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My Record Store Day wish list

April 16, 2010 / Leave a Comment

Dear jolly, rotund Record Store Day Man, Gosh, is it almost Record Store Day again? I’ve waited so long for this day to come! And I’ve been a really good music writer this year, Record Store Day Man. Honest I have. (Well, unless you ask brokeNCYDE.) I wrote my heart out about all the bands … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Against Me!, Beach House, Beastie Boys, Black Keys, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Brokencyde, CD, David Bazan, Devo, Dum Dum Girls, Facebook, Happy Birthday, Hot Water Music, ION Portable Turntable, LCD Soundsystem, Male Bonding, music, Queens of the Stone Age, Record Store Day, Soundgarden, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, The Cribs, The Get Up Kids, The Hold Steady, The Magnetic Fields, The Thermals, TV On The Radio, vinyl, Weezer

'Chocolate Rain' dude still around, somehow

March 2, 2010 / Leave a Comment

It looks like the whole “Internet meme fame” thing is getting a lot harder to pin down. There may have been 15 minutes of fame before the web, but these days certain meme-based Internet “celebs” are finding new ways to stay afloat online. Remember Tay Zonday “Chocolate Rain” guy? First, he had his “Chocolate Rain” … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Big Brother, Chocolate Rain, I'm Just A Baby, Justin Bieber, music, Pork and Beans, Tay Zonday, Twitter, Weezer

Snuggle up to the Weezer Snuggie

November 4, 2009 / Leave a Comment

Has your sweater come “Undone?” Need something to keep you warm like an “Island in the Sun?” Tired of… um… sex? Well, you’re in luck! The Weezer snuggie is finally here: [youtubevid id=”zXqHfHN9dJs”] It’s nice to know Weezer are still able to make something good, even if it isn’t music. And hey, for $30, a … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: music, Ratitutde, snuggie, Weezer, Weezer snuggie

Lil Wayne Drops No Ceilings

October 28, 2009 / Leave a Comment

Lil Wayne can do it all. Pleading guilty to guns charges. Dropping rhymes on a terribly conceived Weezer track. And now releasing the mixtape No Ceilings. Nah Right has all the info on the mixtape and a link to download the thing. All I can say is, in just experiencing the first couple of minutes … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: hip-hop, jail, Lil Wayne, music, Nah Right, No Ceilings, Weezer

Weezer featuring Lil Wayne – 'Can't Stop Partying'

October 27, 2009 / Leave a Comment

Uncle! Can I give up? I’ve kept a pretty upbeat attitude when it comes to Weezer as of lately. I always hope for the best, and if I’m disappointed I’ll just say “maybe next year” and move on. But, “Can’t Stop Partying” is, well not quite the Weezer folks have eulogized over the years, nor … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: 3Oh!3, Can't Stop Partying, crunk, emo, heavy metal, Lil Wayne, music, Patrón, Pinkerton, Ratitude, Rivers Cuomo, screamo, scrunk, The Blue Album, Weezer

Undone Sanitarium

August 28, 2009 / Leave a Comment

Ok, I can’t pass up an opportunity to talk about this (via Rolling Stone): Last week Rolling Stone chatted up Rivers Cuomo about Weezer’s new album Raditude. Near the end we asked about the 15th anniversary of their debut single “Undone – The Sweater Song,” which he now admits is “almost a complete rip-off” of Metallica’s 1986 classic “Welcome … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Chuck Klosterman, emo, Fugazi, KISS, Metallica, music, Rivers Cuomo, Weezer

Hipsters Say The Darndest Things…

June 4, 2009 / 2 Comments

Well, I must stop myself there. I can’t say for sure if any of these folks are indeed of the hipster mentality. My guess is Anamanaguchi aren’t exactly, as they appear to have something of a normal sense of humor and hang out with genuine fun-loving guys Harry and the Potters (who are a very … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Anamanaguchi, bitpop, Bubble Man, chiptune, DC, Embrace, emo, emocore, Harry and the Potters, hipsters, Ian MacKaye, Mega Man, music, nintechno, Silver Jews, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Boston Phoenix, Wavves, Weezer

Guitar Hero 5: Emo Edition

June 1, 2009 / 2 Comments

Guitar Hero, the popular musical-video game phenomenon is coming out with its fifth volume. And it might as well be called the “Emo Edition.” Or the Indie Edition… One fits with the other. While the new version of Guitar Hero (GH5) if you will, has the regular mainstream-rock fare, it’s jam packed with many an … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Activision, Anarchy In The UK, Arctic Monkeys, Band of Horses, Brand New, Elliott Smith, emo, GH5, Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero 3, Guitar Hero 5, Heatmiser, indie, Jimmy Eat World, Mark Lanegan, music, Nearly Lost You, Oscars, Screaming Trees, Spacehog, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Duke Spirit, the Sex Pistols, Thrice, TV On The Radio, Vampire Weekend, video games, Weezer

iMusician Meme

May 1, 2009 / Leave a Comment

Stumbled upon this video through the 100 Bands in 100 Days Project: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh0VX74alwk] iBand… one of those many “phenomena” that might not be called such if it weren’t for the Internet. And these folks aren’t the only ones in on the iPod/Phone-as-an-instrument idea. The number of videos of people either screwing around with a Metallica … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: AC/DC, Benny Benassi, Black Sabbath, Drop It Like It's Hot, emo, Fall Out Boy, iBand, iMusician, IPhone, iPod, iPod touch, Kanye West, meme, Metallica, music, Snoop Dog, The Police, Weezer

Want To Write A Book About Your Favorite Band?

December 27, 2008 / 3 Comments

Continuum’s 33 1/3 series is by far the best collection of books on rock records… In fact, it’s pretty much the only one that continually publishes works on a strong range of albums. They’ve gotten a strong showing on numerous “best of” listings for 2008 for a number of books on records such as Black … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: 33 1/3 book series, Black Sabbath, Brand New, Celine Dion, Continuum, emo, John Darnielle, Let's Talk About Love, Master of Reality, music, Pinkerton New Years Eve, Say Anything, the Mountain Goats, Thrice, Weezer
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