Thursday, March 1st, 2012
A furniture store in the UK has had its advertisements banned for being “offensive and unsuitable for general display”. A BRITISH furniture retailer has been banned from using an ad that claimed its prices were “Sofa King low”. UK advertising watchdog the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) upheld complaints that the advertisement for The Sofa King [...]
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
Long time no see. Stumbled across this old school Soundgarden gig from 1990 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Runs for 40mins, the band are arguably not at the peak of their powers but it rocks pretty hard none the less.
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Stone Temple Pilots would have to be one of the most under rated bands of the past 20 years. They’ve never quite received the kudos that I think they deserve. When they split in 2003 I was more than a little miffed. I felt like they were a band that still had plenty of good [...]
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
I was one of the 50,000 people that was lucky enough to catch Pearl Jam’s show in Melbourne at Etihad Stadium (formally Telstra Dome) on Friday night (20 November 2009). Warning: If you’re not a Pearl Jam fan then what follows may not be your cup of tea.
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Happy in the knowledge that I’ve secured tickets to their only Melbourne show, which will also feature Ben Harper, I’m know eagerly awaiting the release of Pearl Jam’s 9th studio album, Backspacer, due on the 20 September. Here’s a taster from the new album, with the video of the first single, the Fixer. I like [...]
Monday, May 11th, 2009
Every great song deserves a great music video, and that principle definitely applies to Beyonce’s Single Ladies. Now, this may seem a little controversial, and don’t get me wrong, her video is good… just not great. Fortunately, thanks to the power of YouTube, an alternative film clip has sprung up. This little puppy is guaranteed [...]
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
If you had to describe the TV show Flight of the Conchords in one word, what would it be? I’m going to have to go with “quirky”. Even though I hate that word, it’s the first one that pops into my tiny under developed brain. If you’ve never heard of the show before, allow wikipedia [...]
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Coldplay have found themselves smack bang in the middle of another plagiarism bun fight. Guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani has claimed that Coldplay have copied elements of his 2004 song “If I Could Fly” for their track “Viva La Vida”. In an interview with Musicrader.com Satriani stresses that he was motivated by a desire to protect [...]
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
This may sound like sacrilege to some, but back in the ye olde days, I wasn’t the biggest Guns ‘n’ Roses fan going around. I liked them, don’t get me wrong, but I wasn’t fanatical about them. When the band apparently folded in the early 90′s, I didn’t shed any tears. I guess that’s why [...]
Monday, March 31st, 2008
Maths has always been a big part of music, and I’m not just talking about ‘math metal’ (or prog rock or whatever label you want to give it). There’s long been a school of thought that a number of musicians and composers have used both the “golden ratio” and the Fibonacci Sequence to compose music. [...]
Thursday, March 6th, 2008
In case you’re a Nine Inch Nails fan, or music fan in general, and haven’t already heard. The latest NIN album ‘Ghosts I-IV’, and instrumental double album, has been released. You can download the first 9 tracks from the NIN.com now. I’ve ordered the double cd set, and in doing so got the ‘one time’Â link [...]
