enRAGEd - A collection of Rage Against the Machine mash-ups and remixes.

I couldn't find this with Google today, then I realized I had the link in an e-mail from the folks at what was formerly boomselection.info. That site is now defunct (or at least orphaned), but has been replaced with boomparty.net. Think less mp3s, more party promotion. Good luck, folks. Now where am I gonna go for my fill of M.I.A. mixes and mashes.

Time better spent blogging has been more often spent at The Hype Machine. It's an mp3 blog aggregator/archive. If this were the eighties, there would be some type of metal band named AGGREGATOR with a record album cover that would look heavy as fuck, with some skulls thrown around for good measure. And some type of evil ass font that would just cry out to be on the back of your denim jacket. Fuck yeah.

As if the posts were going to stop forever. Here's a quick one. Then I'm gone again, and probably won't post until this weekend.

DangerDoom - Yep, MF Doom and Dangermouse, and the record's apparently inspired by Adult Swim. Perhaps there will be an MC Chris guest spot. It seems only right.

DangerDoom official site.

All blog sites must praise this band or risk the scorn of Pitchfork reviewers. They sound a little like somobody else, and a lot like another band, too, but who cares, since everybody sounds like somebody else. I think folks who liked Pavement will like them.

I think the name goes beyond the ridiculousness of emo band names. Perhaps they will usher in an era of even worse band names until bands start using combinations of unpronouncible symbols, hand gestures, and morse code to develop names.

There are a few tunes to download on their site. If you've heard of them from me first, then you don't get out much. Scratch that. You get out often. You must be in front of a computer less than me. Good for you then.

Here's 10 names for bands that hopefully will never appear on a marquee (Why 10? Because people expect lists in 10's. And it gives me something to do before I get that much deserved sleep I've been lacking. Plus the rush to come up with 10 names right before bad will ensure the awfulness of the names created.)

1.) Locked My Keys in the Car

2.) Spill Milk and Cry

3.) Shampoo Rinse Repeat (actually that one is pretty good)

4.) Dreamt You Left Me Woke Up Got Up Yawned

5.) Wave Them Like You Just Don't Care

6.) Always Get a Receipt

7.) This Band is not a Toy

8.) Cross Tees Dot Eyes

9.) No Balance Transfer Fees

10.) Put Your Right Foot In, Put Your Right Foot Out

Good Night.

My niece went to the Philly show and had a blast. Now I can see what she saw.

Official Live 8 site.

I've been recommending Bloc Party people lately. Not that I expect anybody to get airplay anymore, but still I think K-Rock in New York could throw a crumb to these guys and play "Banquet". I sent my buddy Zimm over to the .com and .net namesakes for mp3s, since there's definitely a good primer available between the two. I also recommended my them to my friend Wayne also.

In passing I mentioned them as what Coldplay or U2 would sound like if they were really good, or something like that. But when I listen to Silent Alarm I don't think they sound like either band. So really I guess if someone liked either of those bands, and there are at least a handful, they would like Bloc Party. Well, only if they past the fact that the only way the songs will be drilled into their skull is if they play them over and over and over for themselves. There are also a lot of Gang of Four mentions in review of Bloc Party, I see where they come from, but I only just picked up Entertainment recently. So basically I'm just namedropping. In summary, whether you love or hate U2 or Coldplay, you'll like Bloc Party, or you won't, but you probably will. My taste is not your taste. I'm kind of jumping back and forth in this post right now. I kind of signed off like 5 minutes but skipped back up here to type some more.

I'm sleepy now and sleep is a rare commodity in my house right now (an infant will do that to you), so I'll make my links and be back next month, if not later today.

I knew if I looked there would be new White Stripes' mashups. And here's two:

DJ Zebra - Voodoo Stripes (White Stripes vs Prodigy) Thanks, Totally Crap.

Team9 - Blue & White Antenna (White Stripes vs Kraftwerk)

The White Stripes always seem to distract me now and again. It must be the color palette, or Meg's...ummm...drumming. Who knows?

The Blue Orchid video has a quite sinister feel to it, provided by Floria Sigismondi in conjunction with a burnt up old mansion, Jack's mustache, a girl with painful shoes, albino snakes, and ummm...Meg drumming on dishes with a hammer. The will not take over your entire conscious, subconscious, id, ego, and superego, like "Seven Nation Army" did. But it least it won't have your co-workers throwing stuff at you for sitting at your desk going, "Dum...Dum Dum Dum Dum Dum...Dum" incessantly. You'll just be making that swishy guitar sound with your mouth, but not nearly as often.

Whitestripes.net has an .mpg file.
Triple Tremolo has a .wmv file.

I actually wrote a review of Elephant that a never posted anywhere, not that anybody needs to read it, since they already have the CD by now. But perhaps it will appear. But then again, it looks better as a piece of paper lying beneath a bunch of credit card applications, receipts, post-its, random pieces of envelopes with unnamed phone numbers, magazines, crapalogs, and outdated coupons. Aesthetics are important, you know.

This is probably old. But so am I. Sort of. Well...you know. It's relative. Whatever.

It's all about the juxtaposition.

Found at Get Your Bootleg On.

Interesting. But I'm more curious to hear about the "metal, egg-like object".

More detailed account.

And a Lennon assassination theory.

Love Rodeohead. Click the cowboys for bluegrass bliss.

Found on *6ize.

Ol' Dirty Bastard was an entertainer; a character with character and a spontaneous nature. Whether he was saving a child beneath an automobile, or saving a Mariah Carey single from obscurity ODB applied his inimitable talents. I might just have to break out Return to the 36 Chambers, it's been awhile. Rest in Peace.

Love him or hate him, Eminem's got a few things to say about the election. Nice collab on the video with GNN. I don't think he's undecided.

Visit the official GTA: San Andreas site for the tracklist for the 2-CD soundtrack, as well as the list of radio stations in the latest version.

The rap and "alternative" stations were no-brainers. The New Jack Swing station is clever and timely. The house music station might be a good idea, particularly if it has more of a techno bend (i.e. Lords of Acid, James Brown is Dead, that kind of stuff). The playlists for each of the radio stations were not yet posted on the official site, so exactly what songs are included on the "alternative" station will be quite interesting. Hopefully Courtney didn't ask for too much cash and we'll get some Nirvana on there. With all the good music coming out around this time, a college radio station, complete with awkward-sounding dj's would be a nice inclusion.

By the way, if your more concerned about the game itself, the site is quite deep with background and maps. But it won't be long now, will it?