Music monday (6)

Welcome to yet another addition of music mondays, so lets just jump right in then.

Today we will be featuring those garage rock groups....you know the ones that you listened to when your body was all full up on hormones and all you wanted to do was punch something. (girls you where being scheming bitches at this point)So just to take you back to a time when hair was growing from everywhere and the world seemed out to get ya
we have the rock and roll soldiers.


^(o man this song brings back memories of rolling around town in Evans car with the stereo blaring....ahhhh goood times )^


^this was the song i stumbled on to via my whole ipod on shuffle there for sparking the theme for todays music monday ^


^and finally the balled that all of us sung(well us guys at least)^
"high school may have made me crazy
but college made it cool"
                  -the zen teachings of  _dom

If there is one downside to the rock and roll soldiers its that every song suffers from that same garage band wall of sound ...sound.I find it really hard to listen an album comprised completely of R&R soldiers but they are a solid group and should have a home somewhere on a playlist.

Next up on reject remission...Its linkin park.
Now we all had a phase of loving these whiny rockers who only seem capable of make a song about how a women left, or about getting into fights.... but for different reasons it all spoke to us at one point or another.
Some of you may still be listing to these tracks when the lights are off and you think your alone and  no one can hear you..... well Ive got news for ya....I can hear you.


^This is the only uncensored version i could find with an embed code...although i do enjoy this video mix^


This song was IT in middle school.... some how it just encapsulated everything that was going on in my life.  Also i would always jam out to this back in the day when I was super into paintball.

I think five videos is enough for this music monday*reject remission edition*I had a good time digging up these old tunes from lives past and i hope you really enjoy listening to them again... or if for some reason you missed these then i hope you enjoy them now...for the first time :)
I'll see you at your next dose

_DOM
Treat
Good song, great animation


Ps. I would like to apologize to anyone who is viewing this through a mobile device that doesn't support flash ^.^

Super mario

This is one of the most impressive piece's of overlay I have ever seen. I can only hope this art student got an A++


see you tomorrow for music mondays

live from las vegas its

_DOM

Quick hit (4)

I don't have much time on my hands but For you loyal readers I'll give you a little sumthing for the ride home


Im sad to inform you that Ellegarden has split.
but two ok bands where formed from the split first theres Hiatus(vocals/guitar's band),and then Nothings carved in stone (lead guitarists band)
So take that how you will.

See you at your next dose,
From vegas
_DOM

treat

*sry about the crappy quality

Thanksgiving

Happy Trappsgiving to all 

Thanks to all my readers, have a happy holidays 

_DOM

*mason

>.<

treat a lil pumpkin pie

Vocaloids (2)

 Todays dose we will delve deeper into the world of vocaloids and where they may be going in the future
*if you missed my first rant you may want to educate yourself here

I would like to start by presenting a Utau wiki (if you dont remember or didn't catch my first post Utau are vocaloid counter parts generally with user illustrated avatars and user created voice banks, and they're stated goal is to kill a corporate vocaloid)
if you'd like to check it out click on le link below
http://utau.wikia.com/wiki/UTAU_wiki
(an interesting portion of the wiki is dedicated to deceased Utau hurr)

o why hello there miku chan... would you like me to talk about your new dance program?...yea thats right im crazy and talking to blue hair'd avatars (im no worse thenjames cameron)

Anyways,
 yes hatsune miku has her own dance program/software.
its called miku miku dance and  I believe its available for free to download the reason this is a big deal is that i believe it only recently came out in english...I haven't had time to mess around on it (due to slow internet speeds) but expect after I get home for another blog post on if this is worth checking out .

finally Vocaloid^3 has been announced. The wiki page reads -Vocaloid 3 has been confirmed, and is said to be aimed to be Yamaha's most "realistic voice engine yet. Preparations are being made for the launch of the software, and release is expected in the near future. Ive also found some bloggers that have done a little more research into the topic then I have vocaloid 3

Well there you have it far more vocaloid news they you could ever need
hope to see you at your next dose

from vegas _DOM

treat

Kawaii!!!!!!>.<

Quick hit (3)

for Australian producer Sam La More

featuring vocals of Pnau of empire of the sun

hope ya liked the quick hit
see ya at your next dose
_DOM

Vegas

Greetings from Vegas readers turns out I do have internet,
huzzaz
So in light of my present where-abouts here is some vegas related news
sprint in las vegas
Now Im currently an at&t user so I can't attest to how effective the service is but g4 puts it best

*even if i do hate blair herter*

In other news I gotta tell you all vegas is super small... like the strip is only 12 blocks,
but man o man I cant wait till im 21 so I can lose all my fortune in a casino.

