Quote of the Week
"Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong." Dandemis
Just a little somethin to think about. and it made me chuckle.
Late Night Motion
Based on some feedback and a little more soul-searching, I've decided on Late Night Motion as my band name. I'm definitely going to be putting a little more effort into my LNM songs (I'll say it's music for dyslexics) than my previous works, but I'll be posting here whenever I come out with something new. Maybe add a music player to the site that'll always have the latest song playing.
The image here is also a little sampling of what will possibly be the album artwork (it's just tiny enough to give you an idea at the moment). But I found this image in my collection and thought it would be good for my first "album" (which is currently unnamed).
So it is decided: Late Night Motion will be my electronic, lo-fi experiment band from here on out.
Up Late
Ever stay up extra-late on a night you shouldn't be up late just because you know the tomorrow is going to be worse than tonight? Maybe your entire day is going to be busy until night comes again. Maybe this is the first time in a day that you finally have some time for yourself. Some time where you're not working for once.
In my case it's a backlog of website changes for a previous employer (started 2+ weeks ago), needed development for my own product to obtain a few new clients (and soon), and a three-page paper that needs to be zero-drafted by 2 in the afternoon (not yet started or thought-about).
So what do I do? A little bit of this. Casually browse the internet about non-work-related things, currently about some kind of steam tunnels that run under my school. I want to watch something to unwind even more but that gives me a set time when I have to turn over and go to sleep. So I'll do this until reality smacks me in the face hard enough to make me go to bed (for a 9 o'clock class tomorrow morning). But for now, it's nice (I guess this entry pertains slightly to the name of this site now (I don't even have to type in well-thought-out sentences; I can put little side-notes in parenthesis like this, that's how great this feeling is right now)).
Lil’ O’Reilly
I don't usually get much into this stuff, but there are certain things with the media that are completely crazy. One of them for me is Bill O'Reilly. If you've ever seen him, you'll know how true to him this kid really is and how he actually acts (although I think Bill is less mature than this).
Social Acceptedness
It's interesting to look at the mixed reactions you get to a video such as this. This is a commercial for eradicating land mines with the Benny Hill theme song added in.
If you take a look at the comments on the page you can see what I mean. And you might disagree with me when I say that it's funny. One commenter put it perfectly: "chill out, it's a little internet humor."
But what is it really? We all know we shouldn't find it funny (as demonstrated by the "I'm going to hell for laughing at this" comments) because it's socially unacceptable to laugh at other people's misfortunes, like the many people who do die from landmines each day. But does that mean you're less of a person to laugh at a little satirical video?
One person claimed "you have a problem in your head" if you thought the video was funny. Sure, you probably shouldn't go around letting your boss or mother know that you think something like this is funny (unless they share the same sense of humor, of course). But it doesn't mean you're somehow a low-life scum of the earth who should be treated differently because you find it funny. Sometimes you have to realize that other people have different views on things than you do. And if they want to laugh at someone getting blown up, what does it hurt you? If they can do their thing, you can do yours and turn your head in disgust. It's as simple as that. It gets a little tiring seeing all these self-righteous people spouting their self-righteousness to others who maybe just want a little laugh to take their mind off of how bad the world really can be.
Band Names
I've been making my own music lately. This is after quite a bit of a break from 2 years ago when I started messing around with this stuff. When I first started, I went by the name of Dj MAB. But I think now it's time to make a better thought-out name for my future creations. And this is where I'm looking for input.
I've gone through a bunch of different "band name generators" and usually took the words from them instead of using the actual full names to make this list of names to decide between. So I'm asking what you think sounds the best from this list, ordered from my favorite to least favorites.
- Late Night Motion
The whole "Late Night" thing has really got me (as you might be able to tell) and if I'm writing the Fiction here, why not have the Motion? This name hasn't been done before, either. - Static Motion
This name has been used, but again I like the Motion part. - Artificial Chaos
- Pseudo Loop
- City Distortion
- 7 Nation
And here's a sample of the music I've made (both past and present).
Note that my latest song, Rainy Day, is very much so a work-in-progress. However it is definitely a good example of my latest experimentation.
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