A Riot is the Language of the Unheard - MLK

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Happy Martin Luther King Day! For many, today was a day to sleep in until noon and then watch two movies before putting your pants on and eating a microwaved dinner. I unfortunately had to pass on this holiday do to it being a "required" work day. I would like to thank the large soulless ecommerce company I work for for granting me this day to work for I truly would have squandered it with my freedom (probably doing everything above minus putting my pants on).

Anyways, tomorrow we get a new president. That should be fun.

Sage Francis - Makeshift Patriot


Derrick Harriot - Message From a Black Man

Its Cold, theres War and still plenty of Kids

This morning I set my ipod on shuffle as my brain was too tired to listen to NPR. I came across a track I hadn't heard in a while. Its "Hang me out to Dry" by Cold War Kids. I really don't know anything about them but I like the song so I posted the video below.




The next track I came across was Hotcha Girls by Ugly Cassanova. The ole' ugg as I like to call them was a Seattle mainstay for me and my Spokane transplant buddies for probably over a year. There's something comforting, beautiful and yet disconcerting about their whole album. It's like when you wake up and you feel uneasy but you don't know why. And then a friend comes over and hands you a 40 of Pabst and you both melt into the couch for the rest of the day. Its days and weeks like these that bring back the uneasiness and confusion that I sort of miss about the old days but not really.

Actor Puts Out Good Record

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I am shocked. An actor has put out a good record. No, it's not Billy Baldwin or Kevin Bacon. Indie film superstar Jason Schwartzman has put out a sweet solo record under the name Coconut Records. This record apparently came out 1 year ago, but appears to have only recently surfaced to the blogsphere (perhaps people were spending too much time listening to the Fleet Foxes and their boring, but somehow respected "music" put them in a slumber until now). Now I know the kid from Rushmore was part of Phantom Planet, but he was only the drummer and being a drummer in a pop band is like being a male pornstar. You are a necessary component to complete the project, but technology is always looking to replace you. Apparently Mr. Schwartzman's brother, Robert, is also the lead singer of the pop band Rooney. A friend of mine texted me a week ago to tell me that he just walked past a Hollister store in a mall and the band Rooney was playing live. I know, it's shocking that such a mediocre band from 5 years ago would be playing shows in a mall now. The mall show for bands in the past 10 years is the equivalent of the casino show for classic rock bands. Anyways, now that I have completely digressed, here is some of Jason Schwartzman's fine music that may or may not have been influenced by Weezer's the Blue Album:

Coconut Records - Back to You

Coconut Records - Nighttiming

Best Albums of 2008!!!

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Happy New Year

1) MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

http://www.myspace.com/mgmt

2) Cut Cpy - In Ghost Colours

http://www.myspace.com/cutcopy

3) Crystal Castles - Self Titled

http://www.myspace.com/crystalcastles

4) Benji Hughes

http://www.myspace.com/benjihughes
http://rapidshare.com/files/145573244/benji_hughes_-_a_love_extreme_2008__sharedmusic.net_.rar.html (password: sharedmusic.net)

5) Dutchess and the Duke - She's the Dutchess, He's the Duke

http://www.myspace.com/thedutchessandtheduke
http://www.mediafire.com/?azhdda2gb3a

6) Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream

http://www.myspace.com/empireofthesunsound
http://rapidshare.com/files/174371116/Walking_on_a_Dream-Upped-by-Quarantine.rar

7) Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

http://www.myspace.com/vampireweekend

8) Sons and Daughters - The Gift

http://www.myspace.com/sonsanddaughters
http://rapidshare.com/files/85317724/Sons_08.rar

9) Faded Paper Figures - Dynamo

http://www.myspace.com/fadedpaperfigures
http://rapidshare.com/files/140892543/Dynamo__www.indiepassion.blogspot.com_.rar.html

10) Dr. Dog - Fate
http://www.myspace.com/drdog
http://rapidshare.com/files/121535476/Fate.rar