XBXRX

After hearing a recommendation from a reliable source, I decided to start listening to a fairly new (to me) punk band from Alabama called XBXRX.

Their sound has been described as new wave-influenced, improvised and desconstructed. I don't know what that means. To me it's just really exciting, fast and bordering on pure noise at certain points. Which means, of course, I freakin' love it.

But what's wonderful about them is something so simple — they're still a band, they still tour and they make records. So many of my favorite bands are broken up that I never get into "new" music.

If you're interested in listening to them, several tracks from their latest album, Wars, can be heard here.

Doh!

I'd like to thank simpsonizeme.com for helping me fulfill one of my dreams — becoming a cartoon character in The Simpsons universe.

By visiting their site, you can upload a photo of yourself and magically transform it into a Simpsons style cartoon, yellow skin and all. Then you can go back and tweak your character to make it look like you as much as possible. They have a decent amount of options of adjustment to chose from including hair style, eyes. mouth, etc.

I have always wondered what I would look like if I was dropped into The Simpsons world, and now I do. This is only getting me more excited to go see the movie.