" MWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHA!!!!!!! " When I was little I would practice my evil laugh at LEAST once a day just in case one of my horrible plans had come in to fruition and the world would be in my tiny, evil hands. I couldn't help it. I wanted to be a villain. No matter what comic I would read or what film I would watch I would always root for the villain. Just once I would have liked to have seen the villain interrupt the hero's speech about justice and freedom by shooting him. [...]
Ugh. I hate snow so much and we seem to be getting a lot of it here in Toronto. But it's also a good excuse to stay in our warm homes and amuse ourselves some way. I have a few friends who, when they aren't being entertained by youtube, lolcats or porn, get together in a warm living room and play some Dungeons and Dragons or have a Star Trek marathon. ...or a Star Wars marathon, or Battlestar Galactica, or Lord Of The Rings...or sometimes they even have a LAN party. My friends take their [...]
I've mentioned Voltaire before. In fact, I'm a pretty big fan of the man's work. His latest album, the self-released To the Bottom of the Sea , contains twelve tracks telling a story of debauchery and pirates and the Industrial Revolution. Four tracks in we get to hear the incredibly upbeat, yet still containing the morbid and dark humor Voltaire has become known for, song "Happy Birthday (My Olde Friend)". Scientists predict that within two years, this song will replace the traditional "Happy Birthday" song sung on that most joyous yet depressing annual [...]
The last few remaining days of October are upon us. Homercat is entering the homestretch of his month long salute to Halloweenish type tuneage. I wish I had more time in my schedule to have posted an entry every day but this cat's time is limited and I hope no one leaves Rockin' feeling dissatisfied. By the time the 31st gets here I know I'm going to hear it from someone for not posting this song or that one. Again I am but one cat. Today I'm going to just put up some of my [...]
Looks comfy, huh? Wooster Cemetery Voltaire is a very funny man, and if you like Jonathan Coulton's twisted sense of humor, you'll like these too. Voltaire - Cannibal Buffet Voltaire - When You're Evil
When you get right down to it, zombies are the hip, cool and best of the horror genre. The living dead which all started with that madman Romero. Night of the Living Dead which will be a classic until the end of time. Yep there's yer classic slow moving living dead folk which healthy adults can't seem to outrun. Here's the deal though, the bulk of that movie deals with humans interacting with each other in the face of this horror and it turns out that the regular dudes may be worse monsters than the zombies. [...]
In this month of my favourite themed songs I have to give a shout out to a great friend of mine who turned me on to a lot of songs I'll feature this month. Don't know if this person wants me to web out their name, but this person over time has turned me on to a wealth of great stuff that I should have known about, and am eternally grateful. For this month's purposes any song that my friend turned me on to, I will put a ** after it. Now [...]
Number eighteen, but definitely not least, in our Dragon*Con 2008 feature is... Voltaire ! I've posted about Voltaire on a number of occasions before. That is for one simple reason: he is pretty darn awesome. I've been a fan of Voltaire 's music and more for many years now. With his tongue-in-cheek musical antics his comedic music is often difficult to pin a genre on. European folk is often tossed around as well as dark cabaret. There have also been mentionings of new wave and darkwave, but like I said... he's just [...]
Dancing Ferret Discs is unfortunately going to be shutting down operations at the end of this year. Since the early days of the label back in 1998 when Patrick Rodgers, also known as DJ Ferret, decided to expand upon Dancing Ferret Concerts and gamble on a Tallahassee band by the name of The Crüxshadows Dancing Ferret has signed a number of bands and seen a good amount of success from many of them. However, at the end of 2008 Patrick has decided to no longer release new material. In this entry on the [...]
Dancing Ferret Discs is unfortunately going to be shutting down operations at the end of this year. Since the early days of the label back in 1998 when Patrick Rodgers, also known as DJ Ferret, decided to expand upon Dancing Ferret Concerts and gamble on a Tallahassee band by the name of The Crüxshadows Dancing Ferret has signed a number of bands and seen a good amount of success from many of them. However, at the end of 2008 Patrick has decided to no longer release new material. In this entry on the [...]
Oh, we all thought we were safe after last year . So, so safe... LIES! The zombie uprising seems to have returned. It has just begun, but I have a feeling that this year will be it. Many of the dead have already risen, I had to fight them off to get back home tonight. I just had to leave one final post to you, my loyal readers. I would like to thank you all for reading and I wish you luck in surviving the apocalypse. Look at the [...]
Quick and dirty: The Man Upstairs - Voltaire If there was ever a song to fit this theme, it's this one. On top of that, it's a pretty damn awesome song all by itself, and hilarious to boot. The Heavy Drama mix (not the one on the download) is probably my favorite of the two or three versions littered around. And if you like? Srsly buy. The man himself is incredibly awesome and his live performances are lots of fun. [ BUY ] (if you buy [...]
Voltaire and Ego Likeness will be touring together across the states through April and into May, dates have just recently started appearing online. An up-to-date listing can be found on either Ego Likeness ' MySpace or Voltaire 's MySpace . According to the Ego Likeness LiveJournal , the scheduled shows are as follows. More dates are also in the works and shall be listed online as they are confirmed. Make sure to make it out to catch these two great bands while they are together. Two birds with one [...]
Green Lawn Cemetery Columbus, Ohio Thanks for the heads up on this one, Susan. Voltaire - Cannibal Buffet Like Jonathan Coulton, whose songs I posted last week, this guy sings songs from the intersection of horror and humor. This one, about a poor guy who washed up after a shipwreck on an island full of cannibals, is ridiculously catchy; I haven't been able to get it out of my head for two
Buraka Som Sistema Ever since I burned through M.I.A's latest record (entitled Kala , for those of you living under a rock) I've developed an intense craving for world hip-hop. Since Kala was so incredibly diverse when it came to ethnic sound that I just had to dig deeper--and I found some cool stuff, actually. I've talked about some international hip-hop before (i.e. UK grime scene, La Rumeur , FantaVier , etc.) but this time I tried to go all around the globe on this one--not just in Europe [...]
The Hot Stewards "The Edge of Heaven" (Wham! cover) Juliane Werding "Niemand Hat Zeit (Too Much Time on My Hands)" (German Styx cover) Spouse "Voices Carry" ('Til Tuesday cover) Ronnie Spector "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" (Johnny Thunders cover) The Robustos "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" (comp. Whitfield/Strong) [...]
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