March 2011
2 posts
Panic! At the Disco - Mona Lisa (Single)
As a jaded twenty-something when Panic launched their career in the mid 00’s, I was completely against their sound and that of their peers Fall Out Boy. “Super sleek, over wordy and devoid of substance (sonic or otherwise)”. That was until I heard they’re 2009 opus “Pretty Odd” with an intoxicating blend of pitch perfect production and a “Sgt....
The Get Up Kids - These Are Rules
Back after quite a long break, the Get Up Kids actually released an E.P. last year to test the waters, to see if there was still a market for a band who, at the end of their last run, had become something of a punchline. At the forefront of the indie/emo movement of the late nineties, the GUKs went from stripped down, emotional and confessional to being a bit of a parody of themselves. Not...
February 2011
3 posts
Social Distortion - Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes
Mike Ness, here is a guy who finds new energy in his craft every time out. The So Cal punk rock veterans have been at this for about 30 years now. This is a band whose career has seen many high points and one seriously embarassing one in 1996’s White Light, White Heat, White Trash (which was my introduction to the band and I’ll admit is still my nostalgic favorite).
Well the punk...
Cake - Showroom of Compassion
Cake was a huge band for me when I was in High School. I remember I was a complete fiend for all things dark and foreboding. Metal was what I went for. Though I had a fairly broad background for loving all genres of music, it was metal that I gravitated toward in those awkward developmental years. As such, I started to develop an attitude of “if it doesn’t melt faces, I don’t...
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Tao...
There are great headphone albums made all of the time. Although the bulk of them stem from the hip/trip hop community and various atmospheric electronic acts, one of my favorite kind are layered, long play progressive acts. Trail of the Dead have attempted a few times to make one of these great soaring albums, and to me, have never really succeeded. That is, until now.
Don’t get me...
April 2010
2 posts
February 2010
11 posts
an unfinished thought.
I just want to talk about music. All of the time. It bothers my fiance and it alienates those around me. Sure it’s all well and good when you first meet me. I can roll an introductory conversation into a discussion on your musical tastes and let the beast out for a little bit. But it doesn’t last long enough, before you know it, you’re bored and moved on and I’m left with...
November 2009
3 posts
October 2009
2 posts
September 2009
10 posts
My Favorite Workplace Comedies.
So Extract is released this week. I haven’t yet had a chance to see it. I seem to be very far behind in my movie going this summer but I am pretty excited about it. There is a solid cast (said from the bottom of my Arrested Development loving heart) and it’s great to see Judge returning to the genre that immortalized him. Sure Beavis and Butthead was an unfortunate phenomenon and King...
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August 2009
8 posts
July 2009
21 posts
