tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37543562011-06-08T02:09:39.781-04:00*Xtatic musiC* [v3.0α]Ranting and raving about all things musical...
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If you are offended by anything you may read here... maybe you should lighten up.Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.comBlogger3861100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-27135176051864016592008-12-10T01:18:00.001-05:002008-12-10T01:21:07.627-05:00Opus Grey... little singer with a big voice. ;) Listening to: Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-49285451875905276022008-11-15T01:55:00.006-05:002008-11-15T02:38:41.911-05:00Todd is Godd... still.I've made it no big mystery that one of my favorite musicians of all time is one Todd Rundgren. He's just, like, the all-around "guy" when it comes to writing, recording, producing... his career has lasted more than forty years without pretty much any help from record companies... at all.If I tried to sit down and pick favorite albums of his, it would be next to impossible.Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-83563894432104506112008-09-27T09:00:00.003-04:002008-09-27T09:03:01.861-04:00RIP, Rick WrightListening to: Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-69467987155184824522008-09-24T22:21:00.005-04:002008-09-27T09:00:10.844-04:00Dear AC/DC: You SuckSo Roger and I were talking at work the other night and he started telling me about the new AC/DC album... and how he wasn't going to buy it."Why not?" I asked."Because you can only get it at Wal-Mart...""...???"Yeah... I know. The Eagles have done it... Journey has done it... and Garth Brooks (who?) did it, too. And AC/DC arguably hasn't been as viable as either one in Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-63375975155524726182008-06-07T17:04:00.001-04:002008-06-07T17:07:47.552-04:00I'm so Confused...So... lemme get this straight... Daughtry... quadruple-platinum?There is no God.At least Journey's Greatest Hits is still churning up numbers... 15x-platinum. That's a lotta precious metal.Listening to: the air conditioner... Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-18892486038991437202008-06-06T13:33:00.000-04:002008-06-07T13:34:41.349-04:00Happy Birthday, SteveListening to: Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-53892172715127821102008-05-27T05:59:00.002-04:002008-05-27T06:10:03.094-04:00Bad Cliches in Rock, Part II.Again, from our friends Dragonforce...It just seems like the same song rehashed with equally-as-lame lyrics and guitar wankage... At around the 3:35 mark, even the singer is like, "What the fuck?"Listening to: Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-90169655386620737062007-08-21T20:19:00.000-04:002007-08-21T20:34:54.777-04:00UNCLE CRACKER - BUSTEDCountry-funk singer/songwriter Uncle Cracker (aka Matthew Shafer) was arrested Friday, August 17th in Raleigh, North Carolina according to Billboard.com. The reason for getting pinched? A woman accused the musician of performing a violating sexual act against her, without her consent. The official charge against the singer is a second degree sex offense.The arrest warrant Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-17873687440299671312007-08-19T22:12:00.000-04:002007-08-21T20:22:54.586-04:00PLANT/KRAUSS CD CONFIRMEDI told ya about this a while back... like, in November of '06, maybe? But:More than a few people in town wondered what was up when Robert Plant was spotted in recent months at the Grand Ole Opry and at the popular bluegrass club The Station Inn. The former Led Zeppelin frontman's album with bluegrass star Alison Krauss, "Raising Sand," will be released Oct. 23 on RounderTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-22278812560920476812007-08-19T17:12:00.001-04:002007-08-21T20:24:30.933-04:00VAN HALEN AND DAVID LEE ROTH ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN TOURHISTORIC CONCERT TOUR MARKS FIRST OF ITS KIND FOR VAN HALEN IN 22 YEARSLOS ANGELES, CA -- August 13, 2007 Beginning this September, in what promises to be the most exciting live tour this year, Van Halen will embark on a national concert tour throughout the U.S. and Canada with its original lead singer David Lee Roth for the firstTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-54568233194382717272007-05-20T23:35:00.000-04:002007-08-21T20:25:40.779-04:00R. Kelly - As Big a Douche as Kanye West?The 'I Believe I Can Fly' warbler said: "My greatest competition is, well, me . . . I'm the Ali of today. I'm the Marvin Gaye of today. I'm the Bob Marley of today."I'm the Martin Luther King, or all the other greats that have come before us. And a lot of people are starting to realize that now," reports Hip-Hop Soul Magazine. R Kelly is due in court this Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-87511501778656726142007-05-20T23:00:00.000-04:002007-05-20T23:06:02.367-04:00Clarkson Guitar Steals Show at Dimebag TributePop star Kelly Clarkson's artistic skills paid off at an auction in Hollywood on Thursday night (May 17th) when a guitar she painted to raise cash for a children's charity raised $3,000. The "Breakaway" singer decorated an axe and turned the instrument into the auction's highlight - beating out bids for guitars designed by rockers Dave Navarro and RobTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-6911876252897307362007-03-08T22:09:00.000-05:002007-03-08T22:18:00.280-05:00Roth/Van Halen Tour on HoldI was wondering why the recent David Lee Roth reunion with Van Halen and the accompanying tour was postponed a couple weeks ago... Another hip surgery? Maybe fed up with Dave, again (already)? Rehab, maybe? Sure enough...I would like Van Halen fans to know how much I truly appreciate each and every one of you. Without you there is no Van Halen.I have always and willTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-83702096860466358222007-01-27T08:42:00.000-05:002007-01-27T08:49:19.475-05:00I was flipping through the channels... something I do... and I came across this Stone Sour video ("Through Glass," I believe)... these guys are all, like, getting down... to a song... that does so not get down... You'd have thought they were jamming to "Master of Puppets," or something... I muted the tv... watched for a few seconds... "Damn... they're rockin' out..." unmute... "Hey, this song Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-61519155697147245822007-01-27T05:46:00.000-05:002007-01-27T05:52:10.223-05:00So... I hear this rumor that one of my all-time favorite bands ever, the Police,are going to open up the Grammys this year... the rumor also is that they're gearing up for a 30th anniversary reunion tour thing... All I can say is that I hope it's more than a rumor... 