Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Hump Day Helper -- Joe Reefer Birthday Blast

Because it's Wednesday, and we all need a pick-me-up to make it through the rest of the week in our respective hells, WDR is providing some fun.


Continuing the birthday celebration for Joe, we're throwing up a video of what's probably his all-time favorite band. Before they started embarrassing themselves with songs like "Love Hurts", Incubus used to be one of the most exciting bands out there. The kind of bad that in the age of boy bands people would say "hey, these guys might just represent the future of rock".

Of course, that was back when they did things like take musical chances. Example: this song right here. Plus, it features some of the goofy humor that Joe loves so much.

The time has passed for hand-me-downs,
Choose anew, please evolve,
Take flight...

Monday, March 23, 2009

Happy Birthday Joe Reefer!

Normally we would allow the author to write his own birthday post. But Joe is probably on the run once again trying to escape child support payments. Or he's just being lazy. It's one or the other, with no room in between, or room outside of that box of choices. Enough with the ramble, on to the birthday wishes.



Enjoy.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Hump Day Helper -- Zhuang-O Birthday Edition

Because it's Wednesday, and we all need a pick-me-up to make it through the rest of the week in our respective hells, WDR is providing some fun.



Fresh off the celebration of Mr. Zhuang's birthday, we're providing a video from his all-time favorite artist for the Helper. Of course, what with Universal Music Group's restrictive youtube policy, it's hard to find an embeddable video. So even though the choice kicks some serious ass, don't read too much into it--it's just what we could fit.

This one comes from the "Broken" EP, which outside of NIN-circles doesn't get much play. There's probably a reason for it--a song like this is the reason why we can use "brutal" in describing some music. However, in cases like this, it's meant as a compliment. You have to also love the contrast between Trent and Vrenna's intensity to the guys tooling away on the computers.

Smashed up my sanity
smashed up my integrity
smashed up what i believed in
smashed up what's left of me
smashed up my everything
smashed up all that was true
gonna smash myself to pieces
I don't know what else to do...


Bonus points if you can pick out the appearances by superstars of 90s alterna-rock Richard Patrick and Marilyn Manson.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Happy Birthday Mr. Zhuang!

Normally, we would allow him to do his own post for such an occasion. But he's claiming he's busy for some reason. Giving some excuse about "finals" or other such nonsense. So we're throwing up this half-assed excuse of a post to celebrate, regardless.



Enjoy.