May 2012
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The Friday Five: May 18, 2012 →
Get your filthy hands off my Friday Five.
P.O.D. - “Bullet the Blue Sky” (The Fundamental Elements of Souththown, 1999)
Very respectable cover of this U2 number that has more of the energy of the Rattle and Hum version than the one from The Joshua Tree.
Beastie Boys - “So What’cha Want” (Check Your Head, 1992)
A couple of weeks late, but still a very...
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WatchSuperchunk - “Learned to Surf”
Been listening to this song a lot lately and just can’t seem to get it out of my head.
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“I don’t believe in the sorcerers or the preachers
I just believe in you...”
– Collective Soul - “Untitled” (Collective Soul, 1995)
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“He said I was one of the best singers around, he meant so much to me. When we...”
– King’s X’s Doug Pinnick on Ronnie James Dio, Planet Mosh interview
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As Southern As Sweet Tea
Ed Roland and the Sweet Tea Project
Apparently Ed Roland has been brewing up something called the Sweet Tea Project for awhile now (Ha! Get it? Get it?!), but I just recently became privy to it via the Gretsch Guitars YouTube channel. The Collective Soul founder and frontman has joined up with a group of long-time friends to create music in the relaxed family atmosphere of his Atlanta home....
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The Friday Five: May 11, 2012 →
I didn’t think you cared about my Friday Five at Popdose.
Galactic Cowboys - “Bucket of Chicken” (Let It Go, 2000)
A funky organ-based instrumental filler of sorts from the Cowboys’ swan song. Not a bad track, but not what you’d expect from this group.
Foo Fighters - “Best of You” (In Your Honor, 2005)
One of the best (and commercially...
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Stuck In The Middle
Foo Fighters - “Come Back” (Million Dollar Demos)
Demos of “Have It All” and “Come Back” from early recording sessions for One by One have recently surfaced on the interwebs, showing how different these abandoned versions are from what eventually ended up on the Foo Fighters’ fourth studio release.
Writing for the album began in early 2001 but was...
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These Are Very Fine Ties You Have On
Charlie Rose: A Conversation with the Beastie Boys
After Adam “MCA” Yauch’s passing last week—and when a friend of mine started posting Beastie Boys videos on his blog—I started a process of digging a little deeper into the Beastie Boys’ background and music catalog.
My introduction to the Beasties was (naturally) Licensed to Ill, funnily enough through...
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Bigotry
I find it interesting that because I hold certain moral, religious, and/or spiritual beliefs—never mind that I don’t push or force said moral, religious, and/or spiritual beliefs on anyone—it has become quite fashionable lately to call me (and people like me) a bigot.
Me. A bigot?!
Because I don’t believe the same way you do?!
Think about it.
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Coverville 867: Beastie Boys Cover Story and Adam... →
Brian Ibbott’s latest podcast over at Coverville is what he calls a “cover story”—cover versions of and by a particular artist. This time it’s the Beastie Boys, and it also serves as a tribute to Adam “MCA” Yauch. Very interesting Beastie covers by Barenaked Ladies, Coldplay, and Hello Tokyo, with the Beastie Boys covering the Jam thrown in for good...
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This Kid's A Genius
Caine’s Arcade
Caine’s Arcade is a short film by Nirvan Mullick and produced by Interconnected about a 9-year-old boy in East Los Angeles that built his own cardboard arcade in his dad’s auto parts store.
Here’s the backstory:
Caine Monroy is a 9-year old boy who spent his summer vacation building an elaborate DIY cardboard arcade in his dad’s used auto parts...
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“Have you ever written a song so epic that by the end of the song you were...”
– Stephen Colbert interviewing Rush on The Colbert Report, July 17, 2008
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“I am happy to say that as we found ourselves in our 80s, we were not afraid to...”
– Andy Griffith, on his last conversation with George “Goober Pyle” Lindsey
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We're Insane But Not Alone
Soundgarden - “Live to Rise”
SPOILER ALERT: This video is completely unrealistic, fabricated, and fanciful.
