I am not impressed by your blog

I've had a hectic week, sorry for the lack of posts. This is my 102nd on this blog, I'm surprised I've had more than 20. I'm heading to California tomorrow for a week so I won't be updating for a little while longer. Hopefully when I get back I'll have a pocket full of fresh gambling-made cash and can do the UFC 91 predictions in the 2 hours I'll have back here before it starts. Speaking of UFC, here's my new favorite song.

We Grillin' Tonight!!!

MGMT Just Skyrocketed In My Book of Being Awesome

I just found this now, apparently it's from a performance in 2003. A little deduction for having to read the lyrics, but they did well enough for a √+ from professor Arj.

Also, excuse the lack of a Lines of Sunday this week, I wasn't around a computer yesterday and I know there's someone out there who missed it. 

Josh Homme's Greatest Hits

After posting a little kid eating a cloud I figure I need to follow that up with something mega badass so here's the coolest person on earth yelling at people.

Got me? Ya better, or you'll get me.

I Love This

Album of the Week: Supercontinent- Vaalbara

Hailing from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Supercontinent is a fucking rad post metal/sludge band with heavy and yet extremely melodic riffs throughout their debut album available in the store here. A lot of it actually reminds me of Mastodon, mostly in the song Cataclysms which I've included below. So check this out if you like some badass heavy music without all the gimmicks and shitty singing, and screaming used for emphasis instead of genre enabling.

Cool fact I found while trying to find some info on the band: Vaalbara is Earth's first theorized supercontinent. Ooh, and there's an ex-member of Black Dahlia Murder in the band too.

Earthrise

Cataclysms

Impact Winter

This Guy Is A Genius

I have no idea who it is that makes these, but they're fucking great.

You can watch the rest here.

Gay Is Gay

New Cage interview. I'm starting to get pumped for Depart From Me.

Line Of Sunday 10/26

What a surprise blogger is having problems and won't resize my patented Donaghy pic, so you'll get The Spider and like it. Rough one last week at 0-3, bringing me to 7-6 on the season. Hopefully after spending a day training with Deuce McCallister I'll have my balls back. As you may have noticed from last week I am not an expert, these are for entertainment, betting's illegal, etc.

Buffalo Bills @ Miami Dolphins: Bills PK -110

The Bills are a really young and inexperienced, but good, team. After the Ravens decimated the wildcat offense of Miami last week I think the blueprint has been laid and the gimmick which was the only way Miami was winning is over. I usually stay away from pick bets because they end up being sucker bets, but I like Buffalo here and like the front runner for playing Skeletor in a future Masters of the Universe movie would say, "Just win, baby."

Atlanta Falcons @ Philadelphia Eagles: 45 Under -110

Atlanta have been very surprising this year, but Matt Ryan has yet to face a defense as complex as the Eagles'.  In this battle of the birds I don't see either offense flying very high, and unless both teams use that last horrible pun as motivation, I don't see them scoring more than 45.

Seattle Seahawks @ San Francisco 49ers: 49ers -5.5 -110

With a new ex-Bears coach the underachieving 49er defense which finally showed signs of life last week should have a breakout game against a Matt Hasselbeck-less Seahawks team. Frank Gore and the rest of the offense should also have a field day against a struggling D. Fantasy Special of the week: Josh Morgan WR SF: 7 catches for 108 yards 1 TD

Bonus Picks: UFC 90 Tonight!

Anderson Silva -550 vs. Patrick Cote

Thales Leites -500 vs. Drew McFedries

Thiago Alves +130 vs. Josh Koscheck

Marcus Aurelio +160 vs. Hermes Franca

Dan Miller -350 vs. Matt Horwich

Did You Know...

Taylor Wily, aka the kind hearted but large chef from Forgetting Sarah Marshall, used to go by the name Teila Tuli and also fought in the very first UFC event in the very first fight back in 1993? Well if you don't know now you know, ninja.

Side note: a few of his teeth flew into the crowd and right past the face of future UFC referee "Big" John McCarthy's wife.

FUCK YEAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!

It was just announced that among the new 20 free downloadable songs for Rock Band 2 will be the song Prequel To the Sequel by Between the Buried & Me. The rest of the songs suck, but that's going to be fucking amazing. I mean it's like everything I put in my post about what should be in future games, plus Adam Fisher from Fear Before and a French cabaret breakdown!!!

Hello Blogspots

He's already made his rounds across some of the internet, but I just realized he's never been posted here so without further adieu, new Ronald Jenkees.

