Vader On The 1’s And 2’s
Darth Vader: destroyer of worlds, slayer of Jedi, lord of the Sith and purveyor of beats, phat and otherwise. He somehow seems to have grown back both of his hands, though…
Category Music
This Might Be Overstating The Case A Bit
While I was, and remain, a staunch fan of Weird Al’s collected body of masterworks, saying he saved my life might be a bit of an overstatement. I would go so far as to say that he informed my sense…
Inquiring Minds Like Mine Want To Know
A pressing question of great import: What, precisely, defines “Classic Rock”? I ask because 102.9 WMGK, “Philly’s ‘only’ Classic Rock station” plays many, many things I wouldn’t classify as “classic,” let alone “rock.” For instance, while Lynard Skynard and Led…
How Did I Let This One Slip By Me?
Album title: Legion of Boom Artists: The Crystal Method Released: January 13, 2004 I’ve been a Crystal Method fan ever since first hearing Vegas and was a little disappointed in Tweekend, their sophomore effort. Legion of Boom more than makes…
Subatomicglue: Good, Free Music
Looking for some decent music to code to? Sick to death of your current stash of old MP3.com techno? Head over tosubatomicglue and download their music. It’s well done, it’s high energy, it’s entertaining, and did I mention it’s free?…
For Those Of You Looking For A Truly Surreal Listening Experience…
The creators of The Sims have made a bunch of music tracks from the varions Sims titles available. They’re free and they’re a trip to listen to. They feature such Simlish language tracks as the perennial hip hop favorites “Downarown…
A Post In Which I Give Advice To Michael Jackson
Dear Mr. Jackson: If you have a sane bone left in your body (and your in-court appearances call this into question), I implore you to, with all due haste and dilligence, forget everything that Britney Spears might advise you to…
Jinkies, A New RBF Album!
Reel Big Fish, (henceforth: RBF) to put it mildly, tends to rox0r my sox0rs. They served as a “gateway band” for me, opening up my ears to the wonders of the entire genre. Had it not been for RBF (and,…
Update To The Y100 Situation
First, let me get a bit of disclaimer out, in the interest of full disclosure: I am biased in favor of Y100, at least as it used to be. They always treated me well musically, but they also treated me…
Eulogy For Y100
Others have already written on the passing (registration required; just hit BugMeNot for a username/password combo) of Y100 from the radio scene, but I felt it warranted further comment. I’d actually seen this one coming, as an email pointing me…
