Darth Drabek

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Teenage Fanclub - Alcoholiday Still classic.

Gentlemen, set your bookmarks!

Rock and roll, new mods. I'm sure you will rule with an iron fist.

I fight with Dorothy and Dorothy always wins! Stephen Malkmus & the Million Dollar Bashers - Ballad of a Thin Man Cat Power - Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again These two are back-to-back on the sprawling, amazing soundtrack to the new Dylan film I'm Not There. Essential listening for any aspiring Dylanologist.

I had to wear a suit to an important work function last night, which was bad. I'd rather not wear a tie if I can help it. I did get to meet some of the folks I've interviewed over the phone for articles, which was nice. And I did earn quite a bit of comp time for working the event, as it ran until 9 p.m. Tonight is my new band's first show. I'm still not sure how we wrangled an opening gig on a Friday night at a decent venue (same place I saw The Lemonheads, Twilight Singers, Ted Leo, etc.), but hopefully we aren't terrible. We are bringing a lot of people, and those people do like to drink. So even if we are terrible, the bar may still invite us back.

Frank Black - I Heard Ramona Sing

I remember them! They reminded me of Refused. So now they're a prog-noise-metal band or some such thing, eh? Too bad. Golden Smog - Scotch on Ice

Steve and Guard Dog: I believe I've thrown my hat in with the console crowd for good this time. I don't know about you guys, but I spend eight hours a day in front of a computer. I really don't want to sit in front of one when I go home, too. That makes it sound like I'd rather be hiking through rainforests or wrestling wolverines, but my point is that I'd rather sit in my recliner and watch a television that is more than three feet away from me than spend ANY more time in front of the computer. In fact, I'm only here now because I wanted to see how many points my boy Tony Romo was scoring for my fantasy football team. But I've strayed from the original topic... One of my favorite things about Mass Effect is that I haven't felt at all compelled to make choices based on my "paragon" or "renegade" status. I feel like I'm doing more actual role-playing in ME than in previous Bio games.

Hey football thread folks! So is The Great Favre hurt or what? I saw on Yahoo! that Aaron Rodgers threw a TD.

Enjoy your birthday... but ditch the Pokemon. Word on the street is that it's for nerds!

Rx Bandits - Overcome (The Recapitulation) I'm so behind the times... I haven't actually heard anything off the new Radiohead album yet. And now it's The White Stripes - I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet) I guess Winamp shuffle is on a parentheses kick.

I was confused when I first noticed them, but I think I get the(ur)gist of these titles now. Ha ha ha! But seriously... theurgist? I'd rather be called something a little cooler... like "Plankton Wrangler."

Warren Zevon - Don't Let Us Get Sick

So they're really noisy, eh? Hmm ... I won't like that much. But oh well. Is there anyway to explain what you guys mean by 'combat is better than Kotor?' In what way? Just the fact it's harder? Or something else, ie, style or interface? I have no idea why people make such a big deal about the noise 360s make. It's not like it's a dealbreaker. It's not nearly as annoying as the CD drive on the Dreamcast used to be. Also, the combat from KOTOR to ME is apples to oranges. I guess the simplest way to put it is that in KOTOR you told your party what to do. In ME, you actually are doing it. You don't cycle through available targets in a battle, you aim at them with the right thumbstick and you have to keep attacking them. It's still stats-based, but you can't just sit back, let the math play out, and enjoy the show anymore. The combat took some getting used to, mostly because I haven't played a console shooter since... well, Goldeneye. Still, I'm learning. Now the only thing that gives me problems is driving the damn jeep while operating the turret.

I bought it yesterday and let me tell you, Seth Green is awesome. Also, I picked out the guy who voiced Carth instantly. I'm not very far in, but so far, so good.

the beltones - ain't no life It's off an old TKO records compilation from my "punk" days.

The Hold Steady - Charlemagne in Sweatpants So, do you want me to tell it like it's boy meets girl and the rest is history? Or do you want it like a murder-mystery? I'm gonna tell it like a comeback story...

Matthew Sweet - Someone to Pull the Trigger

i found my looooooooove by the gasworks wall dreamed a dreeeeeeeeam by the old canal! Against Me! - Thrash Unreal Dr. Dog - Ain't It Strange The National - Mistaken for Strangers Sugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind Fiction Plane - Two Sisters ^bitchin' guitar on that last one. There's my five songs for this week. I've really been slacking on the posting front guys, sorry 'bout that. Plus side: The Hold Steady are back in Ohio next weekend!

Hey, maybe now Dragon Age will lose that ugly "PC Exclusive" tag. Since EA likes its games on all platforms, this seems to be in the realm of possibility, no? Oh, and how did EA kill Maxis? Last I heard, The Sims (along with its infinite expansions) was getting rave reviews while basically printing money.

Forget "Can't Get You Out of My Head." This is why I say Kylie's got street cred. And since I haven't posted in a while, I'll add a few more: Catfish Haven - Monty Got a Raw Deal This is from an interesting compilation called DriveXV. It's a tribute to the 15-year old R.E.M. album Automatic for the People. Stereogum got a bunch of bands to submit songs and put together the complete album. You can listen to it here if you're into reinterpretations of R.E.M. songs. For the Radiohead gushers (you know who you are), they did a similar tribute to OK Computer a while back, too. Rhett Miller - Girl I guess I've really been into these full-album tributes lately, because I've also been listening to a 40th anniversary tribute to Rubber Soul, one of my favorite Beatles albums. It's called "This Bird Has Flown" and you can listen to some clips here.

Vixen... wasn't Marty Friedman in that band? My 80s metal lore is rusty. Southeast Engine - We Have You Surrounded

That's pretty good! Tom Waits - Tango 'Til They're Sore

Do I get points for being half right? Poor Rex. He was probably looking forward to playing the Lions. Mistakenly, of course, because the Lions are going to throw for 400 yards and three TDs on the depleted Bears secondary. Martz may not run the ball five times against that Chicago D. I don't think Griese can lead the Bears to a win in a shootout in his first game. Besides, the Bears can't win. Jon Kitna has been touched by the Hand of God! In other news, how 'bout those Saints? Not exactly pulling a repeat of last year, are they? Some jerkface in one of my fantasy football leagues tried to trade me Deuce McAllister and Devery Henderson for Marion Barber III and Santonio Holmes. Let me tell you, there was a stern couple of paragraphs accompanying that trade rejection. You better believe it.