CONTEST: Win a Signed HorrorPops 5″x7″ Picture

Want a signed picture of the HorrorPops? For free? With no strings attached? Well I have one with your name on it! Well… actually, it has Patricia Day, Kim Nekroman, and Henrik Niedermeier’s names on it… but you could win it! I was lucky enough to meet the three members of the HorrorPops when I [...]

VIDEO: Alison Krauss & Union Station, “Maybe [Live at The Louisville Palace]“

Happy birthday, Alison Krauss! The fiddle player and amazing vocalist, popular among the country scene, turns 37 today. Listen to her performance of “Maybe” at a recorded show I stumbled upon one day below. Her voice is amazing. Not bad to look at either. *nudge nudge* Alison Krauss.com

MP3: Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard, “Why So Serious?”

Okay. I realize that The Dark Knight has had it’s share of publicity, and posting about it on my blog may not convince any of the three, maybe four, people who have yet to see the film to check it out. But, man… Epic. I know what you’re thinking. “Wait, isn’t this a music blog [...]

NEWS: Dancing Ferret Discs Calls It A Night

Dancing Ferret Discs is unfortunately going to be shutting down operations at the end of this year. Since the early days of the label back in 1998 when Patrick Rodgers, also known as DJ Ferret, decided to expand upon Dancing Ferret Concerts and gamble on a Tallahassee band by the name of The Crüxshadows Dancing [...]

MP3: Taco, “Puttin’ on the Ritz”

On this day, fifty-eight years ago, in Jakarta, Indonesia a boy named Taco was brought into the world. The kids teased him, particularly a rotund child by the name of Burrito, and said “Haha, your name is Taco and you’ll never amount to anything or record a popular cover of a Fred Astaire song!” They [...]

NEWS: Barenaked Ladies’ Page Arrested On Drug Charges

If you ever wondered why Barenaked Ladies singer Steven Page is able to sing so fast, we may have just figured it out. According to Yahoo! he and two women (Go Steven!) were found by Police in a Fayetteville, New York apartment with cocaine after finding a suspicious car out front with a door left [...]

NEWS: Ego Likeness’ Lynch to Release “Isabel Burning” Soon

With a hardcover release date of next month, August 2008, Ego Likeness musician Donna Lynch’s new novel “Isabel Burning” will soon be available to the public. The paperback will be available January 2009 for those would rather hold out until then. Here is a description of the book taken from the publisher, Raw Dog Screaming [...]

REVIEW: Warped Tour @ Charlotte, NC; 2008-07-14

My face is red. I’m dirty. I had a lot of fun…

VIDEO: David Bowie, “Space Oddity”

MOAR DAVID BOWIE!!! On this day in 1969, David Bowie released the single for what would become one of his best known songs for years to come: “Space Oddity”. Here is a the video from that year with a very wee Bowie floating in his tin can… <A href=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fyosoliaro-20%2F8014%2Fd6ffaf4c-a9da-44c0-8632-47c0a2c4c92a&Operation=NoScript”>Amazon.com Widgets</A> Direct link to the video [...]

CONTEST: Win Computer vs. Banjo’s Debut EP!

Note: The contest end date has changed from August 10 to July 24. How would you like to win a free CD? What about an autographed free CD? Well then read on, my brother! One of the best bands I’ve had come across my e-mail yet is Computer vs. Banjo. It is definitely the most [...]

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