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(1:52:48 AM) Jordan: Geo TV: Six people have been killed after suspected U.S. drones fired three missiles at a house in South Waziristan, Pakistan.
(1:52:51 AM) Jordan: what is going on over there
(1:53:14 AM) Me: america
(1:53:21 AM) Jordan: america :|
(1:53:33 AM) Me: you're a sensitive aesthete
(1:53:38 AM) Me: brush the sauce onto the meat
(1:53:44 AM) Jordan: yeah, that is what i was thinking, but i did not want to be a queermo about it
(1:53:52 AM) Jordan: congratulations on being a queermo
(1:53:59 AM) Me: it was kind of awesome
(1:54:02 AM) Jordan: yeah
(1:54:04 AM) Jordan: alright
(1:54:07 AM) Jordan: but you're still a queermo

The art show went pretty well. We skipped "Radar Love" because it was kind of a disaster and totally not ready for performing. I'll go in-depth with links and everything tomorrow after work.

Looks like it's time for one of these again!

The How's My Driving? Meme

Damn it, Jordong.

edit: This is now my designated Code Geass + CGR2 rage post. I'll be editing it as I watch the series. Every outburst will have its own LJ cut with date and approximate timestamp so you can better follow my slow descent into insanity and hatred of chessmasters.

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ROCK BAND DLC 12/30

Since Christmas is bringing the week at Harmonix to an early close, HMXSean announced this week's DLC three days beforehand, to our benefit. This coming week, you'll be able to ring in the new year with four songs from Deep Purple, Snow Patrol, James Gang, and Jethro Tull. Tracks and pricing after the jump.

The four singles coming out next week are:

Deep Purple - Space Truckin'
James Gang - Funk #49
Jethro Tull - Hymn 43
Snow Patrol - Take Back the City

You'll be able to get each of these songs for 160MSP ($1.99) starting on December 30th for the XBox 360 and January 8th, 2009 for the PS3.

Courtesy of VGbeat

ROCK BAND DLC 12/23

Happy holidays from everyone here at VGbeat! This week, Rock Band is getting a three-pack of holiday songs from Barenaked Ladies, Billy Squier, and Elvis Presley by way of the Pretenders. Alongside that comes a three-pack of songs from the Foo Fighters. Tracks and pricing after the jump.

In the Rockin' the Holidays Pack, you'll be getting:

Barenaked Ladies - Hanukkah Blessings
Billy Squier - Christmas is the Time To Say I Love You
The Pretenders - Blue Christmas

The pack will be available for 240MSP ($2.99) with individual tracks at 80MSP ($0.99) each.

The Foo Fighters are adding these three songs to their already impressive Rock Band repertoire:

DOA
Times Like These
This Is A Call

The Foo Fighters pack will be available for 440MSP ($5.49) with individual tracks at 160MSP ($1.99) each. All six songs will be available in the XBox 360 Marketplace on Tuesday the 23rd and the PSN Store on Christmas.

Courtesy of VGbeat

ROCK BAND DLC 12/16

That's right, this week Rock Band is going a little bit country, so strap on your boots and saddle up for a pack of five songs from artists like the Dixie Chicks and Brad Paisley. Tracks and pricing after the jump.

The five songs this week are:

Brad Paisley - Mud on the Tires
Brooks & Dunn - Hillbilly Deluxe
Dierks Bentley - Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)
Dixie Chicks - Sin Wagon
Miranda Lambert - Gunpowder & Lead

These five songs will be available as a pack for 680MSP ($8.49) or 160MSP ($1.99) individually starting Tuesday the 16th for the XBox 360 and Thursday the 18th for the PS3.

Courtesy of VGbeat

ROCK BAND DLC 12/9

Practice your best Gwen Stefani impression and be as much of a hollaback girl as you want; you're going to need it for Rock Band this week. 13 songs from No Doubt's The Singles 1992-2003 are coming to the game, featuring some of their biggest songs from Tragic Kingdom, Return of Saturn, and Rock Steady. Tracks and pricing after the jump.

Though "New" and "Trapped in a Box" aren't up for offer, the other tracks from this album include:

Just a Girl
It's My Life
Hey Baby
Bathwater
Sunday Morning
Hella Good
Underneath It All
Excuse Me Mr.
Running
Spiderwebs
Simple Kind of Life
Don't Speak
Ex-Girlfriend

The album will be available for 1600MSP ($19.99) or 160MSP ($1.99) per track. XBox 360 owners can pick it up starting Tuesday the 9th while PS3 players can get it on Thursday the 11th.

