Eat.Sleep.Rock.

Week 8 Wrap Up

webmaster@eatsleeprock.com (Ned555) — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:31:31 +0000

No longer is poetry my sole project. Nay! I have strayed into the strange land where visuals and comedy meet. A nexus of rich content and richer punnery. Behold the webcomic: What the Hex?! Does my brilliance know no bounds? Sadly it does. Hopefully you, my esteemed reader, will enjoy this modest offering of geometry and wit. Dip your metaphoric toe in the pool of cartoon humor a la me, and see what you think.

In poem news (if there is such a thing), I successfully completed another week. There was no unifying theme of the week, so I feel no shame listing them in a erm… well a list:

For those few souls who remember that this was once a podcast, rest assured that it (meaning podcast) is returning shortly. I am re-working the format, so that it is a reasonable amount of work for one person. Look for updates next week.

Success is Mine!

webmaster@eatsleeprock.com (Ned555) — Thu, 25 May 2006 19:16:56 +0000

I just wanted to let all know that I have successfully migrated to a new Web Hosting company. I signed up with GoDaddy.com and got a great rate on a good package. So this is my first post on the new site. Bow down and be amazed, or just download the latest podcast - which I should probably test to make sure it is working correctly. I will also be re-publishing all the old ones that I had to take down b/c of space restrictions on the old server.

Episode 113 for 5/23/2006

webmaster@eatsleeprock.com (Ned555) — Wed, 24 May 2006 01:43:50 +0000

Well I’m back and it only took two week to throw together a podcast this time. The good new is that I graduated last Friday, so that means I’ll have plenty more time to dedicate to putting a new episode out each week. I went a little heavy on the instrumental this week, with 5 out of 9 songs being singer-free. But don’t let that fool you. Each song holds its own whiole doing without lyrical input. Here’s the list:

Jack Rose - Kensington Blues - Kensington Blues
Dysrhythmia - Sleep Decayer - Barriers and Passages
Russian Circles - Carpe - Enter
Chromelodeon - Parasprinter - Ninja Gaiden 2 (The Dark Sword of Chaos)
Stemage - Ridley’s Theme - Metroid
Bleeding Kansas - Hanging by a Thread - 1859
Inner Surge - Retribution Song - Signals Screaming
Examination of the… - To Anacreon In Heaven - The Whitest Elephants
Antigama - Izaak - Selfmadegod

I have also finally caught up on new releases, so here’s the notables from the last three weeks:

Dysrhythmia - Barriers and Passages - Relapse Records
Thursday - A City by the Light Divided - Island Records
Lye By Mistake - Arrangements For Fulminating Vective - Lambgoat Records
New Mexican Disaster Squad - Don’t Believe - Jade Tree
Juniper Sky - Don’t Forget - Textbook Music
Russian Circles - Enter - Flameshovel

Some bands got themselves hitched up and here’s the scoop on ‘dem:

Antigama - Relapse Records
Behold…the Arctopus - Black Market Activities
American Heritage - Translation Loss

And that about wraps it up. Thanks again to Inner Surge for your submission, it is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions or want to submit your band to the podcast, shoot me an email. Have a great week!

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Site may be down for a bit

webmaster@eatsleeprock.com (Ned555) — Thu, 11 May 2006 12:39:46 +0000

Just so everyone is aware, the eatsleeprock.com domain is moving to a new web hosting company.� During the transfer and subsequent rebuild of the site, it may be unavailable for browsing and podcasts.� Hopefully I can get it all back up and in working order within a day of the transfer.� You have been warned…

-Ned

Episode 112 for 5/9/2006

webmaster@eatsleeprock.com (Ned555) — Wed, 10 May 2006 03:41:50 +0000

Welcome back one and all! As promised, ESR has returned and I am officially done being an undergraduate. One of these days I’ll probably go for a Masters, but let’s not be hasty. Getting to the music, it’s a pretty varied bag in here. I would like to especially thank The Hussys and The Valor for getting in touch with me, and also Futuro - I have a feeling they were the conduit for these contacts. Here’s the playlist:

Lemon Demon - Word Disassociation - Damn SKippy
Gorguts - Obscura - Obscura
Lye By Mistake - If We Were Intense, this Song Would be a Boyscout - The Fabulous
Dragonforce - Through the Fire and Flames - Inhuman Rampage
Some Girls - warm milk - Heaven’s Pregnant Teens
The Warriors - Red, Black, and Blue - War Is Hell
The Hussys - Tiger - Tiger EP
The Valor - Find Me Another

Some of these new releases are actually old news, but hey I wrote the podcast script like 3 weeks ago and it was darn good. I couldn’t let it go to waste could I? I’ll do an extensive wrap-up of what I missed next week.

