Dusty Chalk

Cash's version of Hurt totally redefined it and made it his own in a way that the original will never be, but I'm also a huge Nine Inch Nails fanboy, and always loved the song and the way it concluded the intense The Downward Spiral, so I'm glad I live in a world where I don't have to choose one at the expense of the other. Other than at the same time.

no salt added tuna fish with Safflower mayonnaise and freshly crushed black pepper

link Disappointed in the lack of 1x, but I have to admit, I like the price point. It's within what I can recommend to muggles, I would just like to know if it's any good, first.

Also, why is this in headphone amplification?

When taking a break from what I'm doing, I'll be listening to Alpinestars' "White Noise" -- too bad they never followed that up, methinks. RIYL Zoot Woman, et al.

I've been using WhoSampled lately. By the way, Dan, that link leads directly to Venetian Snares' dubstep cover (cover? remix? those are Ozzy's vocals) of "Black Sabbath", which is almost exactly what I heard in my head when we talked about me doing a dubstep remix of "Iron Man", rendering that thought moot. I only wish he had done "Iron Man".

Proving myself prescient yet again, it appears the Light Designs Da Vinci can play DXD files as per the Google syndication ad, but not per the product page proper. WTF? Alright, maybe not so prescient, but honestly, I missed this post before. PS Emphasis mine.

Oh, and how the fuck can we leave Tori out of this. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is what caught my attention of her, but her cover of Slayer is just plain epiphanical: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCpOAXIgF9U

Oh, and congrats on the non-fever. Jesus, you had us worried. Hope there isn't any permanent brain damage. Not that we'd be able to tell.

In my experience, unless the parents are entirely retarded, they won't disown you. Julie is yours, don't let the parents interfere with that relationship. This is one instance where you can have your cake (relationship with Julie) and eat it too (remain blood-related to your parents).

Bronies! Friendship is magic.

Totally "+1" on the Eva Cassidy and Cowboy Junkies covers. Even though that's not even the only cover on Trinity Session, it's an obvious standout and veritable centerpiece of the album (even though it's not in the center of the album, that's not what I mean). But sorry, neither one of them "make it their own" the way Jimi makes "All Along the Watchtower" his own -- it stopped being a Dylan tune when he did it. I also really adore weird covers. Devo's "Satisfaction" comes to mind, as does Oingo Boingo's "You Really Got Me" (left as an exercise for the reader to look them up and hear them). I also really like Type O Negative's (RIP, Peter Steele) approach to covers. Their "Paranoid" and "Summer Breeze" come to mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxzGbyjnAl4 I also really like the Dickies and Me First & The Gimme Gimmes punkish approach to covers. I mean, for Pete's sake, Stan Lee played the entire orchestral break of "Nights in White Satin" as a guitar solo! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI0d-kOxb4A But one of my favourites is the Temptations cover of Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine". They turn it into this extended 7 minute epic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfMHtkKN1Ss

Actually, if you read the description, he wasn't drunk. I think. The English is not strong with that one.

Neurosis post-fucking post-invented post-metal. Post-fuckers. Live at Roadburn 2007

"Well I'll be damned, here comes your ghost again... but that's not unusual, it's just that the moon is full, and you've decided to call..." Such a great song, you can be Judas fucking Priest and play it as a straight metal song, and it'd be fucking awesome. Well, that and Green Manalishi.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6OXjnBIW-4 "I'm never gonna breh oo daw I'm never gonna oh ju ah..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yO7mNNkkOA My first Amanda Palmer cover, but mostly because of his drumming. When I saw them play it, he was spot on for every single hit. I mean, it could have been a tape, it was that accurate. It actually woke me up to the fact that it's such a drummer's song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR3lCY_oIuU They do a couple of Black Sabbath songs, and the treatment is always the same -- typical Cardigans arrangement, with Nina Persson's vocals front and center and sounding so precise in her pronunciation that she sounds more British than Ozzy, even though she's less. Much less. She isn't, he is, that much less. But this one has always been my favourite. Mostly because they replace "You bastards" with that little disco-y thing. But also because "Iron Man" is so much more played out.

That Stairway to Heaven was outstanding, the reveals were really well done, and added just that little bit of majesty to the song that it deserved. I love covers. I'm not going to be able to match that one, so I'll post good ones later, but for now I just wanted to pipe in and agree, that was excellent.

Nice. "...lingering..." Bonus point.

Within Reason, Transient Broadcasts Uninterestingly enough, this is alphabetically right before Within Temptation in my collection. I have no other "Within..." bands, that I recall.

Yeah, well, when you say it like that...I see your point. Maybe it's because I usually associate "hot" with "metal". And Kylie Minogue. So it sets my expectations incorrectly.

Goddamnit, why does she have to be so hot?

I used to have a thing for the old Tiger's Eye edition of the ... yeah, it might have been the 805. God DAMN that is beautiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q5QR82Fu4E "tickletickletickletickletickletickle" (squeak) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhMzKGWw2Bk