What do you think?  Is WALL•E jammin’ or what?

It’s easy to give back.  You can donate online, by mail or by phone.  Details on the American Idol website.

You can also just open iTunes, click on the Idol Gives Back banner and purchase some music.  Songs from Snoop Dogg, Fergie, Carrie Underwood, Miley Cyrus, Heart and more are available.  That’s a pretty simple way to donate.

You don’t have to give a lot either.  If you just donate a $1, that’d definitely help.  Even a little goes a long way.

Give a little love, give a little hope.  :)

Recently I ran across Hands Held High by Linkin Park, another song that really makes you think and holds nothing back.

The video above is an un-official video. YouTube is full of them and this is the one I liked the most.

If you like the song, you can download Hands Held High from:

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Granted our seats weren’t that close, and digital zoom isn’t the best, but I was pretty happy with my pictures.  View them all.

And the concert ROCKED!  Daughtry is awesome and Bon Jovi sings non stop.  His vocal are great yet his dance moves are corny as can be.  Still, one Wild night.

The songs called Amen and everyone can relate to it.

Now, if I could only find it on iTunes or Amazon so I could download it. Does Kid Rock not believe in iTunes???

Here is the video for Workin’ For A Living’ featuring Garth Brooks, Huey Lewis and Nascar!

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This has to be my favorite new song off the Ultimate Hits collection.

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This is, at first glance, More than a Memory is not one of my favorite Garth music videos. I think it’s quite depressing and … well … Garth should keep his shirt on.

What did you think of the music video?

Bonus: Watch out Workin’ for A Livin’.

The thought of a new Garth music shouldn’t come as to much of a surprise. It seems that with his Walmart deal, Garth gets a new product each year and those products are then promoted via a new radio single. This year the product is The Ultimate Hits and contains:

… 30 classics, 3 new songs and a bonus track on two CDs. The set also includes a DVD with 33 videos including new and ever-before-seen footage.

Now, I have to say that sounds like a lot of good stuff. However, most of it is really just a mix of everything I already have. Either way, I’m headed to Walmart on November 6th to pick it up.

Sadly the Walmart deal means that there is no Garth in iTunes and I’m not even sure that the Walmart music store will let you download More than a Memory. Garth, you’re really missing out there. Instead you either have to be patient and listen to it on the radio or find other ways of getting it.

More than a Memory is an excellent song and I can’t wait to hear what else is new.

Listen to More than a Memory now:

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iPod touch is basically an iPhone without the phone. Perfect for me as I don’t want to go with ATT. It has a multi touch interface, Wi-Fi and iTunes Store on the iPod! I think I’m in love.

Even better yet, with the Wi-Fi you basically have a PDA. Just go over to Netvibes use that to create notes, checklists and so much more. I don’t see eMail integration, but as long as you can get to the web, you can check webmail. Right?!?!

The only downside is the size of the hard drives inside; 8gb or 16gb. Ohh well, first generations are always a little smaller capacity with a larger price tag.

The new video iPod nanos and updated iPod classic is cool too, just not Wi-Fi enabled.

Brad Paisley has written some interesting songs in the past including Ticks, Alcohol & Celebrity and continues his string with one called Online. It’s all about how we mask who we really are on sites like MySpace and become much cooler online.

‘Cause online I’m out in Hollywood
I’m 6 foot 5 and I look damn good
I drive a Maserati
I’m a black-belt in karate
And I love a good glass of wine
It turns girls on that I’m mysterious
I tell them I don’t want nothing serious
‘Cause even on a slow day
I could have a three way
Chat with two women at one time
I’m so much cooler online
So much cooler online

The video includes many many guest stars and is a fun one. Check it out.

The full song can be downloaded online at

YamiPod is a free application for Mac, Windows and Linux that will manage the music on your iPod. I downloaded it, exported all my songs to a DVD and am burning a backup disk as we speak. This is a great example of a free application that just works.

YamiPod has a few other features too besides being able to backup your iPod. Like removing duplicates, finding lost tracks, lyrics, notes and back up playlists.

