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photo by stacy sandstrom

sup peoples? after listening to jens for the past few days, i have finally come to a realization on who he sounds like. barry manilow! or atleast a “i write the songs,” and “mandy” era manilow. this is no apparent than on “a postcard to nina” where the horns come in. am i the only one that hears this? it may be my massive exposure to manilow as a child kicking in.

for those interested, i reposted a cool grant lee buffalo show from germany over here.

this real life simpsons house is super freakin creepy. it has “bad things go on in here” written all over it.

im always amazed at the shit that passes under my radar. the latest, in a depressingly long list, is william eilliot whitmore and jenny hoysten’s collaboration, the hallways of always. yeah, it came out in november of 06. they got a cool cash/carter vibe goin on a few of the tracks, and is a nice departure from whitmore’s usual type of stuff. check it!

feast of a thousand beasts

whitmore daytrotter sessions

jenny hoyston myspace william elliot whitmore site

i am kinda diggin this track by the choir practice. they are fronted by coco culbertson who in her past was part of the gay, the ac newman band and briefly in the tennessee twin. as their name implies they really bring the choir, but not in a polyphonic kinda way. more subdued and not all up in your face with it.

red fox

the choir practice myspace

here we have a very nice ted leo and the pharmacists soundboard from the picador in iowa city on 4.27.07. thanks to the original taper, tim, for makin this available.

1. intro

2. sons of cain

3. dail up

4. mia and mia

5. army bound

6. where have all the rude boys gone

7. who do you love

8. old souls know

9. colleen

10. the high party

11. annunciation day/born on christmas day

12. counting down the hours