Here my lovies is the transcription of the Korn Video :)
Also, In accordance to what was said in the last post regarding the music industry, Blink 182 seems to also think the industry wastes its money on nothing, as oposed to the music... Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxhl-xV0UOs
Korn Ya’ll Want a Single
Music monopoly
One corporation owns the five major video channels in the US
Is that OK?
Last year the big 5 record labels together sold about 25 billion dollars of music
90% of all realeses on major labels do not make a profit
Britney spears last video cost 1,000,000
This korn video costs 150,000
(after 50 seconds of video) you have now seen 48,000 worth of video
will any music channel play this video?
The music “industry” releases 100 songs per week.
Only four songs are added to the average radio “playlist” each week
Hit songs on top 40 are repeated over 100 times a week.
Is that all you want to hear?
Why is a song worth 99 cents
Do you download songs?
Steal this video
This is a single.
Two radio congolerates control 42% of listeners
The record company wanted to change this video. We didn’t.
Ya’ll want a single?
90% of all singles get to the hook within 20 seconds
98% of all singles are less than 3:30 seconds long
does that seem like a formula to you?
With all that said…
We love making music
Is this the music buisiness?
Is that okay?
Thank you for your 3 minutes of time
Music monopoly?
Love, Korn
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Korn exposing the music industry?!
Now I am the FIRST person to admit when a song is "bad," and well, Korn's "Ya'll Want a Single" is a TERRIBLE song. The music is lacking, and the lyrics... don't even get me started!
But a single dosen't necesarily correlate to the music video. So while you might want to mute this song, there is no denying that the video is GREAT, and informative to say the least!
After the popularity of their album "Follow the Leader" (1998) Korn chose to use their status in an attempt to expose the medi industry. In 2003, they released "Take a Look in the Mirror." The album reached number nine on the billboard charts, and sold over 179,000 copies in its first week. The main single off this album was "Ya'll Want a Single."
While the facts displayed in this video are from 2003, many of them still apply. The video is eye opening, ifnormative, and one of my personal fav's! :) Not to mention that it CLEARLY applies to the music industries conforming to formats, conglomerations and so on...
I suggest watching the video with the music muted, for as pathetic as it seems, the music actually takes away from the video. (If you don't please excuse the vulgarity) Plus, you want to be able to give your attention to focusing on the video itself, and what is written in the text.... In another post I will include a fact sheet from the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoNPqtznoXk
But a single dosen't necesarily correlate to the music video. So while you might want to mute this song, there is no denying that the video is GREAT, and informative to say the least!
After the popularity of their album "Follow the Leader" (1998) Korn chose to use their status in an attempt to expose the medi industry. In 2003, they released "Take a Look in the Mirror." The album reached number nine on the billboard charts, and sold over 179,000 copies in its first week. The main single off this album was "Ya'll Want a Single."
While the facts displayed in this video are from 2003, many of them still apply. The video is eye opening, ifnormative, and one of my personal fav's! :) Not to mention that it CLEARLY applies to the music industries conforming to formats, conglomerations and so on...
I suggest watching the video with the music muted, for as pathetic as it seems, the music actually takes away from the video. (If you don't please excuse the vulgarity) Plus, you want to be able to give your attention to focusing on the video itself, and what is written in the text.... In another post I will include a fact sheet from the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoNPqtznoXk
Comedy video's? Comedy rockin!
Heres this weeks video picks! No, they're not porn! (Just suggestive titles)
Genre: Comedy
- David Blaine 2: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/1050
- Blowjob Girl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hm7pp_JFOs
- Bro Rape: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zvTRQr7ns8
- Emo Bitches: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMNGtQBaim4
- Kermit the Frog Reaction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_fdzDVn7Xo
This requires the viewer ro have seen 2girls1cup. Watch at your own peril!
Genre: Comedy
- David Blaine 2: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/1050
- Blowjob Girl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hm7pp_JFOs
- Bro Rape: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zvTRQr7ns8
- Emo Bitches: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMNGtQBaim4
- Kermit the Frog Reaction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_fdzDVn7Xo
This requires the viewer ro have seen 2girls1cup. Watch at your own peril!
RIP -
I know I promised more posts... I suck! I'll work on it... REALLY! I mean it!
RIP - Casey from Hawthorne Heights.
It's all the news in the music world.
RIP - Evil Kneivel
Lived a daredevil - died one!
RIP - Kevin from Quiet Riot
It's been a bad week....
RIP - Casey from Hawthorne Heights.
It's all the news in the music world.
