Videos of the week!

Billy Fury - I think you're swell



Ty Segall - I'm so alone

Reigning Sound and Mary Weiss

http://www.mediafire.com/?ujdkmytljyg

At one point in her career she was the main mouth for the Shangri-La's, but then she spent many a quiet year inventing new styles of hand to hand combat that she would eventually teach to armies all around the world. Don't worry your pretty little face... she only schooled the good guys.

Anyway, after she grew tired of perfecting her "3 million ways to kill a person" manual, she had a beer with Greg Cartwright of the Reigning Sound. This album is what they came up with the next morning.*

*I also have a nice bridge in Brooklyn to sell if you're interested.

After a non-stop listening to every single Wu Tang record ever made...

I decided to start my own rap supergroup. I'm (pictured in red plaid) not so sure it'll be a hit.

On a side note... what the fuck am I doing there anyway?

Maybe I thought it was a bar?

PS. T shirt wars are real. Make sure you have enough rations to get you through them.

PPS. Up yours.

Happy April!

Getting old isn't like what they show you on TV. It isn't the old dude with the "Hoveround" jetting across the Grand Canyon or Bernice trying to catch up... it's far slower.

It's like suddenly you wake up and your hair is beginning to show signs of change. Fortunately I'm not on the balding team. My hair is that of a lion... from Puerto Rico.

Curly hair may make the chicks say "ooh wow" but it ain't no easy dog to train.

Overnight I sprouted about twelve grey hairs. The weirdest part is that they are so overly noticeable. A young gal once said it looked gallant. She was right.

Beside that, getting older is like a reversed irony sucker punch. You start sporting a mustache because it's funny and then all of a sudden you start spelling it "moustache" and the whole world sings along with you. I don't actually spell it that way mind you. Although honestly, I can't sip a drink in a room without someone granting mine a compliment. How weird is that?

Maybe getting old is looking like a sketchy Uncle or the worlds bestest friend evarrrr?

Either way, it's still good to know that getting old means that you can laugh at kids in leather pants, dudes with stretched out earlobes, Hip Hop cats with fly kicks, chinese character tats, Aviator glasses, and pasta... (what? It makes you fat)

Fresh & Onlys are selling Vanishing cream to fund the war against Invisible Forces.

The Fresh & Onlys - Vanishing Cream from EyeBodega on Vimeo.

Thee Oh Sees Live!

Click here for wetter stamps

http://www.mediafire.com/?jgmmjjydtkw

Courtesy of the technologically advanced, fine fellows over at NYC Taper, you now have the chance to hear a fantastic quality show by San Fran's favorite rockers. There isn't much else to say here because if you're here to begin with then you already know the deal. There are a few songs from the upcoming Warm Slime record too.

By the way, you should visit the NYC Taper site for loads of gems, but make sure you ask permission to redistribute because you don't want to be like me and get in trouble. Then, all of a sudden you'll start hanging around the wrong crowd, wearing leather, spitting at mirrors, and breaking pinball machines with your fists.

Again...NYC Taper I'm sorry I didn't follow the rules. Let's be friends. With the exception of my penchant for riding my bike inside of peoples apartments I'm a swell guy.

Belle & Sebastian think you walk as a peasant does.

Click here to follow the bus happily.

http://www.mediafire.com/?zkdzuztem3g

When this record first surfaced, I was living in New York. It was an early time and I had just taken the hand of a fair maiden. Life was good and then on one fateful day, I picked this record up at a place called Other Music. After getting it home and playing it in full for the fair maiden mentioned above, it was obvious that this would remain in heavy rotation. Years later this same sentiment still rings true.

Here's the video for the song "I fought in a war."

Before you press play, you must realize that this isn't just any ordinary piece of music. This is actually a rare instance of pure, expertly played material. You have to be open to it if this is your first listen and for God's sake, please be ready to take in the little things...

You should notice how when Stuart Murdoch first opens his mouth to sing, there isn't so much as a peep from the thousands strong audience after an initial whoop and holler. A rare feat indeed. It's like an angel opened it's mouth.

Cococoma

Click here for that sock to magically appear.

http://www.mediafire.com/?5mmwmgzwljm

The husband and wife in this band live in Chicago. They enjoy quality Rock N' Roll. They started a record label called Trouble In Mind that has put out 7" records by Ty Segall, Fresh & Onlys, and Sonic Chicken 4.

If you're married, what did you do today? Take out the family dog to pee? Jesus, you're such an underachiever. Damn.

Ty Segall and Mikal Cronin wear Black!

This is awesome!

Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin "I Wear Black" from Claire Marie Films on Vimeo.

The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights - Review.

Rating: 4 out of 5 peppermint candies.

So, tonight I watched the new White Stripes movie, Under Great White Northern Lights, and all I can say is that I was left feeling a little cold and unfulfilled. That isn't to say that it's a bad film by any means. In fact, it's just the opposite. In 92 minutes director Emmet Malloy manages to capture tons of beautiful scenery and dozens of candid moments between the supposed siblings that once shared a house as husband and wife. For the uninitiated this may be a bit too ramshackle and for the die hard fan it may make you feel as though you've waiting too long for too little. (I really did enjoy it... promise.)