the halo benders. they are old. and still very very awesome

the live footage is new. unfortunately, the first youtube vid that comes up is a skate vid set to 'virginia reel around the fountain', which is a fucking sick song. [people slept on that record!]. if you know me you know i don't give a shit about skateboarding, but at least this video is of jerry.

panda bear posted lyrics!

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=
154895263&blogID=251162692&MyToken=a97e5459-5730-
4a9f-8e62-b999b3116c63

new tapes! i'm freaking out! this is why i started listening to raps again! so fucking good!

the prof. took me to see gowns last night. they're great! the bassist from the liars has a band out now too. not totally original, but tight enough.

http://www.myspace.com/gowns
www.thesearepowers.com

the arctic monkeys have a new one. i like the band, i really do. but there are so many dud 2nd albums this year!

ann let me hear the new DNTL! it's great! i mean, totally great!

mick barr and chuck bettis at tonic. the meta-matics blew my mind in 1995. mick barr is not quite there for me, but he don't suck that's for sure!

leg just sent in this awesome battles clip! i'm fully youtube right now [if you haven't noticed].

the new UGK song with outkast is CRAZY. i mean, maybe the best raps i've heard in 3 years.

this is jason's janky video he took at SX. you like the part where he drops the camera? why do people wave their arms like that? it looks stupid.

this is the link for 'said' song. seriously it's hectic! [it's the top one]

http://www.thefader.com/blog/articles/2007/03/31/
audio-outkast-ugk-three-6-and-willie-hutch

play them all at once

dr dog played a sold out bowery last night. what a long strange trip it's been! i have overflowing love for this band what can i say?

they played 'i hope there's love', which to me was mind-boggling.

YES! the pyramid of truth is back! do you know how major 'i hope there's love' is? find it! it's out there!

last night the professor dragged me to some scottish music show. a B&S dude DJ'ed. the 1990's [ex-yummy fur] and S&D 'played'

so battles has a new record and played last night!

they are major to me! my first time away from the nest when i was a wee dude was in pittsburgh in 1994. it's was the pits [ba-dum!]. but the first week i walked downtown and bought don cab's 'unresolved karma' 7" [and the first helmet single, which is weird thinking about that now... sidenote] and then spent the whole rest of the summer chasing down don cab, hurl, and karl hendricks trio records. i saw codeine, crackerbash and the grifters that summer too. the two tapes all summer? 'no pocky' and 'daydream nation'

so now it's 2007 and battles is shredding my mind and your mind. revenge of the nerds? excelsior?

"every blog i've ever loved has wanted to be hit." smog played a fader event on friday. it was crazy. jim white on drums and newsome on a grand piano.

not to get too too weird on you, but it was kind of a crucial situation for me. i mean, do you remember my last smog post [definitely not]? this dude has been making me bummed/psyched for half my life. CALLAHAAAN [with fist shaking in air]. of course i think joanna rules and i was 16 when i saw the dirty three shred NYC. jim white was just as good then. listen to 'rock bottom riser' again today and tell me it's not the best song ever. even better than akon!

here's jason's clip
http://theegohaslanded.biz/balthysphere/

here's jason with our best dude
http://theegohaslanded.biz/home/

some photos that seem like product placement for bud select
http://www.thefader.com/blog/articles/2007/04/02/stand-tall

patrick's coverage [scroll to the bottom]
http://epiclylaterd.com/freddysmog.html

timbaland's 'shock value' is out! will people care a lot? or just a little?

bright eyes' 'cassadaga'! he's playing 7 nights at town hall. 7 NIGHTS! and yet i know so many people who hate him!

dude. DUDE.

i am the last one on cam's new 'suga dooga', but better late than never! a jam is a jam is a jam!

devin the dude's 'waitin to inhale'. my devin game is nopt that tight but i know a good record when i hear one. or a bad one.