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This is Music Geekery, the rinky-dink music review show created by me and hosted by myself and most often Pierce, though guest hosts do turn up now and again. Here I'll be posting review updates such as next album to be reviewed, next gigs to be covered, that kinda thing. Feel free to start discussions, make suggestions, invite your friends. anything related to the show.
Time to get underway with a new game, one I've been wanting to play for a while - come along and join me playing through Journey, let's see what we find:
Hi, I'm Edmund! I run this rinky-dink outfit, which involves music reviews and essays over on YouTube and, what started out as a channel that focuses on games with a musical bent has become a variety stream of sorts.All emotes courtesy of https://twitch.tv/cherukiyo
Guess I should've been sharing this here in case anyone is interested - I stream over here: https://www.twitch.tv/musicgeekery and Sundays is when I stream Dungeons and Dragons worldbuilding, so if that interests you, come on in and say hi!
Hi, I'm Edmund! I run this rinky-dink outfit, which involves music reviews and essays over on YouTube and, what started out as a channel that focuses on games with a musical bent has become a variety stream of sorts.All emotes courtesy of https://twitch.tv/cherukiyo
Currently mulling over an idea I've got for a video, so here's a question:
Are there any examples you can think of of songs which use a seriously questionable quote in their lyrics. And by questionable I mean it only works within the context of the original media.
I'll start this off: I know of at least three songs which use the Full Metal Jacket line "love you long time":
Just Can't Get Enough by Black Eyed Peas
Maneater by Nelly Furtado
And the crowning example - I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time by Mariah Carey
H'okay, another video I'll (hopefully) be doing, so opening it up to the floor: Throw at me as many examples as you like of Anti-Valentine's Day songs
I know it's early - videos need prep, okay?
Neglected to post when I did so for the last one, but the latest reviews are up:
https://youtu.be/wWkzIy4OIJE
https://youtu.be/MAdo2JBIlts
After another extended break we return with the first in a two-parter covering Devin Townsend's latest releases. Let chaos reign!!Want to support us? Become ...
Decided to do an update vid before I do my next review: https://youtu.be/hFTOzmr14lc
Just a vid going over the plans for the next few months, along with some info on what we're about around here.Want to support us? Become a patreon here: http...
Soooo...plan was that I was gonna be making my next review tomorrow, and it'd have all the bells and whistles I could give it 'cause it's Devin Townsend and all that.
My main laptop had other ideas. It done be dead. So now, I'll be relegated to waiting until I get my replacement through. As such, in the meantime I'll be doing an update video of some sort that'll just be me explaining the plans for next year (and shilling as hard as I can).
So for anyone interested, keep an eye out for whenever it happens to be that I'm able to get my reviews of the Puzzle and Snuggles out. Chances are they'll be the first reviews of the new year. Which sucks, but hey, at least I'm committed to getting it out.
For anyone who might have some extra money lying around to throw at me to encourage me to more regularly make stuff, I'm sorting out stuff over here on my patreon.
Important to note - it's on a per upload basis, and I only charge for actual episode uploads, and I've deliberately made it as low as Patreon lets me for entry level tier: https://www.patreon.com/Drahauk
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Opening up to the floor - whilst I find myself at a bit of a tricky point with my Megalovania series, I'd curious what people might be interested to see in terms of music discussion videos.
It's finally here! Episode two of my ongoing series: https://youtu.be/crn-3E4e9pY
Continuing our dive into the quagmire that is the Megalovania experience, this time around we explore the three most popular AU's, at least according to my r...
It's finally here! After months of planning, weeks of scripting, 5 days of filming and audio recording and 24 hours straight of editing, I finally have the first episode of my Megalovania series, and in time for my birthday ^_^: https://youtu.be/GcWNqMamAOU
Decided to do something significantly different to my usual fare, I'm getting underway with a potential sanity-sapping project of looking into the many versi...
Megalovania analysis project starts today. Episode 1 will probably be out either Saturday or Sunday
Got back from Bloodstock Festival yesterday, a much needed reprieve from the horrors of the past year and a half.
