For the nookie..

“Cos we don't, don't give a fuck and
We won't ever give a fuck un-
-til you give a fuck about me
And my generation “

This was our anthem when I was 13. It was a generation of kids brought up on the attitude of 'Fuck everyone else and I am right” through the plague known as Nu-Metal. I heard this song today and it made me think back. I used to think I was so rebellious at home by myself, my Limb Bizket/Papa Roach/Korn singles downloaded off Napster blasting through the house at full volume with me singing every word and giving the finger to those imaginary people in my lounge room. Truth is, as soon as my mum came home, I turned off the music, did my homework and then went to play pokemon.

I used to think it was so rebellious, as most people do at that age when becoming a teen. Is it mass media that does this? No. Its just that we get to an age when we have to feel like we run the place when in reality we don't. I listened to eminem as well, while I played with lego. It was a way to feel like we have power and could do what we want. We were getting older, hormones flowing, actually do damage if in a fight, nobody was gonna mess with me.

When I heard 'Break Stuff' come on randomly on my Winamp today. I thought back and in reality, back then we are not that much different to the Emo kids of a few years ago or the Hardcore kids of today. Soon enough they will grow out of it and become a useful member of society listening to songs occasionally for nostalgia purposes. They are, I was, no different to the generations before me. All have done it and it will continue. Try to be hard, showing they are awesome but in reality they are blimp in the continuous time line of fads.

Although, after what I have said today, that is not to say that it was completely pushed out of my mind. The standard viewpoint of Gen-Y in the workplace and the public is general viewed as an attitude of “Its my way or the highway”. In a way that is true, I have been guilty of expressing this opinion on more than a few occasions and there is a lot of my people my age that do. The ideals don't completely leave us, they shape our future attitude a little, that is why from generation to generation the world attitude changes. The world will continue to change and there is nothing to stop it, I say just let kids be kids and then in 30 years take hold and go for the ride.

Remember, I did it all, for the nookie.

The Syncopation Files

Hey pals,

I have sort of started a music blog over at http://syncopationfiles.blogspot.com/

Go check it out, link it, support it. Go all out.

Laters.

Lost.

Lost is the best way to describe how I'm feeling at the moment. Yes, I have been at my current job for almost a year now. I hate it. I want a change. No, I NEED a change. I have been working in the same industry since the end of 2005. Thats almost 3 years of basically being a phone monkey. I am getting really sick of it really fast.

In the past I had dreams that I would grow up, be doing something I love and be happy with my work situation. In this dream I went to university, studied hard and got descent results. I went on to work in a field that I liked. As I went through school from the age of 8 that changed between Bio-chemistry, being a chef, Psychology, Sound Engineer and High School Teacher.

I like where my life is at in relation to everything bar my job. I would go back and study but I don't know if I could sacrifice other parts of my life let alone be willing to. Apart from all that, I look through the job searching websites, all the better jobs require qualifications that I just simply don't have. Not only that, I don't know what area I would like to work in. The same goes for when I look through the courses at the university and TAFE websites.

We all have to earn money someway. I am believe that staying in a job that I hate is not good for my mental health but I don't know what else I would rather be doing. I am officially lost.

Fragile! Handle Carefully.

Relationships are very fragile things I have noticed. Ever since being in one more. However, this applies to all relationships, not just romantic relationships. Friendships, Work relationships, even the guy behind the counter at the coffee shop that you go to everyday. However, for this discussion I am going to be basing most of my examples on a romantic relationship.

Everything can be all going fine and dandy. All it takes it one thing to be said or done and fraction of a second later the whole balance in the relationship has been shifted. Sometimes this can be for the better, the better being either the couple break up or the bond between the 2 becomes stronger. It may be whats best for both people.

However, more times than not I have noticed that things don't work out link most people want it to and things fall apart (Not saying its not for the best). Occasionally certain things can not be taken back, other times things can be forgiven. Its all just very fragile and it based on each person responses.

I would say that most of the time, relationships are always on the edge of a cliff looking down, it is very very hard to bring it away from the edge to saftey, even then it is not a guarentee of saftey as it very easy to give it a push as force it over the edge.

It has been 11 months with Miss Trash now. It is solid. I think we are sitting away from the edge, not looking over it at all. As solid as we are, I still hate when mutual friends do stupid shit and make you start being all paranoid in the back of your mind. Its those sorts of things that mess things up and you just have to ignore them.

This is Thomas, signing out.


