For some odd reason, the Rock Band team is having technical difficulties uploading the Moving Pictures album by Rush. It's not up yet, and they don't know when it will be. Damn. I was looking forward to this. Once again, here are the songs and their run-times (just for sh**s and giggles)

Moving Pictures (1981) by Rush

Tom Sawyer- 4:33

Red Barchetta- 6:06

YYZ- 4:24

Limelight- 4:19

The Camera Eye- 10:56

Witch Hunt- 4:43

Vital Signs- 4:43

Maybe tomorrow... :(

It was pretty much your usual first day of school. Only difference is that I'm an 8th grader.

We came in, everyone came back from last year, no new kids and unloaded all our sh** onto the floor. Our normal homeroom teacher is out for a month due to surgery, so we have a substitute until she recovers. We met our new music teacher, who made a good first impression on us all. We've had at least 5 people fill the position in the last year, but I think this guy's here to stay. At least until I leave my school for high school. We didn't switch classes, we just spent the day with our homeroom teacher getting sh** organized. I guess it was fun.

Tomorrow ought to be a little worse, with the actual class-switching. Oh, well.

If you will refer to the post that lives just downstairs from this one, you will see next week's DLC for Rock Band. Among them is YYZ, an instrumental track by Rush. Rock Band songs feature guitar, bass, drums and singing parts.

I wonder how this will turn out.

Longest title evar party.

Okay, so now that it's Friday it's officially time to start counting down all the way to Monday. It's my first day of school as an 8th grader, kind of good kind of bad. I've had a great summer, really. So, when are you guys going back?

Also, I thought I would try something different for Friday bloggings. I'm gonna start putting up the DLC for Rock Band that will become available on Tuesday for Xbox 360 owners and Thursday for PS3 owners. So, give me some feedback on this idea. Okay, this week's DLC will be an album download. Rush's eighth studio album and the 27th best guitar album of all time according to Guitar World magazine. All tracks are original master recordings.

Track Listing:

1. Tom Sawyer

2. Red Barchetta

3. YYZ

4. Limelight

5. The Camera Eye

6. Witch Hunt

7. Vital Signs

Here's the tl;dr version: School starts on Monday, Rush's Moving Pictures is Rock Band DLC this week. Have a nice day!

I have nothing to blog about, so I thought I would share some joy with you. But, to share the joy, I need to tell you this first.

I decided to change my sig, because my many fan bars were getting boring. So I put up an achievable picture. Now, the joy-sharing can begin.

The thing in my sig is taken from this video: a PSA from the guys at Rooster Teeth, the makers of everyone's favorite machinima (see "about me") Red vs. Blue.

http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/archive/episode.php?id=296

P.S.-, if someone could tell me how to make links without having to spell them out, that would be awesome.

P.S.S...or um...P.P.S.- Be warned, this video contains strong language and excessive amounts of Caboose. Not intended for people who are afraid their ears will explode if they hear the "naughty words."

...the following people who wouldn't fit in my previous blog. First off, the picture of Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead that wouldn't fit down there:

And now, the Honorable Mentions for Frontmen/Lead Singers:

Jon Anderson of Yes (1944-present)

Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull (1947-present)

Paul Rodgers of Free and Bad Company (1949-present)

Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits (1949-present)

Rivers Cuomo of Weezer (1970-present)

Honorable Mentions for Guitarists:

Steve Howe of Yes (1947-present)

Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits (1949-present)

Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath (1948-present)

Tom Petty (1950-present) and Mike Campbell (1950-present) of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

That's Mike on the left, and Tom on the right

Eddie Van Halen (1955-present)

This is my list of the 10 best everythings in rock.

10 Best Drummers

1. Keith Moon of the Who (1946-1978 )

2. John Bonham of Led Zeppelin (1948-1980)

3. Lars Ulrich of Metallica (1963-present)

4. Stewart Copeland of the Police (1952-present)

5. Ginger Baker of Cream (1939-present)

6. Joey Kramer of Aerosmith (1950-present)

7. Neil Peart of Rush (1952-present)

8. Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead (1946-present)

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9. Bill Ward of Black Sabbath (1948-present)

10. Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers (1961-present)

Honorable mentions: The Rev of Avenged Sevenfold (1981-present)

Jimmy Chamberlin of the Smashing Pumpkins (1964-present)

Trent Reznor of the Nine Inch Nails (1965-present)

Ringo Starr of the Beatles (1940-present)

10 Best Bassists

1. John Entwistle of the Who (1944-2002)

2. John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin (1946-present)

3. Cliff Burton of Metallica (1962-1986)

4. Chris Squire of Yes (1948-present)

5. Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith (1951-present)

