Author: Tony

I’m just going to have to add a “music” category to this site. It seems like every day I stumble accross some crazy new band.

This band is a cross between Metallica and the Beatles called, you guessed it, Beatallica. They do covers of Beatles songs in the style of Metallica and with lyrics sort of inpired by both.

So far my favorite songs are Sgt. Hetfield’s Motorbreath Pub Band and I Want To Choke Your Band, but I pretty much laughed at all of them. I would probably enjoy it even more if I knew more Beatles songs…

In case you haven’t heard by now, rumor has it that John Woo is making a Metroid movie to be released in 2006. Here’s an article at E! Online with some more information – Woo’s Next Target: Metroid
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In honor of the upcoming movie, I’ve been playing a little Metroid on the computer:

It’s amazing how much time I wasted on that game growing up. Good times.

While we’re on the subject of Metroid, I should also remind you of the Minibosses. I think I’ve mentioned them before on the site. They’re a rock band that plays music from old video games. They do great covers of some of the music from Metroid. Unfortunately, none of the Metroid songs are available for download on their site, but if you look around long enough you’re bound to find them online…

Let me start off by saying I like Nickelback. When one of their songs comes on I don’t turn it off. Most of the time I actually turn it up. (I also sometimes listen to Puddle of Mudd, but that’s a whole different story.)

With those facts in mind, this is just a little creepy. I’m not sure who made this, but it’s pure genius. It’s Nickelback’s Someday in the left speaker and How You Remind Me in the right speaker. I recommend you right-click the link below and “Save As” to listen to it.

How You Remind Me Of Somday

The similarities are creepy. They obviously have a good formula for writing hit songs…

Let me know if the link quits working and I’ll upload the file to my server.

Thanks to Metafilter for the link.

Here’s a newsflash: according to CD’s aren’t selling very well.

Global music sales fell 7.6 percent in 2003 to $32 billion, the steepest decline since the advent of the compact disc

Of course, the record companies blame things like “rampant piracy.” I have my own theory – people don’t like paying for crap. And trust me, most of today’s music is nothing but crap.

While we’re on the subject of today’s music…

I was in a junior high classroom today working on a teacher’s computer.

The teacher noted that the computer was “just crap,” and all of the students in the room giggled. The teacher apologized, to which one of the students replied “it’s OK, we all say crap.” This was followed by a chorus of other children repeating the word.

In a feeble attempt to impress the kids, I added “You do know where the word crap comes from, right? The inventor of the toilet was named Thomas Crapper.” (Now that I’m back at my computer I see that I may have misled them a bit, but Thomas Crapper was a famous plumber.)

At this point a girl in the front row said “I can tell you where the ‘s’ word comes from.” Thankfully, the conversation ended there.

What else can you say about Kurt Cobain? I really believe he changed the world.

Many friends recall Cobain saying he would one day join the “27 Club” — a reference to the age Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix were when they died.

Kurt Cobain, 10 years later

For Kurt Cobain, A Sleepless Nirvana

Here’s an interesting page I stumbled across earlier – Bill Gates and Petals Around the Rose. This page describes a dice game that people having been playing since at least the 70’s. It’s a fun little mental exercise.

First, you roll five six-sided dice (5d6 for the hardcore D&Ders), then you guess the answer. There are only two rules:

1. The name of the game is Petals Around the Rose, the name is significant.
2. Every answer is zero or an even number.

I did a little Googling and found a Flash version of Petals Around the Rose. With this you should be able to play the game long enough to figure it out.

It took me about 30 minutes plus a page of graph paper full of notes to finally get it.

Just be careful if you decide to do your own search, some sites give away the secret. I wouldn’t want to have to give anyone a zero on this quiz for cheating.