The Princess (extreme metal sub genre story metaphor)

This is an interesting story line of the sub genres of EXTREME metal, "The Princess". Thanks to Live4Metal.com. for the extreme metal humor. BTW, here is a hilarious interview with Lord Worm of Cryptopsy here at Live4metal.com : http://www.live4metal.com/cryptopsy2006.htm

FROM Live4Metal.com. "The Princess": If you can't view my awful cut and paste job check the link on Live4Metal.com. HERE: http://www.live4metal.com/cradleoffun3.htm   This is the situation:  There is a beautiful princess trapped in a castle guarded by a dragon. Here is the end of the story with different kind of metalheads as knights.

* POWER METAL
The protagonist arrives riding a white unicorn, escapes from the dragon, saves the princess and makes love to her in an enchanted forest.

* THRASH METAL
The protagonist arrives, fights the dragon, saves the princess and f**ks her.

* HEAVY METAL
The protagonist arrives on a Harley, kills the dragon, drinks a few beers and f**ks the princess.

* FOLK METAL
The protagonist arrives with some friends playing accordions, violins, flutes and many more weird
instruments, the dragon falls asleep (because of all the dancing). Then all leave........ without the princess.

* VIKING METAL
The protagonist arrives in a ship, kills the dragon with his mighty axe, skins the dragon and eats it,
rapes the princess to death, steals her belongings and burns the castle before leaving.

* DEATH METAL
The protagonist arrives, kills the dragon, f**ks the princess and kills her, then leaves.

* BLACK METAL
The protagonist arrives at midnight, kills the dragon and impales it in front of the castle. Then he
sodomizes the princess, drinks her blood in a ritual before killing her. Then he impales the princess next to the dragon.

* GORE METAL
The protagonist arrives, kills the dragon and spreads his guts in front of the castle, f**ks the princess and kills her. Then he f**ks the dead body again, slashes her belly and eats her guts. Then he f**ks the carcass for the third time, burns the corpse and f**ks it for the last time.

* DOOM METAL
The protagonist arrives, sees the size of the dragon and thinks he could never beat him, then he gets
depressed and commits suicide. The dragon eats his body and the princess as dessert. That's the end of the sad story.

* PROGRESSIVE METAL
The protagonist arrives with a guitar and plays a solo of 26 minutes. The dragon kills himself out of
boredom. The protagonist arrives to the princess' bedroom, plays another solo with all the techniques and tunes he learned in the last year of the conservatory. The princess escapes looking for the 'HEAVY METAL' protagonist.

* GLAM METAL
The protagonist arrives, the dragon laughs at the guy's appearance and lets him enter. He steals the
princess' make up and tries to paint the castle in a beautiful pink colour.

* NU METAL
The protagonist arrives in a run down Honda Civic and attempts to fight the dragon but he burns to death when his moronic baggy clothes catch fire. 

  This is the situation:  There is a beautiful princess trapped in a castle guarded by a dragon. Here is the end of the story with different kind of metalheads as knights.

* POWER METAL
The protagonist arrives riding a white unicorn, escapes from the dragon, saves the princess and makes love to her in an enchanted forest.

* THRASH METAL
The protagonist arrives, fights the dragon, saves the princess and f**ks her.

* HEAVY METAL
The protagonist arrives on a Harley, kills the dragon, drinks a few beers and f**ks the princess.

* FOLK METAL
The protagonist arrives with some friends playing accordions, violins, flutes and many more weird
instruments, the dragon falls asleep (because of all the dancing). Then all leave........ without the princess.

* VIKING METAL
The protagonist arrives in a ship, kills the dragon with his mighty axe, skins the dragon and eats it,
rapes the princess to death, steals her belongings and burns the castle before leaving.

* DEATH METAL
The protagonist arrives, kills the dragon, f**ks the princess and kills her, then leaves.

* BLACK METAL
The protagonist arrives at midnight, kills the dragon and impales it in front of the castle. Then he
sodomizes the princess, drinks her blood in a ritual before killing her. Then he impales the princess next to the dragon.

* GORE METAL
The protagonist arrives, kills the dragon and spreads his guts in front of the castle, f**ks the princess and kills her. Then he f**ks the dead body again, slashes her belly and eats her guts. Then he f**ks the carcass for the third time, burns the corpse and f**ks it for the last time.

* DOOM METAL
The protagonist arrives, sees the size of the dragon and thinks he could never beat him, then he gets
depressed and commits suicide. The dragon eats his body and the princess as dessert. That's the end of the sad story.

