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TNA Bound For Glory Predictions

guerrilla808 — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:13:28 +0000

Here we go. I'll let you know how I did on Monday.

World Title Samoa, Joe VS. Sting: I'm going with Samoa Joe on this one even though I like Sting and hope he wins.

Grudge Match, Jeff Jarrett VS. Kurt Angle (Special referee Mick Foley): I don't know who to go with here, but I'm going to go with Jarrett for a triumphant return. Reall though, the fans win now that Mick Foley is in TNA.

Three Way, Christian Cage VS. A.j. Styles VS. Booker T: I'm going with Christian Cage again because I think they want to keep the feud with the old timers and the new talent going longer. That's the same reason I'm going with Joe.

Monsters Ball, Beer Money VS. LAX VS. Team 3d VS. Abyss & Matt Morgan (Special Enforcer Mongo): Good grief this match will be epic. I'm going with Abyss & Morgan since they seem to be getting a push these days. In addtion to that being in Monsters Ball could psychologically snap Abyss and bring him back to his old self during the match. ON the other hand it could be Team 3D. I hear they're going to use flaming tables again as a weapon! Plus it would be quite the 21st tag team win for them against 3 other tag teams. But still I'm going with Abyss and Morgan. Now, what Mongo, the four horsemen alumnus, is doing there as an "enforcer" He can't enforce a match that has practically no rules unless someone started using rules then he'd have to stop them!

X-Division, Sheik Abdul Bashir vs. Consequences Creed:I'm going with Consequences Creed on this one because I think they want to push him in the old timers VS. new talent feud. Although, technically, I would consider The Sheik new talent too.

Knockouts Championship, Taylor Wilde VS. Awesome Kong VS. Roxxi: Roxxi because I like her the most!

Knockouts Bimbo Brawl, Rhino, ODB & Rhaka Khan VS. The Beautiful People & Cute Kip:I'm going with Rhino, ODB, and Rhaka Khan although I don't think Khan is a good wrestler yet. She seemed clumsy the last time I saw her and the hand/paw licking lip licking gimmick was totally weird and useless. She did that more than any actual wrestling.

9000!!!

guerrilla808 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:48:12 +0000

Chainsaw Suit is a webcomic I read regularly and it was especially funny yesterday when it riffed on the old Dragonball Z internet meme Over 9000. If you're familiar with the meme, of which there are a ton of, or are a fan of Dragonball Z, or both like me then go read the latest Chainsaw Suit strip. You'll find it extra hilarious!

NICK LOWE en Valencia

comboiexpress — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:01:09 +0000

HEINEKEN GREENSPACE

(C/. Juan Verdeguer, 22 - Valencia)

Sábado, 15 Noviembre, 22:30 (Apertura puertas 21:30 h.)

Nicholas Lowe llegó a este mundo en Suffolk (Inglaterra) el 24 de marzo del 49. Siendo un adolescente ya formaba parte de una banda llamada Kippington Lodge que a principios del 69 se rebautizaría bajo el nombre de su compañero, el guitarrista Brinsley Schwarz. Entre el 70 y el 74 editaron seis discos dónde se apreciaba la fuerza musculosa del llamado pub-rock, siendo considerados en su momento como los curtidos precursores del punk y la new wave. Tras esta etapa comienza su carrera como productor y compositor, trabajando con otros destacados músicos del estilo como Dr. Feelgood y Graham Parker y cofundando uno de los sellos emblemáticos de la época: Stiff Records, dónde pudo dar rienda suelta a su experiencia e imaginación produciendo los primeros discos de Elvis Costello, The Damned y Wreckless Eric. En esta época Nick se lanza de nuevo a grabar, esta vez como solista y edita los celebrados “Jesus of Cool” (78) y “Labour of lust” (79) una colección de canciones frescas de aire irresistible en la mejor tradición del pop británico que tendrían continuidad en el proyecto creado junto a su amigo, el guitarrista Dave Edmund dentro de un nuevo grupo al que llaman Rockpile, registrando en 1980 un único Lp titulado “Seconds of pleasure”. Posiblemente, en estos tres años Nick Lowe deja como legado las tres mejores lecciones de powerpop de la historia. Al mismo tiempo continúa su labor como productor firmando colaboraciones con The Pretenders y Carlene Carter, hija de Johnny Cash, con la que contrae matrimonio en el 79.

