MUSIC: Best Queen cover song EVER

Posted on December 30th, 2006
by MastaG

Personally I’m not a fan of the band ‘Between The Buried And Me’, as their music generally fluctuates from metal by numbers to bad hardcore. However, I stumbled upon this blog posting while searching for a clip of a Rush cover song by Devin Townsend. I gotta say, this cover of Queen’s “Bicycle Race” is better than any I’ve ever heard. Enjoy!

listen to the song, it’s in mp3 format at the end of the blog posting.


Categories: Metal, Music

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Metalocaplyse’s DETHKLOK characters, and their real-life counterparts

Posted on December 28th, 2006
by MastaG

Quite easily the best show ever created, Adult Swim’s Metalocaplyse closes it’s first season (click to watch the season finale of Metalocaplyse) with more needless gore and death! Just what the fans wanted! Never heard of the TV show Metalocaplyse? Maybe it’s time you did!!! You can watch it for free on Adult Swim FIX, or checkout some Metalocalypse clips on Youtube. There is no official release date for the first season DVD yet.

The membsers of Dethklock, the fake death metal band that this show is based on, bare a striking resemblance to some real-life metal heads. Although the producers have never officially acknowledged the character’s affinity, many fans have speculated their archetypes. I hunted around Google Images to find some pictures of their alleged real-life counterparts so I could see just how similar they are. Take a yander at what I found & photoshopped together:

metalocaplyse dethklok character sketch comparison with their alleged real life counterparts devin townsend

Please note, this is an early sketch of the characters done by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, in which Pickles the Drummer has a much stronger resemblence to Devin Townsend than he does in the production version of Metalocaplyse

Text for the visually impaired:
Toki Wartooth (guitars) = Fredrik Thordendal (of Meshuggah)
Pickles the Drummer (drums) = Devin Townsend (of Devin Townsend Band, Strapping Young Lad)
Nathan Explosion (vocals) = George “CorpseGrinder” Fisher (of Cannibal Corpse)
William Murderface (bass) = Geezer Butler (of Black Sabbath)
Skwisgaar Skwigelf (lead guitar) = Alexei Laiho (of Children of Bodom)


Categories: Metal, Music, TV

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VIDEO: Brian Posehn Performing “Metal By Numbers”

Posted on December 26th, 2006
by MastaG

I love metal, especially The Devin Townsend Band. But what you see on Headbanger’s Ball these days is no longer metal, it’s screamo genericore garbage built for angsty brats who think listening to metal makes them different and cool. This putrid excuse for metal has been perfectly captured by Brian Posehn, a brilliant comedian, in a video produced by Relapse Records!

Video:


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COMIC: Genericore rears its ugly head

Posted on December 25th, 2006
by The Intergalactic Hustler

Special 3 part comic and blog entry by the The Intergalactic Hustler!

“Genericore” is what happens when people adopt the marketing strategy of a company and decide to make it their lifestyle. Because the company presents itself as progressive and free-thinking, people buy the products and think they are presenting themselves as progressive, free thinking and independent…even though they’ve fallen hook, line and sinker for a marketing ploy.

I pretty much saw the definition of “genericore” today. On my drive home from work I wound up behind an SUV with two bumper stickers on it from the now-defunct airline Independence Air. The Independence Air logo is a lower case I with a little halo behind it. The bumper stickers said “I am not normal” and “I do not follow,” only the I was the “i” from the Independence Air logo. Dude. You glued an ADVERTISEMENT to the back of your SUV. That’s pretty normal. No wait, it’s genericore.

A good example of this phenomenon is the store “Hot Topic.” You walk into the store and it’s dark and loud and all the people working behind the counter are pierced and surly. You buy your t-shirt that says something like “You laugh at me because I’m different, I laugh at you because you’re all the same.” You go home thinking “I’m soooooo hardcore, man. I don’t dress like all of those preppies at school. I listen to all of these metal bands and I pin anarchy buttons that cost $2.50 to my bookbag.” But where did you hear about these bands? Was it on MTV? Or in between commercials on adult swim? Or was it from “Rolling Stone?” You’ve allowed a corporation to pigeonhole you and you’re gobbling it up. I can guarantee no one in the boardroom of whichever conglomerate owns Hot Topic looks like their typical customer.

