Music: New Young Pony Club: Fantastic Playroom, Hexfix93’s take.

May 29th, 2008 by Hexfix93

Fantastic Playroom Fantastic Playroom
  1. Get lucky
  2. Hiding on the staircase
  3. Ice Cream
  4. The Bomb
  5. Jerk Me
  6. The Get Go
  7. Talking, Talking
  8. Grey
  9. Fan
  10. Tight Fit

I must confess, I first heard this band in a TV commercial unfortunately(intel). It got so stuck in my head, I had to find out who it was. I found their myspace, and then I immediately downloaded their mp3s from amazon.com. I was pretty impressed. Totally 80s new wave. This is fun music. Not dark at all really. It has edge and attitude, but is kind of light hearted in a way that makes it pretty neutral.

I love the disco influence on some of it. I like real bass guitar a lot. This lp has great bass, like old david bowie and disco tracks. Kind of duran duranish in parts as well. I can hear the juno 60 all over the record. At least I think that is what I hear. The chorus on the junos is unmistakable.


I really love how they use strings to build up their songs. Like in the Bomb and Ice cream. My favorite track is the bomb. Followed closely by Ice Cream and The Get Go. I only skip one track and only sometimes. I like most all of the tracks on this LP. Get lucky, tight fit, Fan, Talking talking are all really strong tracks. This is a very upbeat high energy new wave pop record. Very retro.


The vocals are really strong. The vocalist really shines, a weird combination, kind of blondie mixed with bob dylan, new yorkish. Very unique. Funny, they are from the UK i think. I think this is a great summer lp. If you like 80s new wave, this will be something you should check out for sure. If you only like dark music, you wont like this. I give this a 5 out of 5. Buy now! Click Here to download Fantastic Playroom
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Anime: Bleach. Hexfix93’s Take.

May 28th, 2008 by Hexfix93

What do I like about bleach? It’s much better in japanese that is for sure. I really like episodes 30 through 67. The characters are great. Sometimes it gets boring, depends on which episodes. Over all, its typical. It has a lot of epic fight scenes that I really love. Kenpachi is my favorite character. This is a supernatural super samurai anime. Spirit world, Possession. Very strange in some ways, but very cool as well. Hollows are evil spirits, and then there are the good spirits which fight the hollows and protect mankind from evil. The shinigami(angels of death) are the good guys in this one. Kind of neat.

The above is one ov my favorite fights. Watch the whole thing. I have to kind of slam bleach for being way too long. It has the inuyasha, help me, i’m too long, and its all the same after a while complex. I love anime, but sometimes they really know how to beat a dead horse. It’s kind of stupid. I prefer them short and sweet like bebop. I give this series a 3.5 out of 5. When it’s good, it’s amazing, when its bad, its a snore fest. They do a good job of building the characters, but sometimes that is where it falls apart. I recommend seeing this for free if you can.

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Models: Kayleigh.

May 26th, 2008 by Hexfix93

I really like her style, kind of goth, kind of lolita, elegant. I think she should hook up with lithium picnic and do a shoot. I really like her photos, she makes art as well. Click Here! to check out her deviant art profile where you can find a lot more photos. Click Here! to see her web site.

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Games: Haze: Delaystation 3, My reasons to abort this.

May 26th, 2008 by Hexfix93

So after reading a ton of negative reviews I knew not to buy this. So I didn’t, I rented it, thanks to krztov’s advice stating how this is the same team that did time splitters so no way will it suck. LOL OH HE WAS SO WRONG. This is the biggest piece of over hyped shit to ever come out on the ps3. The graphics suck, I mean doom 3, that game that came out years ago looks better that this. Frame rate issues out the ass. When games from 2 or 3 generations before look better you know you have problems. The game play is ok, but its seriously generic, it totally relies on nectar. But you only get it for like the first few missions, and it really isn’t all that great. We rented this to play the online co-op, krztov and I spent 2 hours trying to figure out how to get it to work, we would set up a game, and invite, but when you try to join, it says “most recent patch required to play” and craps out. (there is no new patch to get) so it makes no sense. I could get on the death matches and join most games, but could not invite friends once I was in the games, or if i was hosting one. It would never work. STAY FAR AWAY FROM THIS PIECE OF GARBAGE. DO NOT EVEN RENT THIS. PISS ON IT! PURE TRASH.

MGS4 better make up for this. I mean really.

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Taking this week off

May 23rd, 2008 by Hexfix93

Had no choice, doing this hard labor job for a week, won’t be done till monday, 14 hrs a day, physical. I get home and have no energy. Sorry.

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Music: Goldfrapp: Black Cherry, Hexfix93’s take.

May 16th, 2008 by Hexfix93

Black Cherry Black Cherry
  1. Crystalline Green
  2. Train
  3. Black Cherry
  4. Tiptoe
  5. Deep Honey
  6. Hairy Trees
  7. Twist
  8. Strict Machine
  9. Forever
  10. Slippage

Lets face it, music has changed. Sure, this is pop, but it has its roots in trip hop, techno, trance, and disco. I’ve always been a sucker for anything that uses a ton of analog synths. This is analog heaven. No exaggeration. Through the whole lp, tones of wet resonant sounds, bandpass and highpass filters. Huge unison like ripping tones and bass lines. Below, the video for Tiptoe. I know, I know, It kind of reminds me of janet jackson or something. But past that, the chorus is like heaven. The strings and flanging, the super pretty vocals. Astonish me every time. This is a fan made video, not official, and the actress in this video is not goldfrapp. Tiptoe has the most kick ass amazing modular synth type noises in it. In fact this is what made me run out and buy a modular, I really wanted some of those zippery high pass and band pass sounds. No virus can do this, listen to the noises in the beginning. This is the modular sound I love.

I freaked out when i read that he recorded most of this lp with a motu audio device using logic. I think an old version of logic. But of course, they let someone else take it and mix it else where, probably on a high end mixing board with high end compressors. That is why this lp sounds so freaking phenomenal. Below, the video for Hairy Trees, This song is so pretty and angelic. I love it.


I’ve loved Goldfrapp even before she was doing her solo stuff. She did some guest vocals for a band I love to death called ORBITAL. She was on the middle of nowhere lp, an lp i listened to fanatically during the ttg production stage. She can sound swanky, erotic, heavenly, pretty, powerful, hypnotic and lucid. I think she beats out bjork even. That is saying something. Below is the video for twist, I love the growling bass lines. This has some huge sounds. Pure techno pop. I love it.


My favorite tracks on this lp are: Crystalline Green, Tiptoe, Deep Honey, Hairy Trees, Twist, Strict Machine. My favorite is Tiptoe. This is one of the best records I have picked up in years. Sure it’s a little dated now, it came out a few years ago. But seriously, I listen to this quite often still. I love the analog sounds and production. Very well done. Below is the video for Strict Machine, a song about a vibrator LOL. I’m not joking, it’s about some kind of sexual device, it has to be. Listen to the lyrics closely. who knows. Maybe it’s just my filthy brain, who knows. What I find even funnier is that this song was used by nintendo I think in the marketing of the nintendo DS or gameboy advanced. One of the two. LOL.

This is one of those lps that stays cool years and years after its prime. If you are just starting to get into goldfrapp, this is where you start. Stay far away from the new one “seventh tree”. The new one sounds like crosby, stills, nash and olivia newton john. YUCK. Start with black cherry. This is truly psychedelic. I give this a 5 out of 5. Buy now! Click Here to download Black Cherry by Goldfrapp DRM FREE 256 mp3. Click Here to Buy audio cd Black Cherry by Goldfrapp.

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