Welly, welly, welly

I got this project coming up, and I need to pick a film from the 60's or the 70's to review. It's a rather large list, and it includes stuff by Lucas and Kubrick and all sorts of directors who were influential during that period. I'm just trying to pick the film I'm going to review and study, and I thought about putting the list up and then seeing if people wanted to e-mail me with suggestions as to what film I should see (or not see).

So far I'm sort of undecided...the list includes stuff like A Clockwork Orange, American Grafitti...blah blah blah. Typical films from that era.

That be the idear...nothing to big. I do think I may need to get a Death Cab for Cutie CD soon. Gabe let me borrow the Michigan Fest DVD, and it's fantastic. I can't get the DCFC song out of my head though, it has a really good beat. Naturally, I also have to get a Small Brown Bike CD.

Idea?

Thanks, Brock, for making the peep for me last night. I just ran out of time. So, what is this idea?? Reveal it to us now!

People, I still plan on working on The Study of Leonard Hughes real soon. I really do. It's harder than I thought. This weekend, if I have enough time, I plan on recording my cover of Bankrupt On Selling. Peace.

Peep

I erm...don't have much to say either. I uh...do have an idea per say. However, I don't think I should reveal that until...*cough* later.

Killing Me Softly

Ha, ha! Brock, you are killing me! Doing a cover is a good start, but a "million+ record industry giant!" Woo. I only wish. It's really too bad that the College Network station is as diverse as they claim to be. Unfortunately, I don't have much to say now. Perhaps I'll make a peep later tonight.

9 times out of 10

Well, I just got back from a long day at school, and I now feel a little better about the time I spend in between classes. You see they have these televisions scattered throughout the school and especially concentrated within the student lounges. Of course, when you get into a highly populated student area the televisions tend to have this program on that's called "The College Network", or some such. The College Network as you might guess, deals with music and entertainment that might appeal to the "college" crowd. And of course, it explicitly informs you of its diversity, especially when it comes to music videos. The thing is...the College Network that so frequently populates the school tubes, isn't diverse. In fact, all they play is hip-hop music videos 24/7. Now, I'm not complaining or trying to undermine hip-hop. I can enjoy hip-hop. Such is not the case with the College Network that insists upon playing the same hip-hop music videos over and over and over again. And 9 times out of ten they're playing an Eminem music video, which leaves out other "aspiring hip hop" artists. Like I said however, something changed. For the first time since I began idly viewing the College Network in between classes, they played a brand spankin' new music video that is normally absent from their heavy Eminem rotation. They played Moby. (Somewhere during that video Eminem was weeping.) And it was actually a pretty good music video, despite being from his new CD Play 2. No wait...I mean, 18. Yes, that's right... It dealt with little aliens trying to get the attention of human beings several times larger then they are. Of course, Moby was the only guy in the music video who actually knew that the aliens were present. He knows everything!

I really hope Gabe decides to record Bankrupt on Selling, as he admirably assured me last night that it would be a fairly easy track to record. More to the point, he learned all of the guitar tabs that he didn't know, which makes him even more responsible to record that song as a cover. Of course, some of the best bands and musicians in the world started out playing the music of some other group that inspired them. Kurt Cobain and Nirvana's first single was none other then Love Buzz, a song created by a band whose name slips my mind at the moment. Still, it wasn't written by Nirvana. So what am I getting at here? Well, it's quite obvious that Gabe will from this point on go forth to become a million+ record industry giant, overshadowing both Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson. Then, maybe then, it won't be repeated Eminem videos and the occasional Moby-vid dominating the College Network. Rather, The College Network will show Gabe playing "Bankrupt" on his Seagull guitar...9 times out of ten.

Here, Here!

Word on those Radiohead tracks. There are some cool ones, indeed. Can't wait for the album!

I got the Friction discography in the mail yesterday. It features Bob Nanna (Braid, Hey Mercedes) on drums in his early days (91-94). It leans more toward the punk side but different enough from all the other punk of that time. It's really good so far. I haven't made it to the second disc yet!

Hail to the Thieves

Hail to the thieves indeed, especially for leaking some of the new Radiohead material on the net. I'm sure some of you have heard about this by now, especially the Radiohead fans out there. Some dude apparently leaked the new Radiohead tracks on the internet over the weekend, and now they're circulating like crazy. Of course, the band has noted that these leaked songs are rough-cuts and that the complete, polished up versions of the new songs lie in wait...

Still, all I have to say is that There, There and Sail to the Moon are going to be instant classics.

Bankrupt on Selling

Well, I received my Seagull guitar Friday evening. I love it! It has great feel and sound. Maybe in a few weeks you can expect an mp3 of me covering Modest Mouse's Bankrupt on Selling from The Lonesome, Crowded West. We'll see.

Last week's albums:
Small Brown Bike - Dead Reckoning
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West