I'm a dead man...

[thatshortguy]

As some of you may remember, I do the rare work for an online music magazine. Well, I recently received a preliminary list of albums I am to review within the next couple of months.

It's a lot of albums, so needless to say that between this and my videogame day job, no tengo tiempo mucho, if you weel.

Thought I'd share the list with you guys, because I like making people jealous like that...

...and the fact that I will share the love. But you didn't read that here. Host policy and all.

Remember this is a preliminary list, so card subject to change and all that:

Acceptance - Phantoms

Aimee Man - The Forgotten Arm

American Hi-Fi - Hearts On Parade

At The Drive-In - Anthology: This Station Is Non-Operational

Ben Folds - Songs For Silverman

Better Than Ezra - Before The Robots

Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust

Canibus - Hip-Hop For Sale

Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up

Eels - Blinking Lights & Other Revelations

Garbage - Bleed Like Me

GZR - Ohmwork

Gorillaz - Demon Days

Joe Perry - Joe Perry

Millencolin - Kingwood

Mindless Self Indulgence - You'll Rebel To Anything

Mike Doughty - Haughty Melodic

Meat Beat Manifesto - At The Center

New Order - Waiting For The Sirens' Call

Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth

Nikka Costa - can'tneverdidnothin'

Rob Thomas - Something To Be

Robert Plant & The Strange Situation - Mighty Rearranger

Stevie Wonder - A Time To Love

Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth

System of a Down - Mezmerize

Wednesday 13 - Transylvania 90210

Weezer - Make Believe

Edited April 7, 2005 by The

[Guest Ringmaster]

Share the love Midgey. Oh God, share the love.

[Krazy_K]

You will be cut if the SOAD album is bad.

[thatshortguy]

Tristy...you can come blow me anytime.

I will be receiving "With Teeth" by the middle part of this month.

[Docpepper]

Share the love is definetly right Garbage is an awesome band

[Krazy_K]

Ok.

Do you want my address now or should I wait until you get the albums I want?

[MalaCloudy Black]

Haha, Tristy's probably gonna be jealous 'cause of that Canibus release.

[Liam]

Shit, man, some good stuff in there. This is why I wanna work in music media, lots ot free stuff >_>

[Joyous Rós O Ceallachain]

The lack of Britney Spears or Celine Dion on that list makes me laugh at the credibility of the site. LAUGH I SAY.

I wish I was as cool as you

[DMN in the House]

Damn.

Dibs on Wednsday 13.

[Summers]

At The Drive In? American Hi Fi? Mindless Self Indulgence? Lucky man, lucky man.

Edited April 5, 2005 by Summers

[cauti0n]

American Hi-Fi - Hearts On Parade

At The Drive-In - Anthology: This Station Is Non-Operational

Ben Folds - Songs For Silverman

Mindless Self Indulgence - You'll Rebel To Anything

Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth

System of a Down - Mezmerize

Weezer - Make Believe

[zero]

The new Garbage disc is called "Bleed Like Me" just for future reference. And it comes out a week from today!

[YI]

Man, lucky you.

Millencolin's album is pretty average (I never really was a massive fan). Mooseman's Jukebox is awesome though. There's 4 other pretty good songs (Farewell my Hell, Shut You Out, Biftek Supernova and Ray. Birdie isn't too bad either). Woah, new GORILLAZ!!!! (I've been listening to the fist album non-stop for like 2 days after finding it under my bed) I can't wait. You my friend are a lucky bastard.

[ROC]

Gorillaz - Demon Days

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[tristy]

I'm going to wait until May to listen to With Teeth.

I'm interested in the Canibus record though.

[Ash J. Williams]

you lucky bastard...I'd kill for that Weezer CD

edit: I see the new Mike Doughty CD on that list now...I would officially kill for your job.

Edited April 5, 2005 by Ash J. Williams

[GRIFT]

I am probably the only one to salivate over Devils and Dust... Oh man. Share the love.

