Hedberg

"NyQuil on the rocks. For when you're feeling sick...but sociable!"
- Mitch Hedberg

Album review: Mitch Hedberg - Do You Believe In Gosh

Mitch Hedberg is one of the greatest comedians of all time.

I'm usually not a fan of posthumous releases, but this one isn't too bad. This live performance was recorded before he died and not released until now. It was definitely a work in progress; several jokes he starts and just quits in the middle. But overall, classic Hedberg, right on key. As usual, you can tell he's drunk and/or high in the recording. He also does a great job ad-libbing and riffing with people in the audience.

What more can I say? Mitch is hilarious.

Mitch Hedberg - Do You Believe In Gosh: 4/5

Rockers who live lives away from the stage

Rockers who live lives away from the stage

Excellent article, all about rockers who have diversified their lives. The downfall of rock music is that it seems to suck in the one-dimensional eccentrics who have no hope of doing anything else.

"...the band has had a number of radio hits and maintains a large international following. Amid all this, Graffin eventually earned a PhD from Cornell University and became tenured at UCLA. He now divides his year between teaching and playing with Bad Religion."

Graffin is the leader of Bad Religion, one of the best punk rock bands of all time. They've released numerous incredible records since the 80's. And he still finds time to teach at UCLA for half of every year. Another of my favorite bands, who was regrettably left out of the article, is The Descendents; nerd-punk rock pioneers who only tour every few years because their lead singer is a well respected biochemist.

Anyway, interesting article. It's nice that rockers occasionally get credited for things other than being drunk.

Rock on,
- Jon

Music and personality

Interesting article I just read, claiming to have a proven link between personality and favorite musical genre:

Music Lovers Have Much More In Common Than You Would Think


And for those that don't feel like reading the article:

What your music says about you

Indie: Devotees have low self-esteem and are not very hard-working, kind or generous. However, they are creative.

Rock 'n' Roll: Fans have high self-esteem and are very creative, hard-working and at ease with themselves, but not very kind or generous.

Blues: High self-esteem, creative, outgoing and at ease with themselves.

Classical: Classical music lovers have high self-esteem, are creative and at ease with themselves, but not outgoing.

Heavy metal: Very creative and at ease with themselves, but not very outgoing or hard-working.

Reggae: High self-esteem, creative, outgoing, kind, generous and at ease with themselves, but not very hard-working.

Country & Western: Very hard-working and outgoing.

Dance: Creative and outgoing but not kind or generous.

Rap: High self-esteem, outgoing.

Rock on,
- Jon