Niki N. Phaser » 00′s http://www.nikinphaser.com playing russian roulette with madness as a bullet Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:15:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Blink 182 Visit The Old Continent Next Summer http://www.nikinphaser.com/2009/12/blink-182-visit-the-old-continent-next-summer/ http://www.nikinphaser.com/2009/12/blink-182-visit-the-old-continent-next-summer/#comments Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:28:24 +0000 Niki N. Phaser http://www.nikinphaser.com/?p=2743 mark hoppus          Mark Hoppus has announced that Blink 182 will be touring Europe for a few weeks, during the summer of 2010. No exact dates or locations have been published yet, but in the following months, everything will be revealed. To be sure that you are not missing anything, check the band’s official site for future information. Since the band reformed, there has been talk of a new album, but there is still nothing certain. Drummer Travis Barker has been working on his solo record, which will feature, among others, RZA and Chester of Linkin Park and Dead By Sunrise. It will be out next year, under the title Mr. Barker’s. Mark Hoppus has been in the studio also, producing a lot of new bands, while Tom DeLonge’s side project, Angels and Airwaves is about to release a new album, Love, and also an experimental movie of the same name. The first single, Hallucinations, has been released as a free download, as will the entire record. However, some sources state that the band will be working on a new Blink 182 album before touring Europe in 2010. Their last one was released in 2003.

]]> http://www.nikinphaser.com/2009/12/blink-182-visit-the-old-continent-next-summer/feed/ 0 Tori Amos (feat. Damien Rice) – The Power of the Orange Knickers : A Special Way of Saying ‘Fun’ http://www.nikinphaser.com/2009/11/tori-amos-feat-damien-rice-the-power-of-the-orange-knickers-a-special-way-of-saying-fun/ http://www.nikinphaser.com/2009/11/tori-amos-feat-damien-rice-the-power-of-the-orange-knickers-a-special-way-of-saying-fun/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:44:23 +0000 Niki N. Phaser http://www.nikinphaser.com/?p=1882 tori_amosTori Amos rose to prominence in the 90′s and back then, being a strong independent female didn’t mean you get to dance with high-heels surrounded by half-naked muscular dudes. She became a genuine role model for women all over the world, not just because of her artistic creativity, but also because of her activism in stopping violence against women — she co-founded RAINN, an organization dealing with helping victims of sexual assault, Amos herself being a survivor of rape. But there is so much more to Tori Amos then being this brave female artist which metamorphosized an awful experience into something beautiful. She’s a brilliant composer and an even greater lyricist.

If this would have been the review of a Single Masterpiece, it would most definitely be about Crucify, but, even so, it’s quite a challenge to skim through her Non-Single Masterpieces and choose just one. The Power of the Orange KnickersdamienRice displays a lot of Tori’s themes, styles and methods, as well as being one of her few collaborations, this time with Irish singer-songwriter, Damien Rice. Her songs always sound  intimate, but this second vocal presence amplifies that feeling and the soft voices used by both singers make the track sound as a lullaby sung by both parents to their child. The title and lyrics showcase Tori’s often ironic view on love and relationships (“When you become a twist, For their latest drink”), especially when it is unrequited love (“this terrorist”), which seems to be the theme of Orange Knickers. It’s wonderfully stated through some of the lyrics: “Shame shame, for letting me think, That I would be the one” or “The power of listening to what, You don’t want me to know”, all of these creating the image of a relationship where just one loves and the other feeds on that. There is a metaphor to underline this, one of the best metaphors in the history of metaphors (Shakespeare included): “Am I alone in this kiss?”. BONUS: Tori sings the word ‘fun’ in a very cute way in this song.

ORANGE FEMALE UNDERWEAR                  LIVE VERSION

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Le Lac VIDEO and also try La Lettre de Metal and maybe also Republika

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