Keepsake of Luck is superb. If you're looking for something to listen to on repeat in anticipation of Somewhere in the Between, I recommend this one HIGHLY. Granted, it's not ska, but it is of a similar musical caliber. This album shows a new side of RCR that was only present in their previous album (Hate to Be Loved) in small amounts; with largely acoustic songs, Keepsake of Luck is like if the New York Dolls had crazy sex and babies with Johnny Cash or something else cool like that. Keepsake of Luck is like if Ben Folds got hypnotized into thinking that he was Johnny Thunders. I actually don't know who Ben Folds is, but I've heard he plays a lot of acoustic music.
Fuck this, I don't think I'm really getting the point across. Let me explain this in simple math terms:
1 part glam rock + 2 part acoustic guitar + 3 parts crooning + 1/2 melancholy and 1/2 upbeat hopefulness + occasional softness = Keepsake of Luck.
Update: Also, the Phenomenauts helped record some of this album. Two of my favorite bands collaborating on a piece? No wonder I like this CD so much...
Alright, you know what, I'm pretty much running on fumes here, so go buy the fucking CD and find out for your goddamn self. All i can say for sure is that it's really fantastic.
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Dancing: Is there anything it CAN'T do?
There was a show on campus the other night called Skafest. It was $1.
Needless to say, I was in attendance.
The highlight of the evening, probably, was when I was skanking (for you more ignorant reader, that's what you call dancing to ska music. It has nothing to do with my man-whorish tendencies) behind this pretty cute girl (I'd say 3 1/2 stars) who was wearing a tight dress and some tights. Anyways, she had a nice butt, and in keeping up with my manly status of... well, Me (yes, Optimus Prime is a status now. It's somewhere above Jesus, but slightly below James Bond) I decided to practice my "C" from Maddox's Alphabet of Manliness.
A quick aside: for those of you who don't know, the C in the Alphabet of Manliness is for "Copping a Feel". If you don't know what the Alphabet of Manliness is, Google it, then fuck off and die.
Long story short, I grabbed her butt. It was nice.
Needless to say, I was in attendance.
The highlight of the evening, probably, was when I was skanking (for you more ignorant reader, that's what you call dancing to ska music. It has nothing to do with my man-whorish tendencies) behind this pretty cute girl (I'd say 3 1/2 stars) who was wearing a tight dress and some tights. Anyways, she had a nice butt, and in keeping up with my manly status of... well, Me (yes, Optimus Prime is a status now. It's somewhere above Jesus, but slightly below James Bond) I decided to practice my "C" from Maddox's Alphabet of Manliness.
A quick aside: for those of you who don't know, the C in the Alphabet of Manliness is for "Copping a Feel". If you don't know what the Alphabet of Manliness is, Google it, then fuck off and die.
Long story short, I grabbed her butt. It was nice.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Preemptive CD reviesw: Streetlight Manifesto - "Somewhere in the Between"
Somewhere in the Between is bound to hit shelves November 13th.
After years of chronic blue-balling since Everything Goes Numb came out (yes, I'm purposefully omitting Keasbey Nights because... well, frankly, I'd heard all those songs before) I can honestly say that, based on my continuous listening of the 31 seconds of sample clips posted on their webpage - given in the form of :12 of We Will Fall Together, :07 of Down, Down to Mephisto's Cafe, and :12 of Would You Be Impressed? - that this album will be the most explosive unanimous eargasm of Kalnoky fan-boys possible. There'll be checkered musical splooge coating the entire continental United States, as well as parts of Canada and Mexico for WEEKS after its eventual release.
This album is going to fuck our ear pussies so hard that even the most hard-hearted cynic will forget the angsty anticipation in which we waited so anxiously, intermittent with delays, excuses, and general ass-hattery on Streetlight's part.
Yes, this album is going to be great.
I maybe the world's biggest dick (read: I am the world's biggest dick) but I can truthfully say that the 12 seconds of crooning and horn riffs of We Will Fall Together is, by itself, enough to warm my heart. I may yet love again.
But, if I do, I'll love Tomas Kalnoky.
Sorry ladies, guess I'm gay now.
But I digress... seriously, go buy this fucking album. Pre-order it as soon as you can. If you can't... start walking to the nearest record store. Trust me. You DO NOT want to miss this.
- Optimus Prime
Note: You, too, can preview this album at Streetlight Manifesto's web-page, http://www.streetlightmanifesto.com
Although, do so at your own risk. If you listen to the short clips, you too may be possessed by the desire. It's literally eating away at my mind. I have dementia now because I literally CANNOT WAIT any longer for this CD.
After years of chronic blue-balling since Everything Goes Numb came out (yes, I'm purposefully omitting Keasbey Nights because... well, frankly, I'd heard all those songs before) I can honestly say that, based on my continuous listening of the 31 seconds of sample clips posted on their webpage - given in the form of :12 of We Will Fall Together, :07 of Down, Down to Mephisto's Cafe, and :12 of Would You Be Impressed? - that this album will be the most explosive unanimous eargasm of Kalnoky fan-boys possible. There'll be checkered musical splooge coating the entire continental United States, as well as parts of Canada and Mexico for WEEKS after its eventual release.
This album is going to fuck our ear pussies so hard that even the most hard-hearted cynic will forget the angsty anticipation in which we waited so anxiously, intermittent with delays, excuses, and general ass-hattery on Streetlight's part.
Yes, this album is going to be great.
I maybe the world's biggest dick (read: I am the world's biggest dick) but I can truthfully say that the 12 seconds of crooning and horn riffs of We Will Fall Together is, by itself, enough to warm my heart. I may yet love again.
But, if I do, I'll love Tomas Kalnoky.
Sorry ladies, guess I'm gay now.
But I digress... seriously, go buy this fucking album. Pre-order it as soon as you can. If you can't... start walking to the nearest record store. Trust me. You DO NOT want to miss this.
- Optimus Prime
Note: You, too, can preview this album at Streetlight Manifesto's web-page, http://www.streetlightmanifesto.com
Although, do so at your own risk. If you listen to the short clips, you too may be possessed by the desire. It's literally eating away at my mind. I have dementia now because I literally CANNOT WAIT any longer for this CD.
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