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as Capt. Picard and Doctor Who did Shakespeare. It's nice of CNN to give us sci-fi geeks who actually crossed continents for this one some love. I guess this article contains spoilers if you've never seen or read Hamlet.Patrick Stewart's shorter than you'd think and David Tennant (here's pics from the play, not mine, though, no cameras allowed and I wasn't going to do ANYTHING to get me kicked out!) is even skinnier than you imagine him to be. The guy that plays Polonius is the guy that sa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sweet ReliefThe free MP3 will be available on our web site later... for now check out our new video for "Sweet Relief":
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Come say hi to us on other sites!Social networking is out of fucking control lately, it seems like there's a ton of sites that all do the same thing. I guess that is the nature of the beast when it comes to the Internet. There's 100 different sites that do the same shit and invariably, your friends will be spread apart into different ones, and when you're in a band, you need to be on all of them. Which we pretty much are, so I just wanted to round up all the different networking sites that you can "friend" us on (and anoth ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2012Here's the video for the new song, cut with some scenes of their favorite post-apocalyptic flicks!
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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shirley Manson on Terminator TV show!I haven't had a chance to watch this show yet (but I'm planning on getting the DVDs over the summer), but if Shirley Manson from Garbage is going to be on The Sarah Conner Chronicles, it gives me one more reason to watch it. And it gives the show the first rock n' roll connection since Arnie was in a G n' R video.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Dark HalfEmbryonic twin sister found inside nine-year old's stomach! Damn. Makes me think of one of my favorite Bruce Dickinson songs, too.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Reason Humanity Should Not Be Destroyed #8Edwyn Collins battles back from two strokes to still perform live. When the only other news about music is who Amy Winehouse punched and which jail Weiland's going to be spending tonight in, it's nice to see actual uplifting music stories. Edwyn Collins had to re-learn all of the songs that he wrote after a severe brain hemorrhage in 2005.It's a moving story about the triumph of a man who teetered on the edge of death and came back. There's no irony to get in the way.Here's a video from his ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 78In this episode, we do a quick "Hello" to the podience and talk a little about the upcoming show this weekend. The episode ends with a clip of Axiom performing "Neanderthal" at the Polo Room!
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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Why I've got a well......there's prescription drugs in our drinking water. Although, I have a ton of nitrates in my water (I even had to get a Culligan filter in order to buy the house because of the fertilizer the University is using in the experimental farmland next door.) I'm not one of the flouride conspiracy theorists but how many chemicals are our bodies evolved to handle when one substance comprises so much of our anatomy? And if that's not enough to make you not trust the authorities, the British (who ar ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Machines that can read your mindMan, it's been bad news all week, so how about something that's real deal awesome. They've finally developed a machine that can almost read your mind. You heard me right, this machine is the first step on a path where a computer can visualise your dreams, take the images right out of your imagination and put them in a way other people can see them. How do you think this could revolutionalize art? Isn't art the physical manifestation (whether it's pictures, sound waves, movies, words, whatev ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RIP Jeff HealeyJeff Healey was only 41 when he died last night. And I was just thinking about him this weekend too, when I was stringing up my guitar and it was on my lap I was thinking about playing it Jeff Healey-style (he was blind and learned to play with his guitar on his lap.)One of the first covers that Ben and I learned back in high school was his version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" as well. And don't forget he was also the guy that rocked Patrick Swayze's joint in Road House!
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Happy Leap Day... Quantum Leap Day!We put together this little video to celebrate the party that can only happen once every four years and to honor our man, Scott Bakula! Don't forget we're having a Quantum Leap Day party at the Sunspot Headquarters in Madison tonight as well at 6:30pm. If you don't have a copy of Cynical, the album, "Scott Bakula" is on, you can get it on CDBaby or you can download the song right now from
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bird BoySome weird shit from Mother Russia, this poor seven year-old can only speak in "chirps" because his mother left him locked up in a room with birds all the time. Poor guy was probably mentally ill and his mother didn't know what to do with him so she locked him up. Here's an interesting (albeit, kinda stupid) discussion on it that made me laugh a few times (especially when someone asks, "I wonder if he can really communicate with birds?" Like he's the frickin' Beastmaster!
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Heidegger Paradox by Sunspot VideoHere's a video for our song "The Heidegger Paradox". Thanks to The Guppy Effect and Mr. Robert's in Madison, WI for providing the party!
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wednesday Night Eclipse - Big Chance For RomanceIf you're looking for something special to follow up your V-Day to get some panties wet and some undies tight, there's a lunar eclipse tomorrow night. It's gonna be big and it's gonna be colorful and it looks like a perfect opportunity to get to Makeout Point.Plus, when you look at the sky, you never know what you're going to see! This is an eclipse that you don't need to poke a hole in a paper plate to watch, so I'm definitely going to be out there.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website "Alive Day" Torchwood VideoAlright, after watching all those awesome Doctor Who fan videos from season one a couple years back, I've wanted to make a fan video using one of our songs, but it was hard to find an appropriate song. We just finished a recording of a brand new song, "Alive Day", and I made a video for it from clips of Torchwood Season One. It's one of my favorite shows currently and I thought the subject matter of the song and the TV show fit perfectly.Please let us know what you think and if you dig the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Simpleology / Onlinemusicfame.com ContestENJOY!
