Bigger will happen when you click on the comic.Special guests: Tom "Skim Skam" Hansbury, Matt "Gregory" Gregory & Helen GREEEENE!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
50th (maybe!) Blog Post!
How excit-ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
However, something exciting did just happen! Dash Coombs, the more beardly one of the two of us, is now famous! Well, semi-famous. Ok, he's E-famous! Kind of? I'll just fucking tell you what happened.
He got to go see a screening of "Drag Me to Hell", the new Sam Raimi (Evil Dead series, Dark Man, Spider-Man series) horror flick. Hopefully it'll make up for all the wrong-doings that went on in Spider-Man 3. Anyhow, it got featured on the prestigious website Aintitcool! Here's da link:
CLICK
Woo woo! Go Dash!
Also, please go down one post, download the podcast, listen to it, email us what you thought (wearefriendspodcast@gmail.com) and then tell your friends. IN THAT ORDER.
-James
Now playing: Black Sabbath - Children of the Grave
[EDIT] Uhm, well Blogspot is lying to me one way or another. It tells me that we have 50 posts, but only 25 in 2008 and 17 in 2009? WHATEVER
However, something exciting did just happen! Dash Coombs, the more beardly one of the two of us, is now famous! Well, semi-famous. Ok, he's E-famous! Kind of? I'll just fucking tell you what happened.
He got to go see a screening of "Drag Me to Hell", the new Sam Raimi (Evil Dead series, Dark Man, Spider-Man series) horror flick. Hopefully it'll make up for all the wrong-doings that went on in Spider-Man 3. Anyhow, it got featured on the prestigious website Aintitcool! Here's da link:
CLICK
Woo woo! Go Dash!
Also, please go down one post, download the podcast, listen to it, email us what you thought (wearefriendspodcast@gmail.com) and then tell your friends. IN THAT ORDER.
-James
Now playing: Black Sabbath - Children of the Grave
[EDIT] Uhm, well Blogspot is lying to me one way or another. It tells me that we have 50 posts, but only 25 in 2008 and 17 in 2009? WHATEVER
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Episode 9: Modeling, Prussia, Tattoos
Episode 9 is here everybody! CHECK IT OOOUUUUTT!!
CLICK ME FOR GOD'S SAKE.
Once again we are joined by our lovely friends, Matt Gregory and Tom Hansbury. Only this time we just bullshit like we usually do. Hooray! Enjoy everyone.
Music:
Big Black - "The Model"
CLICK ME FOR GOD'S SAKE.
Once again we are joined by our lovely friends, Matt Gregory and Tom Hansbury. Only this time we just bullshit like we usually do. Hooray! Enjoy everyone.
Music:
Big Black - "The Model"
Ebu Gogo - "The Rancher of Neverland"
Prince - "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"
Billy Idol - "Rebel Yell"
Suicide at WTC - "Brevity"
This Place is Haunted - "Marble Madness (Everything You Know is Wrong)"
-Dash and James
-Dash and JamesSunday, January 25, 2009
In Which Dash Yells at Everyone About a Singer-Songwriter
So, I'm gonna go ahead and assume that most, if not all, of you reading this know that, I Dashiell O. Coombs the 1st, love folk music. The calm, the laid-backness, the hushed, the lyrics about death, insomnia and women! The fact that certain artists make me want to stay and smoke a doob makes folk a very special and important part of my life. And I want to share it, with you!
James and I share a lot of similar music tastes. We've gotten each other into a lot of neat bands and artists. He showed me Bathory and The Legendary Pink Dots, for which I will be forever grateful. I showed him Liars and Fucked Up, and I know he enjoys them. One musician that I recently got into is Nick Drake.
Nick Drake! Click it.
I got into this guy through his most famous album, "Pink Moon". It's a concept album based on the novel "Pink Moon" by Bram Stoker. Yeah, you fucking read that right. An album about a pink moon and it's sworn enemy Captain Pink Moon. I mean, that is pretty god-damned folk right?
