dnsydht!

i really don't.

2007-10-16T10:45:00.000-07:00

I dont care.

I dont care who you know. I dont care what band youre in. I dont care about your fixed gear. I dont care whose website you designed or what dumb fucking website you blog for or how much time you spend in a darkroom or how much blow you shove up your nose or what stupid fucking ironic accessory you are wearing. When I am sweeping the floors after hours at Sputnik MOVE YOUR MOTHER FUCKING ASS THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY! I worked all night; I didnt do a ton of blow and pretend to have meaningful conversations and relationships. So you're a part of the cool kids club that gets to stay after-hours at the bar? Great. But stay the fuck out of my way and stop giving me shitty looks cos I'm the new guy. This little house of cards you built is very fucking fragile, and when it all comes crashing down I'm gonna be there laughing. 90% of it is bullshit. And you fucking know it.

stupid c word

2007-08-05T18:19:00.001-07:00

Not that anyone needs any further proof that Nicole Ritchie is a vapid, awful piece of shit, but I spotted this and had to make fun of it. If you logged into Myspace at all last week (and I know you did, it says Online Now!) you saw this. It bugs the living shit out of me. "We're in Australia, we're bored, let's just do a shoot". Yeah, first of all if you are bored in Australia you must be retarded. I feel like she is killing time waiting for the bars to open or her dealer to wake up. I mean, it's not like it's a beautiful place with tons of shit to do and new cultures to experience. Nah. Just do a shoot.

Spend a weekend with the Horse...

2007-07-26T17:10:00.000-07:00

Saturday night @the Fox Theatre on the Hill in Boulder
3oh3! (cd release)
The Chain Gang of 1974
Sleeper Horse
Chow Puppy or something like that
all ages, bar w/ID, doors at 8pm

Sunday all day @Denver's fabulously trashy Larimer Lounge
Camel, Jim Beam and the Westword present the
SIGNATURE MUSIC FEST
w/ PLANESMISTAKENFORSTARS
THE SWAYBACK
GIT SOME
KINGDOM OF MAGIC
SLEEPER HORSE
ONLY THUNDER
and a million more
We are psyched to be involved in this showcase, seeing as how we don't suck the right dicks off to get on those other music showcases around town. The bad news is we play at 2pm, so dust off those hangovers and come hang.

Also the rumors are true; Only Thunder and Sleeper Horse are going to have a good old fashioned drink off (don't try at home). Those dudes honestly think that they are better and more capable drinkers than we are. I guess that not going out every night of the week really builds up the ol' tolerance. When Shawn, Mike, Josh, Ryan and I stand tall on the corpses of our friends, I guess we will truly know who has the biggest penises...er, I mean livers. They should have challenged us to a game of badminton or gin rummy or something we suck at.

nerdcore

2007-07-26T14:23:00.000-07:00

I'm back. I been busy. For those who read this and don't know, I no longer work for Pete's. Been a long time coming. And while I didn't leave on bad terms at all and will miss the benefits (medical, dental, 401k, etc), I am super stoked to be where I am now. I just literally could not roll one more fucking burrito or pour one more pitcher of "silver soda"/"C L smooth"/"diet coors"/"colorado koolaid". And it's nice to be out of the suburbs. The places like Centennial, Greenwood Village, etc. are exactly what sucks about America; capitalism, white people, Jesus, strip malls, TGIFridays, Starbucks, SUVs, more white people, plastic surgery, trophy wives, Bush voters, what-have-you. These people of course are completely oblivious to their suckitude. You go your way I'll go my own.

Too lazy to report right now, so let's just nerd out for a minute. Since I work only nights now, I have a lot more free time during the day...and unfortunately today I spent the last hour looking at all this nonsense on the internet. So before I go outside and enjoy the 80 degree weather, here are some links to keep you busy.

This is the preview for the mysterious 1-18-08 movie we all saw before Transformers.

Now down the rabbit hole...
Ethan Haas Cloverfield Diaries (where I found all this shit).
Official site.
Ethan Haas Was Right.
Ethan Haas Was Wrong.
ABZ 3293.
Slusho(?).
Hanso(???).
Huh? What the fuck is going on? I love how the internet has taken nerd shit to the next level. This is exactly why I like LOST too, so JJ Abrams must be doing something right. And Hanso is somehow involved in this shit? Killage. Now who wants a slusho?

dear chad mcbro

2007-06-24T11:52:00.000-07:00

I fucking hate you guys...it seems so cliche and lame to dog on that pinnacle of humanity, the white young urban professional douchebag, but I am going out on a limb and doing it.

So fellas...what do you got for me? I'm a faggot? Oh, and a homo? Anything else? Oh, still a faggot. Cool, good. You are fucking awful. Why not just call people n*ggers too? Oh you do that too? Oh cool. At least if you are gonna be awful you might as well be really fucking awful.

hour after our work is never over

2007-06-23T18:46:00.000-07:00

Neat. Daft Punk will be at Red Rocks July 31st. Be there.

droppin' science, born to roll

2007-06-08T18:31:00.000-07:00

So I took a lame 1000-level Psychology course in school last semester, and we spent a week talking about the science of sleep. Sleep is like a bank; the more sleep you put into the bank the more energy you have and vice versa. However our bodies can learn to adapt if on a low-sleep schedule. A study was conducted where a man could only sleep for 30 minutes a time over the course of a month. Eventually his body started spacing the sleep cycle out so all necessary stages (beta, alpha, theta, delta, and REM) could be achieved in less than the normal 90-minute cycle. I just proved this correct.

I flopped into bed at around 6-ish and had a long, insane dream about Sleeper Horse staying at my non-existant ex-military redneck uncle's weird house on the coast of North Carolina by a navy yard whose son wanted me to inflate a blow-up doll (yes, that kind of blow-up doll) for him to play with in the pool but my uncle dissuaded him by showing us the indoor badminton set he had set up. And Mike, Josh and I took a picture inside the hanger he put cots in for us and there were a bunch of orbs in the picture, which is supposed to be ghosts or something (Casey, this correct?) and we were scared to sleep in there because there was no bar by where we were, just a fast food chain. Fucking thing went on for-ev-vur. I woke up at 6:50.

We also learned about how sleep is a processing function for memory, especially REM sleep and dreams. So...what memories did I encode by having this weird fucking dream? Anyway. Isn't that annoying when someone says, 'oh I had this crazy dream!' and then they tell you ever single detail and it's boring? Yeah. That just happened.

We're partying tonight. You know where, and if you don't just holler.

bbbbbaaaatttttttttllllllleeeeesss

2007-06-04T01:47:00.000-07:00

Fucking sick. July 8th can't get here fast enough.

Don't have an hour? Just this then.

let's keep you up to date

2007-05-30T14:11:00.000-07:00

So, this might be my favorite song right now. This Antony person is fucking amazing.

It came to her in a dream...of course it did.

One last item on the Bjork tip, I have had like three dreams about that insane trampoline/sonar detector/board game thing that dude was playing. Here, look.

What the fuck is that? I've heard some speculation that it does not, in fact, do anything. Fucking crazy man. When this shit happened though, Hyberballad into Pluto, I felt like I was on about seven hits of acid. Longman and I noticed an interesting trend that every time a huge laser would blast out over the crowd people would instinctively whoop and holler. We are currently working on a project to bring a laser into everyday settings to see if we can acheive the same effect. Location one, the DMV. Location two, Argonaut liquors. Location three, the alleyway behind Argonaut where we pass out drinking tall boys. Experiment is forfeited. (And don't anyone steal my idea like SOMEONE DID- and yes I am currently looking into litigation*).

Some radio station did an ambush interview with Ben Gibbard. Worth a listen, only because he jokes about Johnathon Rice being gay...which means he can stop dating Jenny now.

This is a good waste of time too. How well do you know your album art?

I finally 'get' the Cold War Kids. This is awesome, although I been hearing God Rock rumors...

Last but not least, I leave you with a little Sufjan...doing 'Lakes of Canada' by the Innocence Mission (you may remember them from such soundtracks as this one). Anyway these La Blogotheque dudes really know what's up. I feel like Aziz Ansari's indie record clerk because I read it but can't understand a thing. So I don't read it at all I guess, I look at it. Anyway the video feature they do called "The Takeaway Show" is really neat, from Tapes doing "Insistor" in the streets of Paris to Arcade Fire ripping a magazine for percussion in an elevator. Here is their take on Soofs, it's funny to hear him being a bitch about the weather.

#50.2 - Sufjan Stevens (MusicNow) - The lakes of Canada
Uploaded by lablogotheque

I bid thee adieu.

*So it turns out that the advertising firm that came up with DQ's "Do One" campaign? IS ON 18th AND ARAPAHOE IN DOWNTOWN DENVER! So some fuck on a deadline was drowning his strees at DTP (Downtown Petes) and stole our fucking catchphrase. There will be justice, oh yes...I want 'Do One' back...'Hike It Up' just isn't taking off like i hoped it would.

epic.

2007-05-30T13:34:00.001-07:00

Epic. Lucky to be alive.

Tuesday May 22. Hold Steady at the Gothic. Completely trashed, finished the night drinking Grand Marnier and red beer. Me and Small Brown spend an hour and a half singing Tom Waits in the truck, waiting for me to sober up so we can drive half a mile to our respective houses.

Wednesday May 23rd. Hungover all day at work, threw up around 2pm. Went straight from work and rented a trailer, picked the boys up for soundcheck at the Bluebird. Show was sold out by the time we went on, Minus the Bear guys were super nice, then we hear later they were pissed that they had two local openers (your package acts dropped off guy, what else did you think was gonna happen?) I eat four Tums on stage. Finish the set and load straight out the door to 3 Kings just in time to catch Only Thunder, who ruled. I continue to get hammered until we play, and at the end of our set am so shitfaced I huck my guitar into the bass drum and start yelling at the crowd "that's how you do it"! Witness two almost fights. Get home wicked late.

Thursday May 24th. Up and at `em early for work again, but surprisingly alert. Play pub trivia with the DZs and Steve, come in second place, losing to two fat nerds (everybody loses to these guys) but beat my 'nemesis' English Dave (no, not that English Dave) in the Dullards. Meet up with Andrew and Yomitron at Scruffy's, enjoy a cameo from Eric Halborg. Get home before 1am, but am up late watching the LOST finale (more on that later).

Friday May 25th. Up early for no reason, bartend to fucking yuppie scum for six hours, then head to the "Rock"mada to meet team Signal for a drink. Some drunk bird shows us her tits a million times and talks about loving the taste of her own...you know...and wants to lick it off someone's beard. Grosscore x5000. Home late, because at the Rock you can order as many cans or bottles as you want at last call and drink them in the hotel courtyard...nice loophole. Plus during the summer if you order just one drink from the bar you can use their pool.

Saturday May 26th. Andrew and Tristan call and we eat Swift's kitchen, then sit on my porch for almost four hours drinking beer. Small Brown, RKelly, and Ethan all make guest appearances. I love the fact that a good friend of mine is a cop patrolling my neighborhood. I feel safe knowing that Big E is out there. We drink until the absolute last minute we can be in Denver before heading up to Boulder for the bro-down. Catacombs tells us that we have an unlimited bar tab and still pay us $75. I get annihilated. Shots and shots. End of the night I fall off the curb into a sitting position; shortly thereafter Andrew Vastola pulls me and I pass out in the back of his car. I wonder when I get home if he saved my life.

Sunday May 27th. Wake up, get picked up by Adam Lancaster and we are off to Steubens. Joe is working...long story short I am completely cross-eyed by 3pm. Go home, nap, head right to OLBA to drink more and play shredding metal. Leave OLBA and head right to IPDTC for a meeting and get home at 1130pm. Pack a bag and drive to Boulder to drink and play Wii with Gibby and Grossman until 3-ish am.

Monday May 28th. Plummer wakes us up at 545am and we go pay 40 bucks to run 6 miles, with one stop for beer along the way. Channel 9 news asks us what our team name is, and we answer FUPA, the Flourescent Uptown Posse of America. So Gibby gets to say FUPA on air. We drink some more after and go to West End, get homeat 2:30 and tap out on the day.

Tuesday May 29th. Up early again, realize my summer term schedule got fucked. Part my fault, part theirs. Go to work, drink Strongbow and watch Miami Ink with Thomas. Start driving home and am resolute NOT TO GO OUT unless someone calls me. Four blocks from my place the phone rings. After a night at Streets with 3/4ths of the Horse I get home at 3-ish.

What did you do last week?

strictly for my N.E.R.D.Z.

