New Linkin Park song "New Divide" off the new Transformers movie soundtrack (I saw a live cut of it on Paris Hilton's silly reality show):

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What *I* see and hear in that? Is that the '80s are BACK, baby! There were *keyboards* onstage. This is a straight up '80s Power Ballad. Like Europe meets Van Halen meets Bon Jovi meets ( Read more... )

Sideline: My husband is driving me crazy. His project is over and he's home now awaiting news from work (of which there has been none at all). It's made my schedule even more out of whack, plus he's stressed and hair-trigger-temper-y and generally I just wish he had an office to go to. We do well as a couple when we have personal space. Lots of ( Read more... )

I've been earwormed hard and fierce for the last week or two with Christopher Cross' "Ride Like the Wind", and, dammit, I don't actually have a copy. YouTube doesn't have the studio version up anywhere, just concert footage (wherein Cross sounds like he's singing "rat like the ween").

I think I may just have to break down and buy the darn CD.

I've fallen absolutely in love with this band and this song:

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(I'm also entranced by the dark-haired singer/dancer. She's lovely, sensual but powerful. I wish I could be like that ( Read more... )

Talking to Rob about this Palin mess made us remember an old Genesis (my favorite band!) video from the '90s called "Jesus He Knows Me", a parody of televangelists. So, for anyone nostalgic or anyone who hasn't had the pleasure...

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I'm also declaring this Kill Dictatorial False Prophets Weekend. If I end up playing video games with hildy on Saturday, ( Read more... )

Anyone else like to go wiki-surfing? You start off linked to some article on Wikipedia, then end up in some really weird place because you've been link-jumping? I could read that damned site for hours. And have, on many occasions. A couple of days ago, I ended up looking at lists of '80s songs by year, and found an entry for Rush's "Red Barchetta" ( Read more... )