I still have no idea why no bigger artists have tried to work with him yet. In a time where 90% of mainstream entertainment is taken from the internet, one would think someone big and looking for talent would've seen Ronald by now. 

Line Of Sunday 10/19

3-1 last week, bringing me to 7-3 on the season. I also should've finally got a fantasy shocker right for once but Orton couldn't get the ball into Greg Olsen's hands despite throwing to him 8 times.. Few good match ups this week, so lets get to the action. 

Houston Texans vs. Detroit Lions: 47 Under -110

Houston will win this one easily but I have no idea why the over is this high, so the good bet is to take the under. This isn't college and Houston isn't going to run up the score, and Detroit isn't going to do much with an unexperienced quarterback and Calvin Johnson as their entire offense. Fantasy special of the week: Kevin Walter- 90 yards 1 TD.

New York Jets vs. Oakland Raiders: NYJ -3 -110

Did you know Ronald Curry leads the Raiders receivers, with 6 catches on the year? Yeah, they're that bad. The Jets have a pretty good run defense this year so there's no reason they can't cover. And that's all I have to say about that.

Indianapolis Colts vs. Green Bay Packers: Colts -1 -110

They looked like the unstoppable offense Colts of the last few years last week, so I'm ready to get back on the favorite bandwagon and look for a shootout here with Indy getting the best of the still banged up Packer defense.  Will be interesting to see if the NFL's leading receiver Greg Jennings will be able to get his weekly huge play against the cover 2 the Colts run so well.

Also, the lines might get changed up when it happens but if Tony Romo is starting for the Cowboys and the line is still at -7 against the Rams, bet it. If Brad Johnson is starting and the over is still at 44, bet the under. That's it for me this week, in the immortal words of Marshawn Lynch. Nuh nuh nuh gone.

Warship

From the ashes of From Autumn To Ashes rises Warship, featuring ex-FATA members Francis and Rob. It's hard to describe their music, sort of a blender full of sludgey hardcore with both clean and harsh vocals. If that sounds interesting to you, you're in luck because their debut album Supply And Depend, which is due out in November, is currently available for download for free from the band. Check it out here.

One Is A Genius, The Other's Insane

Man Man Wins Again

This owns anything that's ever been performed, ever.

Bonus: Haggle Honus and Doo Right

Lines of Sunday 10/12

1-2 last week, bringing me to 4-2 on the season. With some key injuries this week a couple lines opened up and are begging for some love. Gambling's illegal, don't take these as locks, entertainment, etc.

New York Jets vs. Cincinnati Bengals: NYJ -9.5 -110

Carson Palmer is out, which means the god to gamblers, Ryan Fitzpatrick, is in. 2 weeks ago against Cleveland Fitzy put up 3 INTs and a fumble, and the Jets defense is a lot better than the Browns so look for them to control the ball most of the game and scoring a lot against a shotty Cinci defense.

Green Bay Packers vs. Seattle Seahawks: GB +1 -110

It's looking like Matt Hasselbeck is out, along with his backup Seneca Wallace, which means Charlie "I lost my starting job in Cleveland in 15 minutes" Frye is getting the start for Seattle. Green Bay's defense is still hurting pretty bad, but I see no reason their offense can't do enough to win which is all that's needed.

Take Your Pick: Toss Up

Chicago Bears vs. Atlanta Falcons: Chi -3 -100 (I averaged this out as some sites actually have Chi +110 so if you are betting this look for one of those.)

I don't think the Falcons are as good as this line suggests, barring Matt Ryan having a career breakout game, Da Bears will cover. Fantasy Shocker of the week: Greg Olsen 100+ receiving with a TD.

Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Denver Broncos: Jax +3 +100 (Another varying line, check for the best payout)

I think this is the upset of the week. Jacksonville's defense is the best Denver's going to have played this year and their offense should be able to shred up Denver's slow guys. Should be a great game either way.

MIA ft. Wale- Boys Remix

This will forever be the pic I use for anything Wale.

Song's fucking crazy!!!

Be A Pornstar!!

The Zack & Miri Make A Porno website is up and has a lot of cool little features, especially a way to make your own porn ID card. So go check it out and post it here.

Album of the Week: Annuals- Such Fun

This album was just released yesterday, and I'm already in love with it. Their last album Be He Me was great, but lacked staying power. This effort is much more polished and well written, and just all around fantastic. There's also a large neo-folk/country tint to it which was never all that present until now, but flows well with their North Cackalacky roots. Do yourself a favor and buy it, or download if you're a pirate.

Hot Night Hounds

Hardwood Floor

Down The Mountain

A Cross The Universe Trailer

This looks fucking sweet. Justice.