alright that is all I have for you today I'll see you at your next dose

_DOM

treat*
some shiny shoes

Game Reviews - E3 2011 - Sneakerheads

music monday (5)

wow five weeks already!
 I know ive been a little lax on the daily posting lately and I apologize,
Im trying my best so please bear with me :P

Alright today we will be looked at the musical powerhouse schmoyoho (aka the gregory brothers aka the auto tune the news guys)

First we have the pop single sunny d and rum

I love this video because this is why the internet is so awesome, you can just get drunk and make a song about how much fun you have getting drunk :D

This next one is from the recent mid term election

I would like to nominate this video for best damn facial hair *

And finally this is a video thats a schmoyoho orginal but it was re-done by the swedish powerpop group  roomie,
and wow did they do a number on it... if this song had a little more substance to it this could legitly be a super popular song

*o yea warning this is hella catchy and may get stuck in your head *

So thats what i have for you guys for this week.

see you at your next dose

_DOM

ps. I am going down to vegas for thanksgiving for the next two weeks and idk if i'll have internet down there but please keep checking for  new posts.... and happy holidays all

treat

Game break

Yea I stole the segment title from AOTS... get over it >.<

Anyways i find myself up at five in the morning why?(well cause I have a sleep schedule thats more fucked up then congress)
*lol congress joke*
but seriously my lack of sleep is mostly thanks in part to some damn addicting flash games!
So in order to pass the insomnia on to you
here are a few of said games.
Robot unicorn attack  ^now on facebook so you can compare high scores^

speaking of high...*sniff sniff ya smell that ? smells like our next little game
hemp tycoon
(I assume this is a farm vill port so yall probably know what to do)

And finally something not off adult swim
karoshi
(a puzzling game)>.<

Ok I hope that satisfies the mass's for now cuz ive got some berry baby to harvest

see you at your next dose

_DOM

Music monday (4)

For todays musical dose Ive got a few new/old (new to you ,old to me ) techno beats.

First up we have factory by cornsandbeans which was used for a(you guessed it)factory lvl in the game castle crashers
*see description below


(castle crashers is a sweet xbox live arcade game where you as a knight embark on an epic quest to save the land from a dude that stole a flying cyrstal)

Next we have _Eve by _nBiz I found this in a boss battle for a game that was testing out how well you could match music and gaming
music in motion
actually there is a lot of good thumping techno in that game ...go figure



Now lemmy just toss in something for all you non-techno heads out there,

At a resent social gathering someone made a joke that we should have a party where the entire playlist would be man man songs....ive been toying with the idea of building a massive man man set-list and just plugging it in at a party....ect ect uhhhhhh
here's some man man


I hope you found some new music to love!(or at least enjoyed the little game I linked)
and i'll see you at your next dose

_DOM

Treats

original video*


My favorite hard techno remix*
(This was done by dj shrapnel,he does speedcore renditions of anime theme songs normally :D)

m0ar(2)

More m0ar for ya

These three are bound to make you laugh....and don't worry none of them are too  seizure inducing
Indian dance
WTF(this one has some flashing)
awsome

what you always wanted
(this last post is mostly for a buddy of mine drew :P)

I hope this will give you some giggles if not i'll see you back here for music monday

_DOM

treat

Quick hit (2)

I'll tell you whats wrong about belgians they freaking show this to their kids !!!
(granted I think Its suppose to teach you to bathe....but....its just so WRONG!)



Ok ok I know this is more on lvl with a treat then an actual dose but screw it I wanted my 20th post to be of a farting pig...
so sue me!
 :D:D:D

see you at your next dose
pfrrrt pfrrrt pfrrrt

_DOM

Black ops

So sorry folks that I missed yesterdays dose but fiver words mate's
CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS
but ive got a big review of its multiplayer today :)

So after ten to fifteen hours of game play in the past thirty hours I think I can give all you the low down.

First off let me say this game is F-ing beautiful. Its baffling how much videogame graphics have and continue to improve,The water has accurate reflections, the dirt remains scar'ed by explosions,and glass shatters almost realistically.

Maps in this game are expansive to say the least. in an attempt to cut camping treyarch has done extensive map testing and claims that camping has now been negated,
I would disagree.
As long as we have corners in games there will be camper's that sit there shotgun at the ready, but on the whole it has been severely reduced.(well the game has only been out for two days so time will tell)

 With the addition of CD (call of duty dollars) a much more streamlined online experience is available to players, no longer do you have to grind through five or six lvls for that new sniper rife. Just save up those greenbacks and boom its yours.
also a huge amount of customization has been added,there is about five or six attachments per gun,and eight or nine guns per class(smg,lmg,sniper,assault,shotgun) ,and about twelve camos from which to pick. needless to say making your class is now an in depth experience.Then when ya add in  the almost limitless abouts of personal emblems/nametags your gonna be one happy camper(no pun intended)
O almost forgot about your ability to etch your personal clan tag and emblem on to your guns.
yea thats fun >.<

The game still has all of the classic game types (i.e. death match, ground war, domination) but add the new game types like wager match and the fun really begins. Wager mode is (like it sounds) a lobby where you can risk your CD for a large pay out if you can finish in the top three. This add's a sense of urgency that I find extremely enjoyable.
A few of these game modes below.

