Reaping the benefits of CSI fame, the Who were lucky enough to grace the Super Bowl halftime show one last time before they roll out the wheelchairs, dentures and diapers. But they definitely proved they can still rock. Here’s a vid of my baby boy, Drummer Joe, rocking out at halftime.

Definitely not my Browns, but congrats to the Saints for making it so that the Colts did NOT win.

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Greetings, fellow music lovers! My name is Amanda and I’ve been bloggin’ around all over the interwebs for at least 3 years now. I suppose I shall start with who I’ve been listening to lately & why:

• Junior Boys (Canadian R&B/electro!)
• Sister Sledge (awesome chick disco!)
• Little Richard (total underrated singer/performer!)
• Peaches (coolest woman of all time!)
• Belle & Sebastian (the best storytellers!)

(You might say that I have a pretty random music taste…)

I also make music as well as listen to it. Check out Atlantic Tiger on Myspace to hear my stuff (I’m also on Facebook under Atlantic Tiger). Don’t ask how I got the nickname…

Anyhoo, I’ll be posting album and concert reviews to Steamroller, as well as any other musical blurbs that come to mind. For now, I’d like to get to know the readers and bloggers alike. Who have you been listening to lately? Why?

• Amanda

1. Angus & Malcom Young – AC/DC
2. Nathan, Caleb, Jared, & Mathew Followill – Kings of Leon
3. Mark & David Knopfler – Dire Straits
4. Max & Igor Cavalera – Sepultura/Cavalera Conspiracy
5. Vinnie Paul & Dimebag Darrel – Pantera
6. Eddie & Alex Van Halen
7. Noel & Liam Gallagher – Oasis
8. Jonny & Colin Greenwood – Radiohead
9. Bob & Tommy Stinson – The Replacements
10. Dan & Justin Hawkins – The Darkness

Simple as that, chew on that!

When the Steamroller team contacted me about blogging on their site I thought, “Awesome, another way to force my opinions on those who could care less about what I have to say”. Do I think this is Ideal? You bet! But sadly I am a bit out of the loop, (the last thing I bought was a disc by jazzer Tommy Flanagan recorded in 1983, which, ironically, was probably one of his latest). Most of what I get to listen to these days is whatever my 4 year old doesn’t make me turn off, and (if I can get away with it) whatever is playing on the Fox or CBC while we’re on our way to the park.
So here’s the deal, I’m counting on you to hit me up and tell me what’s floatin’ yer boat. Tell me which bands you like, and I’ll listen to see why you like ‘em. Tell me about your band, and what it is your group is trying to do. Turn me on to cool record shops, or even music themed eateries: whatever as long as it swings, rocks, grooves, rhymes, slams…
You can check out my old band on Myspace. We were UNIT29. Or if you wanna find me it’s Dean Pawliw, also on Myspace. Feel free to tell me to go suck an egg if you feel so inclined, ‘cuz I just delete those messages anyways. So, here I sit awaiting your ear candy in my own special musical purgatory.
Dean Pawliw.

I heard a Silverchair song on the tuner today and it got me wondering what the lovely Daniel Johns, target of my many teenage affections, looks like these days. I gotta say it was a little disappointing. I mean, the man is beautiful, but in a less strapping hot man way and a more he’d-make-a-good-mascara-commercial way. Right? Kinda village people crossed with creepy sex offender dilly? With really nice bone structure? He looks like he should have graced the 70s with his presence and been named Larry. Anyway. It got me thinking, which rock n’ roll guys are the hottest? I know! Totally deep, right? And you wonder why I didn’t finish a philosophy degree…

In a VERY particular order, my top ten rock hotties:

	1. Drummer John – Creator of this blog and my baby daddy. I know I’m kinda biased but who can resist the incessant hook ‘em horns and trademark goatee. Plus, have you ever seen him play the drums? He’s mine ladies, mine. Back off, get your own sandwich.
	2. Chris Cornell – ZOMG, am I right? Come on. What do you say about a man this beautiful? And on top of that, he can sing like nobody’s business. I heart Chris Cornell 4ever.
	3. Damon Albarn – Baby-faced lead singer for Blur and Gorillaz. I dunno, he has this sometimes ugly, sometimes hot look about him. Like it totally depends on which day you catch him. But when he’s hot, he’s seriously hot.
	4. Jared Leto – remember when he was Jordan Catalano on My So Called Life? Yeah you do. That’s all you cared about when they cancelled the show and all you’ve dreamed about since.  Now he has some band… whatever, he’s hot.
	5. Brandon Flowers – Frontman for the Killers. He’s the Hot Fuss they were talking about.
	6. Gavin Rossdale – He’s so pretty he’s almost a chick.
	7. Scott Weiland – In that strung out, don’t-give-a-f%ck kinda way. And the dancing… the dancing.
	8. Eddie Vedder – I love this guy in and out. I don’t listen to Pearl Jam all that much, but this man is a loveable soul.
	9. James Hetfield – He’s got that nobody-better-lay-a-finger-on-my-butterfinger, i’m-gonna-bleep-you-up type look that is just so irresistible. Kinda like Reagan in the Exorcist.
	10. Michael Stipe – I’ve always been a huge REM fan. Stipe isn’t necessarily traditionally hot, but he’s a yummy guy nonetheless.

