Darth Drabek

Okay, so I was listening to this DJ who calls himself "Dr. Metal" Friday afternoon on the way home from work and I heard the most ridiculous song from a band called Absolute Steel. I guess they're Norwegian, so maybe some of you fellas have heard them. The song was "Beer Run," and it was so over-the-top I thought of a harder-rocking Motley Crue. Anyway, here's the album cover: And the track listing: 1. High Heels and Fishnet Stockings 2. Beer Run 3. Kick 4. Rough Love (Tender Heart) 5. Deeper 6. Juicy Lucy 7. Too Slow Above 8. Deliverance 9. Opus Suite

Ah, I knew you'd remind me of more bands from the great North. Don't you guys have some sort of patriotic radio requirements? I think I remember reading that some percentage of Canadian DJs playlists had to be composed of Canadian artists. The Tragically Hip - Litttle Bones two-fifty for an eyeball and a buck and a half for an ear happy hour, happy hour happy hour is here (that's kind of creepy)

The New Pornographers: Canada's best musical export since Rush. Tim Easton - Get Some Lonesome

Shadows Fall - To Ashes Yes, occasionally I do rock.

Was it.... Satan? He gives those to all the boys. Business casual, gents. Tan, slightly rumpled corduroys and a dark gray polo.

I'll probably watch tonight's game between the Vikes and the Pats, as I'm curious how it will end up. Hopefully, Chester Taylor will have another huge game and Doug Gabriel will catch a TD or two, because they're both on my fantasy team and I'm 10 points down. My opponent had Marques Colston and Vinitieri... grrr.

Jeeeee-zus Christ! Somebody hire a copy editor! Where did you get that, P? I mean, some modder wrote that for his or her NWN module, right? No one was paid to write that, right? Edit: added the incredulous questions

I am reliably informed that the American Spanish doesn't use second person plural, merely duplicating the third-person polite, instead. (Funnily enough, it was a German who told me. :D ) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's true! But my professor was originally from Spain and used the Castillian (sp.?) dialect, so we had to learn the vosotros forms anyway. He wanted us to learn "true" Spanish, not the bastardized form used in the states and Mexico. The man was definitely a lingual elitist.

I wonder if they meant vacillate? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't know, several people I know have a particular style of dancing that could be described as "oscillating wildly." Wilco - Candyfloss

Rocket From the Crypt - Young Livers

The "wife-beater" was brought to the masses by Kid Rock, that idiot who was married to Pamela Anderson for a while. I'm not calling him an idiot because of his music (which is bad, though), but because she's been with Tommy Lee, man. You just can't compete with that. Anyway, t-shirt and jeans, yo. And I think Feng's shirt gave me a seizure.

Ha, I never got much past the present and past tenses in my three years of Spanish. I bet I could still do present tense though. Hablo, hablas, habla, hablamos, hablais, hablan And "hablando" is "speaking." So I can do that one, but those irregular verbs always get me. Anyway, I'm drinking cheap red wine and strumming the ol' acoustic guitar. Pretty pysched for "Free Lunch Monday," a little tactic my employer implemented to build team morale. It works like a charm, especially for people like me who are easily bought.

Live in 1987 (w00t) Sounds like a metal version of a Castlevania soundtrack, 15 years before the minibosses. As it was the 80s, these guys brought the too, though.

@Pidesco: Glad you're enjoying the Petra Haden... I heard she was doing an acappella full-album-cover of The Who Sell Out (commercials and all!), and it piqued my interest - so I checked her out and found that gem. @Kor: That is one soulful rendition of our national anthem. Paul Gilbert - Boku No Atama This is a good example of what can happen when an American musician becomes huge in Japan and starts writing and singing in Japanese. The man is an absolute nutcase, but he sure can play guitar. "My head is made of tomatoes, but I like tomatoes more than eggplant, and my heart is made of strawberries, but I like strawberries more than pears.... that's the basic gist of it." Edit because I forgot the link.

Getting ready to drive down to Columbus to visit my buddy - who has tickets for tomorrow's Ohio State vs. Minnesota football game! Should be a cakewalk for the no. 1 Buckeyes, but I'm still pretty stoked, because although I've seen my share of I-AA, MAC and high school games, I've never been part of the big-time college football spectacle. So this last hour of work needs to fly by, 'cause my mind is already gone...

Petra Haden - God Only Knows Acappella version of the Beach Boys classic from a cool singer/violinist who has played with a bunch of bands, including the Decemberists, Sean Lennon, The Rentals, Greg Dulli, the Foo Fighters and Green Day. She also has an acappella version of Thriller posted. I think "quirky" probably is a good adjective for that...

Heh heh that would be tricky... all right back to work.

Actually I was referring to the rapper with the bullet holes who did that ubiquitous "In Da Club" tune: 50 Cent. I tried to spell it phonetically, but I guess I just lost you. Anyway, I referenced the lyrics a post or two back ("We gonna party like it's yo birfday, we gon drink Bacardi like it's yo birfday").

Teenage Fanclub - The Concept The link is to a live version. What a great beginning verse. she wears denim wherever she goes says she's gonna get some records by the Status Quo Ahhhhhh.... Ted Leo! (w00t)

Well, I'm sure "Fitty" would approve of that, too.

So.... did you party like it was your birthday? Or maybe you drank Bacardi like it was, in fact, your birthday?

That was the coolest part of that NoMad. Man, I felt like James Bond when I slipped off the plastic cover and BAM! - USB capable! That was slicker and more stylish than a thousand white earbuds. :cool:

Mmmm... sangria. I'm sipping from my big bottle of burgundy tonight. i started off with burgundy and then hit the harder stuff everybody said they'd stand behind me when the game got rough but there was no one there, man, there was nobody even there to bluff i'm goin back to new york city, i do believe i've had enough Oh, and Richard Cheese rules.

On the topic of SanDisk MP3 players: Yeah, they're great. I love my 512 MB little buddy, and it even impressed my techie friend enough for him to buy one of his own. Much more reliable than the 128 MB Creative NoMad I had for a few years. I bought an iPod shuffle for my dad to use on his long bike rides. I didn't like doing it, but I thought it was the simplest choice for a 50-year old man without much high-tech experience beyond the VCR.

I honestly couldn't understand a word she sang. The vocals are just buried. Guitar work is nice though. Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey