Some of these idiots...

I can't help but wonder how all the occupy protests would've turned out if the people who actually understood what they were mad about had the drive and firepower of the anti Mubarak protestors in Egypt and all the useless hippies stayed in their acid induced fantasy worlds. The only thing retard protesters, and I don't mean all protesters, in North America have ever been good for is helping the cause they're trying to destroy. Thinking you can fix anything with sit ins and not so clever signage is naive and embarrassing to watch. But the signs are pretty gosh darn cute!

It's amazing to observe how the focus shifts from reason and understanding to "hey, look at how ridiculous this spectacle is becoming". This is the point when the boring people with some sort of insight get pushed to the side by a guy riding a 9 foot high unicycle while juggling and chanting something negative about guys in suits shows up. It's pretty obvious who's going to be getting the attention here. And nobody in their right mind wants to be associated with moron hippies. The only reason hippies haven't figured out that they're the laughing stock of the world is because of some misguided form of self righteousness and that makes it even more fun to piss all over them. Who doesn't enjoy watching a righteous prick fail while trying very hard to force their views on everyone around them?

The point here is this: I'd say most reasonable people would agree that there is some seedy shit going on in Wall Street and it would be nice to see something like commodities trading go away but when you have massive groups of people attaching themselves to the "99%" cause who are on board with their own agendas i.e. "more free bus passes", "lower tuition", "kill the rich because they have money", then you will alienate and annoy the masses and they'll stop giving a shit about you. I feel pretty confident in saying that about 1% of the 99% actually understand economics and were at those protests with reasonable views and demands on government and banking institutions. How boring is that though? You aren't going to be on the news wearing khakis and talking facts. I've got a plan for you reasonable people: Get yourself some flamethrowers and head over to Wall Street. I'm sure your message will be heard.

Metal Vs. Dubstep

I have never really been that crazy about any electro music. That being said, I understand its allure and contrary to the not so clever title of this post I'm not trying to start a pissing match. I'm a pretty severe music geek. It's upsetting to everyone around me. I'm aware of this but I'm okay with it. Before this gets to sounding like some drugged out manifesto tirade I'll stop the deviation...Alright, we are all aware that heavy metal has always relied musically on a very heavy and dark low end sound. Most experts on the subject start going into detail about the "Tritone" "Diabolus in Musica" (The Devil in Music (Also a Slayer album (All Hail the Mighty Slayer))).Quick history about the Tritone: The Catholic church outlawed it at one point because they thought it would summon the dark lord (typical), it's common in our daily lives from every metal, blues, rock composition to the Simpsons theme song and all the excellent classical songs use it. It's safe to say that the Tritone gives a scary and epic sound to music. My brother made the simple yet perfect point that it sounds like going into battle. There's a trend here; epic dark sounds and battle go together and people who are attracted to metal usually like the helicopter scene in Apocalypse Now. No, wait, that's not it. Back to the point. Metal vs. Dubstep. So, why was I attracted to dubstep when I first heard it? At first I couldn't really figure it out but it became apparent pretty quickly that the drops and wubs were very similar to the stuff that some of my favourite thrash metal bands do in a lot of my favourite songs. Start off with some melody, then blow shit apart with an insane drop and double bass kick and continue mixing the clashing sounds throughout the song. You could also say that the sound is similar to a power metal saga about oh, let's say an "Angel's Holocaust". There's the connection: the dubstep that I find myself wanting to listen to has that perfect juxtaposition of a dreamy and melodic poppy or epic sounding intro that builds and builds but then all the sudden something happens and it goes very low and dark and of course it sounds like a robot on acid is trying to speak to you, or, if you're into Skrillex it sounds like a robot going through a wood chipper. The sound of Dubstep is definitely weirder and darker than any other electro music I've heard. This is thanks in part to the Tritone and in part to the fractured bass lines which sound nightmare inducing. The videos are usually way more fucked up too.The weird will attract. There's definitely some Id related, primal animal psychology thing happening here but that is a LOT of reading, so I'll leave it alone for now.