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Awesome entry for Blizzard’s Level 70 Elite Tauren Chieftain music video contest:

via wegame.com

Just a quick shot of the boys and I after watching the horror that is the annual Lutefisk eating contest at Viking Fest. *ewww*

A former co-worker once asked me what some of my favorite bands in high school were, and I mentioned groups like The Smiths, Depeche Mode, Psychedelic Furs, New Order, Echo and the Bunnymen, and The Cure. After listing those and a few more he said something to me that was very odd: “How did you manage not killing yourself after listening to all that depressing music?”.

Well, I never really felt depressed after listening to any of the bands mentioned above. Did The Smiths or any of the others sing about less-than-joyful things? Sure, sometimes. But more often than not the lyrics and music of those songs felt bittersweet to me. And let’s face it, Depeche Mode had a period where half of the songs on a CD would be about sex, and that worked out just right for my teenage hormones.

Speaking of bittersweet, that’s exactly how I would characterize my favorite song by The Smiths, “How Soon Is Now?”.

Here’s an incredible tribute to George Harrison featuring Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Dhani Harrison, and with one of the most incendiary guitar solos I have ever seen or heard: Prince. The song is “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”.