Durante la década de los 80, Nick sigue grabando discos notables como “Nick the knife”, “The abominable showman” o “Rose of England” entre otros, y aunque pasa una temporada oscura con problemas de alcoholismo no deja de seguir dejando su huella en discos de Costello, Paul Carrack, John Hyatt o los Fabulous Thunderbirds.

Los noventa se abren con un nuevo Lowe, más maduro y reflexivo y un disco que devuelve a éste gran músico a la primera división: “Party of one” producido por su viejo compañero Dave Edmunds. Tras una corta aventura junto a Ry Cooder en el grupo Little Village, vuelve a dejar su impronta en una obra maestra: “The impossible bird” (94); al que siguen cronológicamente “Dig my mood” (98); “The convincer” (2001) y su último trabajo “At my age” (2007), otro maravilloso regalo cargado de joyas para el disfrute de los sentidos.

Nick Lowe es un artista de culto, maestro indiscutido y respetado por músicos de tres generaciones que cuenta con una enorme base de devotos fans en todo el mundo que han estado suspirando por este retorno a los escenarios, que llega justo 30 años después de su debut en solitario (y de su primer top-ten en UK).

Venta anticipada: 27,50 €

Puntos habituales de la red de www.ticktackticket.com (Fnac, Tienda Tipo, Amsterdam, Carrefour ...) y también en Oldies y Harmony.

NICK LOWE en Valencia

comboiexpress — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:20:20 +0000

HEINEKEN GREENSPACE
(C/. Juan Verdeguer, 22 - Valencia)
Sábado, 15 Noviembre, 22:30 (Apertura puertas 21:30 h.)

Nicholas Lowe llegó a este mundo en Suffolk (Inglaterra) el 24 de marzo del 49. Siendo un adolescente ya formaba parte de una banda llamada Kippington Lodge que a principios del 69 se rebautizaría bajo el nombre de su compañero, el guitarrista Brinsley Schwarz. Entre el 70 y el 74 editaron seis discos dónde se apreciaba la fuerza musculosa del llamado pub-rock, siendo considerados en su momento como los curtidos precursores del punk y la new wave. Tras esta etapa comienza su carrera como productor y compositor, trabajando con otros destacados músicos del estilo como Dr. Feelgood y Graham Parker y cofundando uno de los sellos emblemáticos de la época: Stiff Records, dónde pudo dar rienda suelta a su experiencia e imaginación produciendo los primeros discos de Elvis Costello, The Damned y Wreckless Eric. En esta época Nick se lanza de nuevo a grabar, esta vez como solista y edita los celebrados “Jesus of Cool” (78) y “Labour of lust” (79) una colección de canciones frescas de aire irresistible en la mejor tradición del pop británico que tendrían continuidad en el proyecto creado junto a su amigo, el guitarrista Dave Edmund dentro de un nuevo grupo al que llaman Rockpile, registrando en 1980 un único Lp titulado “Seconds of pleasure”. Posiblemente, en estos tres años Nick Lowe deja como legado las tres mejores lecciones de powerpop de la historia. Al mismo tiempo continúa su labor como productor firmando colaboraciones con The Pretenders y Carlene Carter, hija de Johnny Cash, con la que contrae matrimonio en el 79.

Durante la década de los 80, Nick sigue grabando discos notables como “Nick the knife”, “The abominable showman” o “Rose of England” entre otros, y aunque pasa una temporada oscura con problemas de alcoholismo no deja de seguir dejando su huella en discos de Costello, Paul Carrack, John Hyatt o los Fabulous Thunderbirds.

Los noventa se abren con un nuevo Lowe, más maduro y reflexivo y un disco que devuelve a éste gran músico a la primera división: “Party of one” producido por su viejo compañero Dave Edmunds. Tras una corta aventura junto a Ry Cooder en el grupo Little Village, vuelve a dejar su impronta en una obra maestra: “The impossible bird” (94); al que siguen cronológicamente “Dig my mood” (98); “The convincer” (2001) y su último trabajo “At my age” (2007), otro maravilloso regalo cargado de joyas para el disfrute de los sentidos.

Venta anticipada: 27,50 €
Puntos habituales de la red de www.ticktackticket.com (Fnac, Tienda Tipo, Amsterdam, Carrefour ...) y también en Oldies y Harmony.

