Octa Album Art

The title of Electric Six’s new album wields one of the most impressive names I’ve ever come across. I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me From Being The Master(or ISEEAMTRMFBTM as I shall fondly refer to it), is a fantastic ride on an intense electro-rock train. The genre its listed as rock but after tasting the first three songs of the album its easy to tell that to call call this a rock album is clearly a restricting mislabel. In the tunes they play the Electric Six exhibit elements of techno, electric, garage, and punk. The ISEEAMTRMFBTM album contains a listing of sixteen tracks all of which have names that closely rival the curiosity of the album name. Highlights and my favorite tracks are listed below in bold text.

1. “It’s Showtime!” 1:53
2. “Down at McDonnellzzzzz” 4:01
3. “Dance Pattern” 3:41
4. “Rip It!” 3:37
5. “Feed My Fuckin’ Habit” 2:11
6. “Riding On The White Train” 2:48
7. “Broken Machine” 3:16
8. “When I Get To The Green Building” 3:54
9. “Randy’s Hot Tonight” 3:04
10. “Kukuxumushu” 3:51
11. “I Don’t Like You” 2:53
12. “Lucifer Airlines” 2:49
13. “Lenny Kravitz” 3:06
14. “Fabulous People” 2:27
15. “Sexy Trash” 2:08
16. “Dirty Looks” 4:46

While on the topic of numbers and listings, it’s important to note that the duration of the CD is uncommonly impressive in these days with albums that barely push 35 minutes. ISEEAMTRMFBTM clocks in at 50:33 minutes.

After 50+ minutes of listening to this album for quite some time I believe one of the best ways to approach reviewing this album is to point out its shortcomings. To start off my largest gripe about this album is the lacking of musical diversity within each track. In any given song the repetition of certain chorus lines and musical ideas tends to grow annoying as time and repetition go on. So while there are large difference in the music between tracks once you listen to a perticular song for any prolonged duration of time the lack of change tends to become slightly irritating. Great examples of the problematic lack in track dynamics can be found by listening to the songs”Dance Pattern” and “Broken Machine”.

Speaking of problems, the only other one that I have with ISEEAMTRMFBTM is the brevity of its various musical ideas. Wha?! Sure I’m being picky, but there are quite a few good musical ideas in the album that could/should have been more throughly explored. As they stand now, some of the songs have a rather half-baked feel to them. If these musical ideas would have been elaborated on, in my opinion, the album would have had a more complete and full sound overall. Some of the tracks I believe could have been, (and would liked to have seen), explored farther are “Fabulous People” and “It’s Showtime”.

Enough with the cons now onto the reasons why I and perhaps you will love this album. ITS HIGH ENERGY! and unique sound is not only fun to move to but exciting to listen to as well. Using instruments such as the vox, saxophone, synthesizer, clarinet, and piano, on top of the traditional guitars, bass, and drums the Electric Six’s creation has a very unique and attractive sound that’s sure to be a hit with any individual that enjoys rock, electric, or even disco style music.

So if you’ve taken a listen and have a few comments about the album be sure to hit up the comment box box box to share your thoughts.

Well, perhaps. However, it doesn’t even compare to any of its predecessors. Apparently our friends at Activision have dropped the ball.

New GH3 Drummer

First off, the graphics. Not much to say here, though I don’t like the star power meter, I find it harder to see my Star Power while playing. It seems that they made the notes really bright and annoying, and removed any and all contrast from the rest of the interface so I can’t see anything. Additionally, though the character graphics are spiffed up a bit for the newer generation systems, they’re nothing special. I will say that the drummer is a machine. Machine, not in that he has high endurance, but his movements resemble that of Johnny 5 from Short Circuit. Also, despite his huge chin, the vocalist isn’t too good at lip synching either.

Audiophile-level Sound Quality

Looks aside, the real flaws lie within the gameplay itself. While there isn’t much different with the way songs are played from the previous version, the songs themselves are shitty. First off, pretty much every song sounds the same, plays the same, looks the same. I couldn’t tell the difference between any of the European Invasion songs, as well as half of the rest of them. Additionally, the songs are transcribed poorly. In Guitar Hero 2 you had a great tracklist, with unique songs that were fun to play. In this, the songs are boring repetitive two or three note chords with little variation. There are only a few notable exceptions to this, including the songs by Muse, Eric Johnson, Metallica and Dragonforce. Even the Tenacious D song was not any fun to play.

Sound wise, this game is terrible. At first, I thought it was just the settings on the TV or something, but nope. Probably a combination between an attempt to achieve a realistic “Live Sound” and the fact that the cover band used for the game was actually fronted by the 13 year old son of one of the developers, trying to “make it big” after taking approximately three guitar lessons. Instead, all I can hear is some indecipherable trebly noise mixed with the same yelling crowd looping over and over.

If you are among the unlucky saps who bought the game already, here is a suggestion: Keep the Les Paul, because admittedly, it’s worth more than the game, and you can use it for Rockband/GH2 (maybe). Tape the GH3 disc to your ass and use it to make playdoh shit cylinders, because that is all that is useful for.

How can you prevent this?!?!

Intro

The product being evaluated today is the Black Notebook Cooler manufactured by Antec. Before we start off with the review a brief overview of the company that manufactures the product is in order. The company Antec is was founded in 1986 and is based in Fremont, California. The company manufactures products such power supplies, cooling fans, computer cases and lighting accessories. Needless to say, Antec is a well established vendor of computer paraphernalia in the industry. This claim is furthermore reinforced by the fact that it has vendors in over 25 different countries.

The notebook this cooler is being used on, (actually under) is an Acer Aspire 5672. The 5672 has an Intel Core Duo T2300, (1.66 Ghz), a ATI Mobility Radeon X1600, Bluetooth 2.0, 802.11 a/b/g, and a 120 GB HD. With all that power under the hood it’s easy to understand why this particular model is infamous for having heat issues. For some this heat issue has been so irritating that physical modifications to the laptops motherboard were necessary. Seeking an easier solution to the issue of excessive heat, I set out in search of a notebook cooler that would effectively keep the temps of my notebook down and the tilt cool to the touch.

Ultimately I settled on the Antec notebook cooler. Among the many reasons I chose this particular product a few of them were due to its aluminum surface, its low height, the product was relatively low in cost, and because it had few frills, (personally I have no need for a card reader or any extra usb slots). Click da link for the rest of the review.

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Turkish Delight

Without aid from some sort of reference one cannot easily describe the amazing treat known as loukoum, (Turkish Delight). Personally I would describe the confectionery to have a texture slightly more course then that of dry jello, a flavor that is not of excessive sweetness, and a unique translucent color that depending on the way you look at it has an occasional tint. Should one venture to wikipedia for a more through definition loukoum is identified as, “a confection made from starch and sugar. It is often flavored with rosewater and lemon, the former giving it a characteristic pale pink color. It has a soft, jelly-like and sometimes sticky consistency, and is often packaged and eaten in small cubes that are dusted with sugar or copra to prevent sticking.” So unique is the treat that it comes in approximately fourteen different flavors.
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