Has anyone heard of Hollywood Undead? My son asked me about them, but I haven't heard a note...

For Christmas I got a USB turntable with speakers, so I can listen to Journey's "Departure" just as Jesus intended.

I grew up listening to Springsteen on my dad's vinyl so when I hear Thunder Road without the cracks and pops, it just does not sound right. Luckily I have a turntable and bought the whole Springsteen catalog (up to The River) for a buck each so they sound perfect now.

Do you listen to records through your computer or do you have a receiver with a phono preamp that you hook the turntable up to?

I watched/listened to a Noisettes concert that was on DirectTV 101. Holy crap!

I'm looking to find a cheap to affordable one for college because I started collecting vinyl to add to my parents collection. Where did you get yours?

Bed Bath & Beyond had them for $99.95 (minus the 20% off coupon you can easily find).

I'm not crazy about classical, but the "99 Most Essential Beethoven Masterpieces" for download on Amazon, 16 hours of music.... TWO DOLLAH!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001NWULS0

Nice find - I have been looking to spend my 3 dollar credit at amazon for a week now....

TREE FITTY!

How can that be two dollah?

But it comes with that Amazon DRM crap right? What do people use nowadays to get rid of that crap?

Nope, Amazon doesn't have any DRM. Just iTunes.

Whew, glad to see the Jets didn't do you in there Pete.

Two! Two Dolla! Two dolla musiiiiiiiiiiic!

I swear I heard this playing during stoppages in the Sweden/Russia game today.

Public Enemy's Fear of a Black Planet - what an incredibly classic album.....

Never heard the original but this was pretty good. Interesting take on quite an interesting song, lyrically speaking.

Damn you, GEICO.

A lot of Notorious B.I.G.

Thin Lizzy, lots of it.

Lots of Sufjan Stevens ... pretty much all of Seven Swans, Welcome to Michigan, and Come on Feel the Illinoise. His current project is to write and record an album about each of the 50 states. So far he has Michigan and Illinois done. It is really great stuff.

Chicago:


To Be Alone with You:

Disturbed's Indestructible. I'm firmly convinced that the Marine Corps should use that as the musical theme for their recruiting commercials.

This is great - John Frusciante typically does a solo cover song during the RHCP concerts and this one always blows me away - he covers Simon and Garfunkels "For Emily" beautifully.

The pride of Lodi

"Alias" - In Flames



I do my best to try and not like them but this song wore me down.

Sadly I haven't had to try very hard for a number of years now.

I caught "Eagles of Death Metal" on RAVEHD the other day. Good stuff...

And from the "Things You Don't See Everyday" file...Apocolypta. I just couldn't stop laughing. When they did "Seek and Destroy" (including the hair flipping), I lost it...

Damn thing...I tried to embed. Just click...obviously I'm slow in catching these guys!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa6ibmqTJSE...=1&index=30

Same here. A coworker gave me a copy of the Live and Dangerous DVD (different setlist from the album, but still good).

I'm verging on another major Queen kick. (My favorite band.) We just moved and I finally have my turntable set up properly so I'm building up my vinyl collection again. My poor wife. I'm still on the fence on whether or not I want to pick up their new album, though.

Also, I got a couple of newer Black '47 albums for Christmas (New York Town and Iraq) that I'm finally breaking out.

I just got that DVD myself, haven't had a chance to watch it. Too bad it doesn't have Running Back, however Emerald more than makes up for it. That and End of all Times by Primordial are the ultimate songs for punching our random Englishmen.

Nick Drake and other somber/mellow English songwriters/musicians.

"13 Blues for Thirteen Moons" by Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band. (No, seriously.) They're a Godspeed You Black Emperor spin off and the first two songs on this album (tracks 13 and 14 -- figure that out) are phenominal. The second half of the album is a bit of a let down after those opening tracks but they're each around 15 minutes long so there's a good 30 minutes of excellent music here.

A couple of other reviews:

Andrew Bird -- Noble Beast. Armchair Apocrypha set the bar pretty high so it's not surprising that Bird comes down to earth a little with his next album. Which is not to say this is a bad album as all because it's not. There's not a bad song on the album. But neither is it particularly brilliant the way Armchair Aprocrypha was. It's a pleasant diversion but it will be quickly forgotten.

Bruce Springsteen -- Working on A Dream. Again, nothing mind blowing here. The first track is kind of bad but also catchy. (I'm ashamed to admit it's growing on me.) The rest of the album is fine but there's nothing really memorable here either.

Franz Ferdinand -- Tonight. I never really got into their first two albums for some reason. I like a few of the songs but the albums left me a little cold. Maybe it's just the mood I'm in this week but Tonight has really grabbed me in a way their past albums haven't. There are a couple of dull spots but they're almost entirely surrounded by standout tracks so overall it's a win.

Saw the Drive by Truckers in New Haven the other night and the opening act was "Don Chambers and Goat"
They were really good. Video below. DBT put on their usual great Rock Show.

Fucking excellent if you're a fan of Enslaved and expect proggy stuff from them. Song structures like vast landscapes, very atmospheric (maybe moreso than Ruun and Isa), and extremely well-executed. More varied vocals, as well.

Stephen Fry 'podgrams'.

This guy is a genius - funny and intellectual without going all Ivory Tower on ya.

*drool*

It's such a shame they had to cancel the tour with Keep of Kalessin.

Listening to Hey Marseilles. Folky rock, reminds me of The Decemberists. Some strings, horns, and accordian. Check out Rio and Cannonballs. Metal fans, stay far away.

My life would suck without you too, Kelly Clarkson.

Awesome album! Anything from Shinedown rules.

Picked up Bullet for My Valentine's 2 CDs after Christmas. Haven't been able to stop listening to them. Killer music!

Metallica.


Nassau.


Tonight.



Six new songs in the setlist.



Fuck all y'all haters.

Nice! Enjoy. My GF and I wanted to get my brother tix for Christmas for the one at the Pru Center, but he didn't want to go to Newark.

Saw Maiden at Izod last year. Awesome show.

I thought I was the only Shinedown fan on the planet.

lol...yeah I sometimes think the same thing about Story of the Year! My sister got me into them 4 years ago. I freaking love them and I don't think she's that into them anymore.

But Shinedown seriously? I don't know if I have ever heard a bad song from them. They are just so musically sound. They sound a lot like Soundgarden and sometimes Alice in Chains, but much better in my opinion. And they have a more metal feel to them. "Crying Out" is the best song ever and was my text message sound for the longest time. Now it's the Ranger Goal song, although if they don't shape up soon, I'm gonna change it back!!

Quite a few Rangerlanders were at that show, including myself.

Thing that amazes me about Maiden is that they sound better live now, then they did back on the Powerslave tour, when they were in their prime!

They are just an amazing band. My favorite of all time, behind KISS!

They did sound incredible at that show, especially Bruce. Contrast that with Halford when I saw Priest in August, although Dio still killed that night.

Yeah, Bruce's voice just keeps getting better. The notes he hits in concert now, he never hit during the 80's.

Not a huge fan of Dio. But nice to know he still sounds good. Surprised about Halford though.

Whole Lotta Love...on "11"

Is there any other way to listen to it?

Nope. And it makes me feel like I'm 15 again!