This list will be relegated to the ever (seemingly) popular trend of oxymoronic band names out there...what does it say about these tortured artists who feel compelled to razzledazzle us with these genius names? I have no idea but it's funny nonetheless...
Lonely Crowds
TerraFirma Pilots
The Open Arcane
Whispered Screams
BeautyScars
Mystifying Clarity
Divergent Convergence
Dull Charismatics
The Radiant Darkness
Purely Tainted
Turbo Tortoise
Smooth Dissonance
Young Geezers
Solitary Union
The Thoroughly Incomplete
Sleepy Speedfreak
Oceans of Sand
DJ Lawrence Welk
Quiet Cacophony
Flowers and Razorwire
Stubby Giants
Professional Slacker
Serious Jokers
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Need a band name? Here you go...!!!
Are you an angst-ridden Emo playing 5 chords in mom & dad's garage? A leather-clad 80's glam or hairmetal throwback? An undiscovered indie genius? Need a band name to set you apart? To stress the "Random" in my blog name, I offer these suggestions at no additional charge:
Broken Window Theory
Throwdowntown
Busted Mutts
Chaos Ballet
Flinching Stoics
Altitude
Caper Chase
A Great Divide
Entrenched
The 39 Steps
Thirsty Jerks
Exponential
Vast Limitations
Fringe Element
Legendary Nobodies
Arrogant Me
ToneDef
Fireside Mantra
The Dazzingly Swift
Largesse
Nod-Offs
Hipster Grips
Spackled
Contingency 6
Dubious Intent
Broken Window Theory
Throwdowntown
Busted Mutts
Chaos Ballet
Flinching Stoics
Altitude
Caper Chase
A Great Divide
Entrenched
The 39 Steps
Thirsty Jerks
Exponential
Vast Limitations
Fringe Element
Legendary Nobodies
Arrogant Me
ToneDef
Fireside Mantra
The Dazzingly Swift
Largesse
Nod-Offs
Hipster Grips
Spackled
Contingency 6
Dubious Intent
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Everybody has a "Best of the decade" list now...
I've lost count of how many times in the last week I've heard (through various media outlets) about a "Best Of" list or "Top 100" list, and I suppose it's standard operating procedure for a near-monumental event like ten years passing by. So, since music is one of my favorite pastimes, I've decided to throw in my two cents in this category. And I could have easily made this ten times longer and included more genres or sub-genres, but I'll keep it short and sweet by relegating it to what I wound up listening to the most...
TOP 10 INDIE RELEASES OF THE DECADE
(...just as an fyi, the term "Indie", to me, refers more to the spirit / originality / individuality of the artist, than being on a particular label)
Band of Horses, “Everything All the Time” (2006)
The Wedding Present – “Take Fountain” (2005)
My Morning Jacket, “Z” (2005)
Iron and Wine, “Our Endless Numbered Days” (2004)
Okkervil River, “Black Sheep Boy” (2005)
Interpol, “Turn on the Bright Lights” (2002)
Sun Kil Moon, “Ghosts of the Great Highway (2003)
Bon Iver, “For Emma, Forever Ago” (2007)
Sigur Rós, “Ágaetis Byrjun” (2000)
Yo La Tengo, “And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out” (2000)
TOP 10 ELECTRONIC RELEASES OF THE DECADE
Karsh Kale, “Broken English” (2006)
M83, “Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts” (2003)
Thievery Corporation, Richest Man in Babylon” (2002)
LCD Soundsystem, “Sound of Silver” (2007)
Boards of Canada, “The Campfire Headphase” (2005)
DJ Cheb I Sabbah, “La Kahena” (2005)
Bonobo, “Dial M For Monkey” (2003)
Mandalay, “Solace” (2001)
Ulrich Schnauss, “A Strangely Isolated Place” (2003)
dZihan & Kamien, “Freaks & Icons” (2000)
TOP 10 OF EVERYTHING ELSE I LOVE
Old 97’s, “Alive And Wired” (2005)
MGMT, “Oracular Spectacular” (2008)
Sanctus Real, “Say It Loud” (2002)
My Morning Jacket, “It Still Moves” (2003)
Carter Albrecht, “Jesus Is Alive …And Living In London” (2009)
