Apocalyptica

I have this strange fascination with apocalyptic stuff.

2 years ago, if you had mentioned anything about an apocalypse of the end of the world I would've flipped my rocker. Remember Y2K and that whole year 2000 thing? that scared the living daylights out of 7 year old me! All those commercials and t.v. shows talking about the power being shut off, stocking up on toilet paper, and when the clock finally reached 12, nothing happened, but I was already in a full fledged panic attack, to the point where my dad had to demonstrate that the power was still working (obviously- we weren't standing there in the dark). Then I remember someone saying that doomsday was on 6/6/06? And now this whole 12/21/12 thing? When I first heard of it, I was really scared and told people not to talk about it, but really, what can you do? save the world?


Anyhow, lately I have found things about worlds ending, Utopian and dystopic societies, sci-fi really fascinating, not fascinating as in ' post pictures from the newspaper on my wall about what may be our eventual fate', but as in movies, media, pictures, etc. Here are some:

• Nero's Welcome Reality concept album

This album eased me into the apocalyptic sub genre. The concept is basically the end of the world, and trying to rebuild it from the ashes. Just look at the album cover- it looks like something from a Stephen Spielberg film.

• Assassins Creed

 When I first found out that Assassins Creed was not really about history, but the protagonists' attempt to stop the solar flare of 2012, I admit I was really reluctant to try it, but a few years later I found myself hooked on the series. The plotline of the modern-day Assassin and trying to save the world can be a bit confusing though, but still, it makes you think, are we the ones saving our world, or are we the ones destroying it? Hmm..

• Mad Max Series

Guilty pleasure: I'll admit that I like the Mad Max series. Although I really don't know what's going on, all I know is that the government fell and the world is now in total anarchy and chaos. I watched Thunderdome when I was a little kid, because I was a big fan of Tina Turner and my mom told me she was in it. And I find it hilarious that Max is wearing that same leather jacket though the whole series. Speaking of Mad Max..

• Borderlands

  

There is no box or catagory or description that can describe the badassery which is the Borderlands series. Borderlands isn't apocalyptic, per se, but it does take place on a dystopic planet called Pandora, and theres loads of guns and violence that will turn even the girliest girl into a testosterone ridden mutant.

• Tank Girl

 

Tank girl is a series of comics drawn by Jamie Hewlett (same guy that draw the Gorillaz too!), and she is basically a kick ass warrior kicking ass in the kick ass future or something. I don't know. There was also a movie adaptation of it, which caught my attention on the television more than the Magic Mike DVD I was trying to watch on my laptop at the same time.

• Fallout Series

 The Fallout video game series is a superior gaming series going all the way back to 1988 when we thought the commies were gonna nuke us. Basically, Fallout follows a path of 'alternate history', meaning what would've happened if we had lost WWII or been nuked in the 50's like people thought we were. So now the world's water supply has radiation, there are mutated people aaaaaannnnnd everyone is fucking insane. Sounds like fun.

• Akira

 

 Although I've never actually SEEN this movie or read the manga, I really like the plotline, and the whole Neo-Tokyo backdrop is easy to visualize since, Tokyo is already kind of Neo-Toyko, right? Not make sense? hmmm? ABCDEFG?

Nero: Welcome Reality

In the year 2808...darkness looms over Earth as worlds collide...two humans make a discovery that will ignite the war between the oppressed and the superior, and change the world forever......

I gotta say, that this is the first album that I actually downloaded each track, and loved it so much that I supported Nero and BOUGHT it.

Apparently this is a concept album. A concept album is meant to tell a story, or set in some sort of theme. Nero's Welcome Reality album is supposed to be based off of their love for apocalyptic films or something like that. Either way, this album is meant to make the listener feel as if they are watching a movie in their heads.

Well,  mission accomplished. This is the first album that I've ever been able to close my eyes and listen to every track in order and come up with a story. To me, this story would be based in a dystopic society in the future, kind of like Akira, or any of those anime films that came out in the 80's.  This album doesn't just have one sound, it has dubstep, it has house, drum n bass, electronic, ambient..etc.

