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I’ve designed my in-game character to look like me, but this band took it to the next level.  They designed THEMSELVES to look like their Lego Rock Band counterparts at last night’s Umloud event!

And they get bonus points for the T-Rex on drums!!!

Bands all over California are reuniting on December 9th to participate in the San Francisco gamers’ charity of the year – Ümloud!, an annual fundraising event that benefits Child’s Play, the organization that provides toys and games to children’s hospitals around the country.  Come out to Ümloud!, hosted at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco, this Wednesday, December 9!  Ümloud! will feature Rock Band all night long, raffles, a silent auction, prizes and more!  Sign up today at Ümloud.org.  There are only two days left to buy a Standard Band pass and rock on the main stage for the reduced online price of $35 ($40 at the door!).

In honor of this great charity event, the infamous band members of ‘Baby Dog Time’ will reunite one last time for a gig on the main stage at Ümloud!, and in preparation the band and Wired.com’s video production team have put together a hilarious video you have to check out!

For more details, be sure to hit up the official site at Ümloud.org.

It’s only a few days away from the Rock-A-Thon, and I recently had a chance to chat with it’s co-founder Paul Anthony about the upcoming Rock-A-Thon event.  Check out my discussion with him below:

RBA: What is the Rock-a-Thon?

PA: The Rock-A-Thon powered by Energizer® Advanced Lithium is the first of its kind Rock Band marathon to help raise money for Child’s Play, a charity that donates toys, video games, books and cash for sick kids in children’s hospitals across North America.

Concurrently, we will also be attempting to set a new Guinness Book of World Record (Gamer’s Edition) for Longest Relay Rock Band concert by playing 90 hours straight.

Check out the rest of the interview after the jump…

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I found out about this a week or so ago, and I’m trying desperately to work this into my schedule so I can go.  This Friday, the Be Most Excellent event is happening, which is a Minneapolis charity event benefiting Child’s Play and Children’s of Minnesota.  Supporting charities is always awesome, but even more awesome is the fact that some of the Harmonix team will be there, along with a full Rock Band setup with ALL DLC to rock with on stage (seriously)!  Not sweet enough?  OK, they’re raffling off some really cool prizes!  Sponsors and prizes you can win in the raffle (Rock Band and non-Rock Band related) include:

• Warbeast guitar controller
• THREE Rock Band 2 bundles
• Signed original Green Lantern comic pages
• Sega of America
• EA Games
• 2K Games (Signed Bioshock art)
• Limited Edition Star Wars R2-KT figure
• Local venues: Uptown Theatre, Galactic Pizza, The Alt, Uptown Tattoo, and Smitten Kitten, Cliche

If you are in the Twin Cities (or within a reasonable driving distance), this is an event I promised you do NOT want to miss!

The event is being held this Friday, October 23rd at the 501 Club: 501 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis, MN.  For more details, check out www.bemostexcellent.org and be sure to follow @BeMostExcellent on Twitter!

What’s that? You say you still don’t have the Beatles: Rock Band for the Wii yet? And you are a big fan of what Harmonix is doing? And you like helping out local charities?! Then this is your lucky day!

From the charity on eBay…

Today you are looking at a Beatles Rock Band bundle for the Wii. Any money made from this auction goes to the Granby Jr./Sr. High School Class of 2012. Also included is a signed Rock Band shirt signed by various members pf the Harmonix crew, also not pictured but included will be some Rock Band stickers and pins.. Since Harmonix is the one shipping the bundle plus shirt, shipping is absolutely FREE. The auction will start at a very low $99. If you’re not familiar with what’s included in the bundle, it includes The Game, Wireless Drum Kit, Hoffner Bass Guitar, Microphone, and Mic Stand. Again any money made off this auction goes the the Granby High Class Of 2012

Follow the link here if you are interest in bidding!