The Simpsons Stories

The Lego Simpsons House: A View Inside and Behind The Scenes

There have been times of the past year that I need to keep reminding myself that this is a MUSIC blog and not a LEGO Blog. But sometimes we just have to go there. This is one of those times, as The Barn has not been shy about Simpsons coverage as well (after all, we...

Friday Linkafication: Tweedy & Wilco Are Nerds Who Love Rush Edition

In a nice interview with the Montreal Gazette, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy reveals a deep appreciation for Canada's most famous power trio.Tweedy: (Laughs) Yeah, I love Rush and I have a deep appreciation of them as people and as a band, more so now than when I was growing up, being a punk rock fan...

The Psychedelic Mr. Plow (and Blues and Punk and Hip Hop and...)

After pushing around a snowblower and using a shovel for a makeshift pick-axe for hours yesterday, I just couldn't get Homer Simpson's "Mr. Plow" theme song out of my head.For those not familiar with the episode, Homer's snow-plowing business takes off driven by his low budget advertisement running on local access cable, only to...