Been doing a lot of work on my journals this week, so no time to conceive and write a snappy intro to the update. Let’s just dive right in, shall we?
Starting us off this week is
Buttheadaka216, but he’s tired (he says) and only manages a little sort of postscript to his Alkaline Trio article. Never fear, he promises much more to come in
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...therapy-s.html
We have another new journal! This time it’s
Closer, who is looking at
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...bient-rnb.html, with what looks like some lyrics posted this week, hers or someone else’s I don’t know but check them out. Will be keeping an eye on this.
Normally I don’t include entries posted after the Sunday 6pm local time deadline, but
DJ deserves to be an exception. If you take
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...chameleon.html you’ll find an eloquent guy trying to deal with the very recent passing of his mother. Some of us, me included, know what that’s like and sadly those of you that don’t will at some point, so lend him your support, cos it’s needed at a time like this.
If it’s “Heavy Doom Metal” you want --- or possibly "Funeral Black Death Doom” --- then head to
Engine’s place for some more
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...avy-music.html --- that’s Heavy with a capital H!
(DJ I know that might seem really harsh juxtapositioning, given your situation, and I apologise, but it’s all down to the alphabetical listing. Hope you’re not offended man…)
After all the work he’s put in over the last few months it looks like
Ki is taking a break till the new year, and hasn’t he earned it? Before he goes off to enjoy the Christmas, he’s posted about the solo work of Zep’s mainman, Robert Plant, in
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...nal-music.html. Nice work Ki! See ya in 2014 mate!
After her mega-update last week,
Ladyislingering is back with part eight of her “Sounds of 2009” recalled from her
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ic-memory.html, with music from The Cars, Patti Smith, The Alan Parsons Project and, uh, Sparks? Who woulda guessed?
Plankton has news of another of the
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...r-players.html he’s looking at, with one Robert Emmanuel…
… which takes us right up to me. Christmas being the way it is, TV and films and all, I’ve been working hard on the other main journal, of which more soon, But in the meantime, things have not been slack at
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...d-journal.html, where in addition to wishing you “Have yourself a Metal little Christmas” with so far seasonal songs from Manowar, Alice Cooper and Kamelot, we’ve a full review (finally) of the album I’ve been raving about for the last few months. No, it’s not Daft Punk, in fact it’s not any kind of punk. Rod Stewart’s new one, “Time”, is the album in question, and before you laugh give it a listen. Other than that, we’ve got an album from Vangelis, another dose of MUSH and a retelling of the Battle of Britain through music. Sort of. Also, have you been collecting Trollheart’s Christmas Message? You could win a prize, you know! Check it out!
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ml#post1390653
“Christmas on the couch with Trollheart”? Now come on: how many of you ladies have put that on your list to Santa? Come on, be honest. Raise your hands. Don’t be shy. Ah. I see. Not. One. Single. One. Fine. No, no, if that’s how you want it, I’m fine with that. No, look just forget it, okay? I’m
fine!
Really! No! Look, I SAID I was fine, didn’t I? Can I just get on with this update now?
Please? Thank you.
Mutter mutter people never appreciate me grumble grumble revenge soon take all be sorry mumble nobody spared …. Huh? Oh yeah, where was I? Well, “Christmas on the couch with Trollheart”, far from being the (Ah-HEM!) fantasy of so many ladies here at MB is in fact (No, just shut UP okay! I SAID I was FINE….!) my recommendations for TV programmes you should watch out for over the Christmas. I can ony speak to Irish or UK TV of course, but already we’ve had “The Snowman”, “Blackadder’s Christmas Carol” and “WIlly Wonka and the chocolate factory”, with a lot more to come as we get closer to the big day!
As well as that we have some of the worst Christmas movies ever seen, in “25 of the worst Christmas films --- ever! (probably)”, more season two Supernatural, as well as a review of classic World Cinema movie “The Seventh Seal”. Whew! Oh, and what was that about the "Battle of the Classic Christs"? Stay tuned!
Over at
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...y-history.html Unknown Soldier is about to reveal the top album of 1979, as he sees it. Number 2 is AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell”: can you guess what number one will be? No? Then click that link, man!
And just when you thought it was safe to peek inside that crypt to impress the big busty blonde who works in accounts,
William the Bloody is leapin’
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ta-coffin.html as he finishes off his article on the Sisters of Mercy and goes headlong into one on … Blood for Blood! Like the irony there Spike, sorry William!
It’s time to return to my
and I’ve chosen this one for various reasons. One, it shows the level of debate in his journal, which is certainly jumping. Two, it shows his almost encyclopaediac knowledge of his subject matter, and three, it shows the interest that has built up over time with his journal, which quite rightly is receiving its fair share of nominations for Journal of the Year in the 2013 Awards thread: go there now and register yours! Yes it’s our old mate (not so much of the old, I know!)
Unknown Soldier, with this gem, posted today:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier
Led Zeppelin, ZZ Top and Thin Lizzy are the 'Z's' Lizzy have already been featured, ZZ Top usually appear in the extras section and Zeppelin were well past their best at this stage.
I'm not including EP's and you won't be boycotting anything either!
Remember UK and US release dates sometimes differed and I've used UK release dates most of the time.
As this thread is now starting to get where a lot of people first started listening to this kind of music (early to mid 1980s) more people will therefore be more knowledgeable and critical of certain entries such as me not putting a band like AC/DC in top spot.
The criteria I've used to rate the albums has been a mixture of what I personally like, what is influential, the type of impact the album had when it was released and in the future, its originality, its consistency, the opinions both positive and negative of music critics etc but when in doubt I've gone with my gut feeling which is what I've done for the no.1 spot in 1979, as I believe the album is what this journal's all about.
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So that wraps up another update, as things begin to hot up while the weather cools down. Don’t forget, if you want to win yourself some albums check out my competition, and if you don’t then to hell with you!
See you all back here next week, same place, approximately same time for the next-to-last update before Christmas.
Till then, as ever,
Toodles!