THE RETURN OF THE MIGHTY ZEPPELIN!!

Labels: concerts, music

- these thoughts flowed through Jeff's fingers @ 10:46 AM

Holy shit I want one!

Labels: music, technology, youtube

- these thoughts flowed through Jeff's fingers @ 12:54 PM

I'm lazy today, but I actually felt like blogging. So here's a bunch more links and video clips to entertain you...

First off, Maroon 5 is finally going to release their sophomore album titled, "It Won't Be Soon Before Long" five years after their debut album sold over 6 million copies and spawned five Top 10 singles in the US alone. For being pop music, I was pretty damned impressed with the songwriting and musicianship on the first album. I was looking forward to the next album and it's finally here. I must say, I was skeptical that the band could come back with a solid record after not putting one out for five years. Well, the first single "Makes Me Wonder" is out and it's pretty freaking good. Sounds like Michael Jackson or Prince singing over Morris Day and the Time with a bit of Stevie Wonder and a dash of Justin Timberlake's solo stuff. Nice and funky. Check it out here.

Here's the trippiest toilet training video I've ever seen (from Japan of course).

Here's a phony tribute to American servicemen done in the style of a cheesy country ballad. This might seem offensive, but I'd be willing to guess most of our boys overseas would find this pretty funny.

Here's SNL's take on what John Mayer and Jessica Simpson's relationship must be like. (I love John Mayer but I question his decision to date Jessica Simpson. I guess he's a boob guy.) Also on that page the SNL classic, Canteen Boy.

Here's a hilarious mash-up of clips from "Anchorman" and the dialogue from the preview for the movie "300". I think it actually might be funnier than the entire movie "Anchorman".

This dude either has a shitload of time on his hands or is just really good with a ping pong ball. Never play beer pong with this guy. Even if it's fake, still pretty cool.

This is by far the most awesome video for a European Dance Party on a cable access channel I've ever seen. Hahahaha!

This guy paints a large depiction of Bruce Lee using only black paint and his fists of fury.

Labels: lazy, music, new album, videos, youtube

- these thoughts flowed through Jeff's fingers @ 11:05 AM

I'll get to my Opening Day post later, but until then check out these fine clips & links from around the net...

Sad Kermit - A brilliant cover of NIN's "Hurt" as done by our favorite green friend which parodies the Johnny Cash version of the song. Very funny.

Peanut Butter: The Atheists Worst Nightmare - This absolutely ridiculous video attempts to debunk evolution by basically saying that since new life doesn't spontaneously pop up in random jars of peanut butter, there is no way that evolution is possible. Both scary (that people actually believe this) and funny (because people do actually believe this) at the same time. I feel dumber for watching it.

Free Google Broadband! - See if you can figure this one out. I did.

"My Humps", by Alanis Morissette - Alanis does a parody version of My Humps by The Black Eyed Peas that shows how truly fucking ludicrous the song is. Not that I'm a big Alanis Morissette fan, but props to her for making fun of this most laughable of pop songs.

The Fab Faux - A truly great Beatles tribute band doing a note for note perfect cover of "I Am The Walrus" on David Letterman. Also worth checking out: While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Dear Prudence, Magical Mystery Tour (clip), and Drive My Car.

Simpsons Couch Joke - The couch gag at the beginning of an episode of "The Simpsons" is one of the best known running jokes on TV. This past weeks episode featured the longest couch gag of them all (about 4 billion years long that is). My favorite of all time (at least that I can recall).

Mencia ripping off Cosby - One of the worst comedians in pop culture, Carlos Mencia, stealing a joke straight from Bill Cosby.

Labels: funny, misc, music, religion, videos, youtube

- these thoughts flowed through Jeff's fingers @ 4:06 PM

The FDA just approved a new "laser comb" that apparently regrows hair. <sarcasm>And it only costs about $500 bucks!</sarcasm> OK so maybe I'll actually wait to see if it works and if the price drops, my bald ass may invest in one.

Westminster Best in Show dog may lose his crown. Funny stuff there.

This poor girl can't stop hiccuping. Doctors are stumped even after CAT scans, blood tests, and an MRI. She's going constantly 24 hours a day and hiccuping about 50 times a minute.

