Friday, July 30, 2010
Gentlemen Without Weapons - Unconditional Love (Planet Earth)
Great environmentalist anthem, this. Why it wasn't a hit remains a mystery.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Working all day, all day, all day!
Got a lot done today, managed to get Skype working on my PC again and also downloaded Microsoft Office Accounting 2009 so that I can learn how to keep track of transactions for the Young Brisbane Naturists group and Brisbane Doctor Who Fan Club once they start gaining height - can't afford to put things off and be haphazard about my money forever.
I'm gonna get back into using Neways and Tony Ferguson products now that most of my outstanding expenses have been settled. Also started a new site on Blogspot called Nude Music Videos, which is dedicated to the depiction of human nudity both male and female in music videos over the last 3 decades starting with Duran Duran's Girls On Film to the recent Erykah Badu one.
It got a good response on the International Young Naturists site, and one person has already started to follow it today! Yay!!!
Got my room tidied up, and sent off Kloe's photos and clips to her, as well as putting up vids for Aussie Allstars' "Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi! Oi! Oi!" and Sparks' "Love Will Conquer All" onto YouTube. Also going to send Steve his clips at the Troubadour when he supported The Hits there recently with his band "Screamin' Stevie's Australia".
Did a photoshoot with Caitlin Kemble-Welch at her new place in Highgate Hill today. It's a more rustic and older place than the one that she and Adric were living in in West End, but it's still nice. Got some cool boudoir and fetish shots done, and she wore some pretty far-out makeup for it with lots of rogue and colourful eyeshadow with black lipstick. I'm sending her the results during the week, and can't wait to photograph her again with Samantha for the Alexandria Bay beach day next Sunday, should be a lot of fun!
I'm going on a mission tonight to get the rest of my room sorted out from top to bottom, and tomorrow sorting through all my photos and putting them in the proper order. Very long and arduous task, but it's possible.
I'm gonna get back into using Neways and Tony Ferguson products now that most of my outstanding expenses have been settled. Also started a new site on Blogspot called Nude Music Videos, which is dedicated to the depiction of human nudity both male and female in music videos over the last 3 decades starting with Duran Duran's Girls On Film to the recent Erykah Badu one.
It got a good response on the International Young Naturists site, and one person has already started to follow it today! Yay!!!
Got my room tidied up, and sent off Kloe's photos and clips to her, as well as putting up vids for Aussie Allstars' "Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi! Oi! Oi!" and Sparks' "Love Will Conquer All" onto YouTube. Also going to send Steve his clips at the Troubadour when he supported The Hits there recently with his band "Screamin' Stevie's Australia".
Did a photoshoot with Caitlin Kemble-Welch at her new place in Highgate Hill today. It's a more rustic and older place than the one that she and Adric were living in in West End, but it's still nice. Got some cool boudoir and fetish shots done, and she wore some pretty far-out makeup for it with lots of rogue and colourful eyeshadow with black lipstick. I'm sending her the results during the week, and can't wait to photograph her again with Samantha for the Alexandria Bay beach day next Sunday, should be a lot of fun!
I'm going on a mission tonight to get the rest of my room sorted out from top to bottom, and tomorrow sorting through all my photos and putting them in the proper order. Very long and arduous task, but it's possible.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Monday, November 16, 2009
Don't Judge Me
I've recently written another new song called "Don't Judge Me", which I practiced for the first time yesterday with my band Laissez-Fayre. This is one of my most personal songs that I've written in a long time which deals with the hardships and offences I've faced when coming out to others that I am a nudist, and the problems that nudists face from some areas of society where having beaches closed down and being dumped on by self-righteous religious nutcases is concerned.
The most ironic thing about this song is that it is written in a style of music that I don't usually listen to, which is country & western. However it sounds more like an old-school C&W number rather than something that Billy Ray Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban or Garth Brooks would write. I mainly wrote it in this vein because the majority of nudists (at least in Australia and America anyway) are C&W fans and in their 40's - 60's and grew up with that type of music.
For people who judge nudists, I usually think that a lot of things they say about them is unfounded. To write us all off as being swingers, child molesters, or into incest is very off-the-mark. Yes, there are some nudists who are like that but please - the majority of nudists want nothing to do with them. We've become a culture where a person is judged due to 'guilty by association'. The same thing happened to Jesus when he kept company with the societal rejects rather than the elitist leaders like the Sadduccees and the Pharisees.
Regretfully, the picture has not changed. Even in today's so-called age of enlightenment, people (especially teens and young adults) are still very judgemental and will actively vilify or ridicule what they do not understand. Being a nudist is one of those things. I find it hypocritical that those same people would not dare speak out against gay and lesbian people, or dark skinned people, so what does it have to say about our human nature? Then again, I also think that nudists need to share the blame when they closet themselves and refuse to tell and educate other people about their lifestyle.
You can read the lyrics to the song on the hyperlink at the beginning of this article. Your feedback would be most appreciated. :)
The most ironic thing about this song is that it is written in a style of music that I don't usually listen to, which is country & western. However it sounds more like an old-school C&W number rather than something that Billy Ray Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban or Garth Brooks would write. I mainly wrote it in this vein because the majority of nudists (at least in Australia and America anyway) are C&W fans and in their 40's - 60's and grew up with that type of music.