2007-05-25T13:09:00.000-07:00

30 years ago today. My mom likes to say that I refused to wear shorts when I was little because -ahem- "Han Solo doesn't wear shorts". She even made me a little black leather vest to wear.

And don't get me started on the LOST finale. Fucking hell.

Tomorrow night. We ride to fight.

zombie tuesday.

2007-05-22T15:44:00.000-07:00

They are people too.
Zombie-American Chapter One

Zombies. Love em. Did any watch the Heroes finale last night? Fucking lame sauce. I got into that show halfway through because the Horse took an hour break during practice to watch. All this buildup and that was the end? DUMB. Sorry. The LOST finale will definitely rule a lot harder, although I won't be able to watch it real time because it is double-duty for the Horse!

That's right kids, this Wednesday is a double-header for the Horse...first we are opening the Minus the Bear show over at the Bluebird, then scrambling over to 3 Kings to rock your balls with Only Thunder!

We play at the Bluebird at 8 sharp! So if you are going to the show to see the Menos El Oso or just to see lil ol' us GET THERE EARLY! And then the party train heads straight over to South Broadway to see the fuckin' epic debut of ONLY THUNDER. After they shred the house down we will play again for you, then get completely annihilated. I'm thinking forties. That show starts at 9 with the Thunder soon to follow so again, get there sharpish.

Also of note there is a neat little article at Yourhub about the Colorado scene, and they make a quick mention of your friends in the Horse, as well as Signal and 3oh!3. It's a great read and sums up nicely the camaradrie we who inhabit the Front Range are lucky to enjoy.

http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Stories/Entertainment/Music/Story~310603.aspx

My good friend Jan is a killer advertising person in NYC. You may remember her as the creator of this campaign. Her new site is Win Nick's Life brought to you by Steinlager. Check it out.

Also when did this air? How did I miss this?

I am off to get hammered with Craig Finn and the rest of the Hold Steady crew. Are they any good? Who cares! Let's get pished.

a list

2007-05-18T02:12:00.000-07:00

I was thinking, here on the eve of the big Tim Tom release show, how lucky I have been in my life to share the stage with some of the most talented and creative people Colorado has to offer...and I just thought I would make a list, a running tally. Not just share a stage with but actually be a part of a performing musical project with. And yeah, I am fucking bragging. Without further ado...

John Alexander
Donald Sawyer
Scott Longman
Erik Whaley
Andrew Vastola
Adam Lancaster
Gregg Rosenthal
Robbie Kalinowski
Tommy Monette
Chip Dziedzic
Matthew Hergenreter
Justin Hackl
Chris Fogal
Matt Van Leuven
Forrest Bartosch
Mike Herrera
Ryan Kelly
Josh Friedman
Tim Cleary
Jason Walker
Ryan Suma
Peter Glenn
Kacey Johansing
Sean Foreman
Dave Barker
Ian O'Daughtry

TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT

2007-05-18T02:01:00.000-07:00

So. It is officially Friday the 18th of May, and I wanted to inform you that your presence is requested at Timothy Thomas Cleary's CD release party at the Larimer Lounge tonight. I am backing Tim up in this endeavor and it would be really swell of you all to come.

Tim Cleary has been an important part of the Colorado music scene for years and years, from Shogun to One Dying Wish to Signal to Noise to his own damn self. He is leaving us in a few short weeks to try his luck in the Big Apple, and will be sorely missed....so please....do come. It would mean ever so much to Tim, and me.

Check out the Onion AV club this week to catch an interview with the man, and come down to the double L tonight to celebrate a great dude and his music.

21+ comp tickets below...

here is what you are doing the next few weeks

2007-05-16T23:56:00.002-07:00

Sorry. We agreed you have to come to all of these events.

This Friday is the Tim Tom Cleary CD release show...if you haven't experienced the magic of this man then you're fucking DUMB. There will be six people on stage with him including Jason Walker (The New Rome, every band in Denver), Sean Foreman (3oh!3), Ryan Suma (Shotgun Willie's), Peter Glenn (Killfix), Kacey Johansing (herself) and some stupid bass player with a bad moustache. It really is quite a show. Mr. Cleary is moving soon so this is one of your last chances to see him...it would mean a lot to the guy. And to me.

Also Signal to Noise is opening featuring the Denver debut of new drummer and my hetero life partner Andrew Vastola. And Mustangs. And Kacey Johansing performing solo.

free tix:

The Wednesday following is the two hour fucking LOST SEASON FINALE!!! But you can't watch it because you will be here:

It's Only Thunder (ex-TBOP, Cost of Living, The Everyday Fight, The Nutsockets) first show. And the Horse of course. We can watch Lost later that night or the next day. No, we really can't, but I have to be there and so do you.

Last but not least next Saturday is the Bro-down in Boulder. Signal. Gale. Tim. Horse. Rome. Signal to Sleeper Thomas Rome Gale. If anyone is alive after this show it will be a fucking miracle.

That's all for now. Clear your schedule in June though, there will be more...much more.

xoxo
-m.f.clark

shiner bock

2007-05-16T15:21:00.000-07:00

This is Battles. One dude from Helmet, another from Don Cab. They are at Larimer sometime this summer. Get on this. Stephen likes them, and he fucking hates EVERYTHING.

Bjork and Joanna Newsom were rad last night. The hippies were not rad last night. I don't have an extra 'square', or want to buy chocolate, or am interested in glass. You're an idiot. In the words of Naomi hanging out of my truck window: "Get a job".

advance warning...the bro-down in boulder!

2007-05-15T14:55:00.001-07:00

Request it off work, do whatever you got to do, just fucking be there. Not only is it the biggest bro down of all time, but it is also Josh 'Crazy Legs' Friedman's dirty 30th birthday. Do one. Hike it up.

Beard Rape: A Serious Crime

2007-05-14T15:59:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, May 13th in the Year of Our Lord 2007, a group of men lured me to a dark corner of a bar with the promise of alcohol and frozies. They then held me down and shaved my beard into a moustache. I was violated and, having no recourse, eventually gave up struggling and allowed a dad stache to be cut into my face. It was humilating and defiling.

So let this be a warning to all men with beards; in the month of May(stache), do not grow a beard against the wishes of others, and definitely do not take a shot of anything resembling iced tea. And keep an eye on that Beefy B guy. He played college ball, is from Kansas, does work and can make it rain out here all day.

Tomorrow night Bjork and the love of my life Joanna Newsom are doing one at Red Rocks. There is gonna be a truckbed party...if you want to be down bring tall boys and get there early. You know the number.

is there anything better?

2007-05-09T00:28:00.000-07:00

...than standing with your best friends watching arguably the best live act operating today (against me!) and singing at the top of your lungs?

probably not. hike it up, dog.

cursive still slays, they played "the game of who needs who the most" from domestica. i saw stars.

pity party (what else is new)

2007-04-22T00:02:00.000-07:00

I am sick now to the point where I'm kind of like 'just fucking kill me'. Haven't been sick like this in well over a year. I'm congested, body aches, fever, the whole nine. And I have a raging headache from trying to read, watching TV or staring at a computer. Feel bad for me! These are the times I wish I had a significant other; noone likes being sick alone. And Longman and Teo had to work so they can't come over and spoon feed me Cheerios.

But fear not dear readers- I am on a vitamin overload to prepare myself for tomorrow night, cos my hero is playing the Gothic...

Ask anyone; if I could play music in any band, I would be a Pharmacist. And in Sleeperhorse (songs coming middle of next week).

Has everyone seen this? Maybe it's funnier if you are doped up on Theraflu and whiskey...

sick

2007-04-21T14:12:00.000-07:00

yeah i'm sick. i expect to spend the day watching Terrorstorm and listening to Quicksand.

feisty arcade horse

2007-04-20T12:42:00.000-07:00

1. Feist is coming to the Boulder Theatre with Grizzly Bear June 22nd. It had fucking better not be an Etown thing.

2. No matter how many videos of Arcade Fire doing "Wake Up" in the audience it's still awesome. They also do "Neon Bible" in an elevator and use the pages of a magazine for percussion.

3. Last night my new band Sleeperhorse recorded at the Grace Gale compound with a studio genius we had never met named Brett. They made us burgers and we drank Keystone Ice. It only took a few hours to track everything and nail down almost all the vocals, and I am so stoked for people to hear it. It was the first time I could actually hear what is going on with the guitars and vocals, and it sounds amazing. I am pretty proud of this, and can't wait to hear what people think.

Sank you.

i don't even know what i am talking about anymore...

2007-04-18T14:09:00.000-07:00

The Real World: Denver

If you know me at all you know I have been following this show. They make Denver look pretty good too (although apparently the entire Denver nightlife scene is relegated to the Tavern Downtown, Hush, the Public House, and Monarck). So yeah I watch it, but partly I think because it makes me fucking insane. Today, instead of staying on campus between classes I came home to grab some lunch and a book and discovered the new episode of Real World was on. Of course I watched it. And the episode infuriated me so much I had to write about it.

So, this gigantic whore named Jen (I don't want to be mean by calling her that but when you bang out half the city, well, you're asking for it) has a boyfriend that comes to town to visit. The whole episode is about him finding out how many dudes she's banged behind his back...like, he knows about one, then is informed about another, then finally she has to tell him about one more. And the whole thing is played like "this poor girl". Shots of her crying and looking pensive, and taking her anger at herself out on her roommate who spilled the beans. The point is this girl Jen now thinks that she could "fall for this guy". She wants him to basically get over the fact that three other dudes have run up in her, even though that kind of invalidates her entire relationship with her boyfriend. Doesn't matter, he is what she wants, and, as is the American Way, we should all get exactly what we want no matter how awful we are, or how many people we hurt or trample on along the way to get it. It's our right.

She finally after much poking and prodding gets the whole story of her sexual adventures out to him (at Sonodas- gross) and looks like she deserves a cookie. Joyous music plays and everything is right with the world. "It feels so good to have everything out!" No shit. And the guy apparently takes her back, which is dumb. Maybe she actually is the most awesome, caring, kind, selfless person in the world, and worth all the bullshit but the cameras just missed all that trying to get the shot of the big dude peeing on Market Street. Because if you watch the show she is definitely portrayed as 'the whore'. And awful, unintelligent, and most likely a severe alcoholic. Also, just plain mean (this is gonna make me sound like a woman, but she did sleep with Alex the first time because she was jealous of Colie and wanted to hurt her...yes, that just happened).

But no! I say nay! She fucked up! This episode should have been about owning up to your mistakes instead of being forced to. She was dating a guy and then slept with three dudes in what is probably the same amount of weeks and when he gets upset she mopes around and complains? You're a fucking idiot. You made your bed, lay in it. What kind of example does this set for the normal audience of this show (14-25 year olds)? What kind for example does this whole entire show set for anyone? That it's okay to be vapid and awful, to sleep around and get drunk all the time and somehow be the most ignorant, stupid college kids on the planet? To have no goal in life and turn your stint on the Real World into a half-hearted grab at fame? To spend your life doing the "Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Octagon" circuit? Where are the doctors and lawyers? Where are the average people they purport to be featuring? Where is anyone with one iota of intelligence? Or fuck it even someone creative, an artist or a musician? Noone is gonna remember Davis in ten years (God I hope not) or Billy, Steve, whoever the fuck came before. Because there is no point to these people. And they certainly act like it. And I realize that the reason intelligent, creative people aren't on this show is because quite simply they are above it. It just sucks that the generation coming up behind us is being raised on this kind of shit. Role models aren't politicians, scientists, artists, or even family members anymore, they are Britney Spears and Brooke Hogan and Brad from the Real World: San Diego.

Whereas this show was once an interesting social experiment, now it is more like exactly what the fuck is wrong with this country (other than the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, the war on a noun, Alberto Gonzales, Katrina, Walter Reed, the massacre at Virgina Tech, etc).

All this fucking shit and we sit here and get 24 fucking hours of news about bullcrap like Anna Nicole's baby and Don Imus and we have the entire MTV programming schedule and people wonder why the whole fucking world is going to hell in a handbasket?

I need one of these.

shed some light...

2007-04-16T09:31:00.000-07:00

how can you not love this chick?

no? sequins more your thing?

imogen.

2007-04-15T22:21:00.000-07:00

That's funny.

I'm back. I missed my flight Thursday and spent most of the day in an airport, did the exact same thing minus missing the flight all day today, and walked a few miles to a gas station cos my car ran out of gas...which was actually kind of fun.

Anyone else notice how that Charlotte Gainsbourg record is being hyped to no end? I mean, her dad ruled and who wouldn't want to have tons of sex with her but still, everywhere you look, there she is.

hmm.