What Else Is Atomsplit Up To?

guerrilla808 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:11:54 +0000

Man when I made yesterdays post, I totally forgot one of the most important things, and I'm glad Doug reminded me that Atomsplit is also working on the Soundtrack to the animation. Eight original Atomsplit songs for your listening pleasure!

Cine

priesterr — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:10:55 +0000

Longe de querer ficar farinhando o mesmo saco, mas pra aproveitar a linha de raciocínio dos meus posts, a banda de hoje é a paulistana Cine.

Formada em 2007, Dh (vocal), Dan (guitarra/programação), David (bateria/backvocal) e Bruno (baixo/backvocal) já tocavam juntos por aí na finada banda Without Shoes. Com uma proposta totalmente inovadora por essas bandas, resolveram começar do zero, seguindo uma tendência que começava a dar as caras lá na gringa - com bandas como Forever The Sickest Kids, Metro Station e a já apresentada Danger Radio.

Com letras descompromissadas, ritmo contagiante e alegre, o Cine já é um dos destaques do underground paulistano, tendo fechado recentemente um contrato com a marca de roupas Levi's. O sucesso em tão pouco tempo se deve também ao profissionalismo que os caras têm apresentando tanto no palco como fora dele, onde contam com o apoio do produtor Pinguim, também jovem como os integrantes, que resolveu deixar de tocar por aí para se dedicar a investir no talento dos garotos.

Pra quem curte um som alegre, shows em clima de festa, ta aí o Cine.

Cine - Prometa:

myspace.com/bandacine

Câmbio-desliga.

What's Atomsplit Up To?

guerrilla808 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:39:47 +0000

Now that I have all the assets done for the the animation and the game what's next? Well, I'm working on T-Shirt designs, desktop wallpapers, a PSP theme, and a PS3 theme. While I'm do that Doug found a really awesome animator, Bill Meeks to put the twelve episodes together. While he's doing that. Doug will be working on some websites for the game, the animation, the webcomic, and myspace!Whew! It's coming together!

Screaming Masterpiece: Una mirada al rock en Islandia

luisdanielurea — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:54:29 +0000

Tenía algo de tiempo queriendo ver este documental. Me enteré de él gracias a una recomendación de Bernardo. "Screaming Masterpiece (Gargandi snilld )" es un documental del director islandes Ari Alexander sacado en el año 2005 que relata la movida musical actual en Islandia, sus orígenes, sus razones, su evolución y sus máximos representantes. Incluso tocan un poco el tema de la historia de los primeros pobladores de la Isla y durante toda su duración muestras paisajes y lugares muy característicos de la isla.

El rock en Islandia tiene características que lo hacen único y muy distinto a las escenas musicales del resto del mundo. Esto se puede observar en este documental, donde muchos adentramos a él gracias a artistas como Björk, Sigur Ros o Múm, pero cuando uno se adentra un poco mas se da cuanta que ellos sólo son la punta de un gran iceberg, donde se encuentran una gran cantidad de propuestas creativas, variadas y muy interesantes.

Aquí les pongo videos de las bandas que más me sorprendieron

Sigur Ros junto con Odin's Raven Magic

Apparat Organ Quartet

Múm con Slowblow

Mugison

Trailer del documental

Balloons

guerrilla808 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:53:12 +0000

In Google Reader mobile on the you can't see pictures included in posts so when I read the title of this post: The Weird And Whimsical Balloon Sculptures Of Jason Hackenwerth. I was thinking it was something like stone carvings made to look like balloons or kids holding balloons or something lame like that. That is totally not what this is about. Jason Hackenwerth is a balloon tying master who crafts the oddest shaped creations out of actual balloons. This isn't even in the same universe as a circus clown dog. His pieces are totally insane! I can't even imagine how many balloons it takes or how many he pops, but the end resut is beyond awesome. After looking at the pictures the shapes start to look like creatures and monsters. Some towards the end look like the slug things in the anime Nausicaa If you're into twisted balloon shapes or complete awesomeness in general go check these balloon sculptures out!

