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Wow… it has been a long time since I mogged… well there are reasons; Firstly I spend far too much time online promoting my music projects (mainly AREA 27)… so by the time I’ve done the rounds on MySpace, Last FM, Facebook etc.etc. I’m exhausted and it’s hard to even find the time to be creative. Another reason was I realized that while going through my old vinyl & CD collection (whats left of it that is) and writing about old gems was cool and in some ways made me feel y... MORE
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Well this has been an interesting week/weekend. Not only is my mom depressed but it turns out my dad is too. She told me he asked her for a divorce on monday. I can't help but contemplate the tenderness of the adolesence I've been clinging onto. Goodbye youth. The thread was continuosly tugged on, I couldn't help but pick at it, and so the blankey of childhood is nothing more then shreds. A few scraps of random memories. I feel like i never even experienced it the sw... MORE
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Alright, who's got their 3D glasses ready? If you don't already have your own pair, you're going to miss out on the wicked new vids coming out these days. Missy Elliot's "Ching A Ling," this new 3D version of MGMT's "Time To Pretend" and Bjork's upcoming "Wanderlust" - all in 3 dimensions!!! Check out the new MGMT vid:
Pretty cool, eh? I don't usually like this type of music, but I love the lyrics in this song. This might be my mantra for 2008!
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.On the first song on their debut record, MGMT let us know how they got here. The rock song-as-origin myth is nothing new-- from "Who Do You Love" through "Immigrant Song", to "We Share Our Mother's Health" and Kanye West's "Big Brother" and "Time to Pretend" situates itself in that canon. Emerging initially from a viscous electronic fluid, the song quickly takes shape as a bombastic electro-glam number about rock star dreams. Accordingly, it's cheesy and clichéd, but also... MORE
