tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39236342024-03-06T00:15:14.002-08:00Straight On Til MorningIf I had a billion dollars, I'd buy back my old room.emperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comBlogger1091125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-78304723948256704472021-01-28T08:51:00.002-08:002021-01-28T08:51:59.762-08:00Top 6 best moments of 2020 (songs)Why not. I'd like to start posting here again. Let this be the year of Reclaiming Myself, or some mess like that.Hit songs only, or I'd be here all day.1. "Ooh!" Miley Cyrus, Midnight Sky2. "Oh, no!" Dua Lipa, Break My Heart3. "As long as I'm here, no one can hurt you" Billie Eilish, Everything I Wanted4. "Hey! Hey! Hey! *SYNTHBOMB*" The Weeknd, Blinding Lights5. "la la la la I'm a lonely bitch" emperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-31194173087550154832021-01-25T11:33:00.003-08:002021-01-25T15:37:34.124-08:00Bye, Twitter. Something happened last week that shouldn't have bothered me. I mean, it tweaked me a bit in the moment but I thought I'd get over it. A week later, I'm still thinking about it. Because it's a problem with social media and the way we engage with each other now that's way, way bigger than I am. I was blocked by someone I have never interacted with, someone who seems to champion, of all emperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-2832684474320045582021-01-12T10:46:00.004-08:002021-01-28T09:06:12.256-08:00The last one of these 2020 music things, probably?A few more thoughts on the year that was, and will hopefully never be again. Looking at the charts and... Lemonade, Watermelon Sugar, One Margarita, Blueberry Faygo, WAP? Damn, y'all were thirsty this year! 😂 Oh also Ice Cream, which would maybe quench your thirst. Pour one out for the summer that never was, yet somehow had the summeriest soundtrack in years.AJR - Why do I, and so manyemperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-62315550928777312062021-01-06T17:24:00.001-08:002021-01-06T17:38:04.108-08:00Stop engaging with shitty people.Don't give them clicks. Don't give them ratings. The algorithm doesn't care if you click/watch because you like it or hate it, and the algorithm rules. Instead of clicking on something you know is going to be bad, engage with something you find worthy. Whether it's a candidate, a movement, a charity, a business, a dog, whatever! - only click on the things you want to see MORE of.Sometimes we haveemperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-25330816531144361612020-12-29T11:31:00.008-08:002021-01-18T10:16:13.531-08:00Let's finish this bitch.And now my final year end music tradition, reacting to songs I saw on other people's lists because I don't really listen to popular music anymore, and expanding on a few songs I already mentioned. Might add to this. I'm just gonna go through Todd's worst list song by song cause oh lordy. 10. Lonely - Justin Bieber I think I mentioned all of Bieber's other songs on my emperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-56144519012998060712020-12-17T15:36:00.002-08:002020-12-17T16:49:05.509-08:00Ok, I guess I have one more thing to add about WAPIt's the line "certified freak, 7 days a week." Yes, that's the issue I have with this song called "wet ass pussy." Not how "ass pussy" sounds like a mad science experiment gone horribly wrong (do mad science experiments ever go right?), but that one line. As a woman and not a conservative old man with his monocle falling on the floor, that's what sounds wrong to me. Cause look, no matter how emperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-23024958418041355982020-12-16T10:58:00.012-08:002020-12-23T21:41:44.336-08:00I guess I should make a 2020 music post.What can I say about this year? We all just want it to be over. I don't know about music-wise, but I think 2021 will be an absolute banger. Vaccines are coming, the orange shit demon is leaving and it'll probably be REAL undignified and we can point and laugh, and OMG, people are gonna be here to enjoy things like never before. So much fun will be had! It sucks that it had to happen this way, butemperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-24871658055038258612020-01-10T12:10:00.000-08:002020-01-10T12:10:00.420-08:00Favourite Music of 2019!Here's the playlist of my top 25 favourite songs of the year: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2yk50Dqv70OlWG7P5Yz3db
If I had to pick a top favourite it would probably be "Forest Lawn" by Better Oblivion Community Center, or at least that's the one I listened to most. But it could easily be "Crowbar" or "Everyday" or "Elephants" or "Born Cold." Also Patty Griffin's "Ruby's Arms" is one of my emperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-62151942208389281702019-12-05T14:34:00.000-08:002020-01-27T13:06:49.339-08:00A brief look at 2019 popular music (from someone who didn't listen to it)So this was the year I finally admitted defeat and stopped following popular music. I survived "Body Like a Backroad," that Mo Bamba thing, I even survived BABY FREAKIN SHARK, but this is what did me in:
... I give up. I'm out. I no longer understand pop culture, the World Has Turned and Left Me Here for good.