Gurren Lagann

guerrilla808 — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:42:09 +0000

What is Gurren Lagann? Gurren Lagann is one of the best Giant Robot animes I've seen since G Gundam. It's about aliens which are half animal and half human called Beastmen who invade the earth and drive the humans underground. The Beastmen pilot Giant Robots called Gunmen. One day two humans Kamina and Simon find a Gunman, take it to the surface, and the begin to take back the earth from the Beastmen. Throughout the series they find other humans who join them and steal Gunmen from defeated Beastmen which they use to help Kamina and Simon in their fight. What makes this Giant Robot series unique is the fact that it's hilarious in the FLCL Gainax tradition, it has some seriously sick fight scenes with the Gunmen, and most importantly the characters who pilot the Giant Robots actually want to pilot the robots and have a good time doing it. One thing I hate about a lot of Giant Robot series is that the people who are fortunate enough to get to pilot the robots don't want to. It becomes a burden to them, they don't want the responsibility, and they brood about it, and blah blah blah. It really brings the series down. I stop watching a lot of them half way through because of it. Luckily Gurren Lagann doesn't suffer from this malady and so it's an awesome a fun series to watch all the way through. If you like Giant Robots, humor, or good anime in general check out Gurren Lagann. I saw it on the Sci Fi channel. They might replay it again and if they do then do yourself a favor and watch it.

Spread Out

guerrilla808 — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:53:00 +0000

I just finished watching Smackdown for this week. It was totally awesome. I nearly watched the full two hours this time. I know why it was so awesome. I knew it was going to be awesome when I first heard about the premiere show on My network TV. It was awesome because the best wrestlers weren't spread out over three shows. They were all on one show so almost every match was a premium match. This is why TNA is so good. They don't have three shows. They have one focused show every week with their best wrestlers and it totally rules. I wish the WWE would do this. I'm not saying just have RAW or whatever. I'm saying switch the wrestlers around between the shows. Have at least three premium matches each week with guys that don't usually wrestle each other. That's what WCW used to do with Nitro and Thunder. Some guys you'd see on one, but not the other. Some guys you'd see on both and then it would change the next week. It kept things fresh. The whole draft thing and people sticking to one shows makes it really boring. So, anyway, this week was awesome and I really appreciated it, but next week I expect more of the same and once again I'll cut a two hour show down to 45 minutes on the DVR.

Ein Lebenszeichen...

crookedshoes — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:11:39 +0000

Hey,

nachdem es nun ca. 2 Wochen still um uns war, gibts jetzt die geballte Info-Power :D

Erstmal: HEUTE ABEND - MAINPOP ROCKNIGHT in Sailauf ! ! !

Nicht verpassen :P Entweder ihr kommt selbst mit Auto oder Bus dorthin oder nehmt bequem vom Aschaffenburger Hauptbahnhof aus um 19.00 Uhr (pünktlich!) den speziellen Shuttle-Service in Anspruch.

Dieser bringt euch nach dem "Rocknacht" auch wieder sicher nach A'burg und ist KOSTENLOS.

Wenn ihr fragen habt: crookedshoes@web.de

Wir haben eine begrenzte Anzahl an Freikarten; der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm ;D (sonst kostet der Eintritt 3€)

Und hier nochmal der Flyer:

Wir würden uns auf jeden Fall über eurer Kommen freuen =D

Zudem rocken wir heute abend zusammen mit unseren Freunden von Vintage. Der Besuch lohnt sich also gleich doppelt!

Ansonsten sind wir in den nächsten Wochen & Monaten weiterhin recht beschäftigt:

25.10.08 JUZ Aschaffenburg (mit Vintage)

31.10.08 JUI Miltenberg "Halloween-Party"

01.11.08 Austauschgig in Mainz (mit Wanted)

14.11.08 JUKUZ Aschaffenburg "Lindenau on the Rocks" (KS-Party)

Zudem heißt es wieder mal: ALBUM ALBUM ALBUM

Wir setzen alles daran es möglichst schnell fertigzustellen. STAY TUNED :D

Beste Grüße in die Welt!

