In The Spirit Of...

No, that is not a band name, however, it just might be. Whatever.

In the spirit of festival talk (thank you sumeet), i will tell you (who's you?) about the one i should be attending this saturday. is it just me or do all the good festivals happen at the end of summer (or even after it?)

F Yeah Fest. Could it get any better? :


NO AGE
NEGATIVE APROACH
GLASS CANDY
MATT AND KIM
TWO GALLANTS
FUCKED UP
LADYHAWK
DAVID VANDERVELDE
JAPANTHER
PAINT IT BLACK
MIKA MIKO
PAST LIVES (EX BLOOD BROTHERS)
MONOTONIX
HIGH PLACES
DAVID DONDERO
ABE VIGODA
THE STRANGE BOYS
CRYSTAL ANTLERS
TRASH TALK
MANNEQUIN MEN
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TO CANDYLAND
BEST FWENDS
TRIUMPH OF LETHARGY SKINNED ALIVE TO DEATH (MEM. OF MURDER CITY DEVILS)
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS
RUMSPRINGA
ANAVAN
PREACHER AND THE KNIFE
BROTHER READE
MICHAEL RUNION
TOD ADRIAN WISENBAKER
SILVERGHOST
WAR TAPES
FRANK FAIRFIELD
GRAHAM FOREST
NODZZZ
60 WATT KID
HALLOWEEN SWIM TEAM
DIMITRI COATES FROM BURNING BRIDES
WITCH HATS




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be there! (no pictures, just amazing band names)



HOW COULD YOU NOT WANT TO SEE THIS?????

DGAF Oxford Comma

Here is my hook...
Beck, The Black Crowes, Justice, STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9), Michael Franti & Spearhead, The National, Spoon, TV on The Radio, Atmosphere, Cat Power, Hot Chip, Tegan and Sara, The New Pornographers, X, Vampire Weekend, The Hives, Cold War Kids, Ghostland Observatory, Spiritualized, Antibalas, Man Man, The Mother Hips, Tokyo Police Club, DeVotchKa, The Night Marchers, Nortec Collective presents Bostich + Fussible, Does it Offend You, Yeah?, Del The Funky Homosapien, Eagles of Death Metal, Foals, The Muslims, Dengue Fever, MGMT, Sea Wolf, West Indian Girl and Chester French.

Yes it is a list. I know its not the conventional hook but what if all these bands listed were to play a music festival on sept 19th and 20th in San Diego. I am bubbling with excitement over that lineup. I can count 23 bands that I have come to love over the past couple years yet have not yet seen live. I will however get that chance when I attend the concert on the 19th and 20th somewhere near Petco park.

Ill be somewhere in the middle of this while at the same time ill be in a different place altogether














randoms thoughts of the week:
Adam Carolla is my comedic idol. (Audio NSFW)


Skeletal Lamping (upon first listen) makes no sense and complete sense at the same time.

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I watched Speed Racer again and still believe it is the second best action film of the year. Second to TDK.

Ill get around to putting up several of my 10 minute mix tapes sometime never...

Forgotten Bands (by Me!): The Scarves (of Sandy Hook, CT)

Katharina is a cool name. I put "Katharina" on a mix cd a long while ago; probably two or three years. listening to this song again reminds me of how much i liked the song. i still do of course, but i totally forgot just how powerful the opening chords are. Where did this band go? Maybe they are still in Sandy Hook, a place i wouldn't mind visiting.

Go have a listen: http://www.myspace.com/thescarvesrock



The rest of their three songs are just as powerful and awesome. Listen to them, too.

Vampire Fortnight?

There is no denying Vampire Weekend's originality and success(although some argue that the African influence was an idea first patented in Graceland by Paul Simon). And because they grew to such enormous popularity some bands who sound eerily similar are bound to pop up. Well Vampire Weekend's debut cd was a worldwide hit and across the pond a band called Little Comets has taken Vampire Weekend's sound and made an outstanding CD of their own. Now of course Little Comets did not just copy Vampire Weekend. Little Comets take the sound and mix in a bit of the British punk rock sound. Overall I recommend Little Comets to anyone who enjoyed Vampire Weekends debut, which seems to be pretty much everyone.
Anywho check out their myspace and here is a song to taste.
Little Comets - Drink Up



ohhh and btw. Who wants to go to SD street scene and catch the VW?