RIP - Evil Kneivel
Lived a daredevil - died one!
RIP - Kevin from Quiet Riot
It's been a bad week....
Saturday, November 3, 2007
The Academy is...
I'm sorry it's been a while lovers!! I will start posting often and will pimp out this blog ;)
Anyway, for those who know me. my total GUILTY pleasure is The Academy Is...
Yes, I'm a lover of the band and of course of out emo hero, William Beckett.
Being that I am a devout fan, and they are coming to my hometown on NY ;) I thought I would post a review of their not so new album Santi. Mind you, I loved this album, but my good friend at NYU disagreed. So here's her review... Thanks to Liat for sending me this review - even if she is a pretentious bitch for not LOVING the album the way I did!!
Be sure to notice her clever usage of song titles in the review! :)
<3 <3
- Ash
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Santi:
By Liat
When it comes to The Academy Is…, one ‘Phrase that Pays’ lingers in my mind… ‘William Beckett is the sex,’ and The Academy Is… is his sex act of choice. A man who looks as androgynous as he sounds, William has female fans in a frenzy of love and male fans in a daze of envy. The band is well-known for its stage presence, its catchy hooks and the lyrics of a 22-year-old music prodigy.
We all have been anxiously awaiting the release of the new TAI album, Santi. The band promised a new sound, and a record that would please its old fans while enticing new ones. Yet, on this new disc, TAI has changed its sound so drastically that had it not been for Beckett’s distinct voice, one would not recognize the album as the band’s work at all. While this plays in the band’s favor by allowing it to enter a harder rock genre, it is also the primary problem with the new album. The band’s previous work has been inviting singles one could not stop listening to. Every song begged to be played a million times, every lyric felt as if the teenage world had been etched on one simple CD. With its new release, the band seems to lack the spark they once had. Fans used to force their way to front rows in order to see the band play songs like “Classifieds,” “Down and Out,” and “Attention, Attention,” on Santi it’s hard to imagine fan’s forcing their way anywhere.
This is not to say that there are no satisfying songs on the new record. Songs like “Same Blood” and “Seed” are both fun and catchy. “You Might Have Noticed” seems to be the most intimate song of disc, guiding us line by line through Beckett’s emotional journey leading up to this album. But the rest of the album leaves us isolated wanting to get closer to him.
A recent article in AP magazine paints an intimate picture of Beckett’s innermost turmoil and pain, reminding us of the emo god we all fell in love with on Almost Here. Beckett himself told AP that he felt a lot of pressure writing Santi, and that at times, this pressure led him to contemplate suicide much like Pete Wentz of FOB. (The song “I’ve got a Dark Alley and …” is about Wentz’s attempted suicide after “Take This to Your Grave” and before “From Under the Cork Tree.”) With “You Might Have Noticed,” Beckett lets us enter his personal thoughts saying, “Feel the pleasure,Feel the pain… The beast within the burden is all mine…” However, one cannot understand why most of the other tracks, have become less relatable, and sadly less ‘Beckett-like.’ If this review could make noise, you could hear my heart breaking.
The change in sound, from an alternative mix of pop punk, to a harder rock style, especially noticeable in the guitar solos, can be attributed to the change in lineup before Santi was recorded. Michael Guy Chislett replaced previous guitarist Tom Conrad. TAI has stated that Santi is an example of the new sound they intend to be using in future albums..
In the song Black Mamba from Almost Here, TAI declares, “When they review the debut, what if the critics hate you… Well, they can love it, or leave it, or rip it apart.We're living while we're singing… So I guess that's a step in the right direction.” Well, I do love TAI, but let’s hope this review will inspire them to write more Black Mamba’s. Instead of “Everything We Had” let’s hope TAI give everything they had on previous recordings. So while, with the album Almost Here, The Academy Is… really was almost there, now with Santi, William Beckett may be the sex, but The Academy Is… not.
Anyway, for those who know me. my total GUILTY pleasure is The Academy Is...
Yes, I'm a lover of the band and of course of out emo hero, William Beckett.
Being that I am a devout fan, and they are coming to my hometown on NY ;) I thought I would post a review of their not so new album Santi. Mind you, I loved this album, but my good friend at NYU disagreed. So here's her review... Thanks to Liat for sending me this review - even if she is a pretentious bitch for not LOVING the album the way I did!!
