tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37543562024-03-07T14:47:33.788-05:00*Xtatic musiC* [v3.0α]Ranting and raving about all things musical... Thanks for stopping by. If you are offended by anything you may read here... maybe you should lighten up.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger385125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-27135176051864016592008-12-10T01:18:00.001-05:002008-12-10T01:21:07.627-05:00Opus Grey... little singer with a big voice. ;) Listening to: Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-49285451875905276022008-11-15T01:55:00.006-05:002008-11-15T02:38:41.911-05:00Todd is Godd... still.I've made it no big mystery that one of my favorite musicians of all time is one Todd Rundgren. He's just, like, the all-around "guy" when it comes to writing, recording, producing... his career has lasted more than forty years without pretty much any help from record companies... at all.If I tried to sit down and pick favorite albums of his, it would be next to impossible.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-83563894432104506112008-09-27T09:00:00.003-04:002008-09-27T09:03:01.861-04:00RIP, Rick WrightListening to: Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-69467987155184824522008-09-24T22:21:00.005-04:002008-09-27T09:00:10.844-04:00Dear AC/DC: You SuckSo Roger and I were talking at work the other night and he started telling me about the new AC/DC album... and how he wasn't going to buy it."Why not?" I asked."Because you can only get it at Wal-Mart...""...???"Yeah... I know. The Eagles have done it... Journey has done it... and Garth Brooks (who?) did it, too. And AC/DC arguably hasn't been as viable as either one in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-63375975155524726182008-06-07T17:04:00.001-04:002008-06-07T17:07:47.552-04:00I'm so Confused...So... lemme get this straight... Daughtry... quadruple-platinum?There is no God.At least Journey's Greatest Hits is still churning up numbers... 15x-platinum. That's a lotta precious metal.Listening to: the air conditioner... Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-18892486038991437202008-06-06T13:33:00.000-04:002008-06-07T13:34:41.349-04:00Happy Birthday, SteveListening to: Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-53892172715127821102008-05-27T05:59:00.002-04:002008-05-27T06:10:03.094-04:00Bad Cliches in Rock, Part II.Again, from our friends Dragonforce...It just seems like the same song rehashed with equally-as-lame lyrics and guitar wankage... At around the 3:35 mark, even the singer is like, "What the fuck?"Listening to: Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-90169655386620737062007-08-21T20:19:00.000-04:002007-08-21T20:34:54.777-04:00UNCLE CRACKER - BUSTEDCountry-funk singer/songwriter Uncle Cracker (aka Matthew Shafer) was arrested Friday, August 17th in Raleigh, North Carolina according to Billboard.com. The reason for getting pinched? A woman accused the musician of performing a violating sexual act against her, without her consent. The official charge against the singer is a second degree sex offense.The arrest warrant Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-17873687440299671312007-08-19T22:12:00.000-04:002007-08-21T20:22:54.586-04:00PLANT/KRAUSS CD CONFIRMEDI told ya about this a while back... like, in November of '06, maybe? But:More than a few people in town wondered what was up when Robert Plant was spotted in recent months at the Grand Ole Opry and at the popular bluegrass club The Station Inn. The former Led Zeppelin frontman's album with bluegrass star Alison Krauss, "Raising Sand," will be released Oct. 23 on RounderUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-22278812560920476812007-08-19T17:12:00.001-04:002007-08-21T20:24:30.933-04:00VAN HALEN AND DAVID LEE ROTH ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN TOURHISTORIC CONCERT TOUR MARKS FIRST OF ITS KIND FOR VAN HALEN IN 22 YEARSLOS ANGELES, CA -- August 13, 2007 Beginning this September, in what promises to be the most exciting live tour this year, Van Halen will embark on a national concert tour throughout the U.S. and Canada with its original lead singer David Lee Roth for the firstUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-54568233194382717272007-05-20T23:35:00.000-04:002007-08-21T20:25:40.779-04:00R. Kelly - As Big a Douche as Kanye West?The 'I Believe I Can Fly' warbler said: "My greatest competition is, well, me . . . I'm the Ali of today. I'm the Marvin Gaye of today. I'm the Bob Marley of today."I'm the Martin Luther King, or all the other greats that have come before us. And a lot of people are starting to realize that now," reports Hip-Hop Soul Magazine. R Kelly is due in court this Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-87511501778656726142007-05-20T23:00:00.000-04:002007-05-20T23:06:02.367-04:00Clarkson Guitar Steals Show at Dimebag TributePop star Kelly Clarkson's artistic skills paid off at an auction in Hollywood on Thursday night (May 17th) when a guitar she painted to raise cash for a children's charity raised $3,000. The "Breakaway" singer decorated an axe and turned the instrument into the auction's highlight - beating out bids for guitars designed by rockers Dave Navarro and RobUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-6911876252897307362007-03-08T22:09:00.000-05:002007-03-08T22:18:00.280-05:00Roth/Van Halen Tour on HoldI was wondering why the recent David Lee Roth reunion with Van Halen and the accompanying tour was postponed a couple weeks