Putting Off Chores
So in my listening to some Dubstep (which I consider research), I stumbled across the soundtrack to Sucker Punch which, I have come to find out, is actually a movie about Project MKUltra and, specifically, Monarch Mind Control (something for which, it’s pointed out, no credible evidence exists).
Apparently, there’s a subculture out there devoted to bringing these hidden symbols out into the light.
If you remember being confused by everything hidden in plain sight after reading The Illuminatus Trilogy
“So in my listening to some Dubstep (which I consider research)”
Dude – say more…?Report
Also, you decided to write bout that awesome website, but decided to go with the Suckerpunch essay, and not “How the Animated Series G.I. Joe Predicted Today’s Illuminati Agenda?”
http://vigilantcitizen.com/moviesandtv/how-the-animated-series-g-i-joe-predicted-todays-illuminati-agenda/Report
Well, I could tie Sucker Punch into an essay that I wrote while I don’t think I’ve written anything about GI Joe.
But I’m still flailing about for an essay topic for tomorrow…Report
Well, it’s not the stuff I actively listen to in my free time and I don’t know that I’d listen to it were it not for the thought that “the kidz listen to it these days and maybe there’s an essay in there, somewhere”.
So far, it just sounds like (as the saying goes) two Transformers “humping”.
But maybe I’ll find something.Report
I screwed up the ‘Reply’ function, a couple recommendations are below –Report
You’ve got to give credit where it’s due, I mean these folks have really put together a tight-knit mythology. They seem to find a way to link just about anything to the Illuminati or Monarch Mind Control — the great global conspiracy.
I particularly enjoyed the Katy Perry piece with this priceless quote:
“…Monarch programming is one of the ways the occult elite keeps a stranglehold on many areas, including the entertainment industry…”
I thought that was Scientology?Report
Forgot to add: Definitely have to check out Sucker Punch now. This piece is a better marketing tool for the flick than the actual marketing by the studio. Unless of course the studio is secretly controlling VC and the exposé is really just a subliminal marketing tool. Yeah, that must be it.Report
This piece is a better marketing tool for the flick than the actual marketing by the studio.
I haven’t thought about Sucker Punch since I published that particular essay but reading about Monarch? Dang, now I want to see the movie again.Report
Jaybird – though I am not super familiar with all of it (it’s one of the million splinter subgroups of electronic music out there), and though its’ closest ancestor is something called 2-step (don’t ask, I don’t really know), the best of it shares some of the atmosphere & texture of the best trip-hop & dub (think Massive Attack’s ‘Mezzanine’) and the rhythmic complexity & dynamics of early jungle (like Goldie’s ‘Timeless’, say).
Try Burial (anything of his, he’s a biggie and super cool)and Scuba (the one I have is called ‘Triangulation’ and I like it quite a lot).Report
Massive Attack is one of my absolute favorites.
I’ll check Burial out.Report
Burial released a couple extremely-limited edition songs with Massive Attack, they are personal heroes of his.
http://youtu.be/VisKkedFZjw
http://youtu.be/o01fUwIX3PA
When I first got Burial’s ‘Untrue’ I thought it was the first genuinely futuristic music I had heard in a while.Report
burial is ridiculously good, but as far away from the wub wub wub wuwuwuwuwub as you can get. the massive attack v burial thing is great but youtube or yarr’ing is your only friend as the vinyl run ran out pretty much as it was announced.
other choices for that sort of thing that’s not wub wub wub wuwuwuwwuwub cause i can’t stand that stuff:
anything by kode 9 that doesn’t include the spaceape on vocals. i’m sure he’s a nice guy, but he’s a terrible mc. hyperdub is generally a decent label for interesting ideas along these lines.
the bug – london zoo
vex’d – cloud seed (the kuedo album “severant” featuring one half of the now defunct vex’d is very good, but not dubstep)
shackleton – i’d recommend anything you can get your hands on, but the skull disco 2cd compilation is a good place to start. if you like bass, you will really like this.Report
Yep, not a fan of the spaceape either (though I like the handle!)
I keep meaning to get hold of some Shackleton original productions, because I’ve really liked any remix of his that I have heard (like his Moderat ‘Rusty Nails’ remix).Report
well he just released music for the quiet hour, which is mostly unreleased stuff. the pinch & shackleton album is good, too. he has a definite sound, very cavernous and boomy.
http://youtu.be/cPUWHXw7ZyE
he reminds me a lot of early muslimgauze as well, but that’s such a huge pool to draw from (despite his having been dead for over a decade now) i hesitate to recommend much from him.Report
another recommendation for jaybird – clubroot. i call his music “brunch dubstep” (if you’re familiar with “brunch house” you’d get the idea). it’s pleasant, if not very challenging.Report
I feel Sucker Punch and Prometheus were both unfairly dismissed by the critics. Both were the type of movie which rewards repeated viewing and conflicting levels of interpretation. I actually didn’t even notice the overwhelming Christianity theme the first time I watched Prometheus.Report
My problem with Sucker Punch was that so much of it seemed repetitive and gratuitous. I got it… short skirts, dragons, tarted up tweens, ninjas, robots, explosions, steampunk Nazis… every teenage boy’s wet dream. And while there seemed to be a deeper plot, exploration of it was often abandoned for most short skirts, dragons, tarted up tweens, ninjas, robots, explosions, and steampunk Nazis. Alright. I get it. But can we actually explore what the fish is going on here? And I was genuinely uncomfortable with the portrayal of the females. Halfway through, I had to pause it and check their ages on IMDB to make sure we hadn’t veered from creepy and weird into criminal.Report
I guess I am just a total geek. I love movies with giant robot ninjas ,orcs and steam punk nazis. I didn’t notice the girls though.Report
Oh, I didn’t necessarily mind those things. But do something new and creative with them. It just seemed to be the same ish over and over again. By the 4th or 5th one, I was like, “COME ON ALREADY!”Report
I’ve got an urge to re-read Foucault’s Pendulum.
http://www.amazon.com/Foucaults-Pendulum-Umberto-Eco/dp/015603297X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1341849148&sr=1-1&keywords=foucault%27s+pendulumReport
harumph. one wonders what sort of research this is for…
I apparently know the guy that invented dubstep.
He says that people don’t listen to dubstep because it sounds good…
(though give the musicians credit for trying…)Report