You Got Yr. Spoon Cd (and Ep) (and 7")

So I skipped out of work early today and made the jaunt to the semi-local independent record store near a favorite concert spot of mine (you may have heard of them) and grabbed the new Spoon CD. And, if you read the title of this post, you can see that I was lucky enough to receive both the limited EP attached to the CD and the 7" that is apparently pretty darn limited in it's own right. I haven't gotten around to listening to the 7" yet, but I threw both the album and the EP on the old iPod for my fun run.

Before the run could start, however, I was accosted by a pretty cute girl banging on my window. It scared me pretty good (the banging on the window, not the fact that there was actually a girl so interested in me that she was trying to break my window with her fists just to get to me). But, she thought I was someone else. I guess she was waiting on a friend that drove the same car as mine. She must've been waiting fairly long, since it took me almost an hour to do all six miles, and she was still in her car talking to the guy in the parking lot when I was done. I also didn't see her out on the path the entire time. The dude seemed like a real dweeb too. I guess there's no accounting for taste sometimes.

So I'll have to listen to the album/EP a few more times before I really can give an opinion. As of now, it reminds me more of Girls Can Tell and Kill the Moonlight than Gimme Fiction, and the latter is my favorite Spoon album. However, the listen was exceptional enough to outrun some guy that started his fun run at the same time as me. He looked like he could have run in some races, too, so I was fairly proud of myself. "Not to toot my own horn, but toot toot." - Arn Anderson

I mentioned the Justice Cross album recently, but when I was running through today's releases yesterday, I forgot to mention it. I didn't mention Against Me! either, but I was never really a fan of theirs. I have one 7" I ordered from No Idea Records about five years ago, but that's it. I wasn't too impressed.

One thing I am impressed with is the video for Spoon's The Underdog. Here it is:



Fujiya and Miyagi in two days, CHROMEO in three.

Until Then,
Later.

Do The B.L.O.G.

Drops 07/24/07.
I can't believe it either.



I finally got around to listening to this one yesterday. The hype is warranted to a degree, but I don't think the record's gonna set the world on fire either. With the right marketing, though, I could see Justice getting to a Chemical Brothers/Prodigy/Daft Punk level. In fact, this album reminds me a lot of that stuff when it was still worth listening to. It's gonna be 1997 all over again! This girl I used to know in high school would be ecstatic.

Plus, I quit watching wrestling for a few days. I said I might not watch it again, but that was pretty much BS. I still don't have the desire to see any Benoit matches, but I'm not gonna let that situation end my interest in pro wrestling. I viewed Ring of Honor's debut PPV yesterday, and I'll have thoughts in the near future.

Getting back to Benoit, it's really been surreal this past week. In my wildest dreams, I never thought I'd see pro wrestling coverage on CNN, Headline News, and Fox News Channel simultaneously. I just wish it was under better circumstances. One wrestler that was scheduled to be on Hannity & Colmes Friday was the wrestler known as Warrior (legal name). I posted a few amusing videos a little while back featuring him. He got bumped Friday and then bumped again last night. He should be on tonight, and I'm not gonna miss it. He's never been afraid to speak his mind, so it should be interesting.

Oh yeah, and I saw this the other day too:



I guess my still shrink-wrapped copy of the original is gonna go down in value. Oh well.

Until Then,
Later.