The Party of the Buddies Here's a little something I picked up for you all in France. Some folks send postcards, me, I by records, rip 'em and post them on the internet. Anyway, this is a fabolous record. If you like kooky french pop, then this sucka is right up your ally. I highly recomend "Kiliwatch," which is a wacked out surf song. The next fav of mine would have to be "Le Twist Du

End Of The Year Somewhere in the rule books of music bloggery lay the premise that everyone who talks the music, must take a few minutes at the end of year to quantify what records they deem "most worthy of praise" So without further mucking about, I give you my best of 2005: 10. Jens Lekman "Oh You're So Silent Jens" 9. Boards of Canada "The Campfire Headphase" 8. Lou Barlow "Emoh" 7.

The New Pornographers

I though this might be kinda topical. Now that those ole' Duke boys are at it again, albeit different duke boys...no, not THOSE Duke's. These Duke's! I'll admit that I haven't seen the new version yet, but I think I might. And you know why I might? Just to see that fucking car again. I saw that Starsky and Hutch remake last year, and I wasn't expecting this, but when that sexy 76' Ford Torino came

Bez Dancing Lizard DJ's This has nothing to do with my last post (or maybe it has everything to do with my last post) but the Chemical Brothers have a hee-larious flash based game on their website. Check this shit out. It's got some lizard DJ dude doing that British dance thing. Y'know that dance those Brit boys do? where they look like their walking in place? Y'know what I'm talking about, right?

Image Can you separate the music from everything else? The bands look, the album covers, how they're marketed, what genre, etc. Right now, I'm listening to the Grateful Dead. And I hate hippies. Is it alright to enjoy the Grateful Deads music and not like the smell of patchouli? Is ok to enjoy Jerry's guitar noodling and cringe at the sight of a dreadlocks on white folk? I would think so. How

Clips From Live8 When I was a kid, what 15 years ago...when the hell was Live Aid? Keerist..it was 20 years ago..Anyway, when I was very young I was very excited about the Live Aid concert. I was one of probably very few people who watched the whole stinkin' thing. I may have left to take a potty breaks here and there, but that was about it. And you know what I remember? I remember how gawdawful