Darth Drabek

I actually don't have any of their albums. I just saw them live on two separate occasions, and I have the songs from their web site. I know, I know, I should support these indie bands with my hard-earned dinero, but at least I do the word of mouth thing and go to shows, eh? Anyway, the singer/guitarist used to be in a band with a guy I used to be in a band with, too. We had an excellent discussion about Rocket From the Crypt at their Youngstown show a year or so ago. Their web site is www.interfusenoise.com.

I could imagine a thick clot of hipsters at that show, all trying to maintain their detached look while in a crowded space. Had to be an amusing sight. I think you'd like Interfuse, Laozi. They wear their Fugazi and Sonic Youth influences on their sleeves.

Interfuse - Nixon's Widow Awesome noisy indie-punk band from Akron, Ohio. I saw these guys at a dingy club called The Lime Spider. Still in my short list of best bar names ever.

I'm a professional muckraker! I write for a daily newspaper, where ANYTHING can be made into a big story if we try hard enough.

Mr. Bungle - The Air-Conditioned Nightmare

The Suicide Machines - Sometimes I Don't Mind A love song, to his dog. But not in the gross way.

I see my question sparked a minor debate... I found an IWD demo disc that came with my BG2 and played a bit last night. During conversations with NPCs, I found myself waiting for interjections that never came.... and it made me sad. The combat was fun, although I died a lot.

Holy cow man! I actually cracked up at work over Patton shredding guitar as a bard. "Inspire courage."

I love the ending to that song. What a great last verse. Wilco - Misunderstood you're back in your old neighborhood the cigarettes taste so good but you're so misunderstood you're so misunderstood edit: looks like Eldar snuck a standard in there while I was typing.

A girl at one of my old band's shows was overheard to say "Oh my God! They sound so much like Soul Asylum that I want to cry!" Now, this is funny for several reasons. Number one, no one else had ever said we sounded like Soul Asylum (This is NHD we're talkin about, Kor). Number two, I'm not sure if her exclamation was a good or bad thing. Soul Asylum - Just Like Anyone

It's never too late for Soul Asylum! Soul Asylum - Homesick woe is me, i am so homesick but it ain't that bad 'cause i'm homesick for the home i never had Deep, man, just really... deep.

Yes, do we? also, are the IWD games any good? I hear they're pretty, but lacking in the story department. You build your own party, I believe, so there's no interparty interaction - which is my favorite part of the BG series.

Let's keep it going! Soul Asylum - Without a Trace i fell in love with a hooker she laughed in my face so seriously i took her i was a disgrace i was out of line, i was out of place out of time to save face see the open mouth of my suitcase sayin' "leave this place" leave without a trace... leave without a trace... you leave.... without a trace

I think many of you are missing the point of Peragus. It's supposed to be empty, because of events your prescence has (inadvertently) caused! Yeah, it's a drag on repeated playthroughs, but that first time through it provided a very interesting mystery angle. I thought it was ballsy of the writers to tell the story mostly through holovid recordings.

Twilight Singers - There's Been an Accident Pixies - Is She Weird and... Foreigner - Jukebox Hero

I watched Logan's Run this weekend. Classic sci-fi movie about a utopian city "bubble" on the face of a ravaged world, where everyone lives for pleasure... until your 30th birthday when you must try for rebirth in a crazy ritual. Very good stuff. Bonus: Classic pinup Farrah Fawcett was in it!

Soul Asylum - Summer of Drugs (Victoria Williams cover) Sister got bit by a copperhead snake in the woods behind the house Nobody was home so I grabbed her foot and I sucked that poison out Sister got better in a month or two when the swelling it went down But I'd started out my teenage years with a poison in my mouth.

Yul Brynner has NEVER made a bad movie, sir! Sheesh, what's next? Defaming The Magnificent Seven? (I know, I know, Seven Samurai, Kurosawa, whatever. Yul Brynner rules.)

Well, you know, like Lennon said... "whatever gets you through the night, 'salright" .... Wait, no! Unacceptable!

The Lion in Winter. Man, that's a classic. One minute, 1,283 classic films. I have a feeling someone has a list somewhere. Hmmmm?

1st place in the grammatically mangled song lyric competition, classic rock division, goes to AMERICA! @sucky: The guitarist from Skeletonwitch e-mailed me back today. He said...

Your thoughts? Besides "sexy." No, I'm not talking about the DEP song. It's probably not sexy.

I sent an e-mail, but I've only talked to the guitarist once since graduation (last year), but I did tell him Skeletonwitch should go on a Eurotour! :cool: Ted Leo - Ghosts (The Jam cover) Link to the mp3 from TL's official website

I have actually accomplished a lot of things I'm proud of... but there's still a lot I want to do before I'll be content to pick a banjo on my front porch all day. Have done: played guitar and sang in my own band played solo open mic shows (that was much harder than playing with a band) been to Hawaii (albeit with parents when I was like 11) made out with two women at the same time (one of them was even cute) helped build houses for people who were down on their luck proposed to the love of my life (neither of the girls from above) still on the to-do list: get a job that doesn't suck go on a Caribbean cruise with my buds see a game at Fenway Park tour Europe get back in shape (not even high-school shape, i'd be content with first few years of college-shape) write the Great American Novel convince Soundgarden to get back together convince Nickleback to stop making music see The Twilight Singers at least two more times get hitched, so I can spend more than weekends with my woman (those darn Catholics and their rules )

Blank's review is worthy of the title: Bitchin' Narrative