http://www.alternageek.org random thoughts and insanity Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:31:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en New video from OK GO! Which is so completely cool its not even funny. Just hope they dont have a case of the Weezer syndrome where the videos make the band..... http://www.alternageek.org/2010/03/02/this-too-shall-pass/ this just came through via twitter: @nineinchnails: ? http://www.nin.com/?id=96673 which is a link to this: aHHHHHHH new music sooooooooooon!!!! http://www.alternageek.org/2010/03/01/trent-reznor-teases-us/ and no it not pop... lol. Florence + The Machine's album Lungs. Its so beautiful and Im so mad it took me over a year to sit down and really listen to it. Im ashamed to admit it took 'Dog Days Are Over' to be used for the promo of the ... http://www.alternageek.org/2010/03/01/my-new-obsession/ Best. Commercial. EVER!!!! Why cant we get anything like this in the UK? http://www.alternageek.org/2010/02/20/tickets-to-that-thing-you-like/ [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="333" caption="A Rothschild giraffe mugs for the camera"][/caption] http://www.alternageek.org/2010/02/16/wassup/ 'Samantha' As performed on Jonathan Ross on Friday night. Makes me excited if theres a new record out. Even if its without Melissa and Eric :( http://www.alternageek.org/2010/02/14/hole-is-back/ Im not a huge Pink fan (well LOVE the colour, but not so much the singer) and just saw a video of her performance at last nights Grammys and Im in awe of her. She did this ALL live.  Amazing. No lip synching, no help from 'backing vocals' etc. A straight ... http://www.alternageek.org/2010/02/01/pink-at-the-52nd-annual-grammys/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/25/americans-claim-asylum-britain They hail from the land of the free, the home of the brave, a place where it is said anyone can prosper regardless of colour, creed or religion. But dozens of Americans have tried in recent years to gain asylum in the UK by claiming they were persecuted in their ... http://www.alternageek.org/2010/01/25/45-americans-applied-for-asylum-in-the-uk/ I dont know. I havent updated in a while because the guys have left me a wee bit disheartened (DVD preview screening only being in the US, 2 shows announced - but in NYC) and a few other things have left me feeling not so, um, great about the guys. Ill still ... http://www.alternageek.org/2010/01/23/what-to-do-with-the-site/ I know Perez Hilton isnt the source of all things reliable, but he just posted this little bit of interesting information: http://perezhilton.com/2010-01-23-kings-of-leon-get-new-deal And it's almost unheard of! Kings of Leon have left Columbia Records for Warner Brothers where they will be paying to record their own albums! The band will pay half the recording ... http://www.alternageek.org/2010/01/23/the-new-future-of-the-recording-industry/