One in the chamber- in this game mode you have a pistol, three lives, and one shot.( sound fun ? it is !)Shoot someone and your rewarded with their bullet, miss and you better pray you can knife'um.

Gun Game- in this game mode you must progress through 20 levels of weapons. You go up a lvl for every kill (this means get a kill with a pistol then you have a shotgun,so on and so on)and down a lvl everytime you are knifed.It all culminates in the  final kill being a balistics knife.....ugfh such a pain >.<

Sticks and stones-use your crossbow to kill mofos for points but watch out for them tomahawks cause they'll bankrupt your sorry ass.

Now Ive gotta point out a flaw...and its a pretty fucking big one, you need a pipe (internet pipe) the size of fucking siam to play this game without lag .... also the lobby systems for wager matches is horrible, treyarch either needs to release a patch or ive gotta get some more bandwidth!
but that said

Over all its a great game *****/***** on the Dom scale of excellence. If your on the fence about this game buy it! Its tons of fun and Will destroy any life you had before you bought it! also feel free to friend me on live with  _Dom on the request @(The Birninator)
so you can school some noobs with me.

I'll see you at your next dose

_DOM

Music Monday (3)

Todays music monday features audioslave,a hard rock "super"group that consisted of then former front man of soundgarden Chris Cornell,and former lead guitarist of rage against the machine Tom Morello.The group formed in 2001 and by there second album people began to take notice.
After three successful albums and three grammy nominations front man Chris Cornell released a statement in 2007 that the group would officially disband  due to personal conflict and musical differences,But while it lasted the emotional four octave range of Cornell, and the exquisite guitar work by Morello was pure bliss.

(warning Tom morello's solos might melt your brain.....in a good way)








*omg a group big enough that they have real music videos >.<

Next we have a taste of both groups that these two artist came from,
so first we have blackhole sun by soundgarden


(same singer as audioslave)

Then we have some good ole head bangin rage against the machine

(same guitarist)
*classic

So there you have it another music monday down,I hope you learned a little something new,and found more music to love

see you at your next dose

_DOM

P.S. I would never say this to anyone who asked... but I personally put tom morello in the number one slot in my favorite guitarist list ... thats above hendrix!
but shhhhhhhhhhh $_$
(treat)

Endless version

EPIC

Another little quick dose before I hit the sac,
ENJOY



epic right ?!

till your next dose

_DOM

treats




(crappy translations at its finest!)

MOGRA

You might notice that I have added a Ustream window to the bottom of the blog, this will be your link to MOGRA.

Mogra is a small dance club based in akihabara thats streamed  live over the web so dorky club rats such as myself can hang out virtually and chat about japan, anime, and music. (in the room im melange9)Mogra routinely broadcasts on fridays and weekends at about 7am our time till about noon,also it sometimes holds special events such as vocaloid release partys.

Recently Mogra  just celebrated there second successful year of operation,the party was two days of nonstop music and dancing (<3 Best of luck Tenchou!)
*Tenchou is the owner / dj / website moderator of Mogra

Just in case any of you our wondering I found mogra through one of the megatokyo forums as its is kinda  like a fictional club called the cave of evil from the comic, its not like I was just trolling around the web for some japanese club thats streaming :P cause that would be ridiculous.

This is the link to the ustream page
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mogra1

Link to home page (*its all in japanese but chrome has a translation  feature and most of you use chrome so it should'nt really be a problem*)
http://club-mogra.jp/
**and to those of you still using firefox now might be the time to upgrade**

I'll see you all at you next dose... till then
GO DUCKS !

_DOM

THru-you

I stumbled on this sometime during this past summer,

This guy kutiman mixed a bunch of you tube videos together most of which are how to videos,but when they are all mixed they make for an interesting and pleasant listening experience. 

thru-you
(My favorite track would be track 4 _Babylon band)
** sry I can't embed **

I hope you enjoy this lite dose,
 and i'll see you all tonight,
or at your next dose .


