Do you think Macromedia is annoyed about the Boomerang Chair
- NNDB, an IMDB for… people. Totally unlike a phone book. [Via CollisionDetection]
- Beastie Boys vs Beatles = Beastles
- The Who vs. Beach Boys = The Who Boys
- Move over Lil Jon, here comes Chopper Girl. No, really…check out this flow

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Why didn’t anyone tell me Flogging Molly were playing tonight?

In the vein of “How You Remind Me Of Someday” (scary proof that Nickelback is in fact not only copying Creed, but copying themselves note-for-note), we now bring you Coldplay Vs Sum 41, proof that…well, that Sum41 sucks by ripping Coldplay off note-for-note.

As if you needed proof that Sum41 sucks.

[Nickelback via Brandon@Nintendorks]
[Coldplay vs Sum41 via Matt@Birdman, on Mishpucha]

For those who have not heard it yet, here’s new Orders latest addition to their oeuvre (tell ME I’m not a pretentious wordsmith), Kranky.

Is it me or is it halfway between True Faith and Accentuate The Positive (e-lim-inate the negative).

Maybe it’s just me.

I know there are a ton of people who read this blog (well… a couple at least) who are or have been in the music biz, so mostly to them I pose this request for comments (inspired by a random flip through my iPod that landed on the Tsar record…remember them?):

Name a band that you’ve worked that flopped commercially (in whatever relative definition you use where you work), but you think deserved to be a success. A band you’d wish had caught on but just didn’t stick. A record you still listen to and think “too bad we couldn’t break them”

I’ll start with two.

First from my TVT days, the band Wayne. Influences ranging from the power-pop of the Raspberries to the quiet singer/songwriter of Nick Drake, the album is sweet without being wimpy and tight without sounding forced. And yet if someone wants to be nice and check the soundscan, I’d bet it never broke 20K.

My overlooked Sony band is Ari Hest, which I spoke about in detail in my top 10 review. It looks, however, like Columbia is going to pick up and run with this project, and if anyone can break singer/songwriters with mainstream appeal, it’s them.

So, what bands do you look upon as a missed opportunity?