Courtesy of VGbeat

ROCK BAND DLC 12/2

This week finally brings Rock Band over 500 songs with three weeks to spare! The nine singles up for offer range from artists like Children of Bodom and Squeeze to the musical stars of Nickelodeon, the Naked Brothers Band. Tracks and pricing after the jump.

First up are six singles from European artists (and one all-American reject).

Children of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet
Finley - Tutto è Possibile
Platero y Tu - Hay Poco Rock N Roll
Squeeze - Tempted
Tokio Hotel - Ready, Set, Go
The All-American Rejects - Real World

Those six songs will be available for 80MSP ($0.99) until January 2nd, at which point they will revert to standard single pricing of 160MSP ($1.99).

The rest of the week belongs to the stars of Nickelodeon with these three tracks:

Miranda Cosgrove - Headphones On
Naked Brothers Band - Body I Occupy
Naked Brothers Band - I Don't Want to Go to School

The two Naked Brothers Band songs will be available for 80MSP ($0.99) permanently. The song by Miranda Cosgrove is completely free. All nine songs will go up on the XBox Live Marketplace on Tuesday, December 2nd and the PSN Store on Thursday the 4th.

Courtesy of VGbeat

ROCK BAND DLC 11/25

Strap on your guitar, sharpen your broadsword, and unleash the fury; this week brings a Yngwie Malmsteen three-pack to Rock Band and Rock Band 2. Joining him are the Killers, Soundgarden, and Lamb of God for a total of nine tracks this week. As a holiday treat, the songs will be available for XBox 360 and PS3 on the same day. More details, tracks, and pricing after the jump.

Legendary dragonslayer Yngwie Malmsteen brings us three songs:

Caprici Di Diablo
Damnation Game
Red Devil

The Killers, though slightly less renowned for their dragon slaying capabilities, also bring three songs this week:

Mr. Brightside
Smile Like You Mean It
Spaceman

Soundgarden is contributing two songs:

Jesus Christ Pose
Pretty Noose

And finally, Lamb of God's "Laid to Rest" is back from Guitar Hero 2 to round out this week. The three-packs will be available for 440MSP ($5.49) or individually for 160MSP ($1.99). The Soundgarden and Lamb of God songs will be available for 160MSP ($1.99) each. These nine songs will hit the XBox Live Marketplace and the PSN Store on Tuesday, November 25th.

Courtesy of VGbeat

As if we haven't had enough tracks in the past two weeks, this week brings ten songs from Dead Kennedys, Mission of Burma, In This Moment, Lacuna Coil, and Crooked X to Rock Band and Rock Band 2. Tracks and pricing after the jump.

The first three-pack this week is a Dead Kennedys pack, featuring:

California Über Alles
Holiday in Cambodia
Police Truck

Following that pack is another from Boston-based post-punk band Mission of Burma.

Mica
That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate
That's When I Reach For My Revolver

The third and final three-pack this week showcases the girls of Century Media.

In This Moment - Forever
Lacuna Coil - Closer
Lacuna Coil - Swamped

Each of the three-packs will be available for 440MSP ($5.49) or as individual tracks for 160MSP ($1.99).

Finally, Rock Band's youngest veterans, Crooked X, will be bringing their song "Gone" to the game for 80MSP ($0.99).

These ten songs will be available on Tuesday the 18th for the XBox 360 and Thursday the 20th for the PS3.

Courtesy of VGbeat

11/11 ROCK BAND DLC

This week's DLC has been announced a day early and is yet another full album; this time, it's the Foo Fighters' The Colour and the Shape. Anyone who just can't get enough Dave Grohl should be having a blast with the twelve tracks that aren't "Everlong", already on-disc. Tracks and pricing after the jump.

Joining "Everlong" are the following tracks:

Doll
Monkey Wrench
Hey, Johnny Park!
My Poor Brain
Wind Up
Up in Arms
My Hero
See You
Enough Space
February Stars
Walking After You
New Way Home

The album will be available for 1600MSP ($19.99) or 160MSP ($1.99) for individual tracks. The Colour and the Shape will hit the XBL Marketplace on November 11th and the PSN Store on the 13th.

Courtesy of VGbeat

ROCK BAND DLC 11/4 ELECTION DAY BLOWOUT

This week brings a record-breaking 25 songs to Rock Band, most of which will be available for free. Along with the already announced 20 free songs, you'll be able to pick up some tracks from Hinder, Fall Out Boy, and the Presidents of the United States of America. More details, including a refresher on the 20 free songs, after the jump.