Be sure to notice her clever usage of song titles in the review! :)
<3 <3
- Ash
------
Santi:
By Liat
When it comes to The Academy Is…, one ‘Phrase that Pays’ lingers in my mind… ‘William Beckett is the sex,’ and The Academy Is… is his sex act of choice. A man who looks as androgynous as he sounds, William has female fans in a frenzy of love and male fans in a daze of envy. The band is well-known for its stage presence, its catchy hooks and the lyrics of a 22-year-old music prodigy.
We all have been anxiously awaiting the release of the new TAI album, Santi. The band promised a new sound, and a record that would please its old fans while enticing new ones. Yet, on this new disc, TAI has changed its sound so drastically that had it not been for Beckett’s distinct voice, one would not recognize the album as the band’s work at all. While this plays in the band’s favor by allowing it to enter a harder rock genre, it is also the primary problem with the new album. The band’s previous work has been inviting singles one could not stop listening to. Every song begged to be played a million times, every lyric felt as if the teenage world had been etched on one simple CD. With its new release, the band seems to lack the spark they once had. Fans used to force their way to front rows in order to see the band play songs like “Classifieds,” “Down and Out,” and “Attention, Attention,” on Santi it’s hard to imagine fan’s forcing their way anywhere.
This is not to say that there are no satisfying songs on the new record. Songs like “Same Blood” and “Seed” are both fun and catchy. “You Might Have Noticed” seems to be the most intimate song of disc, guiding us line by line through Beckett’s emotional journey leading up to this album. But the rest of the album leaves us isolated wanting to get closer to him.
A recent article in AP magazine paints an intimate picture of Beckett’s innermost turmoil and pain, reminding us of the emo god we all fell in love with on Almost Here. Beckett himself told AP that he felt a lot of pressure writing Santi, and that at times, this pressure led him to contemplate suicide much like Pete Wentz of FOB. (The song “I’ve got a Dark Alley and …” is about Wentz’s attempted suicide after “Take This to Your Grave” and before “From Under the Cork Tree.”) With “You Might Have Noticed,” Beckett lets us enter his personal thoughts saying, “Feel the pleasure,Feel the pain… The beast within the burden is all mine…” However, one cannot understand why most of the other tracks, have become less relatable, and sadly less ‘Beckett-like.’ If this review could make noise, you could hear my heart breaking.
The change in sound, from an alternative mix of pop punk, to a harder rock style, especially noticeable in the guitar solos, can be attributed to the change in lineup before Santi was recorded. Michael Guy Chislett replaced previous guitarist Tom Conrad. TAI has stated that Santi is an example of the new sound they intend to be using in future albums..
In the song Black Mamba from Almost Here, TAI declares, “When they review the debut, what if the critics hate you… Well, they can love it, or leave it, or rip it apart.We're living while we're singing… So I guess that's a step in the right direction.” Well, I do love TAI, but let’s hope this review will inspire them to write more Black Mamba’s. Instead of “Everything We Had” let’s hope TAI give everything they had on previous recordings. So while, with the album Almost Here, The Academy Is… really was almost there, now with Santi, William Beckett may be the sex, but The Academy Is… not.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Sex on the bitch does sex in the club
The days of "Hey baby, what's your sign?" seem to have fled the building. As any clubber knows, the best pick up line, is a discreet one.
Which is why when I - Ashlyn, more fondly known as Ash - go to the party of the week, I'm always colleting a mental note of the best lines.
Now, we all know the classic Scenester. Always bringing up music knowing any scene girl will be a sucker. "Hey, weren't you at that Cobra Starship concert last week?" Yup, it's a classic. Bring in the concert, because no matter what her answer is, you've just started the perfect topic of conversation.
If she says yes, not only have you learnt her music style, but you've insinuated you have the same style. And if she says no, then in clever guy fashion you can recover with a reference to free tickets and how terrible the band was live. Once again impressing her with how much you "really" have in common.
Too bad those scene boys didn't know what was coming ;) Now I'm always up for a good fuck, and everyone loves a boy with long silky hair to grab on to... So when Emo sceneboy Darren approached me, I knew he thought I was a sucker; I knew even more so, that HE was about to be suckered.
I let him play me using a line like
Darren: "oh, that shirt's Clandestine right, Pete Wentz's line?"
Nope fool, this shirt is Salvation Army, the poor person line.
Ash: "Yah! Good call, I love Pete Wentz, his lyrics are so great!"
Could I BE any more obvious stereotypical new age emo?! Sucker believed every word.
Now this is why my friends say I tend to pull a "Tucker Maxx." I let Darren control the conversation, and then I let him take me out of the bar, and back to his place. Scenester Brooklyn of course.