Songs Listened To While Blogging
- Bonde Do Role - Gasolina (Radioclit Remix)
- Gameboy/Gamegirl - Sweaty Wet Dirty Damp (G.L.O.V.E.S. Remix)
- Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
- Futurecop! - Starworshipper
- Lily Allen - Guess Who Batman
- Rick Ross - Hustlin'
- Thunderheist - Jerk It (Nacho Lovers 'Jerk Your Body' Remix)

All artist/s I have seen live (so far)

After being inspired, I have decided to create the elusive list of all the artists I have seen live. Here you go, so far I have seen 158 different artists, some multiple time in the 8 (almost 9) years I have been going to gigs.

*UPDATED* More Bands Again...

Bands I've Seen:
(Alphabetical)

1200 Techniques x3
2ManyDjs
A Street Light Song x2
AC/DC
Adam Freeland
Afrika Bammbaataa
After The Fall
Against The Odds x4
Air
Amen
Anti-Flag
Antonomasia x9
Aphex Twin
Archaic x3
Bang Gang x15
Basement Jaxx x2
Beastie Boys
Ben Morris x3
Bluejuice
Bodyjar
Butterfingers
Chemical Brothers
Christina Aguilera
Cog x2
CSS
Cut Copy x4
Daft Punk
Dead Inside The Chrysalis x3
Digitalism x2
Dinkibike x4
DJ Bexta x2
DJ Diplo
DJ James Taylor
DJ Mark Murphy
Dlvir
Dukes Of Windsor
Duran Duran x2
Elbow
Electric Six
Eric Clapton
Eskimo Joe x4
Fanesky x3
Fear Factory
Felix Da Housecat
Foo Fighters
Franz Ferdinand
Frenzal Rhomb x4
Garbage
Gerling x4
Glass Candy
Gnarls Barkley
Goose
Grinspoon x5
Groove Armarda
Groove Terminator
Guttermouth
Gyroscope x2
Hatebreed
Headman
Hilary Duff
Hilltop Hoods x3
Hoodoo Gurus
Hot Hot Heat
Iggy & The Stooges
Incubus
Jet x4
John Butler Trio
Justice x2
K.I.M x5
Kato x3
Kavinsky
Kid Kenobi & MC Shureshock
Killing Heidi
Killswitch Engage
Koolism x2
Lamb Of God
Levitikus x6
Lily Allen
Luke Vibert
Lyrics Born
M.I.A
Machine Gun Fellatio x4
Magic Dirt x4
Maya Jupiter x2
Metallica
Mindless Self Indulgence x2
Modest Mouse
Modular Lounge
Mr Thing
MSTRKRFT
Mudvayne
Muph & Plutonic
Muscles x3
Muse
National Pronographic
New Order
Nine Inch Nails x2
Not Write Now x6
One Way Exit
Paul Mac
Peaches x3
Poxymusic x2
Regurgitator x7
Riot In Belgium x3
Rise Against
Robyn
Pet Shop Boys
Phoenix
Placebo x2
Powderfinger x2
Prince
Prodigy
Queens Of The Stone Age x2
Sarah Blasko
Scott Cain
Sebastian
Silverchair x2
Simply Complicated x5
Skulker x2
Slipknot x2
Smashing Pumpkins
Something Corprate
Something For Kate x3
Sonicanimation x2
Soulwax x2
Southdown x4
Spankrock
Spiderbait x4
Surkin
Sunkloto
Superheist
System Of A Down x3
That 1 Guy
The Butterfly Effect x3
The Cops
The D4
The Dandy Worhols x2
The Darkness
The Donnas
The Drugs
The Fast Crew
The Futureheads
The Grates
The Heat
The Hives
The Howling Bells
The Lawrence Arms
The Level Elevens
The Living End x4
The Mars Volta
The Medicated
The Music x4
The Offspring x4
The Outlaws x3
The Polyphonic Spree
The Presets x20
The Rapture
The Rolling Stones x2
The Spazzys x2
The Strokes
The Streets x3
Ticker x5
Tiga
Tourettes x2
Tripgauge
Trivium
Tuesday's Child x3
TZU
Under The 8 Ball x8
Unearth
Unpaid Debt x2
Van She
Wolfmother x3
Youth Group
Zombie Ghost Train


Gigs Coming Up:

VNV Nation
Peaches
Soulwax
2ManyDjs
Diplo
Boy 8-Bit
Familijen
Van She Tech

KFC's Policy

Last night while driving Miss Trash home we decide to grab some KFC for dinner. I knew the KFC, we had been there before. Now whenever I go to a KFC for some of that great chicken I usually get the same thing cause it is awesome. I get the ultimate/extreme burger meal with the burger as a Zinger with no mayonaise and replace the peice of chicken replaced by a chicken strip. Its not that much to ask for. I have been getting this same combo with these alterations for the last few years with no problems.

