Category Archives: music n' shit

Music O’ The Day: Metallica’s Death Magnetic

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 [...]

20 Free Live Metallica Shows

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.

Isaac Hayes be real dead at age 65

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 [...]

Michael Houser

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 [...]

Allgood Music Festival 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 [...]