Have an Epic Friday

Epic Friday! First up is the Song of Durin. Really nice work by Youtuber colinjohnrudd. Tolkien himself would be proud of this interpretation!

Always love the following song, The Tower, when it comes on the local classic rock station – didn’t realize the full awesomeness of the song and band until I saw the promo video:

Booker T & The MG’s

Everyone look into a mirror and repeat after me: I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, I deserve some Booker T and the MG’s

Booker-Loo, live from 1968:

Here’s two more funky guitar instrumentals one after the other; Fuquawi and at 2:32 Jamaica This Morning:

Back, Buying New Soul, RIP Harry Harrison

Actionsuit is back (and now on Facebook) after a brief hiatus traveling the Mid-West solving crimes with only our spiritual training and martial arts skill as a guide. What better way to come down back to reality than with a some live Porcupine Tree?

Today we dedicate our music to Harry Harrison, science fiction author, who passed away today according to his website. io9 has a great obituary.

 

Business Time, Let’s Go To Work, and Delicious Chicken Sandwiches

Two videos today which point to when the real business time in our life begins – anytime you’re not at work! And a bonus tasty recipe for a fried chicken sandwich Chik-Fil-A style. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but I’m just not into pickles.

Tools to Learn Songs

As Actionsuit preps for a week long jam session on the beautiful rocky shores of Door County Wisconsin I thought I’d post a few of the tools we use to learn songs.

  • Lyrics: MiniLyrics is a great program that works with any number of media players on your Mac or PC and scrolls the lyrics while it plays.
  • Lyrics online: By far the best online lyrics search and display I’ve found is Sing365.com. Not only does it have a minimum of ads, it also provides excellent printable views.
  • Metronome: Their are literally hundreds of free and customizable metronome websites, as simple or complicated as you need, some also with companion apps that work on your phone. I like this one.
  • Guitar tuner: gStrings Android phone app. Free, simple, and works flawlessly.
  • Youtube tools: Loop the Tube; and two Chrome browser extensions; Youtube downloader, which will download and covert videos to mp3 and Youtube Options, which will set viewing and experience options for viewing Youtube videos (like size, disabling autostart, etc.).

And now for the fun part. School is in session for Little Barrie, The Dead Weather, and The Knack; these go out to Dr. G: