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2011 YEAR IN REVIEW

@ Molly-Rose. @Hitch Fan. @ Raccoon Society,
Hey Hitch Fan & Raccoon Society, Hey Molly-Rose :)
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I perused a quote about reason and faith, here, so just wanted to leave a quick insight. Times still ticking. So, get ready, like the countdown goes, remember get your dose of Caffeine and ample supply ready, time is here and now, handy keys to the DeLorean, ready, count it down .... 4,3... is seven,2,1... twenty-one go!
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Bringing in “reason” as a debatable perspective is an arbitrary moot inception of hanging on over a cliff after getting caught in suspended animation. In earnest, I’d rather crony up with a like-minded anarchist that befuddles the imposition-ers of faith is somehow equatable to ever be torn asunder by absence of reason as a supposed and dull exploitive of why not to have faith or presumes faith constraints reason. How tired and bored is that perspective, faith is sans reason, etcetera, as how tired and uninspired the word medley of “how tired and uninspired” is in a sentence. Truly, think, open-mindedly, if you are going to stand to incept reason into the mixture.
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Faith is not constraint of reason. Human expectations are the constraint of reason. When you expect an outcome, expecting defies the natural progression of reason and the possibilities of reason, cause and natural common-sense by reason. Esp if an expectation is only geared or rendered for a specific outcome that is meant to propagate a furnished idea – that is what constraints reason and undermines reason. Faith itself is not a constraint in and of itself.

Faith scrutinizes reason in the same manner that reason scrutinizes faith. Even if you are construing my comments in a sense of Biblical faith, (my own affections on Faith is, faith is faith, regardless of own individual’s personal sentiments) it should be applied to bare it as a pertinent truth of your conscience, if it is in tune with your own accordance of Faith. The insight is similar of a notion and passage Mat Devine shared in a previous entry, from the Bible in 1 Thessalonians “"Test all things and cling to that which is good." 1 Thes. 5:2
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The insight is, by mere contemplative states of the least of reality that is truly, utterly, ever known or knowable is dependent upon the realization those that follow the limited intelligence of humanity are no different or variable than those who believe in an infinite power or being. Except, that, the latter ones are not contained w/ limits of other people’s interpretations as to what the individual(s) believe or have faith in believing. In other words, of course, there is an open defiance of censorship. As the effect of censorship in many formulations is non-productive or progressive, plus attempts to suppress individuality and environmental compatibility and functionality. Individuals have an innate right and will, to believe / have faith in what sets their own life in accord with how they truly feel and be able to live according to a sound in-tact own conscience. The utopic is it ought to be a morally/ethically approach that is not projecting undue negative renderances into another person’s life. Give and take , choose battles, our world is further everyday from a utopia considering the majority has shunned itself to ignoring the dystopic qualties that are here right now and that media at large has veiled in elaborate dunce cap shrouding that dystopic societies are in the future although the dystopic future written about as Fiction is actually happening now. If you need hot lead dead giveaway tell-tale, read the Hunger Games. Reality shows and a corresponding match like Survivor and the way our governments handle it citizens and slowly revolve into revolutions is starkly illuminating in contrast to what science and governments would sooner have you believing recently. Citric awakening happens, just like heads up 7-up, goes round by round like kisses on the forehead of what you’re willing to fight for and go to battle.
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Morning tune ready for the day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSkb0kDacjs
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Personally, I think, plus, prefer, to be limitless w/ willingly choosing to have faith in an infinite that harkens possibilities that exuberate all realities and endless potential for the greater good and bless those who are willing with talents that incorporate into their environments rather than something that devoids humanity of its own existence and destroying itself within by the contraptions of limiting itself like is so often seen and has already been duly established by the acts of science and people having a follow mentality to the state of science and scientists own propulsions of ideas and constructed basis’s that are feasibly assembled for mass production to the herd mentality that those of lower I.Q’s or sheer follow mentality will gobble up without having to test and proof it and prove that the theory itself or basis of scientific belief is sketchy. Esp taking into vantage perspective, equal opportunity intelligent licensures that can compute the information readily on-hand and disseminated to be shredded apart by the citizens sans academic luxury degrees handling inspecting statistics, quantities and exacts, in other words, the scientific misnomers blatantly compiled as derivations alleged to be fact sans exact intricate intra-acted ways of actually testing and provable.
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Thus this ///.... “"Faith is the surrender of the mind; it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other mammals. It's our need to believe, and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me." ~ Christopher Hitchen ...////
The quoted sentiment is also a mentality that ought be evenly distributed and thus applied to science in the same rigor of scrutiny; otherwise, science in a whole would be an easily reasonable standing on reason sham completely. People whom fully put their faith (be earnest and real, that that’s what is happening) into science, as a bunch of atheists often do blindly, are, again, as I wrote briefly to “Fellow Heathen” no different than the people they claim they are different from whom have faith including certain atheists that are attempting to devalue those individuals whom believe faith in God or deity/deities, et al. So, let’s prevent the ostracization by some ethos that eludes incorporating the fragility of the argument done towards only shunning the hypocrisy of its actions in statement, as is clear with the ///....“Of all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated.”...//// bit of the quote. Anyone with a brain embedded permeating reason plus own foresight is able to tear it tinker tape red, pulling apart the fallibility of the application of exclusion. So, well, let’s say it for what it is, for those who may get a bit riled or bewildered by the notion that that Hitchens quote has to be able to stand soundly to its own accord and then some to win over anything in such a debatable topic of query. Which whoever posted it aka the person behind “Hitch Fan” left it to, what is surmised as an attempted permissive gainer for something it isn’t rather than be seen for what it is. It is what it is; so let it stand to be, and let it be what it is.

