HAPPY NEW YEAR, Emmer-Effers!!!

Hope you’re all starting off 2008 as rockin’ as the Jimi version of Auld Lang Syne! Many cheers to all and to all a long night!

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 29- Heavy Metal

What was Blue Oyster Cult’s first LP called?

Looking Ahead To Monday and Looking Back 8 Years…

Can’t believe that it’s already been 8 years since I saw these guys at Big Cypress for NYE 2000! Where were you during the what-was-supposed-to-be-apocalyptical New Year’s 2000?

Makes me miss ‘em!

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 28- Rock General 1

What Canadian band was thought to be The Beatles in 1976?

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 27- Art Rock

X-Ray Spex in 1978 released “Germ-Free ________”.

Record Album Roundup: Steal These Now

You won’t be spinning these albums on your turntable, but after you fall in love with these downloads, you’ll be looking for the vinyl copy…

Check these out now!!!
* Never Get Out of the Boat brings you The Music of Frank Zappa
* 8 Days In April with my favorite Amon Duul II album, Vive La Trance
* [...]

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 26- Rock General 2

Who produced the Let It Be album?

Sh*t L*sts: Played-Out End-of-Year-List Style

It sure is the time of year for lists, huh? I’m seeing them everywhere, especially now that every other jerk-off out there has their own blog and thinks that their opinions of the year’s top stuff really matters. Well, unfortunately for you, I’m one of those jerk-offs but at least I’m going to [...]

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 25- Heavy Metal

What was the name of Humble Pie’s first LP?

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 24- Beatles

What song did the Isley Brothers record before the Beatles?

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 23- Album Titles

But Seriously Folks (197

Dig This!: The Mother Hips - Let Somebody

Maybe the Mother Hips are my Wilco. They have that similar laid back California classic rock sound, and I’m diggin’ it. They even come from about the same time as Wilco, the bands’ members having met at university in Chico in 1990. I honestly never heard them (or of them, even) until [...]

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 22- Song Titles

On The Loose (1983)

Sh*t L*sts: What Your Music Says About You

I just grabbed this from a MySpace bulletin posted by Lee from Magnetic Field, one of my favorite neighborhood haunts. I thought this would make a good Sh*t L*sts edition. I’ll put my song answers in the alloted spots, and then you can copy and paste the whole thing into a comments post, [...]

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 21- Heavy Metal

Where was Jimi Hendrix’s last performance?

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 20- Rock General 1

What instrument does Keith Emerson play? (he was at the Ahmet Ertegun tribute too, btw)

Blog Jammin’: The Calm After the Zep Storm

After all the Zep hullabaloo, we are all settling down a little today and wondering if we’ll be seeing Zep on tour in 2008. I hope so. Whilst we speculate, here’s some Zep-related and also some non Zep-related links that are sure to amaze and amuse you.

The Sun reviews Zep’s big comeback [...]

Random Tube: First Zep YouTubes Arrive

Blog Jammin’: More Killer Zep Pics and Zep Show Update!!! It’s on!!!

Our good friends at Hidden Track found a different source for rehearsal pictures, which look amazing, and they are also giving live show updates….like show opener…’GTBT‘!
And here at NME are live updates with song descriptions.
Chime in about what the encore will be….
Well, here it is…setlist and comments lifted 100% from NME’s website…
Led Zeppelin reunion: [...]

Blog Jammin’: Led Zeppelin Reunion Rehearsal Pictures

These amazing Zep pics just went up on RollingStone.com…

Random Tube: Led Zeppelin - We’re Gonna Groove

Possibly tonight’s show opener at O2 in London? Prepare for face-melt…

Was that some drum smackin’ or what?

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 19- Led Zeppelin

Who was Jimmy Page’s first choice as singer for his New Yardbirds?

Weekend Wisdom - brought to you by suburban life…

Simple observation: everyone outside NYC has a GPS device

Sh*t L*sts: Lengthy Song Style

Well, Rolling Stone just posted their editors’ and readers’ picks for the 50 Best Songs Over 7 Minutes Long and it is quite interesting. They’re in alphabetical order, so keep that in mind when you see the first one listed is “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” and not “Hey Jude”. Although wouldn’t it [...]

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 18- Art Rock

Who was the leader of The Specials?

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 17- Roots of Rock

Who played organ on Bob Dylan’s “Like A Rolling Stone”?

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 16- Song Titles

Pledge Pin (1982)

Record Album Roundup: Download This Now!

Petra Haden, daughter of jazz bass legend Charlie Haden, has made a brilliant a capella facsimile of The Who’s Sell Out album and you need to hear it. Here’s what Pete Townshend had to say about the 2005 album…
”I was a little embarrassed to realize I was enjoying my own music so much, for [...]

Random Tube: White Stripes’ Conquest

This is pretty great….Oh yeah, and Meg White, hot or not?

Rock Trivia: Round 8 Question 15- Art Rock

How many members were there originally in the Incredible String Band?