Bryan Simonson » Music http://www.bryansimonson.com Trust Door AI Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:26:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Music Monday: Broken, a cover by Dark Tranquillity http://www.bryansimonson.com/2009/10/19/music-monday-broken-a-cover-by-dark-tranquillity/ http://www.bryansimonson.com/2009/10/19/music-monday-broken-a-cover-by-dark-tranquillity/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:47:15 +0000 bryan http://www.bryansimonson.com/?p=203 I don’t have much in the way of content for this post, so I’ll just share today’s song. The only thing I don’t like about this song is this part (solo?) in the middle that just goes on WAY too long, and is way too repetitive. I discovered this song through iTunes when I saw a whole album of covers. Some good stuff.

Update:
Including a link to the album, “Covering 20 Years of Extremes“. I want to test my new auto affiliate link plugin.

]]> http://www.bryansimonson.com/2009/10/19/music-monday-broken-a-cover-by-dark-tranquillity/feed/ 0 Music Monday: Looking for a lifeline… http://www.bryansimonson.com/2009/10/12/music-monday-looking-for-a-lifeline/ http://www.bryansimonson.com/2009/10/12/music-monday-looking-for-a-lifeline/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:30:44 +0000 bryan http://www.bryansimonson.com/?p=156 I finally found a solution to the iMeem issue. It’s a handy plugin for WordPress that generates either an HTML5 audio player or degrades to Flash if the browser is incompatible.

Incidentally, it’s much more powerful than stupid Coffeecup’s Web Jukebox. Before you try and take away any of my geek cred, I bought their “Big Cup” package a long time ago. I figured it was worth trying to salvage some of that investment. Besides, I’ve used their photo album software, and it gets the job done in a pinch.

But anyway, here’s the song.

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The first song is one that I particularly like today: Avenged Sevenfold – Afterlife. Enjoy!

UPDATE: I just realized that this stupid iMeem embed doesn’t play the full song. I guess I’ll have to find something better…
UPDATE 2: Here’s the solution.

]]> http://www.bryansimonson.com/2009/08/31/music-monday/feed/ 1 At loss for words http://www.bryansimonson.com/2008/08/27/at-loss-for-words/ http://www.bryansimonson.com/2008/08/27/at-loss-for-words/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:04:25 +0000 bryan http://www.bryansimonson.com/?p=26 I’ve had the pleasure of experiencing many moments of clarity this year. Sometimes those moments are so deep and overwhelming that I can’t really put them into words. Luckily there’s artists out there for that. These words no doubt mean something different to me than to anybody else reading them at this very moment.

Suffice it to say that I have seen evil incarnate, and survived largely unscathed. While pitiful in many ways, one must never forget that it is the evil itself that spawns pitiful circumstance. Giving into pity only breeds more evil.

I pity the person who sees what I saw, and taints himself.

—
At loss for words by Dark Tranquillity
In waiting for..
Waiting for the signs to bring.
The first to sing.
Felt in between these fears.
Set to unknown tunes.
So tempt these fragile fiends.
A grace gone dark.
You’ll never know.
You’ll never feel.
You’ll never taste,
The depths of your defeat!

Break into the hearts and minds of man.
Never one to tell. Never one to tell…
Sucking on a lie that never ends.
Found at loss for words. Found at loss for words…

Locking on…
Locking on to faith gone bad.
Sweet touch of sin.
Not in the sleight of hand.
Can facts be lost,
So never understate your case.
Deny our weight.
There never is.
There never was.
There never can be,
A break from binding chains!
—

Bhy Kracke Park
I went to Bhy Kracke park tonight to see a great view of Seattle. Let me tell you, the iPhone doesn’t do it justice, but my oh my, while I was there, I could see everything in perfect clarity.

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There is this face in the still water
I can’t remember ever wearing
Like fingerprints on your heart
Reading out the last lines of code
To the untrained eye a secret
I bled away the last of you

Sought trust in shapes of combined results
That trickles from a less than solid case
Fought off attacks of resurfaced lust
Burn the grazing grounds

What will give in first?
The body or the lash?
Monochromatic stains
Who will cave in first?
The leader or the fake?
Monochromatic stains

This pile of ashes of a soul
Informant pokes abound
These sickly little fingers
Get away from me

Tread not the path of least restraint
Each piece of evidence a lie, a lie
The body, the face, all items in place
I don’t remember a thing

What will give in first?
The body or the lash?
Monochromatic stains
Who will cave in first?
The leader or the fake?
Monochromatic stains

A sacrifice made to the loss of a mind
Folly, a man’s demise

Track now the stains that allow my fall
Sickening, the sight of it all
Never shall I claim my innocence
I just wasn’t there

What will give in first?
The body or the lash?
Monochromatic stains
Who will cave in first?
The leader or the fake?
Monochromatic stains

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