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A Post In Which I Address A Radio Station As If It Were A Sentient Being
Now, I’m not the biggest fan of Sting, I’ll admit, but golly, SmoothJazzWJJZOneOhSixPointOnePhiladelphia, did you have to ruin “Fields of Gold” for me for all time by playing that awful Muzak version? And let’s not even talk about that horrific rendition of “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now” that you spewed out across the airwaves this…
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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 concert dates? I mean, c’mon.
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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 video for “Dragostea Din Tei”. If you’re not frightened enough by that, why not check…
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Map Your Musical Tastes
Follow these steps: Head to Music Plasma. Input your favorite band[s]. Navigate to your heart’s content. Repeat as necessary.
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Sometimes You Feel Like An Idiot
…other times, you know you are. Now, I’m not saying that I know this from personal experience, but let’s just take a hypothetical situation: Let’s say that you just saw Shaun of the Dead and really enjoyed it, particularly the scene that took place in The Winchester where the castmembers beat the tar out of…
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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 the greatest video game titles, and Lo! They were Good. However, MIDIs began to lose…
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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.
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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 exception of the one single off the album, “Frontier Psychiatrist.” However, taken as a whole,…
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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 wake! I am ridden with images of your Manny Calavera bobblehead doll (where do you…
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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 with some Grand Theft Auto and you have a compelling gameplay experience. It was so…