Soundcheck!

Oh, my God! Is it? Is it Tuesday?

You run to the computer, click on the Scumbase tab that is always open on your browser (right?!?) or click on the link in your favorites (at the very least) and come face to face with, zomgz!!1!, the most bestest of the awesomest column in za world, Soundcheck! (I like plugging that in, noticed yet?)

This week, we have a special guest with us. He comes from the far-away land of the Gobbos. He has a way to make some sense when speaking with what we think is half a tongue, and writes with probably only two fingers, one on each hand. He takes mud baths (little creepy crawlers included) and avoid the rain in fear of getting too clean and lose all his credibility. That's right friends, you guessed it, Alyxyn is under the spotlight this week!

Quite a little while ago, two goblins were "performing" to have a baby. Goblins from Gobboland have this way of... well, I won't go into details, but music is usually a good idea, not for the two occupied goblins but for the others walking around and accidentally hearing the thing. Putting the volume to the max, this is what played :

Subconsciously, the two love birds wanted to name the baby Sloopy, but opted for Alyxyn. These days, considering what he does in the bilge, I wonder if Sloopy wouldn't have been appropriate. Well, as they say, the job is hard Alyx, but hang it there. Seeing the video, Alyx isn't the only thing "hanging", if you know what I mean (those crazy 60's), but at least I like how they saw the Baby Love video and decided that instead of paying 30 crappy dancers, they'd pay a single good one with LOOOOTTTSSS of place for her to semi-dance.

Anyway, goblins age really fast. They usually turn 14 when we turn about 6. Then it slows down around 60 and they stay hanging between 80 and 90 for over 30 years, to make sure they are as ugly as possible for as long as possible. Their anatomy, nothing we can do about it. But yea, suddenly, Alyxyn was 14 and a very influencial goblin, listening to :

Well, the #1 song was the live show in Glasgow, in '79. That means I don't have a video to flame, and, well... it's a pretty decent song too so DAMN YOU Alyxyn, and hat's off on your luck. But what he doesn't tell us is that he still can't sleep at night without his own Robo and delicate tuning (listen to the very end).

Then, our little friend turned 21 and could go out in bars and drink his goblin butt off. So he took the opportunity to go to Europe. He went into a hot bar and that's where time stopped and he was all alone with a beauty shining on the dancefloor. Then, the song that will mark his first legal use of liquid courage was live, the girl looking sensually in his direction and seeming to move for him :

He was soon ready to make his move, when he realized the hot girl wasn't looking at him, but at the guy behind him. That guy went over and sweeped the girl away. Alyx will later know that that was Ciciz and Nargoth. And now you know why he can't take his eyes off of Ciciz. Oh and that song's video is also why his choice of colors are always so wrong... and why he dances in clothes shops when he tries the unmatching stuff on. Like ghost shoes... (3:45)

Well, my little gobbo friend, you have a somewhat decent playlist. Nothing major, but nothing toooo lame either. Hehe.

Next week, we'll be delving into the life of one of our top players, r34lg33k!
To all of you wondering what's going on in his little dragonfly-filled head, stay tuned next week as we might make some sense out of it.

Cheers!

(P.S. That last song, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, has been #1 a while here in Quebec recently once the song was remade, revamped and made bilingual. Not sure about it's popularity in other parts of Canada, but here you are, if you want to listen to the new Quebec version :)