Thank Todd for the good weather!
We finally get some weather worth going out in and everyone starts complaining and pulling out of lake trips.
I don't get it...

Alison- a ice cream maker is always nice. Or towels. Just send the gift receit with it and it will be alright.
and as for the summers. Monday is supposed to be a high of 12 and raining. so don't complain about mid teens. It's just as cold here.

Yeah, I heard about Doom a few months ago. There was a bit of a controversy because the first rumours had it taking place not on Mars. (Naturally, the geeks riotted.) At least it's not Uwe "Alone in the Dark" Boll directing.

Jere says Scholar's 9:15 tonight.

United Bamboo - They Keep Me Smiling (CD)
Various Artists

Label: UUnited Acoustic
Very, very richly packaged compilation of new bands somehow associated with United Bamboo (yes, the NYC fashion line!). Comes with a mini-hardcover book with 34-pages of full-color artwork supplied by the featured artists. Which are?Samara Lubelski (her songs are homage to the '60s with intricate instrumental arrangements and a gentle, sensual voice); Benji Cossa (comical and ultra positive pop songs); Gang Gang Dance (a true mystic quality that you can hear in their music, as it twists and turns into different dimensions of Ethiopian style guitar melodies, gypsy style vocals, and UK Garage-influenced beats); Black Dice; White Magic (eclectic mix of '60s guitars plus Mira Billotte's Billie Holiday-like voice); Animal Collective, Blood On The Wall; Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom (new recording artists on DFA Records, homemade Moog style keyboards are used to make this magical space age music); Angel Blood (their magical sound is forged from a mixture of Norwegian black metal, Hungarian folk music, and American speed metal); U W Owl (they prefer to manipulate modern electronic equipment to make for mysterious and spacious soundscapes); Turrestrial Tones (members of Black Dice and Animal Collective); Jane (a two-piece group, interested in subtle movement in sounds more than drama); Coptic Light (sounds like Magma on a roller coaster); HSDOM (heavy deep beats, dark soundscapes with subtle movements); Tes (Lex Records); Excepter (members of No Neck Blues Band). You gotta love that lineup

Shit, you guys missed a good show last night. Illuminati were fucking AWESOME as was to be expected. Whitey played probably the best set I've heard from them. And the first band, From Fiction fuckin blew my mind. Apparently they upstaged the Bloc Party when they opened for them in Toronto!!!

DOOM, the movie?

WTF? BFGs?

sweeeet! hahaha

crazy with the electric six. Nik was saying that Shout was supposed to play a bunch of dates with them over in eastern canada earlier this year, but that fell through. the new record's pretty catchy too.

yup. haha okay i'll see what i can do. maybe i'll ease the owners into a lull with the mod classics and then try to find a way to bust into the Locust, SomeGirls, Merzbow and other stomach turning metal monsters.