Something Shiny

Vita.MN is sponsoring their autumn music and movies program at the Lake Harriet Band shell again this fall, specifically Fridays in September.

Sep 3, Fri. at 8:00 pm – Solid Gold / “Point Break”
Sep 10, Fri. at 8:00 pm – The Twilight Hours / “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”
Sep 17, Fri. at 8:00 pm – Sims, Mike Mictlan, Cecil Otter, Paper Tiger, Lazerbeak (of Doomtree) / “Back to the Future”
Sep 24, Fri. at 8:00 pm – Mark Mallmann / “Star Wars”

Head over to the post on Vita.MN for all the details.

I managed to get Private Eyes from Hall and Oates stuck in my head last night. In a attempt to get it out, I’m attempting to purge it with The Bird and the Bee cover from their Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall And John Oates.

A couple examples of why I used to love Mason Jennings:

Yet another earwig that’s crawled up into my brain to nest. Aphex Twin’s version of the Tetris theme is nearly as addictive as the game itself.

Oh, and the picture? That has nothing to do with anything. Yet, for some reason one of the blogging add-ins suggested it was somehow related and for some other reason, I was amused enough to include it.

On my list of musical pet peeves, auto-tune is definitely number one. Number two is easily the ridiculously repetitive backing track that sounds like someone hit rhythm key number four on their Casio keyboard and just let it go for the duration of the song.

It’s for this reason that I put Hot Chip‘s We Have Love in my guilty pleasure pile. I know it’s annoyingly repetitive, but I still enjoy it every time it’s on the radio.

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That’s right, I said STRING METAL… the video below is not well produced or even necessarily their best tune, but it is the best WTF-experience I could find for the band. A violin, cello, and drum set can do THAT? Well done guys. Check them out Wednesday at the 400 Bar. Tix are $8.

More info on Judgment Day at their site, http://www.stringmetal.com.

I’m not sure what bugs me so much about Har Mar Superstar. Is it the fact he  kinda reminds me of Ron Jeremy with more delicate eyebrows? Is it his, “I’m acting all sexy when clearly I am not sexy? schtick? Is it the fact that his popularity makes me think I’m missing something? Hard to say. I do admit that I want to hate Tall Boywith every fiber if my being, but it’s actually pretty catchy. Damn you Ron Jeremy, uh, I mean Har Mar Superstar…

Oh, and about that title, he’s playing the Weisman Museum this Saturday, but it’s sold out.

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And to get you into the spirit (before you get into the spirits later), here’s some Dropkick Murphy’s for your listening pleasure.

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Ok, so they’re here in support of what is likely their day job at this point, Yo Gabba Gabba, but it doesn’t mean the big kids can’t have fun too. After two shows for the little kiddies at the Target Center, The Aquabats are off to the Triple Rock.

Unfamiliar? Check out some of their tracks below. Or some of the other related posts here on the site.

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I like the idea of Kirsten Dunst, but rarely anything she does. I like the idea of this video, but… well… the cover is a little weak.

For those unfamiliar with Slacker Radio, it’s similar to Pandora but with a larger library including some comedy stations, oh yeah, and it has stations (pre-configured genre-based streams that are still configurable via your likes/dislikes).

If you’re a Slacker Radio fan with a WebOS device, check it out. Both of you.

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I haven’t figured out if I like The Lost Fingers or not, but I’ve decided to keep listening until I figure it out…

I tend to feel better about things if I can categorize them. So far, the best I’ve been able to come up with is “What if The Squirrel Nut Zippers were a cover band?”

Alright, so as if Burning Down the House as covered by Tom Jones AND The Cardigans wasn’t weird enough, they followed it up with The Lost Fingers covering You Give Love a Bad Name.

BTW, if you like that Lost Fingers tune, apparently they have a bunch of other 80′s covers to explore.

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Cover of And Justice For All

Alright, fun time is over, back to the soul-sucking grind. Having some trouble getting going this first business day of the new year? Perhaps One off of Metallica’s And Justice for All will help kick start your day, or even your year.