For people who judge nudists, I usually think that a lot of things they say about them is unfounded. To write us all off as being swingers, child molesters, or into incest is very off-the-mark. Yes, there are some nudists who are like that but please - the majority of nudists want nothing to do with them. We've become a culture where a person is judged due to 'guilty by association'. The same thing happened to Jesus when he kept company with the societal rejects rather than the elitist leaders like the Sadduccees and the Pharisees.
Regretfully, the picture has not changed. Even in today's so-called age of enlightenment, people (especially teens and young adults) are still very judgemental and will actively vilify or ridicule what they do not understand. Being a nudist is one of those things. I find it hypocritical that those same people would not dare speak out against gay and lesbian people, or dark skinned people, so what does it have to say about our human nature? Then again, I also think that nudists need to share the blame when they closet themselves and refuse to tell and educate other people about their lifestyle.
You can read the lyrics to the song on the hyperlink at the beginning of this article. Your feedback would be most appreciated. :)
Monday, November 9, 2009
Satan's Ten Commandments
1) You can worship any god you want.
2) Better to worship a false god than no God at all. Make idols out of power, money, fame, and sex and enjoy them unfetterdly.
3) Thou shalt put your hand up a trusted girl's dress or steal money from a church and say "God told me to do that".
4) Work 24/7 even on the Sabbath. Capitalism has made godliness unnecessary.
5) Hate and disrespect your parents, they are boring old authoritarian windbags and full of shit.
6) Kill anyone whom you don't like, or whom enrages you.
7) Take whatever you want from others and from the earth without putting anything back.
8) Go behind your partner's back and have affairs whenever you want. Stolen water tastes sweeter.
9) You can have whatever your neighbour has, just take it.
10) Lie, gossip about and talk about other people behind their backs whom you don't particularly like. The sooner they are out of the picture the better.
2) Better to worship a false god than no God at all. Make idols out of power, money, fame, and sex and enjoy them unfetterdly.
3) Thou shalt put your hand up a trusted girl's dress or steal money from a church and say "God told me to do that".
4) Work 24/7 even on the Sabbath. Capitalism has made godliness unnecessary.
5) Hate and disrespect your parents, they are boring old authoritarian windbags and full of shit.
6) Kill anyone whom you don't like, or whom enrages you.
7) Take whatever you want from others and from the earth without putting anything back.
8) Go behind your partner's back and have affairs whenever you want. Stolen water tastes sweeter.
9) You can have whatever your neighbour has, just take it.
10) Lie, gossip about and talk about other people behind their backs whom you don't particularly like. The sooner they are out of the picture the better.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
The Veronicas - "Hook Me Up" (album)
The Veronicas are twin sisters Lisa and Jessica Origliasso. Formerly from Albany Creek on Brisbane's northside, they now reside in L.A. The band first hit in 1995 with "4ever" a cross between bubblegum, power pop and punk which reached No.2 on the charts, and since then have been favourites with Top 40 audiences in Australia, America, Europe and more recently the UK. "Hook Me Up" is their second album for Sire Records, and explores a more darker and introspective side to the band as well as veering more to the combination of electro rock in a similar style to Gary Numan and Regurgitator.
Label: Sire Records
Distributor: Warner Music Group
Release Year: 2007
Catalogue Number: 9362-499154-2 (CD)
Producers: Toby Gad, Greg Wells, John Feldmann, Josh Alexander and Billy Steinberg
Purchase album here: http://www.amazon.com/Hook-Me-Up-Veronicas/dp/B001E1DJ7U/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1246541300&sr=8-3
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3zdkh_the-veronicas-untouched_music
1) UNTOUCHED - Opening up with some gorgeous strings, it quickly goes into an electro thrash track. It tears along at breakneck speed like a Japanese express train. Jess and Lisa half-talk their way through this song and it has a great rousing chorus. A good choice for their second single, and the video is just as excellent. The song is also their debut hit in the UK, having peaked at No.6 in the charts with a different video.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6cwsf_the-veronicas-hook-me-up-clip_shortfilms
2) HOOK ME UP - The title track is The Veronicas first official No.1 Australian single, and I hope that it will not be their last. It's a pleasant dance pop track about wanting to just get away from the pressures of mainstream society. Relies a lot on electronic effects, but it has some fine piano playing.
3) THIS IS HOW IT FEELS - The intro for this song reminds me of Kim Wilde's 80's classic "Kids In America". The song is basically their frustration over fair weather friends who only call them when it suits them, but when needed the most they are nowhere to be seen. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people out there like that.
4) THIS LOVE - It's an album track, but for some reason the lyrics for this song (and quite a few others) aren't included on the album's cover.
5) I CAN'T STAY AWAY - Written by Josh Alexander and well known pop songwriter Billy Steinberg, it isn't a bad song but it just didn't make any impact on me.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8gjki_the-veronicas-take-me-on-the-floor_music
6) TAKE ME ON THE FLOOR - The bloopy keyboards on this track remind a lot of ex-pat Brisbane band Regurgitator, and I think that's a good thing because they are one of my fave Australian bands of all time. I like that croaky scream towards the end of the track!
