Most talented vocalists of 2007

This is just my opinion. Shuddup.

Girls
Sabina Sciubba (Wax Poetic, Brazilian Girls) — Listen to Sexy A****le
Leslie Feist (Feist) — Listen to My Moon My man, or 1, 2, 3, 4
Lacy Mosley (Flyleaf) — Listen to any of their songs
Marla Turner (Wax Poetic) — Listen to Hoppala

Guys
Thom Yorke (Radiohead, self-titled) — Listen to Rabbit in your headlights, The Eraser

Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer) — Listen to Revelation 22:20
Chris James (DJ Shadow’s new album) — Listen to Erase You
Chris Cornell (Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden, Audioslave) — Listen to Your Saviour, 4th of July
Robert Plant (Wolfmother) — Listen to Woman

I was unaware

Apparently I was writing Haiku’s completely wrong.

5, 7, 5

Five syllables, by seven syllables, by five syllables.

NOT words.

Yes, I’ve been to college, and no I didn’t stay.

Greasy first forks.

Invadars!

Ah Sac le bleu invadars!
With their euphemism murder word substitutes;
A bouleversement in the sorest pose

Temple of the Dog

How bad ass can a band name get?

Let’s play Temple of the Dog.

Hey, want to go eat at temple of the dog?

I just got the new temple of the dog album.

I ate the temple of the dog.

I am temple, he is of dog.

I could go on forever.

Elephant of the Sand

but what does it mean? Is he a dog, and is this his temple?

Chuck Norris Fact – Beard

There is no chin behind Chuck Norris’ beard, there is only another fist.

Mendacious

my voice broke finite silence
releasing a piece of my mendacious mind
i tried, but i tried

The depth

The person that inspires me artistically more than anyone is Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer)

I’m paraphrasing, but he said:

“It’s the music that moves people. We try to make music that we like that portrays a certain feeling, an emotion, a situation, and we build it into what it asks us to. We just get out of the way and let it be. It’s the music that’s important, if it wasn’t a fact then people would be doing sold out spoken word concerts, but they don’t, because the music is what grabs you. The lyrics can really help push a song with that added emotion, but I don’t think it’s vital.”

-MJK

pronunciamento

I could lie in spanish
my pronunciamento, garnered by what I’ve seen
give me more of everything

Chuck Norris – Revolving door

Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door.

Words I live by

“People like you, I know myself. Walking the shoes of somebody else. Whisper to me, my tragic fate; whisper to me my tragic end. Don’t give me your saviour, don’t give me your saviour.

People I’ll choose life on my own, burn me a fuse — throw me a stone. Give me your brand, burn it on my head. Whisper to me my tragic end, but don’t give me your saviour.”