Rock Band/Gutiar Hero Vids....

For those of you who haven't seen them before or are interested here are some of the cooler vids I have found for Rock Band and Guitar Hero. Most of them are people doing them on the Expert level of which I can do some songs on each game and I have gotten pretty adept at the Hard level.

Probably the funniest one I've seen from GH 2. YYZ on Expert


Metallica: And Justice For All Expert Drums


The Outlaws: Green Grass and High Tides...The finals guitar song on Expert


Full Band Boston: Foreplay/Longtime


Dragonforce: Through The Fire and Flame Expert GH Ultimate Song

Not Just Another Reality TV Show!

So when I saw the commercials advertising MTV's America's Best Dance Crew I wasn't sure what to expect but it piqued my interest. Produced by Randy Jackson of American Idol this show is much better, IMO, then either Idol or Dancing With The Stars. It's not professionals, it's not celebrities, and these people really have some serious talent in dance. I also like the fact that you have all cultures here breaking down the barriers of "street" dance including black, white, asian, hispanic and the dudes from Indiana who break it old school on the roller skates. Check out some of these vids of some of the performances and marvel and the skill and choreography that these groups can come up with. You can also check out all performances at MTV.Com

Damn Youz Microsoft!!!!

So as if I didn't need more things to graciously suck more money out of me, my favorite thing in the world just gets better and better. Rock Band has been offering consistently 3-6 new song downloads every tuesday. For anywhere from 80 to 160 microsoft points, each point being 80 cents, you can download each track for immediate play on bass, guitar, drums, and vocals. And yes Roy I know Microsoft shoulda just made it a dollar per point but how else would they screw you into having odd point totals that you can never be rid of thus taking more money from you...haha.... In any event to date I have downloaded 27 new songs for around $25 which is almost a whole new game, total songs now up to 85. Not only that but the songs have been good classics that are a joy to play. The list includes....

And Justice For All.....Metallica
3's & 7's....Queens of the Stone Age
All The Small Things.....Blink 182
Blackened....Metallica
Brass In Pocket....Pretenders
Buddy Holly....Weezer
Dirty Little Secrets....All American Rejects
Don't Look Back In Anger....Oasis
El Scorcho...Weezer
Fortunate Son....CCR
Gimme Three Steps....Lynyrd Skynyrd
Hard To Handle.....Black Crowes
Interstate Love Song...Stone Temple Pilots
Juke Box Hero....Foriegner
Limelight....Rush
Live Forever.....Oasis
Move Along....All American Rejects
NIB....Black Sabbath
Ride The Lightning....Metallica
Roam....B52s
Roxanne.....Police
Sex Type Thing....Stone Temple Pilots
Ten Speed(Of Gods Blood and Burial).....Coheed and Cambria
The Kill.....30 Seconds To Mars
The Number of the Beast.....Iron Maiden
War Pigs....Black Sabbath
Wonderwall....Oasis

Valentine's Day

So I've sat in the store over the past week and watched as people came in. Many of them seemed to be in a fretting mood, wandering around lost picking up items here and there and making phone calls. Each one of them had the same problem.....What do I get my significant other for Valentine's Day or as I like to call it "The Dreaded V-day." This is a holiday that is supposed to be about showing the person you love just how much you love them. Why are so many people fretting about a material present?

I have always been against V-day whether I was dating someone or not...haha and miraculously I always seem to end a relationship before Feb....who knows why? Seriously though this is one of the worst "Holidays" invented solely for the purpose of driving some sales into what otherwise is a slow month. Restraunts, Cards Retailers, Flourists, Candy Makers, and Jewelers all make out on this day as people rush out to find presents to present to their significant others. The purpose of the day is most the time completely missed by alot of people who show up with gift but no time is really spent with said lover nor is the gift really a representation of their love. I won't even start discussing how this days makes those who are widowed, divorced, recently broken up, or just plain don't have someone feel.

A girl came in today with her friend, looked at several things and couldn't really decide then just bought a t-shirt in hopes her boyfriend would like it. As she was paying she asked me what would a guy want on V-day...my response was, "I think a nice evening spent with the woman he loves is what a guy would want on V-day....not a UK t-shirt. " I mean it's ONE day set aside in which you show your love but if you trully love that person you should show them everyday. V-day shouldn't be about gifts but making time to be with one another and share your love. I've written poems, covered rooms in rose pedals, cooked dinners, and so on and so on.....So as we near another V-day remember its not about a material possession you give but that you love the person you are with and make time to be with them on this day.