WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE: THE GODDAMN MOVIE

So I suppose I'm a bit late on this, but it's finally here, Where the Wild Things Are, the goddamn movie directed by Spike Jonez, scored (at least partially) by that bird from The Yeah Yeah Yeahs (who by the way have just had the honor of being remixed by MSTRKRFT)., and blessed by the sounds of The Arcade Fire.



Needless to say it looks mind-blowingly beautiful and heart-meltingly epic.
Out in theaters October 16th.


-Brien

EPIC FAIL: I-84

A truck on a local highway near my hometown.
Now seriously, HOW THE FUCK DID YOU MANAGE THAT?

Picture courtesy of Spencer Hopson

-Brien

HOLY SHIT!! NEW PROTEST THE HERO VIDEO!!

Well that title comes with some bitter sarcasm in knowing that Protest the Hero's videos have been a little bit less than stellar as far as their 2008 masterpiece Fortress goes.

What's that? You say you've never heard of PROTEST THE HERO?!? Well how rude of me. Allow me to introduce you to the greatest metal band on Earth. Period.



PtH combine mind-fucking mathcore riffs with beautiful vocal melodies and harmonies, complimented and contrasted by guttural growls. Their dual-lead guitar attack soars over equally agile bass lines, all over some of the most solid drums I've ever heard. Throwing all conventions of what music should sound like and all notions of song structure out the window, Protest the Hero have captured my heart and warped my mind. To be honest, I can't remember if I've done a TSFR on them or not, and even if I did, they deserve every bit of praise I throw their way.



To add to how cool this band already is, when Fortress was released, they made it avaible for free download on amazon.com on the launch date. Now how sick is that?!? Needless to say I downloaded, enjoyed, and later bought the album, which was worth every penny. Unfortunately, I've yet to catch one of their shows.

Anyway, enjoy the video from the 4th single off Fortress, "Spoils".



Sauce: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y45HI7H9DMc


Like this song?



-Brien




For some more kickass and PtH check out "Heretics and Killers" from their previous album Kezia, a sort 21st century telling of The Brothers Karamozov. Also, one of my favorite music videos of all time (see: flying monkeys).

WARNING TO WINDOWS USERS

Hey my buddy recently linked me to this blog where the writer gives a brief rundown of super-malware Conficker C and how to protect yourself from it. Essentially, it's a worm that has the ability to infect a massive amount of computers and put them at the mercy of the person controlling it. There's a fix linked from the blog put out by Microsoft, but I just wanted to let out reader(s) know to be especially wary this April Fool's Day.

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/132464

Oh yea, and you Mac bastards are immune. Laugh now.
In the meantime, I'm gonna go play Half-Life.

-Brien

An Open Letter to YOU

Hello reader(s)! Long time no see. It's been a while and let me apologize for slacking on our relationship. I've been a neglectful, selfish blogger, but that's all gonna change soon. I know you've heard it all before. You've heard your past bloggers say such things in the past only to leave out in the cold with nothing to read; your comment box a desolate wasteland of what could have been beautiful harmonious rebuttals and/or props. You deserve better, and I'm gonna show you that I'm the blogger for you.

I've been so caught up with trivial things like school, family, friends, and love and haven't paid enough attention to you, and for that I am truly sorry. I hope you can find it in your heart(s) to forgive me, and that we can start with a new slate. I tell you, I have many an opinion stocked up waiting to be unleashed upon the internet for you to enjoy and that every letter I type; every image and video I embed will be done with thoughts of you warming my heart and fueling my mind.



So I ask you reader(s), can you forgive me?
Can we start again?
I hope so.

Yours forever,

-Brien

Oh Narcissism

So I was cruising the intrawebs and I found a comedian that I hadn't heard of online. His name's Anthony Jeselnik, here's a link, I know how all you readers like our great links. Anyways here's a link to a video of him doing standup.




He's pretty good, a few of his jokes didn't hit for me but decent material. I did what any good internetter does and wikied him and that's where I found this wonderful internet Easter Egg. If you go to his wiki page, a few things pop out that just seem weird. Here's a real gem of a quote.

"Anthony's pitch-black sense of humor, brilliant joke writing, and devilish charm have made him a smash hit in the alternative comedy community."

Seems odd to have a wiki page that's so flattering, it seems to me that he created his own wiki page as a piece of shameless self promotion.
Link to the page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Jeselnik

Anyways, thought I'd return to blogging with that interesting tidbit of insight into the internets' inner workings.


~Andy

ROFLCHAIR

So it's been a while since we posted anything and an even longer while since we posted a good ROFLCHAIR. Let me offer my sincerest apologies to all our non-existent readers who have been anxiously awaiting the blogging genius of Leaning Back.

If you've ever wondered what a Watchmen Saturday morning kids' show (which I know you have) would be like, all your questions are answered in the clip below. Lulz ensue.




Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w