What did I expect in a DVD from Buckethead? As strange as his music is, this collection of home videos, out-takes, unreleased tracks, and general tomfoolery is one bizarre product. Complete with self-terminating playback if you try to remove bucket’s mask.

Very much enjoying a recent eMusic Find: Carbon Based Lifeforms. Ambient electronica. Just the ticket for late-night design sessions.

Satriani’s latest effort doesn’t really break any new ground, but I’m digging it nonetheless. Great tones, great grooves, great tunes. Real solid, enjoyable listening.

Hmm… Based on these entries, one might think I haven’t had any diversions or distractions since Pirates! Oh not so! Bing on some DUB! Roots Tonic meets Bill Laswell is an outstanding listen… Bass, bass, and more bass… infectious.

At long lasts, Rush’s concert videos are now available on DVD. No longer will I have to nurse my region-free DVD player along to watch my Japanese copy of “Exit Stage Left”. These things are incredible!

Okay, so this one’s not so “recent”, but as I’m still going through my whole CD collection, importing all my albums into iTunes and loaded onto my iPod, I’m getting reacquainted with lots and lots of great music… such as… Steve Morse Band: Coast to Coast. It was seeing the Steve Morse Band performing live that really cemented my interest in instrumental rock music, and Coast to Coast is one fine example of that. Impeccable compositions, flawless playing… inexorably listenable

Cacey from the Fighting Jacks told be about these guys just two days ago… in fact, he just couldn’t say enough of them. My curiousity being sufficiently piqued, I attended their show the following night… and was not disappointed! Very cool stuff. Sort of a Radiohead-ish/Verve-ish thing going on… Vocals, guitars, drums, and synths… very striking stuff.

Tool arrives with yet another immense and masterful specimen of truly modern progressive rock. Scary, heavy… and just about everything else you’d expect from tool.

I liked Tycho’s Sunrise Projector the moment I heard the first track (which happened to be on ISO50. Retro sythns, expertly massaged beats and manipulated samples… overall a very, very enjoyable chilled refreshment.

Just picked up Yo-Yo Ma’s Bach Cello Suites… Sweet.

No amps, no cabs, no loopers… just music, hundreds of years old, interpreted by a virtuosso.