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Recommended Listening: Against Me!
Against Me! started out as an incredibly rough-sounding, but incredibly talented band down in Florida. They started off as a, for lack of a better genre term, folk-punk band, mixing acoustic sounds with rough vocals and a fast sound. They eventually lost the acoustic sound as they grew, and moved farther and farther from their original identity. They’ve moved into the mainstream with thei...[Read More]
Recommended Listening: Common Rider
Few people will have heard of Common Rider, of that I am fairly certain, which is a terrible shame. More of you will have, however, heard of a band called Operation Ivy, which launched the career of Tim Armstrong, better known in the mainstream for his band Rancid and as a songwriter-for-hire. The true talent of that band, though, found himself with less of the spotlight, but retained more respe...[Read More]
Recommended Listening: Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution
Before Streetlight Manifesto, Tomas Kalnoky brought together a group of musicians to create a project known as Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution. Even though Tomas Kalnoky’s focus has moved on to Streetlight Manifesto, Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution is far from dead. Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution’s sound has a strong ska foundation to it, but mingled in you can hear classic...[Read More]
Recommended Listening: Streetlight Manifesto
I have a special place in my heart for third-wave ska music, as you will undoubtedly see during my upcoming Recommended Listening posts. I like the rhythms, I like the instruments, and I like the feel, among other things. More than any other ska band, Streetlight Manifesto truly captures my attention and adoration.
Recommended Listening
There was a time when I was heavily into non-mainstream music. I still am, it’s just that I no longer have the time necessary to devote to keeping up with new developments. Many of the bands I enjoyed back in “the day”, however, I still enjoy immensely today. Many of them have not yet received mainstream recognition, but they remain some of my favorite bands. For today’s...[Read More]
Welcome to Blogathon 2010
Good morning (if you can call being awake at this abominable hour “good”)! Please allow me to use this first post of our 24 hour One Love for Chi blogathon to thank you for coming, and to invite you to return every half hour for a new topic.
Funny Femme Flees From Fox Favorite
Much like the Beastie Boys, Ellen is too sweet to be sour, too nice to be mean.
Review: Heroes of Three Kingdoms (PC beta)
Time and time again I’ve mentioned my hatred for MMORPG’s, and how I prefer console over PC. So, it might seem rather strange that here I am, reviewing one. Actually, it’s not so strange. Why? Because Heroes of Three Kingdoms takes place during one of my favorite periods of Chinese history.
Review: Sam & Max – Beyond the Alley of the Dolls
I hope you will allow me to preface this review by making a few things clear (you don’t really have a choice in the matter anyway, to be perfectly honest). First, the last Sam & Max game I played was over 15 years ago in the form of Sam & Max Hit the Road, by LucasArts. Second, TellTale Games was kind enough to provide a copy of not only Beyond the Alley of the Dolls, but also copi...[Read More]
Keyboard Cat Redux
The year was 1984 (oooh, how ominous!). The place was Spokane, Washington (oooh, how ominous again!). The man was Charlie Schmidt, the cat was Fatso, and the keyboard was Yamaha (the keyboard may or may not have actually been Yamaha). Charlie’s boredom got the better of him, and an unwitting internet meme was born. It was 23 years before Fatso met the Internet, long after he had already ...[Read More]
Starcraft II Wings of Liberty – Early Impressions
So Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty came out earlier this week; Just another PC game with no expectations, no fan base, and no legacy to live up to. All kidding aside, the multiplayer gave us a pretty good idea of how Starcraft II was going to play. What we didn’t know, however, is the amount of polish that awaited us in the campaign.
Get Ready To Relive Your Worms Nightmare
Gone are the days of my youth, when five of my closest friends and I would gather around a PC and choose the names for our Worms, laughing at whose was the most amusing or relevant. Afterwards, 2 or 3 of us would mosey our way into another room, while each player made their first strike.