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If you cheered Rick Astley's resurgence on the Internet, and wondered why he gets so much disrespect, as I did, perhaps you don't remember 1987 when Stock Aitken Waterman released a bunch of identical hits that make you get really sick of synth trumpets.

When you first start Wii Music, one of the songs that is already unlocked is "Daydream Believer" by the Monkees, who started their career also pretending to play their instruments.

I just saw the Wii Music preview. YouTube: drums and then sax, sax and then full bandThe drums looked neat, and sounded great. I've played the Guitar Hero drums, and it's fun, though I didn't quite get used to the bass pedal's placement. And it's a large, cumbersome thing to have lying around the place. This looks like a good lightweight ( Read more... )

Rush's appearance on the Colbert Report reminded me of a great local band I saw by accident once: Freewill, a Rush tribute band ( Read more... )

I was listening to a mariachi version of Man Eater on the Adam Carolla show this morning, and I realized that for 2008, we need a mariachi rickroll ( Read more... )

I was listening to the soft rock/smooth jam at CVS Pharmacy just now. There's a song called "Baby I Love Your Way" or something like that ( Read more... )

Hung Dynasty wasn't the only band to record a live show recently. Limozeen's Atlanta show is now up on YouTube. How many wigs can Matt Chapman change into?

Officially, the Hung only recorded audio, and as a result, Ill Wind is now on the official Hung Dynasty page.

Surprisingly to me, neither band kas yet booked a gig inside the Large Hadron ( Read more... )

It's almost 1am again and I'm not ready to sleep yet, so I'll post.

Last night was a much needed Hung Dynasty show. I saw the band, and some familiar people who I've seen at other shows, and a couple of new fans. atillathehung even helped me with a minor bike problem that had just befallen me. Thanks, Bicycle Repair Man ( Read more... )

I decided to try and re-ignite one of my favorite hobbies from college.  So I picked up my guitar, plugged it into the amp, and played a few chords ( Read more... )