Julius von den Shoes

The Debate

guerrilla808 — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:54:58 +0000

Like many of my fellow Americans I watched the debate last night and I thought both speakers had good claims and positions. But the question remains who really is the better acquisition to TNA? Is it Kurt Angle, 1996 Olympic Gold Medal recipient, victor of innumerable matches in WWE against practically every superstar, one of the top draws in TNA and one of the reasons TNA went from being an hour show to a two hour show. Is it Mick Foley, the father of hardcore, who as Mankind, Cactus Jack, Dude Love, and himself put his body and maybe is very mental state on the line night in and night out in sacrifice to his utterly devoted fans. Who's to say for sure? It's like Mick Foley himself said you can think one way or another. In my opinion I can only remember two or three exceptional matches with Kurt Angle, but with Foley, and this is the reason I'm one of the devoted fans, I've seen this master of hardcore get set on fire, get hit with barbed wired. fall on tacks, and get a tooth shoved up his nose, among other things, all with a smile on his face. Bang Bang. So, In my mind it is Foley who is the better acquisition, but in reality who knows for sure. What I do know for a fact is that TNA is all the better for having both Foley and Angle in the company.

We're Headed For Blood

guerrilla808 — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:04:14 +0000

If you've been reading this Atomsplit blog for a while you probably already know I'm a fan of cowboy movies. Last night I just saw a commercial for a new one coming out called Appalossa that looks pretty good. After seeing that I started thinking about Saiyuki Western Django and The Good The Bad And The Weird. Then that got me to thinking that it sure has been a long time since I've seen the mighty Young Guns 1 and Young Guns 2 and The Quick And The Dead. Then that got me thinking that as soon as Appalossa comes out on DVD I'm going to rent all these movies and make a day...or two out of it. Giddy up!

Atomsplit

guerrilla808 — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:04:31 +0000

If you're stumbling across this page for the first time you're probably wondering what is Atomsplit all about. Well, Atomsplit is a cartoon, comic strip, game, and general multimedia story about an indie rock band who comes into contact with and old school rocker named Bobby Vandertramp who trains the young indie rockers to create and control the Divine Sound, a sound so strong and powerful it can do anything. However, there are some folks who don't want Atomsplit to have access to such a powerful sound, namely, the recording corporation and they're representative Mr. Peevil. It's up to Atomsplit to perfect the Divine Sound and share it with the world while at the same time staying one step ahead of the music companies and Mr. Peevil. Atomsplit in production now and I hope all you future Atomsplitters will enjoy it when it launches.

Kingdom Almost Awesome

guerrilla808 — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:08:22 +0000

The Kingdowm Under Fire series can't get it quite right with me. I wanted to play Kingdom Under Fire because it looked good at I heard it was an action RPG. Then I played it at my friend's house and found out it had Real Time Strategy elements I had to command people to do stuff. So that was fun for about two seconds and then I was done. I don't like taking time out of my schedule of school fools on the battle field in order to tell other people what to do. Next there was Kingdom Under Fire 2. I dismissed this game out right for being a complete Real Time Strategy game. Next, Ninety Nine Nights. Now we're talking! I don't have to tell any one what to do. All I have to do is set up my forces. then let them automatically do their thing while I go in there and lay out a beating on everybody. This is totally fun for the first couple of stages then you realize that that's all there is a couple of stages per character that you have to play over and over until you level up to max, find the good weapon, and take out the last boss. That got totally boring real fast, but at least it had a little story I could get behind. Finally comes Kingdom Under Fire: Circle Of Doom. Here we are! I'm all alone. I'm leveling up. There's some awesome looking stages, bosses, the whole bit except for one thing. I don't know who I am or what I'm doing or why I'm doing it. There's some sort of nonsensical light and dark story that suggests things for quests when I sleep, but that's about it. If this game were about a story I would have forgotten it twenty minutes after I started, but it's not about a story it's totally about loot. Lott, loot, loot! I kill all the monsters and they drop tons of loot that I get and maximize my character with then I get to the selling idol, sell my junk and buy even better loot to maximize my character. Then, after I fought the first boss last night it dropped a sick armor and I was like oh that's cool. Then all of a sudden it started raining loot!!! There was a time limit on how much loot I could loot! The whole equipment loot scheme smacks of Diablo and Record Of The Lodoss War, but I don't care because i like those game and I like this game. If it keeps on going this way I'm going to be pleasantly surprised. So far Blue Side's made a good, fun game to play. If they had beefed up the story some more it would have been a great game. Hopefully, Kingdom Under Fire: Circle Of Doom 2 will be a great game.

Souled!

guerrilla808 — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:44:01 +0000

Well, I had a good time playing Soul Calibur 4 for the last month or so. I did as much as a button masher like myself could before it got too hard. Before I moved on to Kingdom Under Fire: Circle Of Doom though I made fifty customized characters for when friends come over or I want to jump online and play Soul Calibur. Four of my customizable characters are, you guessed it, Atomsplit. Check them out:

So here we are from right to left, Colby, D. Sazster, Gracie, and J.P.!

