The Tower of Sour Podcast

Hey there folks.  It's been a while, hasn't it?  Yeah, I have to admit that yet again, I took a multi-month hiatus from blogging.  The holidays were busy and as depressing as they usually are so that took it's toll.  Not for any particular reason other than the holidays seem to be more and more depressing as the years go by.  On top of that, the daily grind got to a brother and I just slacked off.  But then, THEN folks, I got a bit of inspiration on a vacation to my old stomping ground of Atlanta, Georgia.

I've always talked about wanted to do a podcast, as I am a huge podcaddict and overall audio nerd and I felt like it was worth the shot but I had no intention of dropping a bunch of money on gear to do it.  THEN, soundcloud.com announced on their site that they would be considering entrants to participate in a beta test of their new RSS / Podcast program.  They would host the program for free and upgrade our accounts to a premium service that costs 500 Euros, so whats that?  Seven hundred dollars?  I have no idea.  Something embarrassing like that.  So, naturally I jumped on the change with a friend of mine in Atlanta named Mike Marlow and we wrote up our entry form and sent it off to become 0's and 1's in the UK somewhere.

A few days later we were accepted.  I tried not to jump up and down like a soft-ass bitch, but I couldn't help it.  I put on some Tiffany and a little bit of rouge and I went to town with my Boston Terrier, Jackson and my 16-year old Chocolate Lab, Rodney.  DOGGIE DANCE PARTY!  Not really though.  I basically just talked Mike's ear off about what we were gonna do now.  After a few blunders, I was required to buy a real microphone.  So I did.

Now we're up and running with one episode in the can, available for download and RSS subscription here

TRON : Legacy plus Glitch Mob equals Movie Boner

This is the coolest of all the TRON : Legacy trailers I've seen and its not even sanctioned by Disney. It's a project between Khameleon808, who did the video editing and the Glitch Mob, whose song "Animus Vox" is featured from their 2010 LP, "Drink the Sea". All video is taken from public videos and trailers so it's legit. Personally, I feel Disney owes all parties involved a check. Either way, I can't wait for this movie to come out. TRON!!!!! (SKYSCREAM)

Mysterious Vapor Trail or Proof of a Fucking Space War?

There's been a lot of speculation as to what the vapor trail left in the skies over California really was. Here is my explanation that I came up with while high on bubble kush hashish:

No other Nations reported a missile landing anywhere on the ground and many who actually witnessed the events take place disregard the explanation that it was an American Military plane. Something took off, from ground level, that left a trail identical to and traveling at speeds more similar to that of a tactical defense mechanism, much like a missile. Use your eyes and look at the footage and I feel that you would agree. Now that missile went somewhere folks. Something was destroyed or thwarted in its attempt to destroy us. Here's where I think it went:

On October 25th of this year, the International Space Station cameras were able to pin point and zoom in on an image that could only be determined as a UFO. Shortly after its discovery, that UFO was gone from range. Narry a fortnight goes by and we, America, launch a missile at an undisclosed target, high in the sky, out of sight. I put these two things together in my brain and only two words come to my mind: FUCKING SPACE WAR!

That's right, World, I am warning you that we are now and most likely in fact have been in a space war for some time now. Do you think we'd go to the moon just to play golf? Fuck no son, that bitch probably has a SAM Site of epic proportions on that fucker. Foreign Nations like France and Mexico have been calling for the United States to come forward in admitting our long-held knowledge of both the existence and immediate presence of alien life that has visited our Planet, multiple times. Do you dig what I'm saying here, man? Something got close and we had to blast-off on those fools!

Is it so crazy to think that we, as humans, are fighting aliens? It's not something the general public would want to know about. But, I'm sure at some point, we've had to throw down with one, before. I mean, what are satellites and the ISS but glorified security cameras, anyway? That's what they are. They do serve many other purposes, but really they act as Galactic surveillance cameras. I'm sure the ISS is armed with some type of defense system that we're not aware of, too. We figured out that we have to protect ourselves from the invading hordes of gold-hungry Nibiruans looking to microwave our whole planet, but the public can never know.

It's why I think the government would go out and say something as ridiculous that the vapor trail was that of a military plane and not a missile. I'm pretty sure a plane would leave a straight line in the sky. That's just me. Fucking Space War, man. Are you ready?

Rubicon is RubiCanceled, says AMC

In today's announcement, AMC said that it was "...not an easy decision, but we were grateful to work with such a phenomenally talented and dedicated team". Really? That wasn't an easy decision for you to cancel Rubicon? REALLY? Let's review the demise of Rubicon from start to finish:

OK! First, in a misguided and downright puzzling move, the network premiered Rubicon's pilot during the series premiere of Breaking Bad, a summer show. The remaining episodes weren't set to air for weeks and for some odd reason, they run the Pilot multiple times before it's full run. Because I'm sure fans will be waiting, at the ready many, many weeks later for the reason that one dude was killed and stuff.

Second, AMC broke a cardinal rule: don't compare your shows to each other. HBO doesn't say shit like, "In Treatment is the next Six Feet Under" or, "Hung is the new Entourage", does it? NO! You know why? Because those shows earned their own followings. Plain and simple it seems braggadocious do say, months before a shows release, that it "is in the same pantheon as 'Mad Men' and 'Breaking Bad' ". That's an actual quote that ran DURING the commercials for the show. Why don't we let the viewers make that decision? Maybe that way the show won't be eaten alive by its very own marketing campaign.

Third, the show literally came off to me like it was supposed to be a big deal. From the very first episodes unrelenting moody feelings and ultra-suspenseful soundtrack, the show felt as though it was presenting itself in a way that said, "This show is a big deal! WHY AREN'T YOU ACTING LIKE IT IS?!". To say it a more crude way, it felt flat, even while all this super-secret stuff was happening on screen.

I guess overall, it just simply fizzled out. Sorry Rubicon fans, put this one on the shelf with John From Cincinnati and Journey Man. It got the one and done.

The Glitch Mob - Beyond Monday

In honor of Tuesday, here is something that, by all means, should blow your fucking minds.