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  Fairweather – Lusitania

  10.25.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  1)  Fairweather – Lusitania [Audio clip: view full post to listen] “this town is a ghost town, of funerals and lets downs. The list of dead goes on and on and on. The sidewalks ache from the weight of holding, up broken hearts. I’m giving up on moving on. What used to fill these streets [...]

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  Mt. Eerie – Seven New Songs, Pianos Split, Horses Personified

  10.20.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  1) Mount Eerie – 7 New Songs Mount Eerie, also known as Phil Elverum (ex principal member of The Microphones), released 7 new songs in May of 2004 while on tour in Australia.  If you’ve never listened to The Microphones or Mt. Eerie before think of lo-fi + folk music + sometimes subtle electronic noise [...]

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  Thursday/Envy split leaked, 1000 Frames per second punch in the face

  09.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  1)  Thursday/Envy split leaked I guess the Thursday/Envy split leaked while I was away.  What a good thing to come back home to.  I’ve been excited for this release for quite some time and after listening to the teaser tracks on temporary residence’s site it’s nice to finally hear the complete album. I don’t have [...]

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  MIA

  09.22.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Hey people, Sorry for the lack of updates as of late.  I’ve been busy and will probably continue to be for the next few days.  Just letting you know I’m not dead.  Here are some things you might enjoy while I’m gone. 1)  You like folkish country music?  Me too.  Listen to Jon Owen’s Texas. HERE. 2) [...]

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  Sailboats – 2 song demo, Hurricane Ike Pictures

  09.17.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  1)  Sailboats – 2 song demo Chuglife’s post on Loma Prieta made me think about how much I love their previous band Sailboats. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] “Sailboats was a band from Berkeley. In 2003 they recorded a 2-song demo and played several shows throughout California. Unfortunately, they were involved in a [...]

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  New Thursday/Envy tracks, ABC Screws Up

  09.16.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  1)  New Thursday/Envy Tracks Posted I’m even more excited about the Thursday/Envy split after hearing a track from each band.  They are now taking pre-orders for the album HERE. Thursday – As He Climbed the Dark Mountain HERE. Envy – Isolation of a Light Source HERE. 2)  ABC Screws Up ABC allegedly edited Palin’s interview [...]

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  Conjoined Twins, Kind of Like Spitting – The Thrill of the Hunt

  09.14.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’ve got a few things to share.   1)  The Schappell Sisters – Joined at the Skull “In case you’re not familiar with them, the Schappell sisters are 46-year-old craniopagus conjoined twins from Reading, Pennsylvania, who are joined at the head and share 30% of their brain matter. That’s Lori, above on the left. Other than [...]

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  Us and Us Only, The Gathering of the Juggalos, Bon Iver on Conan

  09.13.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  1)  Us and Us Only Maybe it’s because Fall is near and Winter seems right around the corner to me but I’ve been getting really into singer songwriter stuff as of late.  It’s weird how a style of music seems to fit with certain seasons. I recently discovered the music of Kinsey Matthews, a song [...]

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  Obama talks with O’Reilly, Quebec – Together we have grown, Together we shall bloom

  09.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  1)  Obama’s Fox News Interview If you haven’t seen Barack Obama being interviewed by Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly you should go check out the 4 part interview.  It’s about 30 minutes total.  Apparently the Obama camp offered this interview opportunity to O’Reilly so they’d receive some coverage during the RNC.  I think that’s a pretty [...]

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  Well, it’s 2 in the morning, time to update my blog

  08.29.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I haven’t been in the mood to do much of anything lately besides sit in my room and read.  So here’s a half-heartedly compiled list of 3 things that caught my attention. 1)  Rio de Janeiro pictures from The Big Picture. 2)  “Powerhouse: like Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous, but starring ugly Washington douchenozzles. [...]