Head to your local record store and pick up the new Obits album. Their debut is pretty kick ass so I am excited about this one. I still wish Hot Snakes were still around, but I will take this as a close second.
If you are looking for some good fucking canadian rock n roll check out THE MERCY NOW. The singer is from Shikasta, a legendary can rock band. If you are into Danko Jones and what not you might dig this.
So today was pretty eventful! I got tickets to GBV for both nights, which put me at ease. Once I got back to work (I bought tickets at home) I was surprised that my new monitors finally came in after a grueling 3 day wait. Then to top it off, I finally booked my flight to Europe. A day chock full of happiness and panic attacks!!
Check out these monitors!! 27" HD LED Apple monitors....ahem....TWO of them.
So tickets for both shows went on sale today at noon. I was in a meeting pretty much all morning and got out a little bit after 11. I started to get nervous about trying to buy 4 tickets for each night, knowing this place only holds a little bit more than 400 people. About 11:40 Ray walks in telling me the power is getting shut down. This has never happened once since I have been here. I book it down the express way, and get home with 10 minutes to spare.
After some serious shakes, and a pint of beer to calm my nerves, I managed to get tickets for both nights, right before they sold out. The news this afternoon is trickling in little by little of who all got tickets, and let me tell you, this might very well be the GREATEST GBV WEEKEND YET!!!
Ned Michelle Shawna Glenn Jaybes Dave Dan Jimbo Adrian Mikey D Dawg Laura (I assume) Gary Jess
I had no idea this EP existed. I guess the one dude from Built to Spill recorded a couple BTS songs as a new wave type band. Just drums and synths. Doug March came in and re recorded his vocals for these songs. Pretty interesting.
The song titles are kinda neat too, as they are anagrams of the original song titles.
The Electronic Anthology Project: 1. I Dim Our Angst In Agony (Goin’ Against Your Mind) 2. Age I Felt (Get A Life) 3. At The Where (The Weather) 4. Eels (Else) 5. What If Your Dull (I Would Hurt A Fly) 6. A Gloss Siren (Israel’s Song) 7. Far Path Tall Sign / (Things Fall Apart)
The BTS dude also has this pretty cool band called THE SUFFOCATION KEEP. Couple good tracks on this album too. Check it out if you dig The Spill.
Sat on my floor last night working on a mixed tape. So far on Side A is Mogwai, Stephen Malkmus, Versoma, The Soft Boys, Modest Mouse, and Sonic Youth. Its going to be a good one.
I was packing up my bag to go home when I looked at my Jason figure thats on top of my speaker.....someone put him in this hilarious pose. I couldn't stop laughing. It kind of reminded me of the famous DiCaprio meme that's all over the net. Well played, whoever you are.
I been cranking the latest BURNING LOVE album a good part of the day and its kicking my ass. Think Cursed [Singers previous band] mixed with Bronx and Hellacopters. I dig...a lot.
ScienceDaily (Mar. 6, 2011) — A new study in the Journal of Food Science provides some limited scientific evidence to support the theory among beer enthusiasts that Guinness tastes much better in Ireland than other parts of the world.
Over a period of one year, four researchers of different nationalities traveled to 14 countries and visited 71 Guinness serving establishments in 33 cities to collect data for 103 tastings.
Tasting scores for pints of Guinness were generally high all around the world, yet tastings in pubs in Ireland scored significantly higher.
This difference remained statistically significant after adjusting for researcher, pub ambience, Guinness appearance, and the sensory measures of mouthfeel, flavor and aftertaste. Please note that results are subject to further verification because of limitations in the study design.
Just putting the finishing touches on a very special DVD. The Ragman Triple Feature will have my 3 documentary videos based on my 3 major trips of last year. Taiwan, NYC for Pavement, and several USA cities for the GBV reunion. I am pretty pumped to have this finished. My only wish was that I had a video camera around for one of the greatest weekends of my life, Faith No More weekend in Philly. I guess that one will have to stay in our collective brains.
Here is a shot of the menu screen for the DVD, which has Pavements Frontwards playing in the background....natch.
I just came across this album on my daily search for "new shit to listen to."
Whats pretty fucking kick ass about this record is that two of the songs were covered by Nirvana (D7 and Return of the Rat), and another song was covered by Stephen Malkmus. Pretty fired up to crank this one.
This was always so hard to do so I told myself I have to make a top 10 list within 5 minutes. No over thinking. Its harder than it seems. Mainly beacause I keep looking at what is missing. At The Drive Ins "Relationship of Command", Refused's "The Shape of Punk To Come", Thin Lizzys "Fighting", Alice Coopers "Billion Dollar Babies" etc.
I am sure half of these will change in the near future.....maybe even tomorrow. However the top 3 have been those three for a good number of years now.
I just realized after a good 10 to 15 years of pure hate, just how fucking good the debut Oasis album is. "Cigarettes & Alcohol", "Rock n Roll Star" and my favorite, "Columbia" fucking pump me up.
Who knows Tony and Ned...maybe me loving sports is next?!..........hahah no chance.
I was at the folks last night doing laundry, and realized how much I missed my cds. They were packed away in the basement in a couple boxes. I dont have shelves or anything at the house for em, but I need them near me. I feel whole again.