Five days of awesome music, making new friends, bumping into old ones, and generally having an amazing time. Whilst I did end up with some rather bad sunburn on my arms and face, and I'm feeling very rough today, I would happily do it again.
The Wednesday and Thursday I discovered how cool bands like Onslaught official, Beholder, King Witch and Lawnmower Deth (a band I've been wanting to see live for ages) are live. Great memories that'll stick with me for a long time.
Going over the main 3 days, I'll be going in a bit of reverse order of Headliner to opening acts.
On Friday:
I got to see Devin Townsend, one of my heroes, headline, and play songs that I for the longest time thought I'd never hear live, along with all-time favourites, and put on one of the best shows I've ever seen him perform. There were costumes galore of brass band bad devils, dancing skeletons, a gorilla guitarist, a percussive pachiderm, strange bottom-shaped aliens known as Poozers, and his almost ubiquitous character, Ziltoid the Omniscient himself. There was pyro, confetti cannons, poozer-designed beach balls, and a band who despite only knowing for 3 days, Devin played with like he'd known them 30 years, just going to show both Devin's skill at bringing a band together, and how much his music is truly adored.
I discovered the amazing skill and charisma of the band Skindred, a band I'd only heard a couple of songs from before, and wish I'd known more now, because they were an absolute delight.
I got charmed over by the The Wildhearts, another band I'd only listened to a couple of songs of but will certainly be following up on.
AcidReign, Venom Prison, Svalbarduk, DIVINE CHAOS and FOETAL JUICE were all great discoveries in various flavours of Death Metal, Thrash and Extreme, in particular Svalbard, who really had me going "Holy s**t they're awesome!"
On the Saturday I got to see Kreator, a band who never fails to deliver an awesome show absolutely blow me away, both with personal stage presence, and the sheer magnitude of lights and pyro they had going on, and all capped off with confetti cannons. What made it even more special for me personally was who they had to guest on one of their songs - Dani Filth. Which neatly leads onto...
My getting to see Cradle of Filth for the second ever time, and this time on a stage that is absolutely prime for their ostentatious bombast and overall theatricality. A mixture of elaborate set pieces, carefully designed and angled pyrotechnics, and intriguing videos, both of old horror movies and from Cradle's own catalogue made it quite the experience to behold.
I got to see Paradise Lost perform an anniversary playthrough of their album Draconian Times, which is arguably one of their best albums. It's certainly up there for me (That and Symbol of Life are two of my favourites), though changing things up slightly by closing their set with "Say Just Words" from the album "One Second" as, in Nick Holmes' words, Jaded was "A bit of a downer note to end on".
While She Sleeps was a very entertaining surprise that I'm very happy I caught, as were MALEVOLENCE and Wargasm UK, the latter of which was another great example of how seamlessly you can interweave various flavours of rock and metal.
And on the Sunday
Very first time getting to see them live, and, well, all I can say is Judas Priest were worth the wait. An amazing set, playing a mixture of the greats we all knew and some of the newer tracks, properly showcasing their 50 year veterancy in the business and precisely why they're regarded as pioneers of metal. Rob Halford's voice is as great as ever, as are the guitar and drumming skills of Ian Hill, Glenn Tipton (who was warmly welcomed to the stage during the encores), and Scott Travis, and Richie Faulkner and Andy Sneap were superb, sounding as though they hadn't just been with the band a few years, but ever since day one. One really special moment for me was getting to see Rob Halford ride out on his motorbike for Hell Bent for Leather. That really got me good.
Direct support, celebrating their 40th was Saxon, not so much having a lot going in terms of production, but really selling on sheer stage presence and absolute raw energy that really made you want to cheer your head off for them. Biff Byford really made you feel part of the show. An added element of absolute delight was having them introduced by the man, the legend that is Brian Blessed. We were all wondering when you'd turn up sir, and there you were.
Gloryhammer graced us with their noble, fantastical, space operatic ways, ever-invested in their mythology and utilising the concept of the albums in such a way that it all flowed seamlessly together. Rather amusingly, during the songs of huge bombast, the heavens did see fit to open up and we were showered in almost perfect time with the songs.
