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This Is Why I Love Prog Rock

Every so often we come across certain things, books, articles, keepsakes, even YouTube videos, that remind us just why it is we fell in love with something in the first place. It's a beautiful and exciting feeling, and…
Should I Try DJ Hero?

I've laughed at DJ Hero quite a bit since it came out. The entire concept just seemed silly. It worked with guitar hero really well, but this was just different. It felt like it was trying to profit off a trend. but then…
WTF MTV?

Oh MTV, what happen to you? You were a good channel in the 80s and 90s, but now, it seems you went downhill when your format changed. Reality shows might be all the rage today, but where did the music videos go? D…
Chillin At Plastic Beach With The Gorillaz!

I remember a while back, Mancouch submitted a post about Gorillaz being the Band of the Decade. Now they have their newest album Plastic Beach out now (well internationally, soon in the USA). I'm currently living in Osak…
Ten Examples of Hip-Hop Still Being Intact

So, Mancouch highlighted artists like Brother Ali, and the ever-popular and powerful and powerful rap crew, Wu-Tang Clan, and still people are convinced that Hip-Hop is losing it's touch, eh? I blame this on the sud…
Music I Miss: Faith No More Edition

Faith No More - We Care A Lot Uploaded by Dan_of_the_Land. - Watch more music videos, in HD! Faith No More fucking rocks. This edition of Music I Miss, is a little different than the others. This is the first time that…
Do You Like Music From Other Countries?

All of us have certain musical tastes, rather it be rock, metal, jazz, etc. Some anime and/or game lovers (myself included), enjoy Jpop, (Japanese Pop music). Back growing up, I listened to easy listening, heavy meta…
Does Humor Belong In Music?

Last fall I took the Music of Frank Zappa course, along with going through his entire career, I got to meet Ike Willis, Zappa's guitarist form 1978-1988. Yesterday my radio co-host gifted me with nearly every Zappa al…
What Song Did You Lose Your Virginity To?

I've been thinking about everything that goes with Valentine's Day. I read an article about what music the staff of magazine had listened to when they lost their virginity. One of them mentioned "Everybody Knows Thi…
I LOVE Synthesizers

Let us all huddle together and talk about our favorite instruments to play that in the past would get us beat up as a child, shall we? Has any of you ever had that one instrument that would get you ostracizred, because t…