It deserves to be mentioned that there were two reasons why I had no issue being led to his apartment. One, Darren was good looking, the great side parted hair, the light eyes, and the emo expressions. Two, Darrens tight pants and little boy band shirt screamed "look at me, I loved The Get Up Kids before it was cool!" I guess I have a soft spot for the emo loser.
Poor Darren, I almost feel bad for the series of events that followed. He played Ozma to set the mood, I claimed to love it and we started getting it on. I took off Darrens nice expensive tight girl jeans, and well, I guess I said the wrong thing..
"Oh my god. No wonder you can fit into girls pants. You don't really need the extra crotch space!"
Oops.
Nothing better than a blow to a man's ego.
Well, now being horny and expeted to get laid, I played it off saying I was used to overly large cocks, and we got to where we were getting.
But no one plays Ash, and poor Darren should have known of my reputation.
I'm sure he knows of it now ;)
When we woke in the morning, I hope it wasn't too much of a suprise when he found his expensive girl jeans to be missing. In their place was a pair of baggy Route 66's I had bought that morning at K-Mart when he was sleeping. I left a kind note of thanks...
"Thanks for a great pair of jeans! Maybe with more room for your cock to breath, it might actually begin to grow! Good luck with that ;)
PS - Ozma's a tool"
To this day I haven't seen Darren on the scene again... But I still wonder if he ever wore those jeans...
Which is why when I - Ashlyn, more fondly known as Ash - go to the party of the week, I'm always colleting a mental note of the best lines.
Now, we all know the classic Scenester. Always bringing up music knowing any scene girl will be a sucker. "Hey, weren't you at that Cobra Starship concert last week?" Yup, it's a classic. Bring in the concert, because no matter what her answer is, you've just started the perfect topic of conversation.
If she says yes, not only have you learnt her music style, but you've insinuated you have the same style. And if she says no, then in clever guy fashion you can recover with a reference to free tickets and how terrible the band was live. Once again impressing her with how much you "really" have in common.
Too bad those scene boys didn't know what was coming ;) Now I'm always up for a good fuck, and everyone loves a boy with long silky hair to grab on to... So when Emo sceneboy Darren approached me, I knew he thought I was a sucker; I knew even more so, that HE was about to be suckered.
I let him play me using a line like
Darren: "oh, that shirt's Clandestine right, Pete Wentz's line?"
Nope fool, this shirt is Salvation Army, the poor person line.
Ash: "Yah! Good call, I love Pete Wentz, his lyrics are so great!"
Could I BE any more obvious stereotypical new age emo?! Sucker believed every word.
Now this is why my friends say I tend to pull a "Tucker Maxx." I let Darren control the conversation, and then I let him take me out of the bar, and back to his place. Scenester Brooklyn of course.
It deserves to be mentioned that there were two reasons why I had no issue being led to his apartment. One, Darren was good looking, the great side parted hair, the light eyes, and the emo expressions. Two, Darrens tight pants and little boy band shirt screamed "look at me, I loved The Get Up Kids before it was cool!" I guess I have a soft spot for the emo loser.
Poor Darren, I almost feel bad for the series of events that followed. He played Ozma to set the mood, I claimed to love it and we started getting it on. I took off Darrens nice expensive tight girl jeans, and well, I guess I said the wrong thing..
"Oh my god. No wonder you can fit into girls pants. You don't really need the extra crotch space!"
Oops.
Nothing better than a blow to a man's ego.
Well, now being horny and expeted to get laid, I played it off saying I was used to overly large cocks, and we got to where we were getting.
But no one plays Ash, and poor Darren should have known of my reputation.
I'm sure he knows of it now ;)
When we woke in the morning, I hope it wasn't too much of a suprise when he found his expensive girl jeans to be missing. In their place was a pair of baggy Route 66's I had bought that morning at K-Mart when he was sleeping. I left a kind note of thanks...
"Thanks for a great pair of jeans! Maybe with more room for your cock to breath, it might actually begin to grow! Good luck with that ;)
PS - Ozma's a tool"
To this day I haven't seen Darren on the scene again... But I still wonder if he ever wore those jeans...
The official first post
I've been called a bitch.
And I am.
Just remember, keep your friends close, and keep me closer.
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Blog of personal kinky's and music videos. There's nothing better than sex, and rock n roll!
-- Ash
And I am.
Just remember, keep your friends close, and keep me closer.
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Blog of personal kinky's and music videos. There's nothing better than sex, and rock n roll!
-- Ash
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