Late-Adopter Club: The Avalanches

The band Air France have an EP out, entitled No Way Down, that is getting all kinds of rave reviews. While I've yet to get my hot little hands on it, I have heard the title track, and it is indeed the poo. The album it's been most compared to is the Avalanches 2000 release, "Since I Left You", of which I am ashamed to admit I had never heard. Apparently I was too immersed in Hum, the Dismemberment Plan, and the Roots back then to appreciate music that actually makes you feel, you know, good. Anyway, I'm making up for lost time, grooving to the Avalanches, and wishing that summer will never end.

Bonus points for what I am 100% confident is the best use of a horse whinny sample in the history of music, in track 2, Stay Another Season.

A modest request

I recently heard LCD Soundsystem's cover of Harry Nilsson's Jump Into the Fire. It's the shit, yet is unreleased. If anyone has a copy somehow, can has send to mi plz?

Great news!

There's approximately 68,000 fewer assholes around today!

That's right - Philly lost that many people between 2000 and 2007, a drop second only to New Orleans. Which really isn't fair - that's like awarding MLB rookie of the year to a Japanese player in his 30s. Thus, I say we're the real #1 here.

I'm still a far cry from living George Carlin's dream of living on the beach, so "that way you're only surrounded by assholes on three sides," but still, today is a good day. 68,000 down, only 1,449,632 to go!

Query:

Q: What's better than blasting music at work with no one around to complain?




A: Not being at work at 10:52 on a fucking Friday night.

That Warren Jeffs is so HOT right now

Yes, the fundamental church of latter day saints is leveraging all the wonderful media attention they've gotten in the wake of the recent raid on their compound to launch a web-based clothing retail business.

With just a few clicks of a mouse, you too can don the garb of the brainwashed child brides of crazy-ass cultists.
Halloween costume? Check.

Premature Rave: Fate

I just got my greedy little hands on an advance copy of Dr. Dog's yet to be released album: Fate. Hoo boy it's good. Like, maybe the best thing I've heard this year good.

Time will tell.