Between taxes and running around the woods like an idiot it’s been a busy day.

Continue reading Periodic Update →

“LYLA”- Oasis’ new single shows some promise for us Oasis fans. The new album, called Don’t Believe the Truth is due out the end of May and many are eagerly awaiting its release. The release is creating so much hype that one website in the UK pulled an April fools joke by “leaking” the entire album. Of course no album has been leaked but the website has generated a ton of traffic.

I heard “Lyla” this evening on XM as I was driving home from work. I am not totally sure about how much I like or dislike the song. The song isn’t as pronounced and lyrically witty as some of their other lead-off album singles. I am hopeful there will be a variety of different song types on this album as the Lyla song style isn’t my preference. I want more kick ass, drug induced, anthem fighting songs by Oasis. “Lyla” is a good start, but only if they have the big guns waiting in the shadows.

Anyhow, you can tell me what you think. Here is the link to hear the song streaming (hot off the press).

Click Here

Sci-fi channel tends to try running several movies with similar themes in a row. In this case Alien Apocalypse was the cross-over between Bruce Campbell movies and alien-related movies. Alien Cargo rode on it’s heels and was, relatively speaking, a breath of fresh air.

In spite of Loki’s rave (or maybe anti-rave?) reviews I have never seen Space Truckers. But based on the description it seems like Alien Cargo attempted the same genre (ie. long haul space cargo workers films) and succeeded at least modestly in every way that Space Truckers failed.

Continue reading Review: Alien Cargo (1999) →

Okay, I haven’t posted in awhile but here are my top 10 albums ever.

1. Oasis- Definitely Maybe. Tim and I, even though we are separated by a few hundred IQ points actually agree on something. This is one hell of an album. I saw them at Hammerjacks before they tore it down in Baltimore-before they became big in the states. I have tickets to see them in Philly this coming June. Hell yeah!
2. The Doves – Last Broadcast. I find the album to be absolutely incredible and have been unable to find anything similar. Their riffs put me in a day-long trance. I get to see them in concert in mid-May and I can’t wait.
3. Gun’s and Roses – Appetite for Destruction. I am clearly a product of the 1980’s big hair bands, including this one that marked the end of the era.
4. Bon Jovi- Crossroads. It’s a best of album with a few “new releases” that also hit the billboard top twenty. My first CD I ever owned was Poison, after that it was all big haired 80’s rockers… out of all of them I stuck with listening to Jovi the longest. I am still a huge fan as I paid over $1,000 for tickets a year or so ago. Rock on.
5. The Smiths – Best of Vol 1 and Vol 2. No album best of list should be without a Smiths album! These guys got me through my early teens without committing any major crimes against humanity.
6. Beautiful South – Carry on up the charts. Another best of album, but wow these guys (and Gal) make great music. The vocals are some of the best I’ve ever heard.
7. Andrew WK- His music energizes me and believe me I am difficult to energize! Ask Mike… typically only the mention of a Coke or a Crispy Crème will get me to move a few feet. This music is like musical Coke and donuts for me.
8. Violent Femmes – Add it up. Yes, another greatest hits album. The Femmes got me through middle school, nuff said.
9. Webb Bros. – Maroon. They have my surname and surprisingly have great music. Definitely a hint of the Femmes, Smiths, and The Doves in their sound.
10. The Rocky Soundtrack(s) – Can you say Survivor? These soundtracks turn me into a machine.

Can I get a moment of silence, and a poured sip of your 40 of choice?

Mitch Hedberg. Damn.

I was going to respond to Chris’s post about his top 20… err… 40 albums of all time. As I started to think about it, I realized I had a bit more stuff to say. Maybe not the most interesting or important, but I’m going to get it all out of the way, and do “Tim’s Definitive Music Post.” It’s in two sections.

Continue reading Tim’s Definitive Music Post →

I overheard this at work the other day.

“I’ve got to get some duct tape to fix the floor.”

I don’t think I even have to say how wrong that is, and what that says about this institute of science.

Bear said to put it back, so here it is:

I be lovin’ me some lists. Especially the music ones. So, after listing your top 10 current picks, I ask: what are your top 20 albums of ALL TIME????? (Imagine the booming echo) These should be the most important albums in your life, not just a list of what you believe to be the most important albums in the history of rock. And in no particular order, of course. For me? Check it:

1. Radiohead – OK Computer/Kid A/Hail to the Thief (I know, I’m cheating.)
2. U2 – Achtung Baby/Rattle and Hum/Wide Awake in America (Still cheating…)
3. Pixies – Doolittle/Trompe le Monde/Surfer Rosa (Will continue to cheat. Get over it.)
4. Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots/Soft Bulletin
5. Toad the Wet Sprocket – Dulcinea
6. Whiskeytown – Pneumonia
7. Chris Whitley – Dirt Floor/Terra Incognita
8. Wilco – Summerteeth/Being There/Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
9. Replacements – Pleased to Meet Me/Tim/All Shook Down
10. Elliot Smith – Figure 8/XO
11. Smiths – Louder Than Bombs/Peel Sessions/The Queen is Dead/Strangeways, Here We Come
12. Old Dirty Bastard – N***A PLEASE/Return to the 36 Chambers, the 37th Chamber
13. Beatles – White Album/Revolver/Sgt. Pepper
14. Depeche Mode – Violator
15. Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour of Bewilderbeast
16. Oasis – Definitely Maybe
17. John Frusciante – To Record Only Water for Ten Days
18. R.E.M. – Automatic For the People
19. Coldplay – Parachutes/Rush of Blood to the Head
20. Kashmir – Zitilites

Ok, so I bent the rules. A LOT. Meh.