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So, what to do, what to do…carry a smile, just smile at all times, esp. smitten. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKrbAUjBbvU&ob=av2e
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Charles Kingsley, said, ///....“And we shall be made truly wise if we be made content; content, too, not only with what we can understand, but content with what we do not understand—the habit of mind which theologians call—and rightly—faith in God.”...////
If you consider the application of – ///....“we shall be made truly wise if we be made content; content, too, not only with what we can understand, but content with what we do not understand”...//// – you would sooner or later come to deriving the conclusion, if you apply it to theologians that it would then need fairly be dispersed to be applied to scientists and science’s schematics, as well.
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Since, yes, a bunch did catch the flip-syde subtleties and am no longer so-so much M.I.A on-the-grid stats as prior (except at a backwards C//S, let those bones right ;) and sticking true and loyal to odes n’ codes Patrick Henry stylistic lovers “Give me Liberty or Give me death” stance of a prose writer and a bit of an unconventionalist, by art and its unconfined nature, I’d rather par up with movers and doers and standers, with the following quotes. As, this vantage scope of the playing field is where and why art comes into play and tests the grounds. Art endures. Art offers the companionship of the formidable connections of now, urgency and longevity. Legacy – such a regale atoning attenuation intonation inflection to the word while delivering an infliction to naysayers. Cruxly, appropos, regardless, if all there is, is this, every day, every time, I’d rather know within all is aligned in my soul anytime death knocks. Just, must gotta have something to share and faith upon for all those marvelous and wonder-filled death feats after-all. Nil sin Numine.
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Maybe humanities’ expectations need to be readjusted? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO1OV5B_JDw
“Skepticism Is The Beginning Of Faith.” ~ Oscar Wilde
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///....“In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.”...//// ~ Blaise Pascal
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///....“I heard once of an American who so defined faith, "that faculty which enables us to believe things which we know to be untrue." For one, I follow that man. He meant that WE SHALL HAVE AN OPEN MIND, AND NOT LET A LITTLE BIT OF TRUTH CHECK THE RUSH OF THE BIG TRUTH, like a small rock does a railway truck. WE GET THE SMALL TRUTH first. Good! We keep him, and we value him, BUT ALL THE SAME WE MUST NOT LET HIM THINK HIMSELF ALL THE TRUTH IN THE UNIVERSE.”...//// ~ Bram Stoker, Dracula
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///....“We fall from womb to tomb, from one blackness and toward another, remembering little of the one and knowing nothing of the other...except through faith.”...////~ Stephen King
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///....“That in such righteousness /// To them by faith imputed they may find ///
Justification towards God, and peace /// Of conscience.”...//// ~ John Milton
Ciao.
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NL7, hi-5alive! on January 25, 2012 at 04:11 PM
2011 YEAR IN REVIEW

Mat I recently started my GCSEs and I'm stressing out so much. I've only had two exams so far and they were Maths and History. I have to resit my maths because I didn't get a C and I think I have failed my history exam.
I learned today that you have to get at least a C in Maths, English and Science to be able to get into sixth form and I started crying because I don't think I'll be able to get into sixth form now. But to be able to do what I want when I'm older I'll need to go.

