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Aj sent me a link today that I just had to pass along. Baby Rock Records takes songs from famous rockers and lullaby-ifies them! There’s nothing like some baby Nirvana, Radiohead, Zeppelin, and U2. Oh, and don’t forget the baby Metallica and Tool They’ve even put some short clips online, so go give a listen…you know you want to.

Are you a fan of the TV show Scrubs? I am, and I had a great time today watching this video on YouTube. The video for Charlie Brown Christmas was mashed with an original Scrubs script to create this classic irreverent video.

I became acquainted with the music of Sufjan Stevens a short while ago through the wonderful music genome project at Pandora. Well, before Aj and I headed out for the weekend she burned off a Christmas Mix CD that featured two Christmas songs by Sufjan. The whole album was good, but those two songs have been stuck in my head, so I did some searching today and found that he actually has a Christmas “box set.” The best part of it is that you can stream all 5 albums online! Click here to get to it. The song stuck in my head the most is “Once in Royal David’s City” on volume 2 (Hark!).

[tags]Scrubs, Charlie Brown Christmas, mashup, Sufjan Stevens[/tags]

The band known for their apple logo appears to be in talks with the company known for their apple logo. This could be a huge coup for Apple Computers, and the iPod/iTunes market, given the recent release of the Zune. I would be one of the crazies looking to pony up the cash for a special Beatles iPod.

via AppleInsider

[tags]The Beatles, iPod, iTunes[/tags]

You seriously have to watch this video.

**EDIT** You need to wath all of Erik’s videos here. Especially the one titled “Percusienfa.”  His official website is here.
[tags]Erik Mongrain, guitar[/tags]

A while back in church this video clip was shown. I thought it was one of the funniest things I’ve seen in church ever. So, I asked for a copy of it, and now I am passing it along to you all.

Red Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo release his first album this week. Good times.

I just ripped OK Computer onto my computer at work today. It’s been so long since I’ve listened to this album, but it is one of the greatest albums of the 1990s. Amazing album. Thom’s vocals are perfect for this rock/electronic/air-y sound. Chris Cornell could probably do a decent job at singing this album, but nowhere near the perfection that Thom Yorke achieves.

Speaking of Chris Cornell singing other peoples’ songs, my bro-in-law and I were talking about Audioslave the other day, and he mentioned that they are playing Rage and Soundgarden songs at their live shows. Obviously Chris can pull off Soundgarden songs, and the rest of the band could probably do a decent job of achieving the Soundgarden sound, but there is NO WAY that Chris will ever be able to pull off anything that sounds like Zack de la Rocha. Zach is…well…Zach. Chris is too rock sounding to be able to pull off the anger, passion, and general pissed-off-ness that makes Zach sound how he does. I’m trying to imagine how Bulls on Parade or Bombtrack would sound with Chris singing it, and it just seems funny.

I am a fan of the Dave Matthews Band. Some might call me more than a fan, but fan is the word I choose to describe myself with. I own everything but DMB Live Volumes 1-3. If I wanted, I know where I could download the bootlegged copies of those show – fully legal mind you – on the Internet. But I’m here today to talk about the latest studio release from DMB, Stand Up.

On my first listen I didn’t know what to think about it. The music was enjoyable, but it wasn’t what I’ve come to expect from them. When I think about the kind of music that drew me to DMB it was the jazzy, jam laden tunes that could go on for 35 minutes in improvisational bliss. Before These Crowded Streets was the epitome of this jammie sound.

The more I sat and listened to this album the more I realized that those parts are still there. My brother-in-law’s roommate made a comment about the latest Weezer album that I think is very fitting to this offering from DMB. Stand Up is a really good album that falls victim to the recent studio history of DMB. To quote another review by a DMB fan, “Stand Up is literally Everyday dressed up in Before These Crowded Streets’ clothing.”

In 2000 we saw the failed Lillywhite Sessions. 2001 brought us Everyday, an over-produced studio album that was on its own merit a good album, but in no way what hard core DMB fans wanted to hear. Some of the Lillywhite tracks reappeared on Busted Stuff in 2002. I feel like, if you remove the albums from 2000-2002, Stand Up is an appropriate follow-up to BTCS, but with the studio happenings of the last few years I sense that many fans don’t know what direction the band is trying to go in.

Go check this album out. It is definitely worth the $12 on iTunes – yes, the full album is out on iTunes, and comes with a digital booklet and promotional video. I give it 3 out of 4 stars.