having new music rules.

i have bitched to no end about the access to decent music here - i haven't bothered to buy a single cd here, since the selection tends towards the selection in an average mall.

therefore i've been downloading the living shit out of EVERYTHING. shit i've been missing out on.

list to date:
TERROR-'one with the underdogs'. not exactly 'lowest of the low' but still riff-tastic. even without todd jones on guitar.

CHAMPION-'promises kept'. how gay is it that one of your best mates has a band AND YOU HAVE TO DO DOWNLOAD HIS BAND'S CD? really gay.

BROTHER ALI-'champion' ep. about the best hiphop you could possibly get from a bald albino black guy.

PELICAN - 'australasia'. pretty much the instrumental equivalent of crazy horse doing bong hits with nomeansno and the melvins. sonic density.

RYAN ADAMS - 'rock and roll'. uh, good rock and roll.

HIGH ON FIRE - 'surrounded by thieves'. MATT PIKE FOR PRESIDENT!!! how awesome would it be to have a big, bearded, unabashed stoner in charge? who else can invent words like "RIFFIAN"?

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY - 'the blessed hellride'. now even though zakk wylde is a shameless yarler, of the more testosterone-rific sort (http://endino.com/archive/yarl.html), he SLAYS on the guitar. i hear he hates gay men too. his "IRAQ SUCKS" shirt was always a hit too. we all have our guilty pleasures i guess. OZZY guests on a couple songs. it kinda forgives the hyper-jingoistic crap wylde spouts. i guess he's not all that bright.

KOOL KEITH-'dr. dooom' and 'diesel truckers'. kool keith is untouchable. "chemicals and usages, and gastric juiceses". shit, if it doesn't rhyme, just make up a word. "the UFOs fight the pros".

bittorrent kicks ass, korean internet connections don't really. it's taken me more than 48 hours to get 8 movies. that sucks.

i watched 'passion of christ' the other night and it's damned good. jesus gets his ass KICKED. that dude was way tough. mike ruppert's 'truth and lies of 9/11' is okay so far. what else... gorillas in the mist?

what's best is that i have an emir kusturica film coming in. i've only seen one of his films, 'underground' but apparently this one's in english and has johnny depp who always rules. 'underground' is all about the nazi occupation in the former yugoslavia... serbia i think. it's about these two resistance fighters who are basically gangsters and end up forming the yugoslavian communist party. it's hilarious. every time these two dudes get in a fight, there's a band playing... the main guy puts up his fists and then motions to the band... 'play faster' and throws down.

word. i have to get to work. access to culture is great even if it's on a 17" monitor.