'cause there's been enough rumors about a Police reunion over the years, already.On a related note, I recently got a really cool Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-11547347576136243762006-12-28T04:59:00.000-05:002006-12-28T06:56:38.735-05:00I hate the way the the audio doesn't always sync right on YouTube shit...Dude! WTF happened to your hair?!? Can't hardly recognize ya with the short and dark stuff!Y' still sound good after all these years, though.(note: a Les Paul shouldn't sound like an Ibanez...)Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-79927088349503934572006-12-26T06:05:00.000-05:002006-12-26T06:06:39.833-05:00Thank GodAt 12:01am, tonight, the Christmas music ceased... I was so relieved...Listening to: Chris Whitley - "Dust Radio" Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1164543718309412352006-11-26T07:21:00.000-05:002006-11-26T07:21:58.330-05:00...and so it begins...If there's anything I hate, it's bad jazz music... even more specifically, bad jazz saxophone music (I would insert Kenny Gorelick ("Kenny G")'s name into that, but he's not even jazz... he's just pure, unadulterated shit on a cracker). The only thing I hate worse than that is bad jazz saxophone Christmas music... I guess at midnight on Thursday night, the music at work Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1164185054701046882006-11-22T03:41:00.001-05:002008-05-27T05:55:30.591-04:00Possibly more bad metal/musical cliches than any band... ever...Listening to: not this tripe, anyway...Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1164178562257042772006-11-22T01:53:00.000-05:002006-11-22T01:56:02.273-05:00Blind Melon - the ReunionTalked a little about this a while back... but now you can hear three new songs (and watch a video) from "Blind Melon (Mach 2)" here.Listening to: Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1163379437769765872006-11-12T19:53:00.000-05:002006-11-12T19:59:25.146-05:00Damien Rice: Swing and a MissAfter listening to it, I've decided that I absolutely do not like Damien Rice's new album, 9. It doesn't come remotely close to matching his previous effort, O. It just seems... completely lifeless, in comparison. I think I liked half of one song, actually. But the passion that O had, 9 just does not... at all.Sorry man, but your new album sucks...Listening to: Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1163246165139399542006-11-11T06:52:00.000-05:002006-11-11T06:56:05.153-05:00Beatles Album Set for ReleaseNovember 21st is the date to go pick yourself up a copy of LOVE.Basically, it's a bunch of remixes using the entire archive, done by former Beatles producer George Martin and his son, Giles.Click here to listen to a pretty spiffy version of "Strawberry Fields Forever."Listening to: Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1162924513738579982006-11-07T13:09:00.000-05:002006-11-07T13:40:32.076-05:00Kanye West is a Big Fat BabyAfter winning a few Grammys last year, rapper Kanye West has garnered a few new awards: namely Sorest Loser, Most Overrated Artist in the Last 75 Years and Biggest Douchebag Ever to Grace God's Green Earth...At the Mtv Europe music awards, the winner for Best Video went to Justice and Simian for the video for "We Are Your Friends." When the winners came up to claim Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1162556428195224972006-11-03T07:18:00.000-05:002006-11-03T07:20:28.210-05:00Van Halen Finds New BassistVan Halen has hired 15-year-old Wolfgang Van Halen -- the son of guitarist Edward Van Halen and estranged wife Valerie Bertinelli, and nephew of drummer Alex Van Halen -- as the new bassist for the band. Wolfgang replaces longtime bassist Michael Anthony, who left the band earlier this year. Van Halen spokesperson Janie Liszewski says that Wolfgang, known as "Wolfie," Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1162384562355712572006-11-01T07:30:00.000-05:002006-11-01T07:36:02.376-05:00Need More Proof that Gwen Stefani has Sold Out to the Max?Gwen Stefani will release her second solo album, The Sweet Escape, on December 5, 2006. The new album is the follow-up to 2004’s quadruple-platinum Love. Angel. Music. Baby., which included the hits “Hollaback Girl” and “What You Waiting For?” Click the link to hear the first single off of Gwen Stefani's upcoming album, The Sweet Escape Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1162382839098131702006-11-01T07:06:00.000-05:002006-11-01T07:08:10.893-05:00Bit Torrent Site Admin Sentenced to Prison23 year old Grant Stanley has been sentenced to five months in prison, followed by five months of home detention, and a $3000 fine for the work he put in the private BitTorrent tracker Elitetorrents. This ruling is the first BitTorrent related conviction in the US. Stanley pleaded guilty earlier this year to “conspiracy to commit copyright infringement” Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1162382117872619472006-11-01T06:53:00.000-05:002006-11-01T07:08:27.710-05:00From the "Yeah, right" Department:Nirvana's music will now begin popping up in TV shows thanks to Courtney Love's recent deal to sell a portion of her rights of the Nirvana catalog. Forbes reports that four Nirvana songs will be heard on an episode of CSI: Miami next month."The decisions we make [regarding licensing] have nothing to do with money one way or the other," Love's manager Peter Asher Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1162381069061693312006-11-01T06:36:00.000-05:002006-11-01T07:09:03.926-05:00Hell Yeah - "Supergroup?"The new band featuring