Two guitars, a drummer, and a singer… we were kinda wondering how this would all work on one screen, and now we have a video of some of the Harmonix crew getting into Guns N Roses first hit. Rock Band will have its own guitars, but this video confirms that your 360 X-plorer will still work.

I had planned on doing a segment on this a while ago, but never got around to it. Back in April, the touring video game orchestral event known as Video Games Live visited Yale University for one of the performances on their list. Usually the tour brings it’s own large orchestra and choir to perform massive feats of gaming music awesomeness all over the USA and Europe, and often accompany it with video segments from games shown behind the orchestra/choir on a huge theatre-like screen. Kind of like a living game music video.

This time around, however, things were a bit different and more special.
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This week’s 1up Show has probably one of the best clips I’ve ever seen them do. This DJ turned a set of Wii remotes into scratching tools for his sets. Absolutely awesome.

Electra from Q101 did the city of Chicago a huge favor by taking an hour to play the latest album by the White Stripes, Icky Thump, yesterday afternoon. I personally love when stations do this, and might still have the old tape where I recorded Pearl Jam’s Vitalogy a decade ago.

Apparently Jack White, the male half of The White Stripes, is fearing those tape deck wielding teens as cutting into his business. From Spain, Jack phoned up Q101 to yell at Electra directly for “ruining the industry.” Whats this guy’s problem? Is he actually worried a radio leak will cut into record sales? Is it really worth it to him to ring up a radio station half a world away to give crap to someone who is so clearly a fan?

I’m siding with Electra on this. Next advance album you get, play it. You’re only helping listeners by getting them excited, and the truly crazy fans with tape decks are going to buy the record anyway.

We’ve got not one, but TWO Guitar Hero sequels heading our way.

Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks The 80s will be out this summer and will be functionally identical to Guitar Hero II, just with an 80s theme. It will be released only to the PS2, but songs from the disc are likely to appear as downloadable content on Xbox Live for Xbox 360.

Guitar Hero III will hit PS2, PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360. The new guitar designs will be based on the Gibson Les Paul (my guitar!) and the Gibson Kramer (seen at left with celebrity endorsement)

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Today, Garbage.com posted the details of their newly announced first ‘Best Of’ album. The album will feature 17 of the bands best songs from their four album discography, in addition to a brand new single made just for the album, “Tell Me Where It Hurts”. The song will be released as a single on July 9th, with the album coming the following week. The album will feature a second cd full of remixes from some well known DJs.

In addition, Garbage will be releasing a DVD collection of 15 of the band’s music videos with behind the scenes footage, interviews and more.

The album is set for release on July 16th, 2007, while the DVD collection is set for release on July 17th, 2007.

Continue reading after the jump for the various track listings of the cds and dvds!
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Sony has teamed up with veteran gaming monopoly Konami, and vested its efforts into releasing digital distributions of Konami’s video game music library. Song from Castlevania to Silent Hill, and from Contra to Gradius, will all be digitally released by Sony’s BGM Entertainment.

“Music has been at the foundation of Konami’s games for decades, and now consumers will be able to enjoy these classic tunes on their own”, quotes Konami’s music manager of Digital Entertainment Michael Rajna. Music will be availible for purchase from places such as iTunes and Rhapsody, as well as for mobile-phone download.

Seems like a bit of a stretch to me for Sony and Konami alike, seeing as how most of these VG tunes can be downloaded for free either by fansites or from torrent downloads. I suppose only sales will tell whether or not it’s an actual money-making venture. Konami’s music has been a keynote of it’s games for over two decades, and something like this is only just now being released? Kinda slow on the uptake if you ask me, but that’s just my humble opinion.

MTV Movies Blog reports: Kirsten Dunst Ready To Rock For Blondie Biopic. Ok, so its only a rumor, but if both Dunst and Harry want this movie to get made, it should get made.

I’m completely in favor of this movie and in favor of this casting. Dunst could pass for Debbie Harry very easily and whether she sings or lip syncs theres a great story to tell there about Blondie’s rise to fame in the late 70s.

My dream would have this movie be part of a CBGB trilogy with the story of The Talking Heads and The Ramones in the late 70s and early 80s.

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