Youngstown was pretty fun. No pics though. I brought the camera but the mood never really struck me.
Saturday I went to Cedar's for a friend's 25th birthday celebration. I hadn't been there in at least five years and I was reminded why fairly quickly. I hate paying a cover (even if it's only $5) for a band I have no interest in whatsoever. Besides that, before they played (I don't remember their name) some guy got on the mic and was bragging about how they'd been on MTV and Jimmy Kimmel and a bunch of nonsense that no one wanted to hear. Youngstown had Nyabinghi and I liked that place a whole hell of a lot more. Don't get me wrong, Cedar's has the best crowd of any bar in Youngstown (probably), but I really dislike having to spend $5 to get in. I also didn't see my friend until it was almost time to leave, so that kinda sucked too.
I wanted to catch the UFC Pay-Per-View Saturday since it looked really good on paper. I got the hook-up today, though, so I'm gonna give that a watch shortly. Maybe I'll write some stuff about it tomorrow. I said I'd give some thoughts on the ROH PPV a little while back, so I'll do that in due time. I might have to watch it again, though, since it's been a while.
In other news, tomorrow looks like the biggest CD release date in some time. Here's what I'm seeing:
Bad Religion - New Maps of Hell
I said some stuff about this in an earlier post. It's not listed in the Best Buy or Circuit City ad this week, though. So that can't be good.
Interpol - Our Love to Admire
I completely ignored these guys until early 05, when I fell pretty hard. I can't listen to Antics without flashing back to Saturday nights at Thursdays Bar in Akron. Good Times.
Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
I was never the biggest fan, but I gave it a listen anyway. I only heard it once, but it's pretty blah. It'll probably sell more than the other ones I mentioned, but whatever.
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
This is the big one (Elizabeth). I plan on grabbing this one tomorrow at the semi-local independent record store and I hope they'll still have a limited edition 7" for me. I intentionally avoided any previews of this, aside from The Underdog. I mentioned seeing the video on MySpace, and I saw it on MTV2's Subterranean last night. I'm excited.
That's it for now. UFC for me, and Spoon listening tomorrow!
Oh, and I ended up grabbing the new Dizzee Rascal (which was pretty tough since it's not really sold in the US). Good stuff, although Pussy'ole (Old Skool) is easily the best tune. And yes, it's much more randy than the video version.
Until Then,
Later.
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Monday, July 9, 2007
Thursday, July 5, 2007
I Summon You Here (to) My Blog
While screwing around on the internet earlier today I saw this:
I haven't paid any attention to Dizzee Rascal since he had that song Fix Up, Look Sharp that sampled a well-known Billy Squier song that's been sampled by Big Daddy Kane and others that I can't think of right now. Here's the video for that one:
The first video is for the song Old Skool and I'd say that it describes the song and video quite well. I can listen to that It Takes Two sample forever. A little research, however, shows that the album version of the song is titled Pussy'ole (Old Skool) so maybe that version's a little more randy. Maybe I'll have to give his new album a listen. It's also become apparent that I should have paid more attention to this guy.
In other news, I gave a listen to New Maps of Hell, the new album from Bad Religion. It's really unfathomable that they've been so consistent for so many years. The three year wait since their last one (The Empire Strikes First) is the most time between albums since the five year gap between Into the Unknown and Suffer (1983-1988). So until now, they've released an album no more than two years apart since 1988. And I know a lot of people slag them because they think that everything sounds the same. F that. I hate to break it to anyone, but that's punk rock for ya. Most punk bands sound pretty similar from album to album. From the Ramones to the Descendents to Social D to the Queers and on and on and on. Anyway, Bad Religion's gonna be on the Warped Tour and the record's so good that it's almost convincing me to go to Warped. Almost.
And Spoon premiered their new video for the song The Underdog today on MySpace. I mentioned the song a few weeks back when I said that I was gonna hold off on the new Spoon until it's released. I still have that attitude, but it's tough. I REALLY wanna hear the album since Spoon is one of my favs. But, only five more days. I'd put their video on here, but I don't know how to link MySpace videos. When it shows up on youtube, it'll be here. I think that's it for now.
Until Then,
Later.
I haven't paid any attention to Dizzee Rascal since he had that song Fix Up, Look Sharp that sampled a well-known Billy Squier song that's been sampled by Big Daddy Kane and others that I can't think of right now. Here's the video for that one:
The first video is for the song Old Skool and I'd say that it describes the song and video quite well. I can listen to that It Takes Two sample forever. A little research, however, shows that the album version of the song is titled Pussy'ole (Old Skool) so maybe that version's a little more randy. Maybe I'll have to give his new album a listen. It's also become apparent that I should have paid more attention to this guy.
In other news, I gave a listen to New Maps of Hell, the new album from Bad Religion. It's really unfathomable that they've been so consistent for so many years. The three year wait since their last one (The Empire Strikes First) is the most time between albums since the five year gap between Into the Unknown and Suffer (1983-1988). So until now, they've released an album no more than two years apart since 1988. And I know a lot of people slag them because they think that everything sounds the same. F that. I hate to break it to anyone, but that's punk rock for ya. Most punk bands sound pretty similar from album to album. From the Ramones to the Descendents to Social D to the Queers and on and on and on. Anyway, Bad Religion's gonna be on the Warped Tour and the record's so good that it's almost convincing me to go to Warped. Almost.
And Spoon premiered their new video for the song The Underdog today on MySpace. I mentioned the song a few weeks back when I said that I was gonna hold off on the new Spoon until it's released. I still have that attitude, but it's tough. I REALLY wanna hear the album since Spoon is one of my favs. But, only five more days. I'd put their video on here, but I don't know how to link MySpace videos. When it shows up on youtube, it'll be here. I think that's it for now.
Until Then,
Later.
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