Becky on January 24, 2012 at 03:59 PM
2011 YEAR IN REVIEW

Hey Mat! I think you might find this interesting.. Especially the lack of information we've gotten about ACTA.

http://anonops.blogspot.com/2012/01/things-you-need-to-know-about-acta.html

hanners on January 24, 2012 at 10:18 AM
20 QUESTIONS- Lightning Round PART II: My Breakup with Snooki, Marriage, Music, Public Puking and more...

Mat, what do you think a cure for shyness and when you can't say things right around people you like is ?

Valerie on January 21, 2012 at 01:15 AM
2011 YEAR IN REVIEW

Dear Mat,
I am 16 and I've been invited to my mum's best friend's birthday do in April. She's having it in a posh Hotel and Lodge in the countryside and it sounds great! It's strictly 18+ but I've been told I'm allowed to go which is great!
The catch? I have no idea what to wear. It's advised that girls wear address and, after prom, there is no chance in hell that I will be caught wearing a dress! It made me feel so uncomfortable. So, I need your advice. What should I wear? I don't exactly have a lot of money to spend and I don't want to go looking like someone I'm not. Have you any ideas? Oh, I forgot to mention, it's a masquerade so any thoughts on what type of mask I should go for? Thanks Mat, see you in March.

Hannah

Hannah on January 20, 2012 at 04:27 PM

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Ten New Fan Tattoos - From Wisconsin to Sweden

Posted on January 27, 2011 at 11:36 PM

Martin Luther King, Jr. is quoted as saying, "Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted."

I think he would have enjoyed hanging with our fans.

It goes without saying that we feel greatly complimented whenever we see ink dedicated to the band, but you may not know quite how much it means to me.

Being a textbook case, a card-carrying victim of Seasonal Affective Disorder, there are certain low moments in the winter when I can be found indisposed in the corner of some crooked cafe, contemplating faking my own kidnapping-- looking online at the cost of one-way chartered passage via cargo ship to the Stone Forests of Madagascar-- slumping over my Blackberry researching maritime law, extradition, and the strength of U.S. dollars to Malagasy Francs--

During these short episodes I try to remember Denzel Washington's advice from Training Day: "Breathe, dog, breathe" - of course that was just after he'd shot the guy in the sternum-- Point being, nothing elevates my mood faster than a spirited display of dedication from a fan--- I save a lot of those email attachments, and I'd like to say thank you, and to share some of the recent ones that I happen to have handy:

Lisa Humphrey - Santa Rosa, CA. Sniper Heart and Butterfly Bleeding Ink

Emelie Andersson - Gotenborg, Sweden - from Lyric from Unparalyzed

Vinny Darby - Dale City, Virginia - Lyric from No One Dreams Anyway

SamanthaGordon - Toronto, Canada - Lyric from Unparalyzed

William Locklear - Fremont, Ca. - Lyric from Raining All the Time

Joey Domina - Sparta, MI. Sniper Heart w Bullet Holes

Timothy Davis - Chicago, IL. - Sniper Heart

Kristen Schiltz - Wisconsin -Sniper Heart

Ali Radosevich - Chicago,IL. - Lyric from The Chase

Ariel Quarto - RoyalOak, Mi. - Sniper Heart

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PROMISE ME. PROMISE ME NOW. PROMISE ME. PROMISE ME NOW.

Posted on January 18, 2011 at 01:30 PM

* Digital single with exclusive bonus content coming soon! Follow @KillHannah to find out when.

* Subscribe to the channel for lots more content

* Direct links to the video--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8HaKOfXTJU and http://vimeo.com/18902981

* Share it everywhere using the link: http://bit.ly/PMvid

STATEMENT FROM THE BAND:

Promise Me is the most honest, deeply personal song we have ever released. Stylistically, it doesn’t fit anywhere on the album, so we put on LAST. It has no drumbeat, no guitar, no bass, and no bombastic “radio-friendly” chorus. It’s sparse and eerie and sad.

