Sunday, April 27, 2008

Yes, congratulations to us all, Lindsay. I'm so happy I'm not at the Ted Nugent concert.

I have been rejecting this thing! Although, I think I'm the only person out of all of my friends that still routinely updates more than twice a year.

There's been a lot of things going on recently, but I think it's all starting to get back to normal.

I saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall last week and it was fantastic! I had been anticipating that movie since before it had even started filming. I was sort of worried that all of the hype/my own excitement was going to kill it, but it was almost perfect.

In total nerdy fandom celebration I've been watching Freaks and Geeks/Undeclared all week. Watching the final episodes always makes me really bummed out.

While I'm doing my best to save money, it's a bit of a tease with the summer touring circuits coming up. These New Puritans are doing their first North American tour, and they're stopping in Toronto in June! I'm really excited about it. It's at The Reverb, which would mark another T.O. venue I've yet to go to. I'm sure I'll see them a bunch more when I move over to the UK, but it'll be nice to see them in this sort of setting.

Speaking of money I shouldn't be spending, I found a Francois Hardy vinyl a few days ago! Plus in the 50cent bin, an Echo and The Bunnymen single!

I finally got around to making my vinyl list. It's not that impressive or anything, seeing as I only started "collecting" last year. I use the term collecting loosely, as I have actually been listening to what I buy as opposed to letting them collect dust in some space somewhere. It's great how many joke records I have from when I was younger. Back then I would buy all my vinyl based on how amazing[ly horrible and lame] the cover art was. This lead to me having a lot of 60's jazz fusion records.

I've been listening to the Bloodhound Gang a lot lately. It's completely ridiculous and unexplainable. Just like my long time love for Jimmy Pop. I've always liked them, but I never gave them a proper listen. They're all over the place musically, but the pop culture references make me happy. I will excuse their affiliations with bands like Limp Bizkit. I know it's not their fault, save for that brief rap-rock period in time.

They're still as politically incorrect as ever. Such as their version of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" (their video for "Screwing You On The Beach At Night")

Monday, April 7, 2008

I drive a pink miata!

Lollapalooza 2008 Lineup!!! Definitely the best list I've seen festival wise so far.

Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
Nine Inch Nails
Kanye West
Wilco
The Raconteurs
Louis XIV
Love and Rockets
Gnarls Barkley
Bloc Party
The Black Keys
Broken Social Scene
Lupe Fiasco
Flogging Molly
Mark Ronson
Cat Power
The National
G. Love & Special Sauce
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Explosions in the Sky
Brand New
Gogol Bordello
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
Dierks Bentley
Okkervil River
Amadou & Mariam
Blues Traveler
John Butler Trio
Girl Talk
Your Vegas
CSS
Eli “Paperboy” Reed & the True Loves
Battles
Steel Train
Jamie Lidell
Bang Camaro
Butch Walker
The Blakes
Mates of State
Tally Hall
Spank Rock
White Lies
Brazilian Girls
Magic Wands
Chromeo
Electric Touch
Duffy
Innerpartysystem
The Kills
The Postelles
Rogue Wave
The Parlor Mob
The Go! Team
Bald Eagle
Mason Jennings
Krista
The Gutter Twins
Ha Ha Tonka
Yeasayer
Witchcraft
Grizzly Bear
We Go To 11
MGMT
Sofia Talvik
The Weakerthans
Booka Shade
Santogold
Black Kids
Black Lips
Dr. Dog
Nicole Atkins & the Sea
The Ting Tings
Kid Sister
Office
The Cool Kids
What Made Milwaukee Famous
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
The Whigs
Manchester Orchestra
Foals
Uffie
The Octopus Project
Cadence Weapon
Ferras
De Novo Dahl
Noah and the Whale
Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s
K’NAAN
Serena Ryder
Newton Faulkner