Justice and Drum and bass

The pimped up sounds of Justice, which seems like Daft Punk on speed makes me so damn happy. This is how love sounds, period.

Justice vs. Simian - We Are Your Friends

+ A new club started at Wåxnäs, called Neighborhood that hit me hard with drum and bass and jungle. I danced like there was no tomorrow on saturday! Lovely.

James of Silent Hill

Ever since I got myself a Playstation 2 I knew I had to cure my fear of horror. The friend that I bought the console from digs H.P Lovecraft, and boy did I get a lot of horror! After having finished both Silent Hill2 and 3 I feel like I might have pulled of a crucial step in my horror-re modification process. After many nights of gaming and fear I have come to really appreciate the Silent Hill series. And since the second game is the most mind-boggling, I had to write about it. (spoilers ahead)

In SH2 You play as the character James Sunderland, who have just received letters from his wife Mary. The only problem is that Mary is dead since three years, and she wants you to visit their "special place" in the beautiful resort Silent Hill. Armed with the letter and a photo of her he sets of on a lonely trip.

There are many things that are wrong about Silent Hill though, and it's dark misty streets are inhabited by monster-like beings. At the same time James Sunderland is struggling with his own demons.


James looking into the mirror

A recurring disturbing part of James life seems to be the loss of people he holds dear. It is a main part of the tragic underlying story of SH2. James not only sees people go away under tragic circumstanses, he blames himself. There seems to be a deeper connection between his self-loathing aspects and Silent Hill in itself. Most obvious in the character Maria, and she reappears several times alive or dead as if to remind James of his internal struggle.


The scenery is really something else

Also. The brooding anti-thesis to a happy ending, "The pyramid head" also seem to disturbing to be real. Pyramid head seems to be a satanic figure in the christian sense that keeps coming back to punish James for his attachments to those that he cares for. But would pyramid head manage to punish him if James would not punish himself?

Nothing is obvious and while this is classical horror, the moral of the story is intriguing. The game is not a Shakespeare Novel, but deep enough to warrant a play from gamers as well as book-readers alike.

Back to black

Now I am truly alone. I tried to hold on to memories and hope, even when she was gone. When the hope became smaller and smaller, I clinged to it. I clinged hard, even after the dust settled.

Today I finally understood. She said it. Brutually honest. I guess it was the last stone into my damaged armour. I am alone. And there is no hope to cling to any more. Love is a loosing game.

More TiS-stuff

I know it's a little bit silly. But it's still kind of fun. It's only for the last seven days or so, but charts are so addictive (when you are on top).

C64Revolt

This is just to good to not be mentioned in my blog:

C64Revolt - Ballads Of Malice And Discontent EP
1. Neat girl
2. Next Generation
3. Alice, Swet Alice
4. Moving Backwards

Out on D-trash records.

Trax in Space

I got myself registered at Trax in Space. TiS is a musical community which was quite big once upon a time, until it died in 2001, due to severe problems, one was outgrowing itself. Fascinating to see it online 2007.

I am currently number seven on their chart of reviewers. Wohoo, sort of.

My TiS-user

After two days Let's get drunk and Disco was reviewed and recieved three out of five stars. That's fine for me. :)

"Although the drunkenness is audible through the somewhat offbeat rhythm of the synth, so's the disco. Definitely worth a dance."
- LungButter

Viva Disco!

Brand new music from yours truly:
Let's get drunk and Disco

Do Drop me a line if you feel this. :)

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The bird

"The bird flies away,
flutters over our heads,
high over the treetops,
sees a world of abundance,
night as well as day.

She is our carefree dreamer,
as she moves from place to place,
never would anyone dream of her unhappy
misplaced and a reject.

We look up and see our grand escape"

Many things going on

So many things going on. So many things that make me feel stressed. First it's the job. A job I like more and more. Then there's Arvikafestivalen in next week, where I will work as a safety guy and build fences. For that thing I need to go and buy a small tent over at the local supermarket. And other stuff I probably have forgot.

There's a big if here. If I have the energy. Otherwise I will stay in Karlstad. Then there's a get-together with the family in the weekend in premature celebration of me turning 25. In the same day Daniel Naeil will come over to lay bass on my latest track.

Everything just turns into a minor chaos in my head. Where should I start, where should I begin? The tempo of life is speeding up and I wonder if I should pull the brake somewhat. I don't want to end up feeling that I am loosing control over my life, again.