Thursday, March 5, 2009

Michael Jackson, Prince, the Beatles, and Modest Mouse

So I have been on a bit of hiatus with school and all (and the lack of anything interesting in the music news). But here you go, a four-dose of music shit!

Michael Jackson


The King of Pop supposedly has a couple hundred songs just sitting around unreleased. That is, until his DEATH! And only his children are going to get to hear them after he moves on to the next thriller.
He also plans to reverse his very "dick" move of buying the rights to the Beatles music from Sir McCartney by giving them back to him after he dies also. "Why wait until you die?" you may ask, well considering it's Michael Jackson, I don't think we can really ask him to explain much.
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The Beatles


So, when you think of getting a degree you usually think of something boring that requires much too much work that you probably won't enjoy, correct? Well YOU'RE WRONG! A Liverpool University is offering a degree in The Beatles! Some can argue that this is a useless degree, but then you can call them a damn dirty communist! It's a Yellow Submarine, not a red one!
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Prince

The Purple One is releasing a new box set on March 29th, which will be available on the internet exclusively at Target. Know I know how stupid 1337 is, but I can make some exceptions for Prince when he title's 2 of the 3 albums in the set LOtUSFLOW3R and MPLSoUND, the latter rather just stupid than 1337. But the third one is called Elixir, and cures the naming issues of the first two (Because an elixir does similarly!!1).
I'm just waiting to see how they do a Target commercial for this. Clash of the Red and Purple! They would have had a smoother take with a White Stripes box set.
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Modest Mouse
So the Modest Mouse show here in Austin was last night. It was pretty damn sweet apart from a $4 beer(bet I could drink just one!). I took some pictures, but I doubt they were any good so I may post them later when I figure out how to extract them from this camera. I tried to get back stage and get an interview going, but for some reason they didn't know who or what the hell "Denoiser" was!? Assholes.

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Being for the Benefit of Mr. Me: Beatles Coming out on Rock Band Sept 9


So the Fab Four did it again. They're going to make video game history by being the number one selling video game rhythm music track pack. Suck it, Guitar Hero.

On 9.9.09, the Beatles will make their video game debut on Harmonix's Rock Band. It will be sold by itself or with Beatles-themed instruments for a hell of a lot more money. I can't play regular guitar left-handed, so I sure as shit can't play fake guitar left handed. And I can only imagine how boring drums are going to be. Hiyo!

Available on 9/9/09:
• The Beatles: Rock Band Software - Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3, Wii: $59.99 MSRP
• The Beatles: Rock Band Standalone Guitars - Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3, Wii: $99.99 MSRP
• The Beatles: Rock Band Limited Edition Premium Bundle: Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3, Wii: $249.99 MSRP

This is about as close we get to seeing the real Beatles play, people, so appreciate it.

http://www.thebeatlesrockband.com/



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