Thursday, October 9th, 2008
I didn’t say it would be every day, did I?
My Zune has been looping Death Magnetic for the entire week. It’s fantastic.
I’m by no means a hardcore ripped jeans, wallet chain, and goatee Metallica fan, but I do have the utmost respect for Master of Puppets. This album is probably my second or third favorite [...]
Saturday, September 6th, 2008
Master of Puppets - Great album, or (one of the) greatest album(s)?
Livemetallica.com has put up 20 free shows, from 1982-2003. All fo’ free.
As a music fan and lover of downloading music, I find this both exhilarating and ironic - it wasn’t long ago that Metallica was leading a charge of sorts against online music downloading.
Monday, August 11th, 2008
That’s a bummer, man.
Police were called after his wife found him unconscious next to a moving treadmill. He was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Hayes, a flamboyant, deep-voiced performer, won an Oscar for the 1971 hit Theme From Shaft.
He was perhaps better known to a younger audience as the voice of Chef from [...]
Sunday, August 10th, 2008
Today marks the sixth year anniversary of Widespread Panic’s guitarist Michael Houser’s death. Widespread still tours, although with a different guitarist, and as good as they still sound, they’re nothing like they were when Mike was playing the lead. Above is a clip from Halloween 2000, called “Suprise Valley”. Even if he’s not the flashiest [...]
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
My favorite part of the summer months is the abundance of multi artist music festivals that take place throughout the east coast.
At the end of May, I spent some time in upstate New York at the Mountain Jam IV festival. It was a blast - although I was slightly dissapointed with the overall lineup throughout [...]