6. Michael "Flea" Balzary of the Red Hot Chili Peppers (1962-present)

7. Geddy Lee of Rush (1953-present)

8. Gordon "Sting" Sumner of the Police (1951-present)

9. Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath (1949-present)

10. Jack Bruce of Cream (1943-present)

Honorable mentions: Nikolai Fraiture of the Strokes (1978-present)

Mark Wilson of JET (1980-present)

Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe (1958-present)

Dr. Matt Destruction of the Hives

10 Best Frontmen/Lead Vocalists

1. Roger Daltrey of the Who (1944-present)

2. Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin (1948-present)

3. Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones (1943-present)

4. Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath and solo (1948-present)

5. Jim Morrison of the Doors (1943-1971)

6. Steven Tyler of Aerosmith (1948-present)

7. Bruce Springsteen (1949-present)

8. Geddy Lee of Rush (1953-present)

9. John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival (1945-present)

10. David Lee Roth of Van Halen (1954-present)

upside-down Dave

Honorable Mentions: Tom DeLonge (1975-present) and Mark Hoppus (1972-present) of Blink-182

Jack Bruce of Cream (1943-present)

Tom Petty of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1950-present)

Paul McCartney of the Beatles (1942-present)

10 Best Guitarists

1. Eric Clapton of Cream, Derek and the Dominos, and solo (1945-present)

2. Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970)

3. Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin (1944-present)

4. Pete Townshend of the Who (1945-present)

5. Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones (1943-present)

6. Kirk Hammett of Metallica (1962-present)

7. John Fogerty of CCR (1945-present)

8. Joe Perry of Aerosmith (1950-present)

10. Tom Scholz of Boston (1947-present)

Honorable mentions: Tom DeLonge of Blink-182 (1975-present)

Brad Whitford of Aerosmith (1952-present)

Synyster Gates of Avenged 7x (1981-present)

Kurt Cobain of Nirvana (1967-1994)

Robby Krieger of the Doors (1946-present)

Angus Young of AC/DC (1955-present)

Rivers Cuomo of Weezer (1970-present)

Allen Collins (1952-1990) and Gary Rossington (1951-present) of Lynyrd Skynyrd

Jeez, that took a while. You can probably imagine.

I forgot to put horn solos in my last blog, duh! I knew there was something missing.

Horns

Brown Sugar, Can't You Hear Me Knocking?, B*tch- the Rolling Stones (Bobby Keys)

Same Old Song and Dance- Aerosmith (Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Stan Bronstein, Jon Pearson) [there's a lot of horns in this song]

Rag Doll- Aerosmith (Tom Keenlyside)

Love in an Elevator- Aerosmith (Bruce Fairbairn)

Again, not too many of 'em, but it's a decent sized list, and I'll probably remember more eventually. Until then...

This blog goes out to all those long forgotten instruments that everyone wanted to play before Guitar Hero took over the world. This will honor keyboards, pianos/organs, and string arrangement solos and/or intros that have proven themselves in the world of music. Let's begin.

Pianos, Organs, and Keyboards/Synthesizers

Jessica- the Allman Bros. Band (Chuck Leavell)

Critical Acclaim- Avenged Sevenfold (Jamie Muhoberac)

Highway Star- Deep Purple (Jon Lord)

Foreplay/Long Time, Smokin'- Boston (Tom Scholz)

Constant Motion- Dream Theater (Jordan Rudess)

Tom Sawyer- Rush (Geddy Lee)

Won't Get Fooled Again, Baba O'Riley[for piano and synthesizer]- the Who (Pete Townshend)

Strings

Baba O'Riley- the Who (Dave Arbus)

Afterlife- Avenged 7x (Marc Mann and the band)

As you can see, I don't know of a lot of rock's great string arrangements. But, there's keyboard instruments aplenty. As always, enjoy my selections.

If you read horseygall's latest blog, I was tagged because I wanted to be :P so there.

1. I live in Ohio.

2. I hate country music with a fiery passion.

3. Even though I'm 13, I still enjoy going up escalators.

4. My favorite TV show is Scrubs.

5. If the song you want me to listen to doesn't have a guitar solo (or at least a cool guitar part), I won't listen to it.

6. I have recently found myself in an obsession with modern heavy metal music.

7. I think my best friend (not on this site) is annoying.

8. I do not have a girlfriend.

9. I have two uncles on my mother's side named Tom and Jerry.

10. I am going on vacation to Las Vegas, NV this Christmas.