Some Things are NEVER a Good Idea

I’m fairly open to new experiences, but after seeing enough videos on TV and on the web, it’s pretty apparent that certain activities are usually going to end in failure. Here’s a few examples:

1. Parasailing. Even If you manage to take off without grinding your face into the ground, keep in mind you still have to land at some point.
   
2. Piñatas. Here’s an idea! Let’s blindfold a kid, give him a stick, spin him around and tell him to have at it. Guaranteed someone is getting hit in the face and/or groin area.
   
3. Trampolines. Usually the ownage results from people trying to go a little too far above their skill level, i.e. "Well I can jump pretty high, so I can probably do a backflip!"
   
4. Model glider planes. These things are expertly engineered to take off from your hand, fly in a perfect backwards loop, and hit you in the back of the head. Every time!
   

I’m sure there’s many more, these are just a few off the top of my head. Any others come to mind?

Metal Fan

Heh.
BONUS: You can get this on a t-shirt! I pretty much have to.

Metal Band of the Week: Noumena

Our band this week brings us back to the European melodeath I love so much. Noumena is a five member band hailing from Finland. They’re sound is pretty much straight forward (very) melodic death metal, with just a dash of that folksy/pagan influence to keep things interesting.

They don’t come at you with crushing blast-beats but instead provide a slower and more gloomy ambiance. The growling vocals are well done, but again they aren’t really screaming at you as much as they are sort of just angrily brooding away. There are also some clean vocal breakdowns with female guest singers to bring some additional dimensions to the music.

I can recommend both of their most recent releases. From what I can tell, they’re about due for another album, so be on the lookout for some new material as well.

More on Noumena:
MySpace | Last.fm | Official Site

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