Peein’ In A Bottle Video on YouTube

Hola Geeks! Ok, now I KNOW some of you are World of Warcraft fans (lovingly known as Warcrack to those who are addicted) because it’s a proven fact that geeks can actually derive essential proteins and bioflavanoids via their eyeballs while playing this game. (No. Duh.) “Fans” is kind of a funny word to use, but the English language falls short for our purpose. Some of my friends and I simple call it “The Game” as in:

Muskratboy: “Hey, what game do you wanna play?”

RB: “Duh, THE game.”

or

RB: “Dude, you wanna play a game?”

Muskratboy: “What game?”

RB: “THE game!!!”

anyway, I digress…

Some of our best buds work for American Television Distribution (Producers of Stag) and luckily, they let us borrow their expensive cameras at night to film whatever nonsense we can come up with. Well, here’s your first dose of nonsense from the newly formed off-hours comedy troop known as “Skippy McLizard”.

Enjoy fellow geeks, we did this for you. And before you ask, YES, squirting that much EZ-cheese in your mouth and eating it like that IS pretty F’in nasty… Taken in that volume, it takes on a real strange cinnamony taste. Even stranger than that, is that my spell check let “cinnamony” go. That’s a real word? Even more strange-o than THAT is the second time, it DIDN’T let it go… What the F is goin’ on here?

Anyway, enjoy, fellow Warcrackers and EZ-Cheese gulpers.

-Love n stuff-

RB

Link to “Peein’ In A Bottle” Video on YouTube

No, no, it’s not a hoagie, but by this time, you already know that, because Guitar Hero 1 has already swept the world and spawned a boatload of imitators and successors. Thankfully no one’s cholesterol has been raised by all the cheese factor being perfected as kids jump around on beds with their wireless 5 button guitars, imitating guys who’s names they don’t even know… That S.O.B. even comes with a guitar strap so they have insurance that you get nuts with it.

To get to the point, I’ve been playing music since somewhere around 8 years old, and now I’m 0×24. (Well of course it’s in hex, this IS ‘Two Bald Geeks’ right???) and my first and strongest instrument is guitar. I’ve taught a bunch, and teaching rhythm can be one of the most challenging portions of the process, depending on the student of course. I think Guitar Hero should be a prerequisite at this point for young budding musicians, because you can gather so much technical ability from this toy, reguardless of how old you are, and I can almost guarantee you will have a good time, unless you are more docile than a box turtle. Most of all though, it will help your rhythm. That’s right, no studies, no statistics, (sadly, no stock ownership either… blerg.) and I’m telling you flat out that I know this will help your musicianship. If you say you’re a musician and will whip this things ass, I say guess again, your rhythm isn’t as strong as you think it is. Think I’m joshin’? Go rent this bad boy, and beat it on hard. (No, I’m not even ASKING for expert… That’s just crazy talk.)

After spending some time with this thing, my conclusion is that it IS a toy, but not JUST a toy… If you focus on your form, and use your right hand the way someone actually uses a pick, when you get a real guitar in your hands, it WILL be easier. I convinced Right Brain to get one of these because of my incessant bragging about the songs I so elegantly whipped the night before, and now I think his wife has a reason to hate me. He’s a long time musician as well, so I’m sure he will have something to say about it…

Just for the record, I’ve been playing Guitar Hero II, I have no experience with I. What I’m saying here is that this toy will HELP things be easier when you approach a real guitar, not that they will just BE easy. It’s a whole new world when you move to having your two hands REALLY be responsible for the sound the strings are making, fine tuning your hands to differentiate between strings, reading music, developing your ear, list goes on and on…

We were talking about doing a sort of community service YouTube video demonstrating correct hand positioning, various moves required on Guitar Hero and how they relate to real guitar, and any helpful info we can come up with to help aspiring musicians get the most out of this game. Anyone have any interest in this? Anyone know of any other super-fun rhythm games? Anyone want to tell me “I’m a purist, go buy a Ramirez classical, send the kid for lessons with a guy who’s name ends in -slov, and kick his ass into shape, video games are for knuckleheads, and you don’t know jack!” (If that last one is your response, send me your address and I’ll send you a shoehorn to help loosen up your…