So. Despite my loathing for "the industry" (or The Copyright Mafia) I actually went and bought a spankin' new Nokia 5800 Comes With Music-bundled hi-tec toy. I estimate the CMW / free-access to Nokia Music Store cost me roughly €150 - but goddammit if it wasn't worth it.

Before I actually lost my marbles completely and went and bought it (or ordered it rather, seems hardly any stores actually stock the CMW bundle) I browsed through the 'Store and noticed Front Line Assembly, Chemlab and Diatribe - stuff I've already got, granted, but I had to start somewhere. Had…

Pretty much just a continuation and (very slight) elaboration on the previous post. Seeing as how there are (more or less) internet based campaigns to boycott Israel goods and such, I wanted to see if I could find anything similar when it comes to the blood-sucking, clueless, arrogant and cynical major record and movie companies. I guess Boycott RIAA is what I was looking for. Struck me as a bit odd that I haven't heard more about it before, but perhaps it's just 'coz I haven't been as commited or interested earlier.

Would just like to push a bit for…

He's also beating the fucking crap out of us all, because his cool, rich friend tells him to. And he's too much of a chicken-shit coward to stand up for you.

Today, the Swedish parliament voted for the IPRED law, which basically is a law ordered by the record and movie industry lobbyists. In short, it gives private companies the right to play police when it comes to matters of copyright violations (which is wrongly considered "theft" in many cases). Not only that - it has been granted that the fines be of a magnitude so as to not only…

I thought I'd make a "50,000th track scrobbled" journal a while back, but seeing as how that came and went, and I couldn't be bothered, I felt I'd skip it. If anyone's interested, the track was Temptation.

What I'll do instead is a journal on cyberpunk-themed music. Which isn't too far off, since Temptation, and the album it's from Metropolis by Sister Machine Gun is one of the albums I consider cyberpunk-ish, if only slightly. The lyrics aren't exactly dealing with typical cyberpunk themes - it's more about internal, emotional, struggles. Still, the intro sets a nice tone, giving…

I noticed a while back that I had like 39,900-something tracks played, and thought I'd do what I've seen so many other people do. Note what track was 40k, and write a spiffy journal.

Well. Track 40k came and went, and I totally forgot it. So I counted backwards instead, and while I might have missed the mark by one or two, track 40k seems to have been (drum roll and ta dah!):

Samael - Jupiterian Vibe, from Passage. Excellent track, from an excellent album, by an excellent band. Excellent.

In other news, CDs keep being delivered to me…

Now the final batch of CDs have arrived (for a while at least, I'll try not to order anything more for about a month now, the only exception being Tiamat's Amanethes on pre-order). So here's another run-through then:

Chemlab: East Side Militia (1999 Invisible re-issue) & Oxidizer : Finally got me some Chemlab albums, and what great albums they are. I'd of course heard 'em before, but it feels better owning them, y'know? Now I just want a copy of that Acucrack Remix version of Oxidizer.
Christ Analogue: In Radiant Decay : This was a nice find,…

1. How did you get into 31?: The Clay People
Got a recommendation here on Last.fm and just randomly picked up their first and latest albums. Good stuff. Thank you Last.fm

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?: Psyclon Nine
Either Lamb of God or The Feeding.

3. What's your favourite lyric by 29?: Madrugada
Dunno.

4. What is your favourite album by 49?: Melotron
Weltfrieden.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?: Iron Lung Corp
They've only put out two. And I got both. More please?

6. What is your favourite song by…

Much to the dismay of my fiancee, these past few months (starting back in September/October) I've been obsessing on industrial/coldwave stuff. Coupled with my belated discovery of Amazon's excellent second-hand section this has resulted in a steady stream of albums through my mail-slot. So far the tally goes something like this:

Acumen Nation: Coming Down: The Bastard Remix Album : An overall excellent remix album, with a couple of unnecessary tracks. Need to get more of their stuff.
Bile: Sex Reflex : Not bad, but not too brilliant either. Probably won't dig deeper in their discog (unless there's…

I have realised something these past few months. Working - and thereby earning cash - is pretty damn sweet. Because, as it turns out, this has enabled me to expand my lovely CD collection with some absolute gems:

Tactical Sekt:Genetice & Burn Process
Grendel:Harsh Generation
In Strict Confidence:Exile Paradise (The Hecq Destruxxion)
Hate Dept:Technical Difficulties
mind.in.a.box:Lost Alone
Die Krupps:Too Much History
OOMPH!:Ego, Plastik, Unrein & GlaubeLiebeTod

…among others. And in the mail are a bunch of Sister Machine Gun albums as well as their…

Seems as though my music addiction has abated somewhat. However, since the last update there's been a couple of new additions.

In November I managed to pick up Fear Factory's Fear is the Mindkiller cdm pretty cheap (can't recall how much, but likely no more than 1 eur), The Orb's Cydonia, the remastered and expanded First and Last and Always by Sisters of Mercy and Transglobal Underground's Psychic Karaoke (the last one at something like 3 or 4 eur, and the former at roughly 9 eur). No major bargains there I suppose, but still, good albums…