Jesu - Silver
Scissorfight - Jaggernaut
Mono - You are There
Saves the Day - Sound the Alarm

Likewise the recent signings aren’t all that recent, but I will also do a round-up of those next week.

On a Warpath - Hand of Hope Records
Inhale Exhale - Solid State Records
The Taste of Silver - Hold True Recordings
Anchors for Arms - Lobster Records
Dead Weight - Double or Nothing Records

I want to say thanks to everyone for being patient and understanding. A month is a long time to be out of commission and I know that I missed a lot of great stuff in the music world. Sadly, sometimes real life takes a bite out of virtual life, and those things which can be dropped are. Rest assured that I am back in the saddle so to speak, and the podcast should be regular once again. Have an awesome week!

-Ned

All work and no podcast make Ned a dull boy…

webmaster@eatsleeprock.com (Ned555) — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 17:41:47 +0000

Okay, so I know it’s been a few weeks since my last podcast.� Just to bring all up to date here’s the deal.� I am graduating in a few weeks and I had a major senior project due.� Our presentation was last Thursday and we friggin rocked the house.� 9.8 out of 10 for the prez, and 10 out of 10 for the documentation.� It was awesome and I feel sooooo relieved.� Now I still have a game to finish and a final to take for my other two classes.� That is all due this week and will conclude my undegraduate college career.� Again a big sigh of relief.� So that is why there have been no podcasts for a few weeks.� The good news is that the podcasts will return next week following the conclusion of classes.� I already have two awesome Scottish bands lined up and some triumphant fantasy metal to mark the occasion.� Thanks to all for being patient, and I hope you can hold on for another week.� Keep rockin’

-Ned

“Wolfman’s got knards!”

No Podcast this week:(

webmaster@eatsleeprock.com (Ned555) — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:34:48 +0000

Just wanted to leave a quick note for everyone that I will not be able to record a podcast this week.� The end of the semester is ramping up and I just didn’t have the 4+ hours it takes to put the show together.� I will try to get things back on track for next week, but I expect things to be touch and go until May.� C’mon graduation!

Episode 111 for 4/4/2006

webmaster@eatsleeprock.com (Ned555) — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 03:53:09 +0000

Hey there all! It’s been a helluva week and I am a little late getting this one out. But better late than never, right? Bunch of great bands for you this week, mostly on the lighter side. Here’s the playlist:

A New Found Glory - The Glory of Love - From the Screen to Your Stereo
Dredg - Of the Room - El Cielo
Movies with Heroes - Wake Up - Nothing Here is Perfect
Engineer - Design Flaw - Suffocation of the Artisan
Coalesce - Jesus in the Year 2000/Next on the Shit List - 0:12 Revolution In Just Listening
Futuro - Easy Money - Lost In the Mess EP
The Bronx - Heart Attack American - S/T
William Elliott Whitmore - Midnight - Ashes to Dust
Earth - An Inquest Concerning Teeth - HEX: Or Printing the Infernal Method

Also there are some good new releases out this week, so here’s the list for that:

People in Planes - As Far As The Eye Can See - Wind-Up
Movies with Heroes - Nothing Here Is Perfect - C.I.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones - Interscope
Rob Zombie - Educated Horses - Geffen Records
Grails - The Burden of Hope and Redlight - Robotic Empire
Nine Days To No One - Ark - Engineer Records
Roses Dead - Stages - One Day Saviour

Finally there were a few signings and here’s the list of those:

The Drama Summer - Eulogy Recordings
All Time Low - Hopeless Records
Fucked Up - Jade Tree
Lifetime - Decaydance records
All Else Failed - Thorp Records

That’s all for this week. Now get out there and spread the good word!