Every song seems to have some sort of message, like Choices, which explains how humans are destroying the world that they live in by the result of the choices they make, and some songs sound like something that should be played in a futuristic space ship chase scene, like Me & You, or Must Be The Feeling.

Recommended for: anime lovers, sci-fi geeks who watch movies with explosions and robots and anything directed by Michael Bays or M. Knight Shamaylan.

London Is Calling

WOOT! 100th post!


I have always been obsessed with other places, from Tokyo to Greece and right now it's the UK. Everything coming out of the UK reeks of awesomeness, from the music to the television to the style and the food! Also, the Olympics will be in London this year, and I will not be watching them because I don't like sports, but I love accents, and I love British accents. This is a tribute to the stuff that I love about the UK that I have adapted into my own life.

This hoodie

 

I bought this hoodie from an online London souvenir shop last year, and it was awesome. 10 days after I ordered it, it was shipped to me just in time for the fall. The hoodie is bulkier than most hoodies and jackets, probably because it is for UK winters and not southern US winters. 

Fish N' chips

OMG. Last summer on my road trip back home, we stopped at an English pub in San Antonio, Texas. I didn't understand anything on the menu, and frankly it was too hot for bread and stew, so fish and chips (fries) were the only thing on the menu I recognized. Deee-lish!

Telly-vision

Skins is/was this show for young adults and it was about teenagers who didn't care about anything except sex, drugs, and partying, but each character had a central episode, and that character's episode would show the audience a deeper understanding of that character's point of view. It was actually about real issues like love, friendship, death, etc. It was cool but season 6 was really lame, so that's why it's next season is its last.

The Inbetweeners was this show that focused on a group of friends who, "were a step up above freaks, but below the cool kids". It ran from 2008 to 2010, and it had a movie. It was hilarious and since I haven't seen all the episodes, I watch them all on youtube. This show was so great, that it didn't end because it was cancelled, the show just "ran its course". Also some awesome quotes from the show were "awww friend!!" and my favorite one "BUS WANKERS!!" LOL

The fades was this show that was so awesome and no one knows why it was cancelled after one season. It was about this kid who could see the dead. The dead had 2 good sides: The somethings- who were like really good spirits, and the fades- the evil spirits. This show was epic, and it starred 3 former skins' stars! WHYYY!

 The Music

Big ups (more UK slang) to BBC radio one and 1xtra for helping me find the most unique music this side of the Atlantic. I am now aware of some other genres of music (besides dubstep..I don't mean to sound hipster, but I was listening to dubstep in the US before it was cool, and I turned it on to my friends and they loved it too. ) Here are some kick ass songs by UK artists.

Music In The Night by Dr. Meaker (Drum n' Bass)

Easy Please Me by Katy B. (R&B)

                                         

Innocence By Nero (Clean Dubstep)

Foul Beast by Coki (Dirty Dubstep)

Pixelated People by Jess Mills

Note: unless you live in the UK like I don't, this video wont play, but if you manage to listen to the song it is quite beautiful, and I even named this blog after it.

Guns Of Brixton by The Clash

The Fashion

.I am in love with doc martens boots. I don't know how this love manifested, but regardless of whatever trend, I just love these boots and they are #1 on my birthday list, so I am praying for a cold winter so I can wear them every day.

I hope to travel outside the US one day, and when I do, London will mos def. be one of my travel destinations and I will most likely not come back, just kidding, I am a patriot by blood. LOL.

Fashion Inspiration: Nerdworld

I got a little carried away on this one because most of my interests are on here.

Nerdworld: The world of the Nerd

Songs 

• Pretty much any song by Nero, especially Innocence
• Saga by Santigold
• Black Mags by The Cool Kids
• Mirror Kissers by The Cribs
• Back To The Future by Ultraviolet Sound

PS: editing this is a bitch because the size is much smaller than expected.