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Here’s to my sweet Satan

June 1, 2006 / Captain Capm

As I continue my journey to dig into the depths of Satanic rawk, I figured we might as well stop by the song that possibly started all the “backwards Satanic messages” hooplah, Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven.” You probably know all the supposed hidden messages in the tune when you play it backwards, but if you don’t, this site offers a nice interface that allows you to play the most evil part of the song forwards and backwards, complete with those ever-important lyrics to read along with, as no one would decipher this shit in a blind study. Still, it’s nice to know that Satan has a little tool shed for us all in which to make us suffer.

For more weirdness, Some guy wrote in to Jeff Milner’s site in 2004 to say that the entire song is one backwards message and includes the lyrics. There’s something to be said about fanatics. I’m not sure what it is, but there’s definitely something to be said.

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Someone’s obviously high

June 1, 2006 / Captain Capm

Not because Sgt. Pepper got dethroned, but because 40,000 people have decided that Oasis’ Definitely Maybe is the best album of all time. So a Beatles wannabe band beats The Beatles. Oooooookay. There are tons better albums than Sgt. Pepper out there (including Revolver, which has now slipped to #3 on the pollster’s choices), but Definitely maybe isn’t one I would have picked by a long shot.

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Finally, someone understands what music downloaders want…

May 31, 2006 / Will Harris

…and, unsurprisingly, it’s Rhino Records, who’ve already been catering to the music geek community for years with their Rhino Handmade label.

It hasn’t been publicized nearly enough, but if you visit the label’s website, you’ll see a link to a new section simply called “Digital.” It’s not a particularly glamorous section; in fact, the intro only consists of three sentences.

Sometimes great albums go out of print. It’s just a fact of life. Here are some from the Warner Music Group vaults that we’ve brought back as high-quality digital downloads.

The downloads are 99 cents per track, and they cover various genres, but those who’ve wanted to hunt up certain out-of-print discs but couldn’t afford the eBay pricetag will be giddy to hear things like Guadalcanal Diary’s Jamboree, Marshall Crenshaw’s Downtown and Mary Jean & 9 Others, the Dream Academy’s self-titled debut, or the Dead Boys’ We Have Come For Your Children will now have their chance. Selection is pretty limited at the moment, but here’s hoping the endeavor proves successful enough to cause the Warner vaults to be opened wide…

Now, there’s one thing you should note: as it stands right now, these tracks are available as WMA downloads for Windows users only.

Which sucks.

But, still, it’s a start…

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ESD Album Cover Quiz #2: Easier! 100% more fun!

May 31, 2006 / David Medsker

Okay, so that first stab at the album cover quiz, well, let’s not mince words, it was fookin’ impossible, I admit it. This time, I tried to assemble a more focused list, so if you know one, odds are you know the rest. But there’s a catch: each of these albums has something in common with the others. So along with the names of the artists and album titles, you also need to list the one thing that they have in common. Send in your answers to davidm @ bullz-eye.com with “Album cover quiz” in the heading. Have fun, and enjoy! (Note: in order to prevent anyone from blabbing the answers, the Comments feature has been disabled. Sorry, dude.)

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Hip-hop Hilton…? God help us.

May 30, 2006 / Will Harris

Paris Hilton says her debut album, as yet untitled, will be a mixture of reggae, pop, and hip-hop.

That’s right, kids, because ain’t nobody tougher than Paris, yo. And ain’t nothin’ more hardcore than her doin’ a cover of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy,” know what I’m sayin’…?

Actually, the most ridiculous thing about this article is the quote from Paris where she says she had to overcome shyness to become a singer. “When I finally let go and did it,” she said, “I realized it is what I am most talented at and what I love to do the most.”

Given the previous “talent” she’s shown as an actress…am I the only one who cheered when she bought it in “House of Wax”?…one can only hope she shows a bit more aptitude with this project.

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