2007-04-11T12:21:00.000-07:00

Haven't posted anything about Sufjan in awhile. Here is a clip from his performance at the Musicnow festival. It's a new song about a bird (wierd.)

Sufjan Stevens- Barn Owl, Night Killer

we are the earth intruders

2007-04-09T13:19:00.000-07:00

New Bjork leak from Volta. It's not really a video, just the song playing over a still of the album cover. Red Rocks!
Bjork- Earth Intruders

Sounds pretty good. I read that she is trying to get back to her Debut roots and it certainly seems that way. Red ROCKS!

Also quick plug for my old buddy Aaron Rosenbloom. Not only is his blog a fun read, he is working on a video for the nerds in Hella (whose new album is called There's No 666 In Outer Space...nerds), and putting together a documentary about the disaster of consumerism. The doc is called Wasteland, and Aaron and his partner Wes have a blog up and running as well as some videos of their progress. Like this one:

Noble man. I think he has a beard, although I haven't seen him in years. Maybe for Daft Punk and the Rapture? Let's take drugs and bring underage girls. Deal.

geek out

2007-04-09T00:20:00.000-07:00

Rob Zombie's Halloween

Can't wait to see what Rob does with this...this man makes killer horror flicks, and his 'Werewolf Women of the SS' trailer during Grindhouse is the shit (although Eli Roth's 'Thanksgiving' is easily the highlight- "White meat. Dark meat. All will be carved...THANKSGIVING").

It's true what they say, Grindhouse is the shit; drop everything and go see it NOW. Totally a must-see theater experience; I had the distinct pleasure of seeing it with fellow geeker-outer Suma and horror movie encyclopedia Derek. And boy was it hard not to stand up and cheer at the end of both Planet Terror...did anyone really expect anything less? Although the other one was just eh. BUT- Highly entertaining and quotable. Get on it.

"I never miss"

finally

2007-04-03T11:17:00.000-07:00

Season two on DVD. Geek out. Garmonbozia.

jackass.

2007-04-01T15:33:00.000-07:00

i knew i should have gotten out of work.

2007-03-30T16:44:00.000-07:00

Here is Grizzly Bear 'Knife' from the LL here in Denver.

The whole album is amazing, but of course 'Knife' is the major standout. The are playing the Pitchfork festival in Chicago this summer. We should probably go to that too.

Haven't seen the video yet? It's amazing.

Here is Girl Talk (coming to the Bluebird soon- check to your right) gettin' buck on some Griz.

rehash

2007-03-30T16:10:00.000-07:00

Feist and Emily Haines

i want to kick it with these two so bad. i bet you'd break tons of glasses, get thrown out of a bar and into a fight, and when the sun comes up you awkwardy try to kiss one of them and the other breaks your nose and they wander off together into the LES morning looking for pancakes and cocaine while singing "private eyes" in short dresses. yeah. that'd be a pretty good day. why can't i have that day?

2007-03-30T14:17:00.000-07:00

TONIGHT MARCH 30th
SIGNAL TO NOISE
SLEEPERHORSE (ex- The Blackout Pact, Grace Like Gravity, Away By Train, Sound of Sinners, Slouch, Curious Yellow, Novallos, Sound of Sinners)
SKYRISE TO MARTUS
BEFORE THE SUNSET DIED (i think i fucked the name up)
CAST UPON ALCOTT
special performance by TIMOTHY THOMAS CLEARY

It's the Horse's first show, so it's gonna be drunk shenanigans. Get in there. 212 Santa Fe (2nd and Santa Fe) in Denver, it's all ages, $6, Bring Your Own Booze (there is a liquor store like two blocks away too). It's gonna be fun, and DUH Signal is playing. Speaking of the dudes...

You should probably go read this interview with Signal to Noise. They shed some light on what makes the Colorado music scene so great.

best of the mi espacio

2007-03-29T15:49:00.000-07:00

Sometimes on myspace people I know post bulletins with funny shit in them. Here are my two favorites from today, thanks to Casey and Kim.

Peyton Manning for United Way

Jessi Klein (the Showbiz Show) on the Pussycat Dolls

veedeeoh

2007-03-29T15:26:00.000-07:00

TONIGHT!

fuck tuesdays

2007-03-27T11:33:00.000-07:00

Yes But No But Yes has a great bit about 15 unintentionally funny comic panels. Its pretty hilarious; the website has some gold on it too. It's fun running into a new website with tons of new ways to completely procrastinate writing a stupid paper about something.

I survived birthday week somehow. On my forearm to the left you will find a list of all drinks consumed by yours truly on Friday, March 23rd. Thanks to all who made appearances, etc. We had a right good time. Saw TV on the Radio, the Thermals, and the Photo Atlas, hung out with the world's drunkest band Ratatat (seriously, dude could barely stand up), and ate massive amounts of Pho. I appreciate every one of my team from the bottom of my parts.

THAT. JUST. HAPPENED- YOU KNOW IT- AAAAAAAAAAAA- YOU KNOW IT!

there are only three items on the agenda today.

2007-03-21T15:38:00.001-07:00

1.
So. My birthday is this Friday. Although Longman's treasure hunt was annoying (but worthwhile), I think he made a good point; it sucks planning a birthday. It seems wierd. That being said this Friday is my birthday. Here is what I plan on doing, where I will be etc. I'd love it if you join me. And I think we can go ahead and bring back the one-punch-for-every-year-of-life thing. Just don't be a dick about it.

THURSDAY: The Thermals are playing at the Hidive. Probably be kicking it at Sputnik until go time. And afterwards too, so come down and let's hang out. There will be the obligatory midnight shot fest I'm sure. I highly recommend going to this show whether you like me or not, Thermals fucking rule.

FRIDAY: Gonna grab the tight fam and get some dinner, then probably off to see Matatat at the Bluebird. Probably. Dunno yet, in any case there will be some heavy drinking at Rockbar. I know Rockbar can suck (unless you really like cocaine and being one of the beautiful people) but it's a cheap place to drink and a good spot for gettin' buck wile.

SATURDAY: Atlas is playing at the Hidive (wow that's wierd). I think it's the CD release show. Prada Hair Model Denver Dan [the one with the purse] promised to buy shots for everyone.

SUNDAY: Bloodies downtown somewhere.

2.
Next week my new band Sleeper Horse is playing it's first show alongside Signal to Noise at Emerald City on Santa Fe. Friday night the 30th, no idea what time, but come down. The band is Small Brown Mike (TBOP), Josh (Away by Train, Slouch), some dude from Cleveland (Ryan Kelly formerly of Novallos), and yours truly. BYOB for real.

The day before that though I will be joining Mr. Tim Tom Cleary on some bass licks over at Tear in My Beer (Thursdays at Old Curtis Street). Some other Denver luminaries are gonna be backing Tim up as well, so don't miss it. If you haven't checked out his stuff yet I think you should do it right now.

3.
Lost tonight. Locke-centric. 9pm ABC D.O.O.N.E.

byaah.

2007-03-19T15:45:00.000-07:00

Bjork. May 15th. Red Rocks. That's all.

bracketology

2007-03-18T12:18:00.000-07:00

Just take UF all the way. That's all the advice you need, believe me. How can you compete with this?

You can't. Just give up now and surrender.

There was a rant here. It went badly.

wet and rusting

2007-03-16T14:25:00.000-07:00

1. Here is a video for Menomena's song 'Wet and Rusting'.

Besides just having a cool video, Menomena is a slamming hot band. Pick up Friend or Foe and try and prove me wrong.

2. SWSSucks. Come back friends and I don't care how long you danced with Ultragrrl or whatever. And yes, I wish I was there too.

3. We should probably go to Sasquatch this year.

simlish

2007-03-08T15:16:00.000-08:00

I'm not really sure what simlish is but Lily Allen made a video speaking it. It's like a toddler is singing. Anyway here:

Ba wa we ba me nis no we dwee.

In other news The Photo Atlas has new songs posted and is the featured band on both Spin.com and Myspace music. Dance Atlas Dance!!!

Missing on some Jenny?

2007-03-02T11:41:00.000-08:00

SIDE A: Then all you gots to do is click right the fuck here.

Do da do do.

wow, really?

2007-02-26T17:38:00.000-08:00

This uh...this is Jada Pinkett Smith's band Wicked Wisdom.

I know. It's like....I don't get it either.

slothes!

2007-02-25T01:51:00.000-08:00

3,000 bud lights is a lot.

the world sucks

2007-02-23T01:23:00.000-08:00

i don't post that much anymore...because I am angry, bitter, jaded, cynical...basically I'm a dick now. Watch this.

Okay...think whatever the fuck you want to think about Barack Obama. Obviously I am for the guy (judging by earlier posts). But please, Fox News/Republican Party. Give us something real for fucking once. This is all bullshit.

I have been working on an extended manifesto...in a nutshell I hate the world and everything in it...but Republicans and anyone that actually considers FOXnews to be 'news' is a piece of shit and should kill themselves in the interest of humanity. There is no room for debate. You are awful, awful fucking people. Worse than Britney Spears, even.

WATCH:
Why We Fight (do it right fucking now)
The Corporation
Who Killed The Electric Car?
Bush's Brain
Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room
OUTFOXED: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

READ:
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III by Bob Woodward
Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter
On Truth/On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt
The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things by Barry Glassner
the New Yorker, the NY Times, the Washington Post (even if just on RSS feeds)

LISTEN:
The new Arcade Fire
NPR

Don't be sheep. Educate your fucking self.

it's bound to melt your heart

2007-02-14T15:03:00.000-08:00

My mom sent me a package in honor of Valentine's Day that had my favorite dessert she bakes (chocolate in-betweens) inside. I was alternately happy and sad. Jenny Lewis anyone?

the JT thing continues

2007-02-12T14:21:00.000-08:00

Come on. Dude rules. Are you making out with Scarlett Johnansson all gnarly everywhere? No- but homeboy is.

And thi is Fallout Boy's new album artwork:

What did a four-year-old do that? What the hell kind of name is that anyway? This band sucks; there will be no convincing me otherwise...and to the naysayers who think "he's saying JT up and dogging on Fallout Boy he's a retard it's all pop music" I say nay. Justin Timberlake will be releasing albums for a long time. Fallout Boy? Not so much. This has gotta be it for them, then we don't have to see that shamelessly self-promoting bagadouche Pete Wentz everywhere.

do yourself and me a favor tomorrow night

2007-02-12T13:55:00.000-08:00

I have to work, but YOU have to go down to the Larimer Lounge and see Grizzly Bear. Don't talk about it, just do it.

Go here and click on the 'watch video' link. Your eyes and ears will be all like woah. Not 'whoa'. Woah. That's what the Bear will do to that ass. Boo-yah.

wake up.

2007-02-09T01:52:00.000-08:00

the arcade fire rules...

metallurgy

2007-02-06T13:47:00.000-08:00

That's just a fun word. Metallurgy.

Cracked has the top 5 worst super bowl ads. And it's spot on.

My personal favorite ads from the Super Bowl were this one:

because David Letterman bears a striking resemblance to my father.

And this one:

because Dwayne Wade is the shit and it's filmed at the Delano.

stupor bowl sunday

2007-02-05T10:29:00.000-08:00

Who saw that coming? Actually, a lot of people. I thought that if Manning and friends were gonna win, it was gonna be a blow-out. Which it kind of was. Although only losing by two scores, the Colts seemed to have the upper hand from the beginning of the second quarter. They commanded the ball, having 38:04 minutes of total possession. The Bears D did do a good job of keeping them out of the end zone however. And although I don't care much for either team (I liked San Diego and the Saints in the big game- what the fuck do I know) I did want the game to be exciting...boy I got my wish. All those loose balls and dropped catches...It's funny that all week they were saying how Miami was the best place to have the Super Bowl because of the weather, then Miami goes and takes a four-hour long piss on the game. Nice work 305!

I feel bad for Rex, since he was such a great (and inconsistent) Gator and also Devin Hester, who is such an incredibly fun and dynamic player to watch. BUT I guess it was just the 'Clots' year...and come on, you gotta love Dungy. So, kudos to Peyton Manning for his 'vindication'.

Dude is still a goober.

Sorry all you sad Bears fans (who all came out of the woodwork...seriously, 2/3rds of Denver is suddenly from Chicago?)

And if you still feel shitty and bummer, well, you should've started Griese! DUH! We all know Grossman's a choke artist! Eh, not your fault. Maybe reliving the Purple One's halftime show will help

indie girl winner!

