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Monthly Archives: April 2008

some political movements i would start if i weren’t lazy

1. As a tall man, I find it ridiculous the height that most shower heads are installed.  We’re in a relatively nice hotel in LA right now, the shower is 3′x6′ and about 10′ tall.  The shower head could have been installed anywhere on the wall.  It could have even been made into a nice [...]

feelies tickets are on sale for Maxwell’s!

The Feelies have announced their shows at Maxwell’s that have been highly anticipated:
July 1 & 2
http://www.maxwellsnj.com
we can only go on the 1st, as Frightened Rabbit are going to be playing NYC on July 2 (shhh….), but… yay!

music for this week

Hi Everybody!
Since I am one-half of 30 milkshakes, I thought perhaps it was time I actually made a contribution to the blog that doesn’t involve food or puppydog posts. Also, I get pretty tired of the home-stereo being dominated by boy kooties and I think similarly straw.30milkshakes.com deserves a female perspective.
NP: “Soul On Fire” – [...]

we miss you, bingo and loki

pardon the music interruption, please.
but…perusing the internet, as i often do, i just unearthed some terribly sad news. bingo, the famed mayor of silver lake, died very tragically recently. he was hit by a car and just couldn’t pull through. we visited him only six months ago and he made our day – as i’m [...]

the new pitchfork’s here, the new pitchfork’s here!

Millions of people look at this everyday! This is the kind of spontaneous publicity – your name in print – that makes people.
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/49604-midnight-organ-fight

music for this week

NP: “Away (Live)” – The Feelies. The Feelies reunion (and reissues) that we’ve been waiting for a long time are finally almost upon us. They’re playing July 4 with Sonic Youth (and… there’d BETTER be a Maxwell’s show or two in the works), and the re-issues are coming out on Bar/None. I have [...]

more music, and upcoming shows

NP: “Swimmer” – Four Tet. I’ve got to give this new EP about 48 more listens, as it hasn’t fully grabbed me yet. But I’m positive it will.
NP: “Magic Doors” – Portishead. I’m not a fan of Portishead, I can admit. I’ve only went back and got the previous records after learning that [...]