James and I share a lot of similar music tastes. We've gotten each other into a lot of neat bands and artists. He showed me Bathory and The Legendary Pink Dots, for which I will be forever grateful. I showed him Liars and Fucked Up, and I know he enjoys them. One musician that I recently got into is Nick Drake.
Nick Drake! Click it.
Nick Drake is an easy guy to classify. He's lilting and melodic. Whimsical with an edge. And he loves sticking to a specific mood. He's definitely had an influence on Robert Smith and
Badly Drawn Boy, and Heath Ledger recorded a song of Drake's for a tribute album. Check those guys out too.
Here are some sample lyrics:
Pink moon gonna get you all
It's a pink moon
It's a pink, pink, pink, pink, pink moon.
Know that I love you
Know I don't care
Know that I see you
Know I'm not there.
Alright, I'm done ripping off James. I just got a hold of all three of Nick Drake's albums and I sincerely love all of it. I can't recommend them
enough.
In Which James Yells at Everyone About a Metal Band
So, I'm gonna go ahead and assume that most, if not all, of you reading this know that, I James H. Shafie the 1st, love metal. The aggression, the fervor, the loudness, the lyrics about death, Satan and victory! The fact that certain bands make me want to go out and kill everyone makes metal a very special and important part of my life. And I want to share it, with you!
Dashiell and I share a lot of similar music tastes. We've gotten each other into a lot of neat bands and artists. He showed me Liars and Fucked Up, for which I will be forever grateful. I showed him Bathory and The Legendary Pink Dots, and he better be damn grateful. One band that we both enjoy quite a bit is called Mastodon.
Mastodon! Click it.
Mastodon is a hard band to classify. They're sludgy, but melodic. Thrashy, but with weird ass drums. And they love not sticking to a specific sub-genre of metal. They definitely have an influence from Neurosis, and have used the vocal talents of Scott Kelly from said band. Check those guys out too.
I got into this band through their most famous album, "Leviathan". It's a concept album based on the novel "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville. yeah, you fucking read that right. An album about Moby Dick and it's sworn enemy Captain Ahab. I mean, that is pretty god-damned metal right?
Here are some sample lyrics:
Mastodon's first release, "Lifesblood", has a very grindcore feel, fast, insane and like a punch in the head. Their first album, "Remission", is sludgy and heavy. "Leviathan" is, to me, their most solid album. Every song feels right, whatever the hell that means. And their newest release, the album "Blood Mountain" is their most melodic and most experimental. Lots of clean singing, so elitists beware!
Each album seems to coincide with one of the four (five if you're spiritual and lame [jk br0]) elements. Remission = Fire, Leviathan = Water and Blood Mountain = Earth. What;s their next album called you ask? "Crack the Skye" What element could that be referring to? WHO SAID "FARTS"?! Well Billy, the answer of "air" is half-right. It's supposedly going to be about "ether". We got some smarty/fancy-pants metalheads in this outfit. Lemme show you something about it from blabbermouth.net:
DO YOU SEE THIS?! This is why I love this fucking band. Sure, their music's heavy as shit and complex and great, but look at that!
There is a wizard, with laser beams coming out of his eyes, and four bears! Those of which seem to be on leashes being guided by said wizard.
In short, LASER WIZARD AND HIS BEAR COMPANIONS. My goodness, I think I just peed a little.
Mastodon is metal, and I know some of you do not like much, or any metal at all. But hear me out. Take a listen to some of their stuff on their last.fm page (I recommend the song "Naked Burn") and hear for yourself. You never know, you might dig it.
-James
Now playing: Divinity Destroyed - Like A Prayer (Madonna cover)
PS Here's them with Sacha Baron Cohen, aka Borat.
Dashiell and I share a lot of similar music tastes. We've gotten each other into a lot of neat bands and artists. He showed me Liars and Fucked Up, for which I will be forever grateful. I showed him Bathory and The Legendary Pink Dots, and he better be damn grateful. One band that we both enjoy quite a bit is called Mastodon.
