The Useless Critic 2.0

so we continue. IF YOU STARE INTO THE ABYSS, it will become you! so watch out.  I want to go here. Finnish music isn't really my bag because a lot of the time they don't even bother singing in English and I'm fickle like that. also, a lot of it is metal (see Al and AWM). But I love Finland because it has been OK to me. Sweden has been all right to me, too, but it's been a hard love affair. Moldova, however, sucks.  So what to say about Finnish music? Well, Husky Rescue was the first Finnish band I ever listened to and liked. A very relaxing little band. I haven't listened to them much lately, but take a listen: There is also Scandinavian Music Group. Hurr:   DON'T ASK ME ABOUT THAT TITLE. I DON'T KNOW. also, why do Finns love the Sounds so much? O_o I mean, all their similar artists on last.fm are indeed Finnish. whatever. let's keep rolling rolling rolling like I'm Fred Durst and you're Wes Borland and it's 1999. yeah! ...

I just drank a lot of coffee, so we can keep going for a while.  when in Denmark, people ride bikes a-lot pickings are getting SLIM as we circle Scandinavia. it's all good, though. Mother Denmark birthed us Oh Land. who can hate on that? And I love Oh Land. To get further into detail would be redundant. just click on the tag please. Next up! ALPHABEAT!  do you not listen to that and feel ecstatic? damn right.  The Raveonettes!  garage rock, jangly Jesus and Mary Chain lite, really. and don't forget what traditionally is the realm of Denmark itself...Danish rock! i.e. GO BACK TO THE ZOO and that's it for Denmark. see also: - happiness - LEGOS - Oh Land, again. what did you expect? SHE HAS A NEW VIDEO COMING OUT SOON. 

HELLO AGAIN IT'S BEEN TOO LONG.  so.  Norway is like Sweden, but it has more money. And oil. Those are the key differences to keep in mind. Plus, the music isn't AS good. But that being said... question:  what does Norway have the rest of the world lacks? answer: Annie, duh. Annie's last album came out in 2009, which is now a whopping three years ago. However, I somehow friended her on facebook (and Jennifer Egan I don't know don't even ask how this happens) and know she is putting out a new album this year. or I think. or I hope. or I pray, because that talking asteroid is coming for us in December, I SWEAR TO GOD.  Do you NOT know Annie? Do you live in the darkness (and not the kind of crappy band)? Here, feast yourself upon one of the best pop singers/DJs of our time: so yeah. 2012 = new Annie album = happy world, before end times but there's other great music from Norway! btw, the best Norwegian I ever befriended was Dan. Al...

Part of a five-part series that will begin and end today SUP EVERYONE. Did you know  Sweden is a musical mecca? yeah I thought so! After all, they did bring us the world's best pop group ever.... okay, so I love ABBA. just like everyone else that breathes oxygen. but did you know what OTHER great bands/performers have hailed from Heaven/Sverige??? NO, NOT JUST THE A-TEENS OR ACE OF BASE. Although "Beautiful Life" is catchy shit: my sister loved Ace of Base when we were kids. so I grew up listening to a lot of Ace of Base. it became my standard thing, whenever "The Sign" was played, to imagine the elaborate music video I would direct for it, if ever given the chance. this video would include the following: - my stuffed animals dressed as Indians. - Zuck Park (google it) - some kind of gigantic gong? anyway, this music video has ever yet to see the light of day. and you know, I just remembered this whole thing like six months ago. weird, wei...

This is an old video I made with photos of Sweden. I made it a long time ago, but I finally uploaded it today. It takes a little while for the resolution to settle and the picture to clear. I made this video using the same song from a post called "Mila Kunis: All in Blue." I actually made this one first, but after I decided not to upload it, I felt the song was fair game. I also used some of the photos back when I attempted to make a "UC Metal Rolodex." So many great memories. QATFYG: What really happens if you see the red sky in the morning?

There is a new "Be Useful" page here at The UC. It's the first of 2012, and it's a big one. Imagine: Making the whole world safer...perhaps, it is no longer just a dream. Now, it can be a reality. QATFYG: How can you make the world safer?

It's been forever since I posted anything related to art. It almost seems like it never happened at all. However, I can remember back to when I made that small praise of Goya. Click for GOYA Now in the spirit of Scandinavia Week, things move onward, upward and onward, to Norway and the paintings of the Norwegian, Edvard Munch. Of course we have all seen "The Scream," and it's true that I first learned Munch's name from a list of most horrifying paintings. That allowed me to find many of his others. Here are a few, and.... Thank You Norway...Thank You for Edvard Munch. Golgotha by Munch Weeping Nude by Munch This one just has some hidden darkness. To conclude: Edvard Munch Self-Portrait Overtime more will be added. This is it for now to conserve space. QATFYG: What is the most horrifying painting you know?