Seb’s weblog

• Resurrection, Chimaira: Brutal and well-executed metal. Real good, nothing to complain about;
• Diatribes, Napalm Death: Even though I went to their concert, I don’t think I heard any of those songs, but Cursed to crawl is one my favorite from the songs I knew beforehand;
• Angel Down, Sebastian Bach: He told the press that he wanted a huge drum sound. I’m not convinced on this one, but I was amazed at how heavy the guitars sounded. However, some songs just sound like cliché, so it overall gets a thumb down;
• The Wall, Pink Floyd: Did I already tell you that I dislike thin fender-like guitar sound? Well it is still true;
• “V” is for Viagra, Puscifer: Country boner is enough to give the record any bonus point, really;
• Anthems for the damned, Filter: I expected a lot from this band and I was a bit deceived. It’s a bit of a mix between Army of anyone (which wasn’t already what I expected), John5 (he has a distinctive notmykind of sound) and some kind of a Filter-best-of (I mean: there are almost the same guitar riffs from another song). Not convinced;
• Retox, Turbonegro: Maybe a bit darker than Party animals but still good rock & roll stuff;
• No, Virginia, The Dresden Dolls: I still can’t find the catchy songs from the first album, and it feels like the overall drums/piano interaction is more casual;
• Scarlet’s Walk, Tori Amos: nice songs, and still a good mastering of the sounds and the mixing table;
• Keep Telling Myself It’s Alright, Ashes Divide: It sometimes sounds like A Perfect Circle with a different singer, or with a different tempo but still with catchy songs. But every now and then, it would be closer to a so-so college rock band, where something important is missing.

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So, it had been some time since I last gave any love to the software that runs this weblog. But recently, some evil minded person that I won’t name pointed out that the ugly and flashy google reader badge that I used as a widget in the right sidebar would, sometimes when my posts are not long enough, cover the bottom sidebar and hide some of the pictures of the flickr badge.

But truth is, that’s an ugly, straight from the factory google badge. And indeed, it is a bit flashy, but one can’t change much about it, except the foreground color and the number of items. And it sux.

So, I gave some love to the whole software. First, I did a long standing upgrade, which went smoothly (only had to upgrade one or two plugins). And then, I took my lovely emacs and went to work.

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