Last night however, I walked up to the counter and asked for the usual and then when I got to the chicken strip part I was slapped in the face with a "I can't do that". I promptly replied with "Sorry, what do you mean you can't do that?" and was told "Its against store policy. We can't change it". So apparently, every KFC I had been to in the last couple of years and ordered my combo with alterations(including that store I was standing in) had been breaking company policy even though all they all were kind enough to do it and add $1 to the price (that store included). What a crock of shit.

In the end I just had a Zinger burger combo upsized. Then while eating it, I had the privledge of listening to a 18 year old (According to what she told the security guard) who looked like she was about 15 who was great reprasentative of KFC. She had just finished and was out the front chatting away loudly. I could have dealt quite happily with just eating my zinger combo if only they offered to chop my ears off for free so I didn't have to listen to that little twits mindless ramblings. Although, here is a simple list of things I learnt that I didn't know about before listening to her talk:

- Everyone at schoolies is a slut and they all have diseases
- Education isn't important because she was smart enough (immediatly said after she said a sentence like "Can I borrow a smoke" but managed to use the work fuck 5 times in it
- Fresh chips are disgusting. Better if you leave them for a bit so you get steamed chips
- Re-edits of Justin Timberlake songs are amazing when the lyrics are changed to be talking about the shaving of back hair
- Drugs are horrible. Tabacco is ok because alot of people do it. Other drugs are terrible and thats why not many people do them

I'm sure there was other things but Miss Trash might remember them. She really really made me wish that I wasn't born with the ability to hear or born with the ability to make people explode at my stare. Fuck she was annoying.

Well, until next time, keep eating those steamed chips.

Cure of Social Networking

I know. It is an arguement that has been asked for quite a while (well, since the sites were created). "Social Networking Sites" as people would know have become quite popular. Now, for this arguement sake we are going to ignore the little ones that are insignificant such as Bebo and focus on the 2 big hitters. Myspace and Facebook.

Myspace. I love it. Its good. Easy to comment. Easy to see peoples pictures and comment them. Easy to view 'bullitens'. It is simple to use and has a nice layout. I like the build in flash music play that you have on there for your personal profile and can add songs that bands have on their profile to your profile.

The only downside to myspace is that people become offended too easily. You decide to have 8 top friends on your profile. Picking 8 people can be a hard choice. Who do you give this elusive privledge to and who do you say "Sorry but your too retarted" to.

Luckily. With a little bit of fancy html work on your profile, you can hide your friends list so nobody know and you can also hide your comment so that a sibling can't see comments like "OMG! Last night was great. You did so much cocaine. YEAH! PILLS! WOOOOOOOO" from your fucked up drug friend who you went out with for one night or the "I just want your rock hard cock between in my tight pussy right night like it was ast night" comment that comes from the town bike who honestly believe the world will end if she stops having sex for 5 minutes.

Now, facebook. Face book doesn't have the easy to use music player or the fancy profile layout creation but it does have Apps. Now, I know, how are apps meant to make up for all that Myspace has to offer. I thought for ages that facebook was crappy and just to make up for its crappness with millions of apps. Much like the football stud calls every 2nd person a fag to make up for the fact that he is secretly a fudge packer.

Well, i thought it was crapy until I came across the app knowns as 'Pirates'. This is fantastic. Its like a really basic RPG (Role Playing Game). You are a pirate. You sail around and search land for booty. Raid towns for booty. USe the booty for upgrades so you can attack other people playing pirates. The people at work got me onto it (Psssht. Sif facebook decreases workplace producivity by 10%) and they all play it as well.

Other apps include one called 'Booze Mail' which bascially means you shout people virtual drinks. Alot of use that is. Next time someone goes to give you one, be abusive back, when they look offended just say you are cyber drunk from all the free drinks they have been giving you before you cyber vomit on their shoes.

In the end though, after much deliberation, as fucking awesome as the pirates app on facebook is, it still doesn't match the quality of myspace. I will keep playing pirates though. Its awseome.

In the end, this blog is just for me to say...

Myspace >>>>> Facebook.

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