On The Oscars

This pretty much sums it up.

Or,  if you want to get a little bit more offensive and in-depth,  this is actually better.

Stunning 3d Hubble Images

Vimeo user Michael Lansdell has spent the time to make something quite amazing.   He took famous images from the Hubble space telescope, and did a 3d post conversion to make it appear that you are flying into these beautiful nebulae.   Check it out.  Most certainly worth your time.

Kung Fury

Just watch.  Nothing else need be said.

Inspirational Words

Usually of Youtube's Green Brothers, one could expect the introspective and inspirational words to come from bestselling author John Green.  Today however these fantastic words of wisdom come from his brother, Hank.    Spend 5 minutes of your day and listen.  It's worth it.

Steve Jobs Movie Trailer

Amazing how so many incredibly talented people can come together to make a film about one of the most influential people of the last 30 years and make it look utterly uninteresting.

AMAZING Metal Guitar cover of "Heaven is a Place on Earth"

Never thought I would be calling a Belinda Carlisle song badass... but here we are.

Badass.

Nightwish - Èlan Review

As a huge fan of new Nightwish singer Floor Jansen,  I have been eagerly anticipating Nightwish's new album.   I had strong hopes that it would be a return to form for the band that had, at least in my mind, been languishing a bit since former lead singer Tarja Turunen was replaced by Anette  Olzon.  Such a shame that Nightwish's new single Èlan is probably the most boring song I've heard in 10 years.  

Where to start with the bad?  The guitars are so far down in the mix that I've heard heavier Paramore songs.   The pan-flute was a cool little introductory bit,  and then I found out that it is persistent (and annoying) throughout the song.   Even worse, I found out that the flute artist Troy Donockley is now a permanent member of the band.   I can only come to the conclusion that the entirety of this album is going to be a pan flute-heavy guitar light mess of an album.  I desperately hope I'm wrong about that.   Wrapping it up with boring structure, a forgettable hook, and flat production leads me to that sad conclusion that this is probably the most disappointing metal single since Opeth's "The Devil's Orchard".

So is there anything redeeming?  Yes!   Thankfully Floor Jansen shows off singing skills in this song that you don't generally get to see her bring out.   She really is a brilliant front-woman.  She deserves better material to work with than this.

Also, this may win the award for strangest music video I've seen this year.   Here's hoping the full album has... SOMETHING interesting?