Chris Cornell’s Scream

May 30, 2009

 

What happened to the former frontman of Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog and Audioslave? Soundgarden (1984-1997) is one of the most successful rock bands back in the 90s along with Temple of the Dog (1990-1992, 2003) which is later known as Pearl Jam. Audioslave (2001-2007) is also a success which sold millions and which also received 3 Grammy nominations.

Chris Cornell and his distinctive voice still capture the heart of the million fans of his former bands until today. Even with his solo career the fans embrace his past two solo albums, Euphoria Morning (1999) and Carry On (2007). But with the release of his latest and third solo album called Scream the fans have mixed reaction. Unlike the past two solo albums Cornell changes track from alternative rock to R&B, pop and electronic. The album is produced by Timbaland and JRoc which notably influences Chris Cornell’s new music preferences.

Scream is released last March 10, 2009 and debut at #10 on the Billboard 200 but it drops 55 places on the second week. The drop on sales is due to the mixed reception of Cornell’s fans and critics reviews. In Metacritic the album received 42/100 which is based on 19 reviews of mainstream critics and 3.5 out of 10 from users review.

I am not a huge fan of Chris Cornell and I only became a fan when he front Audioslave. I’m not a pro to discuss the past and present Chris Cornell because I rarely listen to his past recordings. For me, Scream is not a bad album or what others called a piece of shit. If you will listen to the whole album you will notice that Cornell’s trademark is all over it and it’s a feel good music. Most of the fans wants to hear Cornell to sing Soundgarden, Temple of the Dogs and Audioslave music where they are inclined to which is rock and don’t want any other genre like R&B on their music library. Real fans appreciate every music their favorite artist makes but like other said you cannot please everybody.  

Travian New Server for .ph

May 29, 2009

Today is the launch of the newest server for the Philippine version of Travian.Travian is an award-winning German massively multiplayer online browser-based strategy game developed by Travian Games Gmbh (Wikipedia). There are currently 2 servers on .ph that are in normal server speed, s1 and s2 which stands for server 1 and server 2.

The new server (s3) will be using the new version T3.5. This new version will features new buildings, artifacts, new resource field combination, new icons and buttons and more comfortable map. New buildings include Brewery (for Teutons), Horse watering place (for Romans) and Trapper (for Gauls).

 Register at s3.travian.ph

 

 

Trash Talking

May 28, 2009

Hi! Welcome to Trash Talk.

What is Trash Talk?

According to Wikipedia, Trash-talk is a form of boast or insult commonly heard in competitive situations (such as sports events). It is often used to intimidate the opposition, but can also be used in a humorous spirit. Trash-talk is often characterized by hyperbolic, figurative language, e.g., “Your team can’t run! You run like honey on ice!” Puns and other wordplay are commonly used. However, citing information about a rival’s weaknesses would not be characterized as trash-talk, but could be described as a “discussion topic” (which might foster a trash-talk situation)

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