I took a trip to Vancouver and brought back three entrance themes to serve up to you, the reader. All of these songs rule in one way or another. One's got great bass, one's about being metal, and the last one is probably about being metal too.

52 Pickup #9 - "Wizard in Black" - Electric Wizard

52 Pickup #10 - "The Book of Heavy Metal (March of ( Read more... )

They only had hit, but it was a fun one. "Let's Go All the Way" by Sly Fox tap-danced around genres: hip hop, new wave, disco, radio pop, and Latin. Sly Fox was headed by Gary "Muddbone" Cooper from Parliament Funkadelic (George Clinton's band) and studio vocalist Michael Camacho. Cooper's legendary funk status allowed it to get played on black ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I downloaded a compilation of 80's songs that was much different from any 80's collection that I had ever gotten before. usually, you get tons of one hit wonders and a song or two from an artist that transcended the decade and had a hit that was indicative of the decade it was released in. This one had those two, but it also had some ( Read more... )

Sorry for failing to update yesterday - I was very exhausted after a weekend venture into Montreal. This week's entry has a bit of a local flavor to it. About 5 years ago, Derek DuBois (a Cumberland teenager) wrote a song [Related Article] about a substitute high school English teacher to show his friends that he had musical talent after recording ( Read more... )

Number five is "Plowed" by Sponge. Drew Cordeiro has always extolled the virtues of putting songs attached with youth over songs that are critically praised, which is why I'll always like "Dammit" by Blink 182 more than any Tool or Opeth song because I remember liking it during a time when things were a lot simpler. "Plowed" is on the soundtrack to ( Read more... )

This week's song comes with a little bit of a story. One night, Drew and I decided to go to Applebee's because we wanted nachos. After we sat down, we got a phone call from Matt Camp, who later joined us at the dinner table. We got even more company when Mike & Amy decided to get in on the 'noshing. During the dinner, "Your Love" by The Outfield ( Read more... )

My t-shirt came in the mail today:


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This week's musical choice comes from Gary Moore, someone who achieved a large amount of popularity in the UK but remains fairly unknown in the US. Moore was a former member of the British version of Skid Row with Phillip Parris Lynott, and later joined Thin Lizzy ("The Boys Are Back in Town" / "Jailbreak") with him in the 70's. When Thin Lizzy was ( Read more... )

I love this gimmick.

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I'll get right into it - the term blogging should begin and end at gallianoparfait, the livejournal of Gerald DeLuca. Nearly every day before going to work, I wake up to find another awesome anecdote about a variety of topics, from Nutella to the scandalous Father Valentino, Polenta to Condom Entrances, Wieners to the battle of Drew Cordeiro v. Ludwig Von ( Read more... )