TOP TEN: House cleaning

Before I go for some jazzy beers out here on the perimeter there are no stars. Out here we is stoned. Immaculate. Sorry that was Jim Morrison speaking, not me. I meant out here, in Delft. So, before the beers  let me share with you my personal top ten of house cleaning tools/materials.

10. Swiffer duster.
9. Chlorine.
8. Kitchen sponge.
7. Broom.
6. Mop.
5. The mop's bucket.
4. All-purpose Ajax.
3. Vacuum Cleaner.
2. Vinegar.
1. Toilet brush.

This top ten makes no sense, I know.
But judging from the first sentence where did you expect this post to conclude?
And I have not consumed any alcohol yet...

MASHUP #4: THE BAT O' LANTERN

BEWARE! ANOTHER MASHUP!

Batman decided to change tactics and scare criminals the traditional Halloween way! And behold! The Bat O' Lantern! Trick or treat?

(I just had some time to kill obviously!)

Being multicultural

I eat german sausages.
I drink greek coffee (or call it turkish, if you like).
I use italian olive oil.
I get drunk with belgian beer.
And I put dutch cheese in my sandwiches.

I can be multicultural by myself.
I don't need people from other countries.

(I should mention that I am joking, because the internet is a strange non-place...)

STATION IDENT

Babylonian Noise is now broadcasting from the Netherlands too, the city of Delft to be more specific.

In the photo: the building of the Senate of the Netherlands in Den Haag.

DISCLAIMER:
The Station Ident is an idea we borrowed from WarrenEllis.com.
We love WarrenEllis.com.
We worship Warren Ellis as a god.
Both of them.

The Biased Reviewer: Need - Siamese God

Need is a metal band from Greece who play that hybrid style of several metal genres, that I do not care to give a name to (nor I care for genre names in general but anyway). They released their first album "The Wisdom Machine" in 2006. We became friends cause we liked each other's music (at least I did) and I have watched them live a couple of times.

Siamese God is heavy as hell, but melodic as well. Though you can hear their influences very clearly I think, bands like Nevermore, Pantera, Tool, Fates Warning, and a touch of Meshuggah, to me they have something very original in their sound that may come more to the surface in the future. Almost the entirety of the album is for neverending headbanging, except some more melodic moments like in "Lie Before You Sleep" for example, a song perfect for midday hours on MTV but, you know, in a good way. Other songs I really liked were "Rainy Pieces of Hell", "Soon", "Siamese God" and "War/ning" which is also the first (and only?) videoclip of the album. Wait for the final song to finish and you'll get as a bonus track "Nickles 'n Dimes" a Dimebag Darell tribute song that the band has already released for free download.

As for less musical stuff now... I'm not thrilled with the artwork to be honest, I basically hate this bird, whatever it is, though the whole idea is good I think and it helps get the feeling of the album. In a difficult era for the music industry, Need decided to release Siamese God through Venerate Industries. If you 're from Greece though you may find it in press and news stands via Rock Hard's distribution network. I wonder how much this, finding CDs in news stands, is going to last, not that I am for OR against it.

In general Siamese God is a good buy, I think people who love heavy music will enjoy it. Let me tell you this though: if you believe the album is just ok, watch them live (on tour with Jon Oliva's Pain and Neverland), I'm sure it sounds much much better this way, as it was the deal with their debut. I mean really, they are a kick ass live band!

Useful links: http://www.myspace.com/siamesegod (listen the whole album for free), http://www.myspace.com/needband, http://www.needband.com

Sweetest Denial

I'll use this blog as to promote my stuff... Some of you may know that I play with art of simplicity (though some of you may have never heard the name, but at this momment the blog does not haver many readers, so I guess the only people reading this are the other authors. So they know about it). We are during recordings of our new album and Sweetest Denial will give you a taste of it. Check the song at myspace.com/artofsimplicity or...

MASHUP #3: DOCTOR OCTOBUSH

YEAH!


This took me about five minutes in photoshop. Five minutes that will never return...

MASHUP #2: GALARCHIE

It's time for my first ever post in this blog. So I represent you the devourer of worlds, Galarchie!!

MASHUP #1: Dr. Predadoom

Hello there, it's been a while... But during the summer everything moves so sloooooowly (around here at least) so why should this blog be any different? I have spent some time trying to convince the other writers of this blog to actually post something, but I'm afraid summer in greece is the bearer of merciless laziness.

Among my personal laziness and preparations to leave the country for at least the next two years, the morbid stuff that nightmares consist of has attacked my brain. After numerous efforts to contain the evilness within, I have to admit that I failed. And behold the results: DR. PREDADOOM!

As I feel that after this I will not be the same again, I have to inform you - no, I have to WARN you, that more stuff like the above are coming to this blog, and they will be referred to as "mashups".

Picture drawn in around 30 minutes straight to the computer (graphic tablet).