Videos of The Week: AC/DC, MJEX, Boy Bands & REM

  1. AC/DC make nerdy music video
    The world’s first music video made in Microsoft Excel! Does this mean bored office workers are the new rock ‘n’ roll?
    acdcrocks.com/excel/
  2. Boy band want to “get down” with you
    Forget the Oompa-Loompa tans already sported…

Sites of the Week

  1. Why That’s Delightful
    Graham Linehan’s blog is a daily compendium of hilarious online oddities brimming with the Father Ted creator’s caustic personality.
    whythatsdelightful.wordpress.com
  2. More Cowbell
    Remember the SNL “More Cowbell” sketch? Finally there’s an online tool for cowbell fiends hungry for…

Band of Blogs: Passion Pit, Little Joy, Katy Perry, Black Kids

  1. Passion Pit
    Get ready to be excited by Passion Pit, an electro-pop outfit from Massachusetts. Their sound is somewhere between The Avalanches and The Postal Service. Ones to watch in 2009?
    myspace.com/passionpitjams
  2. Black Kids featuring Lil Wayne
    Florida’s Black Kids get…

News Bytes

  1. After years of resistance, the remaining Beatles have given their blessing to a Beatles version of Rock Band (due late ‘09), thus allowing gamers to virtually play along to the Fab Four’s extensive catalogue a la Guitar Hero.
  2. The latest challenger…