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The Music of Erich Zann
Sunday, December 6, 2009 @ 1:47 AM
Hello.
This blog is coming to you from enemy territory. That's right. The unthinkable has happened. I am currently sitting in . . . a Borders. [cue the dramatic music] Why am I here instead of my beloved Barnes & Noble? Well, I had to do a reconnaissance mission at the mall and Borders is much closer than B&N. I will give Borders points for having a nice, large cafe area which makes writing this blog a bit easier but thats all I'll give them. Oh, and at least this one has a separate section for "horror" which as you could guess tickles my fancy. When it really comes down to it though, what does separate the dreaded Borders from the heaven that is Barnes & Noble. It all comes down to atmosphere really. An unquantifiable something in the air. It has to do with the decor. The color choices. The bookcases. Everything about Borders screams -modern- where as B&N feels old school. Maybe its as simple as the bookcases in Borders are always a light wood where as at B&N they're dark, I dunno. But that's how I feel. I'm rarely a fan of the stark modern look. Anyway, instead of thinking of me being a traitor in this case, let's think of this as me being a spy. I'm here to steal from Borders to bring to Barnes & Noble. Like the horror section. And maybe this chair cause its pretty damn comfy . . .
What else is going on in the world this week. Hmm. To be honest, I'm not really sure. Is there anything going on out there in the world I should know about? I started work on the next set of lyrics for a soon to be Pensive classic. Or at least a classic representation of how Pensive refuses to be pigeon-holed. I'm speaking of the 70's flavored space freak-out. Ish. Song. The "Eagles + Aerosmith + Mars Volta + Thrice = song" song. The topic of this supposed song? Well its about as out there as that grouping of artists I just spat out two sentences ago. I can't reveal it yet. Why? Because despite the fact that I have two verses in the bag and the early, embryonic form of a chorus swimming in my head, I wouldn't be too surprised if this set of lyrics gets thrown out the window. Like I said, its pretty out there. If that does happen though, I suppose there'd be no harm in me sharing them with you. But I hope it doesn't happen cause I am rather fond of them. Hopefully you will be too someday.
Most likely I shall have to suspend this blog for the time being seeing as I shall be attending a cinematic adventure in just a bit and therefore must make my grand return to the mall/theater complex soon. Wouldn't wanna miss the previews of course. Though if I see the preview for that Michael Cera movie again I just might vomit. I wonder if at times I'm a bit too brutally honest in these blogs. Its like in that scene in Jerry Maguire where his wife at the time says they promised to be "brutally honest" and says he didn't ever remember the brutal part. Hmm. Something to consider I suppose. Maybe Michael Cera is a Pensive fan and will get offended and show up to my door demanding me to retract my blog statements. Likely? No, not really. Juno was a good movie though. Hey! I'm back. I did indeed need to take a break to go see my movie. 2012. With John Cusack. He's amazing. Did you see 1408? (that other movie he starred in that's name was made up of 4 numerals) He spent most of the movie in a room by himself. And he was riveting! But anyway, 2012 was better than I was expecting actually. Yes it did have the typical overdramatic goodbye scenes and a few too many of the "are you effin' kidding me! another thing is going wrong!?!?" moments but overall I was impressed. Good job Mr. Emmerich. You made up for The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day. A very enjoyable and entertaining movie. [and don't worry, I didn't have to see the preview for that Michael Cera movie!]
I'd say we should get ready to call this a blog. Is there anything else in particular to mention? Not really. Things have been busy the past week or so. I didn't even have a chance to stop by the comic store this past Wednesday. Fear not though, there were no must have titles this week. Damn DC is making me wait till late January to get Batman & Robin #7. At least we get #8 and #9 both in February! I'm sure I've mentioned that there is finally an official North American release date for Final Fantasy XIII, right? Its March 9th, 2010 in case I hadn't mentioned it. Which is nice since they'd originally said Spring and everyone guess they probably meant the very last day of Spring in June or something but then they went and surprised us with an early March date. Before Spring even begins technically. Which leads me to believe that they're not too good with their seasons over there at Square-Enix. (hey, I used all the different variations of the there/their/they're in that sentence. magical.) As for my current video game action since I finished up Uncharted 2 a bit ago [p.s. if you somehow own a PS3 and don't have that game, you need to change that immediately] I've been occupying myself with a little game known as Demon's Souls. Where I say that Uncharted should be played by everyone, Demon's Souls is very much for a niche audience. Its old school and way hardcore and punishing. Its not impossible and if you go slow and keep you shield raised at all times you should survive till the end of each level, but it will take a ton of patience and probably a lot of deaths. If however you are that rare breed these days of masochist gamers, you owe it to yourself to give it a shot. It essentially sets out to be as realistic (in a fantastical setting as possible). Example: if you were really going to storming a castle and fighting your way through scores of enemies and battling a giant fire breathing dragon, would you really dress like most characters in video games and have awesome anime hair? Probably not. You'd want big armor. And a big sword. But, that big sword sure is heavy so don't expect to use it constantly unless you're super strong. Gotta let your stamina catch back up with you. Otherwise you just might not have the strength to keep that life saving shield up any longer. I think you get the point. While I'd hardly consider myself masochistic, there's nothing quite like the feeling of triumph you get when after nights of endless attempts you finally fell that beastly Flamelurker and collect your reward.
Alright, that feels like a good blog to me. I hope you enjoyed our time together. See you next week. Same Pat time. Same Pat channel.
Howard Phillips
P.S. Do you recognize that title perhaps? Or perhaps not more likely. Its a very obscure reference. Google will of course answer for you if you give up. I'll give you a hint. You might find the answer hidden beneath onyx skies. Not that my little clue will help you at all but its fun for me. |
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