Money, Agogo, Beat by Beat by Beat

So I figured since I haven't posted in awhile I may as well review the three KMFDM items I got for Christmas.
First let's start off with "Money." "Money" was originally released in February of 1992, the month I was born (like you care), and was later re-released in 2006. I got the re-release obviously because the original is most likely very hard to find. Anyways, the CD features the popular KMFDM tracks Vogue, Help Us Save Us Take Us Away, Sex on the Flag, and the title track Money. It also features remixes of Money, Vogue, as well as Godlike and Die Now-Live Later (aka I Will Pray and Under Satan). The album kicks off nicely with Money, which has an excellent synth intro to it. Things then kind of go downhill from there. Help Us Save Us Take Us Away is way too calm, and I'm not a big fan of Bargled. Once you reach I Will Pray the album gets kicked up a notch, then goes downhill again with Vogue 2000 and has a nice finish with Money (Deutschmark Mix), which is an instrumental version of Money with some extra percussion. Keeping it short and sweet, If you're a KMFDM fanatic like myself, it's definitely worth a listen; however, if you are looking to get more into KMFDM I would not recommend it.
Next we're onto "Agogo." This CD was originally released in 1998... and that's it. Never re-released like it's brother CD known as "Retro." "Agogo" is an entire album filled with KMFDM's never before released tracks. Well... after re-releasing all the albums and releasing the Extra series only four tracks have not been released. In my opinion, only two of those tracks (Mysterious Ways and Ooh La La) are the only ones worth a listen. Nothing much to say about this album altogether, it's early KMFDM works and only really for hardcore KMFDM fans.
Finally we end with KMFDM's tour compilation DVD known as "Beat by Beat by Beat," which features four tours and all of their music videos on just one DVD. All of the tours kick some serious ass. The first tour is the actual "Beat by Beat" tour, which promoted their album "Nihil" and the only downfall in that tour is that... well... it wasn't really much of a tour DVD as it was three live songs (one dubbed over with the album version) and live footage with music videos. Then their are the two Money tours, the Chicago one and the Palo Alto one. Both tours are phenominal and they are straight up live. The last tour is their tour in 1990, which also kicks ass. The Money tours are by far the best, the Beat by Beat tour is only good for Disobedience live and tour footage, 1990 is nothing special. I say this DVD is for anyone into KMFDM. Get it before it's gone!

Left 4 Dead review

So I finally have something new to review. Excited? You should be.
So my friend got Left 4 Dead for his PC and as I watched him play it I found it rather inviting. I am kind of into the "Painkiller" style of gameplay where the room will be kind of empty then suddenly a swarm of enemies coming rushing at you. Eventually I decided to play it. We were in the first campaign, third level, if my memory serves me correctly. I pull out the now duel wielded M1911s and unleash hell upon a horde of zombies rushing up the stairs. I felt like a total bad ass playing this game I'm not gonna lie. Every weapon feels about as powerful as it would be in real life, and the melee attacks compliment that in the same fashion. The game does a nice job of ensuring the claustrophobic environments by giving you a flashlight (that is on at all times mind you) that lights up such a small portion of the screen that you hardly know what type of room you're in. It can definitely be frustrating with the zombie variants that surprise you or rush at you. First there's your standard zombie which can run, jump, climb, and hardcore dance. Right now you might be confused as to why a zombie would hardcore dance or if I'm joking. No I'm not joking and I have no idea why a zombie would hardcore dance either; I threw a pipe bomb and as the light for it flashed and it counted down with beeps zombies started rushing towards the bomb and as they got to it they started hardcore dancing. Then the bomb blew up annihilating all of them. The next type of zombie is the hunter, this bitch flies at you and is just annoying. Even more annoying is the smoker, this guy lynches you with his mile long tongue, they appear freaking EVERYWHERE and come out of NOWHERE!!! The last three zombies are the witch, boomer, and tank. The witch is a bitch that kills you in one hit. The boomer is a fat guy that blows up when you shoot him. Tanks are massive William Birkin pimple rejects. The weapons are limited, there's the M1911, an uzi, a mini-14, an m16a2, a trench shotgun, and an auto-loading shotgun. The environments have some variety, one being a giant city, one being the suburbs, and so-on and so-forth. After the second campaign the game gets kind of tiresome. I haven't played multiplayer yet, but if I did and had a bunch of friends to play it with there would be strategy and it would be a lot more fun. But for now I must resort to single player. Overall, it's fun for short periods of time, but if you're looking for a game to occupy your weekends, this might not be the game to get.

I give Links Fur Dead (Left For Dead) an 8.5 out of 10.

Free Stuff and What-Not

So lately I've been having a lot of good luck. I'm getting free album art from Robert Kyrzkowski (Elsie Hooper), I got a free "Baader-Meinhof" sticker from a website, and now I'm getting a free CD from the band Parsley Flakes. I am very thankful for this right now. Why I had to tell you guys this, I don't know, but whatever.
I did find a game to play and it is called "7 Days a Skeptic" and is made by the charismatic stallion known as Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw (Zero Punctuation). I had played the first title in the series called "Five Days a Stranger" and it was a creepy adventure game. The sequel is "7 Days a Skeptic" which I find kind of weird, but I can work with it. The game takes place in the future aboard a spacecraft. Weird things happen and as the Psychologist it is your job to make sense of it all and fight off the evil. I must say it is very creepy for a 16-bit adventure game. I will continually plays this and once I beat it I'll either continue onto the final game or choose another one of Ben's games.
I am dedicating this month's posts and next month's posts to a friend of mine who has had the opposite luck of me. Now cue up "Bloody Tears" (Castlevania) to set the depressing mood. He broke his ankle, he was in a cast for awhile, then he got Das Boot, now he's in another cast (a brace I think). He recently got into an accident, thank GOD he is alright, the other person is alright, both cars are alright, a little damage to his car. Just this weekend his laptop blew up, so he is without a computer or the internet, his cell phone battery died, his car battery died.

ALL POSTS FROM NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY DEDICATED TO MY BEST FRIEND JOHN B.