Mashups

One day, I will do up "Forever Wot" in the manner it deserves. In the meantime, there are other people's mashups.

Raiding the 20th Century is a nicely done hour-long overview of the mashup (and a 73-MB download).

Go Home Productions - "the Metallica of bootleggers" according to Party Ben, who seems to be the person responsible for "Dean Gray" and his "American Edit" album.

Party Ben has a nice links page, too.

I don't know why it took me the better part of forever to figure out "Dean Gray", by the way. Sheesh!

The Cactus That Found The Beat

Saw Liz Phair with Missy Higgins at the downtown Woolworth's (aka the San Diego House of Blues). A nice little venue, a nice little show. Except for a certain drunken patron, but that's a live show for you.

Missy's worth a look if you like uncomplicated singer-songwriter stuff with a bit of jazz to it. She has a nice voice, seasoned with the Australian accent that she still uses when she sings. As with many artists, you can't download mp3s from her site, but you can watch music videos, and hear the songs that way.

Deflowered

My blog has lost its innocence, and has been found by evil spambots. Hmph.

These go to eleven.

Last night, I received my copy of Guitar Hero, a new PS2 music game from Harmonix and RedOctane. It comes with a controller shaped like a smallish guitar, with buttons on the fretboard, a "strum" bar, and a whammy bar. You strum the guitar and press the right fret buttons at the right time, and the guitar part of whatever song you're doing will play. Mess up, and you hear some ineffectual 'boing' noises. It's a whole bunch of dorky fun, guaranteed to get the girlfriend's eyes a-rollin' (though she secretly wants to play, I know it).

I made sure to get the two-controller version, so we can stage our own version of this...

The One Hundred

A list of the 100 Greatest Board Games Ever, based on a poll of 65 hard-core gamers. Currently at #9.

Possible nice place to stay in London?

I'm starting to get the European travel jitters again, what with the recent weakening of the Euro.

The Copthorne Tara hotel is a 3.5- to 4-star hotel in Kensington that seems to be pretty reasonably priced, starting at 120 dollars/night on Expedia.