Odd Moments

Ever had any of those odd moments that leaves you as puzzled or dumbfounded as a cat trap in a heavy downpour? I know I had those eerie moments.

The latest was, of all possible shitty things to cause it, about office politics. How a ‘boss’ think he is so smart he could get away with having an affair with an office hag, and talk shit about every other employees except his hag to the other ‘bosses’...

What is dumbfounding, is how this prick thinks that everyone is too dumb to realize what he is doing, when the truth is simply the complete contrary of that. What a lovely thing vanity is, eh?

Anyway, I like being dumbfounded by eerie music better than such a snob. And no one does it better lately than The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble (not even after the 3 years that has passed since that initial listening)

Here be Dragons (And No Snobs)

Deathly New Year - Part 3

How deathly could firecrackers and the wind be, one might ask?

They seemed pretty lethal in early 2012, particularly in the Philippines and Colorado.

A Philippine official says at least 476 people have been injured by powerful firecrackers and gunfire despite a government scare campaign against dangerous New Year revelries.

One report suggested that injured revelers, many of which are children, filled Philippines’ hospital emergency rooms shortly after midnight. 454 were reportedly injured by firecrackers, 18 by stray bullets and four by accidentally swallowing small firecrackers or explosive powder.

Swallowed firecrackers and stray bullets? Seems like the Philippines do know how to have fun.

Meanwhile, in Colorado, high winds sweeping through the Northern Rockies forced the shutdowns along long stretches of highways and resulted in at least one death.

A Colorado driver reportedly died at a hospital after suffering fatal injuries in a freak accident when a tree branch snapped off in a heavy gust and smashed through his windshield

This all sounds like the perfect circumstance to listen to something wild and grim, such as the delightful musical diatribes of Aura Noir.

something wild and grim

Deathly New Year - Part 2

Small Arkansan town, Beebe was stirred to life in the early days of 2012 when dozens of blackbirds fell dead across the town. The birds landed on roofs, sidewalks, streets and fields. One struck a woman walking her dog. Another hit a police cruiser. The incident even prompted local Police to ban residents from shooting fireworks.

It wasn't immediately clear if fireworks were again to blame, but authorities weren't taking a chance. Besides, scientists also said loud cracks and booms from celebratory fireworks are likely to send the birds into such a tizzy that they could crash into homes, cars and each other before plummeting to their deaths.

As if that wasn't curious enough, the blackbird die-off had been preceded by the dead of tens of thousands of drum fish that washed up on the shores of the Arkansas River, back in early 2011. That incident alone had flung the state into the national headlines. It has also drawn conspiracy theorists and filmmakers to the town ever since.

What a great little town.

It reminded me of Thou’s debut album cover way back in 2007. I think it would be great if something as morbid as that album cover or the songs it contained could happen in Beebe too...

Black Wings of the Tyrant’s Descend

Deathly New Year - Part 1

Just thought I’d do a brief check of the new year’s eve body count (and some peculiar ‘near misses’) on the internet, through several posts, to properly celebrate 2012.

Of course, proper orchestration shall also be recommended.

So, to start off, a Police officer was stabbed while managing traffic somewhere in a little shitty Indonesian backwater town. According to eye witnesses, the officer was stabbed on the neck by a motorcyclist that he had been trying to detain. Lovely.

Thousand of miles away, in a shitty block of the shitty Big Apple, a shootout at a suburban New York family pharmacy left a suspected robber and an off-duty federal agent dead in a confused shootout that took place as the robber fled.

The incident was reportedly started as Charlie's Pharmacy in Seaford, Long Island was held up by a man seeking prescription medication and cash one afternoon.

As the suspect fled he was confronted by three people - two off-duty law enforcement officers and a retired one. A shootout ensued and the suspect was killed by the retiree, who in turn was killed by the off-duty moron.

Didn’t I tell you it was shitty?

Well, guess if you do have to go down you better do it with your boots strapped on and guns blazing hot, eh?

Die With Your Boots On