Free Music?

guerrilla808 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:40:05 +0000

That's right. You can find free music if you know where to look and one of the best places to find new and free music to listen to is Free Albums Galore Blog. I've found some pretty sweet bands from Free Albums Galore like Hungry Lucy, Decal, and The Heavens which is on Jamendo and don't forget Atomsplit is on Jamendo too. So if you want to check out some new music from all over the world a great place to start is Free Albums Galore Blog.

Knockout

guerrilla808 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:16:54 +0000

TNA was as great as ever last night, but they did something that was especially awesome last night. To preface this I will say I've never been a fan of women wrestling and in fact when I watch Smackdown I skip the WWE Diva talking parts and wrestling parts and save myself around 20-30 minutes of time. I used to, on the whole, dismiss the TNA women's division called the Knockouts. I'll admit that they have some interesting characters like Roxxi Leveau, ODB, and Awesome Kong, but still I wasn't really all that interested in women's wrestling until last night. Lat Night Roxxi Leveau came out dressed as Raisha Saeed. At the end of Kong's match she revealed herself, surprised Kong, took her down, and started to turn her face into hamburger. Then to ice that cake she gave Kong a couple of chaiir shots. I'm officially a fan of Roxxi Leveau now. This is a bold move on TNA's part. Instead of dressing their women up in Las Vegas outfits and making them jump around and do gymnastics for twenty minutes they're letting them fight! Bravo TNA! The WWE seriously better start taking some notes here. On a side note I predicted a war between the vets and the new gen wrestlers on August 29th. In the same post I said it probably wouldn't happen, but it is happening! Sweet. Now, where does Mick Foley fit into this puzzle. I don't know yet, but I'll find out next week.

Recycled

guerrilla808 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:34:59 +0000

Instead of throwing out all your old skateboards like I did in the late nineties I could have made some seriously sick furniture like the pieces featured here. The only way this furniture could be cooler is if it were made out of some Atomsplit decks and wheels. Hmmm...something to keep in mind for the future!

Danger:Radio

priesterr — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:08:25 +0000

Olá! Meu primeiro post neste porão será dedicado a uma banda nova lá da gringa.

O Danger Radio faz um rock bem misturado, com elementos eletrônicos, guitarras grooveadas e um vocalista - bom - que tem voz de menininha. A banda foi formada em Washington, em 2005, e seus integrantes têm na faixa dos 20 anos.

Os caras fazem parte de uma nova safra de bandas de rock que podemos chamar de pós-emo (tá, inventei isso agora). Buscando um som mais alegre, dançante, divertido e um visual meio emo com algo revival de um tempo que eu não vivi, criou-se o powerpop (que não tem nada a ver com o "power pop" do The Who).

Esse estilo já chegou ao Brasil e conta com algumas bandas muito boas que pretendo colocar aqui em breve.

Danger Radio - Slow Dance With A Stranger:

Confiram ae mais alguns sons dos caras: myspace.com/dangerradio

Câmbio-desliga.

PROGRAMA CONCIERTOS OCTUBRE 2008

salamatisse — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:23:30 +0000

JUEVES, 2 OCTUBRE, 22:30 h. - 5 / 7 €

BLUE DOTS

rock

www.myspace.com/bluedotsvlc

Comparte cartel: TRASHBAG

rock

http://trashbagtheband.blogspot.com

VIERNES, 3 OCTUBRE, 23:00 h. - 6 €

AGUA NEGRA

rock / americana (Tributo a The Doobie Brothers)

