The Sword

Freya on Expert > Me in GH2.

Wolfmother definitely has the easier song.

Grover and Stevie once had a soul contest

If there's one thing that turns my frown upsidedown, it's Stevie Wonder. Care The Beastie Boys, here is Stevie on Sesame Street!

Wolfmother vs. The Sword

Who's better? I can't decide. Wolfmother brings insane energy and a little more diversity. The Sword bring the heaviest, most pounding rock I've heard. Both debut albums blew me away. Either way, I can't wait to hear more from these effing awesome bands.

Re: Indian Jones

Is this the one you meant?

Indian Jones

Just thought we would all care about this.

Important announcement regarding your safety:

Thank whomever gave it to John. Especially when it saves your life.

Wha??

They made Lake Placid 2?????

But seriously, I only watch Sci-Fi for BSG or the random miniseries. Also, FLASH GORDON come late summer!!!!

Sci-Fi Channel Pleases Me...

...with its reliably campy low-budget horror movies. First there was Komodo vs. Cobra, then Lake Placid 2, and now Ice Spiders. Good watches while sober, even better when drunk.

Sort of a cover-album

I recently downloaded Barry Gibbs' demo album for "Eyes that See in the Dark," the album he produced for Kenny Rogers in the early 80s from itunes. Essentially, it is Gibbs' (ie, BeeGees) covering the KR album. It is fantastic and beautiful and I can't stop listening to it.

And anyway, you only need to watch the last quarter of a basketball game to see the parts that matter so quit yer complaining!

Barkley p4wns u n00bs!!!111

Hating on the NBA

In response to John's post, I agree. Your basic NBA game is unwatchable. The playoff games are even more unwatchable. The two exceptions are possibly the Phoenix Suns and anytime Charles Barkley is providing commentary.

What really irks me is the commentators loving it up on the Spurs and especially Tim Duncan. The Spurs are a bunch of whiners, floppers, and actors. It's a team-wide thing. They throw themselves down at the slightest contact, wine and moan over every call against them. And not the good whining, either. This isn't Rasheed Wallace caliber whining, where he just doesn't stop and gets thrown out. This is calculated, pre-meditated whining. They stop when they know the refs are going to give them the easy calls next time down the court.

And the refs... christ, there's no consistency whatsoever in the calls.

For everyone who's rushing to their knees on account of Tim Duncan and all his skills, let me refer you to the 2006 Summer Olympics, when co-captain of the USA BB Team Tim Duncan sucked it up under the international ruleset, which doesn't coddle players, penalizes offensive fouls and traveling, and allows teams to play legitimate defense (no such thing as an "illegal defense" in international rules). Duncan sucked. He sucked hard. And then he fouled out of every game. The only reason Duncan succeeds now is because the NBA rules are built around him and players like him.

Poison, Triple Dot WTF & Cover Albums

Commercials for a new Poison album of them covering 12 or 13 already well known and too-often played songs has got me asking: Do we really need this?

Rush, Styx, Def Leppard, Poison, Metallica... and a ton more have all released cover albums in the past decade. They make these grand gestures to their "inspirations" and liken the venture to a kind of music public service: we made it big, here's the bands who influenced us, so we pay tribute with this album of covers.

Well, no. Cover albums seem to be the new Best Hits, allowing a band to keep up with a release-every-18-months without writing any new material. They hop into a studio and play a bunch of songs they've probably known for years.

So lemme ask: Can any good come of cover albums?

I agree

...that Tim and Eric have the show aptly named. But I believe that this is the funniest thing ever.

An important message for everyone here

Courtesy of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Best. Show. Ever.

More here, if you can handle the single greatest thing EVER.

FYI Edguy = Avantasia

So you guys remember when I said, "Gee, Edguy sounds a lot like Avantasia"? And you disregarded me and said I was dumb about not liking Edguy (which, for the record, I do, now that I own an album).

Well, I was right. Tobias Sammet is the lead Edguy guy, and Avantasia was his side project.

Just FYI. And a big fat told you so.