Chad Gray (Mudvayne) on vocals, Greg Tribbett (Mudvayne) and Tom Maxwell (Nothingface) on guitar, Jerry Montano (Danzing, Nothingface) on bass and Vinnie Paul Abbot (Pantera, Damangeplan) on drums have chosen the name Hell Yeah. The band has been writing and recording for an album tentatively due out in March 2007. A tour is also expected to kick Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1162380457900379812006-11-01T06:25:00.000-05:002006-11-01T07:09:18.510-05:00Plant/Krauss CD?Launch Radio Networks reports: Robert Plant has been spotted out and about in Nashville recently, but he's not on vacation. According to the Tenneseean newspaper, the LED ZEPPELIN singer is working on a duets project with country and bluegrass star Alison Krauss. There's no word on how far along the sessions are or when it might be released, but the paper holds the idea of a Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1161194115867766822006-10-18T13:39:00.000-04:002006-10-18T14:19:08.520-04:00Why?Well... it's happened... again... yet another reunion... this time around? Blind Melon...Okay... I really, REALLY liked Unified Theory, which featured Chris Thorn and Brad Smith from Blind Melon, former Pearl Jam/Edie Brickell drummer Dave Krusen and singer Chris Shinn (who has an amazing voice, incidentally). Now, the original Blind Melon has reunited with Rain Fur Rent singer Travis Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1161193081742784462006-10-18T13:11:00.000-04:002006-10-18T13:39:45.250-04:00from the "wow, they're still trying this" department:Aerosmith and Motley Crue have announced additional dates for their "Route of all Evil" tour, recently...I just don't get it... Well, I "get it..." I mean, there is an audience for everything... even washed up usedtowasits... Well, I guess that's not quite that fair. I have recently commented that Motley Crue singer Vince Neil's voice is Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1159265076670111752006-10-11T14:45:00.000-04:002006-10-13T04:41:36.330-04:00Some Things That Have Ruined MusicI decided that I would post a list of things that, over the years, has helped to make music worse, to me anyway......in no particular order:¤ Fred Durst - Okay, this was kind of an easy first choice, given my past rants about him... but let's face it - he's an easy target. You know you're sitting there, yourself, thinking, "Yeah, Fred is a fuckin' retard..." Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1160470253729125212006-10-10T04:43:00.000-04:002006-10-10T04:56:31.726-04:00I found a cool Corinne Bailey Rae video from her AOL "In Studio" session thing... of her doing Led Zeppelin's "Since I've Been Loving You." You'll have to use IE to watch it, and it's a pretty big download, but it's worth it... I think so, anyway.Watch it, here (in "Hi-Q," whatever that is, AOL)Watch the video for "Like a Star" (one of the songs she did on SNL this past weekend) here (or see the Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1160296307558168142006-10-08T03:31:00.000-04:002006-12-03T07:36:22.646-05:00I probably saw the best all-around Saturday Night Live I've seen in years, tonight... Jamie Pressly hosted and was great... I mean, yeah, she's hot... in that weird, kinda white trash way... but she's also a pretty decent actress... in that weird, kinda white trash way... lol... Actually, she did a good job... Every skit was good, for a change, and not just the first 20 minutes... Amy Pohler'sTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1159190081330928582006-09-25T08:47:00.000-04:002006-09-25T19:26:37.786-04:00So, I went to the TooL concert in Columbus on Thursday... a little more than five years after I saw them there, before (9.14.01)... Well, I've seen them in between that time and all... but whatever... Great show... as always.I went up with my friend Jim. Well, I have two friends named Jim. This was my friend from work, Jim... who went to school with some guys I played music with in the '90s Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1154515875915834022006-08-02T06:44:00.000-04:002006-08-02T06:51:38.093-04:00The Armageddon is Upon UsSo, I just got home from work... and I'm eating "dinner" (at 6:30am)... flipping the channels... I flip past VH-1 and I recognize this face... and this horrible voice... almost like a Gwen Stefani (which is bad enough, nowadays) on a really, really bad day... and sure enough... it's Paris "I'm a Filthy, Stupid Whore" Hilton (that is her middle name, isn't it?) doing some Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1152876962542991042006-07-14T07:35:00.000-04:002006-07-14T07:36:45.846-04:00Syd Barrett (1946-2006)Syd Barrett, the troubled Pink Floyd co-founder who spent his last years in reclusive anonymity, has died, the band said Tuesday. He was 60. A spokeswoman for the band said Barrett died several days ago (July 7), but she did not disclose the cause of death. Barrett had suffered from diabetes for years. The surviving members of Pink Floyd — David Gilmour, Nick Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1150457180050628852006-06-16T07:24:00.000-04:002006-06-16T07:26:20.066-04:00Y'know... U2 pretty much sucks, now... no two ways about it, really... After hearing that song by "Mary J. Blige featuring U2..." it's official... they mega-suck...Listening to: Pat Metheny Group - "The Way Up"Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1148188418028778982006-05-21T01:07:00.000-04:002006-05-21T01:13:38.036-04:00Good God...I always thought Nelly Furtado was overrated... like "how the hell did she get a record deal" overrated... her appearance on Saturday Night Live tonight did nothing but reinforce that belief... Oh, and going all ridiculously slutty? Didn't make her voice suck any less...Listening to: The Cult - Electric Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1147405396506187132006-05-11T23:04:00.000-04:002006-05-11T23:43:16.566-04:00Y'Know...As much as I loved Pantera and as many hours as I spent learning a majority of their music over the years, I just can't stand to hear Phil Anselmo open his junkie mouth, anymore... Every time I hear him say something about