Wednesday 21 August 2013

EXHUMATION


O.K. I'm gonna take another stab at this blogging shit. 13 months after my last post everything is unfamiliar and alien looking. Is this the same new interface that everyone was complaining about around the time I quit, or has Blogger updated again since then? I have no idea, and it all feels like a long time ago (it was).

I've been lurking around some other squalid corners of the internet, but looking around here I'm happy to see that many of my old comrades in arms are still writing and thriving. As for myself, I lost interest for a while due to lack of time. Ironically, a return to health (two years in remission!) necessitated a return to the work force, which resulted in my having less time and energy for this kind of thing. Well, fuck that. We all need a creative outlet, and - shoddy as it may be - this is mine.

I always made this up as I went along, so I don't really know what I'll be doing, but my plan is to focus a little more on music now. The balance of cinematic to musical content might be closer to 50/50 I guess.

I've seen a lot of movies and listened to a lot of music in the last year, so I feel like I have a ton of stuff to get off my chest.

Just one more thing that I need to say right now. My review for Prometheus below, is utter shite (UPDATE: it was giving me the shits so much that I just deleted the post. TAKE THAT PROMETHEUS!). I'm a pretty obsessive fan of both Alien and Blade Runner and my expectations for Scott's return to science fiction were... too high. The disappointment that I felt at seeing it was akin to a body blow. It really stung. The review below was written during the denial stage of my post-Prometheus Kübler-Ross trip. I've since moved on to begrudging acceptance with a lingering hint of resentment. 

Yeah, fuck that movie.

11 comments:

  1. Welcome back!!!Can't wait for some music posts...

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  2. Thanks Alex. Your blog is pretty rad. I'm shamefully ignorant about the Greek music scene, except for ANTIMOB from Athens. Their demo from last year was great and you've just reminded me to grab their lp from bandcamp. I'll add you guys to my blogroll later today...

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  3. thanks Aylmer!
    If you like Antimob you should check out SARABANTE asap...

    By the way ,i lived down under (Melbourne) up to the age of 12...

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  4. Welcome back.
    Then net just gained points.

    J.

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  5. Thanks J,

    good to hear from you, and to see that you're passing the monster love down to the next generation. Your son's Pacific Rim review is cool ;)

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  6. Welcome back to the blogosphere Aylmer, and thanks for stopping by the Dog Farm. You've been added to the blogroll there.

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  7. Thanks Brandon. Checked out your blog, it's way cool. I'll add it to my roll later tonight.

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  8. Welcome back! Glad to hear you're keeping well, and I'm looking forward to more posts from you.

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  9. Ferox: right back atya mofo! Been keeping an eye on your work and glad to see that as usual it's going from strength to strength. Or do I keep going back just to perv at those Copenhagen Climax designs? ;)

    James: cheers man. I liked your THANATOMORPHOSE review a while back. Still looking forward to that sick looking little number.

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