I skipped September, didn't I? so much has happened, baby.

Where can I start????

I saw Animal Collective again at Webster Hall on September 30th, and it was great, except for The Scientist's fury at the techies--it was too bassy on stage?? Whatever. Panda Bear was so sweet nonetheless.

I will categorize for your pleasure. The top 3 songs for each mood, as far as September goes. I can assure you that I have been prodigiously leaping from mood to mood in the last month, and I need this consolation badly. Let me know what you think...OH! and it was my birthday on September 19th! Now I can read Seventeen magazine and truly identify with the issues! Jeeeeez

mood 1: Pensive/Maudlin/Sentimental

All Wrong - Black Kites
Lake Michigan - Rogue Wave (no teasing)
Tahiti - Bat for Lashes

mood 2: Crazy/Ecstatic/Happy/Speedy

Money(That's What I Want) - The Beatles
Phantom Lever - Justice vs. Trillville
Gimme More - Britney Spears
Fireworks - Animal Collective

mood 3: Dejected

Just Like Honey - The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Big Fight - Stars
Ghost - Christy & Emily

download theez

and i just heard about Daft Punk playing Las Vegas on Oct. 27th in the middle of the fucking desert for a Halloween party!!!!! I want to go!!!!!

Who is Devendra Banhart?

Who is this guy?



Devendra Bahart - Seahorse

I'm At the Beach for the Last Week of August

The Fair Harbor bay at sunset:

I will not be writing for the next couple of days, for I am lounging at the beach on Fire Island (Fair Harbor.) It's beautiful and sunny and perfect for sleeping, eating, catching up on work, and certainly not looking at the clock for any kind of a reminder of a routine [that I am oh so accustomed to in the city.] Although, today at around 4pm, little ant-sized shrimp invaded the ocean. Why? I don't know. This happened a couple of years ago as well, and man do they spoil the fun of a beach day. Hopefully the waves will get rougher and take them away from here.

I lament:

Robert Johnson - Dead Shrimp Blues.

He's amazing. Good for lounging too, too.

Professor Murder in the Washington Post

Check out this article from the Washington Post: They haven't gone away at all!

PROFESSOR MURDER'S KILLER BEAT
Saturday, August 18, 2007; Page C06



D.C. concertgoers regularly get grief for not dancing enough. Maybe the problem isn't that the locals are uptight; they just save their shimmying for worthy acts. Rhythmic rockers Professor Murder, who kicked off an eight-city tour with a show at the Black Cat's backstage Wednesday night, more than fit the bill. There was a whole lot of shaking going on as the Brooklyn quartet delivered a dynamic performance filled with propulsive drum-circle jams.

During most of the evening's eight songs, three of the group's members could be found pounding on something. Professor Murder is a fine name (taken from the cult HBO comedy "Mr. Show"), but you might as well call them White Man Group. Drummer Andy Craven bashed away on his standard kit, Jesse Cohen handled electro sounds on a drum pad and frontman Michael Bell-Smith took turns on snare, tom, cymbals and cowbell. Instead of blurring into one cacophonous rumble, the beats were perfectly complementary, and the slinky grooves provided by bassist Tony Plunkett held everything together, especially on the standouts "Champion" and "200,000."

Bell-Smith's vocals were mostly chanted, and he broke out a whistle on a few occasions, which only added to the tribal feel. At times it felt more like something you'd hear at a soccer match than a nightclub. There were definite hints of Animal Collective's percussion-heavy folk and the Rapture's energetic dance-punk, but Professor Murder was mostly working with a sound all its own. It was never boring, always funky and, perhaps most telling, made 100 or so folks in the nation's capital dance.
-- David Malitz

I know Andy Craven! I went to a Yankee game with him when I was 9 or 10. Crazy!

Professor Murder - Free Stress Test (always a nice song)

Daft Punk's Electroma

Ever seen a movie that screams art! {?}

Even though it was what I expected from Daft Punk, I didn't really enjoy it to its fullest potential.

The beginning scene, however, where the two of them are in the company of gorgeous montains and the ranges that go with them, with Brian Eno playing in the background, is fantastic. The camera merely focuses on the cliffs, the shapes of the stringy road, and the rest of the desert with which you might not be entirely familiar.

The movie, in essence, is how the two DP Robots wish to be human. And, they do in fact mold human faces over their robot helmets, and indeed walk around the western robot town that is shown in the beginning-to-middle section of the film.

But to state the obvious if you see it, there is just way too much walking with no talking. Walking and walking and walking and walking in the desert in the house in the mountains in the town in the bored part of my nervous system.

Don't get me wrong though. I would absolutely love to appreciate this movie when I'm in the mood to zone. Seriously.

Daft Punk are still great, whatever.

DAFT PUNK - HUMAN AFTER ALL (JUSTICE REMIX)

Last Day at the Office

Today is my last day of work!

pictures of my office on W39th St.

If I turn my chair around, this is what I see.

My beautiful view...and what is that on my computer screen?! It's MY BLOG!

This is dedicated to those who I worked with this summer: Christina, Philip, Molly, Jon, Richard, Yufen, Jaron, and of course Rick.

Thanks for a good summer.

I'll leave you all with this:

Blur - Song 2 (Prydz Mix)

WooHoo!

Songs of the Month

August is ending (it's the 23rd, I know I know,) and I have decided that their should be a list outlining the best songs of the month. The songs of summer will arrive to you on September 21st, the truly last day of Summer. In addition, I will now be posting my own mp3s, despite my meager knowledge of how to do it. I have been trying to submit my blog to The Hype Machine, and I was informed that hotwiring to other people's mp3s is not a very kind thing to do. What have I done? I am now a recovering thief I suppose, so, enjoy these last hotwired mp3s.

To clarify, the songs of August have not been necessarily released in August. (These are merely things that I listened to frequently.)

1990s - You're Supposed to Be My Friend
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Kiss, Kiss
Junior Senior vs. Lil' Jon - Can I Get Low
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
M.I.A. - 20 $ (below)
The Beatles vs. Fatboy Slim - Trippin' Up
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Christine (there's always room for this song.)

Bye Bye August...