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Rockin' Things To Do

October 7, 2009
HRC Giveaway: 2 tickets to Rockstar Karaoke at The Roxy in LA!

I’m giving away two tickets to Sunday night’s Rockstar Karaoke event in Los Angeles at The Roxy. The event, benefiting The Painted Turtle Camp– one...

July 1, 2009
Stop the War on Fun

It’s still going on…. A while back, I posted about how the ABC is doing some ridiculous things to some of our local venues. And...

April 25, 2009
Help Support Slim's and GAMH! Save All Ages Venues!

from the GAMH/Slim’s weekly email: Slim’s and GAMH are under siege from the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) with regards to our All Ages licenses. We...

April 8, 2009
Slim's/Great American Music Hall Next Victim of ABC?

Bitch, pleeze. First, DNA Lounge. Now Slim’s and GAMH are under attack by the ABC. Via the Slim’s/GAMH Weekly email: AWESOME NEW T-SHIRTS FOR SALE!...

March 2, 2009
Save DNA Lounge!

DNA is one of my favorite spots to go dancing. They often play great music, people there wear great stuff, and they’ve had increasingly better...

February 23, 2009
GWAR's super fun MySpace survey!

Heehee! Via GWAR MySpace Date: Feb 23, 2009 12:07 PM Subject: GWAR survey… Body: This is just a non-scientific survey to see if you guys...

February 21, 2009
Audium: "Sound Sculptured Space"

Audium has been on my to do list for a while now, and I finally was able to check it off last night. I really...

February 18, 2009
Josh Freese's Interesting Solo Album Promotion

image from wikipedia Major lol. I guess he learned a thing or two from the NIN Ghosts release. From the East Bay Express: Take Shrooms...

January 20, 2009
Saul Williams' Sends Out New Track, The Government, on Morning of Historic Inauguration

saul williams via email ‘Tardust Liberated’ We have overcome. Except those of us now in Gaza. Except those of us whom police kill. Except those...

November 3, 2008
The Faint sez: Go Vote!

December 6, 2007
Mickey Avalon vids

Mr. Right now has a video, peep it here: and, he’s in a Boost mobile ad: Go, Mickey!

December 2, 2007
If you aren't already, watch Metalocalypse

HRC has been obsessed with Metalocalypse for a while now. So let’s get to know Dethklok, the band in Metalocalypse a bit better. The typical...

October 23, 2007
Rob Zombie's Halloween Hangman

Have fun playing!

October 23, 2007
My Last.fm graph

Last.fm users, create your own here: LastGraph

September 25, 2007
Not your grandma's cruise

Goth Cruise. I found this on the VNV Nation MySpace page. Well, the ship’s not black, but I doubt you’ll see an Hawaiian shirts in...

September 25, 2007
Rock 'n Roll Half Marathon

San Jose Rock ‘n Roll Half Marathon. If it weren’t for asthma, I’d be there. There are bands on 14 stages along the way, and...

September 6, 2007
MyStrands

MyStrands is a new streaming music video service. Think Pandora with video, or what MTV used to be like.

August 30, 2007
Rock for the Soul: Axis of Justice

Debut of a new piece: Rock for the Soul. Here I will highlight artist’s efforts in social causes. I think it’s fitting to start with...

July 14, 2007
Fan Clubs

If you’re passionate about a band, I must recommend that you join a fan club. While there are many different types of fan clubs, all...

July 10, 2007
Live Earth

In case you live in a cave, this past Saturday was Live Earth, Al Gore’s musical awareness-raiser for his Global Warming banner issue. The concert...

July 10, 2007
Music's sexiest single men

Hey! This is hard rock chick remember! Look who showed up on AOL’s list. But number 17? C’mon. Jared Leto at number 3, JT at...

June 26, 2007
flight of the conchords

Flight of the Conchords is the new bit of brilliantness showing on HBO. The half hour comedy follows 2 guys in a “digi-folk” band from...

June 8, 2007
Boost Mobile RockCorps

While cruising around lastfm.com one of those rare instances occurred where I came across an interesting ad and clicked on it. Boost Mobile Rockcorps sets...

May 29, 2007
metalocalypse

Metalocalypse Do you like Norwegian Black Metal? How about Adult Swim? Spinal Tap? It’s all here. Metalocalypse is a caricature cartoon of a very caricatureable...

April 17, 2007
Guitar Hero 2

Tinkerhell. That’s my virtual band’s name. I’m talking about Guitar Hero 2, where my real job meets my fake job and everyone has fun. Guitar...

April 1, 2007
It's so cool to be a kid

I recently walked through a Discovery Channel Store, checking out all of the cool gadgets kids have these days. Piggy banks are now functional ATM...

March 20, 2007
Rock 'N Roll Fantasy Camp

This isn’t your high school band camp. It’s Rock ‘n Roll Fantasy Camp. The commercials for this are drilled into your head if you watch...