Holy Shit

I've spent the good part of about 17 years looking for the greatest song ever made, and I finally think that I have found it. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you....

Video Games by Black Out Band

The Coolest Shit You're Gonna See All Day

Chris Arp, in high school, circa 2002, playing an early version of Imogenis Puzzle.

If you're not familiar with Arpmandude, he's the guitarist in Psyopus. I always secretly hoped he'd eventually make an instrumental record just to take Buckethead down a peg or two, but with a new Psyopus record on the way it look like it still won't happen for awhile.

Lines of Sunday 10/5

Well I was 3-0 last week, so maybe I do know what I'm talking about after all. Once again, this is not a gambling guide, strictly entertainment, yadadada...

Indianapolis Colts -3 -125 vs. Houston Texans

The Colts good offensive line is now back, to go along with Peyton Manning getting a much needed week off to rest his still recovering knee so I see no reason why they can't cover 3 points. Even without Bob Sanders, the Colts offense is too good and the Texans defense has been underplaying too much for Houston to stay in the game.

San Diego Chargers -6.5 -110 vs. Miami Dolphins

Like I said last week, the Chargers are a lot better than everyone thinks. Even with LT not looking like his old self, Rivers has enough firepower to kill this weak defense. No upset like Miami did to New England, this is going to be a blowout.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Denver Broncos Over 46.5 -110

Head to head this is the toughest call of the week. Denver's defense is horribly slow but their offense is one of the best in the league. Tampa Bay on the other hand has a solid run game, which Denver has yet to play good against this season, and a good defense. All things considered, this seems like a good candidate for reaching the over before the 4th quarter. Two fantasy shockers in this game: Earnest Graham and Brandon Marshall, both scoring over 20 points in a standard format.

CentPoker!!!!

Remember back in the good old days when you could legally gamble online? Well, kids are figuring out how to bring those back. First there was CentSports, now I introduce CentPoker. It's illegal in the US to gamble online, so what did these kids do to get around it? They give out ad money for free to the users to gamble with, so technically since we're not gambling our own money it's all nice and legal. So sign up, be one of my cronies, and make some money from the comfort of your own couch, kitchen table, toilet, whatever.

Go!

For Anyone Who Has Been Watching Entourage

I lold at this.

Conundrum of the night: Cubs are on at the same time as It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. Here's to Big Z throwing a no hitter in an hour and a half so I can catch the re-run at 10.

Needs More Slug

Rody Walker- Cigarette Song

Here ya go.

This is a pro smoking cigarette song

So everybody light one up and fucking sing along

Facelift

I got tired of the black, hope you enjoy the new scheme. I want a cool banner but alas my MS Paint days are long done. 

Last.FM 9/28/08

1		TV on the Radio		24
2		Geto Boys and Scarface		23
3		Portugal. The Man		17
3		Jake One		17
5		Sufjan Stevens		15
6		2Pac		12
6		Good Old War		12
8		Pompeii		11
9		Dear and the Headlights		10
10		Thursday		8

God Damnit Mogwai

Way to scare the absolute shit out of me.

Lines Of Sunday

Seeing as I won a hundred at the casino last night and have spent a lot of time on CentSports lately, I figured even being late I might as well give some insight on each weekend's NFL lines I like the most. This is not a guide to betting, please understand I'm not a professional and am only putting these up for entertainment purposes. Betting is illegal (wink).

Atlanta @ Carolina: Car -6.5 -100

Atlanta hasn't showed that they can beat a good team yet, so I'm not buying into the Matt Ryan mini-hype. Carolina has also beaten 2 teams much better than Atlanta and had a tough loss last week where they couldn't really figure out what to do on offense which should be corrected this week and run well enough to cover against a defense giving up 5 yards a carry. Fantasy sleeper alert: I'm starting Jonathan Stewart over Michael Turner in my money league this week. We'll see how this one turns out.

Green Bay @ Tampa Bay: 43 over -110

This is going to be a shootout. Last week against the Bears Tampa Bay showed they can not only throw the ball, but they can also give up a lot of passing to even a not so great offense. Al Harris (CB) is out with a broken spleen for Green Bay which means that even if Galloway isn't back yet Tampa should be able to throw just as proficiently as they did last week.

San Diego @ Oakland: SD -7.5 -110

San Diego is a really good team who have had a couple really tough breaks early in the season which is still leaving them to be a question mark on lines that they shouldn't be. Rivers is the real deal and Nnamdi Asomugha revealing he will be playing with a fractured elbow Phillip should have a nice day. Doesn't hurt that LT showed that his toe is feeling much better on monday night last week. The Raiders passing game is horrible and as long as the Chargers D doesn't let Michael Bush and McFadden pull an AD Peterson from last year they should be able to cover and then some.

