I started working on a list about re-wording christmas classics to make them more hilarious but I didn't even make it past "Merry Cripsmas" (granted, I did complete the lyrics, and though I tried to record a version for friends and family, the chords for "The Christmas Song" are really fucking hard). Point is, good list!
Roadtripped to Omaha to see them a couple months ago and I was also taken aback by how much the rest of the band looked like they were having a shitty time. I'm thinking maybe they always did this, but at least when Franz was playing with them there were two people on stage having the best time ever which was just enough to balance out the dudes in the drudge.
I believe "Into Your Arms" is actually a cover! Still, Dando's got plenty of purty jams to warrant a spot on this very spot-on list.
I got the Oblivians 7". What were the others?
Was this photo also used for some sort of laundry detergent commercial? I know how much LeBron likes to sell himself, and the way he's pointing at his shirt seems to say "Hey, look at that! This shirt was pretty dirty and now it's clean!" But seriously, what IS he pointing at? Maybe if he had like, a Popeye muscle it would make sense but it just looks like a smiling, well-dressed dude pointing at his arm.
Hmm, I dunno. I feel bad for the writers, but then again, I also kinda thought their opinions about records sounded like they were being written to be the blurb on the little sticker they put on the CDs at Borders or wherever. I might be biased, though, because they put together a pretty great three-day day party at SXSW a couple of years ago and put it in the absolute worst venue possible and I probably just have some leftover resentment from that. Well, that and they had BLOGGER CAGES, which sadly were not ironic cages to put people who were caught blogging during the shows! Outrageous!
Re: “Kickstart the Ssion's next record!”
This seems like an exorbitant sum to record a record when far better bands are recording records in their living rooms for less than nothing. I mean, how much can tubes of black face paint cost? It must be the REALLY FANCY KIND!