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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Farm of Dr. MoreauHat tip to Tim for this article on breeding sheep who have human organs. He accompanied it with a comment on all the new jokes we'll be able to make about sex with sheep (not to mention the actual sex we'll get to have with sheep!) I've heard that idea before (not the sex, but the organs, well, I have heard about the sex, you know what I mean), but I didn't know how far along they were on the research. At this point, the ethics committees are still keeping a close eye on everything but you ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Snow's really coming down now [Flickr]sunspot_mike posted a photo:
It's perfect Packer weather, but it's getting a little cold on the Treo keyboard punching fingers.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website First two minutes [Flickr]sunspot_mike posted a photo:
are a little rough but I still believe.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DJ Malcolm [Flickr]sunspot_mike posted a photo:
from Citizen King is DJing!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website I can spit on Brett Favre from here [Flickr]sunspot_mike posted a photo:
Not that I would and ruin his concentration pre-game!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gameday! [Flickr]sunspot_mike posted a photo:
Me and my brother in law at Lambeau Field, kick off's at 3:30.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 75It's our 75th (Diamond Anniversary, not Blowjob) podcast and the first of the New Year!Direct Download Link : http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_75.m4v
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And it's Joe's BIRFDAY!
I heard the King Club's closing down. What. The. Fuck?Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lot 74 [Flickr]sunspot_mike posted a photo:
Are fun as fuck!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Axiom [Flickr]sunspot_mike posted a photo:
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Wow, these pics are dark.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Underculture [Flickr]sunspot_mike posted a photo:
Old school rock and roll at The King Club.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Magical MurderWeird shit going down in Sioux City that reminds me of all of the Satanic Ritual Abuse horror stories we used to hear when we were little (well, I used to hear about them anyway.)Here's a little blast from the past, maybe I watched too many talk shows.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On The Third Day of Christmas, My True Love Gave To Me...The Doctor Who Christmas Special is already on YouTube! In our secularization, most people forget that The Twelve Days of Christmas is more than just a song, it's a tradition to party for all twelve days, ending at The Epiphany. The biggest party occurred on the final, Twelfth Night (Shakespeare even wrote a play about it.)It's funny that as our traditions change, we're already back to work and the only thing that most people are looking forward to is getting obliterated on New Year's Eve a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 74Sunspot in the van and "Eat Out My Heart" live from the Hexagon Bar in Minneapolis, MN 12-15-07.Direct download at http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_74.m4v
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ike Still Loves Ya, BabyHis later life wasn't as glorious, but without him, none of us would be in business. I just didn't know that Ike Turner was 76! RIP
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 73Sunspot stuck in the ditch before practice!
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The scientists are trying to figure out the V-Drums as we speak!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Much Better Roads [Flickr]sunspot_mike posted a photo:
For our drive to Racine to Renwood Messenger Studios this morning. It was a fairly ugly morning but we're up now and in a fairly good mood even if our heads don't necessarily agree with us.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website We made it [Flickr]sunspot_mike posted a photo:
It's on!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Taking a break near Point [Flickr]sunspot_mike posted a photo:
Nobody's dead, yeah!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 7brrrrrOn the way to Wausau and terrified!Direct download link: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_72.m4a
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We're still planning on making it to Wausau tonight and are on the road. It's one helluva storm and if we can't make it we'll let everyone know immediately. Until then, it's half speed ahead!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 71It's an educational episode as we teach you how to change your oil at home as we change the oil in the Sunspot Van using Amsoil. Plus the usual lovable ridiculousness...Direct Download Link: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_71.m4v
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NOOOOOOOO!Jennifer Love Hewitt's engaged?! My adolescent dreams are shattered!Remember when she put out an album?Does every popular young actress since the late 90's have to become a singer as well? J-Lo, Meadow from the Sopranos, Lindsay Lohan, etc... I don't think Sarah Michelle Gellar did though. In other bad news today, there's also a claim that my man, Charles Bukowski, was a Nazi. I call bullshit on that one. He may have been a prejudiced old prick (which I'm sure he'd even admit to), but sympa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 70Day 4 and the final leg of the journey of Mike and Wendy visiting the Taxi Road Rally in LA.What an awesome experience, we can't wait to come back next year!Direct download link: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_70.m4v
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 69Day 3 of Mike and Wendy visiting the Taxi Road Rally in LA, slightly less debauchery than the night before, but more informative!Sorry this one's up a little late but we just got back from the convention and boy are our arms tired!Direct download link: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_69.m4v
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Last day of the conference and I'm exhausted. Just hit the panel on film and TV licensing. So, I got to hear the perspective from people who put in the music to shows I really respect (like The Shield which is supposed to have a new season sometime soon, right?) What they said? Sad and slow songs only work for soap operas, a ton of music in a film is picked because of whoever the directors or actors' friends there are in bands, and don't bother submitting any ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunspot Road Mania - Ep. 68Day 2 of the TAXI Road Rally at the Westin in Los Angeles.Direct download link: http://www.sunspotmusic.com/roadmania/sunspot_rm_68.m4v
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