Mastodon! Click it.Mastodon is a hard band to classify. They're sludgy, but melodic. Thrashy, but with weird ass drums. And they love not sticking to a specific sub-genre of metal. They definitely have an influence from Neurosis, and have used the vocal talents of Scott Kelly from said band. Check those guys out too.
I got into this band through their most famous album, "Leviathan". It's a concept album based on the novel "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville. yeah, you fucking read that right. An album about Moby Dick and it's sworn enemy Captain Ahab. I mean, that is pretty god-damned metal right?
Here are some sample lyrics:
Split your lungs with blood and thunder
When you see the white whale
Break your backs and crack your oars men
If you wish to prevail
This ivory leg is what propels me
Harpoons thrust in the sky
Aim directly for his crooked brow
And look him straight in the eye
White whale - holy grail
When you see the white whale
Break your backs and crack your oars men
If you wish to prevail
This ivory leg is what propels me
Harpoons thrust in the sky
Aim directly for his crooked brow
And look him straight in the eye
White whale - holy grail
Mastodon's first release, "Lifesblood", has a very grindcore feel, fast, insane and like a punch in the head. Their first album, "Remission", is sludgy and heavy. "Leviathan" is, to me, their most solid album. Every song feels right, whatever the hell that means. And their newest release, the album "Blood Mountain" is their most melodic and most experimental. Lots of clean singing, so elitists beware!
Each album seems to coincide with one of the four (five if you're spiritual and lame [jk br0]) elements. Remission = Fire, Leviathan = Water and Blood Mountain = Earth. What;s their next album called you ask? "Crack the Skye" What element could that be referring to? WHO SAID "FARTS"?! Well Billy, the answer of "air" is half-right. It's supposedly going to be about "ether". We got some smarty/fancy-pants metalheads in this outfit. Lemme show you something about it from blabbermouth.net:
"We wanted to stick with elements and we wanted to do the 'ether' record. Ether is what the soul is made out of and it took a few months to connect all the dots." - Brann Dailor, drums.
Wowie. Also:
Dailor goes on to explain the "Crack The Skye" concept: "There is a paraplegic and the only way that he can go anywhere is if he astral travels. He goes out of his body, into outer space and a bit like Icarus, he goes too close to the sun, burning off the golden umbilical cord that is attached to his solar plexus. So he is in outer space and he is lost, he gets sucked into a wormhole, he ends up in the spirit realm and he talks to spirits telling them that he is not really dead. So they send him to the Russian cult, they use him in a divination and they find out his problem. They decide they are going to help him. They put his soul inside Rasputin's body. Rasputin goes to usurp the czar and he is murdered. The two souls fly out of Rasputin's body through the crack in the sky(e) and Rasputin is the wise man that is trying to lead the child home to his body because his parents have discovered him by now and think that he is dead. Rasputin needs to get him back into his body before it's too late. But they end up running into the Devil along the way and the Devil tries to steal their souls and bring them down…there are some obstacles along the way."
ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?! THAT IS THE MOST METAL IDEA FOR AN ALBUM OR ANYTHING EVER. OH MY GOD.
Ok, ok, I'm calm. But holy shit! I listened to the first single off the album today, and I must say I dig it. It's called "Divinations" and this is the cover art:
Wowie. Also:
Dailor goes on to explain the "Crack The Skye" concept: "There is a paraplegic and the only way that he can go anywhere is if he astral travels. He goes out of his body, into outer space and a bit like Icarus, he goes too close to the sun, burning off the golden umbilical cord that is attached to his solar plexus. So he is in outer space and he is lost, he gets sucked into a wormhole, he ends up in the spirit realm and he talks to spirits telling them that he is not really dead. So they send him to the Russian cult, they use him in a divination and they find out his problem. They decide they are going to help him. They put his soul inside Rasputin's body. Rasputin goes to usurp the czar and he is murdered. The two souls fly out of Rasputin's body through the crack in the sky(e) and Rasputin is the wise man that is trying to lead the child home to his body because his parents have discovered him by now and think that he is dead. Rasputin needs to get him back into his body before it's too late. But they end up running into the Devil along the way and the Devil tries to steal their souls and bring them down…there are some obstacles along the way."
ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?! THAT IS THE MOST METAL IDEA FOR AN ALBUM OR ANYTHING EVER. OH MY GOD.
Ok, ok, I'm calm. But holy shit! I listened to the first single off the album today, and I must say I dig it. It's called "Divinations" and this is the cover art:
DO YOU SEE THIS?! This is why I love this fucking band. Sure, their music's heavy as shit and complex and great, but look at that!There is a wizard, with laser beams coming out of his eyes, and four bears! Those of which seem to be on leashes being guided by said wizard.
In short, LASER WIZARD AND HIS BEAR COMPANIONS. My goodness, I think I just peed a little.
Mastodon is metal, and I know some of you do not like much, or any metal at all. But hear me out. Take a listen to some of their stuff on their last.fm page (I recommend the song "Naked Burn") and hear for yourself. You never know, you might dig it.
-James
Now playing: Divinity Destroyed - Like A Prayer (Madonna cover)
PS Here's them with Sacha Baron Cohen, aka Borat.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Webcomics: Part 2
So I HOPE you all have checked out the webcomic we here at We're Friends! have started. You have right? Why wouldn't you really, it's not like you're a jerk or anything. Well, if you have, you noticed how great it is. It stars the two of us, naturally, and we get into all sorts of wacky hijinks. However, there are other comics on the internet that are "great" too. Some may even say they are of the same calibur, or even better! These people need to be rounded up and thrown into wells. You can commence this action right away, bring a friend!
One of these webcomics is called Wondermark.
Click here!
A sample:
(Click to enlarge)
Now I bet, since you guys are such smarty-pants, that you've noticed that this comics looks, shall we say, different. You'd be right! The man who creates Wondermark, a fellow named David Malki!, takes pictures from the 1800s and early 1900s and creates tableaus such as this with them. What a lark!
He uses old catalogs, actual cartoons from that era and all sorts of books. I've actually watched him create one of these live (thank you INTERNET) and it's not as easy as it may sound. He either creates the joke/story before hand and has to find/modify the correct pictures to use. Or he finds some funny looking cartoons and creates a joke/story around them. Oh, he also can draw very well. So don't say this isn't a "valid" comic, because you read what I said about wells before.
The comic does not have any sort of continuity, and is extremely funny. No romance or human drama here, just a bunch of absurdity, humor and sometimes topical issues! I implore each every one of you to go check it out. And email him with a link to this blog so maybe he'll notice me and ask me to the dance.
-James
Now playing: Ulver - Your Call
One of these webcomics is called Wondermark.
Click here!
A sample:
(Click to enlarge)Now I bet, since you guys are such smarty-pants, that you've noticed that this comics looks, shall we say, different. You'd be right! The man who creates Wondermark, a fellow named David Malki!, takes pictures from the 1800s and early 1900s and creates tableaus such as this with them. What a lark!
He uses old catalogs, actual cartoons from that era and all sorts of books. I've actually watched him create one of these live (thank you INTERNET) and it's not as easy as it may sound. He either creates the joke/story before hand and has to find/modify the correct pictures to use. Or he finds some funny looking cartoons and creates a joke/story around them. Oh, he also can draw very well. So don't say this isn't a "valid" comic, because you read what I said about wells before.
The comic does not have any sort of continuity, and is extremely funny. No romance or human drama here, just a bunch of absurdity, humor and sometimes topical issues! I implore each every one of you to go check it out. And email him with a link to this blog so maybe he'll notice me and ask me to the dance.
-James
Now playing: Ulver - Your Call
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Dash and James do things
Make your own at http://obamiconme.pastemagazine.com
Also, Dash and I both have twitters! Follow us at:
https://twitter.com/JamesShafie
https://twitter.com/Dashiell
Steeeeeam Machiiiiiiine.
-James
Now playing: Daft Punk - Around The World / Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
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