Ten guitars shaped like guns - an excellent rundown of guitars shaped like guns. (via Music Thing)

Homemade Instrument Links - a great metafilter post (and replies) linking to tons of awesome homemade instruments.

What was the number 1 song on the day you were born? - For me it was Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright) by Rod Stewart in the US and If You Leave Me Now by Chicago in the UK. Yeesh.

LEGO Harpsichord - holy cow, it's a LEGO harpsichord and it actually plays.

Dewey Decibel's FlipOut Guitar - guitar with a backwards body. Doesn't seem to be available left-handed. (via J-Walk)

Michael Jackson Halloween Mask - a review of the Wacko Jacko Mask from FrightCatalog.com. via boingboing

The George W. Bush Public Domain Audio Archive - cut up samples for those looking to make their own George W. Bush songs. (via The Bots)

Virtual Guitar Modeling System - build your own custom guitar in Flash.

Dirtbag (In The Vacuum Remix) by Heuristics Inc. Just as a reminder, the source is still available for Dirtbag, Look And Feel Years Younger, Borderline and Making Me Nervous.

Effectronics - "The Site for Do-It-Yourself Guitar Electronic Effects Building"

The origin of izzle - an in-depth look at the history of the word izzle. (via kottke)

iPod guilty pleasures - people confessing about their iPod contents. More confessions at kottke.

Music File Processing on Linux - handy overview of how to deal with audio files in linux.

Coverfight is over, the results are posted and voting is now up. My cover of Ken's Super Duper Band's Too Goth Too Rock is on there (with background vocals by John Benjamin) as is Henrietta's really well done country cover of We're Not Friends. It was a neat experience though I kinda ran out out energy to obsess over the mix of my cover at some point. I was assigned a solid song that really didn't need much done to it so I did a fairly straightforward cover.

There are a lot of other really good covers in there so be sure to check them out.

Creative misuse and abuse of musical tools - lots of samples of experimental artists experimentin'. (via Ultimate Insult)

Sunday Bloody Sunday (George W. Bush Cover) - impressive cover of Sunday Bloody Sunday with chopped up George W. Bush vocals. (via Beatmixed)

Quickstickers - lots of cool decals and stickers. Design your own or upload a custom image. These may soon be scheduled for rapid brad guitar deployment.

Alt-Rock Karaoke - interesting karaoke versions/instrumentals of alt-rock songs. Older ones here.

Domainsite.com - Free .info domains for a limited time only. Might be decent for band sites or something. (via Alex Albrecht)

Should I Rip This? v1.0 - a flow chart to help you decide whether (morally) you should or should not rip a CD. (via boingboing)