However, I still went to bars, malls and football games, so I heard some of what theemperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-8199689505020662282019-04-06T13:27:00.001-07:002019-04-06T13:27:16.229-07:00Spring playlistBetween the crushing bleakness of winter and the blinding brightness of summer, lies the brief hopefulness of spring. A green time full of wistfulness; looking forward while looking back. In other words, it's a great time to listen to some indie shit past and present!
Music to Frolic Through Meadows To or w/e!emperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-74659086995911573242019-04-06T13:21:00.000-07:002019-04-06T13:21:04.542-07:00Spotlight movie: I Don't Feel At Home in this World AnymoreSo, I kinda loved this? This might be a "me" movie, idk, cause I sure do seem to love quirky revenge capers and ordinary people riding around solving crimes/doing crimes for great justice. (She probably shouldn't have stolen the lawn tiger, but there is a certain satisfaction in stealing some rich asshole's lawn tiger, mainly in that he had a damn lawn tiger.) I've seen several of these quirky emperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-86244075974011007882019-04-06T13:19:00.000-07:002019-04-06T13:19:17.861-07:00moviesssNow that it's finally spring I won't be watching 50 movies a month, but I still have a little catchup to do.
Frailty - "I sure love peas!" - obvious future serial killer
Damn, "Supernatural" has a weirder origin story than I thought.
Nothing good could possibly come from a place called Meat, Texas.
Bill Paxton was awesome. This would make a good double feature with The Clovehitch Killer.
emperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-56871447719403489532019-04-06T09:00:00.001-07:002019-04-06T09:00:02.918-07:00emperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-10583582822517848542019-04-02T18:08:00.002-07:002019-04-02T18:10:51.701-07:00Last one for today The Sentinel - Another old horror movie that's been on my list forever, and this was an unexpected treat. Law and Order credits font! *chng chng* And Jerry Orbach is in it?? Well now you're just trolling... from the past... somehow. Aww, baby Christopher Walken. And JESSABELLE! In her little party hat! 😻🎉
I'm pretty sure if someone starts masturbating in front of you you're allowed to excuse emperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-59774250520418792312019-04-02T18:02:00.000-07:002019-04-02T18:02:45.404-07:00more more movies keep em comingDon't Look Now - Oh, I hate when this happens. Everyone else likes this, so why don't I?
I see the artsiness. The shot at the beginning of the little girl in her raincoat reflected in the water was so innocent yet so ominous, and I was like yes, this is gonna be great!! Then... nothing happened. Then some more nothing happened. Then I fell asleep, woke up, and thought a cat had stepped on emperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-56471205732161484412019-04-02T14:11:00.002-07:002019-04-02T14:11:31.465-07:00more more movie catchupBlack Sabbath - Ahh, time for another classic horror I've never seen. This takes us back to the days when a horror legend (here, Boris Karloff) put on their best spooky black suit just to introduce a movie. Things were classy then, unlike now, scoffs the woman wearing Hello Kitty pjs and drinking wine from a Spiderman cup while watching horror movies. Anyway, Black Sabbath. It's good. The stars emperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-13366115398894887202019-04-02T14:06:00.000-07:002019-04-02T17:56:53.692-07:00more movie catchupOh boy, look who's fallen behind again. SHOCKER.
Sinister - This was well overdue for a rewatch. I remember it freaking me right out the first time I saw it and yup, it's still freaky!