[TAFKA Castroneves]

Remember anything apart from top marks for SOAD's new album will be looked down upon...

Although if it's crap we'll let you off.

[Carnage]

So how'd you actually land this killer job?

[GoGo Yubari]

Gorillaz - Demon Days

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Is the Gorillaz FINALLY releasing a new disc?

Sweet. ^_^

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Yup. I've only heard two songs from it but it's shaping up to be really cool.

This is lovely, Midget. Though god, I hope that Weezer album won't be as bad as the single makes it seem like it might be.

[Lord Nibbler]

Canibus - Hip-Hop For Sale

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[tristy]

Back With Heat

You Don't Wanna Play No More

Full Battle Rattle

Hip Hop (What Ya Want?)

Those 4 songs should be on "Hip-Hop For Sale", without a doubt.

[thatshortguy]

The new Garbage disc is called "Bleed Like Me" just for future reference.  And it comes out a week from today!

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Thanks, Zero. I knew what the album title was, I just put the wrong name with it. Zuh.

Gorillaz - Demon Days

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Is the Gorillaz FINALLY releasing a new disc?

Sweet. ^_^

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Yup. I've only heard two songs from it but it's shaping up to be really cool.

This is lovely, Midget. Though god, I hope that Weezer album won't be as bad as the single makes it seem like it might be.

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Indeed, although Danger Mouse has taken the place of Dan the Automater (Dan's badass, whereas I find DM a bit vanilla.)

And that Weezer song is more badass once you see the video. Weezer + Playboy Mansion = every nerd's ultimate dream...minus an Alienware laptop with a AMD Ath. processor >_>

Canibus - Hip-Hop For Sale

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Nottz, who produced for the upcoming album, said that the leak of The Vitruvian Man mixtape messed up the release of HH4S, implying that a lot of the tracks on there (excluding the freestyles) were meant for the album. I hope it's not true, and if you could post up a tracklist when you do get the album, that'd be much appreciated.

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Will do.

So how'd you actually land this killer job?

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Okay, this goes back a while, so sit tight.

1998: Midget gets the internet. Dial-up, but yay nevertheless. I became a regular at the Chris Cornell forums, because I really didn't know any better. While there, I began conversing with a woman from California.

As time passes, it turns out that she had recently started up an online magazine with the hopes of getting published. When she learned that I was into writing (and especially once she had read some of my work), she immediately offered me a position there. To quell my parents' fears of "dear gawd, it's wun'o'dem'dar chyld moe-less-turs", she actually sent us a press kit with a photo of the house, her hubby, etc. Even the family cat.

I still remember getting two demos as part of my first package. Both were very small-time bands. I reviewed both CDs. The first demo I checked out had a kinda rap-rock thing going on and some nice bass work. I gave it a decent review, although I noted that the vocalist had a limited range and that the drummer could have used some more variety in his fills.

That CD was an advance copy of "Infest", and the band was Papa Roach.

The second CD I listened to was a five-song demo...a lot heavier, although the grooves were more than present. The guitarist and drummer were both quite good at their craft, while the bassist was able to hold his own. However, the vocalist just absolutely killed it for me. His style just caused me to lose all interest in the stuff because they seemingly relied more on his monkey-like growls and gutteral noises than actual melody.

That CD was Disturbed's last demo before they were signed up.

Alas, I've done editorials, reviews, and even helped interview Wayne Static of Statc-X (along with Full Devil Jacket and a few others) in the time between then and now. I've had the chance to see the night where Ozzy played his last Ozzfest before going off for surgery (Ozzfest 2002), one of Pantera's final tours (Ozzfest 2000), the first night were James Hetfield couldn't make the stage and singers from the opening acts were called upon to sing (Summer Sanitarium 2000), and countless other things. All for free.

Woo.

[Ash J. Williams]

....you are the luckiest mutherphukker in the world...there is no other way to put it.