So… Hope everyone had a happy Turdurken Day! I spent mine with friends in Colorado and one of them is in marketing at Keystone Resort. He organized this awesome thrice (at least) seasonal free show series at the resort called Friday Night Lights. They essentially convert a parking lot at the bottom of the mountain into a fully-outfitted stage and a killer band plays. The first one was Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, then I went to DeVotchKa and then this Friday is Girl Talk. Pretty fucking sweet for free shows at a killer ski resort in Colorado. I took a ton of photos and it was totally blizzarding. Very cool experience.
So, I got a CD in the mail the other day claiming that I “have no CD like this”… Upon examining the contents I came to the conclusion that they were correct. I don’t have no CD like this, nor did I ever want for one. Apparently in this case the legend is Koldasee and their Christmas album, Messiah. Cute - dig the Precious Moments angel adorning the CD face. Many props to the Winnow Winds Corporation for releasing this veritable goldmine of Christmas classics like “Mother of My God” and “Coming Home.” Sorry Koldasee and WW Corp, but I won’t be listening to your Christmas album. I’m way to hip to celebrate “Him” on my blog. But here’s an awesome picture of this bounty that I received in His name.
Here are a few pictures from last night’s awesome Dead Confederate / Apollo Sunshine show at Spaceland. I’m really glad I went. Both bands performed admirably and the crowd was really digging the whole thing, which is nice.
Hello America. Congratulations again on making me smile.
Tonight at Spaceland is a very American show and I mean that in the nicest way. Dead Confederate, a titular rock group hailing from Athens, GA (home of REM and Of Montreal) will be playing tonight with ambling rockers, Apollo Sunshine. Rolling Stone named Dead Confederate one of six artists to watch and I think the Onion summed them up perfectly when they said “they sound like Bleach-era Nirvana covering My Morning Jacket.” Couldn’t say it better myself. Their new album, Wrecking Ball is out now on Gary Gersh’s TAO label and they recently performed on the Conan O’Brien show.
Sheesh. I’ve been so wrapped up in celebrating the election and Veteran’s Day that I really haven’t given much time to blogging. Well, that’s not entirely true, I’m also a music publicist and I just launched a record label - Chocolate Lab Records - and our debut release is by Andy Yorke of Unbelievable Truth fame! Which is to say, a very cool first release by anyone’s standards. Unbelievable Truth was on Virgin Records in the late ’90s and sold quite a few records. This is Andy’s first solo album and I’m not going to review it here, but I am very excited about it and I’ll post an MP3 below. It comes out on CD Nov 18 and is on sale at Amazon and iTunes now.
The title says this post is presented by Clogs. But only unofficially. Clogs is the classical music-infused avante garde rock band featuring Bryce Dessner and Padma Newsome (The National). They’re not for the faint of heart or for the heart of the Faint, but they’re stunning.
OK - Fallout 3 comes on October 28th, but Best Buy is doing a midnight release, so I’m going to pick up the game in a couple hours. This is the culmination of 10 years bravely waiting for a sequel to the Fallout series. I played the original two so much on my PC in 1998 that I probably turned transparent from lack of sun exposure. For reals. And now it’s here. Word to the wise - buy this game. It’s a post-apocalyptic fanatic’s dream.
Judging from the 500k+ views, I’m sure most people have seen this video, but I just remembered it tonight and wanted to share. It’s so fucking sick. Spike Jonze is the culprit. It gives me goosebumps with every viewing.
