Dedicated Covers: Icarus Witch “Roses On White Lace (Alice Cooper)”

Happy Halloween. Go get awesome.

Jail Weddings “(Do You Think We’re Gonna End Up On) Skid Row?”

Finally saw these guys live last night and holyshit! It was like a really classy orgy where nobody felt uncomfortable, the lighting was perfect and nobody broke up afterwards.

Think Nick Cave meets Eddie and the Cruisers meets The Platters? My 1950s musical knowledge is limited. Let’s just say it was like making love to a beautiful punk rock chick while “Earth Angel” plays on repeat in the background.

Wow. I just creeped myself out.

GravenHurst “The Velvet Cell”

“To understand the killer, I must become the killer…and I don’t need this violence anymore.”

I prefer good tone over technical skills.

Wetnurse “Life At Stake”

How do bands keep figuring out ways to increase the brutality of their music? Is it like oil engineers who keep finding new oil deposits?

Will we eventually reach a point where there is a shortage of musical brutality because bands like Wetnurse have sucked the earth dry?

What about our children? Leave something for the next generation guys!

“Wake Up!”

A good friend is the one that will always keep it real, no matter how painful it may be to literally watch your heart crumble in to a million little shards of “ouch”….

This scene is so heart wrenching and amazing…

“Gangster” skater vs. “Punk” skater

I only have 2 things to say about this video:

1. Wolfmother is punk rock? Maybe the guy that made this is from…. nah, I can’t even think of anywhere that would be an excuse for qualifying it as punk rock.

2- I’m pretty sure “gangster skater” has much happier balls in those baggy jeans.

seriously.

“Dude, I’ll kill someone for that new Madvillian. Seriously”

Dedicated Covers: SOAD “Shame on a Nigga (Wu-Tang)”

HOLY SHIT.

Um.

Why?

Like, if I think Jenn looks really fly in a designer dress she’s wearing, I can apprecate it. I may even compliment her on it. But I’m not going to ask if I can try it on.

This is just fucktarded!

Jenn’s note: i think this had to have been RZA approved…. because Shavo from System of a Down and RZA are not only neighbors here in LA (or were for a while) but also total BFF’s. They rival me & Brody in we-went-out-and-got-crazy-and-now-have-an-epic-story levels of BFF. Crazy, huh?

Travis note: Hmmm. Do you think SOAD were practicing and Shavo mentioned the RZA had moved next door and asked the band to help him think of ways to introduce himself?

Or was it an awkard mailbox moment where Shavo said “I love your music!” and the RZA said “Thanks!” and instead of just leaving it at that Shavo said “Uh…Yeah, funy enough, we were actually working on a cover of one of your songs!” and the RZA said “Huh…really?”

And then Shavo called his gnome guitarist and said “Uh, I fucked up and need a favor…”

There has to be a story behind it. Because the end collab is just too absurd for anyone to think “This sounds good”.

Jawbreaker “Kiss the bottle”

I hope we don’t just grow so old that we settle, like when you are really hungry and can’t think of a place to eat so you just go to the place down the street.

Dedicated Covers: Avail “Pink Houses (John Cougar Mellencamp)”

One of my favorite “You look like” stories was Tim and Beau from Avail saying I looked like Jack Palance. That is pretty much the coolest dude you could look like besides Christopher Walken.