Album artwork for The Open Door. Image via Wind-Up. "Become who you are." -Nietzsche If you're one of the six or seven people reading this blog on the reg, you probably know that I'm a big fan of nu-metal bands. Korn, Deftones, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Papa Roach, Disturbed on their good days, and so … Continue reading The Open Door
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The Paramour Sessions
Album cover for The Paramour Sessions. Image via Geffen. "Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless, like water. You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. … Continue reading The Paramour Sessions
Hole in the Earth
Cover artwork for the "Hole in the Earth" single. Image via Maverick. "Difficulty is what wakes up the genius." -Nassim Taleb "Hole in the Earth" was the lead single from the Deftones' fifth album, Saturday Night Wrist. Released in September of 2006, it charted nicely enough, peaking at numbers eighteen and nineteen on the Billboard … Continue reading Hole in the Earth
Call Me When You’re Sober
Terry Balsamo and Amy Lee of Evanescence, as the band performed at Z100's Jingle Ball 2006. Image via Wind-Up Records. "How much more harmful are the consequences of anger and grief than the circumstances that aroused them in us!" -Marcus Aurelius "Call Me When You're Sober" was the lead single from Evanescence's second album, The … Continue reading Call Me When You’re Sober
Phobia
Cover artwork for Phobia. Image via Hollywood Records. "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." -Michel de Montaigne Breaking Benjamin's third album, Phobia, elevated the band from a promising grunge-revivalist combo to one of hard rock's biggest … Continue reading Phobia
The Diary of Jane
Breaking Benjamin in 2006. L-R: Mark James Klepaski, Benjamin Burnley, Aaron Fink, and Chad Szeliga. Image via Hollywood Records. "The Stoic tells himself that although the situation may appear frightening, the truly important thing in life is how he chooses to respond." -Donald Robertson "The Diary of Jane" was the lead single from Breaking Benjamin's … Continue reading The Diary of Jane
10,000 Days and Cultural Capital
Cover art for 10,000 Days by Alex Grey. Image via Volcano II/Tool Dissectional. "Although the art world is frequently characterised as a classless scene where artists from lower-middle-class backgrounds drink champagne with high-priced hedge-fund managers, scholarly curators, fashion designers and other 'creatives,' you'd be mistaken if you thought the world was egalitarian or democratic. Art … Continue reading 10,000 Days and Cultural Capital
Every Day Is Exactly the Same
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
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
