Category Music

Arrrrrrrgh! Curses!

What is it with friends’ weddings? Gah! Looks like I’m going to have to miss yet another U2 concert because of one. Thanks, Brad, thanks Andy. Can’t you guys get ESP and sanity check your wedding days for potential U2…

Just So I Don’t Suffer Alone

If, like me, you couldn’t get the song the Numa Numa kid was singing out of your head, then you’ll be pleased to know that the group that originally performed the song has their own website with a Real Media…

Nostalgia-Inducing Music

I’ve had an on-again, off-again relationship with remixed video game music. Back in college, before MP3s had really and truly taken root in the collective American media consumer psyche, there were many young artists providing MIDI remixes of some of…

Things That Make You Go “Hmmmmm.”

This article raises an extremely interesting question, namely: what, pray tell, constitutes the best Jewel concert ever? I, for one, would have enjoyed the sight of a hopped-up folk singer lambasting her fans for being fat, drunk and stupid.

Musical Notes

I’ve recently added two albums to my “Listening” queue (over to the right) and both come highly recommended. First off is Since I Left You by the Avalanches. Taken individually, each of the songs can be mildly amusing, with the…

Curse You, Jack Black!

Curse you and your infernal School of Rock! For lo, now unto every hearing of Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant’s Song am I forced to mentally add a picture of your “Mystery Machine”-esque van flying down the road, smoke billowing in its…

Assorted Reviews

[Originally created a week ago and just completed/posted today] I haven’t blogged in a while, so I thought I would run down some of the excellent media experiences I’ve encountered recently. Jak II. Extremely entertaining. Mix the first J&D game…