Extempore #13: 10,000 Maniacs

There's a colossal disparity between that band's striking name and the music they made.

Extempore #11: YouTube guitar pedal reviews

Rules for reviewing a guitar pedal on YouTube:

1. If you can't make a decent quality recording, don't bother. A scratchy webcam video isn't going to give people an idea of what the pedal sounds like.

2. People are watching the video to hear the pedal. Nobody wants to watch you unbox the fucking thing,

3. You know how action movies usually start with an action scene before they spend some time building the story? Play something before you start talking.

4. If you're reviewing with one or more other people, spare us the comedy routine.

5. Refrain from playing 10 minute blues jams and play some fucking chords once in a while. This is paramount if you're reviewing a distortion pedal.

6. If you're reviewing anything other than an overdrive or distortion pedal, shows us what it sounds like in tandem with one or both of those effects.

Extempore #7: McLusky

Not having McLusky around hurts music.

Extempore #6: Eep

Regularly updated blogs are for pussies.

Extempore #4

For the 50th post on this blog, I would just like to say that ZEPPELIN ROCKS!!!

Extempore #2

Steel drums: fun to play, horrible to listen to.

Extempore #1

If people had any goddamn sense, Metric would be the biggest band in the world.