Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

Boom Boom Pow

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Thank goodness for Guitar Hero World Tour. Ever since I got that game, my son's interest in songs with subjects about fruit salad, cold spaghetti, etc. has certainly waned. Barney beget The Wiggles beget Imagination Movers beget The White Stripes. Long car rides are now tolerable, however, making sure my ...

King’s X/Extreme, 8/2/2008, Rams Head Live!

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

The date in the title of the post is correct.  I didn't get the year wrong. Thirteen months ago, I saw King's X and Extreme at Rams Head Live! in Baltimore. I just found this draft post with just the setlists from the evening that I meant to expand upon, but ...

Cheep Cheap Chickenfoot

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

This Friday, June 5th, brings the release of Chickenfoot's debut album. If you weren't sure whether you wanted to buy the album, Amazon will make it easy for you. According to the band's website, the album will be available for digital download from Amazon's MP3 store for $3.99 from June ...

Another Reason to Hate NIN

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Nine Inch Nails and a reunited Jane's Addiction are touring this summer. The name of the tour is cleverly titled NIN|JA 2009. Trent Reznor was so generous selling Ghosts for $5 and giving away The Slip for free. He (and Jane's Addiction) is graciously continuing his genorosity by giving away a ...

My Kind of Music

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

If I were to describe my favorite kind of music, I would always say that Van Halen is my favorite kind of music. But, aren't they a band that plays music? Are they a kind of music? For me, Van Halen is and they are a genre unto themselves. While I ...

What is Chickenfoot?

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

If you visit the Chickenfoot home page (today at least), you will see a video of 4 people's mouth asking "What is Chickenfoot?" followed by a very short clip of a song. You may be able to figure out what is going on without my help, but I thought I'd ...

Female Singer/Songwriters

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

I've made no secret of the fact that the genre of music I favor is hard rock/heavy metal. However, I noticed something today: I have a lot of music by female singer/songwriters in my MP3 collection. I realized this when I saw the Daily MP3 Deal in the Amazon MP3 ...

Christmas Music – Fantasy Sports Style

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

I'm Jewish and I enjoy music with an edge. So, you may understand why listening to Christmas music is not one of my favorite things to do. I'm sure that if Metallica or Van Halen put out a Christmas album, I'd listen to it year round. However, you just don't ...

Decimated

Friday, November 21st, 2008

I have always been a fan of hard rock and some heavy metal. However, I never understood how people can like the genre Death Metal or Thrash Metal (by the way, I'm lumping them both into the same genre although I have a feeling they are two distinct genres and ...

GNR: Chinese Democracy Single

Monday, October 27th, 2008

I heard the new Guns 'N Roses single, the title track from their upcoming album Chinese Democracy. I was not impressed at all. It sounded like someone that kind of sounded like Axl Rose singing for a band that is just a generic hard rock band. There was nothing special ...