Go check out some of the new "high tech luxury vehicles" that will soon be available to the public... for a hefty price.

"Hey Ya!" Acoustic. As if you haven't heard "Hey Ya" by Outkast enough! But not like this. A really beautiful and passoinate take on the track by Matt Weddle of Obadiah Parker.

Labels: amazing, music, news, strange news

- these thoughts flowed through Jeff's fingers @ 12:44 PM

Guess who's favorite young guitarist / singer / songwriter is on the cover of the new RS as one of the "New Guitar Gods"?


If you are interested you can check out a little jam session with the three cover boys... John Mayer, John Frusciante, and Derek Trucks

Labels: celebrity, music

- these thoughts flowed through Jeff's fingers @ 3:50 PM

For those of you who may be interested (and even those of you who aren't), go check out the new Formula Kid album. Even though the band broke up several months ago, Drew still sat down and finished the record. At least most of it. I think they still had about three songs left to record, one of which, "Twenty Miles to Waterloo" is halfway finished and posted here.

It's definitely worth a listen. I happen to like it a lot and was saddened to hear that the Formula Kid was to be no more. I'm looking forward to what Drew can do as a solo artist though. He's a damn good songwriter and a helluva vocalist.

Labels: local music, music, new album

- these thoughts flowed through Jeff's fingers @ 4:08 PM

Ever since I really got into music back when I was a junior in high school, I've not-so-secretly wanted to be a rock star. I know now that the odds of that happening are slim to none, and that's OK. But eight or nine years ago when I was a starry eyed Audio Production major playing in a good band, that dream didn't seem so impossible. Years later after drummers that moved to LA, a failed debut recording project that never even made it to overdubs, missing band practices, and just being plain lazy I was burnt out and essentially gave up on music. Other things just became more important; finishing school, finding a job, pulling myself out of a two year long depression, getting out of debt.

Mind you this was also in the midst of a slew of horrible music that was being released to the general public and even finding a good new record to pickup was a chore. I wasn't confident in my playing ability or my songwriting ability and even my voice (which I was always knew was good) was battling adult onset asthma and chronic bronchitis. I set down my guitar around 5 years ago now and other the occasional strum or two for nostalgia's sake I haven't picked it up since (other than for a brief stint in Nick's basement).

Lately I've been hearing a lot of decent new music both on the radio and some that is less than mainstream. Let's say I've been inspired. Things have settled down a bit in my life and I've been getting the itch to do something besides sit in a bar and waste my time away. So the time has come again for me to start doing what I always wanted to do. I'm dusting off the guitars and taking them in for some work and after that it's back to practicing at least 8 hours a week.

Like I said I haven't played in forever so this will take some work, but I'm saddened already that I've missed out on several of the best years of my life that could have been better spent playing music. I want to play music with other people again; smoke a joint and just jam for 4 hours. I want to play music for other people again, even if it's just 5 people staying late down at the Majestic or 30 people at a coffee house.

One of the absolute best moments of my entire life was about a decade ago in Pete's basement. A huge party with about 200 people in attendance. Our band (the Awegazes) were playing that night. The cops had already been called and we knew it was time to cut the set short so we decided to go straight to our closer, Pink Floyd's "Time". Jess, the brains behind our band and the front man said his voice was going sore and asked if I wanted to sing it. Of course I said yes and stepped up to the mic. We nailed the song and for one brief moment in my life I felt like a rock star. During the song, I looked out at a crowd of people who had been mostly uninterested with our performance of original material to find that people were at the front of the stage singing along with fists in the air and smiles on their faces. There's an image stuck in my head of my brother, my girlfriend, and all my best friends smiling and singing back at me. In my head it constantly plays in slow motion like the final scene of a movie.

I don't want the movie to be over yet...

Labels: music

- these thoughts flowed through Jeff's fingers @ 3:21 PM

It's getting to be that time of year agian. They are doing 4 shows this year with a larger budget which means more lazers, moving lights, and theatrics. Anyone interested in going again? Tickets are only $22 bones for nearly a 4 hour show!

Labels: concerts, music

- these thoughts flowed through Jeff's fingers @ 12:48 PM