New SK Feature: ROCK ACTION!
Have you ever been crushed by a huge wave? Humbled by the unimpeded force of nature? Face-first into the sand, waiting for the whitewater to subside while figuring out which way is up? That's how this blog can often make me feel -- humbled, frightened, wet all over. I still can't wrap my head around the fact that so many people read, download, post and basically give a shit at all. But you do. And as long as you do, I'll keep posting music, rambling on, and basically wasting time that could be used on much more fruitful endeavors. But like said strong tide, I've just been moving along with the rushing waters. Time to fight against the ebb a little bit. The result: ROCK ACTION. I simply get too much awesome rock sent my way to ignore. And since it really is just as important to me -- historically and currently -- I figured I could start with the ocassional post. Don't dismay, the SK steez, which has always been committed to quality beats and beat-related fodder, is here to stay. It's just that since this blog is a direct reflection of my taste, I'd be remiss to not represent half of the shit responsible for my slowly deteriorating hearing. So there you have it. I mean, who listens to only one kind of music these days anyway? If filesharing, blogging and digital downloading can be credited for anything, it's that they have all contributed to to the expansion of our individual musical universe. It really comes down to one thing: If you're the kind of person who has relegated him/herself to a single type of music, you're probably not reading this anyway. So raise up your devil-horns with pride. SK has just turned up the volume. So, now the question becomes who to post for the inaugural Rock Action. And instead of creating some convoluted system or ineffective equation, I'll just randomly select from the songs that have been eating up my iPod's battery. Lately, I've been whisked away back to the golden college years by Cinemechanica, a quartet of calculus professors who've managed some free time in the practice space. No, they're not actually campus curmudgeons but have Ginsu-like chops, mathematically dismantling common riffage and returning at least one dude (yours truly) back to the dorm days of bong water and Bongwater. Angular and undeniably skillfull, these dudes try not to take themselves too seriously and it comes through clearly. Again, I know this is a changeup from the usual, but get used to it. The game is much more interesting with an arsenal of breaking balls. RIYL: Don Caballero, Maserati, Hurl, Drive Like Jehu, Minus the Bear, Faraquet, Q and Not U Resources
Cinemechanica :: "Brain Tarp"
