The 2008 Office Olympics, plus listen to your favorite bands for FREE on Daytrotter & drive more efficiently with Fuelly!
Sarah's Pick of the Week:
Listen to free music and exclusive live sessions of your favorite and upcoming indie bands at Daytrotter.com, a website for the recording studio Futureappletree Studio One which hosts "drive-by" sessions with popular bands as they pass through town!
The Gist:
The 2008 Summer Olympic Games have begun! Read more here!
The Dark Knight is truly unstoppable, powering its way up to 3rd place on the list of all-time box office ticket sales in the USA! Read more here!
And finally, invisibility FTW! Read more here!
Sarah's On the Prowl:
Share, track, compare and improve your gas mileage at Fuelly.com! Be sure to check out their Awesome Tips to learn fancy ways to save gas, like paying attention to your RPMs and keeping your filters clean!
The Olympics with Moujan:
This week Moujan provides insight into how to host the Olympics in the office.
Top 5 Scariest and Most Unappealing Olympic Mascots:
- Schuss, from the 1968 Winter Games in Grenoble.
- Cobi, from the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona.
- Amik, from the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal.
- Athena and Phevos, from the 2004 Summer Games in Athens.
- And lastly, Izzy, from the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, GA.
To learn about more Olympic Mascots, visit the official site.
Music with Heather: Amazing Baby
One thing I can say about Heather's latest band fixation is that it's truly... AMAZING. Amazing Baby's EP "Invisible F***ing Cross" is FREE to download at theamazingbaby.com!
More New Music:
The Notwist - Neon Golden is a classic. But also check out their latest album The Devil, You + Me, it'll grow on you.
Shearwater - Rook
And finally, a little gem for all you metalheads out there:
Genghis Tron - Board Up the House
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Posted by darknessgp on 08/19/2008 at 06:37:48 am in popSiren
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agreed.
I was actually taken back a little when she said "from the trailer, it looks stupid" Not sure how she judges movies, but I've never heard anyone call a movie "stupid", bad, terrible, unfunny, etc. but never stupid. In any case, trailers tend to do at least 1 of 2 things for a movie. Either ruin some big plot point or misrepresent the movie. I really like Jeff Canata's approach. Don't watch it, unless it is that super early teaser that basically tells you nothing (ala the new Star Trek)
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Posted by quantumfreak on 08/17/2008 at 07:01:41 pm in popSiren
I think Sarah should see Tropic Thunder and make her own judgment of the movie. As a show that provides suggestions for entertainment, she should do her own research and not listen to a special interest group's PR rhetoric for or against.
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Posted by discopants on 08/17/2008 at 04:45:49 pm in popSiren
I think Sarah should skip Tropic Thunder. Special Olympics has put out an official boycott of this movie. The movie frequently uses the word "retard" and portrays it as something to make fun of. In the spirit of the 2008 Summer Olympics, I think we should support the Special Olympics and boycott Tropic Thunder.
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Posted by Cybersuchus on 08/15/2008 at 11:49:23 pm in popSiren
"that was a bad example haha.
same band different song
*link*
Ah Underworld; the unexpected "goth movie" for this generation. :)
I liked that band (hadn't heard them before). I have no problem with melodic death metal. My favourite melodic death metal band would be the seminal death metal band: In Flames.
I like both their heavy stuff
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And their more controversial (for direction, not content) lighter stuff:
*link*
...
Okay, okay, so technically, this is more like the stuff that has split the fanbase. It's alright, but definitely a far cry from their earlier work.
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Posted by dren on 08/15/2008 at 10:29:33 pm in popSiren
Awesome episode :)
Moujan -- Hilarious!
Sarah -- HOLY CRAP! Thanks for prowling... That website will definitely come in handy, thanks!
Now... What was the song title & artist for the song that played when the office dummy got thrown on the floor and at the end on the bloopers? Very familiar..... I just can't put a name to it. :confused:
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Posted by xibalba on 08/15/2008 at 07:26:03 pm in popSiren
that was a bad example haha.
same band different song
*link*
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Posted by xibalba on 08/15/2008 at 07:18:28 pm in popSiren
melodic death metal and black metal are good.
*link*
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Posted by Cybersuchus on 08/15/2008 at 07:00:34 pm in popSiren
"Death Grunts and Death Growls or "cookie monster" vocals as you and some others call them are cool
but just screaming thinking it makes you metal is just annoying.
Slipknot is ok but please don't use them in the same sentence as death metal. Not even close to death metal."
Agreed in regards to the screaming. I can take some death grunts, but I don't usually get much out of entire songs that only feature them. It's hard for me to find any melody (in my mind, melody is important to good music).
It's part of the same reason why I can't stand gangsta rap (not that I can tolerate much of any rap); they rip out the melody in favour of just talking through the music.
As for Slipknot, I've always heard them categorized as death metal, or thrash metal.
Though according to Wikipedia, they more often get categorized as nu metal, which is just beyond me. How can one possibly think that Slipknot sounds anything remotely like Korn, or Linkin Park?
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Posted by xibalba on 08/15/2008 at 06:48:50 pm in popSiren
Death Grunts and Death Growls or "cookie monster" vocals as you and some others call them are cool
but just screaming thinking it makes you metal is just annoying.
Slipknot is ok but please don't use them in the same sentence as death metal. Not even close to death metal.
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Posted by Cybersuchus on 08/15/2008 at 06:11:02 pm in popSiren
I've never been much into the "cookie monster" style screams of the heavier metal. The furthest I've gone in the death metal direction would be Slipknot, and that was mostly because they still interspersed the growls and screams with a melodic chorus.
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