Image by aprilzosia via Flickr I swear to the best of my memory this is the conversation I had with CapitalOne this morning: Phone: [Unknown Name, Unknown Number] Ring, Ring Me (oblivious to caller-ID): Hello Capital One Rep: [Silence and Clicking] Me (stupidly): Hello? Capital One Rep: [More clicking then the sounds of a sweat [...]
In Defense of STP
Apr 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Having just seen Stone Temple Pilots on March 20, I was disappointed to read this story at Blabbermouth.net. According to several eyewitness accounts from fans who attended STONE TEMPLE PILOTS' Milwaukee, Wisconsin concert last night (Friday, March 26) at the Eagles Ballroom, vocalist Scott Weiland forgot the words to at least a couple of the [...]
67: Them Crooked Vultures – Self Titled
Mar 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I know Them Crooked Vultures' self titled debut (2009) is new but I know an important album when I hear it. This album is very important. Now let's forget for a few minutes that I have a completely straight non-stalker middle-aged fan-boy man-crush on Dave Grohl. Let's also forget that if I had Queens of [...]
Unleashing the Content Harvesters
Mar 18, 2010 By 3 Comments
I've been thinking a while about the case of Google Books massive scanning project. It reminds me of the Harvester machines from Terminator Salvation. Google was hell-bent on acquiring books and it eventually became a battle between publishers and the Google Harvester. Publishers at least had the funds to hire attorneys and the ramifications of [...]
68: Mountain – Best of Mountain
Mar 16, 2010 By 1 Comment
Cover of The Best of Mountain Leslie West. Do I need to say more? The dude can play some guitar. Now I know Mountain is still around and I respect that. I'm also not even remotely suggesting they peaked in 1971 when The Best of Mountain (1971) was released. But "Mississippi Queen" and "Never In [...]
Listicle: How To Fit In at Big Meetups
Mar 14, 2010 By 3 Comments
So you thought you graduated high school went on to college and live in the real world. Unfortunately high school actually was preparation for the real world. Adults are nothing more than grown-up versions of everyone you hated back then. It used to be it hidden by social norms. At least ten or twenty years [...]
69: Kansas – Masque
Mar 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Cover of Masque Yeah, I have a Kansas fan-boy deep inside me. Kansas' Masque (1975) is the album that introduced me to progressive rock. Masque is one special albums. I'd say it's probably one of favorite 100 albums of all time. Convenient huh? What's great about this album is it clearly showed the difference in [...]
70: Mass – New Birth
Mar 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Ah, nostalgia. You are such a siren calling us back to things we dismissed and then letting us destroy ourselves on the rocky shores. You make us remember Def Leppard fondly only to temp us to listen 20 years later and vomit. You make us remember the time White Lion opened for Aerosmith and think [...]
Long Way From Home by The Heavy