Synthesis Magazine Blog

See You In The Parking Lot: The Dead on Tour

spencer — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:07:49 +0000

Whatever Killbot, if you want the real shit, go see THE DEAD. I’ll be the one in the parking lot, finger in the air mumbling “mirrrricle.” If you’re a hippy and want more info, go here. Date: City: [...]

Drop What You’re Doing: Phish Is Reuniting

Dallas VonKillbot — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:59:08 +0000

Apparently only Ryan, our graphics mastermind, and I are the only Phish fans in the office. It’s not like a passive distaste for them either; I threw on a track from their live album today and I’m pretty sure I almost got beaten to death. Well to confirm their statement given on Oct. 1st, Phish [...]

Two Tongues EPK

Dallas VonKillbot — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:17:39 +0000

The countdown to the Two Tongues record is counting down pretty fast now, and I’m pretty excited about seeing how people react to their debut. I’m pretty sure that this disk is going to be hit or miss with a lot of the Say Anything and Saves The Day fans, but for what it’s [...]

Synthesis Band You’ve Never Heard Of…OF THE DAY!!11 - O Vesicae & The Found Mountain

Daniel Taylor — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:40:25 +0000

The brainchild of former Sherwood guitarist turned wandering minstrel of the West Coast, Chris Armstrong, O Vesicae and the Found Mountain also includes production genius Chris Keene of Surrogate

Autoimmunity, Obesity, and the Ecology of Health

Daniel Taylor — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:57:28 +0000

The always engaging Charles Eisenstein ruminates on the twin scourges of modern health, obesity and Autoimmune disorders in a two part series for Reality Sandwich

Synthesis Band You’ve Never Heard Of Of The Day: By Sunlight

Dallas VonKillbot — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:48:57 +0000

We’ve been lacking hard in the Band You’ve Never Heard Of postings, so lets kick it off again with a group of indie killers. Hailing from Seattle, WA, By Sunlight are gaining notoriety around the North West and West coast areas. Their shimmery sound has been crafted over the years under their former [...]

Video Matt Is Pissed At Pete Wentz

Dallas VonKillbot — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:40:35 +0000

I think it’s safe to say we don’t have an excessive amount of love for most of the up and coming emo-pop-synth-rockers around the office. It’s probably because we’re either A. too pretentious to admit when a group of 18 year olds writes a hook that we wish we would have thought of, or B. [...]

Michael Jackson Isn’t Feeling The Recession

Dallas VonKillbot — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:21:42 +0000

With stock prices bouncing up and down and the sub-prime mortgage crisis causing the value of homes to plummet, it’s a damn good time to have some extra cash laying around. Personally, if I had an extra couple million laying around I would just buy GM, get super hammered and drive Corvettes around on [...]

Fuck Metallica: Believe In The Sword

spencer — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:38:35 +0000

Don’t get me wrong; I love Metallica… Well, at least I loved Metallica back in the day when they still wrote badass, heavy songs and Cliff Burton was alive, smoking bongs and living the storied life as the epitome of hessian bass players. But Metallica might be shooting themselves in the foot by allowing Austin [...]

Badass YouTube Music Moment: “Nothing Compares 2 U” by Gavin Castleton

spencer — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:53:55 +0000

Okay, If I wasn’t a Prince fan I probably would not have watched more than 20 seconds of this, but after Gavin Castleton gets his loops going the song really becomes his own. Check it out. Sinead would be proud. Tags: castleton | Music | prince fan Related posts Xmas Music: The Yule Logs (0) Woe is me, [...]

Paris Hilton Says She’s “Only Slept With a Couple of People”

Daniel Taylor — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:06:16 +0000

Paris Hilton has only slept with "a couple of people," because she respects herself too much.

Get Video Matt on MTV

Daniel Taylor — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:30:37 +0000

Our little boy, Video Matt, is all growed up. You can tell by all his tattoos. Anyways, he's trying to stretch his wings and fly, and has entered himself into the running to be a host on MTV

Stop the presses: Ron Asheton of the Stooges has died.

spencer — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:26:03 +0000

No fun. From AP: DETROIT (AP) — Ron Asheton, the guitarist for the Stooges whose raw sound helped inspire the first generation of punk musicians, has died. He was 60. Asheton was found at his Ann Arbor home early Tuesday morning by police officers after they were called by an associate who had not heard from [...]

Obama’s New Whip Looks Like The Batmobile

Dallas VonKillbot — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:31:56 +0000

I’m going to try to stray away from stereotypes here, but I make no promises… The Secret Service are going to be unveiling the new presidential limo soon, but spy photos have already hit the web (makes you wonder how they can be responsible for protecting the leader of the free world but can’t keep fucking [...]

Mudvayne On Tour this February

spencer — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:22:38 +0000

Good news for you Midwesterners…that is, Midwesterners who crave the rock radio stylings of pseudo-metal sweethearts Mudvayne. The band is hitting the road to promote their new album The New Game, you can find their February tour dates and most recent press release after the jump. Me, I kinda miss all the face paint. The [...]

The Bad Plus (Joined by Wendy Lewis) - “For All I Care”

spencer — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:11:00 +0000

The Bad Plus (Joined by Wendy Lewis) For All I Care Heads Up / Do The Math For the uninitiated, The Bad Plus perform twisted jazz renditions of classical pieces and contemporary pop and rock songs on piano, standup bass and drum set. No mere gimmick, their arrangements are expertly crafted, reinventing the source material into grandiose, thick, [...]

Sanjay Gupta For Surgeon General?

Daniel Taylor — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:10:43 +0000

President-elect Barack Obama has offered the job of surgeon general to Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the neurosurgeon and correspondent for CNN and CBS, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation

Apple Announces End to DRM, Tiered Pricing on iTunes

Daniel Taylor — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:50:33 +0000

Apple Inc. closed its final appearance at the Macworld trade show Tuesday by cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online store to as little as 69 cents and disclosing that soon every track will be available without copy protection

Layaway Plans For Concert Tickets?

Dallas VonKillbot — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:10:06 +0000

I’m sure we’re all feeling pretty crappy right about now with this recession looming over our heads. Here at the office, we’re being charged $.30 for every square of toilet paper we use and we’re stealing wireless internet from Starbucks, but I guess you gotta do what you gotta do to make ends meet, AMIRIGHT? Considering [...]

Random Internet Moment of the Day

Dallas VonKillbot — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:36:00 +0000

It’s a little early to be making statements about the whole day, but I think we have a winner here. It seems that Anon is at it again, this time causing a picture of a plane running into the twin towers to come up in the Google hot trends (#3 below). I’ve got to admit, [...]