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the downside of this pretty image…

Lannie — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:37:22 +0000

…is that, in a complete deja vu of the Soilwork concert last year, we have to cancel the Mastodon concert in Tilburg tonight.
Major meh. But I do not like Mastodon enough to face slippery roads, insane drivers, and 600-800km of traffic jams. We would go by train, but the NS is not faring much better. So a big no-no there.

We’re drinking beer to console outselves. And oh well, at least Bodhi is having a blast with the snow.

time for a dual music recommendation!

Lannie — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:14:41 +0000

Band: Atlantis
Song: “Mascara”
Album: “Mistress of Ghosts”
Genre: post-rock, instrumental, pretty
Why: The band (they’re Dutch, btw) is completely unknown and nice enough to share all their stuff on Bandcamp. Ol and I are going to see them on Dunk!Festival and I’m completely looking forward to it. The piano is pretty, the song is pretty, everything about it is pretty. Have a listen-to!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpN-3iz55vE

And now, to prove that I am indeed still also a metal head:

Band: Mygrain
Song: “The Psychonaut”
Album: “Signs of Existence”
Genre: um… melodic death metal, I think? Lastfm, what do you think? *checks* Yup, melodic death. It reminds me a shitload of Disarmonia Mundi, tbh. Very uptempo,, quite chaotic and also very melodic.
Why: No reason really. Just that I found them the other day while listening to ‘similar artists’ on Spotify and I’m enjoying the shit out of this song and the rest of the album. So yeah, heartily recommended!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9xEHspVqOs

two things i need to share right now

Lannie — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:39:47 +0000

I’m revising my story at the moment; reading through the whole story again so I can ret-con the new plotline in. I need it to fit seamlessly, so I am re-reading stuff. And today I ended up reading the chapter that I’d originally called “Burning down the highway skyline”, which has a scene that just touches my heart.

Seamon and Joy do not have many moments of tenderness together, but this is one of them. I am not sure whether it works the way I have it in mind, but the image is so very clear in my mind. I see them outlined in the grass next to the highway, against the blue sky, smiling. They look so beautiful together for that one moment. Afterwards it all goes to shit of course, but this moment – it is one of those moments you take a snapshot of and remember for the rest of your life. And I’m not sure whether it does for you what it does for me, but for me it’s a very stark reminder to what it feels like to be stupidly in love, so heavily that your heart might burst.

Ik kon opeens niet meer herinneren wat ik tegen hem had willen zeggen. Iets over teruggaan naar de auto misschien. Het boeide niet.
Onze blik duurde misschien maar enkele seconden, maar we keken elkaar aan en ik wilde hem weer kussen, weer seks met hem hebben, hem weer laten lachen. Ik was zo verdomde verliefd. Ik glimlachte uiteindelijk naar hem. “Kom op,” zei ik.
“Ja.” Hij nam mijn hand en gaf een kneepje, zo lief dat ik dacht dat mijn hart zou breken. “Laten we gaan.”

In other news, I got another music recommendation; it’s another from Kaneda. This one’s called “Forgive me first father (our blood shall feed the earth)”. I don’t know what they mean by the title because the song is instrumental, and it doesn’t sound bloody at all. It sounds beautiful, almost ambient like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmXjsrg1Hls

in squealworthy news…

Lannie — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:31:32 +0000

Olli and I just booked tickets for Dunk!festival in Zottegem (Belgium) in April. It is a post-rock festival, which coincides nicely with my budding love for the genre that came to a burning fiery fire in the past year. The festival itself is during the easter weekend, it’s dirt cheap (75 euro for three days, 35 euro for a day ticket), and it has at least five bands I want to see (like Pelican, 65daysofstatic, If These Trees Could Talk, Beware Of Safety, This Will Destroy You). And Steak Number Eight I want to see again, of course. The only thing that would have made it more perfect would be the addition of Explosions or Kaneda to the lineup, but I’m already immensely satisfied with just this lineup.
So we booked tickets, and I’m very excited about it. Not sure yet if any of the others will want to go with us, but for now I’d even be fine if it was just Ol and me.

Guess we’re going to a festival this year after all. Ha!

the continuous sound of lights that have reached the bottom

Lannie — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:06:37 +0000

Artist: Volumes
Song: “Edge Of The Earth”
Album: “Via”
Genre: metalcore, progressive metal (apparently)
Why: Spotify has a Genius-like feature these days, that creates playlists on songs that you like. This was one of the first songs that popped up when I started a Ghost Brigade inspired playlist. I immediately ‘starred’ the song and have been returning to it ever since. It’s because of that one guitar riff that keeps going on in the background, of course. And I guess I just like the wistfulness of it. Anyway, I just wanted to share this because I’ve been looping the song the past few days, and I just didn’t want to have yesterday’s blog entry at the top.
For what it’s worth, it’s not the greatest song in the world… but I like it and I thought it was worth a share

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o236oBARyFQ