“What? You haven’t heard of Party Rats! You’re kidding, right?” The Pop Project needs these for live shows, obviously. [via Gearfuse]

My favorite part of this video is Will Yates.

My favorite part of this video is me.

“Your name is Zach Norton and you’re a juggalo?”

?????

To be fair, my default photo at the time was the ICP flier Zach C. made for the
Blind Pig show last weekend and the sender’s display name is Norton, as well. But still, that is an awesome message to get out of the blue.

Check out this awesome Brazilian Girls song.  I love this band. They’re so sleazy and impeccable.

This post subject has been in my brain for a while now. I just need to GET IT OUT AND MOVE ON, YOU KNOW?

Somehow my brain became fixated on how insane the year 1990 must have been for Madonna. Thankfully, absolutemadonna.com has done a great job of providing a comprehensive breakdown of the year for me, so I can say with certainty that 1990 was batshit insane for Madonna.

Things of note from the page:

• The “Vogue” single was released on March 30th, 1990.

• “Vogue” is certified 1x platinum by June 14th.

• “Vogue” is certified 2x platinum (2 million units) on June 28th, 1990.

What an incredible jump in sales. After the single was released, it took 76 days to sell 1 million copies, but then only an additional 2 weeks (June 14th to June 28th) to sell another million copies. Crazy!

While this was going on, Dick Tracy comes out, and the accompanying soundtrack, I’m Breathless, is also released on May 22nd. By June 30th (a little over one month later) I’m Breathless is at certified 2x platinum.

So that’s 4 million sales of Madonna’s music in roughly 4 months. 1990 was good for Madonna. Let’s not forget sales of The Immaculate Collection, the “Keep It Together“single, and the “Hanky Panky“single too.

“Justify My Love” was released as a single on November 8th of 1990, so there’s an additional two months of sales to include in there. The audio single went certified 1x platinum on February 22nd of 1991, while the video single (priced at $9.98) went certified 4 times platinum by February 22nd of 1991.

Now, that is a plentiful and prosperous dose of insanity, but we’re not even considering the musical greatness Madonna was achieving during 1990. I’m of the opinion that “Vogue” is a “classic” song, (produced by the equally “classic” Shep Pettibone), and that it’s video, is, you know, pretty cool.

Speaking of vogue-ing. I can’t recommend the movie Paris Is Burning enough. Not only is it a great movie, it also helps put that whole era into context. If you’re into putting eras into context, check it out.

Malcolm McLaren’s “Deep In Vogue” video (1989) featuring Willie Ninja:

OK, back to insanity. Madonna is in crazy-gay-dudes-dance-music mode, and somehow manages to record three songs for Dick Tracy that are written by Stephen Sondheim. I’m a fan of the song, “Sooner or Later” (which eventually won an Academy Award in 1991). I’m also a fan of how Madonna’s voice starts out flat at around 1:54 in the song.

OK bye.

Ok, here is another shot at making mixes. Go HERE

to listen to some truly, true jams. ENJOY. SNUGGLE. COMMENT. - xoxo Julian 

Taken from an ebay listing for a chorus effects pedal:

“Enhance your Axe grinding prowess with this BOSS Super Chorus CH-1 pedal.  The full bodied, rich tones that this wonderful pedal can bring to your playing will make your groupies’ hearts flutter with excitement.  Battery operated means it is portable and can be taken to your first gig performing for daily commuters at the local subway stop.  The money will start rolling in when your guitar sings like a chorus of angels, thanks to this handy device.

“As for its history, it began as part of my rock legend dream arsenal only to be superceded by the arrival of my first child.”

I hope the guy wrote this with a straight face.

I’ve had a casual fascination with Scandinavian Black Metal for a while. Even before I really started listening to heavy music, I would often find myself reading up on that genre/subculture because it is thoroughly insane.

It’s a weird feeling, liking this music, but being so put off by some of the bands’ genuinely disgusting antics and ideologies. The genre is also pretty open to ridicule, given that its members are obsessed with darkness and chaos and stuff, but they’re obviously taking part in some reasonably organized activities to promote their bands. Anyway, one of those bands is Gorgoroth.

The members of the band Gorgoroth recently(-ish) split into two camps and are currently feuding over rights to the band’s name. There’s a summary of the conflict courtesy of the band’s wikipedia page.

I think this is the best part of that article, in which Infernus (the only remaining original member) tries to discredit King, a rival, former band member.

“…while King had left the band the previous year ‘due to difficulties combining playing in a clear-cut Satanic metal band as Gorgoroth with the fact that he is full-time employed as a primary school teacher.’”

Come again?

Full-time primary school teacher?

Awesome.

“Oh, hey guys, I’ve got to skip the church burning tonight. Parent-teacher conferences!”

“That’s OK, King. I think I’m going to stay home and update our band myspace page anyway.”

So you click on this video, and you start thinking to yourself, “Oh, great, look at this jerk try to sell me on keyboard drums, like I haven’t tried THAT before.” Then you keep watching, because you’re curious, even though your prior opinion has already been affirmed within the first thirty seconds. Then, you KNOW you’re right after the guy plays the weakest drumbeat ever and proudly proclaims, “This is rock and roll!” Oh, god, more like “this is how my EYES roll, Mr. Japanese dad lame guy!!”

Then you learn why people are buying his shit and not yours:

It’s called Danger Drink. I invented it with the assistance of Cassie (of Silent Years fame). It features my favorite liquor, bourbon whiskey, as well as Faygo soft drinks (you know, like ICP).

I even made a diagram of it, so you can serve it at your parties. Enjoy!