The Music Court

              Happy Monday! To continue your day on the right foot here are some interesting links. One will make you laugh and one will make you inevitably cringe. Firstly chains. Like the chains on a link but more focused on idiotic designs. Yes, rappers delight in these expressive chains. It is used as symbolism for their highly detailed and satirical rap hits. HAHA. Who am I kidding. They are just there to demonstrate that they have a lot of money and are spending it idiotically while others are struggling to survive. Wait, is this one supposed to make you laugh or cringe. Well, I would say laugh I mean come on:

At least T-Pain is not lying

         Do you want to see more? Check it out: http://www.brokencool.com/broken_cool/2009/06/the-10-most-ridiculous-rapper-chains.html

         What else in the news. Well, 79 year old Joe Jackson, father and abuser of his son Michael Jackson, wants Jackson’s children to now tour the world as the Jackson Three in honor of their father. WHAT!?! Are you kidding me. Somebody stop this horrible man. At least he is too old now to do significant harm but still talk about not learning from your mistakes.

          “Ian (Halperin (Jackson Biographer)) added to Britain’s The Sun newspaper: ‘One of the family members is livid. He is saying Joe seems intent to do this no    matter what. He wants to exploit the kids the same way he did Michael.’ Yesterday (12.07.09) it was reported Michael’s mother Katherine was in secret talks with her son’s ex-wife Debbie Rowe to exclude Joe from the children’s lives.”

              Please for the sake of everyone make sure that Joe Jackson is excluded. These kids can never grow up fully sheltered and “normal” but there is no need to take advantage of them just like this man did with his own son who is now dead because of drug abuse.

              Read the rest of the article: http://www.music-news.com/ShowNews.asp?H=Jacksons-kids-to-perform-as-The-Jackson-Three&nItemID=27898

Okay this is simply unfair and amazing. There is nothing to say but check this out for your own good. Tommy Emmanuel is simply incredible and he knows it.

http://www.fark.com/cgi/vidplayer.pl?IDLink=4500613

You know I have had similar links before. I posted a link of Tommy Emmanuel, the guitar freak, playing the guitar incredibly fast, and I have posted a set-list of a new Rock Band Game. So today, I will not stray far away from my past. Some guitar hero 5 tracks and a video of a guitarist who equals Mr. Emmanuel, Roy Clark.

Guitar Hero 5 has just announced that Bob Dylan and Kings of Leon will be added onto their growing set-list which already includes Deep Purple’s “Woman from Tokyo,” and Tom Petty’s, “Runnin’ Down a Dream.” Check out the rest of them over here: http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/07/09/guitar-hero-5-adds-bob-dylan-kings-of-leon-to-eclectic-set-list/

Roy Clark is awesome. Here is a video of him displaying his amazing quickness and proficiency. Really Really Really cool: http://www.fark.com/cgi/vidplayer.pl?IDLink=4498403

The Old Links are Back!!!

              An interesting combo for today’s links of the day. Two things that do indeed go together. I can prove it, I have the Vinyl record. Vinyls are apparently on the rise according to Pop and Hiss the LA Times music blog. Yes, Vinyls those big 12 inch LP’s that you need to spin with a needle that fits around 5-6 songs per side. Apparently people like nostalgia and I am one of them. With the rise of classic rock, vinyl record sales were sure to go up. It would seem that the youth is so used to torrenting and downloading music that while CD’s have lost their draw, records almost give this youth an old-time feeling.

Check out the article: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/06/vinyl-sales-to-hit-another-high-point-in-2009.html

Also, stop shouting  play “Freebird” at every concert if anyone still does that. The Lynyrd Skynyrd classic and the corresponding joke is long gone and over with. What punk! You don’t believe me.

Check out the article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-0705-freebird-2ndaryjul05,0,4832778,full.story

         Happy Monday! Hope your fourth of July weekend was full of fireworks and an enormity of good BBQ food. I do not know if there is such thing as a good monday but I hope you all have one. I woke up this morning with a head cold so that is simply exciting. Anyways, to get your monday’s off to a good start here are some links to check out.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/alice-cooper-is-it-time-for-rocks-oldest-shocker-to-give-up-the-gore-1729127.html

An interesting interview with one of the more crazy figures in rock history. The, now golf and religion aficianado, Alice Cooper.

http://q1043.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=104649&article=5671519

Last Week Seeds’ bassist and front man Sky Saxon passed away. One of the unsung deaths over this span of early callings. Saxon and The Seeds were an early Psychedelic band in 1965 and were seen as one of the first punk bands.