How about some Nerd Rap today?

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Anyone who spends any amount of time with me knows that I love to travel, especially when I just jump in the jeep and go on some sort of road trip. Nothing is more exciting to me than heading out and seeing where the road takes me. This is also one of the many reasons my job kicks ass. I travel...ALOT!


So in honor of all those crazy adventures (the ones with friends and the time spent alone) and the 9 hour drive to New Mexico I did today I give you one of the greatest road trip anthems of all time, Bloodhound Gang's "Asleep At The Wheel"

P.S. This is the least lame video I could find on the youtube.

Seriously if you aren't watching Metaloclaypse you are really missing out. Dethklok is by far the most brutal cartoon band ever to grace the boob tube.

Check out Zeromancer. They are an angry industrial rock group. If you like Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM, Die Krupps,and Rammstein. Then you should dig these guys. Sometimes they throw in some mighty synthpopy elements that have a sort of a Depeche Mode sound. Love 'Em!


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During a production week I spend a lot of time with my headphones on. Mostly to keep my mind on one project instead of thinking about the million other things that need my attention, or murdering my boss. This helps me stay in a happyish place. Now most of you who know me know that my iPod is full of singers that are mad at their dad, but did you also know that I think it is perfectly ok to throw in things like Yanni, Placebo, Michael Buble, Kate Bush, and Johnny Cash? I don’t share it much but music is extraordinarily important to me and I am super protective and private about most things I really love. I think I am mostly afraid of people not liking the things I love and it would truly and deeply hurt me if they were to say something negative. It’s one of my silliest and deepest fears.

 

On the other hand I have a burning desire to share, so about once a week I’m going to feature an artist or band that touches me in some way. I’ve been kicking this idea around for quite awhile now. The original inspiration comes from Ty over at a parallax view. Every Friday(ish) he posts a music video and shares his thoughts and feelings about it.  I love this Idea and well if someone thinks my selection sucks big time well, I won’t know about it because the Internet is awesome!

 

So here’s my first entry of this sort. Mike Oldfield’s music is the first that I can remember. It was played in our home and on road trips for many years. Some of my happiest memories are accompanied by his work.

Having recorded a demo version of Tubular Bells, Oldfield attempted to convince someone in the music industry to take the project on, but was told the project was unmarketable. However, in 1972 he met the young Richard Branson who was setting up his own record label, Virgin Records, and after playing the demo to engineers Tom Newman and Simon Heyworth, he began recording the 1973 version of the album.

Tubular Bells became Oldfield's most famous work. The instrumental composition was recorded in 1972 and launched on 25 May 1973 as the inaugural album of Richard Branson's Virgin Records label. The album was groundbreaking, as Oldfield played more than twenty different instruments in the multi-layered recording made in Branson's Manor studios, and its style progressed continuously, covering many diverse musical genres. It received attention chiefly by appearing in the soundtrack to The Exorcist. (all info samelessly stolen from Wikipedia)

This is one of my favorite Songs: Sentinel off of his 1992 Tubular Bells 2 Album

This one song in no way even begins to cover the vastness of talent and innovation that is Mike Oldfield's music. I truly encourage you to check him out a bit, His music is simply amazing!