2 posts and columns on heavy metal

Philip "Pud" Kaplan Talks About Blippy–the Twitter of $$

in News on December 23, 2009 at 8:59 am PT

To start, let’s just dispense with huffing and puffing angst over whether or not people should broadcast their credit card transactions online. Because that’s what you can do on a new site, with the unlikely name of Blippy, headed by longtime Silicon Valley entrepreneur Philip “Pud” Kaplan. In other words, a kind of Twitter for spending–the next step in the inevitable trend toward radical transparency online.
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"Brutal Legend" Video Game Features Jack Black and Possibly the Heaviest Metal Soundtrack Ever

in News on October 12, 2009 at 1:43 pm PT

Fantasy video games and heavy metal music seem like a perfect marriage, given that both often rely on Tolkien-esque imagery and create elaborate, male-centric alternate worlds. But while games use metal songs in their trailers, during play the soundtrack usually transitions into orchestral music. “Brutal Legend” on the other hand, a game for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 that’s being released tomorrow by Electronic Arts, is all metal, all the time.