2007-02-05T10:23:00.000-08:00

Miss Annie Hardy of Giant Drag won the whole silly "Indie Rock Chicks" poll thing from last year (I'm lazy). She won with a commanding eight votes, and Feist came in second with five...the weird thing was how spread out the vote was, the only two ladies recieving no votes were Lady Sovereign (fair enough) and Cat Power (are you retarded??).

Anyway.

That was fun.

yawn

2007-01-30T19:09:00.000-08:00

DEEEEP BREATH...three different places of employment + full load at school + training for a marathon (okay just a half...stop fucking laughing) + still trying to keep an active social life = no time for this blog shit. Gonna try harder. But with all the shows coming up its gonna be hard, thanks to...

BOOYAH! IGIF posted a bit about iConcertCalendar, a freeware feature for iTunes that magically generates a (duh) calendar of when any of the artists in your iTunes are stopping by your town. Give it a whirl, it's amazing. Get this shit right here.

Tired, eating Vietnamese take-out (not pho unfortunately), listening to Lily Allen and I'm wondering if she's any good at Guitar Hero. I bet that'd be a fun date.

2007-01-26T14:00:00.000-08:00

just having a digital camera doesn't make you a photographer.
just having thrift store gear doesn't make you a fashion plate.
just pretending your parents aren't loaded doesn't make you humble.
just because you can have up to 300 pictures doesn't mean you even need 30.
just professing your love for red wine doesn't make you a drunk.
just writing shitty regurgitated lines doesn't make you a poet.
just downloading a few botch songs doesn't make you a fan.
just knowing who jean-michel basquiat is doesn't mean you know art.
and just because you put it on the internet doesn't mean anybody gives a shit.

i'm not an artist. neither are you. so say we all.

automatic.

2007-01-22T18:58:00.000-08:00

Duh. Not like I could afford to go (saving up for one of these), but what a line-up. Bjork, JMC, Arcade Fire, Spank Rock, Against Me!, Ratatat, Silversun Pickups, Lily 'FUCKING' Allen...boy it'd be a do one...although didn't I swear off outdoor festivals? Tickets on sale Saturday. You should buy me one. I am a great festival partner, my man-bag is Prada and will hold all your crap.

On another note, I'm all warm inside after a long day at school. I have a delicious sangwich in front of me, Melo's back, and the new Of Montreal is playing. Life is pretty good.

2006 Bands.

2007-01-18T19:38:00.000-08:00

So my goal of 100 shows was exceeded by 25...depending on what you want to count. If Pitchfork, Lollapalooza, and ACL all count as one on their own, instead of individual by day, then the count is really 120. Which is fine.

Obviously my two favorite local bands are easily the Photo Atlas and Signal to Noise, having seen both of them a whopping 7 times a piece...Atlas almost took the lead but I missed their show on Dec.30th...it would've been very apropos to close the year out at the Marquis with them, but unfortunately the last show I saw this year was in a sketchy warehouse on Santa Fe in the freezing cold where everyone was on mushrooms. It was Achille Lauro, and they had visuals and everything, and this one dude told me that if I went up front and sat "indian-style" I could really get the feel of the whole thing. I huddled in the 'kitchen' (I use that term very loosely) with Naomi and Kat and sipped from a fifth of Beam. Seeing the last show with them was nice though, since we were Team Denver in the Windy Shitty this summer. I am not going to be as compulsive and gnarly this year: instead of going to two or three shows a night (multiple times) I am just gonna pick one and soak it in. And if the first three monthes of `07 is an indication of the live acts that are going to be passing through, it is gonna be a hell of a year for your ears. Here is every band I saw last year, in alphabetical order and a few are annotated with the number of times I saw them.

Deep breath...

1865, 3oh3! (3), 30 Seconds to Mars, 36 Crazy Fists, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Aceyalone, Achille Lauro, Ryan Adams, Aesop Rock, Against All Authority, Against Me! (2), Alkaline Trio, Dave Alvin, American Relay, Ancient Mith, the Appleseed Cast, Architects, Armor for Sleep, Art Brut (2), As Cities Burn, As Tall As Lions, Atreyu, Augustana, Authority Zero, the Axe that Chopped the Cherry Tree (2), Bad Luck City, Band of Horses, Bane, Bayside, BBQ Show, Andrew Bird, The Blackout Pact (2), Blood Brothers, Born in the Flood (2), Boysetsfire (2), Broken Social Scene, the Bronx, the Brotherhood of Dae Han (4), Brothermandude, Buckwheat Zydeco, Bullet for my Valentine, Bullets and Octane, Calexico (2), Cameron at Bay, Cast Upon Alcott (2), Cat-a-tac, Chiodos (2), Cinderella, Circa Survive, Clearstatic, Tim Cleary, Clifton, the Cloud Room, Cobra Starship, Colcannon, Comeback Kid, Converge, Coretta Scott, Cowboy Curse, Crash Romeo, Crime in Stereo, Criteria (2), Crystal Skulls, CSS, Cursive, Danzig (tribute), Daphne Loves Derby, Darkest Hour, Death Cab for Cutie, Deftones, Destroyer, Detroit Cobras, DORK, the Downers, Drag the River (4), Dr.Neptune, Drop Dead Gorgeous, the Duke Spirit, Editors, the Elected, Electric Six, Elucidarius, Jeremy Enigk, Envy on the Coast, Evergreen Terrace, Every Move A Picture, Everything Absent or Distorted (3), Everytime I Die, the Ex-Boyfriends, Facing New York (2), the Faint, Fall From Grace, Fall of Troy, Fallout Orphan, Fear Before the March Of Flames, Fear From Falling, Feist, Jeremy Fischer, Flaming Lips, Flobots, Frog Eyes, From Russia With Love, Futureheads, Ghost Buffalo, Gnarls Barkley (2), Grace Gale (3), Guster, Gym Class Heroes (2), Halifax, Hanger 18, Harrison Bergeron, Haste the Day, Helio Sequence, Himsa, the Hold Steady, Horse the Band, Hot Chip, I Am the Avalanche, Imogen Heap, In Case You're Curious, In Fair Verona, Jena Berlin, Joggers (2), the Jonbenet, Jonezetta, Junior Varsity, Kaddisfly, Kill Hannah, the Kingdom, Lady Sovereign, Latterman, Lawrence Arms, Jens Lekman, Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins (2), Liars, the Life There Is (3), the Living End (2), the Long Winters, Lorene Drive, Lovehatehero, Love Me Destroyer (3), Lyrics Born, the Masquerade Scene, Mastodon, Mates of State, Matisyahu (2), Mayday!, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster (2), Me Llamo Rosa, Metal Hearts, Mewithoutyou (2), Mission of Burma, Moneen, Mono, Monofog, Motorhome, Mountain Goats, Mouth of the Architect, Murder By Death, Murder Comes In Rows, Muse, Mute Math (3), My American Heart, My Brightest Diamond, My Morning Jacket, Nada Surf, New Pornographers (2), the New Rome, North Mississippi All Stars, Of Montreal, Omni, On The Last Day, Panic! At The Disco, Peeping Tom, Pelican (2), the Photo Atlas (7), Piebald, Pistolita, Planesmistakenforstars (2), Poison, Poison the Well, Portugal the Man, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Procussions, Queens of the Stone Age, Ratatat, The Revenge, Rock Kills Kid, RMR Band, Rogue Sound, Royden, Russian Circles (2), Saves the Day, Say Anything (2), Scars of Tomorrow, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Walter Schreifels, She Wants Revenge, the Shins, Shiny Toy Guns, Signal to Noise (7), Silver Jews, Silversun Pickups, Skyrise to Martus (3), Sleator-Kinney, the Sleeping (3), Smoking Popes, Snow Patrol, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, the Sounds, SOUND team (3), Sparta, Spoon, Stalin's War, Stars (2), Stereotyperider (2), Sufjan Stevens, the Sunset Curse, Scott Swarers, the Swayback (2), Ted Leo/Pharmacists (2), Thievery Corporation, These Arms Are Snakes, This Is Hell, Thrice, Throwdown, Tubring, TV on the Radio, Ugly Duckling, University (2), the Vanity (2), VAUX, the Velvet Teen, the Veronicas, Versus the Mirror, Vona, Voxtrot, the Walkmen, Kanye West, William Elliott Whitmore, Wolf Parade (2), Young Love, Zombi

iPhone!

2007-01-09T16:17:00.000-08:00

Duh. It's only the coolest fucking thing ever! Gonna have to start saving now though, the price tag is pretty hefty: $499 for the 4GB version and $599 for the 8GB. Go here and watch all Apple's little demos of the different features (coolest one has gotta be the voicemail that's set up like email...you can pick and choose which you want to hear from your phone). Yahoo's tech blog has lots of good info, too. And of course Gizmodo has shit too. Nerd away!

back from break

2007-01-09T00:18:00.000-08:00

Had to take a break from the internet. Brain melting. So now we're back and we're firstly gonna talk about football.

So this is kind of mean. But hilarious. Fuck the Cowboys but you gotta feel bad for Romo.

Who the fuck is this dude who made this? Weirdo. But if you notice he's a Gator fan!

For my dad, mom, brother, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, brothers of friends, etc who went to the University of Florida, my hats off to you and your team! Although things are looking grim for Florida sports (at least Miami....I mean come on! Riley, Coker, Girardi, and that traitor Nick Saban!), it's nice to know our brothers up north are holding it down. In the words of my intoxicated brother tonight, "Fuck the Big 10! They can eat a dick!". Notice that Harris is reppin' the 305 under his eyes.

Jim Mora is hilarious.

All tirades are hilarious.

Happy New Year!

2006-12-31T17:56:00.000-08:00

Everyone have a safe and happy new year...get plowed and tell the ones you love how much you love them.

Download and enjoy my favorite New Year's related song here..."The Ice of Boston" by the Dismemberment Plan. A gift from me to you.

Here's to another goddamn new year.

Run your mouse over the album cover and the player will launch!

Last chance to vote...ends tomorrow!

2006-12-31T11:46:00.000-08:00

Click here and vote on the whole indie chicks thing. Annie Hardy is winning with Feist and Joanna nipping at her heels!

BEST ALBUMS OF `06 #1-5

2006-12-30T11:29:00.000-08:00

Took a blizzard for me to finish this...

Drum roll please...the grand finale!

1. TV on the Radio- Return to Cookie Mountain
DUH. Come on! Even Entertainment Weekly chose this album as the best of `06. It really is that good. It was good when it first leaked a million years ago. I am a TV on the Radio fan anyway, but some of their material left me in the dark at times. Not here. Cookie Mountain is literally bursting at the seams with choice cuts. Did they release the best single of the year with "Wolf Like Me"? Absolutely. But then there is "I Was A Lover", with it's elephant calls. Or the doo-wop of "Dirtywhirl". Maybe the Bowie cameo on "Province"? You can go anywhere. The nonsense at the end aside, this might be a perfect record. If this is the future of rock and roll, count me in. We are fucking howling forever, ooh ooh.
REQUIRED LISTENING: I Was A Lover

2. Joanna Newsom- Ys
Pronounced 'yeese', Ys -to me- is a stand-alone piece of art. It belongs in a museum. An incredibly ambitious album, the ravishing beauty and playful arrangements of these five songs have a timeless feel about them. Like they are classics in the lexicon, standards. As if "Monkey and Bear" was a nursery rhyme you heard when you were little. Like listening to a story. And though the average run time of a song is in the area of ten minutes, they never feel that long. Absolute beauty, in and out. I read somewhere that in Joanna the US had finally found it's answer to Bjork. And then some.
BONUS: Wikipedia article about the ancient mythical city of Ys. Recommended. Read it. Right now.
REQUIRED LISTENING: Sawdust and Diamonds

3. Russian Circles- Enter
You can take the boy out of metal but you can't take metal out of the boy...Enter straight up shreds your face right the fuck off. Of all the bands doing the prog metal thing currently (ISIS, Pelican, Red Sparowes, etc) these guys have got to be the most accessible. It's like throwing those bands into a pot and adding Explosions in the Sky. However at no point do they drone, or meander around a theme; everything is crisp and fresh and, well, totally shredding. "Carpe" opens the record with sparse haunting guitar and some nice tap work, then jolts you out of your seat with the opening onslaught, from seemingly out of nowhere. The fact that a three-piece can sound like a full orchestra is incredible...drummer Dave Turncrantz holds the frenetic chaos together with precise drumming that leads the band charging into the fray. Amazing, amazing record. Now that I think about it maybe it should be in the number one spot, just on the sheer volume of repeat-listens alone.
REQUIRED LISTENING: Death Rides A Horse

4. Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins- Rabbit Fur Coat
A perfect little snack of an album. In a scant 37 minutes Jenny comes in, melts your heart and leaves again, looking back at you over her shoulder and winking. She mixes heartbreak, history, gospel and faith into a beautifully stark snapshot of herself. The album is already steeped in nostalgia before you even hear it; it feels warm and comforting and ever-so-slightly familiar. Some reviews I read called her lyrics trite, I rather enjoy them (They warn you about killers and thieves in night/I worry about cancer and living right /But my mama never warned me about my own/Destructive appetite" or "It's bound to melt your heart/For good or for bad/It's like a valentine/From your mother/It's bound to melt your heart"). I hope this record has the lasting power I think it does.
REQUIRED LISTENING: The Big Guns

5. SOUND team- Movie Monster
Half the fun of SOUND team is trying to explain to people what they actually SOUND like...it's impossible. Moog-infused rock n' roll? Fuzzed out psychedelia? Electronic prog rock? Whatever they are, they sound distinctly Austin. While not immediately accessible, Movie Monster is a veritable treasure trove of hidden delights. The little synth part that swims around the meat of a song. The pulsating bass line hiding behind gritty fuzzy guitars. The pop song ready for the radio buried in static. It's meaty. Spend some time listening to this record through headphones. Added bonus: bass player looks just like Denver Dan.
REQUIRED LISTENING: Your Eyes Are Liars

THE REST:
6. TOM WAITS- Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards
7. EVERYTHING ABSENT OR DISTORTED- The Soft Civil War
8. CURSIVE- Happy Hollow
9. NEKO CASE- Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
10. ART BRUT- Bang Bang Rock And Roll
12. BLOOD BROTHERS- Young Machetes
13. HOT CHIP- The Warning
14. GIANT DRAG- Hearts and Unicorns
15. MASTODON- Blood Mountain
16. THE RAPTURE- Pieces of the People We Love
17. BAND OF HORSES- Everything All the Time
19. THE DRAFT- In a Million Pieces
20. MARITIME- We, The Vehicles
21. THE THERMALS- The Body, The Blood, The Machine
22. RATATAT- Classics
23. LIARS- Drum's Not Dead
25. SUFJAN STEVENS- The Avalanche

You can do a full recap here or here.

And a special consideration for the best album of 2005 I didn't 'get' until 2006...

Wolf Parade- Apologies to the Queen Mary
It's so fucking amazing. Just a fantastic record, which I might also label a 'perfect' record. It has become like comfort food for me. When I am sick of all music I throw this on. From the opening crunch of "You Are A Runner And I Am My Father's Son" (which they segue live into "Fancy Claps"- it's mind-melting) to the go-out-on-a-high-note of "This Heart's On Fire", Wolf Parade hacked it's way into my heart this year.
REQUIRED LISTENING: I'll Believe In Anything

movies!

2006-12-29T12:52:00.000-08:00

My favorites released this year. In order.

1. The Descent
Most horror movies that major Hollywood studios churn out suck balls, period. So thank God for Lion's Gate who continually release great horror films. The Descent went largely unnoticed, and was marketed a little strange. The actual meat of the movie is in the characters, not so much the bizarre albinos chasing them through a cave in the Smoky Mountains. Shauna McDonald and Natalie Mendoza's showdown at the end kept you just as on edge as the blood bath sequence and the watching-monsters-feast-through-a-videocamera sequence. Lighting and sound play a big part in this film, which made it required viewing in a theatre, so you could hear which direction the bone-gnawing was coming from. Being a horror movie fan, it is hard to make me jump and squirm these days. This one got me quite a few times.

2. The Proposition
Finally a Western (okay, an Austrailian Outback-ern) that is as violent as it probably was. Those times were gnarly, so to believe that there wasn't a high level of ultra-violence is ridiculous. And The Proposition does it with a measure of taste and horror that fills the film up with an atmosphere that anything could happen to anyone. Guy Pearce is fantastic in this, but completely outshined by the one-two punch of Danny Huston as his villanous psychotic brother and the kick-fucking-ass Ray Winstone (who was Mr.French in The Departed) as the haggard lawman after them both. Written by Nick Cave and also featuring Emily Watson, how can this not kick ass. Try and watch Richard Wilson nearly get whipped to death without cringing. I dare you.

3. The Departed
This movie slayed hard. I don't see many movies in the theatre, so the fact that I saw this one twice in one week says something. And to think walking in I was so not stoked on it....I'm a DiCraprio hater. Sure, he has done some good stuff...but Titanic and his fucking shitty accent in Gangs of New York throughly irritated me. But man! He fucking kicks ass in this movie. Whether he's pistol-whipping some dude screaming "SHUT THE FUCK UP! SHUT! THE! FUCK! UP!" or busting up a dude who suggests he's on his period, Leo just goes for it. And he's not alone. Nicholsen chews the fuck out of the scenery, and Alec Baldwin and Mark Wahlberg also deserve some consideration. This movie is really kind of a throw-back to an old `70s gritty gangster movie (the kind Scorcese made his name directing.) It's not flashy with jump-cuts and a nu-metal soundtrack. Instead it somehow manages to focus right in on the flawed/fucked characters and invest you in them, while keeping you on the edge of your seat. Top actors firing on all cylinders for a director who is definetely one of the premier filmmakers of all time. Should sweep the Oscars, and give two awards to Mark Wahlberg for having the best quotes in a movie this year ("Who am I? I'm the guy that does his fuckin' job! You must be the other guy!" and "Do you have anyone in with Costello presently?" "Maybe, maybe not. Maybe fuck yourself.").

4. The Devil and Daniel Johnston
In high school I had a girlfriend whose sister DJed on the UM radio station. She played a song for me over the air one day by this dude named Daniel Johnston. It was a weird children's song that comprised of overdubbed vocals and a cello. The song was about nothing really, it was called "Happy Time" from the Fun album. I was hooked from day one. When I finally got around to seeing this movie, my eyes were completely opened to someone I had revered for years. This is one of the best documentaries I have ever seen, right up there with In the Realms of the Unreal. It paints the tragic figure so beautifully and elegantly it is impossible not to be moved. There is a scene in which Daniel gets to meet Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons. They chat nonchalantly and very business-y almost. But when Groening leaves the room Daniel's elated reaction that will snap your heart in two. The only movie I've seen this year that had me wiping my eyes at the
end.

Ed.note: I would've put Hostel in there but it was released at the tail end of last year, so technically doesn't count, but I did see it in January...so consider it in an unofficial tie with #2

bluzzard

2006-12-29T01:14:00.000-08:00

Going stirfuckingcrazy.

These were all taken about 2am.

I moved here for this kind of weather...but come on! Jesus. Blue Moon, cigarettes, Final Fantasy XII, and the internet.

2006 mix tape!

2006-12-28T21:26:00.000-08:00

I like making mix tapes/cds. I make a lot of them. I have a really short attention span, so rather than have to change CDs when I want to hear a certain song, I just jam all the songs I am feeling that week into one. Here is my compilation (which probably wouldn't fit on a real CD, but might on a tape) of my absolute favorite songs from 2006...in no order whatsoever...

TV on the Radio- "Wolf Like Me": This song is hot fire. Sounds like sweat, and sex.

Hot Chip- "Over and Over": The whole track is a joke on repetition, but becomes fresher, newer, and more fucking dancetastic than any repetitive shit you've ever heard before.

Justice vs Simian- "We Are Your Friends": When Kevin Federline described his song "Popozao" as an "Ass-Banger", I was confused. Then I heard this song, and realized just what an 'ass-banger' is. I love the retro-electro movement.

Muse- “Knights of Cydonia": Rulingest riff of the year. When that shit drops you wish you were 14 in a mosh pit instead of stoned in a living room.

Sufjan Stevens- “Majesty Snowbird”: Yeah it’s not recorded yet. It still rules and I heard it this year. Fuck off.

Editors- "Munich": I wish I went to Stafford University and did tons of blow with these dudes.

Art Brut- "Bad Weekend": I saved up so much money to spend...all I can afford is a bad weekend. Popular culture no longer applies to me. So true, Captain Argos, so true.

Blood Brothers- "Lazer Life": Billy Joel on meth.

The Thermals- "A Pillar of Salt": This song is so much fun that you wish the Pogo was still a legitimate dance movie. And that your drink had one of those sippy-cup tops.

Gnarls Barkley- "Smiley Faces"/"Crazy": Yeah it was totally over in a month, but face it, these were great summertime singles. Although I never need to hear "Crazy" again. Ever. I can picture lame white girls dancing rhythmlessly in bars and on tabletops everywhere.

CSS- "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above": If any girl ever said this to me I would ask her to marry me right then and there. She'd say no.

The Futureheads- "Worry About It Later": It keeps building and building and building and then it ends and you're starting the track over, because you can't understand what these Scots are saying at all.

Jenny Lewis- "Rise Up With Fists!!!": Like a piece of Peppermint Bark for the ears.

Justin Timberlake ft. TI- "My Love": Come on. This song slays tons of gash. That synth line will melt all the ice in your Green Tea Pres.

Lily Allen- "Smile": Again, closest thing to reggae you will EVER catch me listening to.

Maritime- "Parade of Punk Rock T-Shirts": If you don't like this song, you probably also don't like America, or puppies.

Neko Case- "Star Witness": I don't mind watching the baby at all.

The Rapture- "Whoo! Alright - Yeah...Uh Huh": I mean, what? This song rules so hard...the whole sing-along/Goodie Mob shout out thing is brilliant. Because they're right! People don't dance no mo'!

Ratatat- "Wildcat": Rawr. Mike Stroud used to be in Dashboard Confessional. He made a good move here.

Silversun Pickups- "Lazy Eye": When Brian Aubert's lilting voice rips open during the 'everyone can focus clearly with such SHINE!' you can hear the conviction in his voice...it's grizzled, raw, and sounds like it hurts. That shit will give you serious goosebumps.

3oh3!- “Holler Til You Pass Out”: A buddy and I wanted to start a label just to unleash this band on the world. This song is their magnum opus...bang bang bang bang motherfuckin' street slang indeed.

Band of Horses- “Our Swords”: Again, very overhyped. This song is the whole shebang for me; it's easy, simple, and amazing.

SOUND team- “TV Torso”/”Your Eyes Are Liars”: Couldn’t choose. This band is so amazing, it’s no wonder they made it to the number 5 spot in my top ten.

Giant Drag- "My Dick Sux": It really does. Ask anyone.

Mastodon- "Crystal Skull": So metal. Into the black hole, searching the crystal, making the veins bleed!!! Why can't we be Vikings? I want to drink from a flagon and listen to this shit with Olaf and Hurkenskkard.

The Sword- "Freya": Speaking of Viking metal...you know this song is gnar because it's on Guitar Hero II. Shredding metal.

Artic Monkeys- "Dancing Shoes": When ED (English Dave) told me about these guys, all I could think was 'horrible name'. Then I heard this song, and I went and put my dancing shoes on immediately. If you can't dance to this you need to check yourself into a hospital cos your feet don't work. Why is "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" getting all the fame? This song kills it.

I missed a ton, but this could go on forever. These are my most favorite songs...I think. Watch for an updating when my brain begins to function again...I have either been inside in the snow or melting in the heat for almost ten days.

blizzard 2

2006-12-28T14:53:00.000-08:00

You got to be kidding me. Another fucking blizzard?? Might as well spend all day on the internet. Maybe I will get around to posting about real stuff, right after I trek to the liquor store for beer and whiskey.

This made me laugh.
Girl's Costume Warehouse Commercial

And Scott's favorite sportscaster. Try and follow what the hell he is saying at the end.

gift ideas.

2006-12-24T12:30:00.000-08:00

Get me a present. I swear I have been a good boy all year.

happy holydays

2006-12-24T12:20:00.000-08:00

Well I made it out of the blizzard and currently am melting here in beautiful Miami, Florida. When I get back to the D I will post the last five records, as well as my whole 100 shows list...I aimed to go to a hundred shows this year, and I am gonna hit 125 right on the nose (if all goes to plan). I estimated that I've seen over 400 different live sets this year. Nerd.

Hope you all have a safe and fun holiday. I promise to put my grinch-ing aside for a few days.

worst video ever?

2006-12-19T18:06:00.000-08:00

Fallout Boy "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race"

What 'scene' are they talking about? Fucktards. They get zero credit for the self-deprication. The bass player had pictures of himself leaked where he was posing shirtless in a hoodie holding his dick. You're a fucking lame douche. Stop trying to pretend like it was the plan all along. This band sucks so bad, this guy can't sing, please oh please for my one Christmas wish PLEASE LET FALLOUT BOY GO THE FUCK AWAY.

