From a reader of Andrew Sullivan: Obama is after bin Laden. No other single action would pay such huge dividends. In this, Obama proves himself again to be, not just the politician as chess master, but the politician as martial...
Each day we struggle with being a fallen creator who God has redeemed. If one is honest they will look in the mirror and see there is really nothing "special" about them that God would stoop low and offer salvation to any of us. Yet, through Jesus we have just that! Audioslave is not a "Christian" group, yet within some of their lyrics there is this sense of struggle to live true...
So last week saw the release of Them Crooked Vultures' debut album. TCV is Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters, Josh Homme of many things including Queens of the Stone Age, and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin. This qualifies TCV as a "supergroup," i.e. musicians from other bands decide to merge for a [...]
Every now and then I’ll set the terribly crappy Comcast HD DVR to record MHD Palladia during the overnight hours so I can get a fix on some good hi-def music videos. Sure some of them won’t be hi-def but hey … who’s counting. Come to think of it, CMT HD has been broadcast now [...]
There have been a few “supergroups” that came and went in the last few years, many formed from the remnants of the grunge generation looking to try out new sounds, such as Army Of Anyone (the members of Stone Temple Pilots headed by Richard Patrick of Filter), Audioslave (the members of Rage Against The Machine [...]
They were the melodies that announced that cartoon funtime was here, that it was time again to surrender to the animated haze. In our Pavlovian raptures, us kids didn't notice that a lot of those songs were pretty lousy. Presenting part two of a three-part exploration we're calling Saturday Morning Nightmare: The Worst Theme Songs In Cartoon History . Don't worry - you'll still understand what's going...
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Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures (Columbia 2009, Them Crooked Vultures) Them Crooked Vultures' self titled debut is a paradox; it's manifestation of my worst fears for the project and yet it easily surpasses expectation. I've always been dubious of the supergroup phenomena, I was never particularly taken with either Audioslave or The Racountuers , arguably the decades two most famous and...
The Indy Racing League looked smart in sassy white pants and cut a stylish businessman's profile in a charcoal suit and hipster glasses. It was uncharacteristically bawdy, a little prance-y on the catwalk, but what the heck, it was fully subsidized for the first time in its 13 years. Time to work it.
Them Crooked Vultures’ self-titled debut album won’t be released until next Tuesday, November 17th, but you can listen to it right now. The supergroup of Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones are streaming the hard-rocking, Zeppelin-inspired album in its entirety now over at TCV’s official site. This gift comes just a week after [...]
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925. The Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani feat. Akon (Interscope 2006, Akon) " Wahooo , Yeah-hooo " it seems that that one bellow from Akon combined with a super sugary verse or two from Gwen saved her abortion of a second album from complete and utter failure by the smallest of margins. Allowing Miss Stefani to retained her status as a pop superstar. Damn that hook, it's so bloody catchy but...
If Diablo Cody doesn’t fit your fantasy of an educated, literary celebrity stripper, maybe the thought of Tom Morello dancing on a pole will get your heart rate—among other things—up. The former guitarist of Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave, who currently performs as The Nightwatchman , admitted in his NME column that he made cash after getting a Harvard BA by working as an...
So Tom Morello — mostly known as guitarist for Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, but now one of the forces behind snorecore act Street Sweeper Social Club — recently admitted that he did a lot of crap jobs when he first moved out to L.A. And that included a stint as a banana [...]
As Them Crooked Vultures inch closer to the November 17th release of their debut, the supergroup is getting more generous with its recorded music. Today, TCV dropped a new track, “Mind Eraser, No Chaser,” on iTunes as a free download. It’s another heavy gem from Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones, kicking off [...]
Them Crooked Vultures have unveiled the studio version of “New Fang,” the first single off their self-titled debut album, over at twt.fm today. The supergroup — Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl and Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones — blend the heavy, jammy and psychedelic influences of their respective bands, [...]
Austin, Texas has a vibrant live music scene, and boasts more music venues per capita than any other city in the United States. Austin’s music scene revolves mainly around the many nightclub venues on 6th Street, but the pinnacle is argu...