* PROGRESSIVE METAL
The protagonist arrives with a guitar and plays a solo of 26 minutes. The dragon kills himself out of
boredom. The protagonist arrives to the princess' bedroom, plays another solo with all the techniques and tunes he learned in the last year of the conservatory. The princess escapes looking for the 'HEAVY METAL' protagonist.

* GLAM METAL
The protagonist arrives, the dragon laughs at the guy's appearance and lets him enter. He steals the
princess' make up and tries to paint the castle in a beautiful pink colour.

* NU METAL
The protagonist arrives in a run down Honda Civic and attempts to fight the dragon but he burns to death when his moronic baggy clothes catch fire. 

Well, that was an awful job of cutting and pasting, but funny from Live 4 Metal.

Later-Stay Metal,Stay Brutal, Enjoy Your Funeral-Tee-\m/ -l-

New Links for you doomsters and the brutal \m/ -l-

A couple of new links for us miserable doom (metal) fanatics..Doom-Metal.com. http://www.doom-metal.com/.. Doom-Metal.com has wonderful reviews, news,interviews and plenty of doom metal band forums (My Dying Bride ect.) to ease our misery.

Also, brutalbands.net. for the sick and twisted. http://www.brutalbands.net/.

Last, but not OV least, the one and only blackmetal.com. A fine KVLT and GRIM black metal distro, blackmetal.com. is for the NECRO only. http://www.blackmetal.com/.

Thanks-Tee-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal, Enjoy your funeral-\m/ -l-

Jason West and Gay Marriages in New Paltz, NY two years ago today

Soo. It was about two years ago today, or this week that New Paltz, NY Mayor Jason West solemnized gay marriages. Me being not straight, and your average jaded New Yorker, I didn't blink and eye. After reading (in the newspaper) gay marriages were being solemnized in New Paltz NY, I  said "Cool"..
The controversy started when Jason West was subsequently arrested for gawd knows how many counts of solemnized gay marriages, to my shock and bewilderment... The whole issue of gay marriage became a mainstream media debate, putting this sleepy college town (New Paltz, NY that I've lived in since 1988) on the "politically correct" map. During a 2004 rally at Peace Park in New Paltz, NY, I felt like a deer caught in headlights as I NEVER saw so much media (with the exception of growing up in NYC) in one place in my life, lol.
The gay marriages were by far and away, the most heartening and coolest thing I've seen in New Paltz, NY ..
New Paltz, NY Deputy Mayor Rebecca Rotzler, whom has been a long time friend of mine got a high five from me.. During the gay marriage's I commented, "You didn't tell me you were going to do that!" Anyway, cheers, shots, and hugs all around, lol.
I had a few (funny) marriage proposals from straight friends, whom were like, "No, let's do this, let's get married, just for the principle of it!" I answered "Thank you, but that's a very "personal" decision (of life long commitment) and aren't YOU engaged to married to some dude, lmao..It would be very nice to have the option for the ideal of consolidating resources for future mates"... My mom loved hearing of the gay marriages in New Paltz, NY was very inspired, and I got phone calls, e-mails from friends and family  from all over the country and world... Friend's of mine from Europe wondered why our President lobbied against gay marriage..Perhaps the issue of gay marriage was  (no pun intended) the "swing vote" in the 2004 presidential elections..
Of course the backlash in the last ensuing years is that neo conservatives and nazi's have targeted New Paltz, NY (and the surrounding area) and it's "liberal aesthetic" for bashing...Strange indeed, because I pay no attention to either nazi's, the religious right, or the hypocritical, self centered,  egocentric, burn out hippies. I'm my own person and I would chase those conservatives outta town if I had the chance..The few black leaders in the Hudson Valley Area seemed indifferent or on the fence about gay marriage..One Black History Professor at Suny New Paltz, NY felt that gays could be closeted and could not feel the oppression that African Americans feel because of (more visible) skin color. That statement from Dr. Willams Myers is true but not practical, for one it leaves out the community of gays and lesbains of color and the subsequent discrimination WE feel.. Second,  that statement doesn't promote unity. Perhaps the nature of the oppression that "straight" blacks feel is different (compared to white gays), but the source of the oppression is the same.
I hate it when our community eats it's own, and when white gays feel discriminatory against those with disabilities (or African Americans), or African Americans feel discriminatory towards gays or "other" minority groups. That divide and rule tactic is just how a neo conservative like George Bush Jr.. gets elected, and this division amongst the ranks and fighting over breadcrumbs is why George "The shrub" Bush Jr. has walked with the pie and we are left with the smoke screen of the Iraq War as even Roe Vs. Wade is up (ugh, arrg, again) for debate in one state in this nation..
As libertarians say, "I want big government out of my personal life and to stop legislating morality". Are we living in some neo nazi, religious right dictatorship? Time warp to late 1940's almost McCarthyism.. Omg. I almost thanked the metal gods and goddesses I was born too late and was the beneficiary of the Civil Rights movement. Let's NOT turn back the hands of time, stay united.  Let's NOT repeal those civil rights gains, and keep progressing..
Has New Paltz, NY mayor Jason West had his 15 minutes of fame? Yeh, probably with an autobiographical book to his name and sex symbol status in mainstream zines... However, let's hope all those whom were denied marriages simply because they were/are gay take this issue to the supreme court to see justice  done... That's of course if you believe in love, justice and civil rights..Anyway, a shot of the best CZECH Republic vodka "Becherovka" (a fine after dinner drink but NOT Absinthe, the green fairy has yet to visit me) to celebrate the second anniversary of gay marriages here in New Paltz.