And can the guitar player stop spinning around? Jackass.

soup! there it is

2006-12-19T00:06:00.000-08:00

Justin Timberlake is a badass. He is the best host that SNL has had in a while. From youveseenitamilliontimes Dick In A Box, to this

he really knows how to do one.

And he gained hipster appeal according to Pitchfork because "My Love" was their number one single of 2006. And let's face it, that song is the shit- the synth hook is dope. The first time I heard it was through GVSB (not the band) and I heard it in mash-up format. I was a fan of Justified and I enjoy FutureSex/LoveSounds as well. Fuck off.

If I could dance like this I would be smashing tons of ass too.

Oh, duh

holiday party SLAT, apologies, stubbs, kodiak, mustaches, why the real world sucks, pho, DIAB, my wishes for the new year...in that order

2006-12-18T11:24:00.001-08:00

we have a lot of ground to cover...drum roll please...

The SLAT®* of Matt Clark, Sunday December 17th 2006
Patrick Carrolls
Red beer
Red beer
Bud Light
Bud Light
Scruffy Murphys
Vodka and whatever gross fucking energy drink that I didn't order or want to drink (but did)
Marquis
Blue Moon
Sambuca shot
Blue Moon
Sambuca shot
Blue Moon
Hornitos
Hornitos
Well Bourbon (possibly Beam)
Blue Moon

That's not too bad. Of course who knows, the end is hazy. The Pete's holiday party was last night, and of course was a massive trainwreck. I succeeded in my goal of not making an ass in front of the little guys from my new store- maybe. Find out tonight. Also there was no unfortunate making out which is also good (and bad if you think about it). I knew it was gonna get gnar, and I prepared myself for this feeling of "oopswhatthefuck". I feel bad for Matt H, as I stranded him at the 'decks' for much of the night. I am a pretty shitty DJ partner.

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm a cook.

This is Signal to Noise's album art. Of course it's called Kodiak. What else would it be called? They played the holiday party last night, and a few years ago pioneered the popular practice of calling me by both my first and last names. Tristan, Knock `Em Out Nolan, Jesse and now James Frank. Amazing dudes, amazing band. High five. I wish them all the luck in the world. I fucking love them. You all should, too. Album tracklist is here.

I love my mustache. So what if it is potential mate-poison? With everyone getting married and having babies there has to be one bastion of bachelorhood for the men in prison to live vicariously through...I have made an art out of getting husbands/boyfriends in trouble. So don't worry fellas; with mullet, mustache, and steel liver in tow (and possibly Longman and Gibby by my side) I will outdrink you all and regale you with stories of the dumb shit I do. You can stay in on a Friday night and not have to worry about the world passing you by (it is though- trust me).

In my hungover state this morning I watched a marathon of The Real World Denver. Doesn't this show keep getting shittier and more pathetic? This is the future of America? Good-looking morons who drink like they are 18 and will fuck anything that moves and can't wait to get on a Challenge? At least back in the day it was an interesting social experiment...now it is a fucking joke. They make Denver look pretty cool, although I noticed in the opening they tagged a "Colorado!" at the end- like some people may need help figuring out where Denver is. And that wouldn't surprise me because we are a nation of retards who have babies. Anyway I'm watching the episode where these two whores both hook up with the same dude (they are all roommates, and whores). But the ladies decided 'chicks before dicks' and cried their way through it saying such brilliant things as "Coly will be at my wedding!!!". Keep in mind that this is quite literally the second or third day they are in the house. Later on that night the dude decides he is into the first whore he hooked up with (which is prompted by her bringing a random dude home from the bar- weird!!). So they talk about maybe seeing if something is there. PRICELESS! Fucking retards! These are college kids? Example:

-"I like want to like, you know, like, have a relationship but still like, you know...I'm young you know like I just want to like you know like like someone like you know like like like you know."

"No yeah like I totally like know like exactly like you know how you're feeling and like you know that's like totally cool you know like you're someone like you know like like like you know like you know like like you know hook up."

And I said...what? Is it like The DaVinci Code and somehow if we correspond the "likes" and "you knows" to the Aramaic alphabet the location of Jesus' foreskin will be revealed? Or are they sending coordinates to the mothership? Fucking ridiculous.

I am trying to wrap this up so I can go eat some pho. The hangover ANNHILIATOR. Trust me. And to call Matt H. Seriously, I feel bad.

Everyone on the planet has seen or heard this.

And my wish for the new year? We'll get into that later.

*'Scott Longman Alcohol Timeline' or SLAT is a registered trademark of S. William Longman, all rights reserved.

Jenny Jenny

2006-12-15T15:37:00.000-08:00

Pitchfork put up a bit today where different guests reveal their favorite albums of `06. Here is Jenny's.

1. Whispertown 2000: Livin' in a Dream
If Randy Newman and Lucinda Williams did it in a New York minute, it might sound like this. This record has some of my favorite lyrics, ever.
2. Bob Dylan: Modern Times
Somehow, this sounds like a Christmas record. Santa, you ain't gonna work for me no more!
3. Lil Wayne: Tha Carter II
I feel a kinship with Lil Wayne, because we both made our first mil before we were 17. "Fuck bitches, get money..."
4. M. Ward: Post-War
This record puts me in a trance. Not an evil or murderous trance, but a happy, old-timey one.
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers: Stadium Arcadium
1 for the now, 11 for the later? John Frusciante's guitar tone and background vocals are dreamy. I didn't see it, but apparently these guys tore up Fuji rock.

The Chili Peppers? Oh Jen...bummer.

They also did a bit featuring the worst album covers of 2006 that is worth a look.

Obama's announcement

2006-12-13T13:30:00.000-08:00

I thought this was hilarious. Just really when he goes "DUHN DUHN DUHN DUHN DUUUNNN".

I have been plowing through this book...usually not into these self-promoting political deals, but this Obama cat seems too good to be true. Here is a great NYtimes article about the Senator's recent visit to New Hampshire in a potential stumping move. I am sure he would make a phenomenal President, or Vice President. BUT- I don't trust the country to vote smart; I expect them to vote dumb. What, we can't even get a domestic partnerships referendum to pass and we want to push a black man with a foreign name on a ticket, possibly with a women? Call me a bitter cynic, but it sounds hopeless. I'm not worried about major metropolises, where the socio/economic hearts of states are located...I am worried about the surrounding bullshit. How are we supposed to expect Joe Pueblo to vote this way? Scary.

On another note I have really really been eating up Ys. It's all I listen to, and that's awkward when I pull up at a stoplight with my window down and harp music is blasting. Or when a friend of mine gets into the car and "Monkey and Bear" is on...Actual quote from someone who shall remain nameless- "Are you listening to showtunes??? I KNEW IT!".

Shit's beautiful. This is art.

Best Albums of 2006... #6-10

2006-12-11T17:24:00.000-08:00

I promise that I am not building up suspense for the very top...I am just lazy.

6. TOM WAITS- Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards
I know this just came out, but it's Tom Waits. Orphans is a collection of odds and ends throughout the years...covers, songs recorded for films never released, and just general hodge podge. However Waits assembles all these lost songs into three cohesive, standalone records; Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards. Brawlers is reserved for songs that would fit on any of the ANTI-released Waits records, Bawlers is composed of ballads gone wrong, any of which would make a fitting backdrop to drinking whiskey alone in a smoky bar. Bastards is mostly experimental or spoken word songs including a poem written by Charles Bukowski. And in these three records lies some of Waits finest work. From the chugging, demented Delta blues of "Lucinda" to the stark beauty and wistfulness of "You Can Never Hold Back Spring", the whole spectrum of the Tom Waits sound is explored. The man can do no wrong. For some reason, this is what Christmas music should sound like...the despair and alienation that leads eventually to the light up ahead. Beautiful and terrifying, Orphans will warm you up and blur your vision like a shot of Jameson 12-year-old.

7. EVERYTHING ABSENT OR DISTORTED- The Soft Civil War
The first time I saw this band was opening up for Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin and SOUND team...the only thing I really remember is a Neutral Milk Hotel cover and a song that had a super catchy trombone hook. A few weeks later I found them on Myspace and was blown away by the songs online. I actually was nerdy enough to go buy this record the day it came out at Twist & Shout. While it way be a little derivative of other 'collective' groups like the Arcade Fire, NMH, and Broken Social Scene, it captures a feeling and mood that feels distinctly EAOD's own. "The Exit Parade" is one of the best songs I have heard all year...plaintative trombones swim with ethereal guitars and segue into one of the most instantly sing-alongable choruses out there. The album is short and to the point; seven tracks clocking in at 23 minutes. Yet these 23 minutes are chock-full of sugary sweetness. The band has a surname of sorts...they are Everything Absent or Distorted (a love story). This album will make you fall in love with it, and with them.

8. CURSIVE- Happy Hollow
Once upon a time, there was a band named Cursive. They released a record called Domestica, and everyone thought that they had peaked; this was it, their finest moment. Then they released the Burst and Bloom EP, and the shape of things to come looked promising. In 2003, they dropped The Ugly Organ, which instantly cemented them into the indie-rock lexicon. So when Happy Hollow was announced, I felt the exact same way I have felt on the eve of every Cursive release; how can they top what has come before? While this album falls well short of the masterpiece that is The Ugly Organ, it is also it's own beast in and of itself...and welcomes a whole new version of Cursive to the world. Fourteen songs about the saints and sinners of a fictional town called Happy Hollow, catalogued in the final track "Hymns for the Heathens". Tim Kasher's crisis of faith is played out in real-time through these characters...the old songs of ex-lovers are traded in for condemnations of everything from Christianity to America to the current adminsitration. Yet it never sounds preachy or self-serving. So while we might have to wait another three years for the next chapter from Cursive, it would seem that this is a band who keeps topping themselves, even after over ten years together.

9. NEKO CASE- Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
When I was a little kid I had this illustrated book of stories about the adventures of a family of bears that were always getting into trouble or something. I had this one where the little boy bear got lost in the woods, but unfortunately a few pages of the book were missing, so all of a sudden he just appeared back at home good as new. So I would have to make up the rest of the story, fill in the blanks. This is much like listening to Fox Confessor Brings the Flood...you have to fill in the blanks, and that's the most fun. Neko has really become a dynamic force in music. We know she can sing like the dickens, but with Fox Confessor she has firmly planted herself at the top of female singer-songwriters. In "Hold On, Hold On" (which makes a strong case for being one of the best songs of `06) she tells us "In the end I was the mean girl/Or somebody's in-between girl/Now it's the devil I love/And that's as funny as real love/And that's as real as true love". You're goddamn right. Plus, she's a real doe.

10. ART BRUT- Bang Bang Rock And Roll
Okay, so it's not high art. None of the songs are poignant (except maybe "Rusted Gun of Milan", about not being able to get it up). But it is one of the most fun albums from one of the most fun bands out there today. I admit that at first I did not understand Art Brut...what was this guy mumbling about with these repetitive choruses that make no sense? Then I saw the Brut live...wow. Like a hurricane wrapped in an earthquake nestled in a box of tsunamis. Eddie Argos singlehandedly wrote my favorite line of any song probably of the last five years, "I want to be the man/Who writes the song/That makes Israel and Palestine/Get along". Get drunk with your friends and put this on. You won't be sorry.

In other really rad news, Largehearted Boy linked to my 2006 best-of list. I didn't know anyone outside of my immediate group of friends read this thing! I guess now I gotta clean up my act!

mittens...

2006-12-10T01:35:00.000-08:00

You should all be reading Perry Bible Fellowship. Hilarious.

Best Albums of 2006... #11-25

2006-12-09T13:42:00.000-08:00

Gonna have to wait for 1-10....start here.