MMA =/= Ultimate Fighting

I just capped that off of aol.com under a section of "Activities for your family on weekends". I'd say a good one half of all mainstream coverage of mixed martial arts refers to it as "Ultimate Fighting". Especially good on this example is "Ultimate Fighting is defined as mixed martial arts competition...". No, you can't define an organization using what defines it, it doesn't work that way. That would be like if I called a high school baseball game Major League baseball in high school. You would think the people who write these things would put a little more research into it besides "Hey, I heard one of my son's friends talking about this Ultimate Fighting stuff. I should suggest that, whatever it is. I'll just google 'Ultimate Fighting' and see what comes up and post that." Also the picture isn't of anyone in the UFC, so even more points there. They could at least have a link to Sherdog so people can actually read about the sport instead of just posting links to buy shit, especially from Chuck "Lost 3 of his last 4 fights" Liddell.

Not even interested in MMA? You'll still enjoy one of my favorite highlight videos ever of the lighter side of the sport.

Krazy Horse is god.

This can't be all that we have to weigh

This is my new favorite video, save it for a time when you need to smile.

Sorry

I haven't been paying attention to this at all lately, I apologize. I think every blogger has the pipe dream of a handful of readers who cling to their every word, so if any who sees this has wanted me to update more I'm going to get the ball rolling hard again. Those Chinese really know how to start a fire under you.

Songs That Should be In Rock Band/Guitar Hero

The other day a friend of mine was saying that the new Kanye song should be in Rock Band as a treat to the people who sing and drum. I told him he's an idiot because it'd be dumb to sing a computer's (autotune) part. But it got me thinking, what songs would be good to play in the future installments of the video games? Here's what I've come up with so far, feel free to post any suggestions/criticism in the comments. Keep in mind I'm biased towards the vocals since I end up doing them most of the time when I play, and I tried to exclude anything with screaming or instruments outside of the core three.

Beginners

Hot Rod Circuit- Consumed By Laziness

It's got a little bit for everyone. Cool bass line, simple riff with light solos, fun drumming and singing. I'd kick a hole in the wall doing the "My mother told me" part.

The Beatles- Come Together

Mostly because I want there to be a Beatles song on one of these games, but I think as a sing along this is their best suited. Not much for the guitarists, but you guys have two games all to yourself and can give some other people a little bit of fun once in awhile.

Weezer- El Scorcho

Another simple one with fun parts to it. The gargle at the beginning would also be required.

Band of Horses- The General Specific

The drums and guitar are simple as hell, but the singing chart would be all over the place to keep it fun.

Misfits- Hybrid Moments

Danzig + punk= pretty tough. The bass is probably the most complex chart, but Misfits merchandise anything they can and everyone likes to sing like Danzig when they have an excuse to.

Medium

Brand New- The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows

Fuck you, it's Brand New and they can be on whatever I say they can be on. And this is a demo of the song, as the normal version I have is an m4a and those don't stream, if you never noticed I tip toed around that.

Bush- Comedown

The good 90's alternative bands don't get enough love in the games, so here's some sweetness and probably the best suited song on the album for the games. Challenging charts all the way around.

Days Away- God & Mars

This is the first song I thought of, as I've always wanted to know how to play the drums for it. Good singing from Keith and the guitars are challenging enough to give everyone some problems as they get better.

Gatsbys American Dream- Counterfeit Language

Every Gatsbys song is a musical adventure, but I'd say this is the Indiana Jones of them all when it comes to being best suited from the game and not Speaker for the Dead which is my first choice, but one of them darn m4as.

Muse- Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist

I believe Assassin is on one of the upcoming games, but Black Holes songs shouldn't be the only ones to get on video games. In fact, one of the future Guitar Hero band series games should be for Muse, because all of their songs are harder than anything Aerosmith's ever done.

Hard 

Queens of the Stone Age- Mexicola 

This song rocks dicks off, and after No One Knows and 3's & 7's were included in two of the Guitar Heros and Go With the Flow on Rock Band, they might as well keep throwing Homme's and companies shit on there because it's all perfect for the games

Circa Survive- Living Together

Another one harder for the singing, since no geek off the street can sing like Anthony, but all together this a tougher song.

