Shivering at the Outside Lands Music Festival outside lands 1

When you’re climbing uphill in a smelly hipster sandwich, shivering despite your winter coat and three layers of clothes, you start asking yourself if seeing this next band was really worth leaving your nice, cozy spot behind

Stoned Temple Pilots in Manila stone temple pilots

Yesterday morning, Marco gave me the shock of my life when he said he won two tickets to Stone Temple Pilots in Manila! The Our Awesome Planet Facebook page held a small giveaway for two tickets, where contestants send Anton an email saying why they deserve to win them. Anton had already picked a winner,

I Am Your Twitter Beatles Song Personality Reader

I would like to develop a new skill. Unlike writing or cooking, this new skill I have in mind doesn’t have any practical purpose at all. I’m not even sure if I can call it a skill, really, but at the very least it makes for an interesting topic for those awkward social situations where

The Banana Gangbang Rock Festival

Have you always wanted to see the editors of The Man Blog do something besides be fat, mean, and manly? Did you know that rock music is the evil spawn of Satan? Would you like to get your face melted off by overripe yellow bananas of awesome? If your answer to all three questions is

Random YouTube Goodness

Yargh. School and personal issues are eating me alive, so I probably won’t be able to write a proper entry til after finals week. Meanwhile, I just discovered YouTube and I thought I’d share my favorite videos with you. Enjoy! XD Placebo/Brian Molko favorites: + Fuck Napster. Brian Molko pissed off at people not paying

High on Placebo

Ever since I got over teenage angst and a huge crush on Silverchair frontman [tag]Daniel Johns[/tag], I never became a fangirl of any particular male music artist. That is, until I heard the song “Pure Morning” by [tag]Placebo[/tag] a few weeks ago. The drumbeats, the lyrics, and the overall feel of the music made me