12. BLOOD BROTHERS- Young Machetes
Of course this is gonna be on here....I love the Brothers. They can do no wrong, and this album is no exception. In the same vein as Crimes, but a little more linear. "Laser Life" is one screamy breakdown away from being a pop song.
13. HOT CHIP- The Warning
Fun fun record. If I ever was gonna take drugs (the rave-y kind) I would definately want to hear this. I love hearing lines like Hot Chip will break your neck/snap off your head/Hot Chip will put you down/under the ground swing out over a bouncy, bubbly electro pop beat. Love this band; they slayed at Lollapalooza.
14. GIANT DRAG- Hearts and Unicorns
I love Annie Hardy. I love her on-stage bantar, her dark lyrics, her covers of "Wicked Game" and "God Only Knows", and the titles of her songs ("My Dick Sux". "YFLMD"-which stands for You Fuck Like My Dad). This girl/whoeverisplayingwithhernow duo is a band to be watched.
15. MASTODON- Blood Mountain
Duh it's MASTODON. They may be labeled 'hipster metal' but that doesn't mean that they don't shred. "Crystal Skulls" will make you want to start a metal band. But that band will suck.
16. THE RAPTURE- Pieces of the People We Love
Can you have more fun listening to this album? It's so fun! Gnarls Barkley (Cee-lo and DM) even produces two tracks. It destroys Echoes and I love the shit out of that record. I wish this came out in the summertime...it makes me want boat drinks and bathing suits. (Scott- is this the soundtrack to Water World `07? Get back to me...)
17. BAND OF HORSES- Everything All the Time
Overhyped blog sensation? Maybe. But listen to "Our Swords" on your headphones, and realize that Ben Bridwell is a genius. That other song is good too. The one about funerals.
19. THE DRAFT- In a Million Pieces
Awesome. It instantly takes me back to a time when Hot Water Music was still good (Ed.note- I didn't care for their last two records...sorry I am a purist). More proof that that punk rock spirit is alive and well. In Florida no less.
20. MARITIME- We, The Vehicles
The Promise Ring + Dismemberment Plan = how can this not be good. I missed you Davey. Welcome back.
21. THE THERMALS- The Body, The Blood, The Machine
A concept album skewering religion by painting a world run by a a facist Christian regime? Sounds heavy. Until you realize you are bobbing your head from side to side and grinning like an idiot. Again; the punk rock spirit is alive and well. This time in Portland.
22. RATATAT- Classics
Wouldn't have put this on here if I didn't just see them...fucking rad. This makes sense to me. If you do a bunch of coke and like dance parties, this may well be your favorite album of the year.
23. LIARS- Drum's Not Dead
What does going insane sound like? Oh yeah, Liars.
25. SUFJAN STEVENS- The Avalanche
Couldn't leave ol' Soofs out. This collection of B-sides is better than most albums released ever. "Pittsfield". "Chicago (Multiple Personality Disorder Version)". "Dear Mr. Supercomputer". Oh, and there is a song (an interlude really) about my man Harvey Darger.

HONORABLE MENTIONS
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY- the Rescue EP
SILVERSUN PICKUPS- Carnavas
MADLIB- Beat Konducta vol. 1-2
THE FUTUREHEADS- News and Tributes
MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND- Bring Me the Workhorse
DRAG THE RIVER- It's Crazy

Have you voted on who's your favorite indie rock chick yet?

trapped in the CLAUSet

2006-12-08T19:03:00.000-08:00

THIS SLAYS.

Maybe you need to have seen the original "Trapped in the Closet" videos (which I highly HIGHLY recommend...it's priceless) but no matter what it's hilarious. Watch in order.

Part one:

Part two:

Part three:

Happy holidays.

indie rock chicks!

2006-12-06T14:12:00.000-08:00

Year End Lists are coming. They're always fun. Still working on mine, but Large-Hearted Boy and Gorilla vs Bear have theirs up already, so dig in and enjoy. Before I start any year-end lists I wanted to ask you guys this important question:

Hey. I like girl rock. Let's break it down...

1. Annie Hardy (Giant Drag). Annie's lyrics are all dark, sexual, and weird, and apparently she is hard to be in a band with. The kind of girl who makes coughing up phlegm from smoking too many spirits the night before sexy. I like.

2. Cat Power. Cat Power. Smoker, ex-alcoholic, case of stage fright, aspirations of being on Saturday Night Live, smoky voice, wrote "He War" and "The Greatest". Certified doe. Could probably take you in a fight though.

3. Emily Haines. She came onstage during BSS' set at Lollapalooza looking like she had been up since the night before doing blow (it was 8 o'clock at night). Small black dress, sunglasses, hair pulled into some sort of pompadour/new-wave thing, quietly creeping around the stage during "Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl". Force of nature. I bet she's a smoker.

4. Feist. Where to start. She seems like someone you would meet at a party and flirt with from across the room, then take her out back and bang her and rejoin the party pretending like nobody noticed (even though they all did). I'd let her beat me up. And she's a smoker. Notice the trend.

5. Jenny Lewis. Do I really need to say anything? Jenny wouldn't smoke, or beat me up.

6. Joanna Newsom. Ditto. It was hard to find pictures of these two women to put up that weren't already on the site.

7. Jolie Holland. Just recently 'got' Springtime Can Kill You. It's awesome. So is she. Nothing much to say. She may have had a cigarette from time to time.

8. Lady Sov. I wanna get drunk with this chick, get in a fist fight, and wake up in detox. She fucking rules. If ever you have the chance to catch her live, do so. She is literally like 3 and a 1/2 feet tall.

9. Liela Moss (the Duke Spirit). Scott would let her break that bottle over his head. Only women I have ever seen that makes sweatpants sexy.

10. Lily Allen. Drinker. Smoker. Myspace celebrity. Probably been in a fight or two. Not sure if Alright, Still is even out in the states yet, but when it releases, gobble it up. The closest thing to reggae you will ever find me listening to.

11. Lovefoxxx (CSS). She's Brazilian and mangles the English language. Go change your trousers.

12. Maja Iversson. First of all we have the same exact haircut (or had). Second, the whole Emily Haines doing blow thing? Applies to Maja. I even forgive her for being involved in that Snakes on a Plane crap song. Smoker? Possibly. Beat me up? Definetly.

13. Neko Case. Not only is Fox Confessor Brings the Flood in my top ten of the year, but here is an actual quote from Neko at ACL: (to the sound guy) "I would give you a blow job for less reverb". Niiice. She's totally BA.

14. Reeta-Leena Korhola (Husky Rescue). Don't know much about these guys, but everything I've heard from the upcoming record sounds amazing. And, well, she's a doe.

15. Sarah Balliet (Murder by Death). Female cello player in a band that sings about whiskey, religion, and released an album called Like the Exorcist But More Breakdancing. Case closed.

16. Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond, Sufjan Stevens band). Fantastic, fantastic record. I guess maybe seeing it live first made the album so great, but still. And homegirl plays with Sufjan. She was part of the Chinese Butterfly Brigade, an Illinoisemaker and I'm pretty sure she was in the Michigan Militia. Might win by default.

Good work team.

Any questions/comments/suggestions? Did I leave anyone out? Write in your vote in the comments if I neglected your favorite (and I neglected quite a few, but it was getting out of control). Be back soon with more lists of shit, stupid videos, the status of my alcoholism, and whatever else this site is for. I promised Stephen I'd update it more often. And I heard Steve, that the bitch is back? You'll see.

bummer.

2006-12-04T15:25:00.000-08:00

Logan Whitehurst, the original drummer for the Velvet Teen, succumbed to brain cancer yesterday. Dude was 29 years old...he quit the Velvet Teen to undergo treatment, and it seemed like he had beat it, but alas. The first time I saw the VT was opening for These Arms Are Snakes and Minus the Bear at the Fox a few years ago. They completely blew me away and basically stole the show from the other two bands I was much more familiar with. During the show you realized just how important Logan was to the band; whether bantaring with his bandmates or nailing gnarly high harmonies, he was very much a dynamic force. I really feel like after he left the band they began to lose some of the magic, especially during the live set. They were still absolutely amazing, but something was missing. Now it's missing forever.

This article explains what happens, and has links to his solo project's Myspace page. Read it
here.

Goodbye Logan. You are missed.

monday morning jenny/joanna.

2006-11-27T12:52:00.000-08:00

BAM. Good talk. See you out there.

blarg

2006-11-27T12:46:00.000-08:00

If I die suddenly, it is Sundays that killed me. A literal all-day drink-a-thon. Mouth tastes like shitty beer and tobacco. Head feels like I've been beaten with a turkey leg for an extended amout of time. And judging by this last sentence, I can't even spell 'amount' right.

So maybe I'm hungover but this is hilarious.

congratulations kramer.

2006-11-22T10:10:00.000-08:00

Well you're famous again retard. Dude is fucking nuts.

The incident.

The apology.

Quick version.

Whole thing.

So guy was getting heckled and just erupted into some deep well of anger and hate that he probably didn't even know was there. He's totally insane, washed-up and angry about it. I mean this shit it crazy...watching someone completely consumed and going out of their minds. Racial epithets + YouTube = you're fucked. Idiot.

The inevitable YouTube responses...

wow.

2006-11-20T22:33:00.000-08:00

Holy smokes.

'Does' God exist! Jenny Lewis might be bumped from the number one spot. Who cares if Joanna Newsom sounds like a creepy little kid when she sings. She can pluck my harp strings anytime (not meant to be sexual, unless you're CKL...then that is a little joke just for you).

Read this interview over at the Fork for more info on Joanna and the brilliant Ys.

I'm officially fucked in my fantasy league thanks to Donovan McTornKneeLigament. It was a great weekend in football though; the Pats blanked Green Bay, the fucking Colts and AODS* sufferer Peyton Manning took a loss FINALLY (keeping the Miami undefeated season alive), and the Fish beat the Vikings- I made a prediction about the Dolphins season this year...I don't want to say anything otherwise I'd jinx it. Now if Joey can just CALM DOWN...
And this guy is hands down playing the best football around.

Jason Taylor. He was in the Jackass Two movie. Dude is a BA.

*Adult Onset Downs Syndrome. Like Horseface has.

monday morning jenny

2006-11-20T11:22:00.000-08:00

Here's Jenny and her super lame boyfriend/guitar player Macauley Culkin.

I meant Jonathan Rice.

Sufjan is one of the sexiest men in the world says Salon.com. Laura is salivating.

What'd you do this weekend? Drink tons and eat pho?

Me too.

anything better than this shit?

2006-11-16T12:11:00.000-08:00

Probably the coolest picture ever. Mastodon meets Borat.

BUT...

They do "Lazy Scranton" on 'The Office' tonight. Fucking hell.

it's all true...

2006-11-13T20:55:00.000-08:00

This album is so beautiful it hurts...maybe the pain is from me kicking myself for missing her fucking show! Seriously though...releases officially tomorrow (Tuesday, November 14th). If you were ever on the fence with Joanna, this record will send you right over the edge.

Oh yeah, homegirl is a doe.

Even if she looks like a gelfling...

flashback.

2006-11-12T01:55:00.000-08:00

This is from a June post.

'Also, was anyone paying attention when they took the gay marriage ban to Congress? Not only did Bush and his cronies not get the 2/3rds needed to make it an amendment, they didn't even get the majority of votes- in fact- they got one less vote than when they first tried to push this through in `04. Listen to how awesomely deluded Republicans are:

"We were hoping to get over 50 percent, but that didn't happen today," said Sen. David Vitter, R-La., one of the amendment's supporters. "Eventually, Congress is going to have to catch up to the wisdom of the American people or the American people will change Congress for the better."'

HA! Let's look at one line in particular...

"Eventually, Congress is going to have to catch up to the wisdom of the American people or the American people will change Congress for the better."

Fuck off and die Senator Vitter. I think the American people took your suggestion to heart.

this did not happen on purpose...

2006-11-10T01:28:00.000-08:00

BUT...

Great minds think alike. Handlebars for all this holiday season...

LDDS

2006-11-09T12:31:00.000-08:00

Lost Discussion Deficiency Syndrome.
I find this hilarious.

Yeah! What the fuck is up with Desmond!

music for fucking Republican butts

2006-11-08T15:41:00.000-08:00

The Rapture - "Whoo Uh-huh - Yeah Alright!"

Funnest band ever.

Sufjan Stevens - "Put the Lights on the Tree"

from the forthcoming Songs for Christmas boxset.

country music is retarded

2006-11-07T18:46:00.000-08:00

First, notice the outfits. Then notice Faith Hill's completely ridiculous reaction to losing. Pretty fucking priceless.

oh yeah...

