My timing is impeccable.The
unthinking blitzkriegs on the local HMV are somehow timed to
happen *two* days before payday, in an apparent determination
to maximize the chances of some unforgotten cheque turning rubber
as I clean out my "float" account for a hedonistic
spree.
'Tis the price
of being chained to an expensive muse. one of many, it seems.
Today's entries surprise
even me. earlier this month I stood in line before store opening
with a horde of 15-year-old boys to get my copy of the new Tool
album, and yesterday I walked out with some of the most frivolous
pop offerings I could think of. well, okay, there are some redeeming
factors to both purchases. The new Bran Van 3000 disc has a
lovely cover illustration of a young woman wearing a shiny metal
collar and matching arm cuff; the music is pure pop fluff with
a beat, a world music-hip hip influence, and some humorous pop
culture attitude in the lyrics. it would be *okay* for scene
soundtracks, but beware the tendency for the occasional lyrical
riff.
To cause giggling in
the listener. it's not as humorous as, say The Bloodhound Gang's
"A Lapdance Is So Much Better When the Stripper Is Crying"
(one of my personal houseparty faves, though not something I
would volunteer on a fet night soundtrack) but like I said,
fluff. engage in the CD player at your own risk.
The other CD is a new
entry in the electronica/rave music category from some swanky
northern euroDJ named Darude. This stuff is pure backdrop
noise, and in my opinion, the CD should have come with a label
that decrees "No Real Musical Instruments Were Harmed
In The Making Of This Disc". somewhere out there, there's
an aerobics Heaven just waiting for Darude with open arms.
All this aside, the music is high energy and perfect for a
little at-home swing-batter play.
To be honest, somewhere
between tracks three and eight, I lost track of where I was
- this newfangled digital music has a tendency to sound the
same after a while - but this can work well for providing seamless
soundtrack ambiance. the problem is, it's harder to mix this
kind of electronica with anything other than itself, so if you
like variety in your background noise, darude and his ilk could
be a little tricky to work with. Now that I have a reasonable
collection of samples to work with, I'm going to attempt to
mix something up over the next few weeks and see how it works.
My next purchases are
planned, but unlikely to be reviewed here. I highly doubt that
anyone in his right or left mind would seriously consider the
Go-Gos as fet soundtrack contenders. but sometime this week
I should be receiving my much-longed-for, and definitely better
for fet play soundtrack copy of Isao Tomita's Live at Linz disc,
which I found used online from musicinferno.com.
ghods, I *love* the
internet...
arnora
