May 31, 2005
Broken A/C Is No Good
Posted by nerdling | May 31, 2005 07:23 PM
Noteworthy, before I get started on my usual thing:
1. Finally saw the DVD of The Murder City Devils' final show. Aside from the insanity during "Idle Hands"—involving one hot Dann Gallucci making out with a guy at random, plus lots of stage diving—the overall experience was a letdown. Stick with RIP if you've a mind to live through the final night with MCD, and if you don't have any experience with them, you should check out Rock & Roll Won't Wait to get the full dose of rock hedonism.
2. I have faced facts and realize that my scant updates to hyperkinetic.org are a sign of changing times. I no longer have the time and inclination to hunt up the news on a daily basis, so I've returned to reading books rather than the web, and I have developed a new incarnation for my online infatuation. When you get a moment, check out SLOSHED!, the place I can be found more often than not. I'm not blacking out this site all together, however, so you'll have to check me out at both places.
Old habits die hard, after all.
And now, on to the cool stuff:
The Flaming Lips are going on vacation. With you.
Yes, the amazing Wayne Coyne and Co will be headlining on a cruise ship with Medeski, Martin and Wood this fall, so you can enjoy some "Fight Test" with your Mai Tai in the aft lounge.
The delectable Neko Case is going on tour and completely avoiding California. Great.
Darkness bass player Frankie Poullain is no longer in the band. Frankly, he always kind of creeped me out—but it does leave one of my most-awaited albums of the year in jeopardy of being pushed back again.
Robert Smith has gone Mussolini again, firing two long-time members of the ever-revolving Cure lineup and effectively reducing the band to a power trio.
Lungfish are releasing a new album. I don't know what else to say about that.
My boys in Minus the Bear are coming back this summer with a new album, Menos el Oso, their first self-produced effort. It hits the shelves August 23. Listen to a song (or three) here.
Cursive, one of the two bands that made Omaha cool, will be releasing some odds and unreleased ends this year on The Difference Between Houses and Homes, also on August 23.
Speaking of the label that made Omaha, Saddle Creek has inked a deal to build a venue/bar/pizza shop/theater in the city's up-for-urban-renewal downtown. The venue will be titled Slowdown (after Slowdown Viriginia, an early Tim Kasher band on Saddle Creek) and will be an attempt at DIY living and cultural revitalization. It is expected to open in June of next year.
Secretly Canadian has announced that its DVD division, Blank Stare, is becoming a full-service imprint. The label's first release will be the documentary Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music? about the Christian rock underbelly of the stank pit the rest of us know as rock 'n' roll.
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