2006-11-06T09:23:00.000-08:00

...then there's this:

Keeping the undefeated season alive.

sleepy/cranky

2006-11-06T07:49:00.000-08:00

So I totally thought Joanna Newsom was tonight, not last night. Maybe if I didn't drink all goddamn day I would've remembered. I didn't even realize it when Laura told me last night she wasn't going, or when I spent eight hours at the Bluebird on Saturday, underneath a marquee that read "SUN: JOANNA NEWSOM". That's so dumb. It might be me being delirious all the time because of a severe lack of sleep. I can't get more than 6 hours, ever. I drank all day yesterday and turned my light out at midnight, and lo and behold at 540AM I pop out of bed (well, I didn't pop) ready to start my day. I don't have to be anywhere until 11. Dumb. Let's look over the symptoms of sleep deprivation.

irritability: yes. very irritated. with everyone.
blurred vision: yes.
slurred speech: almost always. again last night someone thought I introduced myself as "Ben", not "Matt". which happens ALLTHEFUCKINGTIME.
memory lapses / memory Loss: example- the joanna newsom show.
overall confusion: of course. I am thoroughly confused with everything.
hallucinations: yes. the little movements in the peripherals that drive me nuts.
hernia: I don't really know what that is. back problem or something. I just remember Weird Al's "Living with a Hernia".
nausea: yes.
psychosis: well, no, maybe. no.
depression: not anymore than usual.
decreased mental activity: this is true. football+beer all day and even that was a chore.
decreased concentration: also true.
Decreased ability for the immune system to fight off sickness: we will find out.
Weight gain: ha!
increased blood pressure: dunno.
Aching muscles: yes.
Faster aging: have you seen the circles under my eyes?
Impatience: I don't even want to finish filling this shit out. totally over it.
Slowed reaction time: which allowed me to step on my belt buckle the other night fucking up the heel of my right foot.
Misbehavior: always misbehaving.
Yawning: huge yawner.
Daytime Naps: well this one no. never. not a napper.
Hypertension/Hyperactivity: sure. why not.
dizziness: well i am incredibly clumsy anyway, so it's hard to say whether it's dizziness or retardation.

Aha! See! Diagnosis: sleep deprived. Look at this as well (taken from, what else, Wikipedia).

"According to a 2000 study published in the British scientific journal, researchers in Australia and New Zealand reported that sleep deprivation can have some of the same hazardous effects as being drunk. Getting less than 6 hours a night can affect coordination, judgment and reaction time. People who drove after being awake for 17–19 hours performed worse than those with a blood alcohol level of .05 percent, which is the legal limit for drunk driving in most western European countries (U.S. states set their blood alcohol limits at .08 percent). In addition, as a result on continuous muscular activity without proper rest time, effects such as cramping are much more frequent in sleep-deprived individuals. Extreme cases of sleep deprivation have been reported to be associated with hernias, muscle fascia tears, and other such problems commonly associated with physical overexertion. Beyond impaired motor skills, people who get too little sleep may have higher levels of stress, anxiety and depression, and may take unnecessary risks. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, over 100,000 traffic accidents each year are caused by fatigue and drowsiness. A new study has shown that while total sleep deprivation for one night caused many errors, the errors were not significant until after the second night of total sleep deprivation."

Oh great. Cramping. This sucks. I am a boozer anyways. Anyway I'm bored now. I always bitch about sleep. Always. It's cos I don't get any.

Let's do a Longman style alcohol timeline.
SUNDAY...1PM to 10PMish
1. Bloody Mary - Patrick Carroll's
2. Bud Light - Patrick Carroll's
3. Bud Light - Patrick Carroll's
4. Jameson shot - Patrick Carroll's
5. Bud Light with V8 - Patrick Carroll's
6. Coors Light - Illegal Pete's
7. Bud Bottle - Elitch Lanes
8. Bud Bottle - Elitch Lanes
10. Bud Bottle - Elitch Lanes
11. Corazon shot - Elitch Lanes
12. Amstel Light - Pourhouse
13. Hornitos shot - Pourhouse
14. Tullamore Dew shot - Pourhouse
15. Amstel Light - Pourhouse
16. Amstel Light - Pourhouse
17. Tully shot - Pourhouse
18. Hornitos shot - Lure
19. Blueberry Stoli pres - Lure

My own personal marathon. And yesterday was a good day. On another note, if I get one more fucking dumb myspace message from "JENIHEART" or "HEATHER HOTTT!!" about how much they loved my profile I am going to head butt the computer. I reply to each and every one "fuck off and die".

Maybe this post should be called "Monday Morning Negativity".

I love cheese.

Have you heard this band Made Out Of Babies? Awesome fucking name. More info about MOOB's (ha!) CMJ show here!.

monday morning jenny

2006-11-06T07:29:00.000-08:00

If you've seen JL&WT then you know this is a staple of the set.

I can't sleep. I have a problem.

need new music?

2006-10-30T12:13:00.000-08:00

The Thermals "Pillar of Salt"

They are on tour now with Cursive. See them if you like fun. If you are part of the 303 contingent in NYC for CMJ, they are playing the Brooklyn Vegan showcase at Fantana's on Friday the 3rd.

SOUND team "Born to Please"

Movie Monster will find itself in my top ten records of the year. An incredibly original and amazing debut. Also an incredibly talented and creative band. Here is a promo interview they put together themselves for SXSW this past year.

And of course, the famous Pitchfork incident.

SOUND team is playing at the Bluebird this Wednesday with Sparta and As Tall As Lions. Should be an amazing show...the show seems tailor-made for me and Matt Furfs. We'll see you there...buy us High Life. Cans.

monday morning jenny

2006-10-30T11:58:00.000-08:00

Here is Jenny on "Pancake Mountain", a DC-based children's show that features indie acts all the time. She looks a little uncomfortable in her short skirt around a bunch of kids.

zombies.

2006-10-26T16:08:00.000-07:00

Awesome. Just picked up the World War Z audio book, performed by a full cast including Alan Alda, Jurgen Prochnow, and Luke Skywalker himself. I can't wait for the apocalypse....you got your survival plan yet?

Saw Silversun Pickups on Tuesday and the Detroit Cobras last nights. Silversun was exactly what I expected, and were pretty amazing. "Well-Thought Out Twinkles" is one of the best songs of the year. The Cobras were great basically because the frontwoman started the show making snide comments and looking surly, but the more booze she drank the more lively she became. At one point she said, "Isn't that what fun is? When someone has to tell you about it? That's a rule. Not one to live by, but a rule nonetheless".

Tomorrow night is the hottest show of the year, the BLOOD BROTHERS with ...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD! The total definition of a do one. You should go and watch me and Scott geek out up front. Give it a name.

majesty snowbird.

2006-10-23T16:39:00.000-07:00

'majesty snowbird' video taken by gorilla vs bear.

This is from the show at Austin's Paramount Theater on September 16th, 2006. We sat way way waay in the back but it was still amazing. It sounds corny to say it, but Sufjan Stevens may be my favorite singer/songwriter/musician/what-have-you. He paints amazing stories in his words and music, and like Andrew said, "every song has a purpose and a destination". It almost feels like in the quiet little moments if you close your eyes, Sufjan will come sit right next to you and describe your surroundings. And even the happy songs seem sad. Sufjan introduced himself as the 'Majesty Songbird' and his band as the 'Chinese Butterfly Brigade' (Soofs was wearing what appeared to be huge paper bird wings and his band butterfly wings). The Brigade was a fifteen-piece band comprised of horns, strings, toy pianos, etc. Sufjan jumped from banjo to guitar to piano. My Brightest Diamond, comprised of members of Sufjan's band, opened the show.

His set list was something like this:
Sister
The Lord God Bird
Casmir Pulaski Day
Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!)
Dear Mr. Supercomputer (abridged version)
Jacksonville
To Be Alone With You
Majesty Snowbird
Abraham
Seven Swans
(encore) Chicago

Not in that order at all. Amazing show. Life-changing, life-affirming, beautiful, surprising, suspenseful, sad, uplifting, hilarious, tragic, superb, flawless, flawed, mysterious, perfect, not long enough.

If you don't believe me, go to Europe and catch the rest of his tour. Or download his set from the Town Hall in NYC ...do that here, at Ryspace.

they like

2006-10-17T17:20:00.000-07:00

say what you will...

2006-10-13T01:23:00.000-07:00

...but this song rules...the first minute and a half still SUCK BALLS (come on retards, even on the record we have to suffer through that crap to get to the good stuff?).

And you should add this to your Netflix pronto:

Equal parts fascinating and terrifying, it is further proof that Vice isn't just for street fashion and remix albums anymore.

PS- Joanna Newsom. At the Bluebird Sunday November 5th. Harps. Get yourself into it (and I promise I will stop saying 'get yourself into it').

hot weekend action!

2006-10-12T12:14:00.000-07:00

Not really. Friday night is the Rocky Mountain Recorders anniversary party. which is held once every two years and is a guaranteed good time. Open bar plus good-looking advertising girls everywhere. And someone told me Jan was making an appearance.

Saturday I prepare for this:

I know, despite what I think about dressing up like a 'butt' rocker, I will be Geezer for Sabbath. Should be fun though, I am in amazing company (Fogal, Forrest, and Matt Van Leuven). Just got the gnarly itch to play live again...something that is sorely missing from my life (because the new band won't be show-ready until at least the end of the year- more on that later).

Sunday we got Broncos v. Raiders at Mile High. Raiders are dismal this year so I expect another boring game of great Denver defense and lackluster Denver offense. Since we know we are going to annhiliate them, why don't they just start Cutler and see what happens? In Miami we got lucky enough to see Daunte get a little roughed up so as to make room for Joey Harrington. That kid wants it, and if we can find him a decent enough O line we might win a few fucking games. It's hard being a fan of any team from Florida. They build you up to let you down year after year after year. Since Suma is my neighbor I have been watching most Chicago games, and I guess the Bears for real. All I can think about is how I once got to third base with a girl who later did one* with Rex Grossman. One degree between Sexy Rexy and this guy. Rex was a mighty Gator.

Also on Sunday the Killers are playing, but just down the street the mighty CURSIVE will be visiting us. I am gonna end up seeing them three times this year. What a fucking treat, that's once more than I have seen them ever. The new songs come off amazing live, and they played 'Ceilings Crack' in Chicago this summer. You're jealous.

And in conclusion I highly recommend seeing the new Scorsese picture 'The Departed'. It was really fucking amazing. I went into it with low expectations; it seemed like a story we've seen before, with typical Scorsese cuts and music, with actors I can't stand (Damon, DiCraprio). But I have to say, loved them in this. Never thought I'd say that DiCaprio is a badass, but when he is pistol-whipping some cat and screaming "Shut the fuck up! Shut the fuck UP!" you change your mind. Great story, characters you get involved with, and lots of edge-of-your-seat action. Also great use of Dropkick Murphy's "Shipping Up to Boston". Two BYAAHs up, Tom Harkin.

Come on Toshi!

*Do I have to explain this again? She fucked him.

Who is the most schoolboy-crush inducing woman in Indie Rock???
	Annie Hardy (Giant Drag)
	Cat Power
	Emily Haines
	Feist
	Jenny Lewis
	Joanna Newsom
	Jolie Holland
	Lady Sovereign
	Liela Moss (the Duke Spirit)
	Lily Allen
	Lovefoxxx (CSS)
	Maja Iversson (the Sounds)
	Neko Case
	Reeta-Leena Korhola (Husky Rescue)
	Sarah Balliet (Murder by Death)
	Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond, Sufjan Stevens)

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dnsydht!

i really don't.

stupid c word

Spend a weekend with the Horse...

nerdcore

dear chad mcbro

hour after our work is never over

droppin' science, born to roll

bbbbbaaaatttttttttllllllleeeeesss

let's keep you up to date

epic.

strictly for my N.E.R.D.Z.

zombie tuesday.

a list

TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT

here is what you are doing the next few weeks

shiner bock

advance warning...the bro-down in boulder!

Beard Rape: A Serious Crime

is there anything better?

pity party (what else is new)

sick

feisty arcade horse

i don't even know what i am talking about anymore...

shed some light...

imogen.

hmm.

we are the earth intruders

geek out

finally

jackass.

i knew i should have gotten out of work.

rehash

best of the mi espacio

veedeeoh

fuck tuesdays

there are only three items on the agenda today.

byaah.

bracketology

wet and rusting

simlish

Missing on some Jenny?

wow, really?

slothes!

the world sucks

it's bound to melt your heart

the JT thing continues

do yourself and me a favor tomorrow night

wake up.

metallurgy

stupor bowl sunday

indie girl winner!

*yawn*

automatic.

2006 Bands.

iPhone!

back from break

Happy New Year!

Last chance to vote...ends tomorrow!

BEST ALBUMS OF `06 #1-5

movies!

bluzzard

2006 mix tape!

blizzard 2

gift ideas.

happy holydays

worst video ever?

soup! there it is

holiday party SLAT, apologies, stubbs, kodiak, mustaches, why the real world sucks, pho, DIAB, my wishes for the new year...in that order

Jenny Jenny

Obama's announcement

Best Albums of 2006... #6-10

mittens...

Best Albums of 2006... #11-25

trapped in the CLAUSet

indie rock chicks!

bummer.

monday morning jenny/joanna.

blarg

congratulations kramer.

yawn