Therapy? I'll be honest didn't do much for me, but they very clearly had their fans in the audience, and we could all very easily get behind the chant of "F**k Boris Johnson", so if nothing else I will say that they have charisma going for them. Just not really my thing.
Orange Goblin, another band who were celebrating an anniversary, their 25th to be precise, were generally just a fun band to watch, pure, classic heavy metal sound which got the crowd going and got me wanting to listen to more.
Bleed from Within were competent but not really my cup of tea, so I headed over to the Sophie Lancaster stage (for those who don't know, the main stage is the Ronnie James Dio stage, and the second stage is the Sophie Lancaster stage, in honour of the goth girl who got brutally beaten to death whilst protecting her boyfriend from the attack). Over there PIST were playing, who were a cool mix of groove, sludge and stoner metal and rock, and a good band for when you're having to stay out of the sun due to severe sunburn, definitely a band I'll be following up on.
At the risk of coming across as controversial, I found Diamond Head's set to be somewhat lacking. Whilst it was clear why they're regarded as a major fixture in early metal and fundamental to its evolution, particularly in the Thrash scene, they just didn't really do anything for me. Maybe that makes me a philistine, I just feel like other bands have done the same thing better.
The last band I clearly remember due to having been given a bunch of painkillers (heh) to deal with the sunburn was Internal Conflict, again on the Sophie stage. A decent band that blends several genres of metal for their sound, though I wouldn't necessarily say my kind of thing. I'll be watching them to see whether I warm up to them or if they're just not for me.
And that's it. Many thanks to Bloodstock for managing to move Heaven and Hell to get this to happen, regardless of the bands who sadly had to drop out due to expected circumstances.
Also I want to thank my camp mates Johnny, Jodie, Aiden, Mike and Kieran for so graciously accepting me into their group and helping me put my tent up when I was completely flailing about with what to do. You're all awesome.
Also a shout out to the assorted wrestling fan friends I met. Felt really cool being able to engage in that love whilst at another love.
Lastly a shoutout to my long time friends Willow and Stef Twyman, hopefully it won't be so long till we next see each other again.
Greenscreen arrived today, so thought I'd give it a quick test drive.
Slowly getting ready to get my Megalovania series started. Just ordered a greenscreen so production values are gonna go up.
Upcoming review: No Gods, No Masters by Garbage. This'll be a fun one.
So a few show ideas in the works for anyone interested:
My rant about the Gary Jules cover of Mad World
A discussion series about music that combines traditional and contemporary styles, i.e Japanese folk metal
A discussion series delving into the various versions of Megalovania.
Feel free to drop any suggestions for other episodes in the comments
So I've ended up re-jigging and re-launching my patreon. If you wanna check it out and consider contributing, here it is: https://www.patreon.com/Drahauk
No worries if you can't, obviously in this climate none of us are particularly doing well financially. But if you can, awesome.
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It's that rare occasion where I decide to post a video. Must be a blue moon whilst pigs fly. Catch it over here: https://youtu.be/iPdlLPy-93k
After weeks of prevaricating and contesting with my own bad brains, I finally return to review an album I was super-hyped to talk about. Will Starship Veloci...
So finally got the latest review done, much later than originally intended, but here it is: https://youtu.be/1_zZ4i_xLzo
After a way too long hiatus, I get round to discussing, a month late, the latest album from Icon for Hire. Bit of a longer episode than normal for reasons th...
For those who might be interested, my upcoming review after an overly long sabbatical will be Amorphous by Icon for Hire. Here's a personal favourite from the album as a taster: https://youtu.be/7coWccdXCSE
From the upcoming album "Amorphous", available February 19, 2021. Preorder now: https://iconforhire.lnk.to/amorphousStream Curse or Cure: https://open.spotif...
Once again, apologies for the long silence and lack of new videos, been in a major slump as of late, partly due to the crisis still going on. Anyway, in the hopes of breaking the slump, on the off-chance anyone wants to suggest something, anyone got any suggestions for an album to cover, old or new?
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