Robert Earl Keen, “Gravitational Forces” (2001)
BR549, “This Is BR549” (2001)
Rogue Wave, “Descended Like Vultures” (2005)
Killswitch Engage, “Alive Or Just Breathing” (2002)
Danny Balis, “Too Much Living” (2009)
TOP 10 INDIE RELEASES OF THE DECADE
(...just as an fyi, the term "Indie", to me, refers more to the spirit / originality / individuality of the artist, than being on a particular label)
Band of Horses, “Everything All the Time” (2006)
The Wedding Present – “Take Fountain” (2005)
My Morning Jacket, “Z” (2005)
Iron and Wine, “Our Endless Numbered Days” (2004)
Okkervil River, “Black Sheep Boy” (2005)
Interpol, “Turn on the Bright Lights” (2002)
Sun Kil Moon, “Ghosts of the Great Highway (2003)
Bon Iver, “For Emma, Forever Ago” (2007)
Sigur Rós, “Ágaetis Byrjun” (2000)
Yo La Tengo, “And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out” (2000)
TOP 10 ELECTRONIC RELEASES OF THE DECADE
Karsh Kale, “Broken English” (2006)
M83, “Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts” (2003)
Thievery Corporation, Richest Man in Babylon” (2002)
LCD Soundsystem, “Sound of Silver” (2007)
Boards of Canada, “The Campfire Headphase” (2005)
DJ Cheb I Sabbah, “La Kahena” (2005)
Bonobo, “Dial M For Monkey” (2003)
Mandalay, “Solace” (2001)
Ulrich Schnauss, “A Strangely Isolated Place” (2003)
dZihan & Kamien, “Freaks & Icons” (2000)
TOP 10 OF EVERYTHING ELSE I LOVE
Old 97’s, “Alive And Wired” (2005)
MGMT, “Oracular Spectacular” (2008)
Sanctus Real, “Say It Loud” (2002)
My Morning Jacket, “It Still Moves” (2003)
Carter Albrecht, “Jesus Is Alive …And Living In London” (2009)
Robert Earl Keen, “Gravitational Forces” (2001)
BR549, “This Is BR549” (2001)
Rogue Wave, “Descended Like Vultures” (2005)
Killswitch Engage, “Alive Or Just Breathing” (2002)
Danny Balis, “Too Much Living” (2009)
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Me & My Horse
Me & my horse don't see eye to eye
I want to canter and he wants to fly
He likes his PC and I like my Mac
I spent my last check to upgrade his tack
Me & my horse, we ain't gettin' along
He spends too much time playing mahjong
Frequently found in a bourbon-lined trough
I take him home early so he can sleep it off
Me & my horse aren't on the same page
He don't like me workin' for the minimum wage
I get dirty looks when I'm spittin' out my chew
He hates my Benny Goodman & Stoney LaRue
Me & my horse, we're not exactly friends
We always ignore what the other recommends
More than just stubborn, it's the way we are
He plays harmonica and I play guitar
Me & my horse may choose to disagree
But out on the range is where we need to be
The end of the day, with a coupla cold brews
We're never hesitant to voice our views
Me & my horse will never seperate
Wouldn't be good for our mental state
Too much history for a total disconnect
An unspoken man and equine respect
I want to canter and he wants to fly
He likes his PC and I like my Mac
I spent my last check to upgrade his tack
Me & my horse, we ain't gettin' along
He spends too much time playing mahjong
Frequently found in a bourbon-lined trough
I take him home early so he can sleep it off
Me & my horse aren't on the same page
He don't like me workin' for the minimum wage
I get dirty looks when I'm spittin' out my chew
He hates my Benny Goodman & Stoney LaRue
Me & my horse, we're not exactly friends
We always ignore what the other recommends
More than just stubborn, it's the way we are
He plays harmonica and I play guitar
Me & my horse may choose to disagree
But out on the range is where we need to be
The end of the day, with a coupla cold brews
We're never hesitant to voice our views
Me & my horse will never seperate
Wouldn't be good for our mental state
Too much history for a total disconnect
