Delay of game: 5 yard penalty

Hey, all.

I am starting to realize how much work this is actually going to be. It's probably going to be another month before I can start on the first blog entry, mainly because I'm going to have to do this as at least a voice, if not full-on videro blog due to the need to compare songs and play clips and such.

I don't want to do this unless I do it right. If anything changes, I'll post.

Anyway, see ya soon!

Major purchases

I spent a great deal of time at the local used music seller and purchased a crapload of CD's to lay into. Here's some things I picked up:

Van Halen: Self-titled, 5150, and VH 3. I also have 1984 on order from half.com, paving the way for Van Halen month, which will show the devolution of Van Halen into Van Hagar and whatever 3 was...

Metallica: Kill 'em All, Ride teh Lightning, and St. Anger, thus completing for the most part my Metallica collection. I may do a Metallica collection once I get a non-censored version of Garage, Inc. (I hate Wal-Mart)

DMB : Crash and Prince & teh Revolution: Purple Rain. CD's I've always wanted.

Plus everything I need for my first three months' worth of episodes.

I also picked up a copy of Sky Captain and teh World of Tomorrow for when I need my TORG fix. (I'll probably start a TORG blog or somesuch to describe my love for this game.)

Well, I've rambled long enough. Off to work to start the show!

Hello, World!

Welcome to Cover to Cover!

Yes, I'm latching firmly on to the "I can make a review blog too!" bandwagon. At least I admit my lack of originality.

On this blog, I will be reviewing albums and/or songs. What makes this review blog special (to me, anyways), is that I will be reviewing entire albums cover to cover (hence the title) interspersed with review of cover songs (another tie in to the title). The plan is, at first anyway, will be to post one review a week, with the first review of the month being the review of a cover song, followed by a review of an album I like, then one I'm indifferent about, then one I hate.

For the albums that I plan to review, I will try to avoid compilations like greatest hits or soundtracks, but I do plan sometime in the future to review Instant Karma, which is an album of nothing but John Lennon covers, some good, some okay, some bad. (Avril Lavigne doing Imagine? Really?)

And as for the cover songs, I intend to do only those released on published albums (no bootlegs or whatnot, sorry). For this, I will bend my rule on using soundtracks and compilations, primarily because most cover songs are done for soundtracks.

I'm not sure if I will do this as a video blog any time in the future, so I will start out as a text blog until I get a rhythm going. If enough interest exists, I will do one video to see if it is accepted. I will probably just re-do one text blog in video format, adding in song clips, video clips, funny internet memes, etc.

As it stands now, here is my schedule, starting the first week of July:

July:
Week 1: Debut! Depeche Mode triple-cover review - Marilyn Manson, Lacuna Coil, A Perfect Circle
Week 2: Queensryche - "Operation: Mindcrime"
Week 3: "Weird Al" Yankovic - "Straight Outta Lynwood"
Week 4: Genesis - "Calling All Stations"

August:
Week 1: Cover - A Perfect Circle: "Imagine"
Week 2: Fastball - "All the Pain Money Can Buy"
Week 3: Franz Ferdinand - "Franz Ferdinand"
Week 4: Michael Jackson - "Invincible"

September - Fiona Apple month!
Week 1: Cover - "Across the Universe"
Week 2: "Tidal"
Week 3: "When the Pawn..."
Week 4: "Extraordinary Machine" (A birthday present to myself)

Well, I hope you stay tuned! I just hope I can keep this up! ^_^;

-Jack