A gift for you as we prepare to enter another work week.  Many moons ago, I described 8 bad habits I’ve encountered in public men’s rooms – such as auto-erogenous behavior, loud phlegm hacking or talking on your cell phone with the free hand. You can refresh your memory HERE if you like. Well, the world hasn’t gotten better since I wrote that post. More deviant, rude and disgusting behavior has come to light so I feel obligated to give you the sequel to bad restroom ... Read Full Story

www.amplichoir.com – It’s an interesting experiment in the potential & unified use of a massive audience such as the internet. But for right now, it’s also a clear example of “not everybody can sing”. Or maybe “ok, it’s kinda cool but what good is it. . really?”. You decide, follow the link. Read Full Story

Mediapost – From the “This Should End Well” category comes an article about a new contest being sponsored by the MGM Grand (y’know, in Vegas?) where users are invited to Tweet their sins via Twitter.  Each day for the duration of the campaign, the hotel will choose one random winner to receive a free nights stay. So my question is – what if someone tweets a felony?   “Hi, my name is Harold and I just killed my wife?”.  Now technically, shouldn̵... Read Full Story

For My family, Halloween is akin to Christmas.  Not that we’re all evil or sinister (most of us, anyways) but we enjoy the decorations, the mood and the general festivity of the season. Tonight we’re hosting our 2nd annual Halloween Hootananny – not my choice of names but “2nd Annual Halloween Death & Splatter Festival” got vetoed by the powers that be.  Anyways, friends will be dropping by in costume, we’ll be cranking out creepy music by the likes of... Read Full Story

LA Times – Follow the link for a great article on the imminent demise of Geocities & the little group dedicated to archiving as much of it as they can. Interesting read. For those who don’t already know,  Geocities was the prototype to Godaddy and even Facebook.  It was designed to allow everyman to build a simple website where they could yap about whatever they wanted to the internet at large.  Sounds VERY familiar, eh?   Like many who now blog, I started with a terrible sit... Read Full Story

The mighty Dethklok rolled into town on Tuesday, and I’m glad to say I survived the event. If you ever watch the show Metalocalypse on Cartoon Network, then you know just how dangerous a Dethklok show can be.  While I was there, few dismemberments or impalings occurred (at least that I noticed). It was a sold out show, so by the time I had had the obligatory cheaper beers at the bar next door and then gotten past security, I arrived just in time to hear High on Fire say “Thank y... Read Full Story

KNAC.com – In anticipation of the new Slayer album ‘World Painted Blood’, the band has released a trailer for the bonus DVD to accompany the deluxe edition of the CD. This 20 minute, 12 part video graphic novel (12 parts in 20 minutes – talk about A.D.D.!?) is directed by Metalocalypse director Mark Brooks. Check it below, or follow the link back to the mighty KNAC. Speaking of Metalocalypse, I’m seeing ole’ Dethklok tomorrow night. Wiki puts this show o... Read Full Story

Blabbermouth.net – I thought Dave Mustaine converted to Christianity? If so, apparently forgiveness doesn’t extend to his old band mates in Metallica. Yeah, he was talking about that shit again. This particular incident comes from the latest issue of Terrorizer, as quoted by Blabbermouth.net. As usual (and splendidly pointed out by a few posters to the site), the interviewer basically feeds these questions to Mustaine to start a rant. How hard has IT EVER BEEN to get Dave Must... Read Full Story

Last Tuesday everyone in my family (except for my oldest Jill who was recovering from the Butthole Surfers show the night before) took in the Hard Drive Live tour featuring the twin’s favorite band, All That Remains. This turned out to be an awesome concert experience! First up was hardcore-ish act From Sword To Sunrise (or FSTS as they’re sometimes called) out of Spokane, Washington. Decent energy, good stage presence. Fairly straight-forward screamcore, but well done. Next we... Read Full Story

Ok, I always knew these guys were gonna be weird. And yep, they were. But let’s start at the beginning. . . Arrived at the show in time to catch the final few minutes of Psychic Ills. Mmmmk. To me, and I gotta be honest here, it was about 15 minutes (all one ’song’) of noise. Ambient noise, if that’s even possible. Hell, I’ve seen opening acts for Skinny Puppy that made more sense. But perhaps, coming in late to the show, I missed something. Like a compl... Read Full Story