March 12, 2004

NM 156

A concept for the upcoming website is crawling albeit slowly, out of the primordial soup that is my mind. Artwork is not going to be a problem but executing special effects is going to be a challenge. Getting grips w/ Macromedia's Fireworks. Macromedia products r good, the ease of use couldn't be simpler. Editing images isn't going to be a problem anymore. I thought hard abt accesibility issues: For a smashing good site I'd need to use flash. I expect increased load time, but w/ my initial experiments things seem to be cool. Some viewers out there would be left in the dark. Heck get w/ the times! Lets see how it all works out later.

Queensrÿche's first album offering is looping in winamp. The whole album is abt a fucked up future. A very odd song in it has caught my attention. The song is called 'NM 156'. NM 156 is abt this man-machine thing thats sent out to kill ppl in a bid to control society. The song is written from the 'man' side of the man-machine monster thats still trying to fight 'logic'. Interestingly this album sounds like Judas Priest only diff being that the singer sounds like Bruce Dickinson. Its unfair to classify these geniuses as a Bruce-Priest monster. Their albums always had this concept thing going on (OK frm this side of the millenia these concepts r a bit overused). Rock? They Do!

Anyways top 5 songs on my winamp:
1>Wells Fargo (by Babe Ruth) [Genre:Rock]
2>It Must be Love (by Madness) [Genre:Ska-Pop]
3>One Angry Dwarf & 200 Solemn Faces (by Ben Folds Five) [Genre:Pop]
4>Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder) (by Maxwell) [Genre:Neo-Soul]
5>So Danço Samba (by Wanda de Sah) [Genre:Bossa Nova]

In continuation w/ the sea creature fetish:
Caribbean Reef Squid
Whats cool abt octopi, squids & cuttlefish is that they almost look alien. There is a certain sense of grace to them.

FYI - Ajay John Kulangara has left for Bristol.

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