Military Musings

"White dove
Fly with the wind
Take our hope under your wings
For the world to know
That hope will not die
Where the children cry"
~White Dove, The Scorpions

Well guess what? I'm in camp when i'm writing this. As to why, its mostly because reading a bible encyclopedia and understanding it kinda drained me for a bit. So this is my way of relieving some of that tension, and if you're reading this, you can be marginally construed as entertainment, in a third-person sorta way.

What i really wanna talk about though is pop music. Disclaimers first. If you like pop music, i'm not trying to offend you. If you write pop music, hey, whatever rocks your boat, or feeds the kids, depending. Lastly, if you own pop music, yes the degeneration is your fault, fat cat.

Ok. Not much of a disclaimer since it only makes those who would sue me wanna sue me more, but hey, where's the fun otherwise right?

Honestly, up until the early 90s, pop music was palatable. I'm still a MLTR fan. Back then, the norm among songs was that they had to mean something. They carried flavour and intensity. Something that went beyond boy meets girl, boy likes girl, breakup, which is now the standard formula for every other song on radio. The younger generation is starting believe thats what mainstream music is like.

For a standard that used to bear the names of Frank Sinatra, Elvis and the illustrious Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel to be reduced to Britney Spears and err was it TATU? is simply embarrasing.

But before i rant till Kingdom Come, lets just list the objections i have to today's pop music.

1. no lyrical depth
honestly, i could write those words in my sleep. if people get paid big bucks for producing that quality of work, all the good songwriters must've gone to broadway.

2. where's the music?
if you ask me, its all too electronic these days. don't get me wrong eletronica is actually quite refreshing and original. its not my favourite, but i have no beef with it. problem is when people try to use electronica and pass it off as normal pop music. seriously, if you wanna be a musician, work with real instruments. Either play them or find someone who does.

3. hey that sounds familiar
its been a while since i've heard a new sound. seriously, there was more variation in 1 oldschool rock album than 4 hours of radio.

So yeah, that about sums it up for now.
And freestyle rap battles live forever!

retirement

Felt like i was dealt a blow today. Ok more like hip-hop was dealt a blow. My favourite, i mean all-time favourite freestyle MC just quit. Like that. There wasn't much news, and the terrible bit was I've been waiting for his second album to show up, and it never. And i suddenly found out why. He had enough.

Its like somebody pulled the carpet from under me. Seriously. Its such a shame. The guy could battle. and just like that, no more.

sighz.

At the end of the day, a shout-out to Jin tha MC, cos he was in and out with a blaze of glory. God bless, whatever you decide to do.

cell phones

ok. first up, i know we don't call em that this part of the world. but handphone is just a little crass for my tastes, and calling it a mobile is just too vague. so cell phones they will be. comprendes?

there have been a few complaints about me and snippets of foreign languages. the last post featured latin. this one's already feautred spanish. what's going to happen next?

so on with the story. i left my cell phone in my friend's car on sunday. so i went through a day and a bit without my cell phone. in all honestly, it was really strange. i couldn't check the time as often as i wanted. i couldn't access a calendar or my organiser. and people couldn't get a hold of me. ok so the last part is pretty cool. leads to a quiet quiet day. the worst part of it was oversleeping today cos my 'new' alarm clock failed to work and my usual alarm clock (read cell phone) was not with me. well bummer.

so honestly, i can't quite live without that infernal machine anymore. sighz.

and oh yeah. MC Jin in da house ya'll.

haha.