I mean, c’mon. Who actually believes that Chris Cornell is getting the guitar sound for that main riff out of that acoustic guitar?!
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The Friday Five: May 4, 2012 →
Look behind you. Popdose’s Friday Five is here.
Scorpions - “Holiday” (Love Drive, 1979)
Another tender jam from the Scorpions. These guys did the hard rock ballad so well. Love it.
Neal Morse - “Mercy Street” (Testimony 2, 2011)
As the title suggests, this is the second autobiographical album that details how this Spock’s Beard leader decided...
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“But what if it’s true?
If Tenacious D has died what will we do?
And what...”
– Tenacious D - “Rize of the Fenix” (Rize of the Fenix, 2012)
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“It’s a huge honour for me to meet people that are, in a lot of cases, so much...”
– Accept founder and guitarist Wolf Hoffmann on admiration from fellow musicians, Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles interview
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Holding On With All My Might
Rush - “Headlong Flight” Official Lyric Video
I’m really not a big fan of the recent “official lyric video” trend that artists are falling into. It just seems like a cheesy cop-out to get the music out there in a visual way without trying too hard. I realize it has to be more convenient than spending several days on a sound stage someplace or spending the big...
April 2012
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Mikey Likes It
Flying Colors: Inside “Shoulda Coulda Woulda”
Go behind the scenes for the making of “Shoulda Coulda Woulda” with Flying Colors. Watch as Steve Morse presents the main riff to the rest of the band and see how the song develops as they work through the song and as Neal, Casey, and Mike work on vocal harmonies. Other goodies include instructional clips by Steve and Dave,...
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The Friday Five: April 27, 2012 →
The Friday Five over at Popdose is the one, it’s the one, yeah you know it’s the one, it’s the one (yeah, you know it’s the one).
Torche - “Amnesian” (Meanderthal, 2008)
I (ahem) acquired this album from a friend, and while I like the sludgy, Soundgarden-y, stoner-rock riffage, I wish I liked the actual songs as much as I like the album title. Now...
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Hope Only Got Us So Far
OSI - “For Nothing”
OSI has released the official video for the track “For Nothing,” the first off Fire Make Thunder, the fourth album from Kevin Moore and Jim Matheos. The video, which sports a dark, surrealistic style resembling something from Tool during its heyday, was directed by Jimmy Ahlander of Pixeltown Arts.
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“The air rains heavy like a gun
A weight that crushes conversation
In frozen...”
– Ginger Wildheart - “Silence” (555%, 2012)
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Wall-to-Wall Maiden
Adrian Smith guests on That Metal Show
Season after season, fans of VH1’s That Metal Show have requested that a current member of Iron Maiden be included in the roster of guests. Well Eddie Trunk and company have finally landed guitarist Adrian Smith, who appears as the sole guest on episode 4 of the show’s tenth season. Topics discussed include Maiden’s upcoming US tour, how...
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Carry On, Carry On →
The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody (BBC, 2004)
Watched this today. Such a good documentary on the definitive Queen song.
Reblogged from Merlin Mann’s kung fu grippe:
Details: The Story Of Bohemian Rhapsody:
This is a new documentary focusing entirely on the track, exploring the recording, the video, it’s success and it’s meaning. It features brand new interviews with Brian and...
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The Friday Five: April 20, 2012 →
My Friday Five needs more cowbell over at Popdose.
Y&T - “Don’t Stop Running” (In Rock We Trust, 1984)
Dave Meniketti has a great rock voice that reminds me a bit of Sammy Hagar, and he’s a great guitarist to boot. Not sure why these guys weren’t bigger.
Scorpions - “Lady Starlight” (Animal Magnetism, 1980)
This song has always seemed a...
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“Hallelujah! Eureka!
You reek of the cheap alternative”
– Ginger Wildheart - “There Is Something Wrong With My Mind” (555%, 2012)
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