Tim Fite // Over The Counter Culture

Tim Fite critiques Hip-Hop better than most. His new album is totally free on his website. Check it out.

Kings of Leon

Anybody have any Kings of Leon? I've heard a little of their new album, and I'm interested to hear the rest, and also the rest of their albums. Let me know whatcha got.

The Price Is Wrong, Bitch!!!

Bob Barker, host of "The Price Is Right", is retiring. That show you always watched when you were home sick from school (and work) will never be the same. The final show will air on June 15, once at its regularly scheduled time, and once in the evening. They're looking for someone to replace him, but so far the list is just a bunch of losers. You can't replace Bob! It's never gonna be the same.

I've got some suggestions for CBS for replacements:

Michael Richards (Kramer from Seinfeld). That'd be interesting.
Recent birthday boy, Bronson Pinchot. He's probably got some time on his hands.
Borat. No explanation necessary.

New Music Thursday

I am going to post some new music tomorrow, and with the recent requests for a rundown of our postings...

Linkin Park - It's the new disc, not bad but not the type of stuff I prefer them doing. They definitely went a different direction with the disc but it also did grow on me after a listen or two.

The Dan Band - CD from the band in Old School that sings Total Eclipse of the Heart. I think that says it all, humorous covers.

Lost Prophets - Not sure which disc I'll put out yet. Standard rock.

Has anyone posted Rise Against (The Sufferer and the Witness) already? I wasn't sure if it had already gone around. I've been into that lately and can post if desired.

Back to the Music

Getting back to music for a minute...
I saw the Arcade Fire last Saturday night, at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, and it was flippin great!! I know I probably say this every time, but it was honestly an amazing show. For those of you who don't know them, or much about them, they are an 11-piece band (in concert) from Montreal. Having 11 people on stage at once might seem like overkill, but it never feels that way. The cool thing is that throughout the show, each of them are moving around switching instruments for different songs. The drummer on the last song is now the keyboardist, and the keyboardist is now banging to the beat on a giant symbol (or the floor, or the stage structure itself), and the guitarist has moved to the drums... etc, etc, etc.
They had some great video going in the background as well as some great lighting. The crowd was really into it, chanting along with most every song. Case in point was the last song before the (inevitable) encore. I can't remember what song it was (it'll hit me next time I hear it), but the crowd was chanting along until the end. The band exited stage left, but the crowd continued to chant the song. About 5 minutes later (still chanting), the band re-enters the stage, only to complete the end of the song to a chorus of cheers. After a few more songs, they exited again. We all wanted more, but The Man has an 11:00 noise curfew in effect. Crows lights up... bye-bye.

Anyway, GREAT show. I've never seen Radiohead in concert, but dare I say, I imagine this show might be similar to a Radiohead show a few years ago.

Unfortunately, this was the last show of their North American tour, so you will have to wait a while if you missed it. I implore you to buy a ticket next time they come around.