A Wreck

To be honest, I'm not too fond of those Shipwrecked songs either. They're kind of bland actually. I guess I shouldn't expect Small Brown Bike Redux out of it, but I certainly expected something a little tighter.

...At Last!

I'm a posting machine today. Too much news.

Hey Mercedes' video is up!!!! Check it HERE!

Obviously low budget. One location. But funny concept and it looks pretty good. At least they finally got a video made, though!

Ship

Maybe I should've listened to the Shipwrecked songs before I posted. Not what I expected. They're OK, I guess, but not what I was hoping for.

Shipwreck

Hurry, while mp3.com is still up, get some Shipwrecked songs here!

500 Greatest Lists of All Time

Out of the many lists I've read through over the years, I've realized that they're mostly filler and a way to sell more magazines. How did Rolling Stone compile the list anyway? What media? Sometimes it's reader polls, which can greatly skew a list if you have thousands of teens voting for the latest Blink 182 as the all-time greatest.

The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time According to the Media

It seems like once every 6 months or so Rolling Stone decides to feature a complete list of the best songs, musicians or albums of all time. And this month we’re once again subjected to that treatment. This time around, they’ve completed a list of the 500 greatest albums of all time (because they did the 50 greatest six months ago). Needless to say, I have a few objections with the list.

For starters, it would be nice if they could keep some sort of consistency between their number one albums in each list. Last time they picked Revolver as the greatest record of all time, and now they’ve named Sgt. Pepper as numero uno. Really, all they’re doing is rotating the Beatles albums so that every one gets a stint as number one.
Ah yes, and then we have the beautifully repulsive All That You Can’t Leave Behind at 139, outranking Radiohead’s masterwork OK Computer at 162. Forget the fact that I’m a Radiohead junkie for a moment here and grasp the stupidity of that placement. By all means, a U2 album should be ranked above OK Computer (U2 is one of the bands that influenced Radiohead after all). But if you’re going to put U2 above Radiohead at least put one of their better albums at the top. Consequently, War is in the 221st slot.
Finally, two of the best Dinosaur Jr. albums (and arguably two of the greatest rock albums of all time) Bug and You’re Living All Over Me go unlisted.

Sorry for the rant, but it’s just disappointing to see more of these lists cranked out. They always plug the same stuff, just in a different order. If anything, they should be delving into the underground music scene and digging out the "50 greatest albums Rolling Stone magazine always neglects".

Appleseed Casket

Is that the new name?

Hopefully, I’ll get that Aquabats DVD soon (Probably tomorrow?). There was another DVD that came out this week that I wanted to check out: The Two Towers Extended Edition. And next week, X-Men 2 gets its release. There’s just way too many DVD’s I’m interested in right now.

That side-project sounds awesome. I tell you, those Kansas Kids think of everything.

Batty

So The Aquabats released a DVD this week. Sounds pretty cool. I'm waiting for Brock to pick it up!

Modest Mouse sure is playing with our minds. They have, yet, another new splash page but no updated news!!! The tension is killing me.

There's a new side-project band that sounds kick-ass! I don't know how many people are in it, but the two main players are: Junior, the drummer from The Casket Lottery and the lead singer from The Appleseed Cast. I forgot the name of the band. I deleted the email with the news on it. When I find out and I'll let everyone know.

Oh, and there's a new Q&A with Paul Thomas Anderson at Cigarettes & Coffee!

The ballad of John and Yorke

Radiohead are the Beatles of our generation -Alex

Challenge accepted:

• Magical Mystery Tour


• Paranoid Android


• Something


• Fake Plastic Trees


• Yesterday


• Karma Police


• I Am The Walrus


• Treefingers


• Blue Jay Way


• Like Spinning Plates


• Come Together


• There, There


• Hey Jude

$orry. The program un-expectantly quit.

I’m so pissed right now. Microsoft Word has been ‘un-expectantly quitting’ on me all day. It quit at least 4 times when I was working on my screenplay and it just quit after I had finished a big long post for you guys. I don’t want to even attempt to write another post right now…

For the Drunk guy

Looks like ‘later’ turned out to be much later. I’m sorry; it was hectic last week.

