Really? Who? What person in cyberspace is looking at the Wallflowers’ sophomore album? I have a hard time believing this.
I wonder if it’s the same guy who’s looking at razors. I wonder if it’s Jakob Dylan.
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Amazon, Are You Telling Me This Because You Think I’m Interested? Because I’m Not.
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Tuesday Nostalgia Corner: Stamos & The The Beach Boys Together Forever
I was watching Dancing with the Stars last night (which I had a perfectly good reason for doing, one that I won’t explain here), and learned that John Stamos would be performing on tonight’s episode with the Beach Boys! Stamos and the Boys together again, just like the late 80s! Stamos, as you might recall, for some reason, has often played with The Beach Boys over the years, and apparently frequently still tours with the group. You might also remember a little more clearly the song “Forever,” which was recorded with Stamos on vocals, but featured on Full House as the smash hit video from Uncle Jesse’s rock band, Jesse and the Rippers. I mean, how could you ever forget this:
Even though The Beach Boys weren’t properly credited on the sitcom as the real band behind “Forever,” they did make several appearances on the show, even bringing the whole Tanner clan on stage in the episode “Beach Boy Bingo,” and later engaging in a group hug in the family’s living room (only mere feet from where Uncle Joey slept in season 1).
We should also not forget that Stamos played the congas on that perennial summer jam “Kokomo.” I’m not sure that anyone, and I mean anyone, has ever rocked a pink tank top like Stamos in this video (nostalgia side story: a friend whose name I’ve long since forgotten and I performed this song for our summer day camp talent show. I must have been about 5 years old at the time, but I’m pretty sure we brought the house (elementary school gym) down).
And that is how I learned the geography of the Caribbean.
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3 Days Until Pi Day!
Which means it’s 3/11. So to honor the date we had two choices, either call New York City and complain about the building manager or post a music video from the premiere rock/rap/punk/skater/reggae outfit of the mid-90s. We went with option B.
On my alphabetically organized middle school-era CD rack 311 comes right after Sublime. And there’s something appropriate, perhaps even poetic, about that.
See you again in a year, 311! (unless I need to report a rude cab driver)
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Apparently Billboard Didn’t Drive Around in My Maxima During College
Because if they did they would know that Vanessa Carlton is much more than a One-Hit Wonder.*
I take umbrage with this:
I mean they say it right there, there was a little song called “Ordinary Day,” which, as I recall, was no slouch.
And has Billboard never heard of “White Houses?” That song only went all the way to #1 in China. And here I thought Billboard was supposed to be the authority on music. Guess I was wrong. Guess it’s China.
Evidently Billboard wasn’t in my car when we rolled down the windows and blasted Vanessa Carlton while waiting on the Wendy’s drive-thru line at 1am all those times. Their loss.
The full list of alleged “One-Hit Wonders” of the 2000s.
*Her list of hits is even longer if you confuse her with Michelle Branch as I often did (do).
via Vulture
And I Thought The Wicked Queen Was Scary
Seriously, I was crying so much during Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs that my mom had to take me out of the theater (it was a rough 18th birthday. JK!). I had since believed that the wicked Queen/evil step-mother was the most terrifying of all Disney creations (perhaps something in Fantasia is scarier, but the last time I saw it I fell asleep. Which is impressive considering it was in IMAX), but after seeing the concept art for a new Mickey Mouse video game, I think we have a new winner (and we all know how serious I am about video game art). I’m not sure why, but it seems they have decided to completely reinvent the character, and ward off anyone under the age of 10. But if the game itself is as cool it looks, I won’t complain. Take a look at Epic Mickey:
Courtesy of Disney
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Guitar Hero Really Phoning It In
A couple months back I wrote about my frustration while waiting for the delivery of my much-anticipated copy of Guitar Hero 5. I don’t know who was to blame, Activision, Amazon or the USPS, but I assumed that the game publisher could be absolved in any guilt in regards to shipping delays. However, now, looking back, I don’t know. These days it seems that Guitar Hero/Activision is asleep at the wheel.
Of course there was the Kurt Cobain avatar controversy in Guitar Hero 5 (heck, even Bon Jovi was embarrassed by the idea of the late Nirvana frontman and grunge icon singing Jersey’s greatest hits). Then came news this week that ska/punk/rocksteady/rock/pop outfit No Doubt is suing Activision over the use of their image in the Guitar Hero spin-off Band Hero. Evidently, much like the Cobain fiasco, Gwen Stefani and the boys did not provide Activision permission (or so they claim) to use their virtual counterparts in songs other than No Doubt tracks (apparently the prospect of No Doubt avatars performing a Taylor Swift jam is an affront to everything ska/punk/rocksteady/rock/pop stands for). Certainly, it looks like Activision is having some issues. But these avatar disputes are not what concerns me.
