So Brandon is out of town for the next couple days so you have me Butch to bring you the geekery you all crave.

You might remeber back to a post a while back about a band called the Minibosses. After this post my life was changed. Then I wasted a couple hours seeking out other classic video game music. The biggest thing I was looking for was remakes of old NES games I played as a kid. One place I found which most people know about is OverClocked Remix which has a bunch of games I have never played, not really what I was looking for. So I continued my search when I stumbled across this tetris song, with mad thrashing guitars. I thought to myself I have found what I have been looking for: the band PowerGlove. The song is free to download here: PowerGlove-Tetris. You can also listen to 3 more songs on their myspace page. Support them if you like them!

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Inspired by the unbelievably restrictive DRM license applied to the latest Coldplay CD, Groklaw came up with thier own licenses for the use of pizza. While hilarious, they are actually no more restrictive than the rights applied to the CD.

This FOOD PRODUCT has been manufactured for usage only in specific FOOD PRODUCT cooking devices and storage containers and might not be usable with the following devices:

* Some FOOD PRODUCT reheaters that have the capability of reheating competing products

* Some microwave heating devices with pre-defined “Pizza” or “Sandwich” buttons

* Any FOOD PRODUCT cookers which operate utilizing Celsius temperature scale

* Some FOOD PRODUCT cookers or reheaters with convection capability

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from the incredibly reliable news site The Onion:

The Recording Industry Association of America announced Tuesday that it will be taking legal action against anyone discovered telling friends, acquaintances, or associates about new songs, artists, or albums. “We are merely exercising our right to defend our intellectual properties from unauthorized peer-to-peer notification of the existence of copyrighted material,” a press release signed by RIAA anti-piracy director Brad Buckles read. “We will aggressively prosecute those individuals who attempt to pirate our property by generating ‘buzz’ about any proprietary music, movies, or software, or enjoy same in the company of anyone other than themselves.” RIAA attorneys said they were also looking into the legality of word-of-mouth “favorites-sharing” sites, such as coffee shops, universities, and living rooms.

I love the “unauthorized peer-to-peer notification of the existence of copyrighted material”, lol. I wonder, just how far away are we from this scenario? I bet three years ago people would have thought the current Sony rootkit debaucle would be equally as absurd. “Sony infects our computers with rootkits to prevent copying songs! Thats crazy talk!!”

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OK, so apparently I’m a little late to this party. For several years now it seems that classic NES themes have been remade into totally awesome rock songs by my new favorite band, the Minibosses. Thanks to commentor “Jerk” for pointing us to this life-changing site - I know I’ll never be the same.

On their site, they sell a few CDs but clearly state that they are cool with mp3 sharing. So for the past 24 hours I’ve been reliving all my favorite NES games in my mind. If you search their forums (or even google them) you are bound to find lots of download mirrors. So get to it - these guys ROCK!

minibosses site