MusicTwo-fer Tuesday Blowout Bash
March 9, 2010 10:17 pm by andrewTwo new tracks today. An “A” side and a “B” side, if you will. The first track is called “Did You Forget About Me,” (details) and it’s a nice little back-and-forth ‘tween humanity and humanity’s creator, should you be into that sort of thing, which I am, most of the time. The second is called “My Little Brothers Bike Jump” (details) and it’s a moving - dare i say poignant - tale of derring do.
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New song - “Going Back For More”
January 26, 2010 9:31 pm by andrewNew song tonight, this one’s called “Going Back For More.” Like a wee little bird, I sing songs for you. La la la la la. For those of you taking notes at home this one’s about a guy that was messed up, got cleaned up, and now perseveres, mostly on cliches and grit. I confess, I love little songs like this. Close your little eyes and imagine someone like maybe the bastard love child of Trent Reznor and Dilbert singing it. It’s also got a wicked 30 second piano intro.
New song - “Bigger and Bigger”
December 2, 2009 10:08 pm by andrewNew song tonight, this one’s called “Bigger and Bigger.” Bigger problems make for bigger heroes. Share and enjoy.
New Song - “The Speed Of Freefall”
November 3, 2009 10:14 pm by andrewWe’re serious artists here at Launch Day headquarters, people. It’s tough looking this good when you shop at Kohl’s. But we bear down and make it happen.
Here’s a new song (CAN YOU HANDLE IT INTERTWITTERNETVILLE?) I dug up out of the workstation, this peppy little number about the moral suicide of modern man nuanced with overtones of spiritual cliff jumping is called “The Speed Of Freefall.” It’s danceability quotient is pegged at eleven, people. Whoa. The scale only goes to ten. CRAZY.
And don’t forget. Jesus loves you, yes, even you — idiot in the back row? Yeah, you. Especially you. (Dude right next to him? Not so much.)
Oh this is how OCD I have become. I’ve started tracking the MySpace stats of whatever bands I happen to come across in “the feeds.” You can actually quantify fame these days, peeps. I am amazed by two things: how many ridiculously famous bands I have never heard of, and I forget the second one. Oh, folk is huge. I had no idea how huge folk is. Seriously. A folky dude named “Iron & Wine” who I have never, ever, ever, ever, ever heard of (due to my own lameness. I have never heard of anybody, apparently.) is, according to the MySpace profile views number (5.2 million), bigger than Weezer. And you could have caught Mr. Iron & Wine at the, er, Benefit for Midwives Alliance of North America back on July 27, according to his tour stats. Which actually sounds like a heckuva good gig.
More on the numbers later, I promise. I double super secret promise with a pinky swear.
Good night.
Guantanamo torture music
November 2, 2009 8:43 am by andrewOur intrepid LD investigators have got like the totally full-on list of Guantanomo torture music. Look, kids. I don’t take this lightly. I want everyone to breathe in, breathe out. Because let’s face it. You’re gonna need every breath you’ve got to rock like guantanamo detainees!! (I used to call the detainees “torture stars” — seriously, those dudes hold press conferences — but thought it just another incredibly insensitive, watered down media misuse of the otherwise terrifying phrase “torture.”)
Anyways, The Yooonited States Military Complex nailed it on this one. I couldn’t have put together a more invigorating playlist myself. Were they trying to get the detainees to slam dance? One thing I’m curious about — what exactly is a U.S. Marine doing w/ a copy of the Sesame Street theme song on his Ipod? Whatever. It works. The detaineees (”torture stars”) will have something to sing to their kids when they get home. I’ll tell you something — when the turbanned invaders from Gihadistad or whoever they are finally take over this place and drag me off to their prison camp, I do wonder if they’ll throw their meanest children’s music at me. Because I’ll grit my teeth and take it, buddy. American style. You won’t see me crying about it at no press conference. These colors don’t run. I’m in training right now. I’ve been listening to Neil Diamond’s “America’ for literally years. And the Sesame Street theme song — I’ve sung that thing so many times. Grrrrrrrrr it can’t EVEN break me. Though I’m really not surprised that Grover (and, I believe, both Bert AND Ernie) have come out to take a firm stand against the Yoooonited States Military Complex like totally hoarking their theme song to play at detainees. That’s terrible, and I can sympathize with them. But thank heavens they’re just empty puppets prattling out to the genius masses whatever their swanky executive producers think the pop culture sheep want to hear at any given moment. Oh wait, that’d be Michael Stipe. Whatever. And finally, the list. http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/22/musicians.guantanamo/
– AC/DC
– Aerosmith
– Barney theme song (By Bob Singleton)
– The Bee Gees
– Britney Spears
– Bruce Springsteen
– Christina Aguilera
– David Gray
– Deicide
– Don McClean
– Dope
– Dr. Dre
– Drowning Pool (”Bodies”)
– Eminem
– Hed P.E.
– James Taylor
– Limp Bizkit
– Marilyn Manson
– Matchbox Twenty
– Meatloaf
– Meow mix jingle (”???”)
– Metallica
– Neil Diamond (”America”)
– Nine Inch Nails (”March of the pigs”)
– Pink
– Prince
– Queen
– Rage against the Machine
– Red Hot Chili Peppers
– Redman
– Saliva
– Sesame street theme music (By Christopher Cerf)
– Stanley Brothers
– The Star Spangled Banner
– Tupac Shakur
New Song - “Game Changer”
October 26, 2009 8:59 pm by andrewNew song tonight, this one’s called “Game Changer.” This peppy little number is about a gambling thrill seeker. The little fella in this number was a game changer, all right, but the game he changed wasn’t the one he thought he was playing. Crank it and enjoy.
Indie Rock Coloring Book
October 20, 2009 12:20 pm by andrewSaw the “Indie Rock Coloring Book” reviewed (coloring book reviews — a burgeoning industry, mental note made) over at createdigitalmusic.com and for whatever reason thought it was awesome. Here’s a sample page. Print out the pretty picture, take it home, color it in. Send it in to Launch Day headquarters and win, um, a link to the entire downloadable Launch Day catalog.
New Song - “Glory. Death”
September 29, 2009 8:52 pm by andrewNew song, this one’s called “Glory. Death.” Play ‘er loud.
An Ethics lessons from Planned Parenthood
September 11, 2009 12:23 pm by andrewNoticing a news story today about a handicapped, oxygen-tank-needing elderly man shot and killed in Michigan while holding a sign suggesting that killing unborn babies is, generally speaking, a bad idea.
Lori Lamerand, president and Chief Executive Officer of Planned Parenthood East Central Michigan, wasn’t sure if the man was murdered for his views on, well, murder. She had this to say about it:
“Planned Parenthood would never condone any sort of violence against anyone.”
Um. Unless, I guess, you’re an unborn baby. In which case she’ll get medieval on your rear.
I don’t know why you got shot either, old man with sign, but may you rest in peace.
9 out of 10 gorillas prefer phil collins
September 10, 2009 6:57 am by andrewI loved this song when I was a kid. Phil lost me though with “Sussodio.”
