Every now and then a band thinks out of the box and sends us something cooler than the same old stupid press kit. We still haven’t figured out what to do with all the one-sheets we get. Sometimes we make paper airplanes out of them. Sometimes we crumple them up and use them for ammunition anytime an intern steps out of line. For the most part they get thrown away, um I mean, RECYCLED.

Today we got something cooler. Well… kind of. Swedish band Hyeno sent us this…

The cards are awesome… but what’s with the dirty seagull feathers? There’s like… poop on one of them. I did check out their MySpace, so kudos to them for piquing my curiosity. Could only stand to listen to 3 of their tracks though. Too much industrial shit makes me craycray.

Mark E. Smith was frontman of the legendary indie/post-punk group The Fall (John Peel’s favorite band). In a recent interview with Uncut, Smith made the following comments:

“Squirrels mean nothing to me. I killed a couple last weekend actually. They were eating my garden fence,” and added that he wouldn’t have an issue “running over seagulls” for fun.

Kind of a stupid thing to say in a national magazine, and guess what? Mark E. Smith is now being investigated by the RSPCA in regards to animal cruelty.