Dimebag, I wanna puke. He just blathers on and on and on and barely makes any sense, anymore... It's like, "We get it - you're sad... you're SO not alone." Damn, I Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1145768403888133882006-04-23T00:52:00.000-04:002006-04-23T01:00:03.900-04:00Fall Out Boy is FAR from the worst "emo" band I've ever heard (even if I think that whole genre is interchangeable and destined to fade majorly in the next two years), they possibly have the worst stage presence of any band I've seen in recent (or past) memory... They should watch tapes of themselves and be totally embarassed of how they flop around like... well, yeah, jackasses... not to Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1145524277234757462006-04-20T05:07:00.000-04:002006-04-20T05:11:17.310-04:00I broke down and posted a myspace music page, finally... Well, it's sort of the "alter-ego" music page, which will be consisting of some of my "non rock" things I've been doing... just more of those things I have to get from my brain to the real world... I figured what the hell, and posted a myspage music page so the masses could make fun of me, some...Listening to: the A/CTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1143699116835525762006-03-30T00:48:00.000-05:002006-03-30T01:11:56.846-05:00Kanye West is InsaneI posted something on this subject back in February... but somehow, it got eaten by Blogger... I had kinda forgotten about it afterwards... but everytime I think of it, it still burns me up, yet makes me laugh almost hysterically... okay, maybe not hysterically, but I do laugh...It seems that Mr. West thinks that he should be a "griot" (West African storyteller) in a modern Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1143236918673254592006-03-24T16:47:00.000-05:002006-03-24T16:48:38.683-05:00French MPs say song downloads must work on any player Angelique Chrisafis in Paris and Cosima MarrinerWednesday March 22, 2006The Guardian The dominance of the Apple iPod hit its first European stumbling block yesterday when French MPs voted to force companies to allow music downloads to be played on all types of digital players, not just their own.*sigh* Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1142587192396669612006-03-17T04:10:00.000-05:002006-03-17T04:19:56.706-05:00I thought that "drummers beating on non-drum" shit went out in about 1994... but apparently not... There were these guys on Conan O'Brien recently called... well, let's not bother to name them... all with their day-glo black light get-ups... and... they were horrible... I'm talkin', "Holy shit, that sucked" horrible... It was possibly the most boring exhibition of percussion, like, ever. "Oh, Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1140649137306118802006-02-22T17:50:00.000-05:002006-02-22T21:14:09.320-05:00Wicked WHAT???When I head that Jada Pinkett Smith was coming out with a metal band, I laughed... really hard. When I heard that Fishbone founder Philip Fisher was gonna be playing drums, I thought, "Well, maybe it won't be so bad?"So, enter Wicked Wisdom... I'm sure they're going to catch some flack... well... a lot of flack just because she's the wife of "good boy" rapper Will Smith (hey, I Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1139833022451421452006-02-13T07:09:00.000-05:002006-02-22T18:01:51.160-05:00AwwwwwFrom the "Somebody Actually Wanted to Marry That Guy?" department:After being engaged for only a month, Us Weekly reports that Limp Bizkit singer Fred Durst and Leyla Bearman have ended their relationship. "She got sick of the way he treated her," a source explained. Bearman already has moved out and sold her engagement ring.I looked, but couldn't find a picture of this Bearman person... Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1139552571174579662006-02-10T01:01:00.000-05:002006-02-10T01:27:40.206-05:00Oh, WellDavid Gilmour has announced that there will be NO further Pink Floyd reunions... "The band? It's over. Reunited because of the good cause, to get over the bad relationship, and not to have regrets."I think I've had enough. I am 60. I don't want to work much anymore. It's an important part of my life, I have had enormous satisfactions, but now it's enough. It's much more comfortable to Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1135900009449903882005-12-29T18:27:00.000-05:002005-12-29T18:46:49.460-05:00Lennon is LonelySean Lennon, son of the late John Lennon is using the help of a newspaper to place an ad for his next girlfriend...According to the New York Post's "Page Six," Lennon is looking for someone under the age of 45 with a kind heart.In the interview, Lennon says, "Any girl who is interested must simply be born female and between the ages of 18 and 45. "They must have an IQ above 130 Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1135810776725996572005-12-28T17:58:00.000-05:002005-12-28T18:04:31.186-05:00Floyd RulesPINK FLOYD have been named the greatest rock act of all time in a poll of fans in the UK. The band, whose classic line-up reunited at Live 8 in July, beat LED ZEPPELIN into second place.The remainder of the top 10 was as follows:#3 - The Rolling Stones#4 - The Who#5 - AC/DC#6 - U2#7 - Guns 'n' Roses#8 - Nirvana#9 - Bon Jovi#10 -Jimi HendrixThe poll, run by digital radio station Planet Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1135810685145802782005-12-28T17:51:00.000-05:002005-12-28T18:04:53.143-05:00Disturbed Not "Metal"In a recent interview with Blabbermouth.net, Disturbed drummer Mike Wengren had this to say about being referred to as "metal...""We don't pigeonhole ourselves in metal. We think our music is more rhythmic. There's a lot that gets attached to metal — the look, the weird vocals that really don't fit our music."The "look" doesn't fit? So, your singer running around with face Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1134688874514723272005-12-15T18:03:00.000-05:002005-12-15T18:21:14.526-05:00Doody Still Cashing In on Fallen FriendWell, it seems that Sean "Doody" Combs just can't keep from fleecing the public courtesy of his long-dead friend, slain rapper Christopher "Biggie Smalls" Wallace. He