Thanks-Tee-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal, Get out those wedding rings, lol \m/ -l-

Two more links

Two more extreme metal webzine links only for the brutal. http://www.pestilent.net/ pestilent.net. and www.digitalmetal.com. Digital Metal. Later folks, back later with random thoughts. Thanks--Enjoy Your Funeral-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-Tee-\m/ -l-

A new link and shtuff

Weird day. Some times I wake, up and do stuff, and feel like a I NEVER woke up. Time for MRI on my knee, because it still locks up at the most inopportune times. Last night I had the worst heart palpatation after drinking soda, FUUCK, while trying to sleep. Grr..

The cops were at a neighbors apartment next door this morning after I had woken up. I woke up to 3 police cars, and sun shower, and a detective over at my neighbors or somewhere nearby in this complex.. LOL. me, I was zzzzzzz, on my couch, as my sleeping bag has become my pillow in my winter hibernation. I'm was hearing ALOT of yelling next door, and it freaks me out, specifically if someone is yelling at a kid. So thank goodness for cops.

A couple of new links here on this journal: a non metal ink for the anti homophobic.. http://www.insideouthv.com/      InsideOutHV.com.  and yes, I'm an avid reader.. I mean come on, I love reading zines.There are metal heads, non homo phobic metal heads, and ME, someone of various cultural diversity and not straight either.Um, if any readers (Um REAL EXTREME metal heads not hardcore, nu metal, rap or mall core idiots) want to trade links with this blog, go for it and e-mail me as I'm sure I get more readers on this blog than I care to know, lol. (Consider this hit counter obsolete, I had over 5,000 hits last year, and AOL upgraded the journals and the hit count goes up, than back to zero). :shrugs: That blows goats..

On another note, whomever thinks that local nu metal/hard rock band Abominatrix are a better band than Suffocation (4/28 show @ The Chance with Exodus and Cryptopsy Abominatrix ect. vs. 4/30 show with SUFFOCATION, Exodus, Cryptopsy, Skinless, Immolation ect. BB Kings and NO local openers that don't belong on the bill) can blooow me..Abominatrix will NEVER be as good or great as Suffocation in any genre of music. . Pfft, pleeease Suffocation are so fucking tight and brutal, I mean they rival Cryptopsy for brutality and tightness...                                           Suffocation are one of death metals originators, pioneering the often immitated New Yawk death metal sound...Suffocation were so awesome the last time I saw them (November of '05) Frank Mullen's gurgling vocals were amazing and Frank was hilarious with his morbid humor. I already have my bus ticket for the 4/30 show in NYC,  I have friends and family in NYC and I'm psyched to see that one and only lineup in the USA this year..Maybe Suffocation will play some new material (new Suffocation in '06) and Lord Worm may take out his chalice of worms..

