Are we all (and by we, I mean the entire United States of America) ok with the fact that DragonForce is vastly superior to nearly everything available on the market?  If we could make a DragonForce/Tom Waits concert happen, how much would you pay?  One thousand per ticket?  Ten thousand?  No price can be put upon this vision of heaven, you say?

In other news, FDP recommends the following bands that have been out for God knows how long, but that we are just now getting around to listening to, due to the large amount of promotional CDs that get sent to the FDP Music Desk for review:

Fleet Foxes - 'White Winter Hymnal' is a great song, and a good way to get hooked
Dragon Force - their entire catalog should not be missed
Frank Black - Ok, even FDP was listening to this back in "the day", but '7 Weeks I'll be Gone' is recommended currently
RJD2 - '1976' might be popular around the offices now, but of course 'Ghostwriter' is exceptional, if overplayed
Electric Six - 'Danger! High Voltage' should be listened to soon, because it will get very annoying soon, FDP predicts
Mr. Vegas - If one is so inclined, one should listen to 'Tambourine' and practice one's dance moves for the upcoming FDP dance-a-thon-off

And although it is not the prerogative of the FDP Music Desk to comment on items that are not directly related to music, all readers should be alerted to the fact that Christmas is almost upon us.

Christmas, for those of you unfamiliar with common American holidays, is a time of year when we gather around with our families and enjoy fellowship (?).

Of course, any mention of fellowship would be incomplete if it did not also lead to a lengthy discussion of The Fellowship from Ultima 7.

Do we all recall that nefarious organization (I believe we do!)?  For those of you who are younger than 11, and thus missed on the cultural phenomenon that was Ultima 7, The Fellowship were a group contained within that game whose goal was, if memory serves me correctly, world domination (?)  A quick bit of research just now has confirmed that this was (is?) so, so all readers are instructed to mentally remove the question mark that follows the sentence involving The Fellowship's intentions.

ANYWAY, fellowship, because of Ultima 7, has become incontrovertibly linked to The Fellowship, and now no longer retains its previous positive connotation.  

For this reason, Christmas is ruined.

Love,

FDP