_DOM

Black Rock Shooter

Todays dose we have a little thing called Black Rock Shooter,

The phenomenon started out when an artist by the name of huke posted an illustration on his blog titled black rock shooter in december of 2007.The illustration inspired Ryo of the band -supercell (the band that first used and popularized  Hatsune Miku)to write a song of the same name on their album.With the help of artist huke the  black rock shooter music video became wildly popular among vocaloid,and anime fans alike...but they wanted something more,more then a 5 minute music video.In July of 2010 the black rock shooter OVA(original video animation) was released. This 50 minute anime movie helped to expand the black rock shooter universe for its numerous fans. The animation focuses on the life of two junior high girls who become friends... while at the same time, an alternate story following the BRS character is also presented.

(*for any of you non anime fans out there roughly translated im saying ...depressed junior highschool girls blossoming friendship with slight lesbian undertones/ hardcore goth bitches with massive guns and skull minions.... If that sounds intriguing...ya might want to check it out>videos below<)

The reaction to just one single drawing has be astronomical figurines,music,an ova and there is also rumblings of a black rock shooter RPG game coming out on sony japan network.... anyways i get what its all about and hope thanks to this post you have a better idea of what drives those robot/ computer gods in japan crazy.

*On a personal note I would really really enjoy a full animated series to show up

^This is the original sketch by huke^

^the music video with english subs^

And the full OVA is linked below
*sry about the  crappy sound quality... the artifacting is only noticeable when they do battle but its there
http://www.anime44.com/black-rock-shooter-ova

Bla1ck R1ock 1

John | Myspace Video

Bla1ck R1ock 2

John | Myspace Video
Bla1ck R1ock 3

John | Myspace Video



So here comes to and end yet another anime based Dose... it seemed perfect with yesterdays introduction to vocaloids.

see you at your next dose!!

_DOM

PS. check out my fathers radio station *link up by  last fm

Vocaloids

I was gonna save this dose for a monday as it pertains to music but I discovered  a few vid's so i pushed it forward.


So todays dose is about vocaloid's >.< YAY
A vocaloid is a singing synthesizer software financially backed by the Yamaha corporation. (those guys that make guitars)The software enables users to synthesize singing by typing in lyrics and melody then a  piano interface is used so melody and the lyrics can be entered on to each note. The software can also change the stress of the pronunciations, add effects such as vibrato, or change the dynamics and tone of the voice.


 Each Vocaloid is sold as "a singer in a box." One of the more successful editions of this vocaloid software is Hatsune miku who's got the same star power in some countrys as a Diva.... now you must be thinking to yourself "an animated piece of software has a huge world following? ...wow!?" But the software couldnt have found a better marketplace... you guessed it japan!

>This video is a look into how miku was created and got popular... not I repeat not a 13 minute long song:P<
*You may have to adjust the captions size





Not computery enough for you? or maybe you just want to see the dark side of vocaloids! (yes there is a sub-sect of vocaloids called UTAU and they are generaly user based sound banks with user created characters and most of the time those characters stated goal is to kill and takeover their corporate counter part)
Well then maybe you would enjoy some Sukone Tei!

As you will see most of Tei's tracks have a hard rock/tecno feel to them, rather then a melodic or pop-ish sound of other official vocaloids.

**sry the pic on this one sux but the song is catchy**
^also this is a crappy example of tei^

This is more like it ^.^


Even if these computerized girlz and they'r unatural voices don't appeal to your sense of music you could at least be happy for those of us born with robotic ears, and hearts drawn in an anime style!


see you at your next dose
_DOM

Music Monday (2)

Time for our second installment of music mondays

First we have the band -just a band , "a kenyan somewhat experimental,DIY,geeky boy band" as they put it
The band came together on february 7th 2003 when bill's van ran over dan's foot thus allowing them to meet.then it turns out that the van has a spirit trapped in it that loves funk music....and something about a crater.... i'll just let them tell you,
just a band history





Also just a band made the legendary makmende video


(makmende is a kenyan basterization of the phrase "make my day" from sudden impact)

Just a bands sweet sweet electro beats and cool makmende style makes a nice mix to listen to in the car,on your bike, or in your house, where ever good times are had,there's just a band !

Next ive just got some sweet anime intro's
I know,I know, they arn't really artist's that you can go to itunes and download but i find myself listening to these intros and outro's all the time so that's enough of a reason for me to put them up here on a music monday.
*If you do enjoy any of these
find um on youtube and make a playlist would be my suggestion


code geass's second season opener (ROCKIN)


Tank from cowboy bebop(JAZZY)
*expect an anime review featuring this anime once i get around to finishing it up *


Gurren lagann one of the best short term animes (big suprise it has a kick ass opening :D)
**again expect an anime review of this sometime this week**

Well there you have it another music monday. I know it was a little light on new artists for you to check out but give me a break ive gotta stretch music mondays on indefinitely,but still I hope you found something new to love.
and I'll see you at your next dose!
_DOM