Sol Invictus

Firstly, Happy Christmas! I hope you're all enjoying your holiday.

Secondly, Happy New Year (I likely won't be updating this in the next week or so)

and Thirdly, well done on getting Rage Against The Machine to no.1, I think that made my Christmas (along with the presents, holiday, seeing friends and all the other good things that happen this time of year)

Hope you all have a fantastic day / holiday and i'll hopefully see you soon and be back on here in 2010.

Shep.

Rage against the X-Factor.

As you all know by now, through an amazing grassroots movement, Rage Against The Machines' 1992 song 'Killing In The Name' is the UK's christmas No.1 for 2009.

The song sold 50,000 more copies than that of X-Factor winner Joe McElderry's cover of Miley Cyrus' 'The Climb' and set 2 new records.
I could comment here but there's really no need, except than to quote Tom Morello in claiming this to be a 'victory over sterile pop'.
Here however, is Hitlers response to the news...




Shep.

It's The Climb...

Sorry if this blog feels a bit disjointed, it's an issue I'm passionate about...


Hey, sorry I've not updated in a while, I've been busy with uni shit.
but, bar one or two things I'm free till new year now :)

So, what's been happening...

Well the Large Hadron Collider is now working (although it'll be a long while before we hear anything significant from it). The Copenhagen Climate Talks are predictably failing to make any progress, and some bankers think they deserve a nice christmas bonus for all their hard work.

But, i'd like to focus on something a little more important than these things, a battle for hearts and minds if you will.

I am of course talking about the battle for the UK Christmas No.1, between X-Factor winner Joe McElderry (I had to look that up) and his stunning cover of that well loved classic 'The Climb' by Miley Cyrus. And a slightly different band, Rage Against The Machine's 1992 Epic 'Killing In The Name'.

Now this has obviously been spread and discussed all over the media who obviously have nothing better to write about, so i'll just summarise here:

- For the last four years the X-Factor 'winners' have dominated the christmas no.1
- This year, a facebook group opened in an attempt to get RATM to no.1 and usurp the X-Factor (and raise some money for charity)
- Simon cowell calls the campaign "Cynical & Stupid"... more people buy Rage.
- Tom Morello donates all money raised to UK youth charity and encourages people to buy. (calls campaign a 'wonderful dose of anarchy')
- Simon Cowell says he's "done us a favour" by removing crap such as 'Bob The Builder' and 'Mr. Blobby' from the christmas charts. (P.S. FUCK YOU!, I'D RATHER LISTEN TO BOB THE BUILDER).
- Facebook group has so far raised £30,000 for charity and are currently ahead in the charts.
- Simon confident X-Factor will win.
- Bookies Odds are on Rage to win, at 8/11, with Joe at evens.
(NME are keeping a real-time update here)

So, where are we now. Well Rage are ahead in the midweek charts, but today saw the CD go on sale, which the retards who watch x-factor will ultimately buy because they're illiterate and don't know how to download.

In case you'd forgotten here are the no.1's for the last decade.. All shit
2000 Bob The Builder "Can We Fix It?"
2001 Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman "Somethin' Stupid"
2002 Girls Aloud "Sound of the Underground"
2003 Michael Andrews & Gary Jules "Mad World"
2004 Band Aid 20 "Do They Know It's Christmas
2005 Shayne Ward "That's My Goal"
2006 Leona Lewis "A Moment Like This"
2007 Leon Jackson "When You Believe"
2008 Alexandra Burke "Hallelujah"
2009 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE "KILLING IN THE NAME"

C-C-C-C-COMBO-BREAKER!

Come on! let's do it.
- To Prove Cowell Wrong
- To have one decent Christmas No.1 this decade.
- To say 'Fuck You X-Factor'
- For the lulz
- To end this decade on a fucking high!

Download it now (it's 29p for fuck's sake, and it goes to charity, unlike the x-factor song which all goes to Joe, Simon Cowell and Miley Cyrus. (any rational person would rather fund terrorism than pay them!))

Oh, and in case you've missed it, here's the inevitable internet viral:


Shep.

Kaleidoscope

This song is awesome:

Kaleidoscope (feat. Jónsi) - T...

From Pitchfork:

"The name Tiësto may conjure images of big-room, heart-tugging trance music, but the world-conquering DJ is gunning for some rock cred with his forthcoming LP, Kaleidoscope, due October 20 on Ultra. The record's guest list includes Bloc Party's Kele Okereke, Metric's Emily Haines, Tegan and Sara, Kianna Alarid of Tilly and the Wall, and Sigur Rós' Jónsi Birgisson, who lends his angelic pipes to the title track to this seven and a half minute epic-- which is available on iTunes right now-- enjoy!"

Jealous, Much?

Apparently, the new My Chemical Romance album is a "scathing attack on reality TV music shows like American idol and the UK’s X Factor".

The reason given for this is that they don't believe that people with no talent should have stuff handed to them.

Pot, meet Kettle.

Lead 'singer' Gerard Way goes on to say that... "Rock 'n' roll is dangerous and rock 'n' roll should piss people off. Right now, there's not a lot of that happening. What it is is a lot of people trying to be famous. That seems to be the goal"

well My Chemical Romance certainly achieve their goal of pissing me off.

Just in case you'd forgotten how bad they are before the new album come out and tweens dressed in black start going on about how they are the "BeSt BaNd EVeR!!!" again, here's them raping Bob Dylan's 'Desolation Row'...

Note, the irony of the "Sold Out" sign 15 seconds in appears to have passed them by...

Shep.