So today I kinda slept in...big...til about half past two. Right. Anyway, so I'm listening to the last half hour of Jim Rome from Los Angeles, and he's talking about how Mike Wallace(longtime 60 Minutes vet) is the baddest 86-year-old alive, and I'm wondering what's going on. Til about five minutes ago, when I read this story, and I'm still snickering. Way to be arrested, old dude! Props!
I borrowed the most recent album from Pearl Jam, Riot Act, from the library last week and listened to it, and while certainly not bad, it's just not grabbing me like Ten and Vs did back in the day. Anyway, they'll be going back into the studio to work on their eighth album in October, according to their manager. Full story if you're interested over here.
Some news from sphereofhiphop about assorted projects and unrelated things, summarized in point form:
- the Hip Hope 2005 compilation features John Reuben, Cross Movement, KJ-52(great dude), Mars Ill and more in that vein; it'll be out August 24th(same day as the new Further Seems Forever!!...not that it's relevant)
- speaking of Mars Ill, their third record, the soon-to-blow-minds Pro*Pain, drops October 19th - and watch out for the good-if-I-may-say-so interview we got with the lads from Mars last weekend...whenever we get around to posting it
- DJ Maj is currently working on his fourth album. Another mixtape project, no doubt. I remember seeing him spinning for Toby Mac last year
- and finally, our main man Sev Statik's second full-length Slow Burn has been pressed and picked up by Dominaton Records; it'll be available soon at shows and nationwide(hopefully) later this fall. Word!
Essential listening for today, the big ol' August 12th(Marathon plays tonight at SAW, by the way, go enjoy the rock), is Drawing Black Lines, still far and away the best album from Project 86; this beast hit in 1999 and changed the way I think, not about music or anything, but how I think. Rarely does the album emerge that does that. Find this one.
Eeeexcellence: Dan Castellaneta will receive this year's voice-over award for his work on The Simpsons; this be the dude who does Homer, Grampa, Groundskeeper Willie and Krusty, among others. Castellaneta previously won the award in 1992 and '93, when the show wasn't even that funny in my opinion. What about all those years in between?? [Relevant]
I knew this a while ago, but I wasn't allowed to tell, and now I am, so let the beat roll: a song from Flynn's latest solo record In Like Flynn has been licensed by Nike, of all people, for commercial purposes. I hope this means widespread exposure for a great MC. Oh, and Alternative Press is apparently reviewing the album in(presumably) the upcoming issue. OH, and MTV has apparently licensed the entire friggin' album for whatever it is they're gonna do. Enough 'apparently's. [illect]
...and now that you're really curious about this Flynn dude, here's a review of the album. Whee!
I've never been a huge fan of the Dillinger Escape Plan - too much math-wanking, not enough song - but I've kept up on the vocalist switch and the 'new direction' and all that jazz, and now we have this, one of the first reviews I've read of DEP's new album Miss Machine. Complimentary, to say the least. CAUTION: offensive language. If you're not an adult, stay away if you're turned off by such things.
There's an email here from the lads in downhere, one of the best Christian rock bands out there, period. There's a new baby(bassist Glenn Lavender), a closing article in 7ball magazine penned by either vocalist Marc or drummer Jeremy, and the band was dropped from their label last month, but they're fine with it and excited about their next step etc etc etc. Great band. Next!
GODS, the new band fronted by ex-Zao drummer Jesse Smith, has officially found a label - and what a label! Hand of Hope is owned and operated by two dudes, one from Until The End and another from Evergreen Terrace - two of the best bands in Florida - and now GODS is on it. Rejoice!
Best band name ever: The Kirby. Info on this wondrously-named outfit that apparently(that word again!) is for fans of Emery, The Bled(here in Ottawa September 17th), Silverstein etc. can be found here.
When I was in ninth or tenth grade, somewhere around there, one of my favourite bands was this new skacore band called the O.C. Supertones, and ten years later they're still cranking it out against all odds(a "dying genre", member changes galore, etc etc etc. Anyway, their newest came out a couple months back, and a review of it is over here. As I told Flikkemaster a while ago, "They're a one-trick pony, and I love their trick."
Thousand Foot Krutch's breakout album Phenomenon has officially sold over a hundred thousand copies. Way to be, lads. I remember watching these guys rock high school gyms way back in the day. renown]
Posted by mike at August 12, 2004 05:56 PM