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So I’m listening to rock radio, like always, which may be a good indicator of my mental health. Normally it’s just white noise for me, with the occasional song I really like, and the occasional song I absolutely can’t stand. If I’m ever paying attention, it’s typically fleeting, especially when it comes to lyrics. I’m [...]

Blackout, indeed, in my hands. Many of the songs were leaked in one form or another, finished or not, and I’ve already combed through all of those. Track by track: “Gimme More” We’ve heard it, we love it, whatever. I actually like it. The chorus is sassy. “Piece of Me” Oh fucking PLEASE. First, it’s [...]

When the ’80s Guitar Hero came out, I said to John, “Hey, why don’t you leave the Easy career mode to me, and you can do the Medium on up while I have a chance to get better?” He said, “SURE!” Then he went and played all of the Easy career mode. Fucker. Last night [...]

You people out there give us something more than just record sales You give us something to hate And we hate you, you brainless mutants Hate [16x] You hunched and blinded mutants Living in chat rooms You masturbate on the sheets Your mothers clean for you You have lined my pockets Overflowed with gold You’re [...]

Tonight was Stellar Vector’s EP release show at Ground Zero — and definitely one of the best SV performances I’ve seen. Covering “You Got Lucky” made me laugh my ass off, too. Only one guy hit on me while John was off doing band-related things. He wasn’t obnoxious, either, which is helpful. I told him [...]

I like vinyl! I needed to get away from the computer, so I went out to the living room, pulled out my sudoku puzzles, and threw on an album. Today’s choice was Michael Jackson’s Bad. I have a near-mint copy that I got for $5. This was, BY FAR, the most distracting album I have [...]

I got a hold of the new Britney Spears album. To be fair, “Gimme More” is actually a decent song. Shut up, it is — it’s not completely cookie cutter, blah blah blah. But as far as cookie cutter goes, the whole album doesn’t have a whole lot of it — aside from “Your…”, which [...]

Bio from Allmusic.com: Post-grunge rockers Hinder got started in the early 2000s in Oklahoma City, where Joe Garvey and drummer Cody Hanson found Austin Winkler singing cover songs at a college party. The three formed the nucleus of Hinder, and started landing gigs opening locally for acts like Theory of a Deadman. Lineup changes brought [...]