Julian Casablancas apparently doesn’t care what the calendar says, cause he put on his myspace a cover of the SNL song “I wish it were Christmas Today.” Stereogum adequately described it as sounding like an early Strokes b-side. Yup, that goofy song Horatio Sans, Jimmy Fallon, Chris Kattan and Tracy Morgan did a couple years ago that was Neil and Austin’s favorite for so many years. Julian probably does care about getting as much press as he can for the solo album released two days ago, which is most likely the reason for the release. And if you want to listen the rest of the album, its streaming in it’s entirety on his myspace also.
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Pa Pa Pa Pa- Oker Face
He will always make me laugh. (Via Pop Candy.)
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Mix and Mash
Some days I am in a rock mood and am really into news like Them Crooked Vultures showing one of their new songs and releasing their album in Nov., but other days I can get into other stuff. If you couldn’t tell with the recent excitement about Dj Hero, I currently into mixing/spinning/dj-ing. On the list of the favorite er…. remixer-guys include Girl Talk, Crookers, Z-Trip, MSTRKRFT, and Soulwax.
The Soulwax consists of 2 djs who also go by the name of 2 Many DJ’s. They did an album under this moniker called As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2 that is fucking fantastic. It is kinda like those continuous mixes B96 or KissFM play during weekends, except done well and using good songs.
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White People like Mos Def
Like most people, was a fan of Mos Def based the Italian Job, Chappelle Show, but not on his music. Those nerds at Sound Opinions explained that it is because he hadn’t put out any interesting music lately. That is, until this new cd, the Ecstatic. This song, Quiet Dog performed on Letterman, is from that cd and pretty badass:
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Rock-y Road!?!
On the topic of video games, lots of things have been going on in the Rock Band/Guitar Hero universe, for those who care:
- There has been some controversy about the use of Kurt Cobain in the recent Guitar Hero 5. It’s not because he is a character you can play in the new game, but because he can be unlocked and used to play songs by other people, like Flavor Flav or Third Eye Blind. This has led to Courtney Love threatening to sue, Activision showing her signature on the contracts allowing it, and the rest of Nirvana and Nirvana fans being upset with both.
- I was curious for the reasoning behind Lego Star Wars or Lego Indiana Jones, but Lego Rock Band? Really?
- Have you heard of DJ Hero? The controller and whole idea seems kinda ridiculous, but it would be interesting to hear some of the songs from the tracklist. Considering how popular old classic rock songs became after they were featured in Guitar Hero, it would be funny to see if mixing and real dj-ing became more popular. I can just imagine a the lunchroom/basement of a catholic grade school full of 12 year old club-heads and a spikey haired dj with two vinyl turntables and ski goggles for an Valentines dance.
And if all of this is too much for you, check out Rock Sellout for a mixtape of songs from a simpler time.