Joshua Bales

I'm just this guy, you know?

The Last.fm Scout

Sitting at Boston Stoker right now, experimenting with the extremely awesome Last.fm and putting the finishing touches on a short story.
Last.fm is pretty damn cool. It’s an online music service which tracks what you’re listening to, based on that, recommends other music to you. So you search for a band you like, listen [...]

ANTHEM FOR A NEW TOMORROW

Looks like this summer Ben Weasel will be releasing a new album, entitled “These Ones Are Bitter”:

A bunch of people have written to ask what the new album (These Ones Are Bitter) is like. That’s a hard question to answer because I’m about the last guy who could answer that objectively. Using my past records [...]

MERRY CHRISTMAS, PART 2

Holy shit.
Jackson Publick and the guys at Astrobase Go! have created a Venture Bros.-themed rendition of the song, “Do They Know It’s Christmas Time At All,” for Quick Stop Entertainment. It’s fucking brilliant.
Go listen to it here. Goddamn, do I love the Monarch.
Equally excellent are Venture Bros. versions of “Peace on Earth/Little Drummer [...]

DON’T DOWLOAD THIS SONG

If you haven’t listened to Weird Al’s new song, you really should. It’s quite catchy, and more than a little acerbic. The accompanying video is pretty sweet, too.
JAB

FUCK ME

God damn it. I just had to — had to — click the play button. It sat there on the video, taunting me, and not wanting to be branded a pussy, I clicked on it. I clicked on the Ooga Chakka. And now my dreams will forever be haunted by its [...]