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Code Organ

The crew at UK based ad agency DLKW bring us the CodeOrgan - a Flash based little monster that converts any web page in to music.

To hear what our humble little site homepage sounds like, click this.

How do they pull off this little bit of magic? According to their site:

"Firstly, the… Continue

Added by vannatta on February 21, 2010 at 11:43am — No Comments

Merry Christmas from the Family ( and Robert Earl Keen)

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Added by madelineb on December 24, 2009 at 1:52pm — No Comments

R. I. P. - Soupy Sales ....

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Added by madelineb on October 23, 2009 at 3:15pm — No Comments

Kiss at Madison Square Garden

Ok. I know. We went again, Deano and I - but that is the kind of fan that he is of Kiss, and the kind of fan that I have become, by tagging along with him all these years. The show rocks. Alw… Continue

Added by vannatta on October 14, 2009 at 7:01pm — No Comments

Kiss at Mohegan Sun

Deano and I headed north, deep in to the CT woods to check out one of the greatest rock bands of all time - KISS - at Mohegan Sun. The show was incredible - KISS always gives off great energy ... but for some reason, some of the fans didn't seem as enthusiastic. Most of the fans were on their feet, as usual, singing every word, pumping their fists an

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Added by vannatta on October 6, 2009 at 3:48am — No Comments

“The country would plainly be a happier place if more of us played the ukulele.” The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

Check out this New York Times article on the UOGB here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/arts/music/30ukulele.html?emc=eta1 Continue

Added by madelineb on September 30, 2009 at 7:12pm — 1 Comment

Some More New AIC...

Alice in Chains - A Looking In View

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Added by RGM on September 20, 2009 at 8:08pm — No Comments

Glad to see the site up, & running again!

Check My Brain

New Alice In Chains! Continue

Added by RGM on September 20, 2009 at 8:04pm — 1 Comment

HEY BOY! Welcome Back Van!

Teddybears sthlm - ( featurung Swing Fly) - Hey Boy!

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Added by madelineb on September 20, 2009 at 10:52am — 1 Comment

Gene Simmons Roast(ed)

Comedian Craig Gass roasts the Demon - and (as always) is hilarious(!) If you don't have the whole five minutes to watch the clip in its entirety, then you HAVE to catch the Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons impressions starting at 1:10 in the video, and the Al Pacino impression at 4:00 - worth every second. Gene, of course, is a good sport. Dean and I are catching… Continue

Added by vannatta on September 20, 2009 at 1:33am — 1 Comment

"I've got a Million Dollars in the bank..."

"...what you got!?" That is what Joaquin Phoenix said to a fan at his latest show, and a whole lotta deleted expletives as you can hear, before stage diving on the dude and having at it. Now, many folks I know with insider status, tell me that Sir Phoenix is merely playing a part, and that he and his filmmaker cohorts are doing their best to make it all seem as "real" as possible, hence there is no official word as to… Continue

Added by vannatta on March 12, 2009 at 9:35pm — No Comments

Revved up like a douche...

What song lyrics had you baffled, or singing something totally different until you read the lyrics? I was blinded like so many to Manfred Mann's Earth Band's version of Bruce Springsteen's tune, Blinded by the Light - thinking the lyric went as follows: Blinded by the light, revved up like a douche, to a rumor in the night... when it actually went: ...revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night... Well, at least that is how they sang it. Springsteen's original lyri… Continue

Added by vannatta on March 6, 2009 at 12:55am — 3 Comments

Stanley Clarke

O.K., for great bassplayers, or favorite player's now a days you hear name's like Jaco, or Victor Wooten. For Me it's Stanley Clarke, I've never seen someone take the uprite bass to a level as he has. Continue

Added by RGM on March 5, 2009 at 4:16pm — 2 Comments

You Are The Blossom...I Am The Vine....Happy Valentines Day ala Henry Phillips

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Added by madelineb on February 14, 2009 at 2:32pm — 3 Comments

Stanley Jordan

I was just a lad when I saw Stanley Jordan play a solo show at the Bottom Line in NYC... and was lucky enough to sit front and center, literally at his feet, and could really watch his fretwork. I was totally transfixed by his technique, his tone, and his punctuality... (just seeing if you're paying attention... ;) Hang in there, and you will hear the familiar melody of Eleanor Rigby. Stick around a little longer to watch him extend… Continue

Added by vannatta on February 9, 2009 at 8:38pm — 5 Comments

Love Slip Upon Ya

From the album, Fire on the Bayou, dropped in 1975 like a funkalicious bomb by the Meters - straight outta NOLA. Intro'd to me tonight by the host of Lava Lamp Shade, John Purcell, on WZBC Boston. Check out the show from 10-12 midnight, on Sunday night... streamed on the internet live... you can pick it up by heading over here and choosing your speed. With a billing of "Late 60's thru late 70's. A melange of retro grooves - genre… Continue

Added by vannatta on February 8, 2009 at 11:30pm — 3 Comments

Bale Boogie

I'm kind of with Christian Bale on this one: I have done some (very little) student amateur film acting (no not that kind of amateur varietal you dirty bastard) but can say from those experiences alone, that when someone on set walks in to your site line during a take, it is _really distracting - I can only imagine how a pro feels that is trying to shoot a difficult scene, and there is a ton of money on the line and things are costing like 20K a minute or whatever ... the pres… Continue

Added by vannatta on February 8, 2009 at 3:40am — 3 Comments

Lux Interior Found Dead

Just heard it now. Bumming. Met the man a couple times, briefly; a gentler, sweeter soul you'll never know. I'm not in the mood to eulogize right now... Continue

Added by Third Eye Fine on February 4, 2009 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

Sugalumps

These guys make me laugh until I chortle up my spleen. Nothing keeps a professional brain tonic cocktail at bay as well as these guys. Days feeling salty? Global credit crisis too bitter a pill to swallow? Then get down with the _real stimulus package (your own) and enjoy these sugalumps... all sarcasm ends when I say that the final chorus arrangement is better than anything that came out in the last 10 years, and may cause me to loop it as part of the soundtrack to my new lif… Continue

Added by vannatta on February 4, 2009 at 1:58am — 1 Comment