Abominatrix are just a local unsigned hard rock/nu metal band of no significance on the Poughkeepsie, NY bill, and being that the Chance often books horrid local openers that often don't fit the bill (when I booked bands in 2000 I was the beneficiary of the wrong bill, by choice at the time, but ya live and learn), and Suffocation are the difference on the NYC show (my old home town growing up), fuck the crackheads in 'Poughtown (and there are plenty of crackheads in that hood in 'Poughtown), we're going to the NYC show.. Don't forget the New England Metal Fest this year as well...It's cheaper for me to take a bus to NYC than to take a cab (one or both ways to and from Poughkeepsie, NY)..Want a larger draw for shows in the 'burbs? CARPOOL.. New Yawk mass transit baybee. Perhaps the Hudson valley are music scene doesn't have enough authentic extreme metal bands (death, grind, thrash, black) with exception of Bone Crushing Annnihilation, Crag, and Malamor. Kinda sucks 'round these parts.

All the greatest shows always come through two or three of the five boroughs in NYC. Trust me, I grew up in NYC, and never missed any tour, and I often got to shows in NJ from NYC as well. Thank you New Yawk! Plus I've seen Cryptopsy TWICE in NYC with both Di Salvo and Lacroix on vocals (one for each show).

There is a difference between nu metal;/hardcore/hardrock and the death/extreme metal genres.

hard rock>hardcore>nu metal

Death metal>black metal>thrash>grind

Of course Suffocation has made a world of difference in the death/extreme metal scene and that will not be taken for granted, what an influence, what a reunion, and what a brootal show..

Sooo, the above commentary is in response to the ignorant idiots who just want to pick fights with me because they are racist, sexist, jealous,are desperate to be accepted. They  are fucking inbred winguts, with no musical identity whom don'tknow ME or metal..BTW, everyone was getting along real well (and having a great time) at that Cryptopsy show 4/01/05, untill "Helle" brought a male companion to the show whom started a fight (in the pit) with Soulshroud... Whomever that idiot was (with Helle) whom started a fight with Soulshroud, that dude can take the negative energy else where, both of you and the callzions of fights you start on the web, and at shows. As one of BCA's songs say "Fuck Off!".

Cryptopsy couldn't make the 11/05 show in Poughkeepsie, NY (transportation issues), I was sick but went to the show any way, and while an awesome show, I would love to see CRYPTOPSY, SUFFOCATION, Immolation, Exodus and Skinless ect on the same bill.

Whomever equates Abominatrix (hudson valley area nu metal/hard rock band whom are NOT in the same league or genre as Suffo) with the mighty Suffocation is an unmetal, unrealistic idiot whom has more issues than an NY newstand.

Speaking of whom, Abominatrix's 17 year old groupies, and myspace group owner need to learn how to spell: From Abominatrix's myspace group: rock and metal come join me and my friend Michelle to saport the band abominatrix!!!!

It's "support", ya retards, Suffocation lays waste to and wipes the floor with Abomanatrix...

We are all having orgasms at the mere thought of Necrophagist touring with Arsis, NYC here I come.

Enjoy your funeral ass wipes, Thanks-Tee-Stay Metal, Brootal, enjoy the rest of the winter.. \m/ -l- A random thoughts journal entry on the movies the 'The N Word", Paradise Lost Revelations: The West Memphis Three, and a review of Cryptopsy's  latest disc "Once Was Not".

New Anti RIAA petition circulating

Ugh, gawd forbid you enjoy  listening to music on your I POD, the RIAA doesn't want you to enjoy music (in mp3 format) unless of course the labels can continue to pay artists a low royalty rate, and only pay them ten cents per twenty dollar CD sold. Ugh. All monies won by the RIAA for suing fans (downloaders) do not go to the artists themselves.

There fore nothing changes about the corrupt music industry and as here at brainwashed.com: http://www.brainwashed.com.  there is an anti RIAA petition circulating around the Internet. Read this petition and sign it. Thanks-Enjoy your funeral on this warm day-Stay metal, Stay brutal, Stay uncorrupted-Tee- \m/ -l- Newsflashes - Newsflash BRAINWASHED.COM CALLS FOR THE DISMANTLING OF THE RIAA

The actions and arguments of the Recording Industry Association of America and some of its most powerful members exemplify a complete and utter disregard and contempt for the interests and behavior of musicians, independent record labels, and, most importantly, the music-buying public. The RIAA seeks to regulate the behavior of consumers and actors in a free market via unreasonable means and at their expense, financially and otherwise. Its claims of supporting "creative vitality" and "artists' rights" are disengenuous, as the RIAA represents the corrupt and exclusionary oligopoly of major record labels, Hollywood film studios, and corporate entertainment media outlets. That certain "indie" labels have membership in this association is not indicative of an RIAA looking out for their best interests.