If this had been the most beautiful men in rock, I would have included Kurt Cobain, but I dunno, I never really found him hot, per se. Honorable mentions go to: Sufjan Stevens, Caleb Followill and Chino Moreno. Although Stevens is more folk than rock, but whatever. Who did I miss? Post in the comments!

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WOW. Frances Bean Cobain. Wow.

The album includes a ukulele-driven cover of Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart” and a power ballad called “My Space” that features a fairly stunning lineup of famous folks on backup vocals: “Weird Al” Yankovic, Andrew W.K., Tegan and Sara, My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way, and the goth-pop author (and Palmer’s fiancé) Neil Gaiman, as well as– holy shit– Francis Bean Cobain, the daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, who probably knows a few things about feeling weirdly removed from society ever since birth.

Pitchfork: Frances Bean Cobain, Tegan and Sara Join Amanda Palmer’s Twin Project

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Yeah dude, uhh, yeah. Drummer John sounds like that after a Denny’s Grand Slam.

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I tag about every song I hear and like on Shazam, even if I know it already, so I can tweet it and post it to Facebook. Why? because I like to show off what I’m listening to. But check this out: Shazam geo-locates every song you tag, and it makes a map of them. This is mine:

Very interesting. Life is repetitive, hey?

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No Criteria here, just some cool rock dudes with cool rock beards. I’m sure I’ve missed a bunch so please comment on your favorites!

	1. Dimebag Darrel – Pantera Gone long before his time. Losing Dimebag was perhaps the biggest tragedy in rock history, nonetheless his beard lives on.
	2. Kerry King – Slayer This guy is just all around bad ass of rock/metal. Oddly enough the last time I saw Pantera live, Slayer opened. During “Fucking Hostile” Kerry King joined Pantera on stage and played side by side Dimebag.
	3. Eric Clapton His heroin years provided not only my favorite Clapton music (outside of Cream), but also his best beard.
	4. Page & Plant – Led Zeppelin The late 60’s saw these two legends sporting some pretty kick ass looking facial hair. Some of my favorite photos of Zep are when they are all bearded.
	5. Nick Oliveri – Mondo Generator/Queens of the Stone Age Bad ass mofo, kick ass beard, but I am of the opinion that he should play naked less often.
	6. Paul McCartney – The Beatles He went through a few beard phases over the years, but the “Let It Be” years are my favorite. He looks mature, yet wild at the same time. Can you say “bro-mance”?
	7. Max Cavalera – Soulfly/Sepultura The dreads make the beard, or maybe the beard makes the dreads. I dunno. Cool guy from Brazil makes good with heavy, heavy, heavy music.
	8. Dave Grohl – Foo Fighters One of the coolest guys in rock over the last 2 decades, perhaps taking over from one James Hetfield. Ouch, sorry James.
	9. Billy Gibbons & Dusty Hill – ZZ-Top You know, I really didn’t want to include these guys simply because it’s too obvious, and let’s face it their beards have been their gimmick for decades. None the less here they are. Oddly enough Frank Beard (their clean shaven drummer) didn’t make the cut.
	10. Jame Hetfield – Metallica As mentioned above, arguably the “coolest” guy in rock since the early/mid eighties. Though this decade has hurt his “coolness” to a degree, he’s still often sporting some super kick ass beards. Go James!
	Honorable mention 11. Jesus This guy was rockin’ way further back than any of these others.

Vancouver is going to be hosting the Olympics in a couple of weeks and Mother Nature, it seems, has a bit of a sense of humor. There is no snow on the mountains and the forecast looks like it’s just going to be way above seasonal. As such, Vancouverites have been scrambling to stockpile snow at the top of the mountains and much has been discussed about flying in snow from all over the world. It’s a bit of a clusterbang and if you ask me, it’s just Karma – when they take money, medicine, food, clothing and books out of children’s hands so they can host a party for two weeks, they have to expect some things aren’t going to go right, no? What goes around comes around.

So a Vancouver artist, aptly named Bodhi (Karma… Bodhi… Get it? nah…) Jones, has written a little ditty about the predicament called Hey El Niño and though it’s kind of funny, it’s actually a pretty nice track. Check out the video on Facebook: The Olympic Snow Song and follow Bodhi on Twitter: @thebodhijones

Oh and check out his web site, where you can download his entire album free: Bodhi Jones

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