Recently, Napalm Records started using voiceovers on their promotional CDs. Granted, voiceovers are not quite the full on FUCK YOU METAL MEDIA!!! that digital downloads are, but it’s certainly a tip of a finger gently circling around the rim of my anus. Listen labels, I guarantee (and this isn’t directed at just Napalm Records), screwing around with your promotional […]

Asia were the prog supergroup responsible for such bloated AOR standbys as “Don’t Cry,” “Wildest Dreams,” and the tune that propelled the Steve Carell vehicle The 40 Year-Old Virgin into the home theaters of…well, 40 year-old virgins, “Heat of the Moment.” They’re also on tour now with the original line-up, boasting a free show at […]

I was forwarded a story by Patrick Goldstein from the LA Times about the possible end of the critic. Let’s be more specific here. Goldstein is referring to entertainment critics and how over the years, specifically since the Internet changed our information consumption habits, the single voice of a critic – respected or not – […]

Today we were contacted by Victory Records notifying us we would no longer receive physical CDs for promotional purposes — reviews or interviews. Now, unless I’m mistaken Victory Records is the first independent label to make the switch from physical to digital promo. As harmless as it seems, this is a landmark event. Labels, mostly […]

So, this week I attended a Protest the Hero show in Columbia, MO. Now granted, I knew going in, that because the opening act was Chiodos that there would be a fair amount of emo fans attending the show. What I was not ready for was the sheer number of androgynous, asexual, identically-clad hermaphrodites that […]

So, a co-worker of mine and I were listening to Tomb of the Mutilated on the way home from work the other day. He was digging on it. After a few minutes, he asked if I had seen a Cannibal Corpse parody where the Chris Barnes‘ lyrics are typed out as heard… I said, “Nope, […]

OK, I’ve known about Rock & Republic’s ‘Death Metal’ jeans for a few months now, so now that I have a place to riff I can do so. A little background: Rock & Republic is an American designer clothing company. Their motto goes something like this: “Rock & Republic means edgy, progressive design inspired by […]

The purpose of this blog is threefold; first to test this feature and make sure it works. Second to display my amazing wit and writing skills, and more importantly, third, to tell you about a website I found for all you displaced cd-tracker.com users.