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.
pP
p.S Can't believe we are coming to an end of another decade, wow.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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
pP
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
pP
Friday, December 11, 2009
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!
pP
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!
pP
Saturday, November 28, 2009
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.
pP
Monday, November 23, 2009
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.
pP
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Expectations is a Bish
LOL so I have this thing I need to tell you, my audience about. First off, it is kinda funny, I feel like I have a crowd and my blog is being read by someone other then me or my friends. I know this ain't the case but I still feel like I need to write like it is being read by multiple people.
Anyway onwards. Everyday I go to my blog, just for the Heck of it. I, sometimes tho feel the expectation to write something. Like I look at the date of my last blog entry and I say to myself 'Damn Phil, you've been quiet lately'. However most of the times I really can't come up with something I really REALLY want to write about. Sure I update my 'Rants' and 'Raves' on the side bar (almost religiously now) but other then that I really don't feel like typing a full on blog.
That is why expectations is a bish. I feel like I should write something, anything. I do know tho that it's not like keeping this blog updated would make me any money through (I wish) or there is a crowd of people following my every word but still. I feel the need to write something.
Hence this entry.
pP
P.S. Yes this is a very ironic blog entry.
Anyway onwards. Everyday I go to my blog, just for the Heck of it. I, sometimes tho feel the expectation to write something. Like I look at the date of my last blog entry and I say to myself 'Damn Phil, you've been quiet lately'. However most of the times I really can't come up with something I really REALLY want to write about. Sure I update my 'Rants' and 'Raves' on the side bar (almost religiously now) but other then that I really don't feel like typing a full on blog.
That is why expectations is a bish. I feel like I should write something, anything. I do know tho that it's not like keeping this blog updated would make me any money through (I wish) or there is a crowd of people following my every word but still. I feel the need to write something.
Hence this entry.
pP
P.S. Yes this is a very ironic blog entry.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
November has Come or I don't want to get sued.
So it is a new month so that of course means new music.
In this case, it actually is new music. I rarely go with the norm and always try to go outside of the box when it comes to music players but this month I am actually feeling some commercial 'popular' songs.
First off the bat is 'Forever'. Now I am going to go on the record, I do not get this whole 'Drake is the leader of the new school rap movement'. I think dude is aight but he hasn't blown my mind like say Lupe Fiasco. I can not hate on this song through. Drake delivers a good verse, Kanye is solid and has tons of quotables (despite what the haters say) and Wanye's verse is meh to me but that's probably because I am so sick and tired of him overstaturating the market. However the clear winner of this battle royale is Em. Em comes in and kills it, resurects it and kills it all over again. Yeah his verse was that sick. Just listen to it.
2nd is 'Doesn't Mean Anything' by Alicia Keys. To my surprise I have never featured Alicia in my music players even through she has consistantly been one of my favorite artists. This song is her latest and after a couple listens I really dig it. In a funny 'everything is connected' moment, the video for this song (specifically the last couple minutes) really doesn't do much for the song which of course is strange because I mentioned in previous blogs how much videos help me enjoy a song (Forever being a recent example, I really didn't sit up and notice the song till the video, nice work Hype Williams).
However I can't go all new skool so I had to put in one of my favorite songs of all time. 'Fastlove' by George Michael. I grew to love George due to my older brothers. Not a Christmas goes by without my oldest brother Rob playing 'Last Christmas' and my other brother Michael swears by 'Father Figure' and 'Jesus to a Child' as the best songs of all time. For me, Fastlove has always been one of my favorite songs and one of the reasons why I love it is because of the multi-chorus at the end.
Now funny enough, only recently I realized the bit I love with the female chorus is actually a sample of a song called 'Forget Me Nots' by Patrice Rushen. It is the same song Will Smith sampled to make 'Men in Black'. I didn't realize this however till I came to the States and heard 'Forget Me Nots' on my local r'n'b station Mojo and then heard 'Fastlove' again after so long.
So that's my choice for this month. I actually wanted to celebrate Rain's impending US takeover (Ninja Assassin, Thanksgiving!!) with a Rain song but I have used so many Rain songs so I decided to give it a slight break.
Oh and the title, hah. The first part of the title is inspired by Gorillaz's song of the same name. The other part of not being sued is actually a reference to me wanting to use a Prince song (probably 'When Doves Cry') but then I realized Prince is EXTRA sensitive about his music online so lol better safe then sorry. I will give him his props tho. Prince... 'When Doves Cry' is the Shit man! Go on with your crazy self.
pP
In this case, it actually is new music. I rarely go with the norm and always try to go outside of the box when it comes to music players but this month I am actually feeling some commercial 'popular' songs.
First off the bat is 'Forever'. Now I am going to go on the record, I do not get this whole 'Drake is the leader of the new school rap movement'. I think dude is aight but he hasn't blown my mind like say Lupe Fiasco. I can not hate on this song through. Drake delivers a good verse, Kanye is solid and has tons of quotables (despite what the haters say) and Wanye's verse is meh to me but that's probably because I am so sick and tired of him overstaturating the market. However the clear winner of this battle royale is Em. Em comes in and kills it, resurects it and kills it all over again. Yeah his verse was that sick. Just listen to it.
2nd is 'Doesn't Mean Anything' by Alicia Keys. To my surprise I have never featured Alicia in my music players even through she has consistantly been one of my favorite artists. This song is her latest and after a couple listens I really dig it. In a funny 'everything is connected' moment, the video for this song (specifically the last couple minutes) really doesn't do much for the song which of course is strange because I mentioned in previous blogs how much videos help me enjoy a song (Forever being a recent example, I really didn't sit up and notice the song till the video, nice work Hype Williams).
However I can't go all new skool so I had to put in one of my favorite songs of all time. 'Fastlove' by George Michael. I grew to love George due to my older brothers. Not a Christmas goes by without my oldest brother Rob playing 'Last Christmas' and my other brother Michael swears by 'Father Figure' and 'Jesus to a Child' as the best songs of all time. For me, Fastlove has always been one of my favorite songs and one of the reasons why I love it is because of the multi-chorus at the end.
Now funny enough, only recently I realized the bit I love with the female chorus is actually a sample of a song called 'Forget Me Nots' by Patrice Rushen. It is the same song Will Smith sampled to make 'Men in Black'. I didn't realize this however till I came to the States and heard 'Forget Me Nots' on my local r'n'b station Mojo and then heard 'Fastlove' again after so long.
So that's my choice for this month. I actually wanted to celebrate Rain's impending US takeover (Ninja Assassin, Thanksgiving!!) with a Rain song but I have used so many Rain songs so I decided to give it a slight break.
Oh and the title, hah. The first part of the title is inspired by Gorillaz's song of the same name. The other part of not being sued is actually a reference to me wanting to use a Prince song (probably 'When Doves Cry') but then I realized Prince is EXTRA sensitive about his music online so lol better safe then sorry. I will give him his props tho. Prince... 'When Doves Cry' is the Shit man! Go on with your crazy self.
pP
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