Friday, June 29, 2007

Friday, June 22, 2007

Your Boss just handed you another impossible deadline...

Your idiotic boss who is less qualified than you but is paid astoundingly more than you hands you a impossible deadline at 3.18pm on a friday afternoon, and the free staff drinks downstairs starts at 4:30pm....

The picture on the left indicates what happens when too many of these type of deadlines occur...

This however still leaves you with 48 minutes to complete the deadline, taking into consideration that the average length of a song amounts to 3.5min which gives you have 13 songs to get you amped, the work done and down to that free bar in time grab a cold brew and to chat up the office hottie...AARRRGG!!!

Phase 1: You are furiously angry...

01. Rammstein - Feuer Frei (Mutter)
02. System of a down - This cocaine makes me feel like i'm on this song (Mezmerize)
03. Dropkick Murphys - Your Spirits Alive (The Warriors Code)
04. The Vines - F.T.W aka "F*ck the World" (Winning Days)
05. The Used - Liar Liar (Burn in Hell) - Lies for the Liars


Phase 2 : Keep the pace going "thinking you are actually gonna finish this rediculous deadline"

06. My Chemical Romance - To the End ( Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge)
07. Lostprophets - Five is a four letter word (The fake sound of progress)
08. The Faint - I Disappear (Wet from Birth)
09. Muse - Assassin (Black Holes and Revelations)
10. Panic! At the Disco - Time to Dance ( A fever you cant sweat out)


Phase 3 : You are a machine, nothing can stop you now...

11. Finch - Post Script ( What it is to burn )
12. The Bravery - Every word is a knife in my ear ( The sun and the Moon)
13. Yellowcard - Lights and Sounds ( Lights and Sounds)
14. Arctic Monkeys - D is for Dangerous (Favourite Worst Nightmare)


Phase 5 : Deadline has been crushed , you are invincible... take that wedding ring off your finger and go and get that foxy little secretary with the tight little a$$...!! Ha Ha Ha
Enjoy, from The Man!!


Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Songs to listen to on a rainy Monday morning

It's Monday morning, you're at work. You don't want to be there, your body is still trying to cope with the lack of wine in your blood and it's raining. Here's a couple of songs to listen to and ease your way into the week. Grab some great coffee, play in this order and reflect on just how crazy and amazing your weekend was... then maybe after lunch try to start thinking about work.

1.
Let Go - Frou Frou - Garden State OST
2. Fruit Fly - Nada Surf - Let Go
3. Such Great Heights - The Postal Service - Give Up
4.
Black - Pearl Jam - Live at Benaroya Hall
5. Set the Fire to the Third Bar - Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
6.
It's All Good - Sinead O'Conner - Collaborations
7.
Fake Empire - The National - Boxer
8. Milk - Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
9. Hayling - FC Kahuna - Layer Cake OST
10.
Rusted Wheel - Silversun Pickups - Carnavas
11.
State of Mind - Mad Caddies - Keep it Going
12.One of these Days - Doves - Lost Souls

13.
From Yesterday - 30 second to Mars - Beautiful Lie
14.Live Bed Show - Pulp - Different Class
15.
This Time - POD - Testify
16.Alhpa Male - Royksopp - The Understanding
17.The Boy with the Arab Strap - Belle & Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap
18.Run - Snow Patrol - Final Straw
19.
No Cars Go - The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
20.Chicago - Surfjan Stevens - Illinois

Ok now you can start playing your Megadeath CD!!!

Friday, June 1, 2007

Mr Knights 5 Albums for now...

1.The Fratellis - Costello Music
My album for the now. If you like that British, garagy kinda vibe, then go get this album. Nice and pacy, with a good deal of jumping up and down songs. Good for waking you up in the morning. Similar to Arctic monkeys, The libertine's or maybe slightly The Hives.

Recommended songs - no1. Henrietta, Chelsea dagger and "Got na nuts from a hippy" are my fav's from this album.


2. The National - Boxer
Everyone needs a album to put on and sit back with a glass of red wine to relax and blow off some steam, this right here is perfect in that regard. Or even for long distance driving. Similar sound to "Kings of Leon" which you can read more about on Mr Dade murphy's post. The drummer needs an applause after every song, have not heard a drummer play with such conviction in a long time.

Recommended songs - " Mistaken for Strangers" and "Fake Empire" sets the tone and "Start a war" is super...

3. Rooney - Rooney
Self titled debut album. Teenage feel good catchy-tuned album that makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside. Love the bear on the cover. If you like "Mika" you will like these guys. Sadly i have to admit i found them while watchin The OC series on DVD, yes i do watch soapy kinda chik-like series..HaHaHa

If you like the harder stuff, give this one a skip, only for the soft-inside gay kinda guys, but a must for all girls. Songs to look out for - "Shakin", "Daisy Duke" and "Im a terrible person"

4. My Chemical Romance - Three cheers for sweet revenge
Yes this is not their more famous last album, but i think their best work was done before the famous last days of The black parade. Rougher raw-er and a lot more soul to this album, love the anger right here. This album reminds me of the late 90's with the likes of Blink's beginnings and Nirvanas end. Sound is very similar to "Finch" and maybe a angrier version of Good charlotte... if that is allowed to be said?

Do not listen to this while driving as taking out the idiot taxi might seem like a great idea with this playing loudly..!! Classic songs - "Helena", "You know what they do to guys like us in prison" and definatly "Im not okay (i promise)" are my fav's but there are many sides to the romance...

5. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Let Love In
What happened to Nick in his youth nobody will ever know... but what we all have from that is his painfull balads. Poety recital with a band playing in the background, not going to put you in a party mood but on a lonely cold evening with only your thoughts, this would be perfect.
I will never be able to completely describe why i like this kind of music but for some reason it all makes sense, buy the album, listen and make up your own mind... but please dont go through life without going into The CAVE!!

Some of you might recognise "Red Right Hand" from the X-files soundtrack..
Other great songs - "Loverman" , "Thirsty Dog"... Dark as it should be...


I hope this keeps you going for a while...