McNuggets Now With 20% More Beak

If you didn't have enough reason to avoid McDonald's, here you go.

Geico Abandons Insurance Altogether For Shot At Small Screen

Following in the sweeping success of Fox's "Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?" ABC announced plans to bring viewers down to an even lower level of intelligence with the show "Caveman", based on the characters featured in Geico's current ads.

It will show the cavemen living in Atlanta, dealing with normal everyday problems like holding a job, figuring out relationships, and trying to follow the dialogue of Studio 60.

Variety

Hey Choir, Check Out This Sweet Sermon

We noticed some Silversun Pickups advertisements on bus benches in Los Feliz this weekend. It was sentimentally cool and yet from a marketing perspective, isn't the East side like the last place you need to advertise Silversun Pickups?

NAACP Gives Award To White Guy Who Isn't Bill Clinton

Oh Bono, you know you're doin' something right when you can be pale as sheet and get a big award and standing ovation from a NAACP crowd. Can I get an Amen?



Ps. How stoked is Arnold Schwarzenegger that Bono ain't an U.S. citizen. I mean, for reals. The guy lobbies, minorities (do we still use that term?) like him, he's got an intelligible accent, a relevant music career, no apparent sex scandals and a line of clothes at the Gap. The guy is more wholesome than the whole Christian coalition AND he's partied with Prince.
Simply magical.

Subliminal Posting

Does anyone else find it funny that Ryan's two bands of the day were "The Jealous Girlfriends" and "The Blow"?

That being said, my next two bands are going to be "George Clooney Is My Secret Boyfriend" and "The High Sex Drives." Thank you.

The Blow

The Blow are lead vocalist Khaela Maricich and producer Jona Bechtolt, the two have been working on the project since the release of their 2004 EP "Poor Aim: Love Songs". Khaela's vocals bounce over Jon's glitch-pop beats, producing a sing-song melody that draws you into a world where the only thing that exists are karaoke, beers, and group hugs.

If you live on the East coast check out one of their upcoming live shows, it's a mix of spoken word performance art (Khaela's background is in performance art and paper sculptures) and broken hearted dance party moves. Fun stuff.

Mar 2 2007 8:00P Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, New York
Mar 3 2007 8:30P Fordham University Bronx, New York
Mar 5 2007 10:00P Williams College Williamstown, Massachusetts
Mar 6 2007 7:30P Alumnae Ballroom Wellesley, Massachusetts
Mar 7 2007 7:00P NYU - Shorin Auditorium New York, New York
Mar 8 2007 10:00P Haverford College - Lunt Haverford, Pennsylvania
Mar 9 2007 7:30P First Unitarian Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fists Up.mp3

What Tom Said About The Girls.mp3

The Blow

The Blow on MySpace

The Jealous Girlfriends

The Jealous Girlfriends are a Brooklyn based quartet that formed in 2004, made up of band members Josh Abbott, Alex Lipsen, Holly Miranda, and Mike Fadem. If you're have Showtime then you've probably heard their songs featured on the show ""The L Word". A dreamy and lush sound exudes through their songs, blending complex guitar work with layered vocals. The songs shift tones dramatically depending on who is carrying lead vocals, with Josh and Holly sharing duties.

The band defines their sound as "Elmo-Porn Yatch Rock", which comes across in their songs as a type of genre-crossing shoegazing rock that endears and sticks with you. Fans of Matt Pond PA and the Rosebuds should take note of this band.

You can find their first EP on CD Baby and their new full length via paypal. They have a new 7" coming out via these are not records which can be purchased through either their website or at their upcoming shows.

4/11 Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY
4/14 Maxwells, Hoboken, NJ
4/20 Glasslands, Brooklyn, NY
5/2 Mercury Lounge, NYC, NY
5/16 The Khyber, Philadelphia, PA

The Pink Wig To My Salieri
Hyrogliphics


The Jealous Girlfriends
The Jealous Girlfriends MySpace

Pearl Jam invents time machine.

First stop for these intrepid time travellers? Lollapalooza, 1992.

Clad in his 14-hole Doc Martens, cut-off jean shorts, thermals, and flannel shirt "time suit," Eddie Vedder proclaimed at a press conference yesterday, "After millions of dollars in funding and countless sleepless nights, we're finally ready to go back and make things right. For us."

"The notions of temporal paradox and the uncontrollable spawning of alternate realities ripping the fabric of the space-time continuum was definitely a concern, but we've already sent the Counting Crows back to Woodstock '94 and all signs are positive." Added a noticeably giddy Jeff Ament.

The band declined to comment on whether or not their monumental breakthrough would ever help them make a decent follow up to Ten.

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/music/archives/112229.asp

Just Like My Little Pony...Minus The Pony

My Little Airport are a band we're sure you've never heard of, unless you live in China, literally. This girl and boy two piece craft adorable electropop songs sort of in the vein of Blonde Redhead and Stereolab - I'm sure Ryan will add more references here because I'm really not a connoisseur of bands that sound even remotely happy. However, with Casio jams and Engrish sounding song titles like, "Leo, are you still jumping out of windows in expensive clothes?" not to mention "失落沮喪歌" - it's hard not to love them.

We'd add more info. from their website except we can't read Chinese so just check out this track and go look at how cute they are.

Recommended track: Victor, Fly Me To Stafford

My Little Airport

iPod coverflow update coming soon?

It's only 18 seconds with no sound and likely fake, but I still managed to rub one out.





Wasn't even close, actually.