Speaking of Modest Mouse however, I really had a good time. Name a Modest Mouse classic and chances are they played it. ‘Paper Thin Walls’, ‘I Came As A Rat’, ‘3rd Planet’, ‘Wild Pack Of Family Dogs’, ‘Trailer Trash’, ‘Out Of Gas’ and even Gabe’s cover song ‘Bankrupt On Selling’ were on the set list. What was truly surprising though was the enormous crowd that greeted the band. That’s easily the first show I saw sold out at Nita’s Hideaway, and it outnumbered the crowd I saw attending Ugly Casanova a year or so ago.

Part of that factors into a comment that Gabe and Alex made that night. “Everyone was dancing at the Flagstaff show!” In other words, the Phoenix crowd can get a bid jaded at times. The lead singer Isaac Brock was quiet and reserved in front of the large audience and some feel that Modest Mouse is better to see in a smaller city like Flagstaff or Tucson.
Ironically, Modest Mouse played the following night in Tucson. But for the moment, I can only go on what I saw here in Phoenix: It was a fantastic set with a great band.

I do want to point out something from my experience at the show however. This is stuff that should probably be kept in mind if you ever see me at a show here in Arizona. Think of it as the first rule in concert etiquette when hanging out with Brock.

Behave for Brock

1. Get away from me rummy.
This was part of the fun at the show. A drunken guy with a buzz-cut approached me and leaned on me for a few moments. Then, staring me straight in the eye he muttered some incoherent gibberish and was on his way. First of all, never do this to me at a show. It bothers me, and your breath smells like urine.

That’s that for now. I’ll see you later.

Mouse it up!

Brock, I've been sitting here waiting for your "Mouse in the House" review. Just kidding. It was a good show. I'm too lazy right now to write my own review. Perhaps when I get some gumption.

Mouse in the House

Modest Mouse was last night, and I want to say something about that in a bit.

On a side note, I'm sad to hear about Face to Face's demise. They were a good band. In fact, I think aside from Radiohead, the most CD's of a particular group that I own would be Face to Face. Gabe told me last night they're probably going to put out a DVD, which will be good.

In a bit…

-Brock

The Good Times Are Killing Me

Gotcha. I haven't been to Modest Mouse's web site in a while. Last time I went they had the splash page banner up that said, "All of the good times are killing me". Looks like that's also alluded to in that set list they posted. Must tie into the album title...

Set List

No, Modest Mouse has had that splash page up for a little while. I'm sure it's from one of their shows. So far, all Modest Mouse has been updating on their web site is the splash page. No news!! Perhaps we'll find out tonight what the status is on the new album.

The Stars are Projectors

So what's the deal with Modest Mouse.com's splash page? Is that the setlist for tonight, or from their previous show? Or is it just some random image? If it's the set for tonight, yay for "Trailer Trash" being one of the selections.

I'm curious to find out more about Shipwrecked. Sadly, I only got to see Small Brown Bike once, but they were great. Hopefully, Shipwrecked retains some of SBB's sound.

Break it Up!

Small Brown Bike has posted a statement on their break up on their web site. There isn't a cut and dry explanation but they felt it was time to move on to other things. What is that?? Oh, well. I guess Mike's in a band called Shipwrecked that's supposed to be pretty good.

Also, Pele has broken up. I only have one CD of theirs. I don't remember how it is. I better pull it out. What's with all the break-ups!?

Face It

Face to Face has called it quits. Not a breakup really. They just feel they've run their course. They sure put on a good run. Thank you Face to Face. You provided a great chapter in the story of my ongoing musical epic.

Tenacious Thief

So what's this I hear about Tenacious D covering Paranoid Android and Airbag? I'll have to check that out.

Yeah, the Hulk beard thing always made me wonder. Maybe we'll find out in the sequel. (That's what I care about. Not Bruce and Betty getting together, nor Betty coming to terms with the rift between the Hulk and her father. I want to find out about Hulk's beard).

What to Write

I just don't know what to write about today. Modest Mouse is next week. That should be awesome.

That's a funny thought on the Hulk beard, Brock. Interesting.