3EB!!

Well, since the Deftones aren't due to release anything (love that I have the same birthday as Abe Cunningham!), and Tool is an automatic first-ballot ration breaker, Third Eye Blind's upcoming release, "Ursa Major", stands out as a highlight. Click on the album cover and you go to their very nice website. I'm a fan.

So, that's the first one on the list.
The Upwelling is another band that I have been waiting for to release something new. Ever since their fantastic EP, which I found in Virgin in 2004 (??), I've been wanting to hear more from these guys.

Saw them with Third Eye Blind in a gym at Babson back in 2005 (I think), and it's interesting they're releasing their new album, "American Stranger", right around the time 3Eb are dropping theirs. This is surely an entry on my top 100 anticipated releases. When you click on the cd cover there, watch out - you'll hear some singing really fast; it's kind of like a yodel, but is cool.

Finally, AP gave the new one by The Used a great review, and this is a band I think has been defining the sounds that bands like My Chemical Romance are putting out there. I don't think it's coming out until September, but it's gonna be another one I will be craving. Heard the video to "Blood On My Hands" at their site - click on the "Artwork" cover below to get to the site - maybe it'll still be up. It is pretty good.




So, there's the first three. Definitely helps keep the urge to buy down (not really). But since it to so effin long to post this, maybe I will have less time to wander the aisles of Newbury Comics.

Now, if you count that new Skynyrd disc coming out in Sept., that's 4 discs on the Top100 New Releases list of mine. At this rate, it'll be January when it is filled up. Nice. Just in time for x-mas.

Willpower

So, after going through all the cd's that are laying around, it has come to my attention that I am out of places to store so many. Still have to find a way to manage the past year's accumulation. I estimate it to be 150 new/used discs. Tough to imagine, but I ought to try and get a handle on the ones I have before buying too many new ones.

As a possible goal to look toward, I thought to try and add only one new cd per month to the unwieldy avalanche of plastic and digital media. Yah, sure, and what to do about the 3 discs I have already been salivating for? Dunno. The "Frog and Toad" story called "Cookies" comes to mind...

How about setting up a top 100 list of discs I want, as the time goes by. Most should still be available when I emerge from any "rationing" program. As for the August/September releases I know will be tough to resist (and those I still don't know about yet!), they'll be the first three I post about. This post will be the first post with a label, too. I'll try "top100".

from an Oakenfoldsearch

These sites I found while searching for an image for iTunes to enhance the new Paul Oakenfold (in Las Vegas) visual on the cover-flow view. This site has some new things I never knew about; especially a Rick James thing. Most of the entries for late June (2009) were interesting enough, and there are ways to hear the music. Couple acts he mentions are "More Cheese", "M Will", and the aforementioned Rick James thing.


AMP music

I think you can also download a teaser for the Oakenfold stuff on the "Hipster Wave" link below, and it has a cool photo - I used it for a different [disc2] cover-flow look - to go with the Vegas story.

Hipster Wave


Newbury Comics let me know of a talented, but "off-colour" (I dunno who gets to these pages, but any of my students ought to refrain from these guys) band called Steel Panther. Lyrix are hysterical, all-80's glam sound, and they can rock the guitar solos.

No pics for this post, but I hope I don't forget these tunes.

Some New Stuff

Messing with a new Facebook account and trying to publicize a cool band who is giving out a free download of their song. Band is called Thousand Foot Krutch. Click on the image next to this for a link to download the tune. Or just go to http://welcometothemasquerade.com/





It rocks nicely.








Also, Mind = Blown, the blog I mentioned in a previous post is changing name to Apes With Guns. I updated link to it on the left.
Maybe it's easier to just click on the banner below, though, since it is a good image.

Happy July

Going thru the old Earthlink e-mail account (I am *still* paying for dial-up service just so I don't have to change that email address!) I am impressed with the Ultimate Showcase Series news reporting and the publicity that's being generated. The Facebook group is called "Ultimate Showcase" but you can also go straight to their page at:

ULTIMATE SHOWCASE HOME

Check out this YouTube video. Yeah, the link right back <---there, will bring you to the video page on YouTube that has lots of other good "ultimate" video clips. The video shows the 2008 USS Championship highlights in about 3 minutes. Kudos to Marshall and Erik for their involvement! Reminds me how far I've degenerated on the field. Tubbs lost last night and I screwed up the final chance by cutting into a zone defense space where our popper was headed. Another story... that's one bad thing about today. One other great thing about today: Yanks gained a game last night in the standings, as a huge Sox choke – the heralded bullpen "imploded" – muffles the near-obnoxious presence of the so-called Nation in Camden. Oh, and Killswitch Engage's new disc is out. Such a sick band!
I got this image from a blog that looks pretty great. It's called MIND = BLOWN and they have a video of AlexisonFire's new track "Young Cardinals" running in the sidebar. Pretty cool how they do that. I will have to add that link to my own sidebar.