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thedarkproject) wrote2010-10-03 01:25 pm
thedarkproject) wrote2010-10-03 01:25 pm
Since last week
I have been to the Peak District, and down in a cave. I like the Peak District and caves are interesting too. I play a lot of computer games where I explore caves, usually armed with a sword to fight off the inevitable goblin attack. There were no goblins this time but there were a few small Polish children. I blame budget cuts.
The day after that was band practice without our singer, who was up in Leeds visiting his girlfriend who's just left to go to university. Apparently this time is very stressful for him with regards to their relationship, but it does mean he gets to write lots of Twilight's Embrace lyrics about his woes, so it's all good. (From a selfish point of view...)
The rest of the week was mostly just a case of going to work, doing work, and coming home from work, which is the same old thing every day. The evenings saw occasional socialising with other people's girlfriends in various pubs.
Yesterday morning I started rewriting a song for the 3rd or 4th time. I have 55 minutes of recorded material for it and yet am still struggling to pull 6 to 10 minutes of coherency out of there. Ah well. If a record deal was to land in our lap tomorrow though, at least we have have enough material in some form or other.
Yesterday evening I went to the Fires of Rebellion night, which was good fun, 7 folk-themed extreme metal bands at the Old Angel. Unfortunately there was this implied aspect of "oh, it's bands singing about their cultural heritage, which means it's racist", which makes me angry for several reasons - firstly, because it's simply not remotely true, secondly, because Scandinavians sing about the same things without getting any grief (is it only ok if foreigners do it?), and thirdly, because there's this stupid taboo which implies that if you know a racist, or have ever been in a band with a racist, or have ever worn or displayed any symbol whatsoever that has once been used by a racist organisation (despite it being native to some historical period, or significant in wicca or other paganism, or being your own country's flag, or whatever), then you are, by necessity, a racist. It's a modern witch hunt encouraged by the far left, who like to claim that anybody who disagrees with them is obviously part of the British National Party (or 'has links to' - weasel words which can be applied to almost anybody that you want to discredit), and which is adhered to by people scared of losing their liberal colours by being labelled as some sort of fascist collaborator. Very tiring. Nobody should have to defend their interest in history or in supporting traditions, nor should we be expected to only ever surround ourselves with people that completely agree with us on every political aspect.
Grr. Anyway.
There's not all that much happening with me next week - another band practice, maybe going along to see how well Lisa manages this year's batch of rock-loving students on Wednesday, and it's the Assault rock/punk/metal/plus-industrial-due-to-pressure-group night on Friday, which I'm sure will be as bad as it always is (if not worse) but most of my friends will be there.
Now, I am going to either go and write music, or play Braid, or program in Python and Actionscript, while listening to "oh but it might be racist because they sing about Saxons" music.
The day after that was band practice without our singer, who was up in Leeds visiting his girlfriend who's just left to go to university. Apparently this time is very stressful for him with regards to their relationship, but it does mean he gets to write lots of Twilight's Embrace lyrics about his woes, so it's all good. (From a selfish point of view...)
The rest of the week was mostly just a case of going to work, doing work, and coming home from work, which is the same old thing every day. The evenings saw occasional socialising with other people's girlfriends in various pubs.
Yesterday morning I started rewriting a song for the 3rd or 4th time. I have 55 minutes of recorded material for it and yet am still struggling to pull 6 to 10 minutes of coherency out of there. Ah well. If a record deal was to land in our lap tomorrow though, at least we have have enough material in some form or other.
Yesterday evening I went to the Fires of Rebellion night, which was good fun, 7 folk-themed extreme metal bands at the Old Angel. Unfortunately there was this implied aspect of "oh, it's bands singing about their cultural heritage, which means it's racist", which makes me angry for several reasons - firstly, because it's simply not remotely true, secondly, because Scandinavians sing about the same things without getting any grief (is it only ok if foreigners do it?), and thirdly, because there's this stupid taboo which implies that if you know a racist, or have ever been in a band with a racist, or have ever worn or displayed any symbol whatsoever that has once been used by a racist organisation (despite it being native to some historical period, or significant in wicca or other paganism, or being your own country's flag, or whatever), then you are, by necessity, a racist. It's a modern witch hunt encouraged by the far left, who like to claim that anybody who disagrees with them is obviously part of the British National Party (or 'has links to' - weasel words which can be applied to almost anybody that you want to discredit), and which is adhered to by people scared of losing their liberal colours by being labelled as some sort of fascist collaborator. Very tiring. Nobody should have to defend their interest in history or in supporting traditions, nor should we be expected to only ever surround ourselves with people that completely agree with us on every political aspect.
Grr. Anyway.
There's not all that much happening with me next week - another band practice, maybe going along to see how well Lisa manages this year's batch of rock-loving students on Wednesday, and it's the Assault rock/punk/metal/plus-industrial-due-to-pressure-group night on Friday, which I'm sure will be as bad as it always is (if not worse) but most of my friends will be there.
Now, I am going to either go and write music, or play Braid, or program in Python and Actionscript, while listening to "oh but it might be racist because they sing about Saxons" music.
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because Scandinavians sing about the same things without getting any grief (is it only ok if foreigners do it?)
It's not just them, it's the Scots as well, for instance; I don't have access to Cnocantursa's lyrics, and it's doubtful that any of them came through last night, but what I gather they're howling about Hail Scotland this, Bannockburn that, with bits of Bonnie Prince Charlie and most likely William Wallace on the side, and short of painting their faces blue and white and wearing kilts it's not possible for them to be any more "SCOTLAND! FUCK YEAH!" And, as far as I am aware, Antifa have never touched them. As soon as Winterfylleth come up with "ENGLAND, FUCK YEAH!" instead, they get branded and exiled. It seems to be the mere mention of England that's the problem - the flag, the name of the country, the words "Anglo-Saxon", they've all been hijacked by those BNP scrotes, and how long is it going to be before everyone in the whole of England is dragged into it?
It's a modern witch hunt encouraged by the far left
...the exact words used by Wodensthrone after the Cancelfest debacle. Innocent or guilty proved, we'll burn you just the same. Burrrrrrrrrninggaaahhh, into the firrrrrrrrreeeeeaaaagggghhhh, etc...
...incidentally, I can think of a few of Martin's Skyclad lyrics that would get Antifa riled and would have him accused of being a Nazi, when we all know he's one of the most left-wing hippies on the face of the Earth. He manages to do it without the overt obnoxiousness of the extreme left that makes me despise them so much, and in 15 days he'll also be compering Gathering Of The Clans, personally introducing all the bands. And who's that in the headline slot? That's right, it's Wodensthrone!
Now, I am going to ... while listening to "oh but it might be racist because they sing about Saxons" music.
As am I. Those Old Corpse Road CDs aren't going to play themselves!
Before I forget...
As I'm sure you were aware, it should have been eight... if I ever meet Mata Druim I'm going to kick him until he agrees to actually turn up for a gig for once in his life!