Starstrukk

It's a brand new month, the shortest month but a new month never less. So without anymore fanfare, I bring you the new music for this month. I actually had all these songs in mind before the start of the month which is pretty rare for me. I knew however that these will be my songs for February for sure.

Steaming by Sarah McLachlan- I love Sarah, she was actually part of January mix as well, I recently got her Greatest Hits cd and whilst I listened to it, I came to realize how much I love this song. Steaming from her 2nd lp 'Solace' is probably my favorite song from that album. It's a combination of the deep lyrics and awesome dual chorus which ALWAYS get me.

Tik Tok by Kesha- A relatively new artist, on first listen I was perplexed by this song but just like another song (you might know it, it's called 'Just Dance') this song grew on me and now I find myself singing it to myself all the time. This song is definitely coming to a combo video/ AVision very soon. I mean "fight till we see the sunlight" on a stage in T6 called 'Temple Grounds' where background actually changes from night to day, tell me that isn't cool!

Starstrukk by 3OH!3 feat Katy Perry- 3OH!3 is back with their crazy sense of humor and sick beats. These guys have been on my music hit list before and with Starstrukk they not only make a reappearance but also get a blog named after them. Also crazy is I am not a big fan of Katy Perry but she fits really well on this song.

Well, enjoy!

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Death never looked so pretty.

My Brand New Zafina combo video "Another Way 2 Die" is out and you can view it on YT or watch via the embedding on my Apocryphic Videos blog ======>>>>

I put alot of work into this one and I am very proud of it. I want to do a longer director' cut but I do feel this is good enough to be published as is.

Hope everyone checks it out and lets me know what they think.

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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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