Skellig (2009)

“Remember, that them who could walk should walk; them who could dance should dance; and them who could fly…” Read the rest of this entry

Dead by Sunrise

Dead by Sunrise

Being a devout fan of Linkin Park, I couldn’t believe when I heard that Chester Bennington, the infamous linkin park vocalist, has left the band. I just couldn’t imagine listening to their songs with another vocalist. As expected, it turned out to be just a rumor. The truth being that Chester has formed a side-project called Dead by Sunrise, a Rock/Electro band featuring Amir Derakh and Ryan Shuck, as well as Brandon Belsky, Elias Andru, and Anthony “Fu” Valcic. The band’s debut album, Out of Ashes, is due for realease on October 13, 2009. Read the rest of this entry

First They Came

They came first for the communists,
and i didn’t speak up because i wasn’t a communist.
Then they came for the jews,
and i didn’t speak up because i wasn’t a jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and i didn’t speak up because i wasn’t a trade unionist.
Then they came for the catholics,
and i didn’t speak up because i was a protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time no one was left to speak up. Read the rest of this entry

Born Free

Inspired by Andy William’s “Born Free” and Dexter
Born free from the human spree,
from the ebbing of the tides…
With a soul set free,
and to nothing it abides… Read the rest of this entry

Days

Day one, I looked up and caught her eyes
and there she stood with her lips apart
I couldn’t help but hold that stare
and feel the warmth in me all but spare Read the rest of this entry

The Unpoled Flag

I often look back on the time when I was a child and remember how simple life was. We were taught the difference between wrong and right, good and bad, and with our limited contact with the world around us and the innocence of childhood, that seemed enough. As the years passed by and we saw more of the world around us, it became apparent that life wasn’t as simple and straight-forward as it seemed to be. Read the rest of this entry

The Boat that Rocked (2009)

The Boat that Rocked

If music is what you wake up to, go to sleep to, and dream about at night. If it is what you turn to in your pains and joy, love and hate, wars and peace – then this is the movie for you. Read the rest of this entry

Across the Skies

The sky darkens when you’re not here,
as a cloud in the shape of love is drawn
With the words I so fail to speak,
and the letters that litter the sky of dawn Read the rest of this entry

Sweet November

Sweet November you’ve got me remembering,
all the good times and bad times this year had brought
And all the memories we had so ferociously sought,
from the days and nights that the seasons just forgot Read the rest of this entry

Cool to be Blue?

Lately, I’ve been running into a lot of young people who seem to think that it’s somehow cool to act depressed and mentally ill, like it sets them apart from others and make them more interesting. Calling themselves freaks, crazies, and others. Now I’m not sure whether it’s the movies they watch, music they listen to, or their society at large that makes them think this way, but there’s one thing I know for sure, that mentally ill patients do not go about boasting their condition, on the contrary, they hide it and seek medical help. Another thing I know, is that when someone tends to assume this state, it usually catches up with them sooner or later, and they will then know for sure that there’s nothing special about mental illness and insanity. Read the rest of this entry