I can’t light no more of your darkness
All my pictures seem to fade to black and white
I’m growing tired and time stands still before me
Frozen here on the ladder of my life
Too late to save myself from falling
I took a chance and changed your way of life
But you misread my meaning when I met you
Closed the door and left me blinded by the light
Don’t let the sun go down on me
Although I search myself, it’s always someone else I see
I’d just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
But losing everything is like the sun going down on me
I can’t find, oh the right romantic line
But see me once and see the way I feel
Don’t discard me just because you think I mean you harm
But these cuts I have they need love to help them heal
I pretty much live in a perpetual state of dehydration. This is primarily the result of the fact that; a) I don’t drink nearly enough water and b) I drink far too much other crap with artificial sweeteners such as coffee, tea and of course diet pop.
Now, I am not someone who is particularly worried about the long-term health risks of consuming artificial sweeteners such as aspartame or splenda, partially because I am not a laboratory rat but also because I don’t really care to be concerned.
Thinking about all the different things nowadays that are potentially harmful is depressing, and frankly if someone was to compile a list of everything that studies have shown could cause problems for human beings down the line then we hardly would consume or do anything it seems.
There is a line from a Family Guy episode where Stewie (the baby who is an evil genius hell-bent on killing his mother Lois) and Brian (the well-read analytical talking dog) are standing outside on a perfect night when Brian says to Stewie, “Look at all those stars,” to which Stewie responds, “I’ve read that starlight gives you cancer. But then again, what doesn’t these days?”
While the applicability of Family Guy to our everyday lives is a Blog (or series of Blogs) for another day this particular quote has significance. Stewie is right. Every time you turn on the television and watch the news, read a magazine article or engage in conversation with a friend it seems like information on what is bad for people is being passed along.
The most disturbing part of this trend is that no one really knows how much of this information has been substantiated by research and testing, and how much of it is simply speculation or a passing fad.
Now, I am not trying to tell people water isn’t good for them, or that everyone should consume as much fake sugar as I do because I am not the healthiest person in the world by any means. Although, at various points in my life I have tried to achieve the ultimate nutritional diet I have come to realize, through several unsuccessful attempts, that it is an unattainable vision.
While I still believe that nutrition is important and should be considered on a daily basis it isn’t something that should control your life as it has mine in the past. Regardless of what I am fed by the mainstream media and nutritional experts I refuse to stop eating carbohydrates after 7:00pm, drink 8 glasses of water a day (which is a totally arbitrary amount to drink since how much water a person should consume is based on their size) or stop eating sodium rich frozen foods.
Most of all I will not stop consuming products that contain artificial sweeteners. I am not taking a firm stand on this point because I own stock in Johnson & Johnson (they own McNeil Nutritional the company that produces Splenda), it is simply because I don’t want to live according to guidelines and recommendations imposed by people and groups that are ultimately saying conflicting things.
When it comes down to it I enjoy drinking diet pop, and while I believe that it is exceedingly important to be knowledgeable about what is considered by the nutritional community to be healthy, I refuse to follow all of their suggestions and thereby completely alter my lifestyle.
Therefore, I will continue to ingest products that are considered “bad” for me, but frankly with the number of things that have been branded with negative labels I honestly don’t really know what’s “good” for me anyway, so for all I know next week diet pop will be considered a G-d damn cure-all…
Wow that is some title for a show on December 12th.
It was one of a few shows happening that busy crazy night.
Decided to go for this one because it was a holiday theme show.
Playing were:
Paramedics
Old Crowns
The Love Machine
The Reason (was there for abit)
Keep Yourself Good Company (Missed out due to relying on the bus)
Amos The Transparent (Missed out)
Sorry if its not a great quality video.
As mentioned before I only got to see four of the six acts that played at Babylon.
Due to the bus but I was also tired since I had family Christmas shopping which I was up since 6am.
First band Paramedics played.
The band has shrunk to a foursome in this set.
Kind of surprised with the change of sound.
But very heavy on the guitar and drum sound.
Did a cover of a Amos The Transparent song.
Insane crazy set they put on, but miss their electronica fused rock sound.
Second band Old Crowns played.
Totally rocking it loud this time.
People enjoyed their stuff.
Joel gave me their setlist and here is what they sang (not sure if they were in order):
Hems
Jesus
Falling
Calm
Wires
Shaky
Sailor (where people came up on stage)
Third band The Love Machine who I always love to see live.
Put a great show.
Previewed new songs.
Last song Love Is On Your Side where some people just got on stage and sang the song and have fun.
Checked out abit of The Reason.
Very surprised with the change of sound they had. Last time I saw them was in 2008. Where there was alot of loudness and moshing around.
That was my night at this show.
Misia is releasing her 9th album on December 16th, Just Ballade and this CD + DVD combo available through yesasia.com is significant because the DVD will also contain the video to her current single “Hoshi No Yo Ni..” which is used in the upcoming Ultraman movie.
Misia is an excellent R&B artist, and you can learn more about her by visiting her official website. Her single “Hoshi no Yo ni..” will also be available to buy the same day as her newest album. You can watch an extremely beautiful video for “Hoshi no Yo ni..” below. The red leaves remind me of the movie “Hero”.
Sowhat about the monsters? Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie is hitting theaters in Japan this Saturday December 12th. So get ready to rock and knock your socks off. This looks kinda cheezy and kinda EPIC. Learn more about the Ultraman movie at its official website through Warner Brothers. Watch the trailer below:
Jazzy Jeff teamed up with UndrCrwn to give us this mix. Its a combo of Michael Jackson most popular songs, along with remixes, and a couple of MJ songs you haven’t heard of before. So your definitely in for oa treat with this mixtape.
DOWNLOAD: DJ Jazzy Jeff & Michael Jackson – He’s The King, I’m The DJ (Mixtape)
Okay, I’ll start off with some of my current favorite songs, just so you get an idea of what you might or might not be in store for in later posts. I’ll try to pick one song for each genre I listen to. Sooo here goes!? :]
“Always New Depths” by Bloc Party
Album: Silent Alarm Remixed
Genre: Alternative
“Foxy Lady” by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Album: Are You Experienced
Genre: Rock
“The Sound of Truth” by As I Lay Dying
Album: An Ocean Between Us
Genre: Metal
“Notorious Thugs” by The Notorious B.I.G.
Album: Life After Death
Genre: Hip Hop
“Cause I Love You” by Lenny Williams
Album: Spark of Love
Genre: R&B / Soul
“India” by Jochen Miller
Album: India – EP
Genre: Trance
“Pogo” by Digitalism
Album: Idealism
Genre: Electronic
“Letters From the Ambulance” by The Fashion
Album: The Fashion
Genre: Pop
“Szamar Madar” by Venetian Snares
Album: Rossz Csillag Alatt Szuletett
Genre: Classical
ANNDDD that should be enough for now Or at least that’s all I can think of at the moment, I’m still not sure how to go about this whole blogging thing, but I’ll get the hang of it. I’ll post songs I like, albums worth checking out, music videos I find awesome. Random things that amuse me basically :]
Jazzy Jeff teamed up with UndrCrwn to give us this mix. Its a combo of Michael Jackson most popular songs, along with remixes, and a couple of MJ songs you haven’t heard of before. So your definitely in for oa treat with this mixtape.
Or at least that’s all I can think of at the moment, I’m still not sure how to go about this whole blogging thing, but I’ll get the hang of it. I’ll post songs I like, albums worth checking out, music videos I find awesome. Random things that amuse me basically :]