WTF Fridays - 7 Billion

As Shakespeare once wrote: "All the world's a rabbit".

I'm done.

WTF Fridays - 孔明の罠 - Kaizo Trap

A Kaizo trap is a type of video game Hope Spot: You have just finished a difficult challenge, such as defeating a boss, completing a level, or even winning the whole game. The battle is over and you breathe a sigh of relief. Then the game kills you during the victory cutscene, and you have to do it all over again.

The player has to find a way to defuse the trap before completing their actual goal, as their fate is otherwise unavoidable after triggering the cutscene and losing control of their character.

This is what happens in the video. A courageous girl fights 8-bit hell to rescue her man in Guy Collins' animated dubstep adventure.

I'm done.

David Bowie - Lazarus

I couldn't think of a better exit from this world than this one. David Bowie's last music video for his just released album.

Puddles Pity Party "Chandelier" (Sia)

Postmodern Jukebox covers pop music and takes it back in time. This time, it's Chandelier by Sia performed by Puddles Pity Party (the band). Puddles is the clown.

I'm done.

Queens of the Stone Age - The Vampire of Time and Memory

I was watching Ray Donovan's Season 3 finale on Sunday. They played this song after the last major scene in the episode. The music just resonated so much with Ray Donovan's character and I just fell in love with this song.

Spoiler:

...

In Season 3, there's a catholic priest that wants Ray to confess for killing the priest who molested him and his younger brother when they were kids. This other priest knows about what happened and all he really want is for Ray to confess so he can absolve him. Earlier in the season, they were confronted by the priest and Ray beat up the priest for knowing too much about what happened to him. The priest performed an excommunication prayer for Ray and his brothers.

In the season finale, Ray's older brother was shot and in a coma. Him and his father went to the Armenian mob for revenge. They won the gun fight, but he was also shot. With a heavy heart, Ray went to the priest to confess. He didn't really care about what would happen to him, but he just wanted his brother to be back in God's graces and to be alive. Ray confessed to killing their former family priest who molested him. When asked why he did it, he was hesitant at first until he finally broke down. The priest told him he was special and that he could be anything. He bought him gifts and took him to watch movies or the carnival. Nobody ever did anything like that for him when he was little. So when the family priest started doing those awful things to him, he knew it was bad, but he just let him. He cared for the priest. Now that he's older, he doesn't know what to feel. He's all messed up inside. He sees these pictures in his head when he hugs his kids. It tears him up inside.

The priest in the confessional absolved him of his sins. He collapsed inside the church due to the gunshot. The scene shifts with the other priest driving and Ray on the passenger seat, heading back to Los Angeles and probably find a doctor. That's when "The Vampyre of Time and Memory" starts playing.

The beginning lyrics:

I want God to come and take me home
'Cause I'm all alone in this crowd
Who are you to me?
Who am I supposed to be?
Not exactly sure anymore



There are two versions of this song with Queens of the Stone Age and their guest singer, Ms. Dolly Byrd.

I'm done.

Labrinth - Jealous

Underrated artist. This song hits me deep. Takes me back to a not so distant past.

"Jealous"

I'm jealous of the rain
That falls upon your skin
It's closer than my hands have been
I'm jealous of the rain
I'm jealous of the wind
That ripples through your clothes
It's closer than your shadow
Oh, I'm jealous of the wind, cause

[Chorus:]
I wished you the best of
All this world could give
And I told you when you left me
There's nothing to forgive
But I always thought you'd come back, tell me all you found was
Heartbreak and misery
It's hard for me to say, I'm jealous of the way
You're happy without me

I'm jealous of the nights
That I don't spend with you
I'm wondering who you lay next to
Oh, I'm jealous of the nights
I'm jealous of the love
Love that was in here
Gone for someone else to share
Oh, I'm jealous of the love, cause

[Chorus]

As I sink in the sand
Watch you slip through my hands
Oh, as I die here another day
Cause all I do is cry behind this smile

[Chorus]

It's hard for me to say, I'm jealous of the way
You're happy without me

I'm done.