One Day As A Lion-Zack De La Rocha Side Project

I like Rage Against the Machine. It's one of the few rap groups I do like. Their rapper, Zack De La Rocha left the band a while ago to do this project (he's back with them now so I don't know what's gonna happen to this project, but that's a different story).

Yes, It sounds like Rage. A lot like Rage. But it takes rage a step farther. Yes, the guitar isn't nearly as advanced as the stuff that Tom Morello plays, but with just one guitar, a keyboard, and drums, I think it sounds more advanced. How? Well for one it doesn't seem as crowded as Rage. The focus is a lot more on the vocals. The lyrics are the same political craziness that you see in Rage, but again, he takes it farther. He sings.

Yes, you heard (or read :-P) right. Zack De La Rocha sings on this album. He is actually not bad. It has a kind of wolfmother vibe to it. It adds to the whole experience quite well.

So there you go. It's Rage Against the Machine minus crazy guitar and plus singing. If you don't like rage you won't like it, but if you do like rage and have an open mind I highly recommend you check it out. It's a great package. I can't wait to hear the full-length if it ever comes out.

3/5

Zune vs. Ipod-Who wins?

I haven't posted a new post in a while. Of course, no one reads this so it shouldn't matter, but I'd still like to have a few posts on a regular basis for anyone who might stumble on my blog.

Anyways, I'll get to the point. Which MP3 player is better? The Apple Ipod or the Microsoft zune. Well, each have their pros and cons. Itunes has a bigger library of music due to it being the most popular. They also have the most games (well, all the games since you can't play games on a zune) and podcasts.

But there is one thing that sets these two apart by leaps and bounds: the zune pass. Fifteen dollars a month and you can download all you want. Itunes is a dollar a song. If I paid the money that I would've paid buying my songs off of Itunes I would've spent around 4000 dollars. Yes, the tracks you download off the zune marketplace won't work if you cancel your subscription, but boo-hoo. It'll take like 40 years for the money I spend on zune pass per month to equal what I would've spent buying each CD or downloading off of Itunes.

Now there are things that cost extra, Metallica, Black Sabbath, and Led Zeppelin tracks all are not available to download using the zune pass. You have to buy them, but there are millions of other songs that you don't have to pay for and that's what makes the zune wins in my oppinion.

Now that I can nearly every album on earth I sure as hell will do some more reviews soon. If you have anything you want me to check out, be sure to email me.