I forgot about Sheriff Crusty T. Exposition at the beginning and his "we don't like your kind round these parts" speech. That was kind of funny. Luckily, what comes next isn't quite so cliche because what comes emperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-44276798548624031592019-03-08T17:48:00.002-08:002019-03-08T17:48:53.678-08:00Getting there...Sisters - God I love these 70s horror-thrillers.
That opening game show. Oh my GOD, the 70s. What was wrong with you? But I love it! And the prize was a box of knives. LOL FORESHADOWING. I love it though. The twist is so obvious I can't even call it a twist - was it obvious to 1972 audiences, or have we just seen too many horror movies? - but I still found this somewhat suspenseful. I loved theemperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-87813631394846401752019-03-08T17:43:00.003-08:002019-03-08T17:50:32.994-08:00Spotlight review ~ Mr. RooseveltThis movie is named after a cat. 17 STARS! Umm the cat dies, but offscreen and not violently because it's not a damn horror movie, so I wasn't triggered or anything. I found this on Netflix while searching for another movie that wasn't on Netflix, and this was probably better than whatever I was searching for in the first place. I see the ironic Goodwill t-shirts are still a thing, at least in emperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-55961911735056108512019-03-08T17:40:00.000-08:002019-03-08T17:50:15.551-08:00Hellraiser - I'm a liiiittle sad my first viewing of Hellraiser was on a computer in 2019 and not rocking giant hair and acid wash watching a raggedy VHS in 1988, AS GOD INTENDED. But holyshit those effects were awesome! Those effects will always be awesome, long after our poodle perms have grown out and the last Blockbuster has closed down.
Long live the 80s. I know, they're still making these,emperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-26996155317164328862019-03-07T12:50:00.000-08:002019-03-07T12:50:00.738-08:00*sigh*Okay, last one of these for the day. Oh there are more, but I'll do them later. I've also been listening to some great music this year and want to make a post about that, so look for that around... July I guess? 🤷
Intruders - I don't usually watch "humans being brutal to each other" movies. If I wanted to see that I'd watch the news, which I don't. Horror is my escape. Give me witches, ghostiesemperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-73309459330691232022019-03-07T12:43:00.001-08:002019-03-07T12:43:18.570-08:00You guessed it, movie catchup We Go On - "This would be almost adorable if it wasn’t an instrument of death in my mother’s purse." I kind of want a TinyGun™ and I don't even like guns.
Well hold me down, I have a new favourite movie! Well not favourite favourite, but a favourite. This was just everything I love - ghosts, an abandoned house, spoOoky intrigue, a troubled but likeably quirky lead character that kinda put me inemperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-20738231040696423742019-03-07T12:39:00.002-08:002019-03-07T12:39:46.970-08:00More movie catchup Nocturnal Animals - Wow. Every once in a while a movie comes along and smacks your socks off. I had no idea what to expect from this other than "More Michael Shannon, yay." And he was absolutely the star of this for me, playing a role I could see a younger Sam Elliott in. This is a beautifully shot and engaging thriller, and the thriller parts aren't even happening, it's just a book! Doesn't emperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-24560264197728483152019-03-07T12:32:00.002-08:002019-03-07T12:33:53.990-08:00Movie catchup Oh boy! A whole month's worth of movies to catch up on. Oh boy.
The Village ~ Even if you know the "twist," there's still plenty of engaging story, tension, and atmosphere here. The meaning behind the twist is a bit more deep and affecting than you might think at first, and makes you feel for the characters and their actions. An underrated Shyamalan film.
Velvet Buzzsaw ~ I kept waiting for "emperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3923634.post-32092044665238720412019-02-24T20:37:00.000-08:002019-02-24T20:37:20.340-08:00Okay blog, I know I've been neglecting you. I have some nice movie and music stuff to feed you soon. I just wanna say how much I love it that I've had this same blog since 2002, which in internet years is like an archaeological age or something. That's 17 years!! Really really hoping it's still around for 20.
That's all! Movie catchup starts tomorrow. emperorcupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861550138884952541noreply@blogger.com