Saint Genevieve

Drums and Wires Black Sea English Settlement Mummer The Big Express Skylarking Yes, I know that's six, but I couldn't leave out Skylarking.

Well, looks like I'm buying a ticket this year.

And naturally the Go Fug Yourself gals are on the case. They also claim that she's "gearing up to play a cancer patient," which may explain it, but still...

Can you actually kill someone with a pair of scissors?

Gah, for a minute there I thought you'd been replaced by aliens!

Mmm, sweet delicious schadenfreude.

I wanted something that would get me drunk AND rot my teeth.

No, his wife is Jewish. Unless Jeff converted.

Yeah, that part really confused me. Apparently Hiro did alter the future by going back in time to get Peter to save Claire, but it didn't make any difference - Claire survived, but the world was still fucked up anyway. Also, how could someone as batshit as Sylar pose as the president for so long? You'd think he'd lose it after a month or two and try to eat someone's brains during a live press conference. Oh well, I'll just distract myself from the plot holes by staring dreamily at Milo Ventimiglia.

That's my favorite.

I know that my life has been irrevocably changed by "... Baby One More Time."

I gotta stick with Amy's, here in Austin - where else can you get Shiner Bock ice cream?

No shit.

Happy birthday! Here, have some of this:

The Friendly Giant and I wish you a very happy birthday.

Jim O'Rourke. What? His parents are from Ireland. He counts!

I've given the album a few listens now, and I'm still pretty meh about it. The songs are pretty and pleasant, but there's nothing that really stands out to me. I can't even pick out a favorite song because they all blur together in my mind. Wilco's other albums - even the much-maligned AM - have all grabbed me from the very first listen. I didn't always love them right away, but they held my attention and kept it. SBS doesn't do that. I keep listening to it more out of a sense of duty than anything else - Wilco are my favorite band, so I feel like I ought to give the album more of a chan

God, those bodybuilder dudes are terrifying.

On the one hand, I'm glad it wasn't Daniel Johnston naked (see the article directly above the Of Montreal one). On the other hand, I'm EXTREMELY disappointed it wasn't Wayne Coyne naked (see the article directly below the Of Montreal one). If it had been Wayne naked, I probably would take off work, too.

There's a conference I wanted to go to over the weekend, but I was vacillating about it because that's when the Big bands are playing (the Stooges, etc.). But from the sound of it, I'd have better luck seeing the smaller showcases during the week. Hmm, what to do, what to do...

Well, it's obviously right 50% of the time.

I submitted a half-finished story I wrote last year and it said I was male. Boo!

I've been listening to it for thirty years now and it still never gets old.

:rotfl Pot, meet kettle.

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