Archive for the 'Music' Category
Jingle Bells: “Christmas” Song?
The Debate:
(7:31:18 PM) Bill: i was going to the bar the other day
(7:31:22 PM) Bill: errr the arcade
(7:31:26 PM) Bill: well, the arcades a bar
(7:31:36 PM) Bill: anyway this group of like 20 people piled onto the train and started singing goddamn christmas carols
(7:31:53 PM) Christ: haha
(7:31:55 PM) Bill: and i stood up and got [...]
Merry Christmas
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Thrash, Thrash, Thrash, Repeat
Was listening to Troutmouth practices and found a decent recording of “the thrash song”, Manufactured Inspirado on the Majestic Wings of Freedom, and decided to share.
The story:
During our early practices when we were still putting together a set, we were trying to write one song a night. We hadn’t come up with anything on one [...]
Some Crap
Bored, messing around recording some guitar.
Read More..>>Lennon - God
I thought that since I posted last year on the anniversary of his death, it wasn’t really necessary to say anything this year, but finally decided that my blog could use more Lennon.
This year I thought I would post God, one of my favorite songs off one of my favorite albums of all time, Plastic [...]
Alienating Your Friends Vol. I
(11:53:40 AM) Bill: so i figured out george michael’s ‘faith’ on guitar
(11:53:45 AM) Bill: couple days ago
(11:55:51 AM) Bill: …
(11:55:53 AM) Bill: wow theres a conversation stopper
Giving Thanks
Sure, for Thanksgiving dinner I may have had a Kit-Kat bar and a Newcastle brown ale, but I got my Waffles.fm invite today! As the site’s only a couple weeks old, it’s no OiNK, but it’s quite a bit better than the two other private sites I joined post-OiNK. Time for some new music!
Read More..>>Best Band Name Ever
My Rock Bandmate and I spent a little time today perusing the online leaderboards to see how Smithereen is faring worldwide and ran across the best band name ever:
Blood Bath & Beyond
Dammit, why didn’t we think of that?
Rock Band is the New Karaoke
Rock Band was released today, and I’m fortunate enough to have a roommate who was willing to dump $160 on a single video game. He’s had it pre-ordered/paid off for months, and all we had to do was waltz into Game Crazy and pick the game up. If you have no idea what Rock Band [...]
Read More..>>These are the Times that Try Men’s Souls
Iron and Wine on December 2nd for $25 then Cake the next night for $35? That’s a lot of money for two concerts, so I consulted my priority list:
Rent
Iron and Wine/Cake
Beer
Food
Oh great, that works out perfectly.
