Ogwaros Iwenâl

Just when I think I’ve seen and heard it all… Pirate Metal.  With keytar.

Part of the wonderful Battlestar Galactica season 4 soundtrack.

Mocking public figures and the cancer destroying music, while throwing in non-sequiturs like junkie Einstein? Awesome.

I listen to a lot of music, and I tend to do so on headphones.  I’ve been using some Sony studio-style headphones for some time – I believe I bought them in 1999 or 2000.  They’ve certainly served me well, but the headband was beginning to snap and I’ve begun to notice distortion for louder volumes.  So I ordered a pair of Sennheiser HD 202s.

Wow.

The headphones themselves block out a good deal of ambient noise.  And the clarity is such an improvement – I’m picking up all sorts of nuances that I never noticed that much before.  One of the reviews on Amazon described the sound reproduction as being “analytical” and I can kind of see what the reviewer meant by that.  Certain genres or instrumentations may be a bit too clear, almost deconstructed.  I’m not sure if that is necessarily a bad thing, or just simply different.

My only real complaint so far is that they’re a bit too bulky for use on the bus.  They’re perfect at home, though, which is where I get the most use out of them anyway.

Frances the Mute is a masterpiece.  I may, in fact, like it a bit too much.

Something more substantive when I get some time…

Great quartet performing a medley from Chrono Trigger. Best of all, they do justice to the passion and intensity of Magus’ theme. That’s an extremely rare thing.

Why did Square never release a quarter or orchestral album for Chrono Trigger? Bastards.

Thanks to Brandon.

The Humans Are Dead – Flight of the Conchords

We no longer say “yes,” we say “affirmative.”

Yes, affirmative.

Slays me everytime.