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Archive for May, 2008
Flight of the Conchords Highest Rating Comedy Debut on Soundscan EVAR
Author: Daniel Taylor1 May
The first full-length from New Zealanders and HBO stars Flight of the Conchords debuted this week at #3 on the Soundscan charts, the highest debut for a comedy album ever, surpassing Dane Cook’s 2005 release Retaliation. Congrats to our friends over at Sub Pop for stacking some more cheddar. As usual, I slept on Flight of the Conchords for awhile (I can’t afford HBO, man) but finally took the time to check out some of the clips of YouTube and now I realize why people go ape shit over these Kiwi bastards: they’ll seriously make you laugh your balls off.
Synthesis Band You’ve Never Heard Of Band Of The Day: Surface of Atlantic
Author: spencer1 May
Every so often I find myself flipping through CDs in a jaded attempt to fins something, anything, with a little authenticity, originality or…well, something that doesn’t suck. It can be a tough job, actually. If only there were more bands like Surface of Atlantic, who really spoke out to me through the filter-less din of internet music. With softly uttered vocals, droning guitar repetition, swelling keyboards and minimalist electronica underpinning the unassumingly beautiful songs, Surface of Atlantic can easily knock the copy of Coldplay’s Parachutes or Death Cab’s Transatlanticism out of any sweater-wearing dorm rat’s CD changer. The aesthetic is decidedly mellow, but this is not to say the music lacks the right amount of rhythm to push it along at a simmering mid-tempo. Tracing the musical genealogy of this Montreal quintet back, you might find albums by Slowdive, Sigur Ros, Postal Service or The Poor Rich Ones populating their catalogs. This is truly noteworthy, and we suggest you stop what you’re doing and look into this majestic stuff.
Their latest LP, Ephemeral as we Speak, is available now.
Buy it on iTunes here.
Check out Surface of Atlantic’s really well put together Official Web Site for more up to the minute details (or, you know, look at their MySpace….)
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Dave Douville: vox+guit
Marco Gervais: guitar
Martin Poisson: bass
Francois Graham: Piano/keys
Fred Bujo : Drums
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Ephemeral as we Speak LP - 2007
Fairmount Avenue EP - 2006
Minor Threat: “In My Eyes”
Author: some guy1 May
Original gangstas of hardcore Minor Threat perform “In My Eyes” circa ‘82.
Madonna and Champagne
Author: Ms. Nickels1 May
Ok, ok, I take back the mean things I said about Madonna being too rich for anyone to like her anymore. And her selling out to BET’s 106 & Park and recreating herself as a hip hop princess… Anyone who chugs champagne from the bottle on stage is my hero:
I will say this though: wtf @ sparkle Adidas pants? You can’t just throw sparkles on sweat pants and think they’re alright to wear at your own concert. That’s on some Missy Elliot status. Oh wait… now I get it. She’s trying to be Missy. Damn. I hate her again. DRINK MORE CHAMPAGNE!
Barbara Walters Admits to Affair with Senator Edward Brooke
Author: ryan1 May
Barbara Walters upcoming appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show will center around a recent admission of her affair with then-married Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke.
The affair happened over 30 years ago, and lasted for a few years during the ’70s. Brooke was the first African-American to be elected to the Senate by popular vote, and at the time, Walters was still co-hosting NBC’s Today show.
I was going to make some ill-advised Jungle Fever reference, but, well, you’re all smarter than that (I hope). Needless, to say, I’m repulsed that anyone, ever, would have wanted to engage in sexual congress with Barbara Walters.
Happy May Day…Whatever the Hell That Means
Author: spencer1 May
Today, 5/1, is May Day. I, like most people I know, don’t know jack shit about May Day, except that “Mayday!” is the thing you’re supposed to shout into your intercom when your WWII fighter jet gets shot down. So I’ve decided to do a little investigating for educational purposes while I sift through SonicBids bands all hoping for a spot on our Band of the Day post.
As it turns out, May Day is about the most burly awesome pagan holiday ever. For the Irish Gaelics and Ancient Celts, May Day is also known as Beltane, a Fertility Rites of Spring Festival/Orgy.
I actually tried to spark a Beltane ritual a few years back at the Oregon Country Fair….despite it being July and two months past its time. I ended up with 3rd degree burns on my feet after taking mushrooms and fire walking. True story. Wrote a song about it. Look into that shit, you might get a few hippie chicks to do some fun pagan stuff with you.
Anyway, so I know what I’m planning on doing tonight, after my eight hour work day, thanks to International Workers Day, which also corresponds with 5/1.
The earliest May Day celebrations appeared in pre-Christian Europe, as in the Celtic celebration of Beltane, and the Walpurgis Night of the Germanic countries. Many pre-Christian indigenous celebrations were eventually banned or Christianized during the process of Christianization in Europe. As a result, a more secular version of the holiday continued to be observed in the schools and churches of Europe well into the 20th century. In this form, May Day may be best known for its tradition of dancing the Maypole and crowning of the Queen of the May. Today various Neopagan groups celebrate reconstructed (to varying degrees) versions of these customs on 1 May.
The day was a traditional summer holiday in many pre-Christian European pagan cultures. While February 1 was the first day of Spring, May 1 was the first day of summer; hence, the summer solstice on June 25 (now June 21) was Midsummer. In the Roman Catholic tradition, May is observed as Mary’s month, and in these circles May Day is usually a celebration of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In this connection, in works of art, school skits, and so forth, Mary’s head will often be adorned with flowers. Fading in popularity since the late 20th century is the giving of “May baskets,” small baskets of sweets and/or flowers, usually left anonymously on neighbors’ doorsteps.[2]
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