will release Notorious B.I.G. Duets: The Final Chapter on December 20th, which pairs Biggie with rap/r&b fols like Jay-Z, Eminem and Mary J. Blige. As if that's not lame enough, he takes the Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1134686838186440332005-12-15T17:43:00.000-05:002005-12-15T18:03:06.660-05:00Wanna read a funny interview?Scott Stapp "AIM Interview"Be warned: if your bullshit detector doesn't go off at an alarming level... well... anyhow, you may possibly laugh youself to death at the way this little "interview" is put together to look like... well, to look like it's remotely real... and not pandering to that dufus and his swollen head.There are many lowlights in it, such as his Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1134065037441134972005-12-08T12:42:00.000-05:002005-12-08T13:04:45.563-05:00John Lennon, Twenty-Five Years LaterOver the years, several times I have been asked, "Where were you when you heard that John Lennon was killed." The short answer? In bed.I was a huge Beatles fan growing up... I'm talking HUGE. Ask any member of my family and they will concur. I listened to a lot of other music and stuff, but up until the age of twelve or so, it all began and ended with the Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1134063732080594492005-12-08T12:31:00.000-05:002005-12-08T12:42:12.093-05:00Dimebag, One Year LaterI'm not really sure what to say about it, but I feel I should say something. After all, Pantera and the Dime were huge influences on my "metaldom..." but I almost feel like a bandwagoner for taking about it like so many others.The guy that killed those people was an idiot... everyone knows that. He took people's lives that didn't deserve it in order to try to prove some Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1134062557775570132005-12-08T12:16:00.000-05:002005-12-08T12:23:54.230-05:00If You Needed More of a Reason To Hate Her...It has been reported that Courtney Love is selling one fourth of the Nirvana back catalog to... get this... Martha Stewart.As to what Martha will do with her share of the catalog... who knows? Use "Smells Like Teen Spirit" to sell towels or something, maybe?As for Courtney, I've always despised her... because she's pure trash... and now? Yeah... Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1133998865950460082005-12-07T18:38:00.000-05:002005-12-08T12:24:39.926-05:00KaZaA Banned in AustraliaSharman Networks has cut off anyone with an Australian IP from accessing the page where the file-sharing program can be downloaded. Anyone in Australia who has the program can still use it, although Sharman has warned them not to do so....people still use KaZaA???Listening to: Chris Whitley - "Narcotic Prayer"Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1133998643045582252005-12-07T18:34:00.000-05:002005-12-07T18:37:23.056-05:00Damn...Old school guitar hero Eddie Van Halen and his wife of 24 years, actress Valerie Bertinelli, are calling it quits after 24 years of marriage. It is reported to be an amicable break.It seems that they have been separated for the last four years. So does that mean she ran out on him after he was diagnosed with cancer? Or was it before, when he was tipping the bottle pretty heavily? hmmm.Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1133827550009848682005-12-05T19:01:00.000-05:002005-12-06T23:51:46.933-05:00I did this the other day... I did the main image from a poster I found on the web that was about 2x3... I was telling my friends that I wanted to slap some wings on him... so I did that earlier today. It's almost what I was thinking of...I love Illustrator... just by the way and stuff...Listening to: Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1133637303388604612005-12-03T13:55:00.000-05:002005-12-03T14:15:03.400-05:00Scott Stapp Makes me LaughFormer Creed frontman/current solo artist Scott Stapp is an idiot... He's approaching Fred Durst status, at this point.I've seen about ten different versions of what happened, but here's what seems to be the most accurate account (given all in common with the various reports):Thanksgiving Day... Baltimore... Hotel lounge... Members of the band 311 were watching a Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1132725293767283852005-11-23T00:35:00.000-05:002005-11-23T01:12:28.216-05:00Christopher Becker WhitleyAugust 31, 1960 - November 20, 2005Chris was easily one of my biggest musical influences in the last fifteen years... Born in Texas... grew up in Vermont and New York. Moved to Belgium, married and had a daughter, Trixie, who still lives there... Moved back to New York - released some twelve albums... awesome songwriter, unique guitarist... Amazing man. Died Sunday Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1132661771121583212005-11-22T07:09:00.000-05:002005-11-22T07:16:11.133-05:00Oops...Madonna has lost the plagiarism case filed against her by a Belgian songwriter. Salvatore Acquaviva claimed that four bars of his song Ma Vie Fout L’camp was stolen by Madonna for her 1998 hit song Frozen... and he won.The Belgian judge ordered that that EMI, Sony and Warner immediately stop selling the song (and the album it is on) in the country, as well as ordered the record companies Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1132289916451486762005-11-17T23:29:00.000-05:002005-11-17T23:58:36.463-05:00Very True...Several months back, I posted how I thought that Sevendust was gonna go into the shitter after Clint Lowery left to form his new band, Dark New Day.