MASTODON HAVE NO RESPECT FOR KWANZAA
Friday, November 13th, 2009 at 12:30pm by Vince Neilstein
So I’m reading all about the “Royal Edition” of Mastodon’s Crack the Skye that’s coming out just in time for the holidays, and the above graphic from their website took me by surprise. Shipping deadlines not just for Christmas, but for Hanukkah! How considerate of those fine, southern gentlemen. I guess they want our Jew money, too.
About that Royal Edition, it’s pretty much just a repackaging of Crack the Skye with gold foil artwork and a “full-length Crack the Skye score.” I can’t find a description anywhere of what the hell that score actually is, but I’m guessing it’s the visual accompaniment the band’s been projecting on a screen behind them during their live shows. While I love Mastodon and I love Crack the Skye, I can’t see myself laying down $40 for an album I already have… and neither should you, considering there’s another awesome release coming out that same day that’s only going to cost $5!
-VN
The score edition is the all instrumental version of the album. No vocals. I got it for preordering CTS on iTunes, and I enjoy it
Mastodon without vocals is the only way they’re tolerable. And I have no respect for Kwanzaa either.
I would like to think it would be the stuff they have been showing at the concerts. I saw them wednesday night and my friend and I both said how fuckin trippy those videos are
how would a score be the “visual accompaniment”? when you score movies, it’s adding music. it’s the instrumentals that you would have gotten for pre-ordering on Itunes.
Yeah, you guys are dumb.
My thoughts precisely.
Of course they want your Joo money. But, I know the joke will secretly be on them because I’m sure you have scheme to get the money back and into your banks, or Joe Lieberman’s pockets.
HAHAHAHA!!!!! This is the funniest thing I’ve read on this site this week.
It’s funny because it’s true. Those people LOOOVVVE money, and hate, HATE to part with it….unless they are guaranteed somekind of return on their investment.
To be fair, I can’t picture anyone saying “This Kwanzaa buy your baby’s mama a copy of ‘Crack The Skye’.”
CrAnk dat shit!!
How the fuck do you celebrate Kwanzaa ??? Hoot a call to your fellow pigmoids in the bush and throw spears at the sky ??
This thing is fucking retarded. I bought the first stupid CD package they did and it cost WAY too much money. This version doesn’t even have the making-of DVD, does it?
Stupid stupid stupid. Lame Album.
And yes, I AM bitter.
Kwanzaa isn’t even a real holiday.
Where is Kwanzaabot when you need him?
An instrumental is not a score
So is Kwanzaa that made-up holiday that black people invented?
I’d rather spend 40 more bucks on Mastodon than 5 on your crappy release…