Archive for November, 2009
BFM Podcast – 2009 Christmas Spectacular
It’s the Holiday season once again, and what better way to celebrate it than spend your time listening to some Christmas music? That means Rockin Around the Christmas Tree and Jingle Bell Rock on repeat for a month, right? WRONG! Try A Gun For Christmas, Santa Doesn’t Cop Out On Dope, Kris Kringle Was A Car Thief on for size. It’s Christmas music as only BFM Podcast can do it. We have selections ranging from punk, rap, disco, noise, and all things in between. I feature quite a few songs from Oi! To The World by The Vandals on this show because it’s the album I completely wear out one month out of the year and I want to share its awesomeness with all of you. I’ve included the album in a YouTube playlist if you want to give it a listen. If you like it, please go buy it on iTunes, it’s only $5. Anyways, give this episode a listen, even if you aren’t typically a fan of holiday music, the music I feature is far from typical holiday fare.
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This week, I’m featuring a bunch of music I like with no real connecting theme, other than it’s a mix of both brand new music and old music from the 70s. That and all the songs are awesome, if I must say so. Take a listen, you’ll probably find something you like.
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Playlist:
The Velvet Underground – Rock & Roll
Intro [4:40]
Animal Collective – What Would I Want? Sky [5:08]
The Pillows – Your Order [11:49]
Brother Ali – Fresh Air [15:00]
Midtro [19:41]
Dead Kennedys – Kill The Poor [19:58]
Major Lazer – Pon De Floor [23:02]
Television – Guiding Light [26:34]
Midtro 2 [32:08]
Them Crooked Vultures – New Fang [32:36]
Nirvana – Aneurysm (Live) [36:23]
Daft Punk – Face To Face [40:48]
Outro [44:46]
Between The Buried And Me – Obfuscation [45:47]
What Twilight Did Right
With the recent release of New Moon into theaters the Twilight saga is back in people’s minds. The new movie brings a spark of excitement to its many fans, but its critics can do little to hide their disdain.
I am quite aware of the criticisms of the series, and I wholeheartedly agree.
The book is poorly written. Twilight is analogous to something I’d find at a fan-fiction website. I wouldn’t call them the greatest works of fiction. There is plenty of poorly written fiction out there, and I don’t think that should stop someone from enjoying the story.
I feel that the fan base is a large factor into the harsh criticism of Twilight. You have Harry Potter fans, Joss Whedon fans, Star Trek fans, and all sorts of aficionados of various science fiction works scouring about, but at least those works are somewhat tried and true. While Harry Potter may be children’s fiction, at least the writing is fairly solid.
Horror fans who have liked vampire fiction are generally embarrassed at how vampires are treated in these novels. The vampires play baseball in the rain, and they glisten in the sunlight!
So Twilight seems to do a lot of things wrong, and make plenty of people upset due to the assumed subpar nature of the work.
What does it do right?
The series has sparked a craze for more vampires! This work has modernized vampires and made it popular. The market seems flooded with copycats, but at least Twilight is trying something different from what the genre has done in the past.
Twilight is a catalyst for a modernized vampire genre that appeals to a much wider demographic than the classic stories of Dracula. I respect the classics, but sometimes genres need to evolve. Evolution has to start somewhere. Eventually, someone will come along and try to capitalize off the success of Twilight, but they’ll do it better. Perhaps some would say HBO’s True Blood series already did.
Every series will have its annoying fans, and Twilight is no different. I feel this series is bringing about change, and even though not all change is good – at least change is….entertaining. Isn’t entertainment why we read books and go to movies in the first place?
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This week on Black Flower Music Podcast we delve into the dark world of Hentai! There’s also other stuff, but who cares! Hentai! It doesn’t sound very safe for work, but then again if you’re listening to a podcast at work over the speakers instead of with headphones YOU SHOULD BE FIRED. >:
We got impressions of the new Animal Collective ep, Tekken 6, and New Super Mario Brothers Wii. We also dedicate 5 minutes to crying over the unfortunate and sudden death of Miley Cyrus. RIP MILEY-CHAN!!!
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BFM Podcast – 21.Modern Warfare 2 Review
So we got our hands on Modern Warfare 2 and we give it a big snarky BFM review. It’s hot stuff!
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BFM Podcast 21.5 – Big Red Donut
On this special occasion, Andrew is hosting a Japanese music themed edition of BFM Podcast due to popular demand! Not much else to really say. Happy listening!
Download or stream!
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Playlist:
Intro [5:00]
P-MODEL – ronri kuugun [7:46}
Spangle call Lilli line - with in zz/oo!! [11:00]
goatbed – monica [14:03]
Segway [17:18]
Kokusyoku Sumire – Watashi no Orchestra [18:23]
Kilhi+Ice – Keep Cool [23:11]
Tujiko Noriko – Narita Made [27:47]
黄金の手 – 石ころ [32:49]
Segway #2 – [37:45]
太平洋ベルト – 渚の（甘い）想い出 [39:15]
Coaltar Of The Deepers – unlimber [42:47]
HIZAKI – Ritual [46:30]
渋さ知らズ – スターフィールド [52:21]
Outro – [55:55]
あふりらんぽ – I Love You [58:50]
BFM Podcast 21 – All Aboard the Hype Train!
This week on BFM Podcast episode 21 we talk about the effects of hyperbole and various methods by which it is overproduced in current media. In other words, we complain about hype and how people are idiots. So not much has really changed has it? Our music segment focuses mainly on lolicore, and Andrew gives an overview of the three Sega Pico import games he purchased. Also, sorry about some of the background noises. One of us needs to turn their microphone down so it doesn’t pick up weird stuff. Damn skype and its auto-leveling!
Correction: When we’re talking about Indisfest, the artist’s name actually was 8-bit wonder.
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Introduction:
Week: Laughter… local crime…Indisfest
Listener Mail: awesomo316
Segment: We discuss the hype of various media. We explore why it happens, and how it happens. Mostly related to podcasts and how they can be a vessel for hype. Also many other exciting musings relating to podcasting, journalistic integrity, responsible shopping, and more!
Music: lolicore [Lolishit, LOLI RIPE, onomatopeee], Aliceffekt, Weezer, DJ Sharpnel
Gaming: Uncharted 2, Sega Pico Import Game Roundup [Mini Moni, Sailor Moon S, unknown 2003 dance-pad title], Valkyria Chronicles, South Park dynamic theme [PS3]
anime: Trapeze [kuchu buranko], Sora no Otoshimono
movies/tv: It’s always sunny in philadelphia
Craigslist: Here’s an extra one, it was too long to read: http://bit.ly/23kqN0
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