Soothing the Savage Mookie.
I’m in the middle of my Nekobakuretsuconathon at the moment (which is my attendance of Nekocon last weekend and Bakuretsucon this weekend) so my brain isn’t feeling terribly profound. I’d like to write something insightful or even somewhat meaningful but I’m even struggling with a writer’s block regarding Dominic Deegan.
One thing that saves me from writer’s block and the weariness that comes from having done three conventions in four weeks is music. Here are some of the songs I’ve been listening to lately that inspire me, get my blood pumping, and get the horns thrown up in the air.
“The Serpentine Offering” by Dimmu Borgir
Powerful and darkly beautiful metal. I’ve gotten more than one sore throat “singing” along to this one.
“Through the Fire and Flames” by Dragonforce
It’s impossible not to get pumped up by this blisteringly fast and awesome song.
“Becoming the Dragon” by Trivium
The title alone says it all.
“Read A Book” by Bomani “D’Mite” Armah
Ridiculous twist on crunk. Its positive message is infectious.
“Freya” by The Sword
Old school hard rawk about the important stuff… goddesses and battle.
“Cry of the Blackbirds” by Amon Amarth
This song makes me want to be a viking.
“Eden” by Hooverphonic
An honestly beautiful song that never fails to calm me right down.
“The Maiden and the Minstrel Knight” by Blind Guardian
My favorite Blind Guardian ballad ever. This one speaks for itself.
Maybe I’ve opened your ears to something new, and maybe not. Either way, I’m going to pump these songs into my chariot and ride into battle… er, I mean I’m gonna play these on my iPod while I go run errands. Either way, I’ll be a happy Mookie.
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November 7th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
Listened to most of these on projectplaylist.com. I do believe my favourite of them is “Through the Fire and Flames.” Altogether good stuff!
November 8th, 2007 at 4:37 am
I’m doing a NaNoWriMo novel this month, and I’ll have to agree that music is one of the single best things for getting those creative juices flowing. For the novel I’m writing now, I feel compelled to mention the new CD by Nightwish - Dark Passion Play.
Mookie, if I know your taste in music (and it seems to be pretty consistant) I recommend you give it a listen, especially the songs “Poet and the Pendulum” “Amaranth” and my personal favorite: “Bye Bye Beautiful”
November 22nd, 2007 at 4:57 am
oh yes DragonForce! I enjoy their songs throughly and they never fail to jack me way up on adrenaline although, so does a lot of Iron Maiden songs, especially “Be Quick Or Be Dead” or “Run To The Hills”. You turned me on to a few bands I haven’t heard of here, so here’s to you Mookie, Rock On!
December 24th, 2007 at 4:39 am
Have you tried Kamelot or Rhapsody of Fire yet? Two incredibly awesome bands, very epic albums. ^_^