9/11 Truthers Are Funny

It is interesting that the very people who will have you believe that 9/11 was caused by the government are the same ones who think they are helping America out. They believe we (normal people) are detrimental and are being used as pawns by the NWO to have us eventually used as slaves in the new British Empire. I'm not lying, that is a genuine conspiracy. Perhaps not as crazy as David Icke's lizard man beliefs but it's up there.

Apparently Obama is the new face of the capitalist, Wall-street ran NWO, the man created by them (yes created, whilst they didn't say he was a science project spawned from the ribs of George Bush  - the last pawn - I like to think thats what they believe) to have us all believe change is happening and convince us all that 9/11 isn't the first step in this giant conspiracy. Are you getting confused yet? I had to read over this theory a couple of times before I was sure what they were on about.

The people I'm talking about are two New Yorkers who's sole argument for proof or justification for their beliefs is that they are from New York. Naturally that means anything they say on the issue of 9/11 must be true. A New Yorker would never make up bullshit/allow themselves to be brainwashed about something as serious as an attack on their own city. So good bye crazed extremist Muslims hell-bent on inducting the world into the ethics of Shariah law, hello ancient egyptian cult based on the sun god Horus who are using a black American president to return the British empire to its former glory. Yes the current conspiracy would probably pit the BNP, the Orange Order and Barrack Obama together as a uniting force for Britain.

But let us not despair, there is someone out there fighting our corner, fighting the British oppression, stopping us from becoming slaves on a massive plantation. Step forward, Charlie Sheen. Charlie Sheen, the last remaining Hollywood agent who hasn't succumbed to the capitalist New World Order. That is right, the highest paid tv star in the world is not a capitalist. No, he is our protector, our final hope in an otherwise bleak picture. God bless you Charlie Sheen, God bless the fact every character you play is called Charlie and God Bless your millions and millions of dollars rejecting capitalism.

Music of Angels

To clarify the main reason I am writing this is to check how easy it is to manage the layout and format of this blog, so if you are a  reader looking for a review of The Mountain Goats new album this is possibly not the place for you, happen to like reading a collection of words written by a cat with little clue what he is doing then please read on.

Despite being a committed atheist I regularly download a religious podcast. It talks about various religious, philosophical and political stories, has interviews and handles itself in a semi-serious semi-comedic manor. It successfully combines irreverent humour with serious religious debates. One section which always sits at the end of the podcast is the 'Religious song of the Week', usually a traditional religious band or choir, occasionally someone from a religion such as the Zoroastrian faith. Once they had a Yiddish hardcore punk band. The latest podcast surprised me somewhat however, by having a folk artist I've been listening to a lot lately on as religious song of the week. That artist was The Mountain Goats.

Their new album The Life of the World To Come takes on a particularly strong religious theme, with track titles taking their name from the books and chapters of the bible. So how does the album compare to previous ones? Completely honestly not well. As fascinated as I am about religion the album doesn't deal with religion in a way that intrigues or interests me. Rather it focusses on ending, on death maybe. Unfortunately I found the tracks to be weak, boring and the album doesn't seem to even kick in until the final song 'Ezekiel 7 And the Permanent Efficacy of Grace'. A slow album potters on nicely in the background, nicely but boringly. Inoffensive and slow. It all seems like one long boring intro track to the final, emotional, powerful closure. 

All in all I can't help but be disappointed, I have 'The Sunset Tree' pretty much on permenant play at the moment, and whilst 'The Life of the World to Come' has some good moments, and deals with the inevitability of death well, it doesn't pack a punch that can be found in 'The Sunset Tree', 'All Hail West Texas' or 'Tallahassee'.

Welcome

Welcome to my world of blogging. I am jmothecat, and am trying to understand/make full use of the internet. I have even started using twitter and am tweeting away quite happily. Next step of jmothecat's takeover of the internet requires a blog, and that is why I'm here.

Once I have taken over 'blogosphere' (as I've been led to believe it is entitled) I shall start using Stereogum and Videogum more often and be one of those cool kids with an internet persona. I am embarking on this journey into the land of blogging with my dear friend from internet land Laura, and hopefully I shall rope Jawbone into the mix and we can finally delve into the untapped world of the internet.

Anyway, I'm jmothecat, I like music, tv and football. I am a student studying politics and philosophy which is greatly interesting. I live with three other men but in a completely straight way (usually).

I really hope someone reads this as otherwise I have just wasted five minutes of my life.