An unspoken man and equine respect
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
It's probably broke but I don't know how to fix it
Anybody else out there on Blogspot wanting to give me a few tips / tricks / hints / pointers to make this thing effective? I'm open and receptive to any of you cagey old veterans offering up some words of wisdom...Thx, B.W.Barr
Death of a Poet
Awake again at 3 am
Another walk through deserted streets
The time has come for me to face
The facts which I’ve long avoided
Today I must abandon
All efforts to be a poet
My half-hearted attempts
At the assembly of words
Is now a burden
Ripe with second guessing
The architecture involved
With the language I love
Became a twisted wreckage
Oh I know once there was a point
When I exuded cool in the coffeehouse
Of my own mind, sucking down cigarettes,
Dissecting Langston Hughes and Bukowski
And did I really think I could become
A lothario with pen and paper? Sadly, yes,
But those conquests were few and far in between
How I longed to shout
“Look at me, you miserable ignorant twits!
I’m spouting prose which screams genius and depth!
Put down the Nietzche and revel in my brilliance.”
So I kick at some billowing trash
Dig my hands deeper
And wonder what to do
Now that I’ve laid this fad aside
I used to cringe when hearing
The tepid reviews coming in
How could they possibly hope to comprehend
What it was I was saying
Yet now looking back (again)
Everything I ever wrote seems trite
Was it written for me?
For any reader’s enjoyment?
Was it ever art at all…?
It’s a moot point now that I’m retired
I turn in to Mrs. Cho’s Donut Palace
For some rainbow sprinkled solace
But no coffee today
Bad habits should be eliminated in pairs
B.W.Barr (Fall '08)
Awake again at 3 am
Another walk through deserted streets
The time has come for me to face
The facts which I’ve long avoided
Today I must abandon
All efforts to be a poet
My half-hearted attempts
At the assembly of words
Is now a burden
Ripe with second guessing
The architecture involved
With the language I love
Became a twisted wreckage
Oh I know once there was a point
When I exuded cool in the coffeehouse
Of my own mind, sucking down cigarettes,
Dissecting Langston Hughes and Bukowski
And did I really think I could become
A lothario with pen and paper? Sadly, yes,
But those conquests were few and far in between
How I longed to shout
“Look at me, you miserable ignorant twits!
I’m spouting prose which screams genius and depth!
Put down the Nietzche and revel in my brilliance.”
So I kick at some billowing trash
Dig my hands deeper
And wonder what to do
Now that I’ve laid this fad aside
I used to cringe when hearing
The tepid reviews coming in
How could they possibly hope to comprehend
What it was I was saying
Yet now looking back (again)
Everything I ever wrote seems trite
Was it written for me?
For any reader’s enjoyment?
Was it ever art at all…?
It’s a moot point now that I’m retired
I turn in to Mrs. Cho’s Donut Palace
For some rainbow sprinkled solace
But no coffee today
Bad habits should be eliminated in pairs
B.W.Barr (Fall '08)
Page Fillers
In between any new content, I do plan on posting some of my older scribbles, some which date back to ye olde schoolhouse dayes. I might try to attach an approximate date when it was first written, if I can. I don't know. Sometimes I have a hard enough time remembering what I did last week. But, feel free to pitch in your two cents worth on that material as well. Depending on my actual paycheck-producing job schedule / demands, I'll try to get some stuff up here periodically. I'll also try to utilize Facebook with any updates. Thanks for playing...
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