Appropriately enough, on Election Day, the Presidents of the United States of America are coming out with a three-pack, including:

Dune Buggy
Feather Pluck'n
Ladybug

The pack will sell for 440MSP ($5.49) with individual tracks at 160MSP ($1.99). Also showing up are two brand new tracks from Hinder and Fall Out Boy.

Hinder - Use Me
Fall Out Boy - I Don't Care

Both of those songs will be available for 80MSP ($0.99) each for a month, at which point they'll revert to standard single pricing of 160MSP ($1.99). And just in case you forgot about the 20-pack that's also hitting on Tuesday, here it is again:

The 88 - Sons and Daughters
Authority Zero - No Regrets
Between the Buried and Me - Prequel to the Sequel
The Cab - Bounce
The Chevelles - Get It On
The Cocktail Slippers - Give It to Me
Dealership - Database Corrupted
EndeverafteR - I Wanna Be Your Man
The Ghost Hounds - Ashes to Fire
Hollywood Undead - Young
Kutless - The Feeling
The Len Price 3 - If I Ain't Got You
Lesley Roy - I'm Gone, I'm Going
Opiate for the Masses - Burn You Down
Semi-Precious Weapons - Magnetic Baby
Shaimus - Like a Fool
thenewno2 - Crazy Tuesday
Tickle Me Pink - The Time is Wrong
Underoath - Desperate Times, Desperate Measures
X Japan - I.V.

If you've got Rock Band 2, redeem your game code (found on the back of your manual) at http://register.rockband.com and follow the instructions there to get your 20 free songs. The other five songs will be available in the XBL Marketplace on Tuesday, November 4th and the PSN Store on Thursday the 6th.

We here at VGbeat realize that there's a lot of fun to be had for you gamers this Tuesday, but we urge you, if you can, to take the time out and go vote. It doesn't matter who you vote for, as long as you do it.

Courtesy of VGbeat

HUGE ROCK BAND RELATED ANNOUNCEMENT

In possibly the biggest news in rhythm games since Guitar Hero's creation, Harmonix and Apple Corps held a conference call today to confirm that legendary group the Beatles have signed with the Cambridge-based company to create an entirely new game based on their music. More details after the jump.

The game will be something entirely new; it will not be part of the Rock Band series, but it will use parts of the engine. According to Alex Rigopulos, the game will provide a new way to experience the Beatles' music and include songs from Please Please Me to Abbey Road. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Olivia Harrison, and Yoko Ono Lennon have all signed on to the project and will be involved "every step of the way creatively and musically".

Most importantly, the Beatles are entirely exclusive to Harmonix at this point; the rumored Guitar Hero: Beatles to follow in the steps of Aerosmith and Metallica will never be released. An exact date for the game has not been announced yet, but it will be released worldwide during the holiday season in 2009.

Courtesy of VGbeat

FIRST OFF a big thank you to kaysara and company for TRIVIA NIGHT tonight. We didn't win, but with the first place team at 124 points, 100 points is still respectable. Best moment of the night comes from one of the team names: Don't Play Uno With Mexicans, Because They'll Steal All Your Green Cards. Yeah, I'm going to hell, but you'll all be there with me.

And since I promised ggmoonycrisco I would, it is time for MY FAVORITE MEME OF ALL TIME.

1) Set your music player on random.
2) Post lyrics from whatever number of songs you want.
butts) Get your f-list to guess the songs!

Oh yes and also to make things harder, I might modify the punctuation of some lyrics. But all the lyrics will be precisely as they appear in the song.

( listen well, will you marry me? (remaining) )

( not now, boy (guessed) )

ROCK BAND DLC 10/28

Rock Band is offering a three-pack and four singles this week. The three-pack comes from the deceptively difficult to pronounce Siouxsie and the Banshees (it's like Susie), while blink-182, the Psychedelic Furs, and on-disc stars Silversun Pickups contribute the singles. Tracks and pricing after the jump.

Siouxsie Sioux and her band are adding these three tracks to Rock Band's repertoire:

Hong Kong Garden
The Killing Jar
Kiss Them for Me

The Siouxsie three-pack will be available for 440MSP ($5.49) or 160MSP ($1.99) individually.

The four singles this week are:

blink-182 - Dammit
The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink
Silversun Pickups - Melatonin
Silversun Pickups - Well Thought Out Twinkles

Those tracks will be available for 160MSP ($1.99) each. All seven songs will hit the XBL Marketplace on the 28th and the PSN Store on the 30th.

Courtesy of VGbeat