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Amanda Palmer
So 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 found out she is on twitter @amandapalmer, and she wrote a lengthy blog post about her video. -
The Water is so Yellow, I’m a Healthy Student
I 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 go to their site to download it for free, or you can listen here.
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MTV Music
Yesterday 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 MTV of the old when they played videos, but this time it’s only the videos you want to see. Cool stuff.
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New Motion City Soundtrack Video
A 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 sure do.
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Weird Al’s Newest Song
So 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 a much better song than this one. Here it is if you don’t remember.
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Crazy CD Prices
So I finally got out and picked up the new Jack’s Mannequin CD today. I swear the record companies are pushing everybody to piracy, or at least online downloads. $18 for a CD is crazy. If it wouldn’t have been Jack’s Mannequin I would have gotten it online instead.
Some bands I just have to have the CD, others I download from Amazon, and if it’s a band that I don’t know much about, but want to hear them, I will torrent it. Then if I like it I buy it, and if not, I don’t listen to it. Most of what I listen to isn’t mainstream, so I support them as much as possible, but the price of CDs is sure getting outrageous.
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Tumbledown “Lonesome”
I have yet another new music video to share with you. This time it’s the only “Country” band that I like, if you can call it country. They do, but I’m not so sure about that. It’s Tumbledown, the country side project of Mike Herrera from MXPX.
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Jack’s Mannequin “The Resolution”
I am a big Jack’s Mannequin fan. I have been looking forward to another album from them for quite some time. Well, tomorrow is finally the day. Here is the first video off their newest album:
And don’t forget to set your DVRs to record Leno on October 2nd, Jack’s Mannequin will be there.
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Punchline “The Hit”
My newest CD is from one of my favorite bands Punchline. They just released their first video off of the album. I thought I would share the love here. Enjoy!
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New Tegan And Sara Video
Tegan and Sara have a new video from their 2007 album The Con. I kinda like it.