Among our grievances...

• The assault on legitimate free market consumer behavior, including fair use "ripping" of digital files for individual portable electronic music players and laptops, (See: "RIAA Says Ripping CDs to Your iPod is NOT Fair Use", Electronic Frontier Foundation, February 15, 2006)
  
• The shameful practice of suing music fans and their families (particularly when the target is underage) for unreasonable punitive sums so as to make examples of them (See: "Internet activists help get lawyer for woman accused of piracy", Associated Press, January 26, 2006)
  
• The "copy protection" schemes of major record labels, antithetical to legitimate consumer behavior and supported by the RIAA, that go so far as to violate the privacy rights of our citizenry (See: "Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far", Mark Russinovich's Sysinternals Blog, October 31, 2005 and "Are You Infected by Sony-BMG's Rootkit?", Electronic Frontier Foundation, November 9, 2005)
  
• The criminal "payola" scandal, perpetrated by major record labels in collusion with corporate entertainment media entities, where artists received unfair preferential treatment on public airwaves (See: "Sony Settles Payola Investigation", Press Release, Office of New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, July 25, 2005
  
• The exorbitant and near-extortionary pricing strategies of major label compact discs, which in and of themselves facilitate so-called "bootlegging" (See: "Poll Examines Music Buyers and Their Needs", Associated Press, February 2, 2006)
  
• The vendetta against hip hop "mix tape" culture, which includes bullying producers with threats of legal action, as well as facilitating raids and arrests of retailers and other actors maintaining the integrity of this time honored musical tradition and promotional tool (See: "Untold Story of Mondo Kim's Raid", The Village Voice, June 16, 2005 )

The RIAA and the aforementioned colluding oligopolists are enemies of music and of consumer rights, therefore we at Brainwashed.Com call for the immediate dismantling of the RIAA.

1. We call for all recording artists and independent labels that are currently members of the RIAA to immediately separate from this group in an act of protest, hopefully to form a more progressive association that better represents their interests.
   
2. We call on music lovers worldwide not to purchase the products of major record labels and to ask others to do the same.
   
3. We call on individuals who own stock in the oligopolists cited above, in mutual funds or otherwise, to divest immediately and refuse to invest further.
4. We call on the United States Congress to halt all ruling on DMCA until there are more organizations at the table deciding these laws which apply to the entire music industry.
   

The undersigned individuals agree with these statements and stand with Brainwashed.Com in solidarity against the RIAA.

To sign the petition, email us with your name, email address, city, and zip code.  This information will not be made public NOR will it be used in a database NOR will you be contacted by Brainwashed.com and its affiliates NOR will you be added to ANY "spam" email lists.  We guarantee that.

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« A Code of Conduct for Internet Companies in Authoritarian Regimes | Main | Who Wants to Kick Macrovision's Tires? » RIAA Says Ripping CDs to Your iPod is NOT Fair Use February 15, 2006

It is no secret that the entertainment oligopolists are not happy about space-shifting and format-shifting. But surely ripping your own CDs to your own iPod passes muster, right? In fact, didn't they admit as much in front of the Supreme Court during the MGM v. Grokster argument last year?

Apparently not.

As part of the on-going DMCA rule-making proceedings, the RIAA and other copyright industry associations submitted a filing that included this gem as part of their argument that space-shifting and format-shifting do not count as noninfringing uses, even when you are talking about making copies of your own CDs:

"Nor does the fact that permission to make a copy in particular circumstances is often or even routinely granted, necessarily establish that the copying is a fair use when the copyright owner withholds that authorization. In this regard, the statement attributed to counsel for copyright owners in the MGM v. Grokster case is simply a statement about authorization, not about fair use."

For those who may not remember, here's what Don Verrilli said to the Supreme Court last year:

"The record companies, my clients, have said, for some time now, and it's been on their website for some time now, that it's perfectly lawful to take a CD that you've purchased, upload it onto your computer, put it onto your iPod."

If I understand what the RIAA is saying, "perfectly lawful" means "lawful until we change our mind." So your ability to continue to make copies of your own CDs on your own iPod is entirely a matter of their sufferance. What about all the indie label CDs? Do you have to ask each of them for permission before ripping your CDs? And what about all the major label artists who control their own copyrights? Do we all need to ask them, as well?

P.S.: The same filing also had this to say: "Similarly, creating a back-up copy of a music CD is not a non-infringing use...."