(from the comments)I don't know if you've heard there new album Next, but they definitely don't suck without Clint. Trust me, I had your same reservations when I heard he had left! And I love Dark New Day by the way; I saw them live in Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1131953298501918222005-11-14T02:25:00.000-05:002005-11-14T02:35:04.240-05:00Well, this isn't the exact post I was thinking of, but I couldn't locate the earlier one... because I couldn't sit and read all the posts from the old days in a few minutes...Gwen Stefani Buys Her Own HypeYeah, I was a bit more harsh than usual regarding some things in that post (not the stuff about Stefani, really)... well, maybe not "than usual" for the time... but I've mellowed out a tiny bit Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1131951540026842342005-11-14T01:57:00.000-05:002005-11-14T01:59:00.036-05:00Scott Stapp's solo debut, The Great Divide = Creed with even worse songwriting.Listening to: random stuff on iTunesTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1131705039067519742005-11-11T02:05:00.000-05:002005-11-11T05:30:39.080-05:00There was some dumb Madonna video on earlier... It was, like, some retro-disco complete shit thing...Why is she still bothering to make music?Why is she still bothering to... do whatever it is that she's trying to do?Does anybody even still care about anything she has to say about... well, anything?...and then, of course, what comes on next? A Gwen Stefani video... which, y'know, she can go Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1128923036209536442005-10-10T01:26:00.000-04:002005-10-10T01:43:56.216-04:00from the comments:(regarding Ashlee Simpson's return to Saturday Night Live on October 8, 2005) thanks for posting what I was thinkin too. she ruined what was a pretty damn good show. man she sucks joshWell Josh, you're welcome. I try not to speak for anyone but myself (so that I can be as outspoken as I wanna be), but it's good to know that sometimes there are others that share my opinions Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1128831183960725442005-10-09T00:09:00.000-04:002005-10-09T00:13:03.966-04:00Ashlee Simpson is on Saturday Night Live as I type this... I was honestly kind of surprised that she would ever show her face in public, given a few of her last few public appearances... and y'know what? She still sucks as much as she ever did. This song is so boring, I may start to cry... in fact, I think I just did.Listening to: ...Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1127192124571383882005-09-20T00:37:00.000-04:002005-09-20T00:55:24.590-04:00I Love MeI was rather happy when Blink 182 announced their "indefininte hiatus" six or so months ago... Well, I just hate that emo crap... it sucks. It SO sucks. Blink 182 was one of the better bands of the genre... and they sucked.So now, Blink guitarist Tom DeLonge has announced that he will be coming out with a new album with his new band, Angels & Airwaves.Somewhere out there in cyberspace,Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1126995374413819082005-09-17T18:14:00.000-04:002005-09-17T18:16:14.420-04:00Why do I hate Coldplay videos so much?Oh, yeah... that's right... because the vidoes are horrible... as is their music pretty much, as well... giccch...Listening to: Clutch - "Slow Hole to China"Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1124249694629478922005-08-16T23:31:00.000-04:002005-08-16T23:34:54.636-04:00I've been extremely busy, recently... Basically, working my ass off... Too busy to post anything worthwhile, it seems... I was ready to get back into it a little - I mean, I realized that no matter how hard I work, I need to have a little time for me to do what I want for me... like talk about music and stuff... NOW, it appears my computer may be on its last legs... just when I really need it Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1121111684085843222005-07-11T15:50:00.000-04:002005-07-11T15:55:25.566-04:00Why Do People Let Him Make Records, Again?I beilieve... that R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet (chapter 1)" is the single worst song ever written... ever. The story of the whole Trapped in the Closet project is maybe the dumbest ever for a concept project, as well....ever.I would like to pee on it.Listening to: Todd Rundgren - HealingTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1120369599209852732005-07-03T01:34:00.000-04:002005-07-03T01:46:39.216-04:00Pigs Have FlownAs impressive as the Who were tonight at the Live 8 show in London, seeing the reunited Pink Floyd was absolutely incredible. It was such an emotional thing to behold, I damn near cried... okay, maybe I even did a little... As much as I love music... and as much as I have loved Pink Floyd since my brother introduced me to them when I was incredibly young ("Us & Them" was my Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1119928390078371972005-06-27T23:06:00.000-04:002005-06-27T23:13:10.083-04:00Smashing Pumpkins ReduxSurprise, surprise... Billy Corgan has announced the reformation of the Smashing Pumpkins.Yeah, I wasn't surprised, either. Everything else he's done since has pretty much sucked, so it would make sense he would get back to his bread & butter, the Pumpkins.Listening to: Muse - "Absolution"Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1118960352251993162005-06-16T18:09:00.000-04:002005-06-16T18:19:12.256-04:00Jane's Addiction, Again? Not Bloody Likely!When asked about a possible Jane's Addiction reunion, frontman Perry Farrell said:"When the sky rains money is when we're getting back together."You guys coulda asked me that and I could have basically answered the same way... The (I had always thought rather well-known) fact is that Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro (a.k.a. "Mr. Carmen Electra... but Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1118959357279395792005-06-16T17:53:00.000-04:002005-06-16T18:05:24.323-04:00Pink Floyd ReunitesI have been reading stuff about Pink Floyd "reuniting" for the latest upcoming Bob Geldof "feed the world" thing, Live 8 (a reference to the whole superpower G-8 thing) for a couple weeks now, but I couldn't find much info on said "reunion." I mean, I didn't know if it was a full-fledged "reunion" or just a "reunion" of the folks that chose to stick around... Sure enough, RogerTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1115957116896408102005-05-12T23:59:00.000-04:002005-05-25T01:23:45.820-04:00I've Tried......but I just can't bring myself to like Audioslave. They just don't do it for me. I loved Soundgarden. I think I'm one of the few people that didn't get all fired up over Rage Against the Machine, though. I mean, I liked a handful of songs of theirs, but that was about it (I was a pretty big fan of Rage guitarist Tom Morello's old band, Lock Up, long before Rage was ever a bandTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1115353399930411982005-05-06T00:17:00.000-04:002005-05-06T00:23:20.053-04:00Wha???I just saw scrolling along the bottom of CNN where a high school band has been asked not to perform the song "Louie Louie" in an upcoming parade... due to the song's questionable lyrics... which the marching band does not plan on singing in the first place...Listening to: Mitch Hedberg - "Mitch All Together"Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1115272619440534932005-05-05T01:47:00.000-04:002005-05-24T19:31:39.863-04:00616?Scientists at McGill University have recently deciphered the text from the oldest known copy of the New Testament... and according to the Greek writing, in the book of Revalations, the "number of the beast" has been revealed to NOT be "666," but in fact, "616."Y'hear that sound? It's the sound of thousands of tattoo-removal lasers being fired up.Read the whole story here.note: I had to Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1115099526981716732005-05-03T01:49:00.000-04:002005-05-03T01:52:06.983-04:00ClearChannel Split(from Yahoo)SAN ANTONIO - Clear Channel Communications Inc. on Friday unveiled plans to split up its media empire by spinning off its entertainment business. The nation's top radio broadcaster also said profit fell by more than half in the first quarter.Following the breakup, Clear Channel Entertainment — which puts on concerts and sporting events — will have more flexibility asTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1115099373579832252005-05-03T01:46:00.000-04:002005-05-03T01:49:33.580-04:00Waters Completes Opera(from Yahoo)NEW YORK - After almost a decade, Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters has finished his opera and he hopes it's not just another brick in the wall.Waters is considering a November performance "Ca Ira" live with a symphony and chorus in Rome, coinciding with its release as a double CD this fall, Rolling Stone reported April 29. "Ca Ira" was inspired by the French Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1115099159483130742005-05-03T01:43:00.000-04:002005-05-03T01:45:59.486-04:00Anselmo's Ex Auctions Stuff(from Blabbermouth)Stephanie Opal Weinstein, ex-wife of former PANTERA and current SUPERJOINT RITUAL frontman Philip Anselmo, is auctioning several pieces of PANTERA memorabilia on eBay, including a few items of clothing that were previously worn by Anselmo: a wedding shirt, an "Evil Dead" jacket, a "Nodferatu" jacket, and a "jamming" shirt. Also being auctioned are a Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1115098618717512312005-05-03T01:22:00.000-04:002005-05-03T01:36:58.720-04:00Maybe There is Justice in the WorldBack in November, I posted about how Paris Hilton thought she was going to become a pop singer and all that garbage... Well, it seems that all the people that she's trying to work with (with the exception of Lil John) are telling her to fuck off.Yeah, she approached LeTigre about collaborating... and she got a whole lotta nothin' in return... Then she Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1114743121459242532005-04-28T22:43:00.000-04:002005-04-29T15:06:08.200-04:00Borrrring...There hasn't been a whole lot interesting going on in the world of music news, lately... unless you care about things like PETA getting mad at Kelly Osborne for dying her bulldog pink, her brother Jack Thai boxing, Constantine getting booted from American Idol, Tommy Lee hitting on a tranny, Perry Farrell's new band, or any of that stuff... blah...Listening to: nonpoint - "Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1113958566917522622005-04-19T20:29:00.000-04:002005-04-19T22:19:35.523-04:00Have I Changed My Tune?American Idol... You either love it or hate it, it seems. I've always fallen into the latter category, I guess. I mean, you get a bunch of amateurish singers, throw them up on stage singing usually horrible songs, sprinkle in a guest star or two and before you know it, someone named Kelly, or Reuben, or Fantasia is all over the airwaves and Mtv and all that, becoming Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1113810665955269982005-04-18T01:31:00.000-04:002005-04-18T04:32:26.606-04:00...from the comments (regarding the post on the Limp Bizkit blog of their new "video"):hey man, check their video on their main site, i'd love to hear your opinion!Well, ask and ye shall recieve... I would have to say that "The Truth" is probably the best thing to come out of the Bizkitheads in several years... and it totally sucks ass.I've tried... I reall have tried to adopt a "kinder, gentlerTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1113610300306376492005-04-15T19:58:00.000-04:002005-04-16T02:17:51.446-04:00I Suppose it Was InevitableEveryone's favorite mook, Fred Durst, has jumped aboard the reality-show bandwagon.Durst and a team of producers are in talks to produce a "hybrid" reality/talk show - "My Life With Fred Durst" (or as I like to call it, "...'cause You Don't Wanna Hear My Music"). The weekly one hour show will combine celebrity interviews with segments documenting Durst's personal and Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1113454238565723682005-04-14T00:43:00.000-04:002005-04-19T22:53:45.996-04:00I got the Dark New Day EP from iTunes, yesterday (thank you Wild Cherry Pepsi)... I had previously used Cool Edit Pro to record the streams from their website and convert them into MP3s I could load onto my MiniDisc player and listen to away from the computer (I used to listen to MP3s on my Palm Tungsten E, but I think I may have worn the battery out (as well as the screen) at this point)... butTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1112924263849495502005-04-07T21:32:00.000-04:002005-04-07T21:37:43.850-04:00Maynard, the Conclusion...from toolband.com "Christians, huh? So forgive me." - Bill Hicks Good news, April fools fans. The writing and recording is back under way. When approached for comment on his recent encounter with the Son of God, Maynard said, "That