Hooty McDeal/Music Review
Sorry to interrupt the discussions of farts and sexual positions – I know how important all that is. But today is a special mash-up: Music Reviews and a Hooty McDeal – all rolled into one, easy-to-read post! And you thought I didn’t care about you – for shame!
“The Crane Wife” – The Decemberists (Capitol)
The Decemberists have been crafting there own special blend of folky-rocky-whatever for almost ten years now, mostly on self-released and unknown/junk labels. News of their newest release on a major label (Capitol) had me a bit concerned. (See: Jimmy Eat World) Bands like The Decemberists usually don’t produce the best music when forced to conform to the marketing machine of Big Music. Fortunately, this is an exception. For years, I’ve been transfixed by their songs about pirates, loaned (and subsequently stolen) bicycles, and Los Angeles. Inventive lyrics, painless delivery, and exceptional song-writing abound. Download the title song, “The Crane Wife – Track One). If you don’t like it, I’ll give you a buck. If you do like it, you owe me a hug. (Reacharound totally optional)
Right now, you can get over 200 DVD’s for six bucks each at Buy.com. Titles range from the sublime – The Insider, Good Will Hunting, High Fidelity – to the downright shitty – Scream 3 – Unbreakable – Sister Act 2. Yeah, yeah, yeah – we all know how much you love Netflix. But there’s something to be said about having your own DVD collection. (And that “something” is super sweet, bro) With deals this good, anyone can afford to have a decent selection of films to watch, without all those pesky membership envelopes. And judging from that picture Daniel Day Lewis – if you don’t buy a copy of Gangs of New York, you’ll have to deal with that mustache. Shudder….
Zack, you need to start using the “categories” options when you post – they’re on the right side of the posting page. It’s the only way that the pretty pictures show up under the title of your posts.
And pretty pictures is what we come here for…
BTW, Mike, how do I link to something?? I keep forgetting to ask Chad how to do that.
Also, when do I graduate to “postable” status? When I clean up my language?
Mike, you’re just jealous that I have better musical taste than you – so stop your petty technical grievances right now, buddy. (OK, I get it. I suck. I’ve learned my lesson)
grammy: email me.
Mike, you and Aly both emailed me the answer to Grammy’s question and I still don’t get it. I promise, I tried before I gave up. I’m sure it’s very simple. Shall I fly down for a beer night and Mike can give a lesson?
I’ll make the syllabus for that class…
Week One: How to link something
Week Two: Practicum
Weeks Three-Ten: Hang out at a coffee shop, talking about everything and nothing
hang on – let me submit a syllabus to get the class approved, and I can get paid for teaching it!
Maybe I can get it approved as a foreign language class, so that all of my friends can finally graduate.