if only this were an official “deleted scene” from star wars, then i could really rip into george lucas about losing his marbles. it’s not, but it will still make you shake your head. maybe i’m just oversensitive, but it actually gave me the shivers. .
(thanks to glenn, i think.)

also, mess with the drop down menu to great songs by quarby favorites american music club, polvo and more.

it might sound like the lamest concept imaginable, but it wasn’t too lame for skinny puppy: for their song “pro-test.” the gist: some street dancin’ b-boy style dudes are happened upon by a serious group of hardcore goths. what happens? they breakdance, of course. make sure to watch the very last part as the song wraps up, for a good chuckle.
musically, it’s good in a way that reminds me of being 16 again. the moves are actually pretty impressive too.

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you might remember the post about the buffy halloween pumpkin stencils. well check this out — official dark lord of the office nerds.

way, way out there in the jazz spectrum is the yellow lp by . it’s experimental jazz with ditmas on arp, moog, and drums. there’s also trumpet and a little bit of vocals. it’s spacey and intense at the same time. really original stuff. ditmas has played with paul bley and jaco pastorius and is known primarily as a drummer. check out . 1977. wizard records.

yeah, that’s a real guitar. the hair, not so sure.

holding steady to his roots, superfast guitarist michael angelo batio has a new album and song sample available on his website, . you might know him as the guy who did the guitar work on the hilariously bad 80′s slasher b-movie shock ‘em dead. what you might not know is he and his former band nitro appeared in the hulk hogan movie suburban commandos. among his other accolades:

Guitar One Magazine voted Michael the no. 1 Shredder of ALL TIME in their April 2003 issue. Other notable guitarists that made the top 10 were John Petrucci, Paul Gilbert, Buckethead, (the late, great) Shawn Lane and Yngwie Malmsteen.

and make sure to listen to his while on his site. also, a clip from his instructional video that will definitely blow your eardrums and your eyeballs and maybe even your nuts if you watch up to the 2 minute point.

if you’ve got a phone that lets you do fancy-style, full-audio ringtones, but you don’t want to be like everyone else in the office with “lose yourself” playing whenever you get a call, .

“Hey, this is Henry Rollins. Answer your fucking phone.”

is a kitschy-cool cross-shaped lanyard for your iPod shuffle. it’s just $13 and lets you rep christ while you rock jars of clay! sweet.
(thanks, li’l c.)

if you want to emulate the darpa challenge but don’t have the multi-million dollar budget, here are some steps to show you . the video link is broken but you can watch it by .