guy's a punk!"As it turns out, Maynard was out "location scouting" near the Fourth Street bridge in downtown Los Angeles when he "found Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1112860311980437832005-04-07T01:38:00.000-04:002005-04-07T04:32:12.040-04:00Maynard, Part Two...Mtv's Kurt Loder emailed TooL's Maynard James Keenan again today, asking him up front if he was lying to them regarding "finding Jesus." His reply:"heh heh."Jesus.A bit cryptic (surprise, surprise)... but I think it may put to rest whether or not he actually rediscovered religion and was planning on leaving TooL in pursuit of the Lord... then again, maybe it won't put anythingTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1112779068210695702005-04-06T02:17:00.000-04:002005-04-06T05:46:31.250-04:00Keenan Leaves TooL???Wow... I have NO idea if this could possibly be true or if it could be classified as the ultimate hoax/Aprol Fool's Day prank... but there are several reports, including one authenticated as being from TooL/A Perfect Circle front man Maynard James Keenan, himself, that the singer has rediscovered religion and, at least for the moment, left TooL in the middle of recording Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1112419700071035992005-04-02T00:14:00.000-05:002005-04-02T01:00:58.070-05:00Am I Getting Ripped Off?Sometimes, there are weird coincidences... and then, there are those Twilight Zoney ones that make ya go "hmm..." for example -In a post less than 48 hours ago, I joked about how, when offered money to praise the Big Mac, KISS' Gene Simmons would probably be the one rock guy to jump on the band wagon, although he would probably want MacDonald's to change the name to the "Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1112257002178197642005-03-31T02:31:00.000-05:002005-03-31T03:16:42.183-05:00Dimes for RhymesI find this pretty strange... I also see it as something that can only be pulled off in the world of hip-hop music.It seems McDonald's has hired a marketing firm to try to find hip hop artists willing to name drop the Big Mac in their songs in exchange for cash. They're not offering any cash up front, though. Apparently, it's a "pay-for-play" thing. They are reportedly offering Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1112228306761288482005-03-30T19:03:00.000-05:002005-03-30T19:18:26.763-05:00It Would Appear I am Confused......which is not all that uncommon, really. But recently ex-Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch sent a "personal letter from God" to rapper 50 Cent regarding the fact that God told Welch to write a song about the rapper entitled "Cheap Name." The lyrics read in part:"My little boy/ Bow your head in shame/ You've disgraced your father's name now/ It's time for you toTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1112169410331849942005-03-30T02:56:00.000-05:002005-03-30T03:05:44.380-05:00New dredgWell it would appear that the new album from dredg will finally be out June 21st... or June 28th... at this point, just being able to say "late June" is good enough...You can go over to MySpace and check out a track from it called "Bug Eyes," as well as hear a couple rather humorous remixes of songs done on a little Casio keyboard.I am so looking forward to the follow-up to one of the Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1112051330646341982005-03-28T17:43:00.000-05:002005-03-29T17:47:59.693-05:00What Does the Future Hold?My friend Mike and I were sitting around watching tv, last night... Mike is one of those "non-commercial" kinda guys, so when ever a show goes to a break, he starts flipping the channels like a madman (and I can't really blame him that much - if I have to sit through that Burger King Tenderscrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch commercial with Darius Rucker one more time, I may hurtTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1111805925490039282005-03-25T21:51:00.000-05:002005-03-25T22:00:11.946-05:00...and He is FunkySo, I'm in the middle of recording some music, sitting here in front of the computer... I'm looping a pad over this drum track, seeing if it was really what I was looking for... In my quest to multitask media, I start flipping the channels (as I have been known to do) on a muted tv in a moment of distraction and I come across the NAACP Awards show on Fox about fifteen minutes Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1111689141496577382005-03-24T13:28:00.000-05:002005-03-25T03:15:22.960-05:00Rockers Flex BitTorrent's Muscle(Wired) With MTV and VH1 now crowded with programs like Date My Mom, The Ashlee Simpson Show and Celebrity Fit Club, there's little room for music videos, especially from independent artists. That's why one up-and-coming group, the Decemberists, opted to release its new music video, Sixteen Military Wives, for free using BitTorrent. The high-quality video file Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1111688889508281342005-03-24T13:12:00.000-05:002005-03-25T04:08:42.943-05:00Stefani FreaksIt seems that Gwen Stefani is pretty pissed at the fact that people don't take her or "her backup band," No Doubt, very seriously, anymore."I was in a band since I was 16 years old. I've been in a fucking rock band touring the fucking world for 18 years. So if you're gonna try and erase that, then I'm going to stick my finger right in your face. I know what it's like to be up on Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3754356.post-1111536908207215182005-03-22T19:06:00.000-05:002005-03-28T18:14:28.690-05:00Another List, Another Pile of Shit...British Magazine Q has released its list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Tracks Ever."I haven't seen the article but if this top ten is any indication, I'm not so sure I want to:1) 'Purple Haze' - JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE (1967)2) 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' - THE ROLLING STONES (1968)3) 'Whole Lotta Love' - LED ZEPPELIN (1969)4) 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' - NIRVANA (1991Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12117119788513634308noreply@blogger.com0