Dinosaur Jr.

Dinosaur Jr's new album can be heard streaming HERE. It's not too shabby! Hooray for bands reuniting and not sucking.

Despicable People

I was reading up on this comics artist Joe Matt whose stuff I was interested in reading when I stumbled upon this dual interview with him and Rivers Cuomo. All I'd heard about Joe Matt was that he was a totally despicable weirdo with extreme social problems, but seeing him here in comparison with Rivers Cuomo, well...

http://wma.weezernation.com/199707peep.html

Cats rule, dogs drool

Read this

April 19, 2007

Dinosaur Jr. - Kracked
The New Trust - The Life of the Infidel Comes Crashing Down
Fugazi - The Argument
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Feist - My Moon My Man
Calling All Monsters - We Are Special Forces
Modest Mouse - Florida
Sparta Locals - Gap
The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Ever Felt Cheated
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TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
Nation of Ulysses - Spectra Sonic Sound
Murder City Devils - Ready For More
Slow Gherkin - Baby Snake
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Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Toro and the Toreador
Low - Your Poison
Why? - Ferris Wheel
Cornelius - Omstart
Keyboard - Krul!
Sugarhill Downtown Orchestra - Shin Shin Shin
Chris Murray - One Everything
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The Unicorns - Les Os
The Briefs - Year Long Summer
The Queers - Teenage Bonehead
The Undertones - Get Over You
Superdrag - NA Kicker
The Buzzcocks - I Don't Mind
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The Hold Steady - Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Who Do You Love?
The Minutemen - One Reporter's Opinion
The Blue Hearts - Chernobyl
The Siren Six - Back Is Breaking
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British Sea Power - Remember Me
The Dismemberment Plan - Following Through
Weezer - Across The Sea

April 12, 2007

Crimpshrine - Wake Up
Pteradon - Broadway
The New Trust - The Lost Language
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Shinobu - Trepanning (by request)
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The World Stops Turning
Tulsa - Fiddler's Green
The Queers - Teenage Bonehead
Operation Ivy - Bombshell
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Toys That Kill - Moon=Ghettobird
Dan Sartain - Gun vs. Knife
Akiakane - EMI (Sex Pistols cover)
Jonny Manak & The Depressives - Every Night's A Friday
Murder City Devils - Dancin' Shoes
Alkaline Trio - Jaked on Green Beers
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Eastern Youth - Bura Bura Bushi
Pavement - Silence Kit
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Track Star - Low Rent/High Life
Mineta Kazunobu & Six-Nines - Bokutachi wa Sekai wo Kaeru Koto ga Dekinai???
The Weakerthans - Anchorless
The Rentals - These Days
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Deerhoof - +81
I Need Sleep - Pervert Like Herbert
The Specials - Monkey Man
Chris Murray - I'm Ready For Love
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Ash - Girl From Mars
Pixies - Gigantic
The Wunder Years - The Hopeless Romantic
Jawbreaker - Jinx Removing
Mr. T Experience - I'm Like Yeah But She's All No
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The Misfits - Teenagers From Mars
The Queers - Brian Wilson
The Minutemen - Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs
Dinosaur Jr. - In A Jar
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Fishbone - Freddie's Dead (Curtis Mayfield cover)
Keyboard - S.R.S.F.
Bill Withers - Lovely Day
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Cap'n Jazz - Little League

Paisano!

I'm so psyched for the movie, Aquateen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, coming out in 2 days!!!

Check out the horribl[y]e good trailer here.
http://www.adultswim.com/shows/athf/movie/index.html


Today, the Ging Nang Boyz DVD Bokutachi wa Sekai wo Kaeru Koto ga Dekinai came out in Japan. I'm in it! Suckers!!!

