None More Black
It’s so black, it’s like, how much more black can it be?
The Answer is none.
None more black.
And I have just found out there is a band called None More Black
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Hamid Temmar Will Eat Your Soul
My new friend Mr Lady has challenged me to a battle of the bands. She knows not what righteous force of blood curdling death metal she is dealing with or should would have never made such a dire mistake. The sheer force of Drago Slay’s drums will destroy her eardrums in a sonic assault on the mind. Vlad Drac’s seering vocals will poison her blood stream and corrupt her thoughts till utter destruction is the only action she is capable of. Vgol Shredsalot will rip a hole in eternity with his guitar while vaporizing her soul. And let us not forget Corporal Destructo on bass who’s voluminous weight is only matched by that of the moons of Saturn or his thundering bass. She will be DECIMATED by our new album.
To see how this album was made look after the jump.
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2007: The Year In Music
According to last.fm these are the bands that I listened to most during 2007. There are a few bands that were also on last years list, namely Ween and Modest Mouse, however both have slid down in there positioning.
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1. Wolfie
2. Rainer Maria
3. Carissa’s Wierd
4. Ween
5. Mindless Self Indulgence
6. Modest Mouse
7. The Softies
8. Tool
9. The Beatles
10. Pink Floyd
Below is a wave graph of the top 75 artists that I listened to over the last year (click for a larger image). It’s a great way to visualize the trends in my listening habits throughout the year. And it sure is purty.
And these are the songs I listened to most:
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1. Modest Mouse – Float On
2. Beastie Boys – Son of Neckbone
3. Modest Mouse – Medication
4. Sufjan Stevens – John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
5. Cat Power – Remember Me (eMusic Solo Version)
6. Wreckless Eric – Whole Wide World
7. Control Freq – Sweetest Day (radio mix)
8. Rainer Maria – Planetary
9. Digable Planets – Nickel Bags
10. Donavon Frankenreiter – Move By Yourself
I don’t think I went to enough concerts this year to complete a top 10 list so I’ll settle for a top three. Here they are (with links to what I thought about them):
1. Manu Chao/Gogol Bordello
2. Widespread Panic / DJ Logic
3. Beastie Boys
If you’re curious, here is a link to my music stats during 2006.
I’m always trying to discover new music so please go ahead and friend me over at last.fm
Wednesday’s Wonderful World Of Wikipedia: Free Bird
Free Bird and everthing you never wanted to know about it is the Wednesday’s Wonderful World of Wikipedia link for this week.
Wednesday’s Wonderful World Of Wikipedia: Pompatus
Some people call me the space cowboy.
Yeah! Some call me the gangster of love.
Some people call me Maurice,
‘Cause I speak of the pompatus of love.
And as a result, I now have this movie on my netflix list. More of Wednesday’s Wonderful World of Wikipedia.
Top Eternal Questions In Popular Music
Top eternal questions in popular music.
232. Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near?
99. Hello – is it me you’re looking for?
486. Do you like pina coladas?
231. Why Can’t I Be You?
403. Annie are you ok?
156. Are you gonna go my way?
72. Who wrote the book of love?
239. Who can it be knocking at my door?
326. Is she really going out with him?
424. Why, why, why, does he do me that way?
546. Are you surprised when I touch the dwarf inside?
Whatcha Whatcha Whatcha Want?
Caught a great Beastie Boys show at Red Rocks last night. I was pretty impressed with the whole crew but it was Mix Master Mike that blew me out of the water. He made each of their songs sound brand spankin’ new. Even instantly recognized songs like “No Sleep Till Brooklyn” were reworked with different beats to create a song that was fresh yet familiar. You can tell the boys were having a lot of fun and relishing their time on stage and that can really make or break a show to me.
I also forgot to mention I was in Salt Lake last week for business and got to stay at the wonderful Snowbird Cliff Lodge. I also made my first ever visit to an Ikea store. To describe it in a word – overwhelming.
Wednesday’s Wonderful World Of Wikipedia: Mr. Yuk
Do you remember Mr. Yuk? I sure do. We had him plastered to cleaning product bottles under my kitchen sink as a child. I knew not to drink stuff with Mr. Yuk on the bottle – but apparently not everyone kid did. The campaign was considered ineffective. I didn’t know (until now), however, that Mr Yuk had a theme tune.
Workin’ It!
These girls are WORKIN’ IT.
I created this video last night. The music is a song called “Zukunft” by the Estonian band Fuck Yuo I Am A Robot, which I also discovered while surfing around the web last night. Fuck Yuo I Am A Robot’s newest release “Compensator For The Accelerator” is available for download for free (as in beer) on their website, which, of course, is worth an additional 100 cool points. Their cover art states:
We praise the mp3 for giving the creative mind an opportunity to unleash itself from the established hierarchies of music distribution and bypass spoonfeeding by opinion leaders.
The website also contains a .pdf download of the cover and CD art that actually folds into a sleeve that will protectively hold your newly burnt disk. Anyways, cool music, nice design, and great attitude.
The video is of Gwen Verdon (Cacoon anyone?) shaking it to a dance choreographed by her husband, the talented Bob Fosse. The original dance was choreographed to a song called “Mexican Breakfast” by Pat Williams. As you can see Gwen really knew how to move and Fosse was way ahead of his time. Seriously, did Bob Fosse invent the bootyquake? Now go rent “All That Jazz” and “Caberet”, or just watch these videos.
As a bonus, here are three additional Fuck Yuo I Am A Robot songs:
Fuck Yuo I Am A Robot – Nina Robots That Shoot Laser Beams And Stuff
Fuck Yuo I Am A Robot – The Ride Ripoff
Fuck Yuo I Am A Robot – T.A.T.U. Remix