Rock Band DLC

This week's release of Megadeth's album, "Rust in Peace," is momentous to me because it ticks off another song on my DLC wishlist -- "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due." Since I change my DLC Wishlist (available on the Rock Band website) when ever a new song comes out, I often forget which songs I've checked off in the past. I've gotten Judas Priest's "Painkiller" and Electric Six's "Gay Bar," as well as Iron Maiden's "Hallowed Be Thy Name" and Motley Crue's "Kickstart My Heart." That's why I'm going to post my current five song Wishlist here, in hopes that after these songs come out, I can remember what I've wanted.

Airbag by Radiohead
Eruption / You Really Got Me by Van Halen
Knights of Cydonia by Muse
Let's Go Crazy by Prince
Baby Baby Baby by EndeverafteR

I realized Prince will probably never make it to a game, and I know that Van Halen already has a Guitar Hero game (albeit a terrible one, which is sad considering I love VH), so that won't come out either. I don't see anything holding up the other three, though.

The EndeverafteR song is probably the least well known of the five, so here it is!

The Descent

While The Descent was up and down, it had incredible use of color (especially red, blue and green). Is it worth watching? Sure. I didn't think it was incredible, but it sure was pretty to look at throughout.

Downtown Owl

It's a testament to Chuck Klosterman that he can write a 250 page novel where, essentially, nothing happens for the first 220 pages and yet I'm still hooked.

I think it works because it's so wholly something that I've never seen before. Who would think to write a book where no noticeable events happen for 90 percent of it? That isn't to say that characters don't undergo tremendous personal growth, but much of the novel is spent focusing on characters sitting or driving or drinking.

It's exactly what I was hoping for in a Klosterman novel. It so closely resembles his non-fiction work because of the level of realism he creates. Everything seems plausible and everything seems reasonable.

LOST Observation #26

Richard Alpert has a true sense of who he does and doesn't answer to, and I'm really interested in finding out just who ranks above him. I think this is one of the biggest things I'm interested in discovering.

(From Whatever Happened, Happened)

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[Richard takes Ben from Sawyer.]

MAN: [Steps forward] Richard...You shouldn't do this without asking Ellie. And if Charles finds out--

RICHARD: Let him find out. I don't answer to either of them.