It was the LAST track anyone at the label ever thought could be a “single”. The fans, though, have REFUSED to let it go unnoticed. In the months since Wake Up the Sleepers was released, we’ve received more heartfelt feedback, worldwide, about Promise Me than ANY other song on the record.

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People who only know Kill Hannah from songs like Lips Like Morphine or Kennedy may not realize that the band formed in a college dormroom over a decade ago. At that time, all we had was a tiny core of weird fans, and access to the gear in the Film Dept at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Before we were ever concerned with the politics of record labels, radio or touring, we were recording 10-minute shoegazer-y sound “pieces” and cutting them to grainy, independent art films on Super8. Not only do we look back on those days with a lot of pride, but after 7 years of relentless international touring, we found ourselves NEEDING to get back to that simpler, uncorrupted state of mind:

Promise Me became the perfect excuse.

There was only one problem: The label refused to fund a video. “It doesn’t make sense… commercially.”

We hung up the phone and called in every favor we possibly could. We assembled a large crew of Chicago’s most talented, pyromaniac friends to donate their time-- And over the course of 48 hours we marched all over the most dangerous neighborhoods in the city… without permits.

So, in the end, not only is this my favorite Kill Hannah video for my favorite Kill Hannah song, but it has also become a SYMBOL-- for how, without any help from the “music industry”, good people can get together and pull off a wild achievement.

Thank you to all in Chicago who got involved; Those who got cut and bruised and burned, for the sake of friendship…

AND, most of all, THANK YOU to the fans… For reminding us WHO WE ARE, and for refusing to let us take the most predictable path.

Audaci Favet Fortuna

Mat

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EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE: Kill Hannah 'Promise Me' Video Shoot - BEHIND THE SCENES - parts 1-3

Posted on January 14, 2011 at 03:04 PM

Get ready. The OFFICIAL Kill Hannah Promise Me music video comes out TUESDAY, JAN 18! In the meantime, please enjoy these EXCLUSIVE Behind-the-Scenes clips! xo

PART 1

PART II

PART 3

SHOT BY TOMMY P SCHLACKS | EDITED BY TITANIC SINCLAIR and MARS ARGO

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Dear Mom. Part 1.

Posted on January 10, 2011 at 12:46 PM

Dear Mom,

That squirrel that hung out at my window on Xmas? The one I thought was so cute? Turns out it's a total asshole.

Do you realize, he only eats Japanese organic raw 'nonpareil' almonds now? I thought I was giving him something special these last few days-- Turns out the rest of 10014 has been treating this fucker to the high life for years. Won't even touch my 'Mountain Blueberry' flax clusters!

I sat on the fire escape like a godamn idiot this morning, waiting 10min for His Highness to meander over to me-- I had to gain his trust and all that-- the ritual--hopping closer , closer, closerrrr. Me saying "Hiiiiii budddyyyyy--" in a high-pitched wuss voice. Then, he sniffs my offering, finds it lacking, and bounds off. Believe that shit?

Now I actually find myself in some boutique nut store on Madison Ave, totally emasculated, looking for some fucking expensive seed 'dusted with Essence of Elderflowers' that some barefoot centurion sherpa hand-picked off an ancient Bonsai tree on the top of Mt Fuji or whatever.

I know I know-- I haven't even had "one free moment" to send Xmas cards to Sarah or Bek yet-- but that's what makes me mad. I feel like this fluffy vermin somehow made me his bitch. (sorry. 'patsy'.) Call me later? XO mat

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Top 25 YouTube Clips I Watched in 2010

Posted on January 3, 2011 at 05:42 AM

Like you, I happily bombarded my retinas with thousands of YouTube videos in 2010.

Generally, I ascribe the word "GREAT" to those select clips which either moved me emotionally, inspired me artistically, or enlightened me intellectually.

Those even rarer clips to which I'll bestow "CLASSIC" status, however, have reliably emerged under one of two even more distinguished categories:

1. Animal Antics

2. Stupid People Getting Fucked

The 25 i’ve compiled here cover the full spectrum. It's a New Year's peace offering-- a cheap Olive Garden appetizer to those loyal Raccoons who've been waiting vigilantly for me to finish cooking up something more substantive.

Enjoy. Keep eating your vegetables. Audaci Favet Fortuna.

xo Love, Mat