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Episode 110 for 3/27/2006

webmaster@eatsleeprock.com (Ned555) — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:06:37 +0000

Hello all and welcome to the longest podcast yet. Weighing in at 56 minutes, I think I have crossed some kind ethereal line in podcsting. If next week’s show is over an hour, then I need to consider making some changes to the show as well as my hosting package. What do you think? I’d love to hear from everyone if they like the direction the show has gone in, or are they thinking, “For godsakes! Just play some damn music, enough of your talking madness!” Anyhoo, here’s the playlist for this week:

Jonathan Coulton - Skullcrusher Mountain - Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow
Forever I Burn - I’ll Die On My Own - The Tragedy Dialogs
Tetsuo - Cigarette Put Out In Blood - Malmohrahkign
Laguardia - Cuba - Welcome to the Middle
Elbow - Leaders of the Free World - Leaders of the Free World
Red Orchestra Radio - Hypnogogic Hallucination - The Electric Sleep
Glassjaw - Ape Dos Mil - Worship and Tribute
Dillinger Escape Plan - We Are the Storm - Miss Machine
Strapping Young Lad - S.Y.L. - Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing

I also promised the link to Devin Townsend’s (Strapping Young Lad founder) website. There were a bunch of noteworthy new releases and one that should be avoided at all costs. From First to Last is one of the worst bands out there; they embody all that is wrong with the music industry. For the love of all that is metal and good, DO NOT buy this CD. Friends don’t let friends buy From Fist to Ass. That being said, here’s the worthwhile new releases:

Boysetsfire - Misery Index - Equal Vision Records
Lifetime - Somewhere in the Swamps of Jersey - Jade Tree
Yakuza - Samsara - Prosthetic Records
Atreyu - A Death-Grip on Yesterday - Victory Records
Band of Horses - Everything All The Time - Sub Pop
New Amsterdams - Story Like A Scar - Vagrant
MC Lars - The Graduate - Nettwerk

Bunch of suckers signed contracts this week. Here’s the list of lucky ones:

Red Orchestra Radio - Feeling Faint Productions
Arise and Ruin - Stereo Dynamite Records
Sigh - The End Records
Juniper Sky - Textbook Music
Abigail Williams - Candlelight Records
On the Last Day - Victory Records

And that wraps it up for this week. I am trying a new podcasting posting plugin, so hopefully this feed won’t get all garbled. I want to hear from you! So send email… please? Oh and don’t forget the frappr map on the sidebar.

Episode 109 for 3/20/2006

webmaster@eatsleeprock.com (Ned555) — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 05:29:56 +0000

This week’s podcast is our longest yet, but I’m pretty sure we’re reaching the upper limit on attention span as well as my personal bandwidth. Sadly no bands emailed me last week so I had to put together a playlist all by my lonesome. That said, I think I did a pretty good job. You be the judge:

Versus the Mirror - Birthed by Architecture
From This Day - Running Red - Proverbs of Ashes
This Day Forward - If I Wore a Mask - The Transient Effects of Light on Water
Marigold - Moving In Tangents - Audible to Animals
Chiodos - One Day Women Will All Become Monsters - All’s Well That Ends Well
Grade - A Year in the Past, Forever in the Future - Under the Radar
Hopesfall - Owl - A Types
Muse - Stockholm Syndrome - Absolution
Sunny Day Real Estate - Killed By an Angel - The Rising Tide

The new releases section is a little small this week. However next week looks to be a big one, so keep your pants on:

NOFX - Never Trust a Hippy - Fat Wreck Chords
Utlra Dolphins - Why Are You Laugh - Robotic Empire
Life At These Speeds - S/T - Level Plane Records
Garrison Starr - The Sound of You and Me - Vanguard Records

There were a few noteworthy news items this week so here are the related links:

Email for Set Your Goals whose trailer was stolen. They are hoping to get some donations through Paypal so if you have a few extra buck give them a hand.
Seconds finished tracking their next CD and posted some tracks for all to enjoy.

In the seedy underworld of record label and signings we had a few items:

Plague Bringer - Seventh Rule Recordings
End of a Year - Revelation Records
Since Remembered - Blood & Ink Records
The Line Dance Massacre - Melee Records

And that about wraps it up. Lotsa info this week and a Podcast Pickle bumper! You know you could almost mistake this for a professional production, but let’s not lose our heads now people. Thanks for tuning in! And leave a comment would ya?

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