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The Most Important Music Links on the Web EVER (Right Now)

Posted on July 23, 2010 | View Comments
It’s been a while since I’ve done a links page like this. I started posting these because there’s SO much out there on the web to check out, it’s near impossible to see it all. A buddy of mine, John Beard, always jokes how one...
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Man, am I glad today is over with. I had to take a test that would determine the rest of my entire life... and I passed! Yes, I'm so thrilled to say that I passed with almost flying colors, but who cares because I PASSED! The test reminded me of the SAT except it was admistered on a computer and I didn't have to bring a #2 pencil. Man, remember the SAT? What a horrible thing to go through as a teenager. I remember my buddy Richard... he FELL ASLEEP during the test. I looked over at his desk and he was sawing logs. Everyone heard it, but nobody woke him up... not even the proctor. He woke up with a jerk near the end of the math section... he said [...]" title="This Week’s Top 5 Most Played Songs From Swap’s iTunes" />

This Week’s Top 5 Most Played Songs From Swap’s iTunes

Posted on May 14, 2010 | View Comments

Man, am I glad today is over with. I had to take a test that would determine the rest of my entire life... and I passed! Yes, I'm so thrilled to say that I passed with almost flying colors, but who cares because I PASSED! The test reminded me of the SAT except it was admistered on a computer and I didn't have to bring a #2 pencil. Man, remember the SAT? What a horrible thing to go through as a teenager. I remember my buddy Richard... he FELL ASLEEP during the test. I looked over at his desk and he was sawing logs. Everyone heard it, but nobody woke him up... not even the proctor. He woke up with a jerk near the end of the math section... he said [...]

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I’m pretty sure all of you have heard “Personal Jesus”, and if you haven’t, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? “Personal Jesus” was released on August 29, 1989, and was the first single from Depeche Mode’s Violator album. According Wikipedia, the song reached #13 on the UK Singles Chart, #28 on the Billboard Hot 100, and in 2004 was ranked #368 in Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Oh, and Hilary Duff totally ripped it off.

Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore explained the song in a 1990 Spin article as “a song about being a Jesus for somebody else, someone to give you hope and care. It’s about how [...]

Depeche Mode: Personal Jesus

Posted on November 3, 2009 | View Comments

I’m pretty sure all of you have heard “Personal Jesus”, and if you haven’t, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? “Personal Jesus” was released on August 29, 1989, and was the first single from Depeche Mode’s Violator album. According Wikipedia, the song reached #13 on the UK Singles Chart, #28 on the Billboard Hot 100, and in 2004 was ranked #368 in Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Oh, and Hilary Duff totally ripped it off. Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore explained the song in a 1990 Spin article as “a song about being a Jesus for somebody else, someone to give you hope and care. It’s about how [...]

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Yesterday Depeche Mode unveiled the music video for

Depeche Mode Presents: Face Licking 101

Posted on September 26, 2009 | View Comments

Yesterday Depeche Mode unveiled the music video for "Hole to Feed", the third single off their Sounds of the Universe album. I've watched the video a few times now, and I can honestly say that I think music videos are getting weirder and weirder. The "WTF?" factor in this video increases with every second... in end it I have to realize that it held my attention, but is that because of the video or because of the song? Or maybe it's because I have a strange fetish of [...]

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