7) I DON'T WANNA WAIT - This is a more softer track with some dramatic strings and nice percussion and acoustic guitar, but it has a tough side to it. The girls attack this song really well, and if you listen closely to the end, Lisa messes the lyrics up a bit and you can hear her giggle at her mistake.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9oehs_popular_videogames
8) POPULAR - Basically a rant over hangers-on and groupies who freeload off celebrities because of their financial situation. I like this song a lot, and they sing it well. This was released as the fourth single in Australia, but it did not chart.
9) REVENGE IS SWEETER (THAN YOU EVER WERE) - Wow! This is quite possibly the most angriest and abrasive track on the album. The backing track is pleasant, and is quite listenable. It should contend with "In Another Life" to be released as the third single from the album. This is the Veronicas dark side at its best in my honest opinion.
10) SOMEONE WAKE ME UP - Again, the lyrics for this song are not included on the album (maybe they should put out a sheet music compilation of their songs for those who want to learn them). Not a bad song, but it's not my personal fave.
11) ALL I HAVE - It's all about struggling with a partner who will stick by you no matter what. Good track, and I like the piano playing at the end.
12) IN ANOTHER LIFE - Regardless of what some other fans think, I think that this should definitely be released as the next single, especially for people who think that the Veronicas songs are just throwaway pop. It drives home the sad truth that childhood relationships aren't always built to last forever and there comes a time in your life when you have to give up and let go of them. It's a very organic, honest and heartfelt track that you just feel like wanting to give them a big hug.
Label: Sire Records
Distributor: Warner Music Group
Release Year: 2007
Catalogue Number: 9362-499154-2 (CD)
Producers: Toby Gad, Greg Wells, John Feldmann, Josh Alexander and Billy Steinberg
Purchase album here: http://www.amazon.com/Hook-Me-Up-Veronicas/dp/B001E1DJ7U/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1246541300&sr=8-3
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3zdkh_the-veronicas-untouched_music
1) UNTOUCHED - Opening up with some gorgeous strings, it quickly goes into an electro thrash track. It tears along at breakneck speed like a Japanese express train. Jess and Lisa half-talk their way through this song and it has a great rousing chorus. A good choice for their second single, and the video is just as excellent. The song is also their debut hit in the UK, having peaked at No.6 in the charts with a different video.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6cwsf_the-veronicas-hook-me-up-clip_shortfilms
2) HOOK ME UP - The title track is The Veronicas first official No.1 Australian single, and I hope that it will not be their last. It's a pleasant dance pop track about wanting to just get away from the pressures of mainstream society. Relies a lot on electronic effects, but it has some fine piano playing.
3) THIS IS HOW IT FEELS - The intro for this song reminds me of Kim Wilde's 80's classic "Kids In America". The song is basically their frustration over fair weather friends who only call them when it suits them, but when needed the most they are nowhere to be seen. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people out there like that.
4) THIS LOVE - It's an album track, but for some reason the lyrics for this song (and quite a few others) aren't included on the album's cover.
5) I CAN'T STAY AWAY - Written by Josh Alexander and well known pop songwriter Billy Steinberg, it isn't a bad song but it just didn't make any impact on me.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8gjki_the-veronicas-take-me-on-the-floor_music
6) TAKE ME ON THE FLOOR - The bloopy keyboards on this track remind a lot of ex-pat Brisbane band Regurgitator, and I think that's a good thing because they are one of my fave Australian bands of all time. I like that croaky scream towards the end of the track!
7) I DON'T WANNA WAIT - This is a more softer track with some dramatic strings and nice percussion and acoustic guitar, but it has a tough side to it. The girls attack this song really well, and if you listen closely to the end, Lisa messes the lyrics up a bit and you can hear her giggle at her mistake.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9oehs_popular_videogames
8) POPULAR - Basically a rant over hangers-on and groupies who freeload off celebrities because of their financial situation. I like this song a lot, and they sing it well. This was released as the fourth single in Australia, but it did not chart.
9) REVENGE IS SWEETER (THAN YOU EVER WERE) - Wow! This is quite possibly the most angriest and abrasive track on the album. The backing track is pleasant, and is quite listenable. It should contend with "In Another Life" to be released as the third single from the album. This is the Veronicas dark side at its best in my honest opinion.
10) SOMEONE WAKE ME UP - Again, the lyrics for this song are not included on the album (maybe they should put out a sheet music compilation of their songs for those who want to learn them). Not a bad song, but it's not my personal fave.
11) ALL I HAVE - It's all about struggling with a partner who will stick by you no matter what. Good track, and I like the piano playing at the end.
12) IN ANOTHER LIFE - Regardless of what some other fans think, I think that this should definitely be released as the next single, especially for people who think that the Veronicas songs are just throwaway pop. It drives home the sad truth that childhood relationships aren't always built to last forever and there comes a time in your life when you have to give up and let go of them. It's a very organic, honest and heartfelt track that you just feel like wanting to give them a big hug.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)