The Turtle on the Stairs

But Chelsea will be playing the Champions League final, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

What a huge lol! 

It was cool

So, if anyone knows me personally, then you probably know that I am a pretty big Radiohead fan. I keep up to date with as much of their stuff as I possibly could, and even have a couple of concerts and rips of their webcasts and concerts on video. Yas, I would think that a pretty big fan, and to be honest, they have some real good stuff when they play live. I kinda owe them where I’m at musically.

I’ve always had a fantasy of playing music, of playing in a band guitar and singing my heart out, like the big whimsy fanny that I am. And in a childish way, imagine if anyone asked me what I wanted a band to sound like I’d definitely say Radiohead and as of right now, The Walkmen.

Now this answer to this question that no one is asking probably flip-flops as much as Mitt Romney will be this upcoming election, but something about The Walkmen has really caught my attention right now. They are one of those bands that is making big music with melodies that could have been composed with an orchestra. It’s simply beautiful music, accompanied by production that feels dated and nostalgic. The Walkmen remind me of where The National were trying to achieve with Alligator and even more so with Boxer, and did a damn well job of, but, unlike, The Walkmen, there never was that one thing to make me repeat their albums. I really dunno what it might of been, as both bands have a lead singer in lower registers, and play similar music. I don’t feel like insulting anyone today and getting a shitstorm of complaints, but maybe The National tried it and simply failed at achieving what Hamilton and co. have achieved.

It’s Hamilton’s screaming, the energetic guitars, the fucking percussions (!) and the dated production that makes this band the complete package for me. You want lyrics, well take a listen to these two songs, We’ve Been Had or Dónde ésta la playa, the former an introspective piece written from the point of view of a man reminiscing negatively on his youth, and the latter a piece of crashing the wedding of a former love interest, also two great examples of the production style that I have come to adore from this band.

So, with that, I’ll be back later to review their 4th LP, You and Me

All this Kony 2012 stuff reminds me of how blissfully ignorant I am on Africa and it’s politics. Truly sad that Africa remains in this completely forgotten state of affairs.

Can’t believe I just had a Facebook, out of all things, argument with someone over Rush “Fucking” Limbaugh!! Who’s stupider, me or the other bro?!

Never argue with the lowest common denominator. 

This post is a day late, but it is something I had prepared yesterday.

Andrew Breitbart is dead, yes, the man who was responsible for Wienergate has passed away at a relatively young age (43, I believe) on what I think were heart failures.

Breitbart was one of the most divisive, partisan people who was idolized in the Right blogosphere and world. The man, not only made it a priority to expose many of the hypocrisies of the Left, particularly the Left-leaning (how fucked up is our current political atmosphere to genuinely consider the MSM as, even, Left-leaning) mainstream media, but thoroughly enjoyed his reviled role given to him by the Left, who let’s face it, we’re so quick to caricature our “rivals” in the right.

The thing with Breitbart is that the man, genuinely, knew what he was doing, spreading divisive language that is so abundant in today’s political culture, and enjoy himself for it. For that aspect, I have nothing but contempt for this man dying, after all, I am a liberal, and I have never been known to take the moral high-road, and as a Utilitarian of sorts, I truly believe this man’s death is for the best. While, we Lefties are in just as much fault as the Right in spreading divisive rhetoric, and certainly, this is absolutely nothing new in the political scene, one only needs to look at the current obstructionism used by the GOP in Washington to see that this is going nowhere, a tactic that I wouldn’t think far-fetched, and honestly necessary, for the Dems to use. After all, this is a game and the trophy is power, to humbly simplify to its simplest terms a thing as complex as politics.

This inherent obstructionism is not only detrimental to the nation as a whole, but weakens a Constitution that never addressed the issue of political parties, particularly when a two-party system is the dominant force in this nation.

But for all my “means justify the ends,” it is my displeasure to see this man go. For all things this man has done, the Senator Sherrod incident, the man seems to be one of those geniuses of politics. Behind his very off-putting attitude and dickish demeanor, his snark drew out the hypocrisies of the Left and particularly the center (in my terms, Center) MSM. But the man was a genius of the Libertarian movement, particularly in embracing the homosexual community that have often been alienated by the GOP. The embracing of Libertarian values by the GOP, and in particular accepting the LGBT community, is the survival of the GOP and the probable direction the party takes after it loses considerable power in the upcoming election. The party will have to realign, like most parties do, and continue to be the guardian of the Conservative movement. ‘Tis the nature of things. And all things considered about Breitbart, I have read from people, mostly Conservative, that he wasn’t a bad guy, at all, but rather a guy who was completely self-aware of his public image and had no qualms about it. He was a light-hearted guy who saw the humor in everything and didn’t carry himself too seriously, and didn’t particularly think of the Left as “teh EVIL force bringing America down.” According to some people, he would even be seen having dinner served by Bill Ayers, and a genuinely likable man.

And for that, I say RIP to Mr. Breitbart, and my genuine respect and condolences.