The Fall of Troy- Quarter Past

I think it'd be funny to see people not familiar with the song saying "What's so hard about this?" through the first couple minutes of the song, and then Thomas Erak kicks in their door and melts their faces off.

Minus The Bear- Absinthe Party At the Fly Honey Warehouse

The closest thing I could think of to a math rock song, one of which should have been on the original two guitar heros.

3- All That Remains

Joey, Billy and Gartdrumm appear to be what the standard skill level should be for, and the guitar solo is pretty damn dope as well.

Expert

Avenged Sevenfold- I Won't See You Tonight (Part 2)

This song's like one giant nine minute guitar solo, and there's even a pretty tough vocal bit at seven minutes.

Coheed & Cambria- The Willing Well I: Fuel For the Feeding End

They have harder songs on guitar, but I think this is hardest for everything considered. I think I failed singing on Welcome Home the first time I tried, but you gotta sing like Claudio if you want it to be kickass.

The Dear Hunter- Dear Ms. Leading

It's a scientific fact that Erick Serna can shred like a madman, combine that with some tough Casey singing and Sammy drumming and you got yourself a pretty frustrating four and a half minutes.

Wax On Radio- Guilding The Lily

I will smash every drum pad on earth if I ever get to play Sammy Del Real's bit at the end of this, so intense.

Protest the Hero- Blindfolds Aside

I'm going to go ahead and say this would be the hardest song I have on my computer. Vocals- All over the place. Guitars- Maximum shred. Drums- Fast and a few times changes.

New Demo From The Fall of Troy, "The Vomiting Winter"

Stream/DL here.

Ripped from the radio show they premiered it on tonight, props to Zonko from Cobalt.

noodlenoodlenoodle

2006: Fear Before the March of Flames- The Always Open Mouth

I didn't call yesterday's album "The best album ever written" because in my own little world, this is it. I don't really know what to say about it besides it's in this little special place nestled between screamo and post hardcore, and that, seriously, it's the best album ever written. My basement is flooded and I'm tired and won't feel like updating this tomorrow so I'm sorry if this feels half assed or shoving down your throat, but the best I can do right now is try to back up the lyrics thing, so bare with me as I get my mind off of the water filling my life. I'm going to post a couple songs of the raddest shit ever. And yes I just made up "raddest".

High As A Horse

If we give the horses blinders they won't see the approaching ledge

Too much time and effort spent on just another bridge

We trust the local doctor, we trust the medicine

Our child gets a scratch we get our child a brand new head

We eat what's on our plate, we drink what's in our cup

We like the shiny T.V. screen, it spits we lap it up

And so they push this product, and they know we'll buy it

They sing a song, we hum along

We sing, but we don't understand the words to the song

And they fill our heads with sugar coated shit

'Cause there's no need to talk when we have medicine

There's a pill for every fucked up thought

And a cure for every fucked up child

When the mind starts running be sure it won't cross the finish line

And if it wanders bring it back and cage it for some time

And if it stretches it will only one day rip

To prevent excessive thought

Just keep it up on the shelf

And when the shelves are full

And supplies are short, and quickly running out

You've got a thousand mindless zombies

And terrified horses on your hands

It was a damn good plan

It was a damn good plan

A Brief Tutorial In Bachanalia

Hey man, heard you're a real clean shot

When I got a couple drinks in me, and I got a couple drinks in me!

Hey man, heard you get the job done

When I got a couple drinks in me, I'm known to practice apathy!

When you see me stagger

Know I'm being antagonized by what you can't hear

And just moving with the current

Current state of self embalming

Where I don't involve myself with human affairs

Just leave me an address of where I live

I'll make it slow and painful

I don't ask for much

They will lead us out of town, straight out of town

We can dodge the freight cars, just passer-bys in the morning

A few bills, and the occasional, occasional, occasional human touch

I won't move if you won't move

Trade cigarettes for stories, you and I the Lords of the Rails

Straight out of town and that is why we follow the pennies lay for we have stories and smokes

Drink to take the edge off

I told you that I'd bring you my head

I told you I was better off dead

Have you heard the kind of shit that I've said?

'Cause I'm a mad, mad man... No, I'm not a mad man

I told you if you slipped me a drink

I told you not to speak when I'm thinking

I told you I was having a hard time sleeping

Yeah, I'm a sad, sad man

Yeah, I'm a real sad man!

There's empty bar stools to each of my sides

And empty glasses, so who the fuck's talking?

Just a lonely man with a death wish, and a head full of crossed wires

Making a deal with himself

He keeps talking

He keeps nodding

A sick son of a bitch

Will always end like this

Happy saturday everyone, have a good weekend.