Merry Christmas!

I just want to take the time to wish all my visitor's a very Merry Christmas. I hope this day is full of joy for you and your family while you spend quality time together and be thankful for each other. I thank you myself for visiting this blog and keeping it going for so long. I look forward to the New Year with new music and new features. Have an amazing day of relaxation!

-matt :-)

CandyRat - I love this label

Peter Ciluzzi


Other artists on Candyrat:

• Andy McKee
• Craig D'Andrea
  
• Andrew White
• Don Ross
• Antoine Dufour
• Nicholas Barron
• Matthew Santos
• Robert Taylor
• Dean Magraw

Also, check out the CandyRat You Tube Channel to see all these artists.

Who wants to go to San Juan, Puerto Rico?

• Grammy Nomination
• 35 Million albums
• No. 25 top-grossing tour of the year
• Grossed $29.7 million
• Drew more than 517,000 fans to 48 shows
• $1000 jacket

Malignant Narcissism

NEW LAYOUT

FINALLY!!! thoughts?

I changed the banner I made with the Contest winner's

by Nathan. I thought he did a better job than mine and Im

fulfilling my promise to put his up. What do u guys think!?

Wired Mag's Great Interview Between David Byrne and Thom Yorke on the Real Value of Music

El Ticknor brought to my attention a sweet article where David Byrne interviews Thom Yorke about the real value of music and how Radiohead ended up offering "In Rainbows" online at whatever somebody offered to pay for it...There are a ton of great audio clips of both David Byrne and Thom Yorke talking and joking around.

"It turns out the gambit was a savvy business move. In the first month, according to comScore, more than a million fans downloaded In Rainbows. Roughly 40 percent of them paid for it, at an average of $6 each, netting the band nearly $3 million. Plus, since it owns the master recording (a first for the band), Radiohead was also able to license the album for a record label to distribute the old-fashioned way — on CD."

The Radiohead Website

By the way...ya can't get the "In Rainbows" digital album via whatever you feel like bidding anymore. Ya gotta get the "discbox" on the site or get the CD in stores Jan 1st, 2008

Led Zeppelin Concert News, Videos, Pics, and Links

So I was in O.C./L.A. the past couple of days for biz and had a LOT of time to listen to the radio (O.C. to L.A. is not a short or fun drive) and according to KLOS there wasn't one critic who anything bad to say about the Led Zeppelin reunion show at the O2 arena in London...even the UK critics were astounded by the first Led Zeppelin show since 1980 and we all know how critical UK critics are - uh, yeah. Anyway, I figured I'd throw some news, videos, pics, and links for ya.

• Led Zeppelin Official Site
• Associated Press Rave Reviews
• Kick ass 02 concert video clip from CNN
• YouTube results for "Led Zeppelin"
• Billboard Led Zeppelin @ O2 Arena Review
  

DISCOGRAPHY

1969 -- Led Zeppelin
1969 -- Led Zeppelin II
1970 -- Led Zeppelin III
1971 -- Led Zeppelin IV
1973 -- Houses of the Holy
1975 -- Physical Graffiti
1976 -- Presence
1979 -- In Through the Out Door

Zeppelin Encore - O2 Arena - Whole 'Lotta Love


Led Zeppelin - O2 Arena - Kashmir


Led Zeppelin - O2 Arena - Good Times, Bad Times

Taco Leg Tour = Another Great Way to Keep from Doing your Day Job

Howdy yall,

Shameless self promotion, but not only does the Top 40 suck, so do the pricks in Taco Leg... so go out and suck with them.

Eastcoasters Rejoice for a A Very Taco Leg Christmas Tour:

12/23 - Boston, MA - The Middle East
12/26 - Ithaca, NY - The Rongovian Embassy
12/28 - Brooklyn, NY - Luna Lounge (w/ the Sutras)
12/29 - Philly, PA - The Fire

There are a couple secret shows and private parties (Manhatten and Philly) along the way for more time to be wasted, get wasted, and hike yo pants up till they high-waisted. So holler if you want in.

For more tunes not on the top40 that kick ass, check these cats out:
The Sutras

Warfish = Online Risk = A Great Way to Keep from Doing Your Job

So Mahsheet, Paxtejana, and Bob Pantsoff (an extremely infrequent contributor, but a friend of Top 40 Music Sucks anyway) play this game called Warfish which is basically the game RISK online where one person makes a move and then the next player is notified via email or IM that's it's their turn to battle. We have had many a game on many a front. I thought I'd show you a video of all of our moves to date. This game has been running for 3 weeks so far...

Mahsheet = Red
Paxtejana = Pink
Bob Pantsoff = Orange

You will see it's been quite a battle. Enjoy.

Blake Lewis - A.D.D. (Retail) + Bonus Track

Credit to kevin from Envvy. Link will be taken down this Friday 12/7

1. Silence is Golden...(Intro)

2. Break Anotha

3. Gots to Get Her

4. Know My Name (ft. Lupe Fiasco)

5. How Many Words

6. Surrender

7. Hate 2 Love Her

8. Without You

9. Here's My Hello

10. What'cha Got 2 Lose

11. She's Makin Me Lose It

12. BShorty Grabs the Mic!

13. End of the World

14. 1000 Miles

15. I Got U

16. ...I Choose Noice (Outro)

17. Human (iTunes Bonus Track)

LINK REMOVED.

BUY THE ALBUM