driving, infectious, subversive, vigorous

METRIC ~ Gold Guns Girls [2⊘1⊘]

Money, power, and sex. The near-perfect 21st-century trifecta and three words that explain so much of our world. They are the figurative carrots society uses to encourage compliance and creativity to its benefit. Not a perfect system, but one that has managed to usher in an untold technological revolution in a critically short period of time. And not without cost, as greed is a powerful motivator if an insatiable master — ask any … Continue reading METRIC ~ Gold Guns Girls [2⊘1⊘]

disturbedByVoicesSeptember 13, 2023September 14, 20236 Comments

Art entitled "iceboxed" of woman with ice-cold staring eyes and blue paint

catchy, dancey, driving, eerie

ACTORS ~ Cold Eyes [2⊘21]

If band ACTORS had been around in the eighties, without question they would have been bigger. With their crafty tunes loaded with earwormy goodness enough to dazzle and daze, track after track on … Continue reading ACTORS ~ Cold Eyes [2⊘21]

disturbedByVoicesSeptember 9, 2023September 14, 20233 Comments

Close-up of Marilyn Manson's face with a tech eyepatch darkly muted

driving, industrial, influential, subversive

Marilyn Manson ~ The Beautiful People [1999]

“I write phrases constantly and I have about 15 different notebooks going at the same time. I’ll write lots of different things in each book. I have to lay them all out in the same place and pull things from each of them to write a song. I was on tour and I remember recording it on my four-track with Twiggy [Ramirez, bass] and my drummer Ginger [Fish] in a hotel … Continue reading Marilyn Manson ~ The Beautiful People [1999]

disturbedByVoicesAugust 22, 2023August 23, 20232 Comments

a collage of the three artists that make up band Violens from their video "All Night Low" by disturbedByVoices

driving, eerie, speedy, visceral

Violens – All Night Low [2⊘12]

Of the many idiosyncracies of YouTube, some of the most annoying are those videos that are “age-restricted” or “made-for-kids” and for entirely different reasons. One can understand, even empathize with adult content being restricted, inarguably lauded by some artists as a kudo of sorts. But the made-for-kids restriction is utterly flummoxing as it removes the ability to save the video to any playlist for no … Continue reading Violens – All Night Low [2⊘12]