one thing i have learned in my scant 34 years here on this rock is that the minute you think you have shit figured or planned out thats when reality slaps ya upside the head and goes “hey not so fast there buddy.” case in point(s) took the car to tires plus for an oil change and inspection, and of fuckin course they come back with i need this and need that. do i have the cash for the this and that? no… luckily they said it could wait a while. that very afternoon i was pulling into my subdivision and i hear a clacking coming from one of my tires and wouldnt you know it, theres a god damn nail in one of em. lovely… thats not even the most annoying happening, but i’ll just stop there and just say the last 72 hours has pretty much busted our budget for this move. rock n roll!!!!!!! hate being such a fuckin buzz kill, but damn if the past 8 months been a son of a bitch.
dave fischoff aka spoolwork has thrown his hat into the radiohead remix challenge with his retooling of the track reckoner off in rainbows. i was not a fan of rainbows, so i am not super familiar with “reckoner” but i can only assume its better than the original. vote for it here.
morning all! its becoming increasingly harder to stay motivated as the days in my current gig continue to dwindle. we have the movers comin on the 31st, and we will be on our way on the first. everythings just about packed up, no thanks to me, mind you. pretty psyced though cause within my first week in nola i am going to be hitting up elf power and the mountain goats.
speaking of the eels, in honour of the re-release/re-packaging of their/his blinking lights and other revelations, a free live ep is being made available for free, here. i really never got into him, but i figured some of you probably dig his stuff.
since i have been in a smiths mood for the past few days, i am stickin with that feeling. here is a collection of peel sessions.
damn, peoples! if you hadn’t noticed we were down for the better part of 18 hours. yay!!!1 hey shit happens, but still rather frustrating. as it turns out my host had to replace their edge router, which for most of you means nothing but it pretty much connects the data center to the internets.
in other news, found out that my new company will indeed be paying for a mover to come and take away all our shit. i was sweatin bullets there for a day or two, but they came through. so, i am happy, for now…
i dont know, but i think two cow garage’s speaking in cursive may be a serious contender for record of the year - at least in my world. i love it’s simplicity and willingness to just fuckin rock. i’m a simple man, and have simple needs. straight up, no bullshit rock n roll is one of said simple needs and speaking in cursive brings it in spades. the lead singer kinda sounds like a combination of ben nichols from lucero the guy from leatherface, if you are familiar you them. me thinks if you dig lucero, dbt, springsteen, and bands of the like you will find great solace in two cow garage.
speaking in cursive is available via suburban home for a lousy $8.99.
as i have stated many times before, bands that fly under my radar fall into two camps 1. i really had no idea of their existence 2. friends/peoples have told me about a certain band and for no other reason other than my own arrogance had neglected to heed their advice. nashville’s old crow medicine show falls into camp numero dos. been told probably a hundred times that i would dig em, but well you know the rest. i’ll be god damned if i aint lovin their new record, tennessee pusher. although, i have heard from die hard fans that this is not their best (anyone attest to that), but if this aint their best then i have seriously been missin out. fuck me and my hard headedness.
“methamphetamine” - one of the best songs of the year
i got my hands on a copy of times new viking’s new matador ep, stay awake and if you are fan of noisey lo fi pop stuff, then you should probably find this to your liking. sounds as if it was recorded on a 4 track that was wrapped in a wet cloth. loud, fast and pretty incomprehensible, just like i like my ladies…
howdy all! hope everyone out there is having just a lovely day. i know i sure as hell am…. anyway, we finally found a place, and we are all good to go. well, at least on the living situation front. now, we just have to hear from my relocation people. my company is paying for the move but the one caveat is is that if its over 500 miles they direct bill a moving company, but if it’s less than said amount we are responsible for the arrangements, but we will get paid back. wouldn’t you know it though, we are like at 485 miles. i am truly hoping they aren’t freakin sticklers about the how mileage thing….
hey that vic chesnutt/elf power record is freakin awesome. i was expecting it to be more elf power than vic chesnutt, which would have been fine, but it’s the other way around which is even better, imo. probably vic’s best record since is the actor happy? thats not to take anything away since, cause he has put out some great stuff, but this is most most excellent.
vic and elf power’s dark developments comes out on 10.28 on orange twin.
as of late, i have been mildly addicted to martha wainwright. my low to mid grade love affair was pretty much ignited by both this particular show, and the concert video (see below). there is something very engaging and kinda lovable about her. cant quite put my finger on it…
here she be in malmo, sweden on 12.6.05. its an fm broadcast, and most likely isnt the entire show…
if you are familiar with baltimore’s wilderness you are probably in one of two camps, one being you cant stand em, the other being you think they’re pretty fuckin awesome. i fall into the latter camp. they aren’t a band that creates music that people are going to be on the fence about cause quite frankly they can be a hard pill to swallow. for those that dig em, they have a new record comin out on jagjaguwar on 11.4 entitled (k)no(w)here. here’s the first single…
kevin barnes is complicated, and listening to any of montreal record is an excercise in keeping one’s sanity close to the chest. i dont mean to imply that listening to of montreal will make you go crazy, but if you delve into his mildly irrational lyrics you may find yourself sinking deeper and deeper into some kind of momentary kevin barnes inducded depression. or, if you just dont pain attention to whatever he’s rambling on about you’ll just find yourself enjoying some of finest art pop records being made today.
their newest, skeletal lamping, is out 10.21. it’s either brilliant or a complete mess. i haven’t made up my mind as of yet.
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