SÁBADO, 4 OCTUBRE, 23:00 h. - 12 / 15 €

JAVIER RUIBAL

Canción de autor

www.javierruibal.com

Venta anticipada: Oldies, Amsterdam, Tipo, Matisse y www.atrapalo.com

JUEVES, 9 OCTUBRE, 22:30 h. - 4 €

RAINDROP

Pop-Rock

www.myspace.com/raindropband

Grupo invitado: FUZZY WHITE CASTERS

Pop-Rock

www.myspace.com/fuzzywhitecasters

VIERNES, 10 OCTUBRE, 22:30 h. - 6 €

FRAIZER

Rock

www.myspace.com/fraizertrio

Comparte cartel: LOS TUERCAS

Rock

www.myspace.com/lostuercas

SÁBADO, 11 OCTUBRE, 22:30 h. - 6 €

EL ÚLTIMO GRITO

Pop-Rock

www.myspace.com/ultimogrito

www.elultimogrito.es

Grupo invitado: UNIVERSO ACELERADO

Pop-Rock

www.myspace.com/universoacelerado

JUEVES, 16 OCTUBRE, 22:30 h. - 3 / 5 €

O-DRY

Indie-Rock

www.myspace.com/odry4u

Grupo invitado: A TEAR TO BLOOM

Emo-Rock

www.myspace.com/xateartobloomx

VIERNES, 17 OCTUBRE, 22:30 h. - 10 €

GIGANTIC

Powerpop

www.myspace.com/giganticau

SÁBADO, 18 OCTUBRE, 23:00 h. - 10 €

ÁNGELES NEGROS

Rock'n'roll & 60's Beat-Pop

JUEVES, 23 OCTUBRE, 22:30 h. - 3 €

CAPITÁN OXIDO

Rock

www.myspace.com/capitanoxido

VIERNES, 24 OCTUBRE, 12 / 15 €

STACEY EARLE & MARC STUART

Country-Folk / Americana

www.myspace.com/staceyearleandmarkstuart

Comparte cartel: JASON RINGENBERG

Country-Punk / Americana

www.myspace.com/farmerjason

Venta anticipada: Amsterdam, Tipo, Mardigras y Harmony.

SÁBADO, 25 OCTUBRE, 23:00 - Gratuito

LA HORA BRUJA

Pop-Rock

www.myspace.com/lahorabruja

JUEVES, 30 OCTUBRE, 22:30 h. - 7 €

7 BALAS

Southern-Rock / Americana

www.myspace.com/7balas

Comparte cartel: SOUTHILL

Southern-Rock / Americana

www.myspace.com/southill

VIERNES, 31 OCTUBRE, 22:30 h. - 10 €

BOMBONES

Pop-Rock

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... And this one is the Arnold Schwarzenegger of stop-motion.

Ismail — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:04:01 +0000

Last time I showed you a stop-motion music video by The Deadly Deaths. This is another song, by Digitalism. It's called "Pogo." It's different from the last one in that it looks more like a traditional stop-motion clip. At the same time, this uses a few techniques that aren't as common. Watch to see what I'm talking about.

Here it is. If you can't see the video below, just follow the link.

Digitalism 'Pogo' music video from Aske Pedersen on Vimeo.

BONUS: A friend of mine is pretty good at following the news. You've probably at least heard about the Large Hadron Collider. If not, that's what links are for, and there's one in front of this sentence. Once you've been read in, check this site out.

Josh Fix Speaks - Interview pt. 2

Andy — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:46:38 +0000

Here, as promised, is the continuation of a conversation I had with Josh Fix a few weeks ago...

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I'll be in SF this weekend. Tell me about your favorite restaurant.

Izzy’s Steak and Chops! Enough said.

Powerpop artists are notorious (not saying that's a bad thing) for wearing their influences on their sleeves. Some of your songs from "Free at Last" trigger an immediate "influences" response in me. Tell me what you think...

"Whiskey & Speed" — Brian May guitar choirs

Guilty as charged. But let me explain: it’s not that easy to get the sound like that. So, I’m really proud that I got some of them to come out that way. The key actually lies in getting a rather small and shitty sound out of each individual guitar, so that only together do they conjoin into a megarrific “guitarmy.” Same with the vocals- It’s a counterintuitive process, but sometimes less really is more. I think all the guitars for that song were done in my closet, and then “flown-in” during the main mixing sessions. Damn, I love computers sometimes!

"Rock and Roll Slut" — "Millionaire Waltz" (esp. the John Deacon-y bass run that climbs up the 10ths under the backwards harmony guitars in the intro)

John Deacon, and Steve Harris from Maiden are my bass gods. Every time I lay down bass tracks, I try to make them a combination of those guys. I love the album “A Day At The Races”, and John Deacon’s playing on that whole album is amazing. The interplay between the piano and the bass in the beginning of “Millionaire Waltz” is genius. But the middle section is my favorite—the slow middle section is so frickin’ sad and prophetic, in retrospect: Freddie singing “my fine friends, take me with you and love me forever…” Whewwwww!

