my player on my other blog (apocryphicvideos.blogspot.com).

Have a Merry Christmas all

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My Sweetest Downfall

It took a minute but the soundtrack for December is now up. It took me a minute to find some songs I really wanted to share with everyone but I am happy with the three I picked.

I am actually going to do them in the order which I picked the songs. Just something different this month.

The first song I knew for sure I would want on my player was 'Did It Again' by Shakira. It really is a non-brainer. I mean, I like Shakira and the song is produced by Pharrell of the Neptunes. That to me is like a guaranteed shoe-in. One of the things I really dig about the song is the very well choreographed video. The scene of Shakira play fighting with her partner (a known b-boy) works well and as we all know Shakira is my first choice to play Zafina and this video (and others) proves she can do all those crazy moves Zafina does so well.

'Flowers' by Crystal Kay was my second choice. I always loved this song by her and I feel even through I can't understand what she is saying I can feel the emotion in this song. Ironically, my wife recently got Crystal Kay's Greatest Hits on a 2 disc set but this song wasn't on it but to me it is one of her best songs.

The final choice is 'Samson' by Regina Spektor. I actually knew of this song for a pretty long time, dating back to when I lived in Australia (which feels like a lifetime ago). However I recently got Regina's cd from Lane (note to self, write that blog about Lane before end of year) and re-discovered how much I like this song. It's funny I now actually have long hair and of course Samson is in reference to the Bible story about Samson and his hair, I however liked this song when I didn't have long hair through, lol. Oh and yes, the title of this blog is inspired by 'Samson' as well.

Well that's it.

Enjoy!

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Rave: Ninja Assassin

In the biggest no-brainer of all time, this rave will be about Ninja Assassin.

Regular readers of my blog know I have been following Ninja Assassin since the movie was first announced. Me and my lovely wife have been following the movie's progress very avidly and could not wait to see the trailer.

Then the trailer was released and it looked like all our dreams had come true. Our boy, Rain was coming to America in a fantastic way. As firm supporters of Rain, his music, his shows, we were ready for it.

We kept ourselves pump on the way to the show (ironically the place is called 'Rave') by listening to our specially made Rain cd. We sat down with our confectionaries and then the show began.

The film blew away all my expectations and delivered hands down one of my most bloodiest, violent movies I have ever watched. The blood spurted, sprayed and flew, the plot was easy to follow, the characters had motivation and were believable. In the end, me and my wife were extremely satisifed.

Rain got his acting on, his English was surprisingly fluent and he brought the fury in the action scenes. Boy had some serious moves and he rocked our world.

On top of Rain, Sho Kosugi the father of all Ninja movies also delivered a virturoso come-back performance and it really pleased me that the directors/producers/writers gave him such a good showing. It was the equilvent of what Tarintino did for David Carridine in Kill Bill. A true movie legend was shown the respect he deserved in a genre he helped popularized. Naomi Harris also played a perfect foil for Rain, there exchanges were filled with humor, respect and some affection.

Props must also be given to the director/ cinematographer, the movie had many iconic moments that will stick with you after the credits rolled.

All in all, Transformers: Revenge of Fallen must move aside as my favorite movie of this year. This Year belongs to the Ninja.

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Sweet SINdel

I always had a thing for Sindel from Mortal Kombat. Dating all the way back to Mortal Kombat 3 when she was first introduced, I thought she had a mysterious, dangerous yet sexy appeal to her. Her outfit showed just enough and I kinda like the white hair with a black streak.

It was later on I realized she had awesome combos and I could win with her as well so that was pretty sweet too.

So when I was told that Sindel was casted in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation movie (and this was after the first MK movie which is and still is, a pretty good flick) I was looking forward to seeing who they casted.

The end result was Musetta Vander. She was a relative unknown when the flick came out and she, too me, made a horrendous movie slightly bearable. She was hot, she was crazy, she was Sindel to a tee.

The movie put Musetta on the map but not in a great way. Thankfully she later on followed it up with a good guest spot in Stargate: SGI (where she was Teal's long lost love) and Star Trek: Voyager (where she played Harry Kim's love interest). The casting directors like giving her roles where she was an inter-racial relationship and that appealed to me as well.

She just worked on a film called 'Transylmania' (which is where the above image is from)
where she plays a not so nice mistress of the dark. Yep, I like this ladies body of work, literally.

I was always a fan of Sindel and I will admit I definitely a fan of Musetta Vander too.

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