Cover art for the "Every Day Is Exactly the Same" EP by Rob Sheridan. Image via Nothing/Interscope Records. "Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur." -Nassim Taleb One of my favourite Nine Inch Nails songs ever is "Every Day Is Exactly the Same." Released on 4 April 2006, it was … Continue reading Every Day Is Exactly the Same
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Everything Changes
Cover art for the "Everything Changes" single. Image via Flip/Atlantic Records. "Consider the lives led once by others, long ago, the lives to be led by others after you, the lives led even now, in foreign lands. How many people don't even know your name. How many will soon have forgotten it. How many offer … Continue reading Everything Changes
Lights Out
Cover art for the "Lights Out" single. Image via Atlantic Records. "Don't let the force of the impression when first it hits you knock you off your feet; just say to it, 'Hold on a moment; let me see who you are and what you represent. Let me put you to the test.'" -Epictetus "Lights … Continue reading Lights Out
Coming Undone
CD single artwork for "Coming Undone." Image via Virgin/EMI. "The world breaks everyone, and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills." -Ernest Hemingway "Coming Undone" was the second single from Korn's seventh album, See You on the Other Side. Released on 21 February 2006, it reached … Continue reading Coming Undone
Just Stop
Cover art for the "Just Stop" CD single. Image via. Reprise Records. "No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same. What is to give light must endure burning." -Viktor Frankl "Just Stop" was the third single released from Disturbed's Ten … Continue reading Just Stop
Testify
Cover art for Testify. Image via Atlantic Records. "No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself." -Seneca What do people tend to think of when they think of nu-metal? Aggressive, down-tuned riffs, combined with hip-hop beats and an industrial edge, with a guy rapping … Continue reading Testify
On Charli XCX and “The Death of Cool”
Charli XCX. Image from Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images. I don't listen to Charli XCX, and I think the majority of Substacks are worthless boomerslop. Both of these factors should make it fairly obvious that I am not an ally to the British singer and songwriter. However, I do respect artists who dare to explore … Continue reading On Charli XCX and “The Death of Cool”
See You on the Other Side
Korn at the MTV Asia Awards in Bangkok, Thailand 2006. Image from Wikipedia. "Getting into action generates inspiration. Don't cop out waiting for inspiration to get you back into action. It won't! … I leave you with one thought: It's not a compliment when someone tells you you're a survivor. It's bullshit. We're all survivors … Continue reading See You on the Other Side
The Rising Tied
The Rising Tied album cover. Image from Machine Shop and Warner Bros. Records. "In order to achieve 'flow,' 'magic,' 'the zone,' we start by being common and ordinary and workmanlike." -Steven Pressfield The Rising Tied is the first and only studio album of Fort Minor, the hip-hop project of Linkin Park emcee Mike Shinoda. It … Continue reading The Rising Tied
Believe Me
Mike Shinoda and Tak performing in the music video for "Believe Me." Image from Machine Shop and Warner Bros. Records. "Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends." -Tom Cruise The second (or third?) single from Fort Minor's The Rising Tied was "Believe Me." The track features not only Ryu and Tak from Styles of Beyond, … Continue reading Believe Me
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