12/11/11

Rock Hall 2012 Inductees

For some reason the hall really hates these guys.

11/2/11

Books I Read: October



Whelp, I still enjoy reading books and after finishing Penn Jillette's God, No!, these are the other books I read in October.

10/20/11

Billboard Blitz!!!!!!!!!!!! 10-20


I wonder who will still be around for album #4?

10/13/11

Books I Read: May to early October

After a long break, I'm back to one of my favorite pass times: reading. Here is a list and small reviews of the books I read this past summer. Roughly from May to the first week in October.

10/8/11

Decoded: A Musical Journey with Jay-Z Part 3






Oh god Jay,
look out behind you!!!












Decoded: A Musical Journey with Jay-Z Part 2

In Part 2, Jay-Z moves beyond childhood inspiration and talks about his earliest years in the game. I'm all ears.

Decoded: A Musical Journey with Jay-Z Part 1


(Lol, he looks like Urkel)

I started reading Jay-Z's decoded this week, and decided to listen to every song he mentions in the book. Jay has a pretty different background than I do (I was born in the late 80s, never been that into rap, didn't live in the hood, plus I'm white), so this should be a good way to expand my musical horizons.

9/22/11

9/8/11

Billboard Blitz!!!! 9-7


The VMA Effect
(Queen Guitarist Brian May sitting beside a cross dressing Lady Gaga)

9/7/11

5 Future Jack White Collaborations

Please stop Jack

Since Jack White will obviously do anything to promote Third Man Records, confuse/irritate/outrage his fans, keep his name in the blogger headlines, and work with every musician under the sun, here are 5 future endeavors of the infamous Jack White.

8/14/11

With The Beatles: Review

Looking over the track listing for Beatle album #2, I don't recognize a single song. The album cover is also a bit jarring, looks like British propaganda if you ask me. Ah well, here goes......

The Filthy Fifteen

The songs Tipper Gore doesn't want you to hear.

8/3/11

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!! Evil New Friends

You Have Been Warned

Finishing What Hank Started

Bob Dylan, Jack White, Lucinda Williams, Alan Jackson and a number of other artist have banned together in a new compilation, out October 4, to finish lost songs of Country Music Icon, Hank Williams. Ideas and lyrics were taken from Hank's resurrected notebooks, and finished by the artist on the complication. The  record is named The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams and the track listing is as follows:

7/26/11

The Journey


I've decided to undertake a musical journey for the remainder of the year. Making a list of 25 bands, one by one I'm going to listen to the artist's entire discography, listening to each album at least three times, and writing a small review of each album. By the end I will hopefully have conquered some of the best artist and albums to date. Here's the list.

7/14/11

Billboard Blitz!!!!! 7-14

This week....looks a lot like last week.

7/13/11

Creedance to Reunite?

John Fogerty, Doug Clifford, Stu Cook

7/12/11

Transformers 3: Plot Makes No Sense

Alright movies fans, I'm gonna be completely honest with you. Transformers 3 was better than Transformers 2, but still fucking sucked. Why did it suck you ask, well, because it's a Transformers movie directed by Michael Bay, duh. We're not going to comment on that here, instead we're going to focus on the horribly stupid, makes no fucking sense plot. None of the previous Transformer movies had particularly inspiring or compelling plots, but god-dammit at least they weren't completely baffling and retarded and fucking contradicted the other movies. Here are five reasons why the plot of Transformers 3 is dumb.
(Spoilers ahead).

Hey Mr. Tambourine Man: The Ultimate Versions

Is Liam the Tambourine Man?

7/8/11

Billboard Blitz!!!!! 7-7

Beyonce is this week's Billboard Queen, but you know what her new album reminds me of....

7/2/11

Billboard Blitz!!!!!! 7-2

Another female rolls into Billboard's #1 spot.

6/25/11

Six Pack: Jack's Mannequin

Welcome to a new segment at Muse-Zach, Six Pack, were we run down six key songs from a group in question. Today we will be looking at Jack's Mannequin who will be in Duluth on Sunday playing a show at the Clyde Iron. Jack's Mannequin is a four piece Alternative-rock band from Orange Country, they currently have three studio albums out with a fourth due this summer.

4/5/11

Great New Music


Proably the most beautiful song I've heard in 2011 so far. It just captures you, I found myself singing along on my first listen.


TV On The Radio can do no wrong. They're funky, soulful, chaotic, and powerful on every release. Following two masterpieces, Return to Cookie Mountain and Dear Science, Nine Types of Light will undoubtedly be amazing.


Jack White + Danger Mouse = Ahhhhh Yeahhh That Shit is Awesome.

4/2/11

Cee Lo Green headed to Lollapalooza this summer according to his official website.
Bands expected to join him inclued:

3/31/11

Billboard Blitz!!!!!!!! March 31

Chris Brown lands atop the Billboard Top 10 as debuts once again storm the charts.

3/30/11

5 Reasons Sucker Punch Sucked

I was recently sucker punched when I paid $8 to see a piece of shit movie called Sucker Punch and sadly realized I was never going to see that money again. Fuck I should have bought the new Strokes album instead. At least the theater I saw it in served beer so the entire experience wasn't horrible. Here are the 5 reasons this film sucked:

The Office Sucks...Now

Oh Season 3 cast back when this show was still good


Concert Adventures: Nathan Rateliff

3/10/11

Billboard Blitz!!!!!!!!!!! May 10

Debuts Fight Their Way into the Top 10
 The Grammy hold loosens its grip this week. New releases are beginning to blossom and the old guards we've seen week after week are finally beginning to disappear further down the charts. So let's take a looksee, and maybe make a few new friends.

3/8/11

Weird Bands: The Mynach Birds

A band that featured both Neil Young and Rick "Superfreak" James

Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit coming to America. Fuck Ya!!!!


I absolutely love Johnny Flynn's 2010 album Been Listening. It is simply modern folk done to perfection with amazing vocals, lyrics, and band accompaniment. I found myself singing along to his album on the first listen, joining in on grand choruses their second to third run through. I've been told that his first album, 2008's A Larum, is even better, and I will certainly have it before going to see Johnny in May. Yep, Flynn and the boys are invading America for a month long tour, and I will with 100% certainty be at the Minneapolis date. Hope to see some of you music lovers there.

2/24/11

Billboard Blitz!!! Feb 23

Grammys, what evil has thou brought to the Top 10?