Don’t get me started on Abercrombie…all I’m gonna say is “Aberzombie.”

Apple is another “genericore” brand. They reintroduce what is essentially the same mp3 player every few months…they add more bells and whistles and NEVER extend the battery life…but people clamor to buy their products because they’re shiny and their website is fun to go to. They feel cool because they “think different,” just like Einstein, King and Gandhi…three people who have been prominently featured in Apple ad campaigns. People… “Think different” and buy an mp3 player that’s worth your money.

genericore comic 1of3

Text for the visually impaired:
(There are two guys talking, the one on the left is smoking a cigarette, has messy short hair, and emo glasses, and is quoted saying) “have you heard ‘pretentious indy bands’ new release? probably not, they’re pretty underground”.
The caption says “tired of hipster jerks showing thinly-veiled disdain for your musical choices?”

genericore comic 2of3

Text for the visually impaired:
Join the ‘genericore wave’! your band is genericore if:
-they bought their last hit from a super producer
-if they are a singer model / actor
-if you can’t hear their voice through the other layers of their voice
Now that crummy music has a movement, you can be a snob too! Now you can:
-wear tight shirts
-ramble incoherenly about how “deep” the lyrics to ms. new booty are
-go to concerts to sigh and look bored

genericore comic 3of3

Text for the visually impaired:
This could be you:
(a dude with a shirt that says “I love major labels” is quoted saying) “have you downloaded paris hilton’s club remixes from itunes? they’re brilliant”


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VIDEO: Merry Pulp Xmas!

Posted on December 24th, 2006
by MastaG

Classic mashup… enjoy


Categories: Mashup, Video

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VIDEO: Awesome homebrewed stop-motion animated music video

Posted on December 23rd, 2006
by MastaG

Youtube user(s?) Tetriscide combined creativity with an old stop-motion animation technique, and sync’d it up with a chill song by Chris Donovan. You’ll dig it!

Video


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Happy Midwinter!

Posted on December 22nd, 2006
by MastaG

Today is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, and a holiday many thousands of years older than Christianity. It is a day that has directly influenced traditions all across Earth. Midwinter was referred to as “Yule” by Scandinavian Norse mythology, and Germanic pagans. Yule logs were lit to honor Thor, the god of thunder, with the belief that each spark from the fire represented a new pig or calf that would be born during the coming year. Yule included the sacrifice of a pig for the god Freyr, a tradition which survives to this day through the Christmas ham. Yule continued through the Middle Ages in Iceland, but was eliminated when the Protestant Reformation arrived.

Happy Midwinter with much Yule Joy from Nature’s Graffiti to you and your loved ones!

yule log
Picture from acoupleofartists.com


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Guys, Christmas gift idea for your lover

Posted on December 21st, 2006
by MastaG

A SNL digital short… hilarious!

Video


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VIDEO: Fat Kid On A Roller Coaster With Mom

Posted on December 20th, 2006
by MastaG

Best mom ever!

Video:


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PHOTOSHOP: Battlestar Galacticsimpsons

Posted on December 19th, 2006
by MastaG

Some dude drew most of the main Battlestar Galactica characters as Simpsons characters! My favorite is “Boomers”, complete with baby toaster:

battlestar galactica simpsons characters Boomers with baby toaster


Categories: Mashup, TV

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BLOG: I FIGURED IT OUT!

Posted on December 19th, 2006
by The Intergalactic Hustler

It totally hit me when MastaG told me a Mexican family lived there. It’s a piƱata. Le sigh. It was so much more interesting when I thought it was an interdimensional portal to hell.

Original post

reindeer suspended in christmas lights
Photo by Masta G


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HAPPY BIRTHDAY: The Intergalactic Hustler!

Posted on December 18th, 2006
by MastaG

Today is the birthday of the most beautiful woman that has ever existed, The Intergalactic Hustler! Happy Birthday hot pants!

happy birthday cake


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