ago... Another hip surgery? Maybe fed up with Dave, again (already)? Rehab, maybe? Sure enough...I would like Van Halen fans to know how much I truly appreciate each and every one of you. Without you there is no Van Halen.I have always and willUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-83702096860466358222007-01-27T08:42:00.000-05:002007-01-27T08:49:19.475-05:00I was flipping through the channels... something I do... and I came across this Stone Sour video ("Through Glass," I believe)... these guys are all, like, getting down... to a song... that does so not get down... You'd have thought they were jamming to "Master of Puppets," or something... I muted the tv... watched for a few seconds... "Damn... they're rockin' out..." unmute... "Hey, this song Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-61519155697147245822007-01-27T05:46:00.000-05:002007-01-27T05:52:10.223-05:00So... I hear this rumor that one of my all-time favorite bands ever, the Police,are going to open up the Grammys this year... the rumor also is that they're gearing up for a 30th anniversary reunion tour thing... All I can say is that I hope it's more than a rumor... 'cause there's been enough rumors about a Police reunion over the years, already.On a related note, I recently got a really cool Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-11547347576136243762006-12-28T04:59:00.000-05:002006-12-28T06:56:38.735-05:00I hate the way the the audio doesn't always sync right on YouTube shit...Dude! WTF happened to your hair?!? Can't hardly recognize ya with the short and dark stuff!Y' still sound good after all these years, though.(note: a Les Paul shouldn't sound like an Ibanez...)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-79927088349503934572006-12-26T06:05:00.000-05:002006-12-26T06:06:39.833-05:00Thank GodAt 12:01am, tonight, the Christmas music ceased... I was so relieved...Listening to: Chris Whitley - "Dust Radio" Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1164543718309412352006-11-26T07:21:00.000-05:002006-11-26T07:21:58.330-05:00...and so it begins...If there's anything I hate, it's bad jazz music... even more specifically, bad jazz saxophone music (I would insert Kenny Gorelick ("Kenny G")'s name into that, but he's not even jazz... he's just pure, unadulterated shit on a cracker). The only thing I hate worse than that is bad jazz saxophone Christmas music... I guess at midnight on Thursday night, the music at work Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1164185054701046882006-11-22T03:41:00.001-05:002008-05-27T05:55:30.591-04:00Possibly more bad metal/musical cliches than any band... ever...Listening to: not this tripe, anyway...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1164178562257042772006-11-22T01:53:00.000-05:002006-11-22T01:56:02.273-05:00Blind Melon - the ReunionTalked a little about this a while back... but now you can hear three new songs (and watch a video) from "Blind Melon (Mach 2)" here.Listening to: Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1163379437769765872006-11-12T19:53:00.000-05:002006-11-12T19:59:25.146-05:00Damien Rice: Swing and a MissAfter listening to it, I've decided that I absolutely do not like Damien Rice's new album, 9. It doesn't come remotely close to matching his previous effort, O. It just seems... completely lifeless, in comparison. I think I liked half of one song, actually. But the passion that O had, 9 just does not... at all.Sorry man, but your new album sucks...Listening to: Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1163246165139399542006-11-11T06:52:00.000-05:002006-11-11T06:56:05.153-05:00Beatles Album Set for ReleaseNovember 21st is the date to go pick yourself up a copy of LOVE.Basically, it's a bunch of remixes using the entire archive, done by former Beatles producer George Martin and his son, Giles.Click here to listen to a pretty spiffy version of "Strawberry Fields Forever."Listening to: Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1162924513738579982006-11-07T13:09:00.000-05:002006-11-07T13:40:32.076-05:00Kanye West is a Big Fat BabyAfter winning a few Grammys last year, rapper Kanye West has garnered a few new awards: namely Sorest Loser, Most Overrated Artist in the Last 75 Years and Biggest Douchebag Ever to Grace God's Green Earth...At the Mtv Europe music awards, the winner for Best Video went to Justice and Simian for the video for "We Are Your Friends." When the winners came up to claim Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1162556428195224972006-11-03T07:18:00.000-05:002006-11-03T07:20:28.210-05:00Van Halen Finds New BassistVan Halen has hired 15-year-old Wolfgang Van Halen -- the son of guitarist Edward Van Halen and estranged wife Valerie Bertinelli, and nephew of drummer Alex Van Halen -- as the new bassist for the band. Wolfgang replaces longtime bassist Michael Anthony, who left the band earlier this year. Van Halen spokesperson Janie Liszewski says that Wolfgang, known as "Wolfie," Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1162384562355712572006-11-01T07:30:00.000-05:002006-11-01T07:36:02.376-05:00Need More Proof that Gwen Stefani has Sold Out to the Max?Gwen Stefani will release her second solo album, The Sweet Escape, on December 5, 2006. The new album is the follow-up to 2004’s quadruple-platinum Love. Angel. Music. Baby., which included the hits “Hollaback Girl” and “What You Waiting For?” Click the link to hear the first single off of Gwen Stefani's upcoming album, The Sweet Escape Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0