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Lego: Rock Band David Bowie Clearly Not ‘Labyrinth’ David Bowie
The first images and video of the David Bowie avatar from the upcoming Lego: Rock Band game hit the web this week. Vulture posits that “Bowie’s penchant for androgyny makes him a perfect candidate for being immortalized in Lego form.” However, while Ziggy Stardust certainly is the standard for androgyny, the image of David Bowie as Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth has been burned into my brain, and I can’t help but feel that Lego Bowie is missing something.
(Hint: It’s not the gloves)
On a related note, great Halloween costume idea: Slutty Hoggle.
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My Favorite VMA Moment: 15-Year Old Defends Taylor Swift, Starts Beef?
I returned home late last night after absorbing a brutal pub trivia loss, compounded (or alleviated) by the fact that the winning team included Thom Yorke. Yes, that Thom Yorke. I mean, I don’t see how we could have won when out of three categories one was a music round and we were competing against a team with Thom Yorke. Yes, that Thom Yorke. From Radiohead. And another round centered on world geography, and everyone knows Americans have no concept of the world outside of the US (and not much within it). And Thom Yorke has probably been to more countries than I can name. So yeah, it was unfair. Cause they had Thom Yorke. You know. Kid A. OK Computer. Hail to the Thief. In Rainbows. The Eraser. Yes! That Thom Yorke (not to be confused with Theodoric of York).
ANYWAY, I came among to find the blogosphere aflutter with talk of Kanye West and his villainous deeds. I had remembered that the NFL started yesterday, but totally forgot about the VMAs. But, apparently, by ripping the microphone from a frozen Taylor Swift, Kanye made the show relevant again. After reading the litany of comments on Facebook and Twitter, I decided to turn on MTV to see if I could catch the replay. Luckily I tuned in just in time to see Lada Gaga’s brilliant?/tramautizing/bloody/WTF? performance.
However, it was after the next commercial break when my favorite moment arrived. Coming out to introduce Taylor Swift’s defiant musical performance were Miranda Cosgrove and a previously unknown to me adolescent Canadian singer named Justin Bieber (Dylan and/or Cole Sprouse must have been busy). What I didn’t know was that Bieber, with the sleeves of his Members Only jacket pushed up past his elbows, was about to defend the honor of Miss Swift:
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Got to give the kid credit, he demonstrated some courage, calling out Kanye like that. I just fear that this will start a beef, and it’s only a matter of time before Kanye strikes back in rap form, backed by fellow stage crasher Lil’ Mama (then again, maybe they’ll bond over the way they both like to wear their circa 1980s jackets). Something tells me that young Master Bieber is hoping his chivalry will pay off with a kiss from the damsel in distress. Or at least an opening slot on her sold out next tour.
And then Swift, still no doubt trying to figure out what the hell happened earlier in the show, belted out her VMA winning song in an F line subway car. After riding that train to and from Manhattan for 3 years I can tell you that never happens. To be honest, it was kind of a cool performance, but you just know there was some guy at the 57th Street Station wondering where the F was the F train.
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Oh, and Lady Gaga and Kermit the Frog on the red carpet. I honestly don’t know what to make of this.
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Oh, I guess the joke is “Who is more fake?”
I’ll let you decide.
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The Edge is Really Serious About Being The Edge
This past week’s Entertainment Weekly included a Q&A with U2’s The Edge about the new documentary It Might Get Loud, in which he appears with Jack Black and Jimmy Page. When asked if he has a favorite White Stripes song he responds,
“…I wrote this sketch of a song, which I was really excited about. I went over to my brother’s house and told him, ‘Dik, I gotta play you this new tune!’ After about 16 bars he says, ‘Edge, that is ‘Seven Nation Army.’ I said, ‘What? Get out of here. Is not!’ I went back and listened, and it wasn’t exactly, but it was way too close. I played it for Jack, and he was like, ‘Mmm, it’s a bit close, isn’t it?'”
Okay, so The Edge wrote a “Seven Nation Army” ripoff, no big deal. But more importantly, The Edge makes his brother call him, “Edge?!” You’d think between brothers “David” or “Dave” would be fine. But I guess not. Not only that, but The Edge gets to be The Edge while his brother remains “Dik.” Doesn’t seem fair.
I wonder what Bono’s brother Sheldon* calls his bro.
*This name is made up. I don’t know if Bono even has a brother.**
**Oh, he does, and his name is Norman.***
***And according to Wikipedia Bono’s family has been referring to him as his stage name since adolescence. Well, there you have it.
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Jumped The Snark 