It’s a great application and one I suggest everyone check out. Plus, you should backup your iPod at least once a month as you never know when it’ll just freak out on you.

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We even had a couple stacks of old Barbra Streisand, Barry Manilow and other older artists records. The sad part was that the needle was broken so we couldn’t even listen to anything.

Some day though we’ll be jammin’ to it.

Lost In This Moment is the first single off their upcoming album and it captures the wedding day almost perfectly. I can see it being chosen as the ‘first dance’ song by many couples and it could quite possibly be the biggest wedding song of 2007.

It’s hard to picture this unique duo doing something so heartfelt and innocent, especially after you see the Comin’ To Your City video, however Big & Rich have done ballads in the past with Holy Water & 8th of November. This time though, Lost In This Moment appeals to a much larger audience and I know they’ve got a big hit on their hands.

Most people would think your crazy for having a song by Big & Rich be your first dance song, but not anymore.

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Thanks to YouTube for the song preview:

This conversation was sparked by the Superbowl performance. After watching the half time show, the questions popped back into our heads. Since we live in the same general area, I want to know.

So I headed off to Google do do a few searches and found out.

To make this a bit more interesting, here is a bit of background on this. We moved out of the city to this area almost two years ago. We’ve been exploring the communities and know where pretty much everything is. However, there is one building we pass all the time that we didn’t know what was. It was white and I mentioned that it looked like it needed to be washed before. We also thought it kind of looked like a padded building for crazy people or what not. (not being serious) We never really knew what it was but it intrigued us. Guess what, it’s the world famous Paisley Park Studios that Prince built.

It’s a $10 million dollar building where many artists record albums, videos and much more. It’s one of the most historically important studios in the world and we never knew what it was so we made fun of the building.

I find it really amusing that I’ve stared at this building many many times in the past two years and never knew. Next time I drive by, I’m going to pay a bit more attention.

Looking up Prince’s house also turned out to be quite productive. It’s only a few miles away, if it still exists. Rumors are that it was torn down. I’m not sure if it’s true or not, but maybe sometime this summer we’ll go investigate.

The iTV was announced too. Coming in Feburary it wirelessly transmists music, movies, tv shows and more to your TV. I like this product and will consider getting one. At $299 it’s a bit pricy, but lets wait and see all the official details. Jam packed with all that HD stuff though, it’s probably a steal.

The Keynote is still going on and no speak of 10.5 yet. I’m sure it’s coming though.

Check out Apple.com for all the details.

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After I worked out a few issues with my iPod, it now works great and I love it. I’m all for filling the house with my music and the SoundDock is great as it also charges my iPod.

Other cool gifts included a new watch, the Muppet Show season one, Shaun of the Dead and iTunes gift cards to name a few!

My wife also got a cool iPod accessory, but I’m waiting for her to post about that.

I hope everyone had a good Christmas / Holiday!

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Brad Paisley and the Kung Pao Buckaroos are serving up a holiday song where they are trying to sing completely non offensive and politically correct holiday songs. However, their luck isn’t so good. In fact, I think it’s the first Christmas song I’ve heard that bleeps out words, and it’s not swear words.

Here is a quick rundown:

• Can’t say Christmas, have to say Holiday.
• Can’t say white, have to say Caucasian.
• Can’t say Orient, have to say Asia.
• Can’t say drummer ’cause that will offend real musicians.
• Can’t say small ’cause that will offend short people.
• Can’t say new ’cause that will offend old people.
• Can’t say ho as you might offend some women.

So basically they can’t sing anything.

It’s a fun Chri-biip-mas song (hey why did I get blipped) with a bit of truth behind it. You can download it on iTunes for $0.99 or find it at your local store on Brad Paisley’s Christmas album.

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You can download Daughtry on or purchase from Amazon.

Daughty Track Listing:

1. It’s Not Over
2. Used To
3. Home
4. Over You
5. Crashed
6. Feels Like Tonight
7. What I Want (featuring Slash)
8. Breakdown
9. Gone
10. There And Back Again
11. All These Lives
12. What About Now