"Free at Last" — very Django-ish solo break

Yeah! I mean thank you! But yes. What happened is that I was trying to lay the solo down in the studio at Hyde Street, and was just not happy with any of the takes I did.
I took it home and re-recorded it in my closet, but I’d left my nylon-string at the studio, so I had to record on a steel string. I wanted a gypsy feel. The classical nylon guitar gave it a more flamenco feel, but the steel strings are what probably makes it sound more like Django. That’s a wonderful compliment by the way. Thank you.

"Tiger on a Treadmill" — Supertramp (castanets and Wurly, kids!)

Hell yes. There’s a big trunk of percussion instruments in the corner of the live room at Studio C, and since the beloved vibraslap was being used—PRODIGIOUSLY—on a couple other tunes, and the cowbell was making an appearance in the album, I wanted something different and cheeky for “Tiger.” The Wurly was already a big part of the arrangement, and as anyone who listens to Supertramp knows, Wurly and castanets go together like chocolate and peanut-butter! So, it’s my cheeky chocolate-peanutbutter moment.

"Water in My Brain" — '80s (90125)-era Yes... you do a good Jon Anderson

I’m not sure WHAT I was going for with that one! The early demo was part of my first foray into electronica. It was originally written as part of an aborted hare-brained scheme of mine to try to get out of a bad contract that I’d signed. (The ol’ “contractual obligation” recording.) Everyone I played it for didn’t get the joke, but liked the tune! So it got a bit of a facelift, got re-recorded and now it’s the song we usually close our shows with! I love that it’s on the album.

"Bad with the Superbad" — Ben Folds

Ben Folds is a huge influence (obviously). I love his punk ethic. In a lot of ways he’s way more punk than any of the so-called punks you have nowadays. Punk isn’t a t-shirt, dumb-dumbs!

I love how obnoxiously big his makes his piano sound on his recordings. I figured, I’ll just add some extra guitars for the shit-kicker factor. I wanted the drums to sound like Dave Grohl on a combination of acid and steroids. (And I managed to use the word “biatch” in a song, which has been a dream of mine for like 10 years. Hehe.)

Enough about influences — what's your writing process like? Do you hear arrangements in your head and "know" them immediately, or do you work it out in the studio?

I usually don’t even ENTER the studio without pretty exhaustive, kitchen-sink demos already recorded into a Pro Tools session. So I just show up with a bunch of hard-drives under my arm. Although I manage to squeeze a lot of production into a very compressed timeframe when in the studio, for whatever reason—maybe it’s all the toys, gizmos and flashing lights—I freeze up in the studio when it comes to writing. I probably could if really HAD to, but it’s not my favorite place to write. I usually come up with the important ideas when I’m doing things that are superficially unrelated to music, like taking a shower, shooting things in a video game, or jogging around the block. I can’t even begin to tell you how many tunes I’ve written just waiting on a platform for a train. I do a lot of singing into my cell phone voicemail, and usually at times and places that are very embarrassing for anyone else who’s with me.

And yes, I do seem to hear complete arrangements in my head pretty early on, if not immediately. But sometimes you’ve got to let ideas bounce around in your grape for an extended period of time before they manifest themselves into anything musically meaningful. In the studio you’re constantly on the clock, so for me at least it’s not the best environment for that side of it. But I think the reason I’m able to get so much production shit done in the studio is because of all the pre-production and arranging before I go in.

What's on your plate next?

EUROPEAN TOUR!!!! (more on that later…)

What's on your iPod lately?

Radiohead, Zeppelin. Jordan Carp. Leonard Cohen. Randy Newman. And I’ve been on a Berlioz, Bruckner and Puccini binge lately too.

Are you surprised by the positive reaction to "Free at Last"?

I figured the best and only thing for this album would be to try to maintain a certain level of musical "honesty"- at all costs, including maybe some commercial costs, frankly. But I’m glad I did. I fought (sometimes with myself) to maintain this attitude through every process of the album: writing, recording, producing, mixing, mastering.

With that frame of mine, I hoped that somebody somewhere would get it, eventually. (Not everybody has, mind you.) But I’ve been pretty blown away by some of the things that are being said about the record. It’s so nice to know that sticking to my guns yielded something that’s being enjoyed and appreciated by others.