too nice outside to write something coherent
The Presets put on a good show at The Cake shop last night. Seeing their first ever North American gig in a packed basement was certainly fulfilling in a scenestery kind of way. They also have a free show monday in the LES. The opening band "A Northern Chorus" was enjoyable too. Very Slowdive-y.
After a russian cabbie I recently rode with was alarmed at my unfamiliarity with the 70's rock on the radio, I opted to look up 'Manfred Mann.' The main song that came up was 'Blinded by the Light.' It's well enjoyable, though the chorus prominently features the lyric "wrapped up like a douche." Googling was required.
Apparently it is a Springsteen cover, and the actual lyric is "revved up like a Deuce [Coup]." However, "wrapped up like a douche" is clearly the favored interpretation. There's even a blog named after it, where I saw this.
It's like a zen paradox. The simultaneous existence of these four things seems to contradict the laws of time and space.
Lessons learned this week:
• If someone owes you lots of money and is avoiding you, they probably owe even more to lots of other people.
• A company with a name as arbitrarily patriotic as "Liberty Names of America" is evil, as one would expect.
A pretty amazing little video, involving a kitten.
The most agile robot I've ever seen.
Animated music video of Jamie Lidell singing to his cat.
A rather concise and interesting summation of the Iraq situation, in an interview with journalist Robert Fisk.
I Love You…Me Neither - Cat Power and Karen Elson from a new Serge Gainsbourg covers album.
Bishop Allen - Vain
Band of Horses The Funeral
The Fiery Furnaces - Black-hearted Boy
Beirut - Postcards from Italy (this guy is 19)
The Birthday Massacre - Video Kid from amongst the random SXSW mp3s.
After a russian cabbie I recently rode with was alarmed at my unfamiliarity with the 70's rock on the radio, I opted to look up 'Manfred Mann.' The main song that came up was 'Blinded by the Light.' It's well enjoyable, though the chorus prominently features the lyric "wrapped up like a douche." Googling was required.
Apparently it is a Springsteen cover, and the actual lyric is "revved up like a Deuce [Coup]." However, "wrapped up like a douche" is clearly the favored interpretation. There's even a blog named after it, where I saw this.
It's like a zen paradox. The simultaneous existence of these four things seems to contradict the laws of time and space.
Lessons learned this week:
• If someone owes you lots of money and is avoiding you, they probably owe even more to lots of other people.
• A company with a name as arbitrarily patriotic as "Liberty Names of America" is evil, as one would expect.
A pretty amazing little video, involving a kitten.
The most agile robot I've ever seen.
Animated music video of Jamie Lidell singing to his cat.
A rather concise and interesting summation of the Iraq situation, in an interview with journalist Robert Fisk.
I Love You…Me Neither - Cat Power and Karen Elson from a new Serge Gainsbourg covers album.
Bishop Allen - Vain
Band of Horses The Funeral
The Fiery Furnaces - Black-hearted Boy
Beirut - Postcards from Italy (this guy is 19)
The Birthday Massacre - Video Kid from amongst the random SXSW mp3s.