the wrath of raf

Siouxsie in Wrath of the Lich King

nobody@vox.com(raf) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:09:42 -0500

The latest of a long line of pop culture references to hit the World of Warcraft.

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Rock Band

nobody@vox.com(raf) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:00:54 -0400

The new Rock Band website pulls your stored Xbox Live character data and lets you do some fun stuff. I need to start buying some gear for my avatar.

raf (Rock Band 2)

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Rock Band 2 Set List

nobody@vox.com(raf) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:11:53 -0400

Songs in Red are songs that I got a chance to play when I went to Harmonix for play testing.

AC/DC - "Let There Be Rock"
AFI - "Girl’s Gone Grey"
Alanis Morissette - "You Oughta Know"
Alice in Chains - "Man in the Box"
Allman Brothers - "Ramblin’ Man"
Avenged Sevenfold - "Almost Easy "
Bad Company - "Shooting Star"
Beastie Boys - "So Whatcha Want"
Beck - "E-Pro "
Bikini Kill - "Rebel Girl"
Billy Idol - "White Wedding Pt. I"
Blondie - "One Way or Another"
Bob Dylan - "Tangled Up in Blue"
Bon Jovi - "Livin’ on a Prayer"
Cheap Trick - "Hello There"
Devo - "Uncontrollable Urge"
Dinosaur Jr. - "Feel the Pain"
Disturbed - "Down with the Sickness"
Dream Theater - "Panic Attack"
Duran Duran - "Hungry Like the Wolf"
Elvis Costello - "Pump It Up"
Fleetwood Mac - "Go Your Own Way"
Foo Fighters - "Everlong"
Guns N’ Roses - "Shackler’s Revenge"
Interpol - "PDA"
Jane’s Addiction - "Mountain Song"
Jethro Tull - "Aqualung"
Jimmy Eat World - "The Middle"
Joan Jett - "Bad Reputation"
Journey - "Anyway You Want It"
Judas Priest - "Painkiller"
Kansas - "Carry On Wayward Son"
L7 - "Pretend We’re Dead"
Lacuna Coil - "Our Truth"
Linkin Park - "One Step Closer"
Lit - "My Own Worst Enemy"
Lush - "De-Luxe"
Mastodon - "Colony of Birchmen"
Megadeth - "Peace Sells"
Metallica - "Battery"
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - "Where’d You Go"
Modest Mouse - "Float On"
Motorhead - "Ace of Spades"
Nirvana - "Drain You"
Norman Greenbaum - "Spirit in the Sky"
Panic at the Disco - "Nine in the Afternoon"
Paramore - "That’s What You Get"
Pearl Jam - "Alive"
Presidents of the USA - "Lump"
Rage Against the Machine - "Testify"
Ratt - "Round & Round"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Give it Away"
Rise Against - "Give it All"
Rush - "The Trees"
Silversun Pickups - "Lazy Eye"
Smashing Pumpkins - "Today"
Social Distortion - "I Was Wrong"
Sonic Youth - "Teenage Riot"
Soundgarden - "Spoonman"
Squeeze - "Cool for Cats"
Steely Dan - "Bodhitsattya"
Steve Miller Band - "Rock’n Me"
Survivor - "Eye of the Tiger"
System of a Down - "Chop Suey"
Talking Heads "Psycho Killer"
Tenacious D - "Master Exploder"
Testament - "Souls of Black"
The Donnas - "New Kid in School"
The Go-Go’s - "We Got the Beat"
The Grateful Dead - "Alabama Getaway"
The Guess Who - "American Woman"
The Muffs - "Kids in America"
The Offspring - "Come Out & Play (Keep ‘em Separated)"
The Replacements - "Alex Chilton"
The Who – "Pinball Wizard"

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Dexter Season 1

nobody@vox.com(raf) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:47:20 -0400

Dexter - The First Season

Wife and I just finished watching Dexter Season 1. I had read the book that the series has based on, "Darkly Dreaming Dexter", and felt the show did a great job of retelling the story. I felt this way until I watched the last episode. I was pretty upset to see how much differently they decided to end Season 1 from the book. Dexter was supposed to set his brother free; Deborah, Dexter's foster sister, is supposed to know the truth about Dexter, and LaGuerta is supposed to be dead. Sure the show took other liberties along the way, but I found these to be the most offensive.

I finished listening to the second Dexter book today and I was hoping that Season 2 follows in its footsteps. From what I just read on Wikipedia, that is not the case. Michael C. Hall does a great job of portraying Dexter so I may watch Season 2 when it is released on DVD.

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the wee one on twitter

nobody@vox.com(raf) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:22:36 -0500

The stuff that the wee one verbalizes is just getting to good to not have some record of, so I started up a twitter account for her that I will update whenever she says something profound or poignant.

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nin pack dlc

nobody@vox.com(raf) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:27:21 -0500

So the Rock Band Nine Inch Nails pack came out earlier than rumored. I gave it a test run on guitar (Expert) and drums (Hard). I still have yet to complete my Rock Band drum career on Hard and I was prepared to drop the difficulty down to Medium if necessary.

Anyway, the entire pack is great. All great masters and it seems like the levels for whatever instrument you are playing are really jacked up. I wonder if Trent Reznor had a hand in remastering the tracks for Rock Band. The March of the Pigs drum line was not as insane as I was prepared for it to be. The guitar for it was deceivingly difficult because of a quick triplet with a chord change thrown in there. I am sure with more playthroughs, that ~~gimmick~~ part will be a breeze. The song is short however. The Collector track is alright. Nothing memorable there and nothing that made me sweat on drums or guitar. The Perfect Drug track is the highlight of the pack. Great drum solos that had me going "where the f did that hit come from", great tempo changes, and varying difficulties across both drum and guitar of this long song to keep you on your toes. I thought I had a 100% on guitar when the song through something unexpected.

I could see myself going back to The Perfect Drug time and time again for the fun of playing it, while I could see myself trying to master the March of the Pigs for pure show. If you can't afford the pack, pick up The Perfect Drug. Well worth the money.

nine inch nails - Perfect Drug

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