The Archives
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02.16.10Quirky Ukulele MusicFor some reason I have really been into quirky ukulele music lately. First it was YouTuber Molly Lewis. She has some awesome videos on YouTube, and has even played with Jonathan Coulton. She has an album on iTunes, and it is definitely worth the $6.93. Then today Motion City Soundtrack’s blog introduced me to the greatness that is Garfunkel and Oats. You can listen to all their songs and watch a bunch of videos on their website. It was another easy iTunes purchase for me.
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07.10.09Green DayNirvana’s album Nevermind changed my life. That one album single-handedly got me listening to tons of amazing lesser known bands. One of those bands was Green Day. Back in 1992 I picked up Kerplunk and was blown away. How could an album this good not get any radio play. That’s when I gave up on the radio. Since that Green Day album was so great I started listening to other bands on Lookout! Records. Screeching Weasel, The Queers, Squirtgun, and Mr. T Experience all suddenly became my favorite bands. Then I got ...
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06.16.09Dinosaur Jr. “Over It”I was a huge Dinosaur Jr. fan in the early 90s, but wasn't much of a fan of their last album they released in 2007. I just watched the video for their new song, "Over It", that is off their new album coming out next Tuesday. I really liked the new song. It sounds like the old Dinosaur Jr. that I use to know and love, just with more gray hairs now. Here's the video. It brought me right back in 1993.
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06.16.09“Weird Al” Yankovic “Craigslist”I have been a "Weird Al" Yankovic fan since first hearing "Eat It" in forth grade. I have pretty much liked everything he had done since. I'm not a big fan of his latest song "Craigslist" though, but it's not his fault. It's a parody of the Doors, and I can't stand the Doors. I can't get over the crappy sound of the Doors to like the song. It's a pretty cool video directed by Liam Lynch though.
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06.14.0910th Anniversary of NapsterI first experienced downloading MP3s back in 1994. Back then it was easy to find copyright infringing MP3s right on the web. The problem was they took forever to download, and took up so much space. Back then a 1 GB hard drive was huge, so 3 and 4 MB files started to add up. I didn’t download too many MP3s back then. CD burners were way to costly, so you pretty much had to sit at your computer to listen to them. Eventually the RIAA and record companies discovered MP3 and started cracking down on ...
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05.28.09Sing It LoudSing it loud are an up and coming Minneapolis band. I have seem them, and they put on a pretty good show. Here they are doing an acoustic version of one of my favorite Jimmy Eat World songs.
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05.15.09Green DayI don’t know what it is, but I still like to buy CDs. I couldn’t tell you the last time that I actually put one in a CD player and played it though. Now days, they just get ripped and put in the closet. Today the piece of plastic I bought was the new Green Day CD. My Green Day tickets also came in the mail today. I have seen them once before, and it was the best concert ever. I had tickets last time they were suppose to place Fargo, but they canceled. ...
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03.17.09Where is the Good MusicMaybe I am just getting old or something, but music lately has really sucked. I haven’t really found anything good lately. The Forever the Sickest Kids album was pretty good. I like the new Sing it Loud, Jack’s Mannequin, and Punchline albums, but I haven’t found anything super amazing is quite some time. The one amazing album that I have discover the past year has been Amanda Palmer’s Who Killed Amanda Palmer. For some strange reason I didn't check it out right when it came out. I wasn’t a huge Dresden Dolls fan, so I ...
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02.20.09What Happened to Good MusicToday would have been Kurt Cobain’s 42nd birthday. It’s crazy that he has been dead for 15 years already. During my junior year of high school this album with a naked baby on it came out. A lot of people didn’t understand it, but I totally got it. It was something different. I totally related to it and it changed my life. That tape was pretty much glued into my tape deck. Not a bad song on it. There isn’t even a mediocre song on it. All were and still are great in ...
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02.09.09Grammys SuckI am a big music fan, but most of the stuff I listen to isn't all that popular. I am kind of clueless when it comes to "mainstream" music. I never listen to music on the radio because most of it is crap. I found out on Twitter that the Grammys were on last night. I couldn't care less to see them. First of all I hate all awards show, and second, I probably don't know much about anybody involved in the awards anyway. On another musical note, I have had this damn song stuck in ...
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02.03.09Amanda PalmerSo have known who Amanda Paler is for quite some time. I never thought to check out her solo album because I was never much of a fan the Dresden Dolls. Today I heard my first Amanda Palmer song and fell in love with it. I think I will be getting her solo album and looking in the Dresden Dolls a little more. Here is the video for the song I heard. Pretty awesome, but something tells me that if MTV played videos these days, they wouldn't play this one. **Update** It's been an Amanda Palmer day for me today. I ...
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01.23.09The Water is so Yellow, I’m a Healthy StudentI have been bad at listening to music lately. I have a stack of CDs that I haven’t listened to yet. I have MP3s that I have bought that I haven’t listened to yet. It’s been a while since I have fell in love with a new band. I must be getting old. A few days ago I came across an awesome cover of the Nirvana song “Drain You” by Straylight Run. I have been a fan of them since the band was formed when John Nolan left Taking Back Sunday. You can ...
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10.28.08MTV MusicYesterday I read about MTV's launch of a new site MTVMusic.com. I didn't think much of it. Whenever I want to watch a music video, I can usually find it on YouTube. Today I was bored enough to check it out. It was actually pretty cool to see a bunch of old videos. I wasted way too much time there. They didn't have a lot of the videos I was looking for yet, but they did have quite a few. It will be my new first stop for music videos. It's like ...
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10.10.08New Motion City Soundtrack VideoA new Motion City Soundtrack video came out today. It is for the acoustic version of "Fell In Love Without You". It's pretty cool seeing Minnesota license plates on the cars. I am guessing the video was shot by a lake somewhere in Minnesota. "Fell In Love Without You" video I can never get enough of this band. I have seen them six times, and can't wait to see them again. Last time we saw them we got to meet the lead singer Justin, and I took a picture of him with my wife, remember? I ...
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10.09.08Weird Al’s Newest SongSo if you haven't heard, Weird Al is going to be releasing his songs online now as he completes them instead of saving them up for an album. Here is his newest song. Supposedly it's a parody, but I have never heard the original. Is the original a popular song? I have no idea. I am a big music fan, but I have no idea with what is going on with mainstream music. In fact I don't think I have ever heard the original from Weird Al's last hit "White & Nerdy", which I think is ...
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