Deets Fo Sho

So I have just been added to Show 1 of the Garage Tour going on in the Newbury Park/Thousand Oaks/Moorpark region. Friday, May 2, at Kenny Mcmahon's house at 6:00 pm, I will be playing just a few new solo acoustic songs. The lineup will include who you see on this flyer:

Record Store Day Era Ayer

So yesterday was official Record Store Day, which I just found out about. I was fortunate enough to find out just in time to celebrate it by seeing Limbeck play a free set at Fingerprints yesteday, as part of the Record Store Day festivities. It was great! I would have liked them to play a little longer, but it was a good solid set that mixed up oldies and newbies. If you were not there, you are jealous.

I am actually making this a bigger deal than it really was. Some people are still going to be secretly jealous though.

FOTC News!

The Flight of the Conchord's full-length LP is going to be coming out Tuesday, April 22 on Sup Pop. The album is going to consist of primarily songs from the first season of their HBO series. Speaking of which, they are going to start airing the second season January next year. Crap, that is a long time... However, it is relieving to know that a second season is coming. Lastly, anyone who is a fan of the show should check out Mel's Blog. This picture of them is amazing.

Know More Noise...

I think that Know More Noise is just becoming no more. I realized yesterday that I had been ignoring it over the last few weeks whilst distracted with everything else. I do not know that I continue to think of legitimate assignments for the blog at a rate of one a week, its hard! I do not know what I am going to do. Maybe if someone wants to help me out with it, it will not seem so hard. I need to figure out a viable way to do studies on composers or songs. Does anyone know of a way to post a playlist of songs that you can upload onto? I just started this thing, I do not want to give up yet!

Holy Flip Remix

So everyone knows about Radiohead posting the audio files for "Nude" in order for it to be remixed. I heard my first remix today and it is so good. Here is a link to download it via Stereogum. Click here!

Js2B+JV=OMG!

WOW, I cannot believe this show happened. This is the kind of show that could only take place in my dreams, John Vanderslice and Jets to Brazil together! If only this could happen again...

What is coincidental about this poster, is that Numbskull Productions put this show on. Shortly before my first band from high school broke up, we happened to meet Eddy Numbskull himself randomly at the mall. He wanted to book us, but of course were never able to do any of his shows before we stopped playing. If only I were my age now about five years ago. I may have met Eddy Numbskull then and been able to open for this show... right? In my dreams.

More Jets to Brazil...

To add to the last entry, you can stream every Jets to Brazil song for free on the official Jets to Brazil fan-site. Here is a link to free Jets to Brazil enjoyment. If you find yourself short of time, and need to pick and choose which songs to hear, my top 5 picks are the following (in no particular order):

1. Cat Heaven (take notice of the subtle but well implemented string arrangement)
2. In the Summer's When You Really Know
3. One Summer Last Fall (the first song of theirs I ever heard)
4. Psalm
5. Perfecting Loneliness (they sample the moon landing at the end; genius)

What I think I love most about Blake Schwarzenbach's style is his use of parallelism and rhyme in his writing. Very passionate and intelligent.

Listen

I cannot stop falling in love with Blake Schwarzenbach or John Vanderslice. No matter how much I listen, I do not get tired of them. Both are beautiful lyricists and pop music composers who have been immensely influential on me. As far as classical music goes, I am in love with romanticists Mahler and Chopin. Beethoven's romantic work is great as well, but I am currently more biased toward his progressive classical work. What am I saying in this entry? Listen to Jawbreaker, Jets to Brazil, John Vanderslice, Frederic Chopin, and Gustav Mahler. Beethoven is pretty cliche now, so I will say it is a given that you should listen to him.

Mexicanoness

So my cousin Omar, who lives in Mexico, has been two for two on introducing me to some awesome Mexican groups. So, I am recommending them to anyone who trusts my judgment. The first is Austin TV, a post-rock band out of D.F. For fans of Explosions in the Sky, El Ten Eleven, and Mogwai. Pretty good I think. The second is called La Baron. The best description I can give them is Mexican Nada Surf/Notwist. Pretty good. The albums I have of each are Austin Tv - Fontana Bella (2007) and Le Baron - S/T EP (2007). Check it out!

Break

This spring break has been outrageously busy. I am having fun though. These are new things.

Matthew and I drove up to Chico to see Charlie. It was a fun weekend. However, I managed to get a ticket on the drive home (which will be contested).

I also managed to bust the window in my apartment while trying to break in yesterday. What a waste money!

I met a very nice girl.

I am playing drums for my roommate Mike's band on Sunday at the Verity Room in Conoga Park, which should be fun.

Music has become really fun/distracting lately. I do not know what I am going to do about that. My grades are going to start slipping if I cannot get it together.

I am definitely not unhappy right now.