A Tribute to Ms. Amanda F. Palmer

Yes, I know that I already wished Amanda Palmer a happy birthday today. But I just read her blog, and felt that a follow-up post was necessary. In the aforementioned blog, Palmer said (I like to quote her because her words are far more interesting than mine): NOW. lots of you have asked me WHAT [...]

Album A Day: Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger

When I listen to Badmotorfinger, I sort of understand why some older Soundgarden fans are so put off by what Chris Cornell has done with himself in the last decade. Like my friend Justin says, Cornell can sing the paint off the walls, and even though he’s still doing that (albeit with some help from [...]

Happy Birthday Amanda Palmer!

Today marks Dresden Dolls singer Amanda Palmer’s 33rd birthday, so wishes for a happpy one to her. You can follow her on twitter is you want to know how she’s spending her birthday. I advise you do, as she is awesome. The Dresden Dolls – Shores of California [iTunes] (YSI) ==TJ==

Album A Day: TRUSTcompany – The Lonely Position of Neutral

When I bought this album way back in 2002, it didn’t leave my CD player for nearly a month. I traded in the disc ages ago and just recently re-obtained it from a friend, and today enjoyed a brief little bit of nostalgia. In spite of a fairly cool band name, there’s very little to [...]

Apropos of Almost Nothing…

I was avoiding doing work a few minutes ago by hanging out on the virtual streetcorner of 140 character goodness that is Twitter. My friend SOflix offered up the following thought: You may listen to music all the time, but when was the last time you danced, care-free, to it? There you go, just something [...]

Album A Day: Creed – Human Clay

Today’s Album A Day comes as a result of the announcement yesterday that Creed will be reuniting for a two-month American tour and a new album, their first since 2003. Since I’m fairly certain most people reading this just burst into flames or spit blood or something to that effect, allow me to take the [...]

Leak Alert: New Green Day Breaks Loose Early

UPDATE 4/29/09 11:54 AM: I’m calling shenanigans. I’ve been searching since this story went up last night, and I’ve yet to come up with anything real. The way I see it right now, either the album never leaked and the report I saw was someone’s wishful thinking, or the album did leak and a) Warner [...]

The Meaning of Life, Presented By Dave Grohl

There’s a motivational poster that says that the meaning of life is a painting of Christopher Walken building Optimus Prime. Those who follow the teaching of Douglas Adams would tell you its 42. Right now, I think Music Induced Euphoria has taught me why life is worth living with this mp3 of Foo Fighters singer [...]

Album A Day: Innerpartysystem – Innerpartysystem

1000 points to whoever first tells me the book from whence Innerpartysystem gets its name (now’s your chance to shine, all ye English majors). One of the ongoing screenplays I’m writing is about to introduce a girl into electronic dance music, and I’m trying to figure out what song is blasting through her headphones when [...]

Album A Day: Duffy – Rockferry

So when I devised this project, I forgot to account for days and weeks like this one, where I have final papers and exams looming and limited amounts of spare time. That explains why this entry (and probably some subsequent entries this week) will seem half-assed. I apologize for gypping my loyal readers in this [...]