Eyes Set To Kill - White Lotus (A Review)

So.. it's not a bad effort. The album is pretty good, but not really my cup of Jäger. They have a guy doing the scream vocals named Cisko Miranda. He's not bad, not guttural enough in my opinion. But that's my preference. The music to me isn't really intricate, more basic. It almost sounds to me like it would be someones first CD or a demo. It kinda lacks guidance. The clean vocals are well done, but in some areas seem out of place.

One thing I was looking forward to was the covers. There is a cover of Doll Parts by Hole, and Polly by Nirvana. Both original tunes are awesome. Doll Parts is written all about Kurt and his alleged suicide. (not going to get into that on here). And its actually really well done by Courtney. ESTK, not so much. It's OK, but it totally lacks that raw emotion that a song like that needs. And it's sung way to high. And Polly. No.. no. I know what you are thinking, I'm not the guy that says no one can cover Nirvana. Not true. Otep does and awesome version of Breed, Ill Niño killed Territorial Pissings, Fear Factory did a really good job on School. It can be done. ESTK missed the mark. They should have had the screamer guy give it a shot. I like Alexia Rodriguez's voice. It's just those are raspy raw tunes, and you need that. Check it out, you be the judge.

Tracks to check out:
- Harsh
- The Secrets Between
- Forget

~ Dog

Red State (Review)

So.. I hate to say it, but this movie was terrible. I thought I would like because I'm a huge Kevin Smith fan, and really I do love Kevin. But this was a miss for me. I love his View Askew titles. Clerks is by far one of my most favourite movies. This didn't go so well. Not gonna lie I had read some reviews on it before I knew it was out. And they said pretty much what I felt after I watched it. It was WAY to preachy. And I get that that is how those people really are, but I think that if they had gone far enough to start killing people that they wouldn't be all about the dialog, they'd want to get down to the business of killing the sinners. Honestly, I think the idea was pretty kool and after reading up on the Westboro freaks, I can see where he was coming from. Those fuckers are nuts and I could see them doing something that crazy.
My parting words for Kevin would be something to the effect of, "Kevin I would love to tell ya to stick to comedies, but as and artist I can understanding branching out. So I'll go with, good try, next time less words more killing! Get the crazy point quicker some can dig in and forget we are watching a movie and start joining the fight for our lives."

~Dog

Horrible Bosses (Review)

So I'm not going to lie, there isn't a lot of really good comedies going on lately. Even putting this on I had my reservations. As much as I like Jason Bateman I find his movies are hit or miss. And to me this one was a hit. It's not a constant barrage of jokes and one liners, but I think that helps to make it seem real. If you have never had a boss you hated, man, you are wicked lucky. There has been a few that I would love to have something happen to them. Maybe not death, because that is way to drastic, but I do feel some people need something to humble them and bring them back to earth. This came up labled as a black comedy, I guess because it revolves around death, but I wouldn't look into it that hard. It dwells in that part of the brain where we all feel we deserve more, which is something EVERYONE can relate with. And sure the horrible bosses are drastic over dramatized characters, but I have met people like that. Some of the shit that Jennifer Aniston says, wow. I didn't see that coming. She was Rachelle for god sakes. But I think she has done a great job of getting away from that character. As well does everyone else in the movie. It's really well done and I enjoyed it for sure. Check it out.

~Dog