Happy Birthday Johnny Cash

Were he still alive, today would have been Johnny Cash’s 78th birthday. Here’s a track for the man in black. Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues (Live at Folsom Prison)

Ke$ha, Sans Dollar Sign, Sings “Karma Police”

Sheena Beaston tweeted this about an hour ago, and it’s going to be hitting the bigger blogs very shortly so I’m posting it now too. Apparently in 2000, a 13-year old named Kesha Sebert, now better known as Ke$ha, performed Radiohead’s “Karma Police” for a talent show. Check the video out below: My only question [...]

Jack’s Mannequin Re-Releasing The Glass Passenger

Usually I don’t blog single news items like this, but I wanted to highlight this one outside its usual place on Monday Nights because a) Jack’s Mannequin is awesome, and b) well…that’s it, really. Alternative Press is reporting that Jack’s Mannequin, the side project from (the newly reunited) Something Corporate frontman Andrew McMahon, is rereleasing [...]

Foo Fighters On Robot Chicken

Last night I debated going to bed early (around midnight, which is early in Collegeland), but decided to hold out an extra 15 minutes when my roommate turned on Robot Chicken. In hindsight, this was a wonderful decision, as the episode I watched contained this sketch: Almost 12 hours later I’m still loving the hell [...]

Rob Swift Builds A Stunning Creation On The Architect

All hyperbole aside, you’ve never heard something quite like The Architect, the twelfth album from turntablist and former X-ecutioner Rob Swift. Sure you’ve seen the components that comprise The Architect before; turntablism, hip-hop and classical music have all been around in some form or other for awhile now. But all three put together? Not so [...]

Monday Night Roundup: Odds, Ends & The Like

Most of what I would normally blog about in this space came in an earlier post, so tonight’s Monday Night Roundup is consisting of the odds and ends that I’ve deemed it important for you to hear. One of the multitude of new “blog bands” that the masses (myself included) have deemed it important for [...]

Broken Social Scene, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Join the Free Music Party

Ever since Thom Yorke and Trent Reznor showed the world that its OK to give away free music once in awhile, everyone’s been trying to get in on the action like Tiger Woods at a sorority house (I promise that’s the last and only Tiger Woods joke I’ll make). As a result, we’ve got two [...]

A Glimpse Into My iPod…

Amidst trying to keep up with every new release worth reviewing and every news story worth discussing, I tend to forget that sometimes it’s important to just tell people about stuff that I’m enjoying. So if you’ll allow me to be so self-indulgent, I’d like to take a chance to do just that right now. [...]

Moment of Zen: A Tribute to Suits and ‘How I Met Your Mother’

OK, so I’m posting this for two reasons: I’ve developed a borderline unhealthy love for How I Met Your Mother. Ask my roommates about it. As I’ve mentioned, I’m in a show right now in which all of the men are in suits for the entire show. I’ve hereby deemed the contents of this post [...]

Adventures in Top 40 Returns to Its Roots

For this week’s edition of Adventures in Top 40, we decided to go back to the place where it all began; Top 40 radio. Since internet radio has proven a bit more friendly than the terrestrial stuff, this week’s venture took place on Yahoo! Music’s “Today’s Big Hits” section. How did it play out? Well, [...]