The Gods MUST Be Crazy

Upcoming shows I want to see:

April 14 - Ted Leo @ Slims (not only do I want to see this one, I actually bought tickets for this!)
April 26 & 27 - TRACK STAR @ The Hemlock (SO NIIIIIIIIIIIICE!)
May 9 - Matt Skiba, Chuck Ragan and Mike Hale @ MACLA (gotta earn my scene points!)
May 15 & 16 - Dinosaur Jr. @ Slims (mustn't forget earplugs)
May 25 - Brother Ali @ Slims (hip-hop shows invariably suck, but Brother Ali is angry and tight to listen to)
May 30 - The Hold Steady @ Slims (I honestly haven't been to Slims in 4 or 5 years. When did they start having good shows again???)
June 14 - The Queers @ Bottom of the Hill

There's probably more, but I don't care to finish this.

Here's some shows I will definitely NOT be going to, but I guess it wouldn't be so bad to see them again. Japan's premier schoolgirl ska band, ORESKABAND, will be on the warped tour!!! WHAT THE HECK!?!?!?! (Thanks to JJ for the tipoff, homeboy makes me look more on the ball to all you loyal blog readers)
08/18 The Gorge Amphitheatre Seattle, WA
08/19 Columbia Meadows Portland, OR
08/22 Selland Arena Fresno, CA
08/23 Sleep Train Amphitheater Sacramento, CA
08/24 Coors Amphitheatre San Diego, CA
08/25 Home Depot Center Los Angeles, CA

April 5, 2007

Ging Nang Boyz - Nipponjin
Crimpshrine - Trying Too Hard
The Queers - I Can't Stand You
Johnny Manak and the Depressives - Partner in Crime
Shinobu - Trepanning
Spandecks - Paranoia
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The Minutemen - Glory of Man
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The World Stops Turning
Deerhoof - The Perfect Me
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Afrirampo - Do Do Do
Your Mother - Flowertown
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence - Rumble Seats + Running Boards
The Weakerthans - Greatest Hits Collection
Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz
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J Church - My Favorite Place
Alkaline Trio - Hell Yes
Agent Orange - Bloodstains (by request)
Pixies - Cecilia Ann
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Jawbreaker - The Boat Dreams from the Hill
The Queers - Girl About Town
The Wunder Years - Superbowl Sunday
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The Misfits - Skulls
Dinosaur Jr. - Kracked
Gunmoll - Make Yourself Bleed
Fugazi - Epic Problem
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The Dismemberment Plan - Secret Curse
The New Pornographers - To Wild Homes
Albert Hammond Jr. - In Transit
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The Exploding Hearts - Thorns in Roses
The Jam - In The City
Ash - Kung Fu
The Buzzcocks - Lipstick
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Discount - Broken To Blue
Akiakane - Kasumisou
Feist - My Moon My Man
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Les Savy Fav - One Way Widow
Sparta Locals - Gap
Rx Bandits - 1980
Rx Bandits - One Million Miles an Hour, Fast Asleep
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Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Great Communicator

TV PARTY

Yesterday I watched the premier of the 6th season of THE SHIELD. I usually don't like cop shows and bad-boy anti-heros, but THE SHIELD is just too intense to not be enthalled by. Here's a simple description of what has happened in every episode since episode 1, season 1: Something bad from before is haunting Vic (the bad boy anti-hero played by Michael Chiklis) and his team, and they're scrambling to solve the problem, or cover up the problem. Instead of fixing things, things keep getting worse and worse. IT'S SO INTENSE!!! This season, Forest Whitaker is back as a deranged IA cop trying to take down Vic. Sure enough, after just one episode, Vic is getting his ish f-ed up!!!

I also went back to watching The Office, which is like every horribly awkward social situation ever crammed into one awesome/unwatchable show. The stories and characters are so compelling because of the genuine humanity portrayed, but I almost feel like I'd rather avert my eyes and be spared the pain of watching these social train wrecks pile up one after the other. SO GOOD!!!

Heroes returns to TV with new episodes April 23... NIIICE!!! I can't wait!!!!

I'm a lazy jerk

At the